County Board Approves 64000 Gravel Plant Purchase
The county board approved buying a new gravel crushing plant for about 64000, with options to pay in cash, half now and half later, or monthly over two years. The highway committee noted the new crusher would increase capacity from 800–900 to 1000 yards daily and described wear on the current 10-year-old unit.
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Steve Robinson
Highway Group
Robinson
Robert Thomey
George Smith
Urban Flippers
Peter Rutkowski
Smith
Richard Lindgren
Angelo Capriotti
Highway Committee
Mittee
Peter Harris
Army Equipment Company
Cunningham-Ortmayer
Miller
Bradford
Risberg
Anthony Zeitler
Thomey
Zeitler
State Bureau of Personnel
Rock County
Kenosha
Convicts Holdout at Massachusetts Prison Amid Siege
Four inmates barricaded in a Massachusetts State Prison cell block hold five guards and six fellow convicts as hostages in a prolonged standoff. Authorities moved a National Guard M 41 tank to the site while meals and medicine are ferried inside. Warden O'Brien says the next move rests with the rebels.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Prison
National Guard
Ft. Devens
Mass
State Public Safety
Otis M. Whitney
Nmve Hon
Wisconsin Democrats Introduce Resolution on McCarthy Vote
Democratic Wisconsin Senators introduced a joint resolution commending all eight Democrats and the 22 U S Republican senators who condemned McCarthy. No action was taken as the measure was referred to committee.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Senate
U. S
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Weather update for Kenosha forecasts cold clear spell
Snow flurries earlier give way to fair and colder weather. Temperatures report 25 at the sewage plant 24 at Nash Motors and 26 downtown with Tuesday high near 20 and a low of 24. Tonight's low 5 to 15 degrees and Thursday's high in the 20s as North West sky clear.
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Kenosha
Butt
Nash Motors
Superior residents to vote on government form switch
Superior residents will decide this spring whether to abandon the council-manager system and revert to a mayor alderman structure. An April 5 referendum will consider replacing the present city manager and seven council members with a mayor and 21 aldermen, with pay changes for the new officials.
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Superior
Eisenhower Eyes UN Ceasefire Effort Amid China Tensions
President Eisenhower voiced support for UN mediation to halt fighting between Nationalist and Communist Chinese forces. He said Dag Hammarskjold’s Peiping mission is not a failure while talks continue and noted domestic and economic conditions improved from two years ago.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United Nations
Red China
nepDaww
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
Wolf Ladejinsky
Ladejinsky
Benson Sees Farm Stability
Secretary Benson told Congress that postwar decline in farm income has nearly stopped and farmers may expect economic stability and continued growth. He noted small income and price changes between 1953 and 1954, suggesting most postwar adjustment is done and a period of relative stability began.
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Washington
Benson
Congress
Dr Sheppard’s Father Dies After Respiratory Illness
Dr Samuel Sheppard’s father Dr Richard Sheppard died at Bay View hospital from a respiratory ailment. The elder physician, 64, had faced stress as his son remained jailed in Cleveland after being convicted of second degree murder for his wife Marilyn’s death. The article notes the family’s and hospital ties and the judge’s denial of bail for Dr Sheppard as the trial and appeals continue.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Sam
Marilyn
Richard Sheppard
Sheppard
Richard N
Richard
Bay View Osteopathic Hospital
Fostoria
Ohio
Paris
Ethel Leah Niles
Fayetteville
N. C
Upper Sandusky
National Osteopathic Hospital Assn
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
Wisconsin moves tax deadline to April 15 in state bill
Wisconsin assembly passed a bill pushing the state income tax deadline from March 15 to April 15 to align with federal rules. The measure would not alter corporate filing dates, and Senate action was scheduled for the following week.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Legislative Council
Sen
Schmidt
Milwaukee
Bitter clash as Balzer ousted Democrat fires back
In Madison on the Assembly floor two Democrats traded sharp words after Balzer was expelled from the party caucus for backing the Republican speaker candidate. Schmidt denounced Balzer’s claim of Balzer asking him to cover a caucus dinner, insisting he never sought a lobbyist’s help or a dinner. The exchange followed Balzer’s remark to a Milwaukee paper.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Charles Schmidt
Milwaukee
Arthur Balzer
Balzer
Schmidt
Bal
Explosion Kills Woman in San Angelo
San Angelo Texas Mrs Harry A Weaver prominent local figure and wife of a noted Texas architect was killed when an explosion blew a car apart police suspect a nitroglycerine bomb. Lincolnsville prisoners overpowered guards robbed them sawed bars and escaped briefly before recapture. Dorothy McGuire says she reconciled with her war hero husband on Arthur Godfrey show leaving Julius LaRosa isolated.
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San Angelo
Tex
Harry A. Weaver
Texas
Lincoln
Singer
New York
Dorothy McGuire
Arthur Godfrey
Julius Larosa
Madison Leaders Confront Propaganda Ads on Gas Regulation
A war council in Governor Kohler's office in Madison aims to counter Phillip s Petroleum Co ads opposing federal gas regulation. Attendees include Mayor Zeidler Attorney General Thomson and PSC head Durfee with notes on a $1,500,000 propaganda campaign cited from a Wall Street Journal piece.
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Madison
Wis
War Council
Walter Kohler
Phillips Petroleum Co
Frank Zeidler
Milwaukee
Vernon Thomson
James R. Durfee
State Public Service Commission
Harry Slater
Phillip Dorming
Zeidler
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Natural Gas and Oil Resources Committee
Wall Street Journal
Car Driver Killed as Bus Collision Occurs on Highway 141
A car driver, Hilbert Huenink, 44, of Oostburg Route 1 died en route to a hospital after a collision with a school bus on Highway 141 northeast of Belgium Wisconsin. Thirteen bus occupants escaped injury in the Tuesday crash.
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Belgium
Wis
Here
Hilbert Huenink
Oostburg
Britain mobilizes nearly 30 aircraft for Scotland relief
Britain presses relief effort with about 30 helicopters and planes to drop food and medicine in Caithness and Sutherland as more snow and blizzards hit the British Isles. The carrier Glory serves as a floating base while Kinloss hosts relief aircraft. over 10,000 residents face isolation amid 20 foot drifts.
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London
Britain
Scotland
British Isles
Europe
Glory
Caithness
Sutherland
Royal Air Porce
Kinloss
Caithness and
Mosel
Rhine
Germany
Bonn
Communist air assault presses on Yikiangshan in Formosa
More than 200 Chinese Communist warplanes launched the heaviest air attack of the civil war against Nationalist forces on the Tachens. Yikiangshan fighters reportedly still resist in pockets as Red forces near complete conquest. Dulles suggested UN cease-fire, provoking Nationalist rejection. US vows Formosa defense.
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Formosa
Yikiangshan
Tachen Islands
Matsu
Quemoy
Pescadores
Taipei
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Reds
Red
U. S
State Dulles
United States
United Nations
The
China News
Free
China
Dulles
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Chiang Kai-shek
Pishan
Tachens
Air Force
Abernethy Puts Punch In Nash Sales Drive
Roy Abernethy, 48, new Nash division sales VP, outlines aggressive plans to gain 3 percent market share in 1950. Production target 30,000 in Q1. dealer network expands from 1,400 to over 2,000. emphasis on dealer service. Rambler strong. new front end styling noted at Chicago show. aims to fill Ford Chevrolet field with Rambler. Abernethy compares to George Romney and drives a high‑energy push after 85 days on the job.
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Nash
Roy Abernethy
Detroit
H. C. Doss
American Motors
Astor Hotel
Milwaukee
Abernethy
Chicago
Ford
Chevrolet
George Romney
American Motors Corporation
Willys Motors
Packard Motor Car Company
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