Wisconsin Supreme Court Reverses Joe Must Go Conviction
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled the Joe Must Go club did not violate the corrupt practices act in its bid to recall Senator McCarthy. The court remanded and dismissed 21 counts, finding insufficient proof funds were raised or used by a corporate body. Leroy Gore led the organization and commented on the decision calling it a setback for political fanatics.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Senator McCarthy
R-Wis
High Court
Bruce Bielfuss
Neillsville
Grover L. Broadfoot
Broadfoot
Leroy Gore
Sauk City Weekly
Gore
anti-McCarthy
Incorporated
Joe
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Segregation Commission
Tennessee
Leslie D. Carr
Chattanooga
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Supreme Court voids state housing eviction rule
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled a state law following a federal order to bar Communists from a Milwaukee housing project is invalid. It reversed Judge Shaughnessy's ruling and voided the eviction of Joseph Lawson Jr., his wife Corrine, and their three children from Hillside Terrace after Lawson refused to sign a nonmembership certificate.
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Madison
Milwaukee Housing Authority
Wisconsin Supreme Court
High Court
Supreme Court
William F. Shaughnessy
Milwaukee
Joseph Lawson Jr
Corrine
Hillside Terrace
Minister loses car but survives hitchhike attack near Maple
The Rev Martin Sarrinen of Oulu Wisconsin says a tall youth flagged his car near Superior then forced him to exit near Maple. The gunman threatened to shoot but left the minister unharmed and drove away in a 1955 light green Ford after taking the vehicle.
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Maple, Wis
Martin Sarrinen
Oulu
Wis
Sarri
Superior
Sarrinen
U S Hopes to Force Red Front Registration
The justice department seeks to compel about 30 active organizations in the United States to register as Communist fronts in the next fiscal year. Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr said the department also aims to prove in 1952 56 that several labor groups are Communist infiltrated.
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Washington
Justice Department
United States
Atty
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Department
U S Honors Rural Agent E V Ryall for 30 Years of Service
E V Ryall county agricultural agent received the USDA Superior Service Award in a Washington ceremony near the Washington Monument. The honor cites his work on calcareous clay soil neutralizer, promotion of a three county research center, and fostering rural urban cooperation. Ryall, native of California, graduated from Wisconsin in 1920 and began extension work in Adams county.
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E. V. Ryall
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Ryall
Washington Monument
Washington, D.C
Washington
California
University of Wisconsin
U. S. Army
Adams County
Kenosha County
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Kenosha
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Wisconsin Extension Workers’ Association
Supreme Court orders desegregation with local condition caveat
The Supreme Court ruled public school segregation must end promptly but allows lower courts to weigh local conditions. Virginia and Georgia leaders react with caution, while NAACP officials urge timely, good faith compliance. Governors and judges describe the decision as a measured step guiding post ruling action.
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Atlanta
U. S. Supreme Court
Georgia
Ruby Hurley
Birmingham
Ala
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Albert Boutwell
Alabama
Supreme Court
Virginia
NAACP
South
Spottswood , Robinson III
Oliver W. Hill
Traffic Toll 372 Sets Memorial Day Record Nationwide
A final tabulation shows 372 deaths from traffic accidents across the nation during the Memorial Day weekend, setting a new all time record.
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Chicago
Weather Outlook For Kenosha Ends With Mild Temps
The forecast projects pleasant conditions through Thursday with sunny intervals. Temperatures reach a high near 75 to 80 tomorrow after today’s noon readings around 60 and 65 downtown, with overnight lows around 55.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Chamber Flags Power Projects
The U S Chamber of Commerce at its convention charged federal power projects have raised the national debt increased bureaucracy and unfairly competed with utilities. Frank E McCaslin of Portland urged that government development of power discriminates in electric rates between citizen groups.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Frank E. McCaslin
Portland
Ore
Chamber
Natural Resources Committee
Oregon
New York
Tennessee
Florida
Montana
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
UAW Extends Ford Contract Deadline Amid New Offer
Walter Reuther extended the strike deadline for 140000 Ford workers to Monday to allow time for the new Ford offer to be explored. Both sides agreed to a 24 hour blackout on developments as GM negotiations continue and key issues include wages, seniority, pensions, and contract duration.
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Detroit
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Reuther
Chicago
Ford Assembly
UAW
General Motors
State Asks Early Action on Airport Development
Kenosha city leaders face a pivotal decision on a potential municipal airport estimated at 317000 with an initial city contribution of 76060. The State Aeronautics Commission backs a two phase plan starting with land, fencing, and zoning costing 115000 with 38940 state aid and federal reimbursement possible for the second phase.
Police Ticket King Bets Busy Night For Mayville Students
Officer Jack Muller stopped 87 Mayville Wisconsin visitors for illegal bus parking near Ohio and Bush Street. Drivers Kintop and Rich posted 25 dollar bonds each as youths were taken to Chicago Avenue police station for dinnerless detention. The group lamented the delay with the cry You are seeing one of Chicago s most famous police stations.
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Chicago
Mayville
Wis
Jack Muller
Muller
Wisconsin
Ohio and
Bush Sts
Harold Kintop
Milwaukee
John Rich
West Allis
Mayville High School
Kintop
Rich
Chicago Avenue
Senate Rejects Plan to End Wisconsin State Network
The Senate voted 29 to 3 to kill a bill to abolish the Wisconsin state FM radio network and WHA TV. A prior 25 to 6 vote killed a substitute that would have eliminated WHA TV only. Draheim argued the public already rejected a state TV network in a statewide referendum.
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Madison
Senate
Wisconsin State FM
WHA- TV
Wha-Tv
Draheim
Wisconsin
Air Reserve May Set Up Center Here
Land is sought for a proposed air reserve center in Kenosha patterned after the naval reserve training center. Col Phillip F. Kramer Jr. notes the Air Force plans and asks for early consideration while exploring county owned or city land for a 25 year lease option. City and county officials weigh suitable four acre sites and park or residential land potential.
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Naval Reserve Training Center
Air Force
Phillip F. Kramer, Jr
Corps of Engineers
Chicago
Col. Kromer
Richard Custer
Richard Lindgren
Lindgren
Department of the Air Force
Kenosha
Kramer
Custer
Walter Kohler
County Board
Special Airport Committee
Camp Lake
West 60Th St
West 52Nd St
Woolson's Condition Improves in Duluth Hospital
Albert Woolson, 108, famed as the last of the Civil War era "boys in blue," was reported in better condition at St. Luke's hospital in Duluth Minnesota where bronchial pneumonia kept him in an oxygen tent. This marked his third hospitalization this year.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Milwaukee to return polio vaccine amid test plans
Milwaukee health chief Dr. E R Krumbiegel announced plans to return the Salk polio vaccine to the state and seek a fresh supply. The city council voted to fund a new vaccine purchase if no free shipment arrives, citing 28 000 eligible children and a pilot test of the vaccine.
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Milwaukee
E. R. Krumbiegel
National Foundation For
Krumbiegel
Carl Neupert
National Foundation
Madison man sentenced for forging postal money order
Robert W. Roll a 37 year old railroad worker from Minneapolis was sentenced to 18 months in prison by Federal Judge Patrick Stone on a charge of forging a $25 postal money order Tuesday.
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Madison
Robert W. Roll
Minneapolis
Patrick Stone
Eviction Ends Ballet Dancer's Battle Over Chicago Cottage
Lenena Davis a 32 year old barefoot former ballet dancer fought district workers and police as the Chicago Sanitary District evicted her from a riverside cottage. Officials say the home was removed for a sludge hauling railway project and the house burned after furnishings were removed. Davis planned to move to a motor court near a restaurant where she works as a waitress. Her three Afghan hounds were taken to the animal welfare league with hope they could be reclaimed.
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Chicago
Lenena Davis
Des Plaines
Summit
Miss Davis
Stickney
Davis
Sanitary District
Animal Welfare League
Strike Expands as 4500 Huachipato Steel Workers Walk Out
In Chile a fresh walkout hit the government with about 4,500 steel workers at Huachipato in southern Chile striking to press for a pay raise. The dispute adds pressure on the Santiago regime.
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Santiago
Chile
Huachipato
Senate backs 8 percent raise for postal workers
The Senate passed a bill to raise salaries of about 500000 postal workers by an average of 8 percent after assurance it would be acceptable to President Eisenhower. Assembly Speaker Mark Catlin Jr. of Appleton announced plans to run for the Republican Senate nomination in 1956 against incumbent Alexander Wiley.
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State Assembly
Milwaukee
Wauwatosa
Lake and Wauwatosa
St. Francis
Hales Corners
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Madison
Assembly
Mark Catlin Jr
Appleton
U. S. Senate
Alexander Wiley
Rchippewa Falls
Fliers Home From China After Two Years Imprisonment
Four American airmen freed from Red China arrived in Honolulu after two years in captivity. They looked forward to reuniting with their families tomorrow as they traveled from their stateside homes.
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Honolulu
Red
China
Republican leaders press for release of Americans held in Red China
Washington republican congressional leaders told President Eisenhower after a meeting today that the United States is pressing for the release of all Americans still detained in Red China.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Red
China
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D-Madison
Kohler
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Norman Greening
9670Th Air Reserve Squadron
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Foundation
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