Run Down on Congress Record and Prospects 1954
A quick look at Congress in 1954 shows a narrow party margin, with Democrats able to block or support key items. Major actions include the St Lawrence Seaway join with Canada, a South Korea defense pact, an Air Force academy, tax changes, highway funding, and Commodity Credit Corp borrowing power, while Taft Hartley revision and lowering the voting age faced Senate resistance. Recent moves push social security expansion and housing programs, with 35,000 public housing units planned annually.
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Congress
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
South Korea
Air Force Academy
Commodity Credit Corp
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Housing bill fate tied to House Senate talks
The administration's housing and public works plans face delays as the House and Senate seek compromise on housing units and slum clearance. Key Eisenhower proposals such as extending the reciprocal trade program, farm price supports, and Hawaiian statehood are unlikely to pass. Other big items awaiting action include debt limits, tax reform, atomic-use rules, foreign aid, private health insurance, and postal rate hikes. Philip Pratt, linked to coin-making equipment, is held for trial in London.
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House
Senate
Eisenhower
Three Killed On Wisconsin Roads Over Memorial Weekend
Wisconsin's Memorial Day weekend saw three road fatalities and one drowning, with Shirley Doll 19 of Hales Corners dying from a Milwaukee county crash, Janice Kaminsky 21 of Manitowoc killed in a head on collision on State Highway 42, and Margaret Bartman 9 of Appleton fatally struck after two cars struck her. Darrell Neumann 9 drowned in a farm pond near Crestwood.
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Shirley Doll
Hales Corners
Milwaukee County
Raymond Billowski
Milwaukee
Janice Kaminsky
Manitowoc
Margaret Bartman
Edward Bartman
Appleton
Darrell Neumann
Kenneth Neumann
Crestwood
Madison
Wisconsin Weather Report Mixed Clouds Rain Possible
The weather note reports mostly cloudy skies in Wisconsin with no measurable rain Sunday and light precipitation in Lone Rock and La Crosse. Snow flurries lingered in the Rocky Mountain and Western Plateau regions after a bitter north wind. Temperatures across Wisconsin ranged from 44 to 80 degrees with brisk west winds lowering readings by up to 17 degrees.
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Wisconsin
Lone Rock
la Crosse
Rocky Mountain
Beloit
Eau Claire
Milwaukee
Madison
Grantsburg
Park Falls
Superior
Two Rivers
Wausau
Green Bay
Chicago
Detroit
Escanaba
Marquette
Memphis
Sault Ste. Marie
St. Paul
Miami
Clear
New York
New Orleans
Denver
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Seattle
Stee Ween
Wilson warns third world war not the answer to communism
Secretary of Defense Wilson told Columbia on the University of South Carolina's 150th anniversary that bullets cannot defeat false ideas. He urged countering communism with truth and superior ideas while warning against pursuing global war despite needing military strength.
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Columbia
S. C
Wilson
University of South Carolina
Free World
United States
Eight Die in Flaming Route 416 Crash near Dunkirk
Eight people, including two women, were killed when two cars collided and crashed on Route 416 near Dunkirk Maryland. Victims in one car included John P. Schwienhout 23 and his brother Robert 20 plus Robert E. Abell 24 and Milton E. Stottlemyer 24. In the other car were Norman T. Carey 25 and Helen P. Carey 25 both of Baltimore. Three additional victims from Olivet were Mrs Benjamin Thomas 55 Clarence M. Thomas 34 and Earl S. Meepready 24. An unidentified youth about 19 was found among the wreckage.
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Dunkirk
A.P
John P. Schwienhout
Robert
Robert E. Abell
Milton E. Stottlemyer
Norman T. Carey
Helen P. Carey
Baltimore
Olivet
Benjamin Thomas
Clarence M. Thomas
Earl S. Meepready
Mrs Roosevelt to Go to Russia for Look Assignment
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt will travel to the Soviet Union next month on assignment for Look magazine. She declined to comment, directing inquiries to Look.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Russia
New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Look Magazine
Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Gardner Cowles
Look
Europe
Roosevelt Scraps Mark California Primaries Amid Turmoil
Amid marital troubles James Roosevelt battles for a California House seat as party lines heat up. Condon faces loyalty questions while Kuchel backers accuse Yorty of communism. Westbrook backs Ned Redding as GOP fallout reshapes California and Iowa races alongside a six man Republican gubernatorial contest.
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Washington
James Roosevelt
Congress
California
South Carolina
Iowa
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
Tate
Democratic National Committee
Robert L. Condon
D. Calif
GOP
Thomas H. Kuchel
Sam W. Yorty
Richard Westbrook
Ned Redding
Baldwin
Condon
John F. Baldwin, Jr
Martinez
Yorty
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
National Committee
Kuchel
Joseph R. McCarthy
Army
Eisenhower
High Command
Richard M. Nixon
Guy M. Gillette
Thomas E. Martin
H. R. Gross
Martin
Gillette
GOP state convention set for July 23 to pick candidate
A Republican state convention will be held on July 23 to choose the party’s candidate. Delegates from multiple counties will attend to cast ballots and finalize the nomination process.
Woman Announces GOP Candidacy for Wisconsin Secretary of State
Ripon Wisconsin Joyce M Larkin longtime Wisconsin GOP figure announced her candidacy for the GOP nomination for secretary of state Three men already announced they will seek the nomination Incumbent Fred R Zimmerman State Sen Alfred Krueger of Merrill and Attorney M B Wigderson of Madison Larkin former editor publisher of the Vilas County News Review Eagle River currently directs the GOP centennial celebration Her announcement came during the GOPs 100th birthday celebration Also noted Finland and West Germany plan to exchange about 22000000 in goods this year.
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Wayne Morse
Oregon
Kenosha
Aaw
Associated Press
Advertising Representatiann & Kelley, Inc
Atlanta
San Francisco
Racine
Walworth
Lake
Illinois
Philip Pratt
London
The
Old Bailey
Chinske
22Nd Ave
Shirley Haberman
Becker
Minn
St. Cloud
Fred Haberman
Santa
Continental
Cleveland
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Bullets
Reds—Wilson
Thomas J. Dale
56Th Street
Finland
West Germany
Sheridan
60Th Street
Cinchi
Comforti
Fulmer Motors, Inc
Kenosha, Wisconsin
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