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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1956
Page
1
At Kirtland Air Force Base the Chief of Staff at the Special Weapons Center said the crew that dropped the H-bomb on Bikini Atoll last May 21 knew they had missed the target all along.
Rep Reuss asks Congress to curb extravagant spending by abroad visiting committees saying it damages Congress The AFL CIO Building and Construction Department ends its rebellion against further mergers of AFL and CIO unions across state and local levels.
Wisconsin's 32nd National Guard Division begins two week training at Camp McCoy Wiship with 11 000 part time soldiers on the weapons range after Sunday firing classes. Major General Jim Dan Jill will fly to Fort Knox to check on 900 tankers already in their second week at the Army armored center. Brigadier General Hugh Fanning Lt Colonel Glen Douglas and Captain Samuel Slaughter accompany the commander. About 1 000 division members will participate in tests of weapons tactics and general knowledge to compare with regular Army standards.
Brown County sheriff's officers rescued three boys lost in fog on Green Bay. Albert Barret Jr. 14 from Little Suamico, Paul Coenen 11 of De Pere, and Paul Van Gemert 12 from Green Bay were swept out after towing a boat. they wandered five hours and were found 10 miles from home.
United Auto Workers Local 212 members will vote on a strike after a 10 day dispute that idled 14 000 workers at eight plants with potential to idle 15 000 at 10 plants if authorized. Union leaders urged a vote while denying wildcat strikes and pledged to push grievances and speed up resolution.
Mamie Eisenhower leaves Walter Reed Hospital grounds to visit her mother at the White House. Mrs. John S. Doud motored from the Gettysburg farm as the first family planned to spend the June 9 weekend at the farm, with a return to the hospital expected later this afternoon.
Delegates at the Democratic state convention formed a committee to draft former Milwaukee chairman Elliot Walstead as a U S senator candidate. Walstead planned a decision on Wednesday and would face State Senator Henry Maier in the September primary if he runs. Maier, the sole announced Democratic candidate, has campaigned for months and shows little concern about a challenge.
House Speaker Sam Rayburn said a vote on a $1.6 billion federal school aid bill could come soon after Rules Committee clearance. The measure risks a civil rights fight over potential amendments denying funds to districts practicing segregation. Leaders target mid July in this election year as Congress also weighs foreign aid, defense, taxes, and highway projects. President Eisenhower, hospitalized, urged approval of both the school measure and his overall foreign aid and military budgets.
The United Steelworkers returned to bargaining with individual companies after halting joint talks with Bethlehem, Republic, and U S Steel. Union leader McDonald blamed the stagnation on the five year package offer. both sides reported ongoing communication.
A Wisconsin woman denounces the Republican campaign targeting northern Negroes as scurrilous. Sen Eastland cites letters arriving at his office as evidence the south is gaining in its bid against integration.
Wisconsin Democrats urged a strong civil rights plank calling for full and equal rights for all citizens and a state equal opportunity commission with enforcement powers. They also backed a federal compulsory Fair Employment Practice Commission, a Justice Department civil rights division, and salary boosts for teachers, while opposing Republican resource policies and labor-board biases. Chester Bowles urged a positive foreign policy and Wisconsin showcased party splits over Eisenhower policy.
At the Wisconsin convention 746 delegates cast preferential ballots for a pro Harriman slate. Lynn Stalbaum reported strong state wide backing as Assemblyman Molinaro and others joined the committee, with Jessen and Mrs. Graichen elected as state committeeman and committeewoman.
In Portland Maine three Republicans vie to challenge Democratic Gov Edmund S Muskie for a second term as voters cast early ballots in the statewide primary. Balloting is light with low 40s in northern Maine and a Sept 10 election date.
After a rain soaked night the city sits in cool seventies with fog and clouds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast tonight and tomorrow with highs in the 80s. Lightning hit a transformer at Koos Co causing an hour long northside outage and power loss at St Catherine’s hospital. Wisconsin Electric reports transformers struck by lightning and brief outages in several areas. Rain gauge at the sewage plant shows .92 inch to midnight. Daytime temps ranged from 78 downtown to 71 at the sewage plant with a 63 degree low after midnight. Sunday highs reached 79 and lows 65 according to the plant. Sunrise was 4 16 a.m. and sunset at 7 28 p.m.
A five year old girl, Cassandra Kieffer, died at Veterans hospital after the June 9 jet crash near Wold-Chamberlain Field. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Vincent Kieffer and one of five children critically burned in the accident.
Nicosia Cyprus Nineteen British soldiers died and eighteen were injured when a forest fire trapped troops in the Troodos Mountains during a manhunt for EOKA rebel leaders led by Dighenis George Grivas. The blaze forced evacuation by helicopter as wind shifts spread flames killing the group and injuring six more in a restaurant bombing that killed U S Vice Consul William Boteler.
Camp Williams Wisconsin dedicates Volk Field on Governor's Day June 23 in memory of Lt Jerome A Volk of the 126th Fighter Squadron Wisconsin Air National Guard. The Air Medal and Purple Heart will be given to his parents Alois and Dorothea Volk of Lake Tomahawk. Volk died on a Korea mission in November 1951.
Ralph Faestel, 56, died Saturday when a large earth chunk collapsed from a gravel pit edge where he worked near Elkhorn, crushing him against a power shovel bucket.
CIA Director Allen W. Dulles told New York viewers that while the Soviet Union has made progress on the intercontinental ballistic missile, there is no evidence they lead the United States in this field. He also said the Soviets are not ahead in atomic energy development and criticized Soviet leaders for pushing a tyrannical rule while trying to soften their image.
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