Stevenson Bids Support of AFL-CIO
Adlai E. Stevenson urged AFL-CIO backing in New York warning against Taft Hartley and right to work laws. He attacked complacent rhetoric, praised Averell Harriman, and framed farm policy and domestic programs as 1956 campaign issues. He called for expanded housing, schools, medical care, social security, and stronger unemployment benefits.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Afl-Cio
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Illinois
New Labor Organization
Ezra Benson
Cancer Society Wisconsin Division names Welbourne president
Dr. Raymond P. Welbourne of Watertown was elected president of the Wisconsin Division of the American Cancer Society, according to officials on Wednesday.
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Madison
Raymond P. Welbourne
Watertown
Wisconsin
American Cancer Society
Favor Keeping 3 Polio Shots
A special advisory group urged continuing the three dose Salk polio vaccine schedule spread over about eight months. They noted one shot protects 75 to 80 percent, but insufficient data on duration of immunity from a single dose led them to keep the current dosage. Dr. Jonas Salk supported maintaining three doses for solid protection.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
National Foundation For
Scheele
Jonas FE. Salk
UN approves 18 nations for admission plan
The United Nations General Assembly backed by 52 votes to 2 a recommendation to admit 13 Western backed nations and five Communist states. The measure goes to the Security Council where veto risks loom over Outer Mongolia’s status and the East West package deal.
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United Nations
N. Y
United Nations General Assembly
Security Council
Britain
United States
China
General Assembly
Assembly
Cuba
France
Belgium
Greece
Israel
Outer Mongolia
Russia
Local Polio Fund Receives Emergency $3,000 Aid
Kenosha County Chapter receives a $3,000 emergency grant from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to cover back bills and care for over 200 polio patients. B C Tallent, chapter chairman, notes funds are advance relief from surplus chapters as nationwide needs rise.
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National Foundation For
Kenosha County
B. C. Tallent
National Foundations
Tallent
Red
March of Dimes
National Foundation
Canadian Train Wreck Injures 40 Passengers
A Canadian Pacific passenger train crashed head on into a switch engine in Edmonton Alberta injuring at least 40 passengers with 12 in serious condition.
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Edmonton
Alta
Canadian Pacific
Laos Forces Hit By Communist Attacks In Northern Laos
Communist dominated Pa Thet Lao and Vietminh forces attacked Laotian army positions in northern Laos. Official sources said the International Armistice Commission was informed immediately.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
Laos
International Armistice Commission
Ford Voice Questions Fund for the Republic Criticism
Henry Ford II, head of Ford Motor Co and Ford Foundation trustee, wrote a private citizen letter criticizing Fund for the Republic. The fund, started in 1952 via a Ford Foundation grant, has been accused of left wing actions and possible subversive leanings.
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Detroit
Fund For the Republic
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Ford Foundation
Syracuse
N.Y
American
Ford
U.S
Dungey
The
Foundation
Paul G. Hoffman
Los Angeles
New York
Robert G. Hutchins
J. Addington Wagner
American Legion
Giant SeaMaster jet seaplane explodes on test flight
The Martin SeaMaster, the Navy’s giant new jet seaplane, exploded after takeoff from Glenn L. Martin Co. near Baltimore. Four engines powered aircraft with over 600 mph speed. One unidentified parachute survivor reported. investigators seek wreckage and cause.
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Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
Glenn L. Martin Co
Baltimore
Martin
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Earl Mountbatten
Ex-Con Bribe Attempt Ties Bank Robbery to Lake Geneva
FBI and local police investigate claims an ex convict offered a Chicago officer 1000 dollars to overlook a traffic offense while Lake Geneva reels from a $74293 bank holdup. The Joliet incident involved a gunman masked with a Halloween face who fled with cash in a worker’s car.
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Lake Geneva
FBI
Chicago
First National Bank
Donald Kramer
Stateville Penitentiary
Pat
James K. Poster
Milwaukee
Kramer
John Golden
Woodlawn
Ilinois
Kramers
Champaign
Ill
William Stubs
Hank Davis
Davis
Melvin Swance
Checks
George Allen
First National Bank of
Wis
Allen
Six Die in Detroit West Side House Fire
A Detroit West Side frame house fire killed six occupants, including three children, after neighbors raised the alarm. Firefighters and residents rescued the father of one family. four other relatives perished, identified as Otto Harrison 33 Pauline 31 Geraldine 8 Dolores 3 Lucille Griffin 34 and Michael Griffin Jr 23 months.
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Detroit
Otto Harrison
Pauline
Geraldine
Dolores
Lucille Griffin
Michael Griffin Jr
Wife Refuses Kiss Provokes Hatchet Killing
Pittsburgh police say 74 year old retired baker Eugene A Cramer killed his wife Anna 64 with a hatchet after she refused a morning kiss. He phoned police to report the crime and was found sitting quietly in the suburban home.
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Pittsburgh
Eugene A.cramer
Anna
Cramer
Wisconsin Braces for Subzero Weather Across Regions
The state faces temperatures as low as 10 below zero in the northwest with light snow flurries. Kenosha can expect a low of 5 to 10 above and a high of 15 to 23 Friday. Records show 40 high yesterday and 28 low last night with a 20 degree morning reading. Sun rises 7:05 am and sets 4:21 pm with noonday readings of 30 at American Motors and downtown, 29 at the sewage plant.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
American Motors
Plan Holiday Clemency For Soldier Prisioners
Heidelburg Germany U S Army headquarters announced a clemency program for 60 to 100 soldier prisoners in Europe. Eligible prisoners must be due for release by January 15 and must not have dishonorable or other punitive discharges in their records.
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Heidelburg
Germany
U. S. Army
Europe
Fatality in Racine County pushes yearly toll past forty
Racine County's 1955 traffic death toll rose to 41 with the death of James Bailey 50 Barrington Illinois his car collided with an ambulance at Wis 11 and 45 Union Grove. William Jordan 86 Kansasville died after suffering a stroke while being transported for treatment. Coroner Bernard Evenson ordered an inquest to determine the cause of death.
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Racine
Wis
Racine County
James Bailey
Barrington
Lik
Union Grove
William Jordan
Kansasville
Bernard Evenson
Polio Cases Rise in Madison Week Ending November 26
Madison Wisconsin reports 23 new polio cases in the week ending November 26 as public health officials monitor outbreak trends and urge vaccination.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Neighbors Aid Smiths During Polio Crisis In Ojai
In Ventura California Betty and Herb Smith a Nordhoff High School teacher and an Ojai Nursery teacher have polio and live in iron lungs at Ventura General Hospital since October 10. The town and students rallied raising funds 2000 from a TV raffle 300 from a football game and 300 from town donors to cover medical and mortgage costs.
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Ventura
Calif
Betty
Herb Smith
California
Ojai
Smiths
William IL
Spokane
Wash
Nordhoff High School
Nordhoff
Ojai-Santa Barbara
Debra
March of Dimes
Fund
Jody
Santa
Plans for 35-store center in Fond du Lac
Henry Shanedling Sons Corp of Minneapolis announced plans Wednesday for a new 35 store shopping center in Fond du Lac to cost two million dollars as the developer.
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Fond du Lac
Henry Shanedling Sons Corp
Minneapolis
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