Dulles Secures Mutual Defense Pact With Nationalist China
Secretary of State Dulles reaffirmed U S commitment to defend Formosa and the Pescadores as the mutual defense pact with Nationalist China took effect. George Yeh signed for China. Chiang Kai-shek hosted a luncheon after ratification in Washington.
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U Sae
Dulle
Chiang Kai-shek
Risyt
Quemoy
Matsu Mee
Asia
China
Red
Dulles
U. S
Pescadores
Washington
Thailand
Burma
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Philippines
United States
George Yeh
West Pacific
Chiang
Sretary
Adm
Robert B. Carney
Felix B. Stump
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Walter S. Robertson
Wisconsin Leader Pushes Fuel Tax Hike For Highways
Governor calls for a two cent per gallon increase on motor fuel to fund a state traffic patrol and highway modernization. He urges higher diesel taxes for trucks, renewal fee boosts for drivers, and a three-year plan to expand the state patrol and modernize arterial and rural roads with a 60 40 revenue split between state and local units.
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Madison
Kobier
Othe
Ommba
Wisconsin
Tonea
Kohler Co. Discharges 91 Striking Employees
The Kohler Company discharged 91 workers including leaders from Local 833 and the executive board amid a long strike. Company attorney Lyman Conger cited misconduct during the 11 month dispute as the reason. Local 833 charged the move aims to break the union and criticized the action as harming labor relations. Negotiations stall over union security while production resumes at partial capacity with a reported 1954 net profit.
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Canger
Kohler Co
Lesselyoung Likely Appointed to PSC
Gov Kohler plans to name Assemblyman Nicholas J. Lesselyoung of Fond du Lac to the Public Service Commission in the near future. Lesselyoung would replace W F Whitney, a commissioner since 1939 whose term ends Monday.
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Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Kohler
Nicholas J. Lesselyoung
Fond du Lac
Public Service Commission
Journal
Lesselyoung
W. F. Whitney
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Majority Party
GOP
Roads Icy in North Madison Area Reports Hazardous Travel
A light snow Wednesday night left roads icy and hazardous in Antigo Hayward Marinette Merrill Rhineland Shawano Superior and Tomahawk according to the Motor Vehicle Department.
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Madison
Antigo
Haygward
Marinette, Merrill
Rhinelander
Shawanoa Superior
Tomahawk
Plan Addition Of 43 Rooms To Hospital
St. Catherine's hospital advisory board announced a plan to add a fourth floor with 43 more patient beds. Construction will start soon and cost will be added to existing debt over $400,000, with Mother M. Vincent as administrator stating the loan. The board reviewed plans by L. A. Brielmaier and approved details, citing overtaxed facilities and rising patient volume. Peter Ploskee won the general contractor bid. David Speaker was awarded electrical work.
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St. Catherine's Hospital
M. Vincent
L. A. Brielmaier
Edward J. Ryetz
Peter Ploskee
David Speaker
Fishing Boat Shot Up near Naha Okinawa
Reports from Naha indicate a fishing boat near Okinawa was fired on yesterday about 265 miles south of the island. Between two and five Okinawans were killed in the attack as details remained unclear.
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Naha
Okinawa
Suramarit Crowned King In Coronation At Phnom Penh
Norodom Suramarit seated on a jeweled throne in Phnom Penh as Buddhist priests intoned an ornate coronation ceremony making him the king of Cambodia in Indo China.
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Pnom Penh
Cambodia
Norodom Suramarit
Kenosha Weather Shifts From Sunshine to Cooler Clouds
Skies brighten in Kenosha this morning with near springlike temps. Clouds roll in later, bringing colder air to Wisconsin. Noon readings: 43 at the sewage plant and 42 at American Motors downtown. Wednesday high 39, low 32. Tonight and Friday look cloudy with a low near 30 and a Friday high of 28 to 35.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
American Motors
Moscow prepares to expel American priest from Russia
Diplomats and Western observers report that Father George Bissonnette of Central Falls Rhode Island the sole foreign Roman Catholic priest in Russia is ordered to leave by Saturday. U S officials protest the expulsion citing a 1933 pact and note Moscow offers no stated reason.
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Mose
Soviet” Union
Moscow
George Bissonnette
Central Falls
R. I
Russia
Father Bissonnette
U. S
Boris
United States
St. Marie de Francais
Rus
Ofa
Anne oPries
Regi
Stock Exchange Inquiry Begins
The New York Stock Exchange president G Keith Funston testified in a Senate Banking Committee probe into the 18 month market rise. Chairman Fulbright warned tighter regulation might follow as millions more Americans enter the market and the committee seeks to verify fair practices. Senator Capehart expressed a watchdog stance, urging facts on any possible skulduggery.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
G. Keith Funston
Senate Banking Committee
Fulbright
D-Ark
Funston
Sen
Capeheart
Indiana
Kenosha Physician Dr Gephart Dies After Long Illness
Dr Curtis H Gephart 76 of Kenosha died at home after a long illness. Born January 7 1879 in Valley Falls Kansas he trained at Washburn and Rush Medical College Chicago. He helped found the Kenosha clinic and served in World War II medical relief. He is survived by three daughters, seven grandchildren, and a brother and sisters. He married Berenice Holcomb in 1905.
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Curtis H. Gephart
Kenosha
4Th Ave
Valley Falls
Kans
Jesse T. B. Gephart
Washburn College
Topeka
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Presbyterian Hospital
Berenice Holcomb
John F. Hastings
Kenosha Clinic
58Th St
Gephart
American Motors
Kenoha
C. W. Johnson
Ever
Mass
Donald K. Snow
Boulder
Colo
Charles Gephart
Eleanor Ross
Emporia
John Maynard
Amarillo
Tex
Curtis
McCarthy presses Peress findings in Army case.
Senator McCarthy asserted today that Congress and the American people should study the Irving Peress matter. His Senate Investigations subcommittee, chairmanship nearing its end, faced Democratic opposition as it moves to scrutinize the Army's handling of Peress’s major promotion and discharge after he invoked the Fifth Amendment on possible communism links.
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Ipateins
Mac Gary
RWIS
Army Stevens
Congress
American People
Irving Peress
McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Army
Peress
End Meeting of Balkan Pact in Ankara
Foreign ministers of Greece Turkey and Yugoslavia ended a three day conference with a joint communique urging reinforcement of defense capabilities. No new military drives were announced. Yugoslavia has signaled a shift away from military emphasis amid closer ties with the Soviet Union.
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Ankara
Turkey
Greece
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Molten Lava Erupts Anew In Hawaii
In Pahoa Hawaii massive underground explosions opened fissures along a half mile strip sending lava 100 200 feet into the air. The National Guard aided about 100 people threatened by eruption routes while roughly 400 residents had already evacuated. Curtis Kamai described the scene as a half mile string gunpowder eruption with roaring lava and blazing fuses.
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Pahoa
Hawaii
Hawaii Island
National Guard
Curtis Kamai
Princess Margarets Return From Toys at London Visit
Princess Margarets visit to London is described with lines about royal welcome. The report notes Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip greeting the princesses and children during a public appearance.
Price to celebrate 50th anniversary with Rambler car caravan
America's top appliance dealerPrice launches a Golden Anniversary tour from Kenosha to Norfolk with 59 Rambler automobiles, 47 to be delivered at the factory. The caravan includes two Norfolk police as honor guards and replicas of a 200 year old silver mace, symbol of British authority, to be presented to city officials along the route.
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America
Wille
Kenosha
Palkin
Harry B. Price
NoTtalhy Igi
Portsmouth
National
Kelvinator
American Motors Corporation
Price
Rambler
Nash
American Motors
Norfolk
Colony
Virginia
Senate Judiciary Delays Harlan Nomination Vote
The Senate Judiciary Committee deferred action on John Marshall Harlan's Supreme Court nomination, agreeing to vote next Wednesday. Chairman Harley M. Kilgore said the decision was unanimous after members stated they needed more time to study the record.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Marshall Harlan
Harley M. Kilgore
Wisconsin Assembly approves teachers retirement benefit amendment
The Wisconsin Assembly unanimously approved a joint resolution to amend the state constitution to allow increased retirement benefits for teachers, to be placed before voters in the 1956 general elections. A bill to create a new school for blind and deaf children under the Department of Public Welfare was introduced by Sen. Trinke. Churchill warned that US air bases in Britain could strike back without consulting for a hydrogen bomb attack.
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Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Department of Public Welfare
Wisconsin Senate
Trinke
Lake Geneva
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