Wisconsin Telephone plans major Kenosha expansion in 1954
The Wisconsin Telephone Company will more than double its Kenosha pace in 1954 with a two story addition west of the current building. Kenosha exchange will spend 626000 in 1954 including half the 140000 addition. total phones in service surpass 24000 as 700 new lines last year and 11000 since WWII.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company
Kenosha Exchange
Kenosha
John J. Mayer
10Th Ave
Western Electric Company
E. A. Ardell
Exchange
Ardelt
Cost Index Holds Firm as 1953 Ends
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports December consumer prices virtually unchanged from November midpoints, leaving the cost of living at 114.9 percent of 1947-49 levels. Transportation and clothing eased while food rose, with retail food prices higher in 31 of 46 cities surveyed.
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Washington
U.P
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eight Killed On Bomber Near Schofield Barracks
A Navy Neptune bomber crashed on a 3,000 foot slope near Schofield Barracks Honolulu killing all eight crewmen. A Marine helicopter en route to the scene was struck by a downdraft and wrecked, but the pilot and three rescue crew survived. The bomber, traveling from Japan, was on a United States flight when it went down 18 miles northwest of the base.
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Honolulu
T. H
U.P
United States
Japan
Here
Schofield Barracks
Marines Announce 23 Deaths or Missing After Inchon Collision
Washington reports 23 U S Marines dead or missing after a ship collision in Inchon harbor Korea. Five listed as dead, 18 missing. Spokesman could not explain discrepancy with Inchon figure of 28 and notes none from Wisconsin.
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Washington
U.P
Marine Corps
Korea
Inchon Harbor
Wiscon.si
Inchon
McCarthy Backs Ike for 1956 Reelection
Wisconsin Senator Joseph R. McCarthy said he will support President Eisenhower for a second term in 1956, insisting he has no presidential ambitions. He praised Eisenhower’s record, warned against Red China trade, and urged action to win the release of about 900 American POWs. He also asserted Eisenhower will run and criticized the Truman era as weak.
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Chicago
U.P
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
Eisenhower
White House
Ike
McCarthy
Cicero
Manufacturers Association
Truman
United States
Red China
China
U. S
Washington
Girl's Killer Judged Sane
An American sergeant Maurice L. Schick 29 of Canonsburg Pa was deemed sane after psychiatric tests and will be tried for murder next month in Japan. Schick confessed to strangling Susan Rothschild nine year old daughter of a colonel on November 27 and then submerging her face in water.
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Tokyo
U.P
Japan
U. S. Army
Maurice L. Schick
Canonsburg
Schick
Susan Rothschild
Substitute for Coffee Cheap Tastes Awful
Four men in Memphis create a drink called coffee from cottonseed kernels costing 2 1/2 cents a pound. They brew it the same way as real coffee, but admit it tastes awful and would not replace genuine coffee for consumers.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Staybacks Abandoned By Guards In Korean War Pivot
Panmunjom reports say 21 Americans one Briton and 327 South Koreans who chose communism were released by Indian guards in a neutral zone at 12 01 a m Friday observing a Communist demand that guards stay. Allied forces liberated anti Red captives and many headed for Formosa as armistice talks stalled and fears of abduction persisted.
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Panmunjom
Comunist
Formosa
North
ROK
Pvs
K. S. Thimayya
U. S
Richard G. Corden
East Providence
R. S
Andrew Condron
Pws
Washington
Defense Department
Red Peiping Radio
Evansville Barber Killed in Highway Collision
A 64 year old Evansville barber Bernie Chris Tensen was killed Thursday evening when his car crashed into a culvert on Highway 14 six miles west of here. He died at the scene and authorities investigated the fatal accident.
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Janesville
Bernie Christensen
Evansville
Highway 14
Here
Dewey and Officials Ordered to Show Cause on Waterfront Case
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and three state officials were ordered by a court to show cause on February 4 why they should not be barred from interfering in the disputed New York New Jersey waterfront union election.
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New York
U.P
Thomas E. Dewey
New York-New Jersey
Tank of Czech escapees Breaks Down in Manhattan Parade
Vaclav Uhlik and Walter Horn drove a homemade five ton tank built from war scraps on a Crusade for Freedom trip from the Bronx toward City Hall. A leaking radiator, broken clutch and flooded carburetor halted progress near Times Square as police towed the vehicle reluctantly.
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New York
Bronx
Lower Manhattan
Iron Curtain
Vaclav Uhlik
Walter Horn
Harlam River
88Th Street
Uhlik
Times Square
City Hall
Great White Way
Fire guts Congress Tavern. wiring blamed for blaze
A fire at the Congress Club tavern 709 56th St caused about 55000 in damage. Fire Chief William J. Brady blamed faulty wiring while crews fought flames until 9 am with ladders and multiple hose lines protecting nearby shops. No injuries beyond one firefighter, and owner John Wierzbecki said the building was a total loss but insured. Police warned motorists about fire hoses and one driver, Frank Rowan, was arrested for driving over a hose and posted bond for trial February 3.
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Congress Club
56Th St
Russell Conwell
Richard Harmsen
Harmsen
William J. Brady
Brady
Engine Company 3
Roosevelt Rd
Engine Company 4
52Nd St
Phillip’s
Grodey Paint
8Th Ave
7Th Ave
51Th St
57Th St
James Steagall
Ralph Fox
John Wierzbecki
14Th Ave
Stanley Hauke
Dahl
Frank Rowan
3Rd Ave
Paul Rohde
Rowan
Evening News
Flying Finn twins face assault charges in federal fracas
Charles and George Finn of Los Angeles handcuffed U S Attorney Laughlin Waters in a downtown hotel stunt during a long running dispute over a surplus C 46 aircraft. FBI agents arrested the twins on charges of assaulting a federal officer and set bail at 10000 each.
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Los Angeles
Cal
U.P
Flying Finn
U. S
Laughlin Waters
Charles
George
Waters
George Finn
FBI
Howard V. Calverly
See Further Tax Revision See Further Tax Revision
Eisenhower presses congress to hold line on tax cuts as Democrats push a 21 billion dollar a year personal income tax reduction plan. Debate centers on corporate and excise rate cuts with parties split. Ways and Means backs more liberal dependents rules allowing children as dependents if half support provided.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Madrid students hurl rocks at British embassy, protest Gibraltar visit
About two thousand students marched through Madrid's Grand Via in the early hours, shouting Long live Franco and Gibraltar is ours. They breached police lines and pelted the British embassy, then dispatched a letter to Ambassador Sir John Balfor protesting Queen Elizabeth II's Gibraltar stop on her world tour.
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Madrid
Spain
U.P
Gibraltar
John Balfour
Elizabeth II
Grand Via
Snow Hits Kenosha as Other Areas Stay Clear
Four inches of snow fell in Kenosha Thursday night while Burlington Milwaukee and Waukegan reported no snow. Temperatures ranged from 18 to 23 overnight with noon readings around 20 to 22. Forecasters predicted partly cloudy cold weather with a zero to five below low and highs in the 20s.
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Kenosha
Burlington
Milwaukee
Waukegan
Nash Motors
Weather Bureau
Trustee Pratt Elected to Beloit College Board
Paul A. Pratt of Milwaukee has been elected to Beloit College board of trustees, announced by Board Chairman H. D. Pettibone. The appointment increases the college governance roster and reinforces leadership in Beloit Wisconsin.
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Beloit
Wis
Paul A. Pratt
Milwaukee
Beloit College Board of Trustees
H. D. Pettibone
Two Killed Near Wausau In Highway Collision
Two people died when a car struck the front of a semi on Highway 51 four miles north of Wausau Wisconsin. Victims were Paul J. Beilke aged 61 and Barbara Howard aged 12 of Route 5 Merrill. Ray Beilke age 33, lived with the Beilke family and was injured.
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Wausau
Wis
Highway 51
Here
Paul J. Beilke
Barbara Howard
Merrill
Beilke
Ray Beilke
Canadian diplomat named ambassador to Russia
Ottawa reports career diplomat John B. C. Watkins was named Canada’s first ambassador to Russia since the 1946 Soviet spy trials chilled relations. The Russian post was last filled by Georgi Zarubin, who now serves as Russian ambassador to the United States, with Dimitri Chuvahin filling the Soviet post last November.
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Ottawa
U.S
John B. C. Watkins
Canada
Russia
Georgi Zarubin
United States
Dimitri Chuvahin
Fire damages Kaukauna store and funeral parlor
A $70,000 blaze heavily damaged a three story furniture store and funeral parlor in Kaukauna Wisconsin today. The incident was reported by United Press.
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Kaukauna
Wis
U.P
Austria Faces Widespread Flood Damage After Danube Rise
Floods across Austria cause extensive damage as the Danube surges six feet in 24 hours. A thaw after last week's avalanches, which killed 123 people, worsens conditions in Tyrol, Salzburg, and western provinces, threatening to isolate several villages.
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Vienna
Austria
Danube
Tyrol
Salzburg
Fire Destroys House in La Crosse, Man Dies at Scene
Richard Lau, 75, of La Crosse Wisconsin died in a two story frame home fire early today. Firemen believe an electric heater ignited bedclothes which spread to the house. Lau lived alone in the residence.
Girl Seeks Page Job and Congress Faces Question
Margaret S Alden a 16 year old Rochester New York student asked for a page job in a letter to Representative Keating. Congressmen weighed the idea of including girls in the page corps with Rep Leo Allen noting schooling and readiness concerns while supporters welcomed the potential change.
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Washington
Congress
Margaret S. Alden
Rochester
N. Y
House
Senate
Page
Barrie Williams
Buffalo
Page School
Miss Alden
Rep. Keating
Chicago
Keating
Leo Allen
Illinois
Allen
Margaret
Katharine St. George
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