School Board studies silent prayer in public schools
The board asked its legal counsel to determine if a set silent prayer period in Kenosha public schools would count as religious instruction and violate state law. A resident urged Christ be brought back into daily life, while others discussed teachers' discretion in allowing prayers. The board also reviewed Sunny side and Forest Park elementary plans and remodeling needs at Lincoln school.
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Kenosha
Board of Education
K. Thomas Savage
Frank School
Christ
Orville Leonard
H. R. Maurer
Savage
Lincoln Elementary
Koeh
Koehl
Sunnyside
Forest Park
Air Collision Kills Fifteen Near Cincinnati
A Trans World Airlines Martin 202 and a privately owned DC-3 collided in midair near the Cincinnati airport, killing 15 people including pilots Arthur Werk Haven and Eddie Anger. The DC-3 carried Castleton Farms owners Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Van Lennep en route to Florida. Parts scattered over a wide area as both planes caught fire before crashing about two miles south of the airport in Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
Trans-World Airlines
Hear
TWA
Greater Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Cleveland
Castleton Farms
Lexington
Harness Horse Farm
Battle Creek
Mich
Frederick van Lennep
Florida
Arthur Werkhaven
Eddie Anger
Kentucky
Robert Gordon
Gordon
139 Narrowly Escape Death in Airborne Mishaps
United Press reports 139 people including 69 paratroopers escaped death in four near crashes. Incidents clustered near Nashville Tennessee and Miles City Montana as C 119 Flying Box cars drifted down. A United Airlines DC 7 blew tires on landing at Chicago Midway but all aboard were unharmed. A private DC 3 emergency landed in a Wisconsin farm field after engine failure. The C 119s ferried 3 000 troops of the 503rd Regiment Combat Team from Fort Campbell Kentucky to Alaska for Operation Snowbird.
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United Airlines
Chicago
Midway Airport
Rhinelander
Wis
503Rd Regimental Combat Team
Fort Campbell
Alaska
Wisconsin Conference on Education Opens First Meeting
The State Committee for the Wisconsin Conference on Education held its first meeting on Tuesday.
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Madison
The
Wisconsin Conference On Education
Mendes France Pushes West European Arms Pool Plan
French Premier Pierre Mendes France intensifies calls and conferences with Italian officials to win backing for a West European arms pool proposal. The rapid round of diplomacy aims to secure unity among Western European allies amid Cold War tensions.
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Rome
Pierre Mendes-France
Elkhorn Veteran Legislator Faults Successor in Hospital Statement
Dr Ora G Rice a veteran Wisconsin legislator defeated for a third term as Assembly speaker accuses his successor Mark Catlin Jr of waging a personal campaign in a statement issued from his hospital bed.
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Elkhorn
Ora G. Rice
Assembly
Mark Catlin, Jr
Costa Rican rebels strike 10 towns in two day uprising
The Costa Rican government announced that insurgent planes have strafed civilian populations in ten towns and cities as a rebellion enters its second day.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Hormel heir acquitted on marijuana charges in Hollywood
George Hormel Jr., 26, heir to a meat packing fortune, was acquitted today of marijuana possession. The San Francisco Bay incident involved co workers and a California setting noted in the report.
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Hollywood
George (Geordie) Hormel Jr
Marijjuanad
Susalito
Calif
Robert Mitchum
San Francisco Bay
South Dakota Crash Kills Six Including Three Clergy
Six people including three clergy were killed when their car left State Highway 73 near Kadoka and fell into a draw in the Badlands. The midnight crash ranks as the third worst traffic accident in South Dakota history.
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Kadoka
S. D
Iip
South Dakota
Custer Declares Local Taxes Worth the Cost to Kenosha
Richard Custer told the St. Paul Lutheran Men's club that his tax bill of 42718 is small next to state and federal taxes. He outlined three reasons for paying willingly: local taxes are minor, he sees where money goes, and he believes taxes are fair compared with neighbors.
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Richard Custer
St. Paul Lutheran Men’s Club
Custer
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Washington
Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
Madison
Eisenhower weighs Ladejinsky case and campaign timing
President Eisenhower says he has not formed a judgment on the Ladejinsky matter and defers to Stassen for the final outcome while acknowledging possible undisclosed information. He praises Nixon's loyalty, suggests shortening 1956 campaign, and comments on party conventions and his own political future.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wolf Ladejinsky
Harold E. Stassen
Ladejinsky
Benson
Stassen
Agriculture Department
Nixon
Bombers Feared Lost Over Atlantic Off Southern Ireland
Rescue planes scouted the Atlantic off southern Ireland for two Royal Air Force bombers feared down with 18 men aboard. The aircraft departed last night from an RAF base in Cornwall and vanished about 100 miles out over the sea during a training exercise.
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London
Atlantic
Ireland
Royal Air Force
Cornwall
Paratroopers Safe After C 119 Crash At Tennessee Base
Fort Campbell public information office lists Cpl. Walter R. Schwark, 23, of Hannibal Wisconsin among 35 paratroopers who parachuted to safety when a C-119 Flying Boxcar crashed and burned Tuesday at Sewart Air Force Base Tennessee.
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Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
Fort Campbell
Snowy and Cold in Kenosha Tonight
Forecasters warn of snow flurries and much colder weather in Kenosha with a low of 10 to 15 degrees. Thursday brings cloudiness and cooler conditions with a high 20 to 25. Noon readings show 28 at the sewage treatment plant and 33 downtown, while yesterday reached 34/18 at the treatment plant.
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Kenosha
Costa Rica Fights Rebels as Air Raid Strikes San Jose
An air raider described as a Venezuelan pursuit plane from Nicaragua machinegunned downtown San Jose before being shot down by antiaircraft fire. Government troops battled rebels in Villa Quesada as invading forces reportedly captured Puerto Soley and Puerto Cortez with gunnery on Turrialba and Cartago.
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Costa Rica
Washington
Villa Quesada
San Joel
Nicaragua
San Jose
Civil Guard
Pacific
Benjamin Nunez
Puerto Soley
Puerto Cortez
Turrialba
Cartago
Dag Hammarskjold heads home to report on U N prisoner talks
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold flew over the Pacific toward New York after brief stops in Tokyo en route from Peiping to report on efforts to free 11 Americans and other UN personnel held by the Communists. Aide said progress was made but urged patience.
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Tokyo
Dag Hammarskjold
Pacific
New York
Hammarskjold
Peiping
Red China
Chou En-lai
Hawaii
San Francisco
General Assembly
Fees Madison: corporate licensing total $227,994 in 1954
The secretary of state's office reported today that fees from incorporating and licensing various corporations totaled 227,994 dollars in the 12 months ending December 1, 1954.
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Madison
Secretary of State
Threat Reported Against Senator McCarthy Neighbor Receives Bomb Warning
Senator Joe McCarthy returned from an undisclosed mission to find police guarding his Wisconsin home after a neighbor reported a caller with a foreign accent warned they would blow up the senator. McCarthy dismissed it as the work of a crackpot.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
George W. Ennis
Sen
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin opens 72nd Legislature with speaker race settled
Madison Wisconsin lawmakers begin the 72nd regular session facing state financing and farm fence issues. Mark Catlin Appleton 44 was chosen speaker of the assembly over Ora Rice 69 Delavan by 36 to 26. Paul Rogan Ladysmith named Senate majority floor leader. Senate includes 24 Republicans and eight Democrats. Warren Knowles elected lieutenant governor leaves an open 10th district seat. Democratic and Republican caucuses select their leaders and committee setups.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
Catlin
Ora Rice
Delavan
Rice
Robert G. Marotz
Shawano
Rogan
William Trinke
Lake Geneva
Frank Panzer
Oakfield
Panzer
Warren Knowles
Leutenant Cavernor
Stovall Re elected Chairman of State Public Welfare Board
Dr William D Stovall of Madison was reelected today as chairman of the state board of public welfare.
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Madison
William D. Stovall
State Board ‘of Public Welfare
Blizzard 1888 Struck Midwest Killing Hundreds
A St Paul teacher and eight children prayed in a Hadley sod schoolhouse as a 40 below zero blizzard with 50 mph winds swept 11 states. The storm killed 109 in western Minnesota and up to 1,000 in the area. Canada to the Dakotas suffered severe losses.
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St. Paul
Minn
Hadley
Minnesota
Dakotas
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Wouig Shotleh
Eisen
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Mark Catlin
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Alfred van de Zande
Campbellsport
Jess Miller
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Henry W. Maier
Milwaukee
Robert Huber
West Allis
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Bruner
Verona
Assembly Democratic Caucus
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