Kenosha Votes to Purchase Dock Property
The Kenosha City Council approved a $198000 purchase of the Haas Coal and Dock Co. land at 509 51st Pl on nearly 1000 feet of harbor frontage. The plan includes nine annual $20000 installments and a final $18000, a 4 percent interest rate, and a 10 year lease back to Haas for $600 monthly. The move aims to boost harbor status and qualify for federal harbor aid, with completion and full possession after two years.
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Haas Firm
Middle East
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
State Senate Mavericks Fair in Bid
Wisconsin Senate faced a split amid Maverick Republicans and Democrats over committee assignments. A 16 16 vote failed to delay action as Mavericks and Democrats pressed for postponement, while the committee approved most Democratic recommendations.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
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Uprising Hinted in Budapest Posters Ahead of Plan
Late bulletins report posters on revolt in Budapest urging anti Soviet citizens to prepare for a new uprising ten days from now. In Madison the Senate agreed 31 to 0 on a bill allowing Waukesha to acquire 31 acres for industrial expansion, sending the measure to the governor.
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Budapest
Madison
Senate
Waukesha
Pakistan Urges UN to Demand All Foreign Troops Leave Kashmir
Pakistan called on the United Nations Security Council to order withdrawal of all foreign troops from Kashmir during today's meeting in New York.
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N. Y
Pakistan
Security Council
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Ex-Convict Charged in Milton Bank Robbery
The FBI says Illinois ex-convict Lyman Austin Moore, 26, of Chicago, is charged with the January 4 Bank of Milton robbery totaling 17 400 dollars. He is still at large.
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FBI
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Lyman Austin Moore
Chicago
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Five men burned as benzene gas building explodes in Midland
An explosion and a $300000 blaze destroyed a building used to steam benzene gas trucked to the Dow Chemical Co plant in Midland causing serious burns to five men.
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Midland
Mich
Dow Chemical Co
Racine Cabs to Serve Milwaukee Airport
The State Public Service Commission authorized Racine Flash Cab Co to transport passengers between General Mitchell Field and Racine. The move creates direct service where none existed from Racine to the airport.
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Weather assails east as Arctic air drives deep freeze
Frigid air grips the eastern half of the country with subzero temperatures from the Rockies to Lake Michigan. Kenosha records 11 below. northern New York and New England hover in subzero again after season lows. Boonville New York posts an all time low under 55 below zero. Heavy snow warnings issued for New England with 6 to 12 inches expected.
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Family of Six Dies in Blaze in South Carolina Cafe
A one story cafe and six room living quarters burned last night in Loris South Carolina. Six members of the Blackburn family perished: Joe Blackburn 46 a painter his wife Carrie May and their four preschool children. Two others escaped. Fire origin remains undetermined.
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County board stirs over machinery and gravel price hike
County supervisors heated debate over highway department plans to test a 360 horsepower engine to run a gravel crusher and the 30 cent per yard increase in gravel charges to rural towns. They authorized reviews of legal questions from a worker strike dispute and tasked two committees to study charging the Air Force for use of Bong base site.
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Steve Robinson
Robinson
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Albert Aiello
Silver Lake
Peter Harris
GMC
James Amendola
Local Airman stabbed to death in Victoria tavern
An 18-year-old Kenosha man Airman Frederick Carr Taylor was stabbed to death last night during a tavern scuffle in Victoria Texas. A knife was drawn by a man in the tavern and Taylor was fatally wounded. A suspect is held in the Victoria county jail as relatives receive a telegram from Foster AFB confirming the incident. He served with the 72st Fighter Day Squadron and is survived by his parents.
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Severe Cold Grip Persists in Keno Sha Region
Residents endure one of the longest cold spells as temperatures plunge. An 11 below zero low was recorded at the sewage treatment plant while noon readings rose only to 2 above there and near zero elsewhere. Tonight cloudy with light snow possible. Thursday highs near 15 to 20.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Lloyd Arrives for Three Day Italian Unity Talks
British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd landed for a three day visit in Italy to press speedier European unity during talks with Italian officials.
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Rome
Selwyn Lloyd
Eisenhower Proposes Balanced Budget With Defense Rise
President Eisenhower asked Congress for a balanced 1958 budget totaling $73.6 billion in revenue, with a record peacetime outlay of $71.8 billion and a defense budget up about $2.0 billion. He opposed general tax cuts, urged continued corporate taxes, and outlined increased spending for veterans, agriculture, and public works including school construction.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Uvvay
Toscanini Dies at 89 in Bronx Home
Conductor Arturo Toscanini, world renowned for opera and symphonic leadership, died at his Riverdale Bronx home at 8:40 a.m. after a stroke on New Year’s Day. The Italian-born maestro had retired in 1954 and struggled with failing sight. He left a 68 year career, last conducted Falstaff at La Scala in 1954 and last visited the U.S. in 1955, leaving a legacy as a memory vault of scores and a star of the Golden Age. He is survived by son Walter and two daughters, including Mrs. Vladimir Horowitz and Countess Wally Castelbarco.
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Wally Castelbarco
Japanese Students Clash With Police at Embassy
About 100 left wing Japanese students clashed with police in front of the American embassy in Tokyo as they tried to force entry to see Ambassador John Allison. They protested U S occupation of Okinawa and Eisenhower's Middle East policy.
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Pineau Reports Friendly France U S Talks
French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau told the cabinet he had an effective and friendly talk with Secretary of State Dulles about French American relations.
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Christian Pineau
Dulles
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