Polish Reds Crush Revolt of Workers
In Poznan a bitter workers uprising left 38 dead and 270 wounded as tanks and jet fighters were deployed and secret police HQs burned. The Polish government reported the city back to normal with curfews in place while diplomats weighed potential wider Soviet reactions.
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Berlin
Poznan
Warsaw
Ener
Kremlin
Campany
Stalin
Tiflis
Communist Party
Hiall
Willard Barber
Signs Of Progress Over Steel No Show At Talks
Wage talks between steel unions and companies net no progress toward preventing a nationwide strike by 650000 steel workers due to begin at midnight. David McDonald and John Stephens kept plans for further talks, while Mitchell said no Taft Hartley action was planned.
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New York
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
John A. Stephens
McDonald
Adm
Ben Moreell
Jones & Laughlin Steel Firm
James P. Mitchell
Jury pool chosen for McCormick murder trial in Appleton
One hundred potential jurors were selected on Thursday in municipal court for the first degree murder trial of Michael McCormick 17 Kaukauna Wisconsin scheduled for July 9. McCormick is charged with slaying his girlfriend Theresa Van Der Horst 18 March 9.
Weather warms after cool wave with scattered storms
A logic of rising temperatures follows a week of cool conditions as showers and thunderstorms roll in tonight. Lows reach mid fifties to mid sixties while highs Thursday climb to the upper seventies and low eighties with readings around 77 to 81 at key city sites.
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American Motors Corp
Republican endorsed candidates tour Madison to start primary campaigns
The Republican endorsed hopefuls will begin formal primary campaigns on July 9 with a nine stop tour across southern Wisconsin communities including Madison. The tour aims to drum up support ahead of the forthcoming primary contests.
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Madison
Wisconsin
U S Voices Shock Over Poznan Shooting And Crabb Report
Washington reports shock at the Poznan workers shooting and renewed Eisenhower demands for freedom in Eastern Europe. A German paper says British diver Lionel Crabb is a Soviet prisoner in Moscow. Former U S Senator Tom Underwood dies in Lexington at 58.
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United States
Poznan
Eisenhower
Eastern
Europe
Frankfurt
Germany
Lionel Crabb
Moscow
Lexington
U. S
Tom R. Underwood
St. Joseph Hospital
Drunken Trio Causes Plane Flare Panic Over Kalamazoo
A light plane buzzed over Kalamazoo houses dropping flares triggering 29 calls in 90 seconds. Police say the tipsy crew landed safely at the Kalamazoo airport but needed seven deputies to remove them from the craft.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Wilson warns senators against overstating military power
Secretary of Defense Wilson cautioned critical senators against excessive U S military strength. He described the force as a dynamic power to deter war without flaunting it and urged not to belittle the United States readiness. He prepared testimony for a Senate hearing comparing U S and Russian air power.
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Washington
Wilson
U. S
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Senate
Eisenhower
Illinois Bank Robbery Charged to Kenoshan
A Kenosha man Edward Lee Arnold is under FBI guard in Oregon en route to Chicago to face bank robbery charges for a June 7 Lake Villa Trust and Savings Bank holdup. A second Kenoshan Edward W. Riley is being hunted in Illinois and Wisconsin for the getaway, with Edward Clarence Bond Jr. arrested in Joliet. Bond, Arnold, and Riley are tied to two bank burglaries and a third man drove the escape car.
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FBI
Lake Villa
Ill
Joliet-Lockport
Edward Clarence Bond, Jr
Joliet
Chicago
Bond
Arnold
Antioch
Edward Lang
Ogle County
Oregon
William Burright
VFW Club
Boyd Kimmel
Whiteside County
Lang
Jack Fiorvanti
Melvin Lemke
Illinois
Lemke
Arthur J. Riley
William P. Schmitt
Fiorganti
Sterling
Riley
Schmitt
Star
Eisenhower Signs 33 Billion Highway Bill Into Law
President Eisenhower signed a 33 billion dollar highway program creating a 41 000 mile interstate system linking most cities with four to eight lane, divided highways. The plan shifts to pay as you go taxes with a one cent rise in the federal gasoline tax to three cents a gallon and an initial 1 125 billion apportionment for states and territories.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Fisenhower
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
States
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Striped Kitty Shows Respect For Authority
A Kenosha soldier in the 32nd division during summer encampment at Camp McCoy near Madison startled two captains when a striped cat wandered into their bivouac tent. The skunk-like visitor aroused them, then left after Sahagian jumped up, tipping the tent in the rain. The incident revealed rank but no salute.
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Stinky
Camp McCoy
Peter G. Sahagian
Bruce L. Bishop
Madison
Kenosha
Bishop
Sahagian
Williams Bay youths killed highlight 1956 Wisconsin toll
AP reports two youths died in separate incidents. Jack Sanders, 21, lost control of a sports roadster on Hy 36 near Cedar Park Williams Bay, overturning in a fatal crash. Harold F Enz Jr, 13, Appleton, was struck while biking on Hy 41 near Appleton and was thrown 143 feet, as an auto passed another vehicle.
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Williams Bay
Jack Sanders
Cedar Park
Harold F. Enz, Jr
Appleton
FourYearOld Dies After Falling From Tractor
In Dodge county near Iron Ridge Wisconsin a four year old girl Shirley Mae Rassman was killed instantly when she fell from a tractor on the family farm. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugo Rassman and the tractor was driven by her older brother.
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Iron Ridge
Wis
Shirley Mae Rassman
Dodge County
Hugo Rassman
Madison Man Mucks Ends 31-Year UW Extension Career
Arlie Mucks, age 64, will retire from the University of Wisconsin after a 31 year career in agricultural extension work. His last day with the UW faculty is Saturday.
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Madison
Arlie Mucks
University of Wisconsin
Oil Barge Explodes Off San Francisco Pier
An oil barge offshore of San Francisco blew up near Mariposa Street, hurling two crewmen into the water and igniting a large fire. Fireboats and firefighters contained the blaze. two workers suffered severe burns and were hospitalized. Damage estimated at about one million dollars. Two Navy ammunition ships were moved as a precaution.
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San Francisco
Mariposa St
John de Haan
Navy
Kern
Tidewater Associated Oil Co
Alfred Johnson
Stewart Ford
Johnson
Fred Witter
Frank Kelly
Triple A
Foreign Aid Tests Won By President Eisenhower
The Eisenhower administration won four key votes on the 49 billion dollar foreign aid bill opening day. Senate leaders pledged late night or Saturday sessions to advance the measure and send it to conference with the House. Amendments to cut aid to Yugoslavia and impose quotas on textiles faced defeats across party lines.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Majority
Johnson
Dtexas
House
Sen. Bridges
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Yugoslavia
Sen
Young
R-Nd
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Egypt protests Israeli airspace breach at UN
Egypt lodged a formal protest with UN truce watchdogs after an Israeli plane twice entered Egyptian air space. The complaint marks a fresh flare in regional tensions and risks undermining the cease fire brokered by UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold.
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Jerusalem
Egypt
United Nations
Israel
Dag Hammarskjold
Preventing Ice Box Traps Drives Federal Action
Washington reports government and industry will pool efforts to design safe inside release devices for refrigerators. About 30 children suffocated in the past year after locking themselves in. a federal bill targets unsafe boxes in interstate commerce with penalties up to a year in prison or $1,000 fine.
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Washington
National Bureau of Standards
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
The
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House Commerce Committee
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