Heat Plagues Golfers In State Meet
Steve Bull a 21 year old Racine golfer led the state amateur meet at Kenosha and Racine with a 5 under par 66. He totaled 137 for 36 holes as 159 players compete to reach the low 31 for match play with hot conditions of 98 degrees.
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Steve Bull
Racine
Kenosha Country Club
Kenosha
Bob Johnson
Milwaukee
Kenosha Course
John “Gibby” Smith
Smith
Kalamazoo
Mich
Leif Larson
Joe Dovorany
Tom Henkel
Henkel
Bull
Chris Kappas
Byrnes Seeks Great Lakes Basin Compact Inclusion of Illinois
Rep Byrnes Republican urges Congress approval of a Great Lakes Basin compact involving Illinois and six other states with potential Canada links. The plan would establish an orderly integrated development and conservation framework for the basin.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Byrnes
Congress
Great Lakes Basin
Illinois
Brynes
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Ontario
Quebec
Canada
Heat and Humidity Sweep Wisconsin as Lake Michigan Residents Seek Relief
A southerly air flow pushed heat and humidity across Wisconsin. By noon the temperature was 101 at American Motors, 86 at the Lake Michigan shore sewage plant, and 94 downtown. Highs reached 83 at the plant yesterday with a 71 low. tonight and Wednesday forecast warm humid conditions with lows 70 to 75 and highs mid 90s.
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Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
American Motors
Air Commuter Service Starts to Chicago and Milwaukee
Regular air passenger and freight service begins linking Chicago and Milwaukee with stops at Racine Kenosha Waukegan Palatine Libertyville and Des Plaines. Kenosha Travel Service represents the line with Jim Sershon as agent and a Pakistan business traveler among initial passengers.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Chicago Airways
Racine
Waukegan
Palatine
Libertyville
Des Plaines
Bernard Bellario
Amanwanw Ani
Imamabcl
SAU Luc Device
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Gary
Pakistan
Kenosha Travel Service
Roosevelt Rd
Jim Sershon
June U S living costs rise modestly in 1955
Government reports show living costs edged up in June to 114.4 percent of the 1947-49 average, a small seasonal rise from May and still below June last year. Food, housing, transportation and medical expenses contributed the uptick, with prices expected to rise further in July.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Captain Denies Rumor of Meeting Princess Margaret
Capt. Peter Townsend denied claims he will visit England next month for Princess Margaret's 25th birthday August 21. Reports linked Townsend romantically to the princess, noting her restricted freedom to marry after August 21 without Queen Elizabeth's consent.
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Brussels
Regium
Peter Townsend
England
Margaret
Townsend
Elizabeth
forest fires cost you and your water supply
Last year enough timber burned to build 50,000 five room homes. Rainfall was lost to flood runoff endangering lives and property and reducing water supply. We spent 70 million dollars fighting fires. Nine of ten fires were started by careless people. Only you can prevent forest fires.
Bong Field to House 50 Jet Planes Near Chicago
The Bong air base on the Kenosha Racine county line is set to host about 50 jet planes, including F-86 Sabrejets moved from O'Hare Field. The project faces funding, with a $16.6 million appropriation already passed by the House and awaiting Senate action.
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House of Representatives
Air Force
Washington
Final Action On Military Reserve Plan
The Senate completed action on a sweeping reserve plan requiring compulsory training for youths. The bill moves to President Eisenhower who backed a strengthened reserve program as part of the new look military strategy. The House approved 315 to 78. the plan requires future draftees to serve two years active duty and three years in the ready reserve with weekly drills and summer training.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Fort Dodge mother given suspended sentence in assault case
Mrs Wilma Banta 23 Fort Dodge received a suspended 30 day jail term after neighbors reported she hung her 2 year old son from a clothes line with a rope around his abdomen. The child was unharmed though his face turned blue in 90 degree heat. She was paroled to a probation officer who gained custody of her three children.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Wilma Banta
Ike Tells of Hope Found at Geneva
A false alarm over a so called clay for Kohler shipment stirred union leaders in Milwaukee and Sheboygan. UAW CIO regional director Harvey Kitzman reported sighting chalk marked cars in Butler yards, but rail officials denied any Kohler consignment. The episode sparked a Muskegon protest as city officials urged Grand Trunk Western to halt handling of the material.
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Milwaukee
Kohler Co
Harvey Kitzman
Uaw-Cio
Kohler Local 833
CIO
Butler
Kitzman
Kohler
North Western Railroad
Sheboygan
Racine
Union
Muskegon Balks
Montreal
Canada
Muskegon
Mich
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Walter Sowles
United Auto Workers
Sowles
Grand Trunk Railroad
Wisconsin
Grand Trunk Ferries
Praise Jet Pilot For Heroism
Madison officials praise Jet Pilot Lt John F Churchill for crashing Sabre Jet to avoid automobiles. The 25 year old Madison, New Jersey native skidded across U S 51 and stopped at Truax Field after he stalled to check for cars before final landing.
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Madison
Wis
Ph — Air Force
John F. Churchill
N. J
U. S. 51
Truax Field
Ralph Rosengarden
Churchill
Floods Ravage Four Indian States From Himalayan Downpour
Destructive floods overflow from the Himalayas inundating four states on the India Tibet frontier. Heavy rains trigger widespread damage as authorities issue warnings and mobilize relief across the region.
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Calcutta
Himalayas
East German Communists Press For Reunification Talks
The East German Communist Party urges immediate negotiations with the West German government to prepare for participation in the Geneva October Four foreign ministers talks. Neues Deutschland links talks to a broader move for German unity and a European security pact, aiming to end the Cold War on German soil.
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Berlin
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
Ence
Geneva
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Germany
German Democratic Republic
Neues
Talbott Case: Johnson Testifies On Legal Opinion
Air Force general counsel John A. Johnson testified before senators that he discussed Harold Talbott outside business interests with Attorney General Brownell on January 6. Johnson said Brownell expressed no disagreement with the legal conclusion, but would study the matter and take no action yet. Mulligan firm profits from Talbott's partnership were cited as part of the inquiry.
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Washington
John A. Johnson
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Brownell
Johnson
Imcmlv
TaUau
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Talbott
New York City
Paul B. Mulligan and Co
Defense Department
Mulligan
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Subcommittee
Secretary of the
Senate President Signs Pike Creek Closure Bill
Sen Alexander Wiley reports President Eisenhower signed a bill permitting the closing of Pike Creek. In Sheboygan a token CIO UAW picket line halted a switch engine trying to haul three carloads of clay to the Kohler Co. plant. In Topeka elderly residents of a Methodist home were rescued as a wing roof collapsed in flames.
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Alexander Wiley
Rwis
Eisenhower
Pike Creek
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Kohler Co
Topeka
Earthquake Stirs Panic in Antofagasta Chile
An earthquake rattled Antofagasta on a Monday night causing panic but no casualties or heavy damage were reported. The tremor registered weak near the Chuquicamata copper mine operated by Anaconda Copper.
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Antofagasta
Chile
Chuquicamata
Anaconda Co
Eisenhower outlines Geneva spark and future tests for peace
President Eisenhower told the nation a spark of world peace was ignited at the Geneva Big Four talks. He urged patient sacrifice and unity, predicted the October foreign ministers’ meeting as an acid test, and listed four results including NATO unity and reduced nuclear brinkmanship.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Geneva
White House
United States
NATO
Robert Montgomery
New York
Farmer crushed by hay baler dies after rescue
Adrian Anderson, 43, Crawford County farmer, died en route to Prairie du Chien hospital after being crushed for two hours by an overturned tractor against a hay baler. The incident occurred Monday and rescuers reported he was trapped beside the equipment.
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Adrian Anderson
Crawford County
Prairie du Chien
Believe Chrysler UAW Near GAW Pact
Detroit Chrysler Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers were believed near agreement on a pact similar to Ford and GM deals. The UAW resumed talks after a one week recess to study the first offer, with the union saying the offer was basically acceptable and only minor differences remained.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
General Motors
UAW
Chrysler
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Bong
Billy Mitchell Field
Wiley
Billy Mitchell
Air National Guard
Ike
Clay
Beck
Dave Beck
Teamsters’ Union
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Soviet Zone
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