McCarthy Housing Bill Passes Senate
The Senate approved a compromise housing bill sponsored by Senator McCarthy ruling out low rent subsidies and slum clearance. It was passed by voice vote after 48 to 36 to substitute the measure for the Taft Ellender Wagner plan, overriding the banking committee.
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Washington
Senate
House
McCarthy
Wis
Chamber
Banking
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve System
Capehart
Ind
Senate Halts Public Hearings On Spy Charges
Senators suspended public hearings into Communist spy ring charges citing lack of access to FBI records on William W. Remington. Attorney General Tom Clark refused to provide the files, aligning with a White House stance. House investigators held secret sessions with a mystery witness, while the Senate will continue closed probes to uncover facts.
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Washington
Truman
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Tom Clark
FBI
Wiliam W. Remington
House un-American Activities Committee
Clark
Remington
Congress
Commerce Department
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
New York
House
Western Powers Reply To Soviet Union On Berlin Crisis
Washington London and Paris issued their replies after a three hour interview with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov about Berlin and other East West questions. The leaders met at the Kremlin with Stalin reportedly absent and kept their responses secret as each nation prepared further steps.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Berlin
Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Kremlin
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Stalin
London
Washington
Paris
Light Frost Reported In Northern Wisconsin
Light frost was reported early today from northern Wisconsin lowlands as the country enjoyed an autumnal preview. The U S weather bureau contrasted with last year noting Chicago temperatures on Aug 6, 1947 reached 101 degrees by midafternoon and 52 degrees earlier that morning.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
U. S. Weather Bureau
Local Man Seeks Marriage Nullity After 14 Years
Roy R. Ball of Marshalltown has filed suit in district court seeking a decree that his marriage is null. He states he has not seen his wife since their wedding 14 years ago.
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Marshalltown
Roy R. Ball
Ball
Admiral Spruance Nominated for Permanent Navy Rank
President Truman nominates Admiral Raymond A. Spruance for appointment to the permanent grade of admiral in the Navy. The move was announced today in Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Raymond A. Spruance
Navy
Sunnyside Centennial Parade Delights Kenosha Crowd
Kenosha residents witnessed a unique Sunnyside Centennial parade featuring 25 under ten parade participants. Youth organizers Jean Sacco and Mitzi Nelson crafted a colorful roster including Tomm y O Day and Miss Dairyland Karla Benson with a mix of royal and national figures among the celebrants.
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Evening News
American Junior Bowling Congress
Kenosha
Marilyn Congdon
Angelo Marrone
Shirley Jamieson
Miss Congdon
Irene Varnis
Marge Fuller
Virginia Antaramian
The
Pins Up
California
Jean Sacco
Mitzi Nelson
Sunnyside
United States
Truman
Tommy O'Day
Judy Massara
Karla Benson
Wisconsin
Alice
Dairyland
Shirley Vandenberg
Richard Sacco
Carol O'Day
Donald Stein
John O'Day
Laure Lee Vandenberg
John Benson
Linda Glasman
Joann Skinner
Cherie Glassman
Gail Mogden
Charles van Patten
Kent McNamara
Pauline Capelli
James Hobart
Joel Smith
Patty Vandenberg
Katherine Berry
Mary Ellen O'Day
Noel Smith
Kenosha Centennial Parade Draws 100 Plus Units
Kenosha marks 100 years of progress with a weekend centennial parade starting 2 p.m. Saturday. More than 100 units in seven sections include veterans industry civic groups and military units led by parade chairman Axtell. Parking restrictions apply along the route ending at Library Park.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
A. E. Axtell
Howard Blackman
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Rambler
David Nelson
Arneson Foundry
Music Center, Inc
al Johnson
Roosevelt Road
Twenty-second Avenue
Lincoln-Fullerton Post of
Chicago
Marine Corps League
Women's Benefit Association of
Axtell
Twenty-second
Sixtieth Street
Sixtieth
Sheridan Road
Sheridan
Fifty-sixth
City Hall
Sixth Avenue
Library Park
Two Men Feared Drowned Near Eagle Point Dam
In Platteville Wisconsin two men, Emery Bellmeyer aged 52 from Platteville and Jack May aged 48 from Dubuque Iowa, were believed drowned after renting a fishing boat on the Mississippi River near Eagle Point dam. The boat was found a few hours later with no sign of the men.
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Platteville, Wis
WUP
Mississippi River
Eagle Point Dam
Emery Bellmeyer
Platteville
Jack May
Dubuque
One Dead Two Hurt In Highway Collision
An 18 year old farm youth Raymond R Amport Route 1 Kansasville was killed in a crash at the intersection of Highways 41 and 43 five miles northwest of here. Two others were listed in critical condition by Coroner James A Crossin.
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Here
James A. Crossin
Raymond R. Amport
Route 1
Kansasville
Milwaukee Fire Destroys Freight Lines And Dazes City
A massive blaze swept through an oil slick on the Menomonee River in Milwaukee destroying eight railroad cars and a barge and crippling 12 freight tracks across the industrial district. Firefighters from three alarms battled the flames for two hours until seven of the 12 tracks were unusable and rail service to much of the county was disrupted. Two men were injured in a separate collision while en route to Nash plant. Local crews coordinated a response as witnesses gave varied accounts of the traffic signal. The blaze produced a 75 foot smoke column visible for miles and cost extensive damage to rails and bridges.
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Menomonee River
27Th Street
Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee County
Daniels
Highway 43
Gerlach
Highway 41
Amport
Nash
Crossin
Hans Amport
Kansasville
Racine County
Jensen
Marshall
Merriland
Wis
Union Grove High School
Nash Company
United Automobile Workers
Sur
U S B29s Fly Nonstop From Wiesbaden to Smoky Hill
Three U S B29s took off from Wiesbaden last night on a nonstop flight to Smoky Hill air base Kansas carrying extra fuel tanks for the long hop. The planes were on temporary duty and are returning to their home base.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Smoky Hill Air Base
Kansas
Beauties on Float for Simmons Centennial Parade
Simmons company will showcase two employees on the Centennial parade float. Miss Barbara Werve of the office personnel and Miss Mary Guarascio of the Hide A Bed department will ride in flowing white costumes as the Simmons Centennial queens.
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Simmons Company
Barbara Werve
Seventh Avenue
Mary Guarascio
Fifty-fifth Street
Simmons
Kenosha Police Reveal New French Navy Uniforms and Parade Motorcycle
Kenosha police prepare for the Centennial parade in new French and navy blue uniforms. A shiny red motorcycle, the latest model with streamlined devices, is being readied for the line of march, boosting the department’s motorcycle fleet to seven.
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Kenosha
OK Construction at Secret Army Center OK
The army allocated $3,525,100 for special military construction at the secret guided missile center at White Sands. It also set aside $40,907,085 to bolster the nation’s ramparts in Alaska amid housing shortages delaying ground force expansion.
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Army
White Sands
Alaska
New Mexico
Royall
States
Ft. Sheridan
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Veronica Elliott
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Box 125
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Clarence Huck
Leonard J. Jensen
Frank Odar
James Marshall
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Badger Ice Cream Company
Prairie Schooner
George Peterson
Sixty-fourth
Oshkosh High School
Job’s Daughters
Manniken
Mothers of World War II
Lamon Boy Scouts of Chicago
Kenosha Brass & Aluminum Company
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Sons of Norway
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