17 Mar 1955
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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1955
Page
1
An Oshkosh two car crash early today killed 18 year old Gerald Heide who rode with James G Campbell 18. Campbell collided with Roland J Barnes 25 of Oshkosh driving the other car in a street intersection.
U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrived in Ottawa for a two day official visit. He was greeted at Uglands airport by External Affairs Minister Lester B Pearson as the two nations prepare talks on outstanding issues.
In Dublin on St Patrick s Day a holiday mood spread through the city with a 12000 strong Irish army given a break. A parade marked Ireland s industrial development with floats and kilted dancers while Chief Marshal William Toomey s baton arrived from New York. Hurling Gaelic football and a Ballsbridge dog show complemented the celebrations.
A U S Navy mail plane crashed into the sea off Athens with the embassy reporting both crewmen apparently killed. The wreckage tail was found about 50 yards from shore. The TBM aircraft were based in Naples for mail service to the Sixth Fleet.
Temperatures fell eight to 24 degrees below normal across Wisconsin with a 14 degree low at the sewage treatment plant and 10 below at Superior. Kenosha and other locations forecast cloudy skies with light snow and improving warmth. readings mid day ranged from 23 at the treatment plant to 29 downtown.
The long secret Yalta papers were released by the State Department, a half million words detailing the wartime Big Three meeting. The disclosure, reportedly against Churchill’s wishes, failed to end a decade of controversy over Franklin D Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin yielding to pressure.
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons the Washington released Yalta papers are American not an agreed official record and include serious errors. He cited Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill debates over Poland free governments and Eastern Europe and noted omissions and deletions.
In Chicago the Vice President announced that U S forces in the Pacific are now equipped with atomic explosives able to be used on military targets with precision and effect if war occurs. The Sauk Prairie Star notes a letter from Ro man Reuter denying urging new publishers to stay out of controversy amid recalls of Sen. McCarthy. In Washington Ferdinand Eberstadt testified that the stock market flaws can be corrected by stricter anti fraud regulation.
At a Wisconsin legislature hearing, grocers and druggists debated a bill to allow aspirin and other USP items to be sold outside licensed pharmacies. Attorneys argued motives and legal duties as they weighed competition versus professional responsibility.
Abbot Pennings founder of St Norbert College in DePere and long time Norbertine head died at 93 after a short illness. He came to the U S in 1892 to lead a mission and helped establish St Joseph's parish at DePere. The DePere priory became an abbey in 1924 with him as first abbot.
The AP reports at least 13 people killed in fires this week. In Mc Alester Oklahoma Mrs Kitty Galbraith and her three children perished, with Dr Ben Galbraith surviving away at a convention. A Bridgeport New York fire killed a mother and her three children, while Bernard Brockway was rescued badly burned. In Nashville Tennessee five perished in a blaze including four from the same family and an unidentified female visitor.
Madison report notes a bill to require annual safety inspections for all cars as a condition for renewing licenses. Romell introduced the measure, with garages serving as testing stations and a $5 annual station fee plus a $1 owner inspection fee. The bill would take effect November 1, 1955.
Rockford Illinois reports the death of 17 year old Douglas Carlson of Beloit Wisconsin in a two car collision ten miles north of Rockford on Wednesday night.
The Communist New Evening Post says the Yalta records show disharmony between London and Washington. It claims Britain opposed publishing the records for Churchill and the British government, noting the documents reveal disagreements that only Russia could resolve.
Washington reports from the Yalta papers show nuclear physicists pursued a "baby" bomb from the war’s start. A December 1944 memo from Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves to Gen. George Marshall details aims for a 500 ton TNT equiv implosion or gun type device and notes delays in achieving a practical trigger.
Washington 71 11 vote confirms Judge John Marshall Harlan to the Supreme Court. Opponents warn over treaty power and question if UN charter could override the Constitution and laws. Senators Jenner and Dirksen support the ruling but urge constitutional amendment.
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