Integration Bill Legality Questioned in Wisconsin Assembly
A bipartisan resolution asks Attorney General Thomson to rule on the legality of three higher education integration bills. The measures seek total integration under a single board, consolidating the Milwaukee extension center and state college, and creating a University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee under UW regents.
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Gas Tax Bill Gets Hearing in Wisconsin Legislature
A public hearing on a proposed gas and diesel tax increase dominated a long session before the Assembly and Senate highway committees. The plan would raise four cents per gallon on gasoline and diesel to fund road work and expand the state traffic patrol, with support from state groups and opposition from tax reform and industry spokesmen.
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Petroleum Industries Committee
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Taxpayer Association
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Petroleum Dealers Assn
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Wisconsin Motor Carriers Assn
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Waukesha Motors
Four Wheel Drive
Clintonville
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Railroad Brotherhoods
Soviet Center Probes U.S. Seventh Fleet
A nationalist Chinese news service reports Soviet forces set up an intelligence center 120 miles south of Shanghai to monitor activities of the U S Seventh Fleet and the Nationalist navy.
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Taipei
Formosa
Shanghai
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Weather outlook hints a warm Easter weekend ahead
The forecast promises fair and warmer conditions for Kenosha over Good Friday with a cautious Easter outlook. Nightly low around 25 to 30 degrees and Friday’s high near 54 to 60. Noon readings: 39 at the sewage plant 40 downtown and 41 at American Motors.
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American Motors
Four Appointees Okay Four Appointees
Governor Kohler’s four state agency selections were confirmed by the Senate. Arthur MacArthur and Russell Stauffer will join the Conservation Commission with terms expiring July 1961, and Clair Finch fills the Board of Tax Appeals. Edward J. Lamp stays on the Department of Securities. The body also advanced a resolution urging Congress to deepen Great Lakes channels for St. Lawrence access.
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Janesville
Douglas Hunt
Wautoma
Russell Stauffer
Shell Lake
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Hayward
Board of Tax Appeals
Clair Finch
Antigo
Department of Securities
Edward J. Lamp
Congress
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St. Lawrence Seaway
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Ladysmith
Terror by Eagles Shuts Baltic Island Kids Indoors
On Oland in Sweden parents keep children inside after giant eagles terrorize the Baltic island. The birds attack people kill wild game and livestock, prompting fear and restrictions.
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Sweden
Baltic Island
Seven States Receive Dust Storm Relief Funds
President Eisenhower allocates five million dollars in emergency aid to seven states Colorado Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Nebraska and Wyoming to combat dust storm damage. The funds may be repurposed if Congress approves a 15 million disaster relief request and will be managed by the Agriculture Department under conservation programs.
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Afghanistan Faces Food Riots Amid Starvation Fears
Refugees arriving in Lahore report severe food riots in eastern Afghanistan where about 10,000 families face starvation due to crop failures. They say Afghanistan has requested urgent US aid in the form of wheat or a loan to buy grain.
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United States
Eden Calls Old Cabinet Temporarily
Prime Minister Anthony Eden convened his first cabinet with Churchill era ministers but skipped the Buckingham Palace swearing in to allow cabinet reshuffles. He may replace foreign secretary with Harold MacMillan as the process of completing his own appointments continues. The privy council met at Buckingham Palace, noting Eden’s presence was not essential for the formality.
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Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
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Harold MacMillan
Privy Council
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Downing Street
Senate
Walter F. George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Georgia Democrat
GM Bargaining Talks Launched In Detroit
Detroit opens formal GM UAW talks on a guaranteed annual wage aimed at 350 000 GM workers. The plan could set a pattern for auto and heavy industry with broader economic impact. Ford bargaining starts soon and a GM strike could pressure Ford delay.
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Walter Reuther
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West Germany gains sovereignty and NATO entry plan
President Eisenhower signs allied accords ending 10 years of occupation in West Germany and integrating German forces into NATO. The moves push a sharp defeat to Russia by promoting German sovereignty and a 500,000-man defense force within five years, with ratification and formal ceremonies pending Bonn.
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Claim Reich PWs Slain in postwar shooting report
Kaiserslautern area authorities probe claims that German soldiers were shot by Americans after capture in late World War II. Skeletons of six soldiers found in a Dahn sand pit prompt inquiries and reference a veteran from an SS unit who survived a March 1945 surrender. Autopsies preceded burial. US command in the area is reviewing the matter.
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Germany
Dahn
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Rhine
U.S. Army Command
Atomic Weapon Tested Yesterday Hatched New Defense Promise
A high altitude test over the Nevada desert suggests a future of atomic missiles for air defense. Officials say the device could deter enemy bombers, enable ground and air launchers, and expand U S stockpiles for anti aircraft use while posing limited ground radiation risk.
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Hiroshima
Nugent Shifted From Fort Sill to Fort Hood
Maj Am brose H Nugent of Merrill Wisconsin, acquitted on nine charges of collaboration with the enemy in Korea, is transferred to Fort Hood Texas after a record length court martial. He and his family recently returned to Fort Sill from Merrill where he visited kin and friends. He reports Monday for a new assignment.
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Merrill
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Texas
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For eign aid chief agrees to provide most requested documents
Harold E. Stassen announced he will furnish a vast majority of disputed records to Senate investigators and will allow Sen. John McClellan to inspect the remainder. In New York police seek clues after a Queens bank robbery netted 305243 in cash using fingerprints and rogues gallery photos. Berlin East Germany backs talks on possible lifting of a truck tax imposed on West Berlin.
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West Berlin
Stevenson to Leave April for South Africa Trip
Adlai E Stevenson announced today he will depart April 18 for a month long business trip to South Africa. He will visit key cities and meet officials during the journey.
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Adlai FE. Stevenson
South Africa
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