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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1950
Page
8
Madison Wis U P Res president E B Fred told the universities largest graduating class today to stand up for improving democracy not the status quo. He urged loyalty to what is admirable true and just, insisting peace time loyalty must be enlightened and not silent.
The University honored 810 high achievers as 1949’s record was surpassed by 400. Honorary degrees went to John Callahan Lily Ross Taylor George W. Mead Philip D. Reed and Frank B Morrison. Two-thirds of grads are World War II veterans. William F. Glagow oldest veteran at 42. Miss Taylor urged caution on broad new curricula and warned against indoctrination.
Thirty four Soviet zone barges were blockaded at the West Berlin locks due to improper documentation. The incident produced a traffic snarl seen as a reprisal for Russian rules halting scrap metal barges from Berlin to western Germany.
The Door County board in Sturgeon Bay calls for a state investigation of Sheriff John B. Pivonka amid an anonymous pamphlet alleging mismanagement and fund shortfalls. Pivonka has clashed with the board for months, previously closing the county jail over guard shortages.
A salesman testified before Fond du Lac Wisconsin city council demonstrating a new meter. He passed out metal slugs to aldermen to test rival meters. the slugs worked in rival devices but failed in his machine. He claimed to have bought them for a dime a pound.
The government of Jammu and Kashmir has ceased using the term coolie in official correspondence and now uses mazdoor instead. The shift reflects a change in terminology for laborers in state communications and records.
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