Budget battle as council mulls 35 mill rate cuts
Kenosha council hears Finance Committee proposals totaling nearly 240000 in city cuts while negotiations continue with about 465 municipal employees over raises. The panel notes schools and recreation were not yet cut and a revenue increase of 50000 is proposed. A tight budget prompts consideration of life insurance for all workers and sick leave gains as unions push for raises and possible counter offers next week.
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Kenosha
Earl Morton
Council
Morton
Gilbert Petzke
Ansley Whiteside
Police Protective Association
Local 71
Edward Fechner
Whiteside
Fechner
Jerry Gumbinger
Bong Air Base
Jet Bombers Crash Kills Ten In Canadian Mishap
Two U S Air Force jets collided into disasters Friday night. A B52 Stratofortress crashed near Castle AFB California killing ten crew and four instructors. A B47 Stratojet diverted to Ontario bush country where four parachuted to safety. Rescue teams moved into the snow bound wilderness as authorities released names of three B52 crew and pilots on the B47.
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U. S. Air Force
Castle Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Ontario
U. S
Port Arthur
Ont
California
93Rd
Castle Afb
Sheriff's Office
America
Strategic Air Command
Canada
Barksdale Afb
Shreveport
Lake Superior
Barksdale
Robert M. Slane
Trinidad
Colo
Richard Martin
Niantic
Conn
Max H. Workman
Roy
Utah
Cuba Braces for More Bloodshed After Castro Return
Fidel Castro returns from Mexico as Cuba faces raids in six eastern cities. At least six killed and 19 wounded in Friday violence, with 200+ opponents rounded up. Rebels shift to guerrilla tactics, aiming to undermine Batista and force resignation or overthrow. Brig. Gen. Martin Diaz Tama provides government defense claims.
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Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Mexico
Batista
Santiago
Matanzas
Martin Diaz Tamayo
Oriental Zone
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Bastista
Bastita
More Refugees For Milwaukee
Milwaukee would see more Hungarian refugees soon according to Charles O Neill of the St Vincent de Paul Society. He said the new arrivals would depart from Camp Kilmer New Jersey and come in small groups rather than the dramatic mercy flight that brought 73 refugees last week. Larger groups could follow later.
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Milwaukee
Charles O'Neill
St. Vincent de Paul Society
O'Neill
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Weekend Snow Likely With Cloudy Weekend Forecast
A trace of snow fell overnight but the weather bureau foresees snow flurries this weekend. Most of the period will be cloudy with occasional snow late today and into the evening. Sunday looks partly cloudy with a low tonight in the mid teens and a high in the 40s. Temperatures mid day today ranged from 33 at American Motors to 35 downtown and 30 at the sewage treatment plant. Overnight low was 27 while yesterday's high reached 31 and low 17.
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Weather Bureau
American Motors
Downtow
Court Judge Rules No Jurisdiction in Union Membership Case
Milwaukee Circuit Judge Robert C. Cannon ruled that union membership is a privilege not a right and that Negroes barred from membership cannot appeal. He stated his court has no jurisdiction over two Black bricklayers who claimed Local 8 of the Bricklayers union denied them membership. Attorney James W. Dorsey said he will appeal to the State Supreme Court.
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Milwaukee
Robert C. Cannon
Cannon
Bricklayers Union
James W. Dorsey
State Supreme Court
Man from Kiel Killed in Chicago Car Train Crash
Police identify 52 year old Fred J Goussey of Kiel Wisconsin as the man killed when his auto collided with an Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad train at a Southwest Side Chicago crossing. A companion was injured in the Friday crash.
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Chicago
Fred J. Goussey
Kiel
Wis
Eye Interest Hike on FHA Mortgages
A housing official said studies on raising FHA insured mortgage rates to 4% or 5% were underway with no decision by last night. The present rate is 4% plus a 0.5% insurance premium. Rep Ayres predicted an executive order to push FHA max to 5% and Congress might change the GI loan limit.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Rep
Ayres
Ohio
Barberton
Eisenhower
Veterans Administration
Congress
Thomson Opposes Diversion Request
Madison governor elect Ver non Thomson said he sympathizes with Illinois request for more water from Lake Michigan but opposes it. Thomson spoke with Milwaukee city attorney Harry G. Slater and port director Harry C. Brocker on Illinois request.
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Madison
Vernon Thomson
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Thomson
Harry G. Slater
Harry C. Brocker
Milwaukee
New Romanian Parliament Elections Set for February 3
Vienna based Bucha Rest radio reports Romania will hold parliamentary elections on February 3. Outcome and candidates not specified.
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Vienna
Austria
Bucharest Radio
21 500 Hungarian refugees to enter United States
President Eisenhower announced the United States will admit 21 500 Hungarian refugees to aid victims of Soviet oppression. About 6 500 can enter under the Refugee Relief Act, while 15 000 will be parolees. the White House seeks emergency legislation for permanent residency and wider resettlement. The move aims to assist Austria facing a refugee surge and reexamines the total after initial quotas are exhausted.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
United States
White House
Austria
Hungary
Fisenhower
U. S
Congress
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Wilson
Farm parity ratio falls in mid November
The farm parity ratio dropped to 81 percent in mid November even as prices farmers received halted four months of decline, according to an Agriculture Department report issued Friday.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New Red Effort to Block Escape From Hungary
The radio reported Hungarian police detained about 2,000 youths near Gyvar 50 miles northwest of Budapest as they were heading toward Austria. Austrian authorities questioned the claim that thousands of refugees were returning, while Hungary promoted bus services for refugees. The piece notes mass youth departures and Soviet border tightening, with Kadar opposing worker demands and a central boycott of Communist papers.
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Vienna
Budapest
Gyver
Austria
Western Allies plan troop withdrawal from Egypt before Syrian crisis
Britain and France reportedly agree to pull infantry from Egypt by year end to speed Suez reopening and rebuild Western unity amid rising Syria tensions. US oil move prompts faster withdrawal. Pineau and Lloyd discuss terms. Nasser imposes condition to halt canal work.
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France
Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal
Russia
Middle East
United States
Syria
Selwyn Lloyd
House of Commons
U. S
Europe
Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Pineau
Paris
Endem Menderes
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Woman Trapped Six Hours After Car Wreck Near Abbotsford
Marie Brunner of Stetsonville was found in wreckage after a car hit a tree near Abbotsford. She remained in fair condition at Memorial hospital in Wausau Friday night following a six hour ordeal in freezing temperatures.
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Wausau
Wis
Marie Brunner
Memorial Hospital
Stetsonville
Abbotsford
UN action could follow rejection of observers
United Nations delegates except the Communist bloc agreed on a moderate push to gain UN observers in Hungary. If Budapest rejects, plans call for condemning the puppet government and possibly expelling Hungary from the UN. The U.S. circulated a resolution urging reconsideration of Hamarskjold's on the scene investigation and warned of tougher steps if no results.
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Tom Hoge
United Nations
Hungary
Budapest
United States
Dag Hammarskjold
India
U. S
Hammarskjold
Cuba
General Assembly
U.S
Russia
Night speed limits may drop to 55 earlier
A Legislative Council committee approved a change to lower the night driving limit from 65 to 55 mph as soon as lights are required. The panel also dropped hitchhiking changes and out of state violation penalties, which may become separate bills in 1957. A Milwaukee judge ruled the department exceeded its authority on out of state violations.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Legislative Council
Motor Vehicle Department
Milwaukee
Starvation Threat Hit 150 Million in Communist China
An unconfirmed Hong Kong report via the Central News Agency says over 150 million people in Kwantung Kwangsi Kiangsi and Fukien are endangered by famine after recent typhoons and heavy taxation. More than 30 percent in these provinces are said to be on the brink of starvation.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hong Kong
China
Kwantung
Kwangsi
Kiangsi
Fukien
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