Senate Group Grants OK to 52nd St Extension
The Wisconsin Senate highway committee approved a bill to widen and extend West 52nd Street from the lakefront to Highway 41. Kenosha Assemblyman George Molinaro said passage would place 6.7 miles on the state trunk system and noted support from American Motors and local business groups. He predicted swift Senate approval and possible governor signature, with funding concerns tied to a pending gas tax.
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Highway Committee
State Senate
Hy. 41
Paul Rogan Ladysmith
Kenosha
George Molinaro
Senate
Assemblyman
Molinaro
American Motors
Mid-Town
Kohler
Wisconsin Senate approves transfer of funds to general fund
The Wisconsin Senate, controlled by Republicans, passed 25 to 8 a bill shifting five million dollars from the state insurance fund to the general fund after solid Democratic opposition. In Chicago a Roman Catholic priest from India, the Rev John Chiramal, 40, died of a knife wound. police sought his killer. Washington officials report the Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved President Eisenhower's new slate of joint chiefs of staff.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Assembly
Chicago
India
John Chiramal
Washington
IPI
Senate Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Defeats Amendment on Foreign Aid Bill
The senate after a heated debate defeated 50-33 an amendment to the administration's foreign aid bill. The measure would have required at least half of direct economic aid to be loaned rather than granted.
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Washington
Senate
Fliers Reunited With Families After Prison Camps
Nine American airmen released from Chinese prison camps returned to Hawaii, landing at Hickam Field on a silver Constellation. Families rushed to embrace their loved ones in an emotional reunion after more than two years apart.
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Honolulu
Air Force Constellation
Hickam Field
Seven Chicago Hotels Closed for Building Violations
Richard Smykal acting building commissioner said seven low rate hotels on the fringe of the loop were ordered closed in the last two weeks after city inspectors found building violations. The action followed fires in cheap hotels or flop houses that killed 51 people since the year began.
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Chicago
Loop
Richard Smykal
Smykal
Berlin blockade escalation blames East Germans for cut lines
West Berlin officials accuse Eastern Communists of tightening the blockade by cutting elevated train telephone lines linking East and West sectors, risking lives in the divided city.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Foreign Aid Vote Near Passes Senate
The Senate met two hours early to vote on President Eisenhower's 32 billion foreign aid program with hopes of passage by nightfall. Several amendments target large reductions, facing a stiff climb. Ellender seeks 800 million cutback plus funds from Britain for Asian military aid. Long pushes up to one billion cut while preserving 172 million for technical assistance.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Poisoned Four Mates Gets Life Sentence
Grandma Nannie Doss, who poisoned four of her five husbands, was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in Tulsa. She pleaded guilty last week and listened with a fixed smile as District Judge Elmer Adams read the verdict.
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Tulsa
Okla
Nannie Doss
Elmer Adams
Wisconsin Assembly Passes Two Money Bills and More
The Wisconsin Assembly approved two money bills including a $700,000 state building fund appropriation for National Guard facilities and a local mill levy reform for vocational schools based on state equalized value. The measure could unlock over $2 million in federal funds over two years. The chamber also passed a bill enabling law officers to remove illegally parked vehicles and moved toward enacting the children's code after a committee hearing. A new proposal would replace the three member real estate broker board with five governor appointees. The Assembly rejected a bill to authorize land acquisition for inland water access. Milwaukee senators advanced a bill to integrate UW Milwaukee extension with the state college system.
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Madison
National Guard
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Catlin
State Conservation Commission
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Extension Division
University of Wisconsin
State College
Education Committee
Busby
R-West Allis
Mercury Workers Strike Ford Plant in Metuchen
About 1,900 workers at Ford Motor Co. Mercury assembly plant in Metuchen walked out after a 4 am CIO United Auto Workers Local 980 walkout of 30 members. Picketing was orderly and no disturbances occurred as management called a staff conference to address the wildcat strike.
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Metuchen
N. J
Mercury
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Uranium Stampede Expected Tomorrow Near Kern River Canyon
Bakersfield reports a uranium rush near Kern River Canyon as 3 000 prospectors prepare to stake 20 acre claims when the land opens at 10 a m. Sheriff Galven orders 75 deputies to confiscate firearms amid the area wide scramble and a public land dispute over the Miracle Mine and Kergen claims.
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Bakersfield
Calif
California
Kern River Canyon
Here
Leroy Galven
Autopsy Finds 8 Year Old Jeannie Singleton Dead
Kalamazoo Michigan police report an autopsy showing Jeannie Singleton was murdered by blunt force and strangulation. Her bruised body was found in pine woods north of Kalamazoo after being abducted near her home while she was returning from school.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Jeannie Singleton
Jeannie
Michigan
Glenn Hammel
Doster
Steve Singleton
Singleton
Kathleen McLaughlin
Detroit
Barbara Gaca
Pontiac
Weather outlook for Kenosha with showers likely
Cloudy conditions with occasional showers and thunderstorms expected tonight and Friday. Lows around 58 to 65 tonight, with Friday turning warmer to 75 to 80. Daytime readings reached 61 at the treatment plant, 68 downtown, and 70 at American Motors, while yesterday’s high was 65 and the early low 52 at the treatment plant.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Independent Walkout Ends at Two Ford Plants
The one day walkout by 1,918 CIO United Auto Workers at a Ford assembly plant and a parts depot ends as workers return to their jobs. The action, labeled independent, began yesterday under orders from UAW Local 551 leaders.
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Chicago
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Heavy rain washes out U.S. 12 near Black River Falls Wisconsin
A four inch downpour washed out a 20 by 50 foot section of U.S. Highway 12 near the Black River Falls bridge cutting off the Chicago to Minneapolis route. Detours were impossible as the next bridge at Melrose and surrounding roads were flooded. Rail service on the Chicago and North Western line also suspended. A storm strike barn burned 12 miles south of town after a lightning bolt.
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Black River Falls
Wis
U.S
Chicago & North Western Railway
U.S. 12
Chicago
Twin Cities
Milwaukee
U. S. 12
Melrose
Farm Delegation To Visit Russia
The government announced 12 American agriculture representatives will visit Russia between July 15 and August 15. A Soviet delegation of similar size will visit the United States July 10 to August 10. The American visit is unofficial and no travel expenses will be paid from government funds.
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Washington
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
State
Anslinger cites 60000 narcotics addicts nationwide
U S Narcotics Commissioner Harry Anslinger testified that about 60000 drug addicts exist in the United States, excluding marijuana users. He noted postwar peaks around 1951 and identified New York Chicago and Los Angeles as centers with heroin as the dominant drug.
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Washington
Harry J. Anslinger
Senate
United States
Anslinger
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York City
British Team Conquers Kanchenjunga Third Highest Peak
A British team reports conquering Mt Kanchenjunga rising 28 146 feet in New Delhi. The ascent makes them the first to reach the summit this season. The team praised local guides and praised the mountain's severe conditions encountered on the climb.
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New Delhi
Kanchenjunga
Ford Opens Job Security Plan Amid Auto Union Talks
The Detroit News reports Ford Motor Co offered the CIO United Auto Workers a 55 million dollar job security fund and a plan aiming to meet the union demand for guaranteed annual wages. UAW President Walter Reuther said Ford's Tuesday counter offers leave the sides far apart, prompting a Monday strike deadline and continued negotiations involving Ford and GM.
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FORD
CIO United Au
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Detroit
UAW
General Motors
Detroit News
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Cio-Uaw
Rounds Up Jurors As Short Veniremen Force Roundup Event
A federal judge in New York State short of jurors used Title 28 U.S. Code 1866 to deploy 12 U.S. marshals who gathered 13 potential jurors from three downtown courthouses. Two Bronx residents, Joseph Fisher and Bernard Israel, were chosen to complete the narcotics trial panel.
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New York
Edward J. Dimeck
U. S
Thomas J. Lunney
Veniremen
Joseph Fisher
Bernard Israel
Bronx
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Judith Heller
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Lyle W. Cameron
Qincoln
Neb
Cameron
Rolland Cameron
Robert
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
W. G. Parks
Richard
Harold EF. Fischer
Swea City
Harold Fischer
Mrs. Cameron
Mrs. Parks
Mrs. Heller
N. J. Plant
Kergen
Great Lakes Oil and Chemical Co
Miracle
Wyoming Gulf & Sulphur Co
Sierra
Southern California Edison Co
Atomic Energy Commission
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Hy
U. S. Narcotics Bureau
Senate Judiciary
Carl Stellato
Rouge
Stellato
Tax Bureau
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