Farm Debate Highlights Rift Between Wiley and Maier
Senators Wiley and Maier spoke to 165 members of the Racine Kenosha Farm Bureau Federation noting a farm problem. Wiley proposed a 10 point plan including parity program modernization and dairy consumption education while Maier blasted GOP farm policy and accused Benson of being comfortably fixed. The Milwaukee county party scene echoed the discord with remarks on Wiley’s primary prospects and press coverage.
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Alexander Wiley
Henry Maier
Wiley
Maier
GOP
Milwaukee
Benson
Superior
Rep
Glenn Davis
Missing physician linked to bloodstained coat in car
Milwaukee police questioned two Chicago men, Sidney Biddix and Edmund Sigourney, about the disappearance of West Virginia physician Loren L. Fischer after a bloodstained topcoat was found in his car. The suspects, with conflicting stories, claimed they found Fischer in Chicago and drove the car toward Milwaukee before a station sale of his trousers for gas surfaced. Fischer had recently returned from Marine service and was not reported missing by his family.
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Milwaukee
West Allis
West Virginia
Sidney H. Biddix
Edmund B. Sigourney
Chicago
Loren L. Fischer
Sissonville
W. Va
Dr. Fischer
Biddix
Sigourney
Fischer
Gartha Fischer
Charleston
Marines
Rubber workers warn unemployment is felt in plants
United Rubber Workers leader said car industry job losses are spreading to rubber plants. URW district convention heard that members should vote for candidates who understand industrial workers. William Kitchens was elected District 4 president and Foriste Shafter and George Dahm were reappointed officials.
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Des Moines
United Rubber Workers
George Burdan
Chicago
URW
William Kitchens
Indianapolis
Foriste Shafter
George Dahm
East St. Louis, Ill
Harriman Enters Democratic Presidential Race as Active Candidate
New York Governor Averell Harriman announced he is an active Democratic presidential candidate. The declaration positions Harriman to seek the party nomination, signaling a formal bid and campaign activity.
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Harriman
New York
Averell Harriman
Warmest Sunday Seen Ahead For Kenoshans
The weather forecast calls for continued fair sunny and warmer conditions. The high Sunday may reach the high 80s to low 90s with a low around the 54 to 60 degree range. Local readings show 75 and 78 in the morning with a 54 degree low since midnight.
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Kenoshans
Weather Bureau
Mercury
American Motors Corp
Traffic Toll Rises with Boy and Man Killed in Wisconsin
AP reports Wisconsin highway deaths rose to 359, 45 more than the record 1955 day. Eight year old John Saemann was killed when struck at Hy. 57 and Sheboygan County Trunk V in Waldo. Julian R. Levi, 34, of Edgerton, died when his car overturned on Hy. 51 north of Edgerton.
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Wisconsin
John Saemann
Sheboygan County
Waldo
Julian R. Levi
Edgerton
Mamie Eisenhower Delighted by President’s Successful Operation
Washington report details Mrs. Eisenhower and family waiting through a long night at Walter Reed as President Eisenhower undergoes a major non malignant ileitis surgery. Surgeons say operation relieved the obstruction and left the President in very satisfactory condition.
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Washington
Mamie Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Hagerty
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
United Press
Hold Man Who Threatened Ike
Police held 51 year old Charles R. Hoye of Chelsea Massachusetts on 5000 bond for sending threatening letters to President Eisenhower. Secret Service said Hoye admitted four letters and a fifth was found, claiming he slipped and could not gain admission to a veterans hospital while planning to go to Washington to confront the President.
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Hartford
Conn
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Charles R. Hoye
Chelsea
Hoye
Veterans Hospital
Secret Service
Robert Hastings
Hastings
Washington
Caudle and Connelly Case Set for Monday in Federal Court
In St Louis JP a federal court will hear arguments on the government’s conspiracy to fix a tax case charges against T. La mar Caudle and Matthew J. Connelly.
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St. Louis
T. Lamar Caudle
Matthew J. Connelly
Minneapolis Jet Crash Kills 3
A jet fighter crashed in a Minneapolis residential area near Wold-Chamberlain Base at 9:37 a.m. CST, killing at least three people including a woman and a boy. The crash ignited six homes, destroyed five, and fire teams quickly contained the blaze. The pilot is believed to be a Marine. it followed another jet crash at the city’s airport earlier in the week.
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Minneapolis
Wold-Chamberlain
Newsmen Watch Eisenhower Operation From Vantage Point
Washington reporter Warren Rogers Jr recounts watching President Eisenhower’s emergency abdominal surgery at Walter Reed from outside Surgery No. 6. He describes the window view, the doctors in blue green scrubs, the third floor scene, and the press presence before returning to the overheated press headquarters.
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Eisenhower
Two West Allis Central Students Arrested Over Bombing
Milwaukee police arrested two high school youths after a metal device exploded in a study hall at West Allis Central High School injuring one pupil. The 15 and 16 year olds were taken into custody, with the older boy identified as expelled. The device resembled a two inch metal firecracker and both confessed to assembling it, with one admitting a prior Cherry Bomb incident. Both remain in detention.
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Milwaukee
West Allis Central High School
Wright Birthday Celebration At Taliesin In Wisconsin
About 150 guests gathered at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin estate in Spring Green to celebrate his 87th birthday. Attendees from industry, art, music, and farming joined in a dinner musical program and skits followed by a fireworks display on the grounds.
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Spring Green
Wis
Taliesin
Frank Lloyd Wright
Wright
Zeidler Named to Auto Task Force Amid UAW Plan Clash
Detroit and Milwaukee leaders joined a regional meeting called by Walter Reuther to form a task force addressing 200000 laid off auto workers. Frank Zeidler urged tax shifts on cars to curb high speed models, while urging broader plant distribution and stepped up unemployment aid.
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Detroit
Milwaukee
Frank Zeidler
United Auto Workers
Zeidler
Kenosha
American Motors Corp
Nash and Hudson
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
South Bend
Ind
Toledo
Ohio
Hamtrack
Lansing
Flint
Muskegon
Pontiac
Mich
Reuther
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Milton Eisenhower
White House
Howard McC. Snyder
James C. Hagerty
CST
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Isador Ravdin
Philadelphia
Leonard D. Heaton
Walter Reed
Ful
Isidor S. Ravdin
University of Penn
Sylvania Medical School
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Robert T. Gants
Max D. Smith
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Thomas W. Mattingly
Brian Brewer Blades
John Hugh Lyons
Adams
Mr. Eisenhower
Bob Hope
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Son
Mrs. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Ike
Caudle
Michael Louris
Warren Rogers JR
Surgery No. 6
Walter Reed Medical Center
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Walter Reuther
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