Downtown backs survey of parking downtown
Members of the Downtown Businessmen's Association voted to back a survey of downtown parking needs with a plan to build a parking ramp. The group discussed funding options, property purchases, and the impact on taxes, while noting ramp costs per space compared with expanding lots.
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Downtown Businessmen’s Association
56Th St
8Th Aves
Arthur Korf
Association
Korf
C. R. Nicolazzo
Public Works
Ramp Building Corp
New York
Kenosha
Racine
David Holleb
Holleb
Egypt Delays Disputed Dam Plan Amid Financing Talks
Cairo announces delay in starting the Aswan Dam project while seeking Nile water allocations with Sudan. Premier Nasser aims to proceed with $1.3 billion irrigation power dam funded by US Britain and the World Bank, after reaching substantial financing agreement with World Bank president Eugene Black.
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Washington
Egypt
Aswan Dam
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Sudan
Nile
Nasser
World Bank
Eugene Black
Cairo
Fed
Upper
Russia
Middle East
Woman Held For Leading Teen Gang
Madison district attorney Richard Bardwell said Sally Ann Lowel twenty one is held as the leader of a teenage burglary gang that broke into five churches a liquor store and a grocery. Four boys aged sixteen and seventeen are being questioned and admitted break ins with the woman. Lowel is accused of smuggling hacksaw blades into Dane County jail to parole violators Ralph Anderson and Frank Rasmussen who planned an escape that failed.
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Madison
Richard Bardwell
Sally Ann Lowel
Bardwell
Dane County
Ralph B. Anderson
Frank W. Rasmussen
Vernon Leslie
Anderson
Green Bay
Rasmussen
Oregon State
Boston Irish Celebrate Day and 1776 Anniversary
Boston residents plan a celebration tomorrow tied to St Patrick’s Day and the anniversary of British departure from Boston in 1776. The event recalls the historic redress and highlights local community pride.
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Boston
St. Patrick’s Day
Weather Outlook Saturday With Warmer Highs
Partly cloudy and warmer weather is forecast for Saturday. Snow totaled a quarter inch overnight. Daytime highs reached 34 with lows near 18 and 23 since midnight. Noon readings show 33 at the treatment plant and 32 downtown. Tonight's low 20 to 24, Saturday high 33 to 42. Sunrise 6 02, sunset 5 58. Highways statewide are clear.
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American Motors
Kefauver Visits Civil War Vet in Duluth Hospital
Senator Kefauver stopped by Albert Woolson, 109, the last surviving Union Army veteran, in St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth between campaign speeches. Woolson is hospitalized for a recurring lung congestion that has sidelined him in recent years.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Woolson
St. Luke's Hospital
France orders reinforcements as Algeria violence escalates
Paris approves blank check powers for Algiers after a government meeting. Arab guerrillas set fire to an apartment house in Algiers, destroying 100 cars in the garage and prompting a curfew. France transfers the 7th Mechanized Division from NATO duty to North Africa amid a growing crisis.
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Algiers
Algeria
France
Paris
North
Africa
Senate
Guy Mollet
Council of the Republic
National Assembly
Israelis and Egyptians Exchange Fire Near Gaza
An Israeli army spokesman said Egyptian positions opened fire four times at Israeli outposts in the Gaza area and that Israelis returned fire. No casualties were reported.
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Jerusalem
Gaza
City Manager 1955 Report Highlights Kenosha Growth and Debts
The 1955 annual city manager report for Kenosha notes 4.54 miles of streets paved and 4.54 miles of storm sewers installed, a 13 percent area increase since 1950, school debt over 40 times 1946 levels, a 15 percent rise in water production from 1954 to 1955, and tax shifts reducing city operation share since 1948. The 16-page supplement will be printed Saturday for Kenosha residents.
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Kenosha
Kenoshan
State Replies To Charges Of Neglect
The Wisconsin Conservation Commission issued a statement denying neglect of county lakes after Kenosha County conservationists charged in March that Silver Lake and others had been neglected. The document notes a year and a half ago rough fish were removed from Silver Lake and details a 16 year history of removals totaling about 62 tons from 10 county lakes and the Fox River. It outlines a 10 point program for the county and highlights fish management tools including regulations stocking population manipulation and habitat management.
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Wisconsin Conservation Commission Today
Lee Perry
Kenosha
Edward Schneberger
Elmer Herman
Wisconsin
Silver Lake
Kenosha County
Commission
Fox River
Conservation Department
Rock Lake
Benedict Lake
Farm Bill Final Action Not Certain
Washington reports sign that final Senate action on the farm bill may come tonight as opponents of higher dairy price supports and a two price rice plan hold back. Senator Ellender said battles might not develop and action could move to Monday if not finished. Anderson weighs voting on his amendment, warning against dairy price provisions. Dirksen may not press his two price plan as wheat parity passes 54 to 39. Humphrey and dairy state lawmakers say the provisions could add 120 million dollars to dairymen in manufacturing sectors.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Ellender
D-La
St. Patrick’s Day
Anderson
D-Nm
Senate Agriculture Committee
Dirksen
R-Ill
Humphrey
D-Minn
Solar Energy Sparks Global Radio Blackouts
Scientists at the Air Force Cambridge Research Center warn that solar bursts from Thursday may trigger widespread radio communication blackouts for hours. The flare disrupted short wave transmissions for over thirty minutes and mirrors an earlier event from February 10.
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Boston
Air Force
Cambridge Research Center
Milwaukee Gas Bid Seeks 15251 New Wisconsin Homes
The Michgan Wisconsin Pipe Line Co asked authority to supply natural gas to 15 151 new house heating customers in Wisconsin this spring including 2261 for the Wisconsin Natural Gas Co Racine. The senate blocked a farm bill provision guaranteeing minimum cotton farmer acreage in a 46 to 43 vote. Edward F MacDonald appointed sheriff of Ashland county to serve the balance of the term ending Jan 7 1957. Civil Air Patrol found burned wreckage of an L20 liaison plane in Plainview Texas with five officers aboard and no survivors.
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Milwaukee
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Natural Gas Co
Racine
Washington
Senate
Madison
Edward F. MacDonald
Ashland County
Walter H. Nelson
Plainview
Tex
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force
Big Three Map Middle East War Plans
Washington reports the United States Britain and France have a basic understanding of potential military steps if an Israeli Arab war arises. Eden cites constitutional limits on British action while Eisenhower emphasizes congressional approval before U S forces engage. Officials privately acknowledge Middle East crisis plans exist though details remain undisclosed.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Eden
London
Eisenhower
Congress
U. S
Middle East
Collective Punishment For Killings in Nicosia
Gov Sir John Harding orders uprooting of ten families and closure of twenty businesses in Nicosia as collective punishment after nine British servicemen are killed. Limassol curfew tightens as strikes and protests flare. Cato Zodhi bans remain under strict curfew amid ongoing violence tied to pro Greek union movement.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
John Harding
Greece
Mediterranean
Cato Zodhi
Paphos
Makarios
Irene Dahms Arson Charge Bound Over in New London Case
Mrs Irene Dahms whose New London home burned Sunday was bound over to Circuit Court Thursday on a charge of arson with intent to defraud insurance companies.
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Irene Dahms
New London
Circuit Court
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