Counterfeiter Busted in Milwaukee Sign Painter Case
A detective posing as a buyer trapped 55 year old Albert Foster a sign painter who admitted printing bogus ten dollar bills circulating for a month Secret Service U S Marshal and police arrested Foster Monday night along with four others Foster said he had been practicing for about a year and burned earlier attempts The trap yielded plates a small press and a camera used to copy genuine notes and the fake bills were of poor quality and printed on thicker paper.
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Albert Foster
Waupun
Secret Service
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Veney Russ
Russ
Nationalist Gunboat Sunk Claim Amid China Civil War Actions
London reports Communist China claims sinking a Nationalist gunboat Tung Ting off the Chekiang coast near Tachen Island. The Reds say Tung Ting, once USS PGM-13, is a 280 ton vessel with one 3 inch gun. Red forces also attacked Taiping destroyer escort last year. Fourteen Communist planes raided Tachen Island but were repelled by Nationalist anti aircraft fire. Nationalists say two planes were possibly downed.
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China
United States
Jane's
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Chekiang
Solar Aircraft sells foundry to Pacific Alloy Engineering
San Diego Solar Aircraft Co. announced Monday the sale of its stainless alloy foundry to Pacific Alloy Engineering Corp. The buyer is organized as a subsidiary of Pelton Steel Casting Co. of Milwaukee.
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Pacific Alloy Engineering Corp
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Milwaukee
Anti-McCarthy Motion Fails in Senate Committee
Freshman Senator Case of New Jersey attempted to oust Senator McCarthy from the Senate Government Operations Committee. The motion in the Senate Republican Committee on Committees was ruled out of order by presiding Senator Bricker of Ohio, ending the effort. Case said he would not press the matter on the Senate floor, calling such a pursuit unlikely to be fruitful.
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Ohio
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Finnegan Nominated As Mediation Director
President Eisenhower nominates Joseph F. Finnegan of New York to lead the federal mediation and conciliation service. Finnegan, a Republican veteran of labor panels, to succeed Whitley P. McCoy who resigned December 1. White House had announced plans to send the nomination to the Senate.
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Eisenhower
Joseph F. Finnegan
New York
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Finnegan
Whitley P. McCoy
White House
Senate
Morse Named To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wayne Morse, longtime Oregon independent, won a seat on the Senate foreign relations committee after aligning with Democrats. He indicated possible run as a Democrat in 1956 and accepted assignments on foreign relations and banking, with remaining DC committee seat at his request.
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Wayne Morse
Ind
Ore
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Howard Morgan
Democratic Party
Oregon
Kenosha Delegation Eyes Shifts as Capitol Feels Out 1955 Session
Legislators converge on Madison as Kenosha representatives Molinaro Lourigan and Senator Trinke join the arrival. Republicans still hold a two thirds majority, but Democrats increased seats altering leverage for rules and vetoes. Trinke seeks GOP floor leadership while Knowles ascends to lieutenant governor, signaling forthcoming party maneuvering for the 1955 session.
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George Molinaro
Joseph Lourigan
William F. Trinke
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Lourigan
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Trinke
Lake Geneva
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Senate
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Warren Knowles
New Richmond
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Eisenhower Urges Pay Hike for Civil Service and Postal Workers
President Eisenhower asked Congress to raise Civil Service and postal worker pay by about five percent. He proposed a government funded health insurance program costing about 55 million dollars yearly while postal rates would be increased to support higher wages. The plan seeks independent rate adjustments and higher first class rates, with overall annual costs estimated at 339.5 million for civil service raises and 129 million for postal raises.
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Weather forecast for southern Wisconsin Wednesday possible wintry mix
The forecast calls for light snow mixed with rain and freezing rain in southern Wisconsin on Wednesday. Tonight will be partly cloudy and warmer with a low near 20, while Wednesday's high ranges from 27 to 34 in the southern half. Last night’s low was 17, and Monday’s high reached 32 at the sewage treatment plant. At noon readings showed 30 at the treatment plant, 32 at American Motors, and 32 downtown.
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American Motors
UN says Hammarskjold mission not failed on spy release talks
A UN spokesman said Dag Hammarskjold has made progress in Peiping toward freeing 11 imprisoned American fliers and UN personnel. The secretary general has not failed, but needs time for a fuller report after his talks and confidential briefings. Hammarskjold was en route to the United States from Hong Kong after meeting Chou En Lai.
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Hong Kong
United States
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Peiping
Red China
Supreme Court Rules Heir Entitled to Share in Father Estate
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Arthur Mattes of Milwaukee may inherit part of his father Arthur W Mattes’s $200,000 estate despite being omitted from the will. The court held the omission was a mistake and that no parent may disinherit a child without cause, preserving his legal share.
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Brown County
Archie McComb
McComb
High Court
Japanese landlords cut rents for GIs in Tokyo
U S military officials report local Japanese landlords have reduced rents by 15 to 50 dollars a month for U S servicemen since a housing control board began in November.
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U. S
Desert Lion Graziani Dies at 72 in Rome Clinic
Italy’s World War II leader Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, dubbed the Desert Lion, died of a heart attack at 72 in a Rome clinic after 15 days post ulcer operation. He faced a 1950 war crimes trial, was briefly imprisoned, then freed by amnesty, and remained a controversial figure through retirement and neo fascist affiliations.
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Mussolini
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Paratroopers Bail Out Safe After Plane Fire Over Montana
Thirty three Air Force Snowbird paratroopers jumped from a disabled C-119 near Miles City Montana after one engine failed in flight. The crew commander landed the aircraft safely minutes later as firemen extinguished the flames. Police said the troops came from Ft Campbell Kentucky en route to Edmonton Alberta.
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Snowbird” Project
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Ft. Campbell
Edmonton
Alta
New Panama Canal Pact to Be Signed Here
President Jose R. Guizado announces a new U S Panamanian treaty governing canal use will be signed in Panama City two weeks from today marking a major step in canal control and navigation rights.
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Jose R. Guizado
Villa Quesada Reported Seized in Costa Rica Invasion
Costa Rican embassy confirms Villa Quesada in Alajuela province is under enemy control and troops have been sent to contact invaders. Officials say Nicaragua may be the source while Washington agencies seek details amid regional tension with the OAS urging deescalation.
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Villa Quesada
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Ministry of Public Security
San Jose
Province
Alajuela
French Italian Premiers Hold Huddle
French Premier Pierre Mendes France met Italian Premier Mario Scelba to discuss stronger economic ties and support for a European arms pool.
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Rome
Pierre Mendes-France
Mario Scelba
Dulles cites biblical restraint over China airmen jailing
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles says the United States will heed the Biblical injunction to be slow to anger in response to Red China's imprisonment of 11 American airmen. Wisconsin Supreme Court rules a community hosting a road contracting business may claim a share of its income tax.
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John Foster Dulles
United States
Red China
Madison
Wisconsin
Erdelatz Accepts Five Year Navy Football Coaching Pact
Eddie Erdelatz agreed to coach Navy football teams for another five years. The Naval Academy athletic director announced the coach will remain at Annapolis.
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Eddie Erdelatz
Navy
Naval Academy
Uprising Reported at Vorkuta Slave Camp
John H. Noble, freed American, recounts a July 1953 revolt at Vorkuta Arctic prison where guards killed 110 prisoners and wounded 500. He cites Beria aides as organizers and claims 50 to 60 were later executed. The camp lies northeast of Moscow.
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