Molotov urges Western powers to push for disarmament
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov told the United Nations that global peace and mankind's welfare demand Western states move to curb armaments. He pressed the United States and other Western powers to renounce atomic and hydrogen weapons and to outlaw them, while proposing a May 10 Soviet plan to halt the arms race.
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San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
United Nations
Molotov
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Russia
United States
Whitewater Names First City Manager Charles F. Trinkle
Charles F. Trinkle of Kansas City Missouri was hired Tuesday night as Whitewater’s first city manager. The 48 year old former Mankato Minnesota city manager will earn $8000 annually and assume duties July 5.
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Whitewater
Charles F. Trinkle
Kansas City
Trinkle
Mankato
Minn
Nehru Begins Visit to Russia's Atomic Power Plant
Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first non Communist foreign leader to tour Russia's celebrated atomic power facility during a historic Moscow visit.
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Moscow
Jawaharlal Nehru
Russia
Weather Outlook for Wisconsin and Canadian Air
Readable report notes cool dry air from Northwestern Canada easing into Wisconsin with daytime highs near 78 at the sewage plant and 71 at noon, 80 at American Motors, 76 downtown. Tonight’s low 46 to 53, with Thursday mostly fair and pleasant highs 68 to 74.
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Canada
Wisconsin
American Motors
Machinists in Third Week Strike Threatens More Plants
Machinists Lodge 34 enters the third week of strikes at Haubrich Bros LaFayette Machine and Holm's Mfg while seeking a 15 cent per hour raise. Talks with Ehlert Tool Engineering and Dynamatic AMC continue with no progress reported. The union has 250 workers at Dynamatic and under 200 at AMC.
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American Motors
Haubrich Bros
LaFayette Machine Co
Holm’s Mfg
Ehlert Tool Engineering Co
Ehlert
AMC
International
Lodge 34
Don Verve
American Brass
Simmons
House Unit Approves Pike Creek Closure Plan
Rep. Lawrence Smith reports a House committee favored closing Pike Creek west of the 6th Ave. bridge clearing final congressional approval. City Manager Richard Custer hails the decision which enables a large public parking area, railroad spur tracks, a potential bridge link to 8th Ave, and removal of an inoperative bridge. State sanction is expected with no funding involved.
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Lawrence Smith
Racine
House
Pike Creek
6Th Ave
Richard Custer
Sen
Wiley
Congress
8Th Ave
Democrats Strike Tentative Road Program Plan
House Democrats agree on a 47 billion dollar 12 year roadbuilding program closer to President Eisenhower’s 39 billion dollar 10 year proposal than the Senate’s 18 billion 5 year plan. The measure aligns with Eisenhower’s recommendations while comparing with a Senate approved alternative.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Retain CD Chief But Cut Salary
Civil Defense Director James T. Parmelee had his salary cut in half by the county board. The compromise left him with 85 dollars for July after three months at 170, with prior sharing by city and county for three years. The civilian defense committee urged discontinuing pay, but the board voted 22 to 4 to keep him on at half pay, amid calls for new state legislation and a clearer program.
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James T. Parmelee
Civilian Defense Committee
Attorney Parmelee
Albert Aiello
Parmelee
CD Committee
Kenosha County
Madison
B. T. McAleer
C. Roger Hubbard
Angelo Capriotti
Aiello
James Amendola
Anthony Zeitler
Amendola
State moves on Kenosha zoning to curb shanty towns
Rapid action by the county board to back a state driven zoning map for the jet base area aims to prevent mushroom growth of shanty towns. Molinaro Stivarius and local officials report ongoing talks with Racine and Kenosha counties while Madison aides are urged to speed the plan. (Continued on Page Twelve)
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Board of Supervisors
Brighton
Urban Eppers
Dist. Atty
J. B. Molinaro
A. F. Stivarius
Eppers
Molinaro
Stivarius
Kenosha
Racine
Anthony Zeitler
State Planning Commission
George Molinaro
Frank DeMarsh
Zeitler
Madison
Racine County
Pro German Stand-In for Churchill Statue Revealed
Gerald Hamilton, 67, rests body for a Churchill statue unveiled at Guildhall London. Hamilton, interned for pro German ties in both world wars, says he matched Churchill’s measurements and stoop. Churchill reportedly asked, Couldn't they pick anyone else?
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London
Winston Churchill
Gerald Hamilton
Guildhall
Churchill
Oscar Nemon
Hamilton
Italian Premier Scelba Resigns After Coalition Split
Italian Premier Mario Scelba submitted the cabinet’s resignations amid a coalition crisis. The Christian Democrat party split, with factions led by Amintore Fanfani and former premier Giuseppe Pella pushing for a one party government. The president, Giovanni Gronchi, held talks as Scelba remained at the Quirinale awaiting word on acceptance.
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Mario Scelba
Scelba
Giovanni Gronchi
Quirinale Palace
Council of Ministers
Gronchi
Christian Democrat Party
Amintore Fanfani
Fromer
Giuseppe Pella
Pella
Gunboat Damaged Off Min River By Nationalist Planes
Nationalist Chinese warplanes claimed heavy damage to a 60 ton Communist gunboat off the Min river opposite Nationalist held Matsu island. The report notes the incident as a military engagement in Formosa area tensions.
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Taipei
Formosa
Min River
Matsu Island
Senate Agrees to 7 Percent Retroactive Pay Hike
Washington Senate House conferees agreed today on a bill raising salaries of 1,073,262 federal employees seven per cent retroactive to March 1.
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Washington
Senate House
Sabin urges pause on polio vaccines before investigators
Dr. Albert B. Sabin, a leading polio expert, told House investigators that inoculations should be suspended and Salk vaccine production halted until a less dangerous preparation can be perfected.
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Washington
Albert B. Sabin
House
House panel backs modified teen volunteer training plan
A House Armed Services Subcommittee approved a revised teenage volunteer training program to support President Eisenhower's stalled military reserve bill, aiming to boost readiness amid the stalemate.
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Washington
House
Armed Services
Eisenhower
Unseeded Gilbert Shea Upsets Vic Seixas at Wimbledon
Pi unseeded Gilbert Shea of Los Angeles defeated U S champion Vic Seixas of Philadelphia at the 69th Wimbledon championships in a major upset hatched on the London grass.
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Wimbledon
England
Gilbert Shea
Los Angeles
Vic Seixas
Philadelphia
U. S
Assembly Clears 6 Million Public Deposit Fund
The Assembly approved a 6 million dollar Public Deposit Fund transfer to the General State Treasury by 59 to 39 vote after a prior 46 to 43 defeat. The bill, to go to the Senate, would allow municipalities to reclaim funds with earned interest similar to prior earmarked deposits.
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Madison
Assembly
Walter Kohler
Senate
Detroit Banker Uses Coin Toss for Boys Club Building
Raymond JT. Perring, president of the Detroit Bank, will flip a 1949 centennial coin Thursday to decide which boys organization gets a bank building. The choice is between the YMCA Northwestern branch and the Boy's Club of Bedford Township, both needing a new facility as the bank moves to new quarters.
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Detroit
Imw
Raymond JT. Perring
Detroit Bank
Perring
Bank
YMCA
Boy’s Club
Bedford Township
Resignation of Army Secretary Stevens. Brucker Named Successor
Washington reports Robert T. Stevens resigned as secretary of the army effective end of July. Wilbur M. Brucker, former Michigan governor and current Pentagon general counsel since April 1954, is named to succeed him. The White House said Eisenhower accepted the resignation with deep regret during a New England tour.
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Robert T. Stevens
Army
Eisenhower
Wilbur M. Brucker
Defence Department
Stevens
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Pentagon
Brucker
Michigan
Detroit
White House
New England
Defense Wilson
Wilson
McCarthy
Pvt. G. David Schine
John G. Adams
Roy M. Cohn
Cohn
Adams
Saginaw
Lois Stevens
Driver killed when loader overturns in Richland Center
Otto Strehler, 57, a county employee, died when a gravel loader he was driving overturned on rough ground in Richland Center Wisconsin. The accident occurred Tuesday and the machine crushed him at the scene.
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Richland Center
Wis
Otto Strehler
Wisconsin Senate Passes Cigaret and Surtax Bills
The Wisconsin Senate approved a 4 cent cigaret tax per pack and a 20 percent income surtax. The cigaret increase is projected to raise 7.4 million dollars over two years, while the surtax adds about 29 million dollars. Governor Kohler pushed the measures to balance the budget with a projected five million dollar surplus.
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Senate
Kohler
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