Atlantic Gulf Seamen Strike Ties Up Coast Fleet
The CIO NMU issued a no contract no work call affecting 18 ports from Philadelphia to New Orleans. About 2,000 seamen on 30 ships tied up in New York Harbor with 12 ships stalled in Baltimore and a tanker idle in New Orleans. Passenger lines including the Inde pendence and U S United States face possible sailing disruption as other unions may join the action.
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United States
Europe
Sidon Sinks at Portland Naval Base In Explosion
Royal Navy submarine Sidon exploded and sank at Portland England, feared 10 crew lost though most were aboard the Maidstone depot ship. Two injured were hospitalized as witnesses saw smoke and crew jumping overboard before rescue.
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England
Sidon
Maidstone
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Reach Showdown On Power Project In TVA Row
The House moved to choke off debate 136 to 83 in a bitter partisan clash over the Dixon Yates private power project. Lawmakers aimed to deny a 6.5 million dollar appropriation and redirect funds to a new TVA steam plant. Democrats backed limiting debate. Republicans opposed it. Temperatures ran high on both sides.
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Washington
House
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
State's Role in Test Termed Successful
Major Gen Ralph J Olson state civil defense director called Wisconsin participation in the national test exercise Wednesday highly successful. He said studying problems and appraising created situations would help gear operations to use manpower and supplies more effectively.
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Madison
Ralph J. Olson
Civil Defense
Wisconsin
Sunny Kenosha Day With Warmer Temperatures
Kenosha enjoyed sunny pleasant weather with readings from 53 at the sew age treatment plant to 81 downtown by noon Ameri can Motors. Lake shore temps around noon reached 75, yesterday's high 70 and low 46. Friday expects more sun and warmth with tonight's low 54 59 and Friday's high 82 86.
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Kenosha
American Motors
University Approves Record 1955 56 UW Budget
The Wisconsin regents approved a record 38,062,468 budget for 1955 56 covering university operations hospitals and auxiliary enterprises. The plan includes 15,220,154 state operations 1,963,014 hospital support 1,637,452 federal grants 14,291,848 varied receipts and 4,950,000 gifts. Enrollment projections total 22,785 with 14,350 Madison 1,467 Milwaukee 1,218 extension centers and 5,750 summer. Salary boosts total 359,416 with 334,270 from state funds.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Memorial Union
Milwaukee
Baraboo Mayor Adolph Andre Dies After Long Illness
Adolph Andre 74 longtime Baraboo realtor and former mayor from 1920 to 1930 died at a Baraboo hospital Wednesday after a long illness. The well known local figure served a decade as mayor and was prominent in the Baraboo real estate scene.
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Baraboo
Adolph
Andre
House Democrats Push for Social Security Revisions
Democratic leaders in the House moved forward a plan to revamp Social Security. The proposal lowers women's retirement age to 62, offers immediate benefits to insured workers and the permanently disabled, and extends aid to incapacitated dependents. Potential voluntary coverage for some professionals is possible. Republicans voiced dissatisfaction at not being consulted, but no unified opposition emerged.
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Rayburn
Texas
McCormack
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
Republican Committee
State Patrol Bill Moves With 340 Cap and Tax Clash
Madison lawmakers split on Governor Kohler's 340-man state traffic patrol plan, sent from the Assembly Highway Committee after a 3-3 nonconcurrence vote. The bill, part of highway safety goals, would raise the force from 70 to 340 in three years, with action expected later this week. The panel also urged killing La Fave's proposed "Home rule" patrol. Also advanced were unemployment benefits expansion and a cigarette tax hike from three to four cents per pack, expected to raise about 7.4 million dollars for the general fund, despite Dems trying to derail it.
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Kohler
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Assembly
Senate
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Eisenhower briefs on mock devastation at emergency meeting
President Eisenhower sped to the defense department for a national security council briefing on a large scale imaginary atomic attack. Officials presented projected casualties from 61 cities with a total population near 34 million and noted possible real attack losses could reach 372 percent of that total.
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Two Car Crash Claims Two Lives in Janesville Area
A Wednesday night two car collision on Hy. 14 near Leyden killed Ernest L. Calvin 50 of Orfordville and passenger Mrs. Herbert Jurman 50 of Crystal Lake Illinois. Driver Mrs Annatoliy Pepow 32 and Mrs. Popow 50 were injured with Mrs Popow in critical condition at Janesville hospital.
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Janesville
Leyden
Ernest L. Calvin
Orfordville
Annatoliy Pepow
Crystal Lake
Herbert Jurman
Popow
Distillers’ Distributing Sues Tavern for Unfair Whisky Pricing
The Distillers Distributing Corp of New York filed a Federal Court suit against a Stevens Point tavern operator alleging sale of whisky below contract prices. The complaint seeks relief under trade practice laws and challenges the underpriced whisky sales.
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The
Distillers’ Distributing Corp
New York
Stevens Point
Revolt by Peron Opponents Attacks Government House
Jets joined the assault on Government House in Buenos Aires as air and naval aviation foreshadowed a wider revolt. Casualties were believed to be extensive as bombs rained on Casa Rosada and surrounding areas. Large crowds gathered near the palace amid continued bombing.
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Casa Rosada
Peron
Plaza de Mayo
National Cathedral
Plaza
Punta Indio
Explosion At Barksdale Kills Three
Three men died at the E. I. du Pont plant when 3000 pounds of explosives destroyed a mixing house. Victims were Elmer Nelson 45 Washburn Stanley Berg 44 Ashland and Russell Nelson 46 Bayfield. Damages pegged at 75000 with no other injuries.
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Wis
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
B. A. Lemb
Elmer Nelson
Washburn
Stanley Berg
Ashland
Russell Nelson
Bayfield
Nelsons
Berg
Lemb
Deputy Schreck Dies Of Heart Attack In Wisconsin
Deputy Kermit Schreck of the Kenosha county sheriff s department died of a heart attack at his home this afternoon. Rescue workers arrived at 1 23 p m and Dr DeWitt of Silver Lake pronounced him dead at 1 50 p m. U S diplomats safe in Buenos Aires after bombing and rioting. Charles R Gelatt of La Crosse elected president of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, succeeding A Matt Werner.
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Kermit Schreck
Kenosha County
Senate committee to vote on breaking reserve stalemate
The Senate Armed Services Committee will vote tomorrow on breaking the stalemate delaying congressional action on the administration s military reserve program. The program has been shelved in the House and the administration hopes the Senate panel will take it up.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
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Senate Committee
Chinese Students Returned by Police to Red China Border
A group of thirty two Chinese nationals from the United States, mostly students, were escorted by police to the Red Chinese border today. They arrived in Hong Kong aboard the American liner President Wilson.
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United States
President Wilson
Big Three Ministers In Huddle For Talks On Russia
Western foreign ministers Pinay and MacMillan met in New York with John Foster Dulles to plan Big Four talks with the Russians in San Francisco and Geneva. They voiced cautious optimism and spoke of a potential new phase in diplomacy, noting that discussions could extend weeks or months.
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Geneva
Antoine Pinay
Idlewild
Harold MacMillan
John Foster Dulles
Washington
MacMillan
Churchill
Rules on Funds For Lake Levels
Madison Wisconsin opinion from Attorney General Thomson says state funds cannot be appropriated to preserve lake levels by dam maintenance when none of the lake frontage is state owned. The assembly sought guidance on a bill to appropriate up to 1500 dollars for Thunder Lake dam repairs in Three Lakes Oneida county to meet a Public Service Commission order.
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Thomson
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Thunder Lake
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