Labor Slate Endorsed At UVC Meet
Members of the United Voters Club endorsed what was described as the first strictly labor slate for city council and school board in years. Endorsements went to Edward Fechner George Pinzger John Madison Ansley Whiteside for council and Joseph Zuffa Hugo Pucci for the school board. The club kept vote totals secret and impounded ballots for two weeks. Between 60 and 70 attended as debates over press coverage and attendance continued.
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United Voters Club
UWC
Democratic Party
Edward Fechner
Federal Labor Union
Simmons Co
George Pinzger
Kenosha County Industrial Union Council
CIC
John Madison
Brass and Copper Workers
American Brass
Ansley Whiteside
Paul Whiteside
Kenosha Trades and Labor Council
AFL
Murphy
Uaw-Cio
Joseph Zuffa
Hugo Pucci
Kenosha County
Madison
Whiteside
UVC
Reds Free GI Held Six Years
Pvt. William A. Verdine, 28, of Starks Louisiana, released in Berlin after six years in Soviet prison camps. He was rushed to U S Army Hospital for medical checks, including stomach and heart concerns. Verdine, missing from Coburg West Germany since February 3 1949, was in transit under guard while an inquiry determines if absence was due to mistake or desertion.
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Berlin
U. S. Army Hospital
William A. Verdine
Starks
U. S
Vetaine Lid Col Everett &. King
Army Hospital
Arctic
Vorkuta
Verdine
Moscow
Coburg
West Germany
Japan Receives 59 Air Force Planes in Tachikawa
The U S Air Force today turned over 59 planes to Japan at Tachikawa including 8 jets in a transfer ceremony marking a milestone in postwar military aid and alliance cooperation.
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Tachikawa
Japan
U. S
Bridgeport Man Dies in Rollover Near Grant County
Bridgeport Wisconsin William O'Neill age 43 died when his car left Hy 18, overturned twice east of Bridgeport. He was ejected as the vehicle rolled 250 feet after leaving the highway.
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Bridgeport
Wis
William O'Neill
Grant County
Eisenhower proposes 10 year plan to lift U S production
President Eisenhower outlines a ten year blueprint aimed at boosting annual production to 500 billion dollars or more, with promises of jobs and tax relief in 1956. He urges cautious tax cuts, warns against speculative excess, and calls for unemployment expansion, higher minimum wage, and wide ranging economic measures to sustain recovery.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Light snow and freezing drizzle forecast for Kenosha
The weatherman predicts light snow or freezing drizzle late tonight into Friday with mostly cloudy and warmer conditions. Lows near 15 to 22 this night, highs 30 to 35 on Friday, and past readings show yesterday’s high 29 and low 22 with .05 inches of snow. Noon readings vary: 28 at American Motors, 30 downtown, 31 at the treatment plant.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Woman Killed When Train Strikes Car in Oxford
Mrs. Astrid Richardson, about 39, of Oxford Wisconsin, died when her car was struck by a North Western Railroad passenger train at a crossing on Wednesday night. The fatal crash occurred in Marquette County and the investigation was underway.
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Oxford
Wis
Astrid Richardson
Marquette County
North Western Railroad
Signs Seen Of Yielding By Convicts
Boston state prison authorities reported signs convicts holding five guards hostage for the third day may soon accept terms short of freedom. The prison chaplain and physician said the men remain defiant yet they are optimistic about an eventual settlement. Relatives tried to persuade the four men, including two teenagers, to surrender but pleas failed.
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Massachusetts State Prison
Cherry Hill
Boston
Edward P. Hartigan
Samuel Merlin
Three Crewmen Die In B 26 Crash Near Bouckville
An Air Force B 26 struck a wooded hillside near Bouckville New York during a heavy snowstorm. All three crewmen aboard were killed. The aircraft was en route from Turner Air Force Base Albany to Griffiss Air Force Base Rome New York.
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Bouckville
N. Y
Air Force
Here
Turner Air Force Base
Albany
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
Saudi King Bows to American Women Pressure
In Cairo King Saud yields to pressure from American oil workers' wives, lifting a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia and allowing Christian ministers to preach in oil camps. The change follows months of protests by about two thousand foreign women in Aramco areas.
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King
Cairo
Egypt
King Saud
Arabian American Oil Co
Saudi Arabia
Ture
Aramco
Persian Gulf
Bahrein
21 Armed agents facing penalties in 1952 airdrop claim
Tokyo reports Radio Peiping says 21 armed agents allegedly air dropped by the United States and Nationalist China into Kwangtung province in 1952 received death sentences or imprisonment. USS Nautilus returns to sea for first submerged voyage under orders. Milwaukee judge voids no contest plea in tax evasion case. Shapiro may avoid deportation. White House says McCarthy couple were not invited to dinners due to a President Eisenhower decision.
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Hong Kong
Edendale
Swaton
Jebshun and Company
L. C. Church
Swatow
China
Formosa
Tokyo
United States
Kwangtung Province
Radio Peiping
Milwaukee
Patrick T. Stone
Madison
Michael Shapiro
Shapiro
Russia
Washington
White House
Joseph McCarthy
Eisenhower
American L-20 Beaver shot near Seoul leaves one dead
An American army plane carrying five soldiers was hit by ground fire near Chip-Ri, 40 miles northeast of Seoul. One soldier was killed and a lieutenant colonel seriously wounded. Pilot 1st Lt E Weide landed the crippled craft at the nearest airstrip. The source of the fire was not determined.
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Seoul
Korea
Demilitarized Zone
8Th Army
Weide
Chip-Ri
Bandleader Gus Arnheim Dies at 57 in Beverly Hills
Hollywood mourns Gus Arnheim a Broadway started bandleader and composer who helped launch Bing Crosby's career. Arnheim died at his Beverly Hills home from a sudden heart attack aged 57. He lived in the area since 1922 and wrote melodies for hits including Sweet and Lovely I Cried For You and I Surrender Dear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Gus Arnheim
Sophie Tucker
Bing Crosby
Beverly Hills
Arnheim
Mystery Bomb Kills Woman in San Angelo
Mrs. Harry E. Weaver 52, wife of a noted architect and geologist, died when a nitro bomb exploded as she left to visit her ailing mother. A Houston businessman questioned by officers was taken to the Harris county courthouse with his two children amid long discussions behind locked doors. No warrants issued yet as officials pursue suspects in the blast that damaged one of the Weaver automobiles.
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San Angelo
Tex
Harry E. Weaver
Houston
Weaver
Harris County
Texas Rangers
Sheriff's Deputies
Tom Green
Aubrey Stokes
Cabinet Surprises Ike With World Paintings Gift
President Eisenhower neared his third year in office as his cabinet staged a gift of books on world paintings. Ike, who paints in his spare time, arrived for a National Security Council meeting to find White House staff and top officials gathered in a quiet, secretive tableau.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Whitehouse
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Tashato
Tachen Island
Tachens
Labor
James Murphy
Council
Reds
Taipei
Tachen Islands
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Yikiangshan
Fukien
Red China Coast
Peiping
Antelope Valley
Mojave Desert
Pearblossom
Calif
Federal Housing Administration
Commerce Department
Barbara
Toby) Green
Teddy Green
Jeanette Balben
Hudson
Walter H. Balben
Groton
Connecticut
Joe
U.S
Ike
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