No Primary For Council and School Board in 13 Years
For the first time in 13 years there will be no primary for city council or the board of education. A primary will be held for justice of the peace and county supervisor. Nominations closed with seven council candidates and four for the board. Four council seats and three school board seats will be on the spring ballot.
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Board of Education
Justice of the Peace
Charles Carlson
Richard Kearney
George Fitchett
County Board of Supervisors
Margaret Diehl Gustafson
UVC Heads Re-Elected Eye Policy
United Voters Club reaffirmed leadership with James Norris as president and four officers re-elected. The meeting debated endorsing county board candidates and policy guidelines while discussing city projects and the Haas reassessment issue.
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UVC
Hugo Pucci
30Th Ave
Frank Giordano
Norris
James Murphy
Joseph Zuffa
Atty
Sam Loizzo
Gas Strike Negotiators Deadlocked in Racine
A three and a half hour mediation session between Local 12005 United Mine Workers and Wisconsin Natural Gas Co. ended without progress. A Friday 10 a.m. session is planned as 55 gas company workers and 185 others strike in Racine, amid disputes over pay sick leave pensions and contract extensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Wisconsin Natural Gas Co
Racine
Wisconsin
John H. Behymer
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Milwaukee
Behymer
Lobby Curbs Put Forward by GOP Mavericks in Albany
Several Republican party mavericks introduced identical lobby-curb bills in the Senate and Assembly on Tuesday. The measures, aligned with provisions urged by Gov. Thompson at a Republican caucus two weeks earlier, were not sponsored by GOP regulars.
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Madison
Senate
Assembly
Thomson
GOP
Missile Range Workers Strike at Patrick Air Force Base
About 900 non union workers began a strike at the nation’s top secret guided missile firing range early today. Pickets stood at Patrick Air Force Base and the nearby Cape Canaveral reservation entrances. A civilian spokesman said the strike will not affect any test firings scheduled.
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Patrick Air Force Base
Fla.w
Patrick
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Veteran PF Official Honored for Service
Joseph Josephson longtime member of the police and fire commission was honored at a noon dinner as a man who served the community with distinction. The 79 year old, appointed in 1931 and retired in 1956, ran a Kenosha hardware firm since 1914 and was reappointed five times to the commission.
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Joseph Josephson
Police and Fire Commission
Radigan’s
Josephson
Commission
Ernest Kendall
Kenosha
S3rd St
Bar Names Three Seek Kenosha County Judge Post
Kenosha County Bar Association nominated Clarence Tennessen Harold Bode and J P McEvoy for the vacancy to serve through 1958. Gov Vernon Thomson will pick after reception of the trio endorsed by56 members from eight candidates in a Tuesday session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Tennessen
Harold Bode
J. P. McEvoy
Vernon Thomson
W. W. Davis
Tennessen
Bode
Mce- Evoy
Kenosha County Bar Association
Andrew Brookhouse
Bar
Association
Eisenhower plan to shield Middle East gains massive vote
Washington says the House approved the President's Middle East defense plan 355 to 61 in a vote framed as a “fight if we must” to deter Russian aggression. Chicago reports a police search for Grimes sisters after a December 28 disappearance following a movie outing.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Middle East
Chicago
Grimes Sisters
Senate approves James D. Sellersbach as ambassador to Italy
The Senate today confirmed James David Sellersbach a San Francisco industrialist as ambassador to Italy despite a sharp protest from Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin.
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Washington
Senate
James David Sellerbach
San Francisco
Italy
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
Bank Robber Strikes First National Bank of Nevada
A man described as short and wearing a white cap robbed the main branch of the First National Bank of Nevada shortly after 10 am today, making off with an undetermined amount in small bills.
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Reno, Nev
First National Bank of Nevada
Tito Won't Make Trip to U S Report
Belgrade reports Tito may not visit the United States while U S officials deny official word. White House and State Department declined comment as anti Tito protests grow in Congress. Belgrade claims a visit was agreed in principle but no dates set. Borba accuses U S of proposing the trip and criticizes Eisenhower stance.
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Washington
Belgrade
Tito
United States
White House
State Department
Eisenhower
Borba
U. S
Confession Disclosures Taint Grimes Sisters Case Inquest
Contradictions surfaced at an inquest into the Grimes sisters deaths as Bedwell and a man identified only as Frank were tied to their killings. Medical findings suggested the girls died soon after Dec 28 disappearance. witnesses placed Bedwell with the sisters in skid row visits and hotel stays before their Jan 22 discovery.
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Chicago
Grimes Sisters
Edward
Bennie) Bedwell
Illit
Erate
Frank
Grimes
Barbara
Patricia
Joseph Lohman
Bedwell
Willow Springs
Walter E. McCarron
Walter Camp
McCarron
William C. Willingham
Willingham
Factory Fire Damages Milwaukee Wrought Washer Plant
A three alarm blaze at the Wrought Washer Co. in Milwaukee caused about 125000 in damage to a one story building used for manufacturing machine washers. Firefighters battled the flames for hours after a fuel oil leak from a broken line ignited the fire. no injuries were reported.
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Milwaukee
Wrought Washer Co
Eisenhower defends Dulles and condemns Wilson unwise remark
President Eisenhower repudiated Secretary Wilson’s claim that draft dodging grew from National Guard enlistments in the Korean War. He stood by Secretary Dulles as the nation’s top foreign affairs minister and called Wilson’s statement unwise. He also urged respectful treatment of King Saud and Yugoslav Tito, stressing dialogue with those holding different views promotes peace.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wilson
Dulles
Congress
Secretary of Defense
House
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Tito
Yugoslavia
Wisconsin reports only one polio case so far this year
The state board of health said only one polio case has been reported in Wisconsin this year, compared with five in the same period of 1956. No cases were reported in the week ending January 19.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Des Moines Plane Stunt Terrifies Downtown
A 23-year-old student pilot Roy Soderquist seized a small plane during a routine lesson and flew for nearly four hours over Des Moines downtown. He ordered the instructor from the cockpit and threatened to shoot. crowds watched in fear as offices evacuated. Police captured him after a crash landing near West Des Moines. He was uninjured but shocked and rushed to hospital.
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Des Moines
Roy Soderquist
Soderquist
James Dolezal
Dolezal
Rudolph Soderquist
Clio
UAW-CIO Local 72 Ended Six Day Strike At AMC Plants
Members of UAW-CIO Local 72 voted 1747 to 251 to end a six day strike idling 5,000 workers at the American Motors Kenosha plant and Milwaukee body division. Full production resumes Monday at Kenosha and Tuesday in Milwaukee as unions and company settle 19 grievances and five major issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO Utility Workers
Badgerow
Turkelson
Uaw-Cio
American Motors
Eagles Club
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Warmer Kenosha Forecast With Cold Nights Ahead
The forecast calls for slightly warmer weather in Kenosha tonight and Thursday with lows near zero tonight. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a 0 to 10 above low. Thursday expects partly cloudy skies and continued cold with a high around 15 to 20. Noon readings today were 12 at the sewage treatment plant and 14 at American Motors and downtown. yesterday’s high was 17 and the low this morning 5 below. Sunrise was 7 06 and sunset at 5 03.
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Kenosha
American Motors
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James Norris
George Poveden
John Madison
Ansley Whiteside
George Manson
Clarence Michel
UWC
Whiteside
Hugo
Zuffa
Gerald Bruno
Council
Joseph Lourigan
Haas
Joseph Sawicki
Gilbert Petzke
Edward Fechner
Shirlee Lake
Gordon McAleer
Alvin E. Johnson
John P. Newhouse
Orville Leonard
Mary Zicarelli
Harold A. Schmitz
Leslie Schlax
County Board
Anthony Zeitler
Jack Rice
George Friedl
George Smith
Michael Podbereski
Frederick Pfennig
Bernard T. McAleer
Mary Merriam
Carleton A. Gentz
Service Department
Sheridan Rd
56Th St
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Don Badgerow
Harold Turkelson
Missile Range
Kendall
Jack Beni
Emile Robillard
H. C. Figslop
Stanley Heukedahl
William Brady
Richard Custer
Evening News
AMC
Brookhouse
Governor’s Office
Bar Association
Fred Hartley
Carl Barbee
Chris Juliani
Hartley
Home Owners Loan Corporation
McEvoy
Davis
Ike
Reno
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Roy
Air Force
Local 72
J. W. Mueller
Miller
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