Operation Skywatch mobilizes 100 volunteers in Kenosha
Kenosha activates Operation Skywatch with 100 Ground Observer Corps volunteers posting on the Kenosha bank building, forming shifts to detect unidentified aircraft. More than 150,000 volunteers in about 6,000 stations across 27 states participate, while radar limitations and earth curvature drive the effort. Jet interceptors stand ready on full alert as observers report to Chicago filters and the network coordinated by air force and air defense command.
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Ground Observer Corps
United States
Kenosha Bank
Harold Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Tenacles
Army
Chicago
Air Force
Air Defense Command
Andrew Yorton
R. W. Hamm
Lawrence Jensen
Francis Noble
Jack James
Richard Potahl
Russell Maxwell
Keith Crawford
Kennard Scribner, Jr
David Nohling
Loyalty Oath Upheld By Washington Supreme Court
The Washington state supreme court unanimously upheld a law requiring all political candidates to swear they are not subversives. A lower court had ruled the oath unconstitutional for adding qualifications beyond those in the constitutions.
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Olympia
Wash
U.P
Washington State
Barkley Favored Against Kefauver as Dem Nomination Nears
Senator Edwin C. Johnson states Vice President Alben W. Barkley is the man to beat for the Democratic presidential nomination while Estes Kefauver is a pace setter. Johnson notes Truman will influence the convention but likely refrain from dominance. Adlai Stevenson rules out a draft, joking he would shoot himself if nominated.
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U.P
Richard B. Russell
Alben W. Barkley
Edwin C. Johson
D-Colo
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Russell
Johnson
Barkley
White House
Truman
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Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Camp Ripley
Minn
Illinois National Guard
Dark Horse
Steel Union Rejects New Peace Offer In Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers leaders deem the industry's peace proposal unsatisfactory as 43 day strike drags on. Industry suggests watered-down union shop and other undisclosed ideas, while government approves at least a five dollar per ton price rise to offset wage increases.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Philip Murray
U.S. Group Favors More Aid to Tito
A U.S. military panel urged expanded aid to Yugoslavia under Tito, including jet planes tanks and heavy artillery. The recommendation followed a report praising Tito’s forces as in excellent shape and was announced at a dinner hosted by Tito for the U.S. mission led by Frank C. Nash, Special Assistant to Defense Secretary Lovett.
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Bled
Yugoslavia
U. S
Marshal Tito
Tito
Frank C. Nash
Defense
Robert Lovett
Tragic 40 Foot Roller Coaster Fall Claims Life
Edward Sellers aged 27 dies at a Waukesha hospital after plunging about 40 feet from a roller coaster. Investigators await details as the incident is investigated by local authorities in Wisconsin.
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Waukesha
Wis
U.P
Edward Sellers
Wisconsin Sees Cooler Weather After Weekend Heat
A slow move of cooler air across Wisconsin follows Sunday highs in the low 90s and high 80s with high humidity. Forecasts call for cloudy cooler conditions with showers and thunderstorms tonight and partly cloudy continued coolness tomorrow. Kenosha reached 92 Sunday at the sewage plant, with a 68 degree low last night and 78 at noon.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Keel Laid For Carrier Forrestal at Newport News Navy Yard
The navy laid the keel of the 60 000 ton aircraft carrier Forrestal at Newport News. Deputy Defense Secretary William C. Foster notes its range and atom bomb capable planes, with an estimated cost of 218 million dollars and completion target in late 1954.
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Newport News
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Congress
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
United States
Midway
James Forrestal
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Defense
Earthquake Believed Centered in Dutch East Indies
A fairly big quake was recorded on Fordham University seismographs yesterday. Rev. Joseph Lynch reported shocks were detected from a distance of about 10 300 miles.
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New York
Netherlands East Indies
Fordham University
Joseph Lynch
Brooks Sees Illinois Backing Ike In November Bid
Former U S Senator C Wayland Brooks told Eisenhower in Chicago that Illinois will back the Republican ticket even if Democrats draft Gov Adlai Stevenson. Brooks noted Illinois sent 59 Taft and 1 Eisenhower votes at the convention and pledged wholehearted GOP support.
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Chicago
U. S
C. Wayland Brooks
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Illinois
Adalai Stevenson
Brooks
Eisenhower
Blackstone
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Oldest Civil War Vet James A Hard Turns 111 Tomorrow
In Rochester New York the nation’s oldest Civil War veteran James A Hard will celebrate his 111th birthday. The Monroe County council of the Sons of Union Veterans plans a party and a birthday cake while the 54th regiment band serenades the veteran. Hard is known to smoke several cigars daily and has previously received as many as a thousand anniversary cigars.
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Rochester
N. Y
U.P
James A. Hard
Monroe County Council of the Sons of Union Veterans
Hard
54Th Regiment
Wisconsin Republicans begin to close ranks at state convention
Milwaukee reports GOP leaders accept posts as associate chairmen In the Eisenhower campaign Wilbur Renk of Sun Prairie says Harvey Higley and four others join the slate WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS BEGIN TO CLOSE RANKS.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wilbur Renk
Sun Prairie
Eisenhower Committee
Harvey Higley
Fire devastates Pioneer Hotel in Fairbanks. toll uncertain
Fire swept the three story Pioneer hotel in Fairbanks Alaska early today trapping hundreds. Officials and survivors said at least four and possibly up to 50 people perished with nine hospitalized including a fireman with a broken leg. The building was leveled by dawn and the cause remains undetermined.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
A.P
Pioneer
David Littlefield
Littlefield
Floyd Clowers
President Truman Ailing. Cancels Appointments
President Truman suffers a mild viral infection and remains in his residence. He curtails meetings with Sen. Kerr and other officials while continuing work on several bills passed by Congress. Doctors report a slight fever and recommend rest as the president slows his pace.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Jack Gorrie
National Security Resources Board
Acheson
Joseph Short
Wallace H. Graham
Short
Three New Methodist Bishops Consecrated in Milwaukee
About a thousand people attended the consecration services at the Milwaukee Auditorium for three new Methodist bishops. D Stanley Coors of Lansing Michigan F Gerald Ensley of Columbus Ohio and Edwin Voigt of Indianola Iowa were installed at the North Central jurisdictional conference. Ensley to Iowa Coors to Minnesota Voigt to the Dakotas four year assignments before reassignment.
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A.P
Milwaukee Auditorium
D. Stanley Coors
Lansing
Mich
F. Gerald Ensley
Columbus
Edwin E. Voigt
Indianola
Bishop Ensley
Iowa
Bishop Coors
Minnesota
Bishop Voigt
Wisconsin fire chiefs open three day convention with memorial
Beaver Dam Wisconsin hosts the Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Assn three day annual convention beginning with a memorial service. Rep members pay tribute to fallen firefighters as the gathering kicks off.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Assn
Fargo banker Sam Stern elected Elks grand exalted ruler
Sam Stern of Fargo North Dakota, a banker merchant and philanthropic leader, was elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks. He will be installed on the convention’s closing day as the 88th national gathering enters its second day. The order reported 28,604 members added since the last convention and total lodge assets at 220,652,369.21.
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New York
Sam Stern
Fargo
N. D
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Stern
Elks
Oldest Frat Mother Minnie Raymond Dies in Beloit
Mrs Minnie Raymond 85 longtime Beta Theta Pi house mother at Beloit College Beloit Wisconsin died yesterday She served 41 years as counselor to the Beloit chapter and was famed for recalling each of her "boys" by name
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Beloit
Wis
U.P
Raymond
Minnie Raymond
Beta Theta Pi
Beloit College
Decontrol of 90 Percent of Canned and Frozen Produce by Arnall
Chief Ellis Arnall lifted price controls on 90 percent of canned and frozen fruits and vegetables effective July, with potential price increases noted. Remaining 10 percent stay under control while ambiguities are resolved, covering items from asparagus to potato chips and baby foods.
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Washington
U.P
Ellis Arnall
Office of Price Stabilization
Arnall
Burr P. Harrison
D-Va
Liner United States Aboard Set Transatlantic Speed Record
The 53000 ton liner United States sped toward a new transatlantic speed mark for the third day despite two foggy nights. It covered 872 nautical miles from noon Sunday to noon Monday at 34.19 knots, 175 miles east of Ambrose Lighthouse at noon, about four and a half hours from Ambrose and roughly ten hours ahead of the Queen Mary’s 1938 East West record.
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S. S
United States
U.P
En Yor
Ambrose Lighthouse
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