City Drops Secrecy In Manager Contest
City council votes to publish all city manager candidates and records after opposition ends. Contaminated basements and park pollution discussed as eight out of state candidates remain under consideration and a pay raise for the future manager is debated. A special meeting is set to discuss sewer plans and federal aid for streets.
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Edward Wavro
Nicholas Wade
Council
Vernon Christensen
R. V. Anderson
Lincoln Lagoon
Washington Park Creek
Jerome Creek
Health Department
State Highway Commission
Sheridan Rd
Alford Drive
75Th St
Washington Rd
Kenosha
8Th Ave
6Th Ave
7Th Ave
22Nd Ave
30Th Ave
39Th Ave
60Th St
52Nd St
Evening News
Lincoln Park Lagoon
Future Is Yours Enroll As Student Nurse Today
Public service advertisement encouraging enrollment as a student nurse promising a lifetime career, security, income, and opportunities. Directs readers to contact the Director of Nurses at their local hospital or school guidance counselor.
Swedes Accuse Soviets After Plane Shootdown
Stockholm protests the downing of a Swedish flying boat by two Soviet MiG fighters near the Estonian coast. Sweden keeps search for a missing DC3 while 5,000 demonstrators condemn the attack and demand swift punishment of those responsible.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Hangoe
Finland
Stalin
Constatine Rodinov
Constantin Rodionov
Rodionov
Foreign Office
Baltic
U S Demands Vessels Return In War Lend Lease Row
Washington reports accuse Russia of short changing the United States by returning only 186 of 670 lend lease ships. Moscow offers to buy 167 ships and rejects court action while U S keeps demand for 800 million dollars and bids talks resume Wednesday.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Boris II Karavaev
Moscow
Kremlin
U.S
State Department
Karavaev
Jury Nears Completion in Erickson Phantom Payroll Trial
A Cook County fraud trial panel nears completion for William N. Erickson, Earl Kistner, and Bernard V. Anderson on conspiracy to defraud the county. Four jurors were chosen as prosecutors detail eight phantom payrolls and checks sent to a legislator's home. Adduci links noted.
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Chicago
Cook County Board
William N. Erickson
Erickson
Earl Kistner
Bernard V. Anderson
Kistner
GOP Central Committee
James Addison
James J. Adduci
House Approves Five-Dollar Monthly Old Age Benefit Hike
The House passed a measure to raise old age insurance benefits by five dollars a month, 360 to 22, sending it to the Senate. The bill increases individual payouts for 4.5 million current beneficiaries and raises the family maximum from 150 to 168.75 dollars, with no tax hike. The vote came under suspension of the rules, and the bill was tailored to appease Republicans amid debate over socialized medicine.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
GOP
Maine
Robert L. Doughton
D.-N.c
Ways and Means Committee
UN Leaves Truce Talks in Munsan Again
UN truce negotiators walked out as North Korean chief delegate spoke, saying not to return for three days. Maj. Gen. Harrison declared no further business today and scheduled a return on June 21. Reds laughed derisively as UN liaison officers remained available for needed meetings.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Red
Ben. Nam II
William K. Harrison
William P. Nichols
Harrison
Midwest Ends Heat Wave With Break Across Plains
Midwestern cities received cooler air and showers as a Pacific Northwest front pushed in. Temperatures fell 15 to 25 degrees from the Dakotas to the Texas Panhandle, with 90s to 100s still seen east of the Mississippi. Water shortages and a Wichita water main break troubled industrial areas.
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Pacific Northwest
Plains States
Dakotas
Texas Panhandle
Midwest
Chicago
Mississippi River
Atlantic
New England
Springfield
O. St. Louis
Arkansas
Wichita
Kan
Lincoln
Neb
Philadelphia
Manitowoc Ship Building Co Reorganizes Leaders
Complete reorganization of the corporate structure was announced today by President Charles C. West of the Manitowoc Ship Building Co. The move aims to streamline operations across the firm’s major divisions as it continues to expand its shipbuilding program.
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Manitowoc
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co
Charles C. West
Army Ruling Keeps MacArthur Free From Political Activity Ban
The army stated that five star generals not assigned duties are in status similar to retired officers and not subject to AR 600-10 polit ical activity prohibitions. The move comes as Gen Douglas MacArthur, a five star general, supports Sen Robert Taft for the Republican nomination and was slated to speak at the Chicago convention.
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Washington
Army
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Chicago
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
East Germans Move Toward Conscription as Conscience Objects Targeted
East Germany moves to draft a national army and punish conscientious objectors as enemies of peace. Otto Grotewohl confirms rapid formation from existing police forces while Volkskammer prepares to pass the draft law. Women are pressed into work to free men for service and sewer lines near West Berlin become a potential flashpoint in the Cold War.
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Berlin
East Germany
Otto Grotewohl
People’s Police
Volkskammer People’s Chamber
Socialist Unity Communist Party
Volkskammer
East Berlin
West Berlin
der Tag
West
Violence in Splicedwood strike injures two workers
In Ashland Wisconsin violence flared during the ongoing Splicedwood Corp strike as two employees were hit by dynamite blasts. In Washington the House labor committee drafted a plan to strip the wage stabilization board of powers, possibly abolishing it.
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Ashland
Wis
Washington
House Labor Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
Democrats to urge population based district reapportionment
Wisconsin Democrats at Oshkosh will consider a platform plank urging reapportionment of legislative districts by population as provided in the state constitution. The Democratic Organizing Committee proposes the DOC back this stand. United Nations forces in Korea reported higher casualties among Communist troops last week than in any seven days in five months.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Democratic Organizing Committee
Seoul
Korea
U.P
United Nations
8Th Army
French Communist Demands Parliamentary Hearing on Arrest
Jacques Duclos, jailed on charges of plotting against internal state security, seeks a parliamentary hearing to challenge the government’s power to arrest him. The request underscores tensions over civil liberties and executive authority in Paris.
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Paris
Jacques Duclos
Taft Backer Loses Maine Senate Seat
Sen. Owen Brewster, a Taft backer, loses Maine Senate race to Gov. Frederick G. Payne in a bitter GOP primary 69 355 to 66 312 with six precincts left. Payne leads Eisenhower slate. Dube to face Dube's Democratic nominee, in Sept. 8 general. No Democrat has won major office in 18 years. graft probe cited then cleared both men.
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Portland
U.2
Owen Brewster
Robert A. Taft
Frederick G. Payne
Payne
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Maine
Roger P. Dube
Earl S. Grant
Brewster
Eisenhower
Taft
Legislative Research Committee
Suspect Escapes Springfield Jail
Robert L. Knetzer, Edwardsville auto dealer facing perjury, fraud and embezzlement charges, escaped from Springfield city jail with a man posing as a United States marshal. FBI search underway. jailer Melvin Palmer suspended for releasing him. Knetzer faced debts from 1946 to 1948 in a "new used" car scheme and civil contempt for hidden assets.
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Springfield
Ill
U.P
Robert L. Knetzer
Edwardsville
United States
Howard L. Doyle
FBI
Knetzer
Doyle
Ben Little
Melvin Palmer
Little
O Conor Pushes Seaway Bill Back To Foreign Relations
Senator Herbert R. O Conor moved to send back to the Foreign Relations Committee a bill authorizing the United States to join Canada in building the St Lawrence seaway. Senator George D Aiken signaled plans to attach the seaway to a river and harbors bill if the move passes. The Senate limited debate on the proposal to two hours at 8 am CST tomorrow.
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Washington
U.P
Herbert R. O'Conor
O'Conor
Wisconsin Telephone seeks 1.7 million annual rate increase
The Wisconsin Telephone Co. applied to the state public service commission for a 1.7 million dollar yearly rate rise to cover wage hikes for 6,700 plant and traffic workers and others. They seek 15 cent monthly rise for residences, 40 cent for main lines, 25 cent for auxiliary lines, plus added in-state long distance charges.
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Madison
Wisconsin Telephone Co
State Public Service Commission
Commission
Wisconsin
Ridgway Denies Germ Warfare Allegations
Gen. Matthew Ridgway, visiting Rome, swore that UN forces in Korea never used disease germs. He announced the denial at a press conference before leaving for Naples after meetings with Italian leaders. Police arrested over 500 Communists amid attempted demonstrations against Ridgway.
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Rome
U.P
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Korea
Europe
Red
New York
Russia
Jacob Malik
UN Security Council
Ridgway
Naples
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Robert B. Carney
NATO
Japan submits UN membership application
Japan sent its application for United Nations membership to New York today. Otori Kurino, to be stationed in New York as consul, departed with the documents. The application will be presented by Hisanaga Shimazu, Japanese consul general in New York, to the UN.
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Tokyo
U.P
Japan
United Nations
New York
Foreign Office
Otori Kurino
Hisanaga Shimazu
Weather improves in Wisconsin with sunny spell
The sky clears across Wisconsin after a week of thunderstorms and heat. Milwaukee forecaster Howard Thompson expects pleasant weather to last about two more days with little temperature change and a chance of local showers in the northwest tomorrow.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Howard Thompson
Nash Motors
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