Road Strike And Snow Loom Over Kenosha Area
The Kenosha area faces a second day of highway worker strikes as predicted 1 to 3 inches of snow. County highway commissioner Harold Herzog said snowy conditions may affect traffic while negotiations continue. State officials plan to keep Hy 41 open with calcium chloride and possible National Guard support if needed. Pickets have established a HQ at a vacant drive-in near the West 60th Street garage.
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Kenosha
Harold Herzog
Robert Oberbeck
Madison
Local 70
AFL
Sheriff's Deputies
Park
Park Commission
W. L. Burmeister
Milwaukee
Burmeister
National Guard
West 60Th St
Woodward Revised Will Three Times
New York slain multimillionaire William Woodward Jr changed his will three times in Surrogate Court. The final will reduced his wife Ann Woodward to a mere 2500 dollars cash and life income, after earlier versions would have granted her a life income from one third of the residuary estate plus 200000 dollars and all tangible personal property. Mrs Woodward was cleared of blame in the mistaken identity shooting of her husband.
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New York
William Woodward, Jr
Ann Woodward
Harold H. Corbin
Fourth GI Turncoat Fails to Arrive
U S consular officials at the border say Richard R. Tenneson 22 son of Mrs Portia Howe Alden Minn did not ride the daily Canton to this British colony train as expected. The report follows a fourth GI who deserted to live in Red China.
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Hong Kong
China
U. S
Richard R. Tenneson
Portia Howe
Alden
Minn
Canton
Weather Outlook for Kenosha
Cloudy skies linger in Kenosha with a chance of light snow tonight into Friday. Daytime highs today near 27 to 29 degrees with chilly overnight readings around 15 this morning, rising to a low of 22 to 28 tonight and highs of 28 to 32 on Friday.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Radical Socialist party expels Faure after dissolution move
Paris reports the Radical Socialist executive committee orders Premier Edouard Faure expelled for disbanding the National Assembly and calling early elections. Mendes-France unleashes a harsh campaign, condemning Faure for steering France toward catastrophe and civil strife as ministers resign and a new election is mandated under the 1951 alliance system.
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Paris
Radical Socialist Party
Edgar Faure
National Assembly
Pierre Mendes
Socialist Party
Faure
UN Billed $50 Million For Allied Korea Utilities
Seoul reports that the United Nations command was billed fifty million dollars for electricity water and transportation for allied troops in Korea since the war began. Dr. Hong Kee Karl said the 1950 pledge was that the United States would cover utility costs and urged timely payment to curb inflation.
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Seoul
South Korea
United Nations
Korea
Hong Kee Karl
United States
Eisenhower pledges help to GOP for 1956 report
President Eisenhower told the Republican national committee he will do everything in his power next year to help report the party record accurately and fully. He emphasized continued economic growth, fairer productivity sharing, better health education and welfare, and a pursuit of lasting peace.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
San Francisco
Man and Woman Killed in Head-On Collision
Turtle Lake Wisconsin and North Branch Minnesota residents Dale L Hartwig 39 Shell Lake and Mrs Ellen Talbot 55 were killed in a head-on collision near here on Highway 63 on a slight curve. Hartwig and Mrs Talbots husband were driving separate cars when they collided.
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Turtle Lake
Wis
Dale L. Hartwig
Shell Lake
Ellen Talbot
North Branch
Minn
Here
Hartwig
CIO Presses Quick AFL Merger Amid UMW Debt Demand
The CIO advances plans to merge with the AFL while rebuffing a $1 665 000 demand from John L Lewis UMW president for alleged past loans. Carey denies any CIO debt and defends the merger as a practical step, noting Lewis is sidelined from the process.
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New York
CIO
AFL
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Washington
James B. Carey
National Bank of Washington
Carey
Champion Angus Steer Tops Exposition Auction
The grand champion Aberdeen Angus steer, weighing 986 pounds, sold for 14,790 dollars at 15 cents per pound during the 55th International Live Stock Exposition auction. Proceeds go to Nancy Turner of Champaign Illinois, with steer Julius named junior feeding contest winner, bought by Howard Johnson of the Johnson restaurant chain.
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Chicago
Aberdeen
Howard Johnson
Nation records 14 deaths by noon on Safe Driving Day
By noon on Safe Driving Day the nation reported 14 traffic deaths. Ohio led with four fatalities, followed by Indiana, Louisiana and Michigan with two each, and Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota and New York with one each. The day saw three minor crashes in Indiana and Illinois early, none injuring anyone, while Wisconsin reported no fatalities.
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Ohio
Indiana
Louisiana
Michigan
Illinois
Kansas
Minnesota
New York
Associated Press
Richmond
Robert M. Johnson
Centerville
Ind
Italian Teachers Stage Strike Across Italy
About 91,600 secondary school teachers walked out in a three day nationwide protest over poor living conditions and salaries as low as 70.40 dollars a month. Rome transport workers joined in backing better shifts and wages as Italy's Communists moved toward renewed agitation.
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Rome
Italy
Moscow
New Army Reserve Program Draws Few Trainees
The Army reports about 4 500 six month trainees enrolled in the first eight weeks of the reserve program. Many are deferred to finish school. Defense aims for 95 000 trainees by June 30 and a potential pool of 22 million. Officials call the six month phase off to a slower start than hoped.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
National Security Training Commission
Session Eyes Big Shortage Of Teachers
The White House education conference urged the public to recognize a severe teacher shortage, stressing prestige, higher salaries, and appealing recruitment. It defined a good teacher as actively interested in children, well educated, professionally qualified, healthy, morally sound, and capable of cooperation with parents and the community.
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Washington
Whitehouse
Labor Federation Merges With CLO To Form Vast Union
The American Federation of Labor approves a merger with the Congress of Industrial Organizations creating a single 16 million member federation. The decision comes by a standing vote of shouting delegates at the AFL convention.
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Carey
Lewis
UMW
CIO
Steel
Auto
New York
American Federation of Labor
CLO
AFL
Late Season Storm Patsy Strengthens in Pacific
A late-season storm that battered the Philippines for two days intensified into Typhoon Patsy south of Okinawa. Patsy produced 100 mph winds. In Manila the Philippine Red Cross reported 36 dead, over 100 missing and widespread damage. Reports cited 129 missing in boat disasters.
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Tokyo
Philippines
Pacific
Okinawa
Patsy
Manilla
Philippine Red Cross
Three Indicted At St. Louis In 24-Count Case
A 24 count indictment charges conspiracy bribery and perjury against Mathew J. Connelly former White House appointment secretary T Lamar Caudle former head of the Justice Department tax division and Harry S Schwimmer a Kansas City attorney. The trio allegedly conspired with Irving Sachs a St Louis shoe broker to avoid tax evasion prosecution. Sachs was later indicted and pleaded guilty in 1941 receiving a 40600 fine.
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St. Louis
Truman
Mathew J. Connelly
White House
T. Lamar Caudle
Justice Department
Harry S. Schwimmer
Kansas City
Irving Sachs
Sachs
Bonn reports 206000 East Germans fled West in ten months
The Bonn government announced that 206000 East Germans fled to the West in the first ten months of the year. This figure highlights ongoing migration pressures amid East-West tensions.
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Bonn
Germany
Western notes protest Soviet Berlin four power rule
Western ambassadors from the United States Britain and France planned separate hands off Berlin notes to Soviet representative Gregori Pushkin in East Berlin. The notes rejected the Soviet bid to end four power control and demanded clarification of Moscow’s Berlin claims while warning against any Soviet tampering with the status of Berlin.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
East Germany
East Berlin
U. S
James B. Conant
Bonn
U.S
Gregori Pushkin
Soviet Union
Washington
Russia
Foreign Office
London
New York
Paris
Heinrich von Brentano
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Alaska
Eielson Air Force Base
Fairbanks
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Ilinois
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53Rd St
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Gerald LaGrow
L. T. Ball
Plymouth
Mich
Canton Township
Detroit
Donald Mosher
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N. Y
Wisconsin
Army Reserve
Plete High School
Bers
David Sarnoff
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Congress
NAVY
Solomons, Md
Patuxent River
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Carlsbad, N. M
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Pittsburgh
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
CLO Electrical Workers
West
P. A. Dibrova
Charles L. Dasher Jr
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