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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1956
Page
1
A presidential committee urged doubling U S school spending to 20 billion dollars a year within a decade. It recommended emergency federal aid to build about 200000 new classrooms, pay increases for teachers, public funding of health and safety services in private schools, and a White House conference on higher education.
Former county board supervisor Harry Copen, rising from last in the March primary, led Gordon McAleer by 133 votes at noon in the city council recount. Thirteen poll workers were summoned to explain irregularities as officials finished canvassing and prepared to continue counting across wards and precincts.
Federal, state, and local authorities joined the search for a man who threw sulfuric acid at labor columnist Victor Riesel in Manhattan. Rewards totaling 14,500 were offered as investigations tied to racketeering and gang methods in trucking and garments proceed.
French authorities announced a large scale naval and air exercise named Medflex Dragon to test convoy and transport lane protection in the Mediterranean from April 11 to 20. Ships and aircraft from France Italy Britain Greece Turkey the United States and Portugal will participate.
A fire on the Theodore Stoll farm five miles northeast of Monroe off Wis 59 caused about 40000 in damages. A medium sized barn a chicken house a hog house and a milk house were destroyed while the fire’s origin was not immediately determined.
Reported shelling in the Kissufim sector ends as UN cease-fire appeals halt fighting between Israeli and Egyptian forces. Maj. E L M Burns delays Rome departure while Hammarskjold seeks a Middle East solution. Gaza casualties cited on both sides amid renewed clashes.
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles held an early morning White House conference on the Gaza flare up between Israeli and Arab forces. A UN cease fire had ended the latest fighting, while Bohlen and Wadsworth were en route home from Moscow and Saudi Arabia for policy reports.
President Eisenhower plans to ask Congress for a large increase in defense appropriations for critical items including guided missiles and aircraft. The exact amount remains undisclosed, though multiple sources say the request could be substantial.
A radar guided tornado damaged or destroyed over 200 homes and several businesses in Bryan Texas as a 15 minute warning by Texas A M College helped keep residents safe. The storm passed between Bryan and A M College with no injuries reported and power and gas services temporarily disrupted.
In San Quentin Robert O. Pierce, 27, a condemned murderer, slashed himself and had to be overpowered by guards as he and another inmate were strapped into chairs for the gas chamber execution tied to the robbery slaying of a taxicab driver. In Jacksonville Estes Kefauver’s campaign moves draw fire from Adlai Stevenson over Senate duties amid presidential race talk. Washington Senator Young reports progress toward a final farm bill by a 10 member compromise committee amid election-year concerns.
The Small Business Administration designated Green Lake and Portage counties in Wisconsin as disaster areas after recent tornadoes. This designation allows affected residents and businesses to apply for three percent loans to rebuild homes and enterprises.
Red Bulgaria has made persistent efforts to renew relations with the United States. State Department press officer Lincoln White said Bulgarian representatives first sent feelers through the U. S. embassy in Paris months ago and have continued approaches since.
Milwaukee University of Wisconsin student Louis A. Steege, 24, died from a crushed chest after the car he rode in hit a truck on a curve of North Lovers Lane Road in Wauwatosa early today.
A U.S. Air National Guard F89 Scorpion crash landed at General Mitchell Field Milwaukee noon today. The pilot was shaken but uninjured. The plane nosed in on its belly after retracting landing gear, damaging its underside.
A federal meteorologist warned the Mississippi river area from La Crosse to Genoa could reach flood stage by Saturday morning. The 12 foot level at La Crosse would inundate lowlands, with residents along the lower Black river urged to prepare for possible flooding by weekend.
French troops clash with Arab guerrillas on the fringes of the Sahara in the Nemenchas mountains about 110 miles south of Constanine. High losses on both sides were reported as reinforcements were rushed to the scene after a patrol followed the guerrillas into a dry riverbed.
Karl E. Hintz aged 41 of Route 1 Wausau was killed Thursday when his car rolled backward down a driveway and ran over him. The death was not counted as a traffic fatality since it did not occur on a public road.
Gunnison Colorado reports a horse named Elijah trapped between Mt Harvard and Mt Yale is fed by hay drops from Western State Aviation Service pilots Wallace Powell and Gordon Warren. Mayor Ben Jorgenson finances the twice weekly flights at $12 each, planning to continue until snow melts in June.
In southern Japan a C119 transport wreckage is located on a mountain. The three Air Force paramedics report there are no survivors among the crew or passengers.
The forecast warns of cloudy windy weather tonight and cooler conditions tomorrow. Thursday's highs reached 71 and 35 degrees with a 40 degree low. Noon city readings were 52 at the sewage plant 58 downtown and 66 at American Motors. Tonight's low 30 to 36 and Saturday's high in the low 40s. Sunrise 5 26 a.m. set 6 22 p.m.
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