State Senate Urged to Kill Two Plans
Madison Wisconsin committee urged the Senate to kill two reform bills from Milwaukee lawmakers. One would abolish the Public Service Commission for a five member panel. the other would rework the Industrial Commission into five. The panel also backed veteran housing loan study and fire exit notices for hotels. It backed other bills on Korean War veteran aid and planning in small communities. An Assembly measure proposed a 50 percent income tax on urban transportation systems replacing existing taxes.
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Schmidt
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Russia Moves to Cancel British Orders After Policy Shift
Moscow seeks to rescind British orders worth 14 to 28 million dollars as Kremlin shifts from consumer goods to heavy industry and arms production after a leadership change. Officials said the cancellations follow the transfer of command from Georgi Malenkov.
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London
Russia
Britain
Georgi M. Malenkov
Kremlin
Nationalists Sink Junks Near Quemoy in Air Sea Fighting
The Nationalist Air Force said its planes sank two Chinese Communist junks and damaged six more on the second day of air sea fighting near Quemoy. A wave of Nationalist aircraft attacked Communist ships south of Tungyhan island near the border of Kwangtung and Fukien provinces, with all Nationalist planes returning safely.
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Formosa
Quemoy
Tungyhan Island
Kwangtung
Fukien
Woman Reports Kidnapping Note Found at Middleton Motel
A note claiming a woman had been kidnapped triggered a statewide alert for a Missouri licensed car. Police describe a six foot tall man with a dark mustache driving a vintage black Mercury. the couple checked out with a child in Dane County. Authorities seek Missouri confirmation on the suspect.
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Missouri
Middleton
St. Louis
Dane County
R. Woodreay
Rolla
Jack Leslie
Harold Wille
Budget Cuts Hit Labor Health Education Welfare Programs
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed about 10 percent from requests for labor health education and welfare. It denied all civil defense funding and cut education conference money, while adding 750000 for research on mentally retarded children. Net reduction about 3.8 percent after including a 1.4 billion public assistance item. The full House approved the bill. Senate action pending.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
White House
Dul les Endorses Broad Publication Of Official Documents
U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said publishing government papers by all nations would aid public information and historical accuracy. He declined to comment on Britain’s reaction to the Yalta papers at a news conference in Ottawa Ontario.
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Ont
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Yalta
Hawaii Island Faces Possible New Volcanic Eruptions
Fears of fresh eruptions gripped residents of Hawaii Island as ongoing earthquakes rattled the area. Steam rose from fissures while lava activity remained confined to a single sluggish vent.
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Hawaii Island
Pahoa
Hawaii
Aruba Crew Refuses To Pass Singapore In Fuel Tug Of War
The Finnish tanker Aruba, carrying 13,000 tons of Romanian jet fuel, sails east of Ceylon as crew threaten to refuse passage past Singapore. The captain plans open sea transshipment if needed, amid fears of Chinese Nationalist interceptors seizing the cargo.
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Aruba
Red China
Singapore
Ceylon
China
Dickering
United States
Wilma
Indian Ocean
Convention Opens as Truman and Stevenson Urge Liberal Action
Washington reporters note Americans for Democratic Action opens its eighth annual convention with greetings from former President Truman and Adlai Stevenson urging continued political activity in support of liberal policies.
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Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Yalta Papers Stir Political Debate Across Parties
Washington senators split over the impact of the Yalta papers. Republicans warn the disclosures will damage Democrats and affect the 1956 campaign while some lawmakers fear a end to plans for new Big Three talks. Mansfield and Jackson note hindsight recalls Roosevelt’s choices but justify wartime advice.
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Yalta
Mansfield
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Woman Killed as Car Hits Utility Pole in Fall Creek
A car on icy Highway 12 in Fall Creek struck a utility pole, killing 48 year old Eleanor Chytracek of St Paul Minnesota and injuring her daughter Dianne Puffer also of St Paul, with the latter in critical condition.
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Highway 12
Eleanor Chytracek
St. Paul
Weekend Weather Outlook With Snow Likely
A gloomy weekend forecast shows cloudy skies tonight with a low around 15 to 25 degrees. Saturday brings more clouds and occasional snow with a high near 36 and colder conditions by night. Moisture from the south followed cold air caused four inches of snow in Wisconsin, with a light fall locally last night. The region recorded a 21 degree low, Grantsburg saw 14 below zero, and Thursday peaked at 35 with daytime readings around 27 at the sewage plant, 30 at American Motors, and 29 downtown.
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Wisconsin
Grantsburg
American Motors
Masked Gunmen Rob River Forest Bank for $54 000
Four masked gunmen robbed the River Forest Bank of $54,000 in under two minutes. They waved their guns and took cash from the drawer and teller’s cage, leaving $90,000 untouched. Police arrived within a minute, following a fake alarm at a nearby real estate office to draw units away.
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Chicago
River Forest
Seek to Keep Natural Gas Curbs Washington Protest
A coalition of municipal and state officials urged President Eisenhower to oppose changing natural gas regulation that would exempt independent producers. They warned 60 million gas users would lose protections under the plan and urged retention of federal controls. The group cites Supreme Court rulings and a cabinet commission advocating continued regulation and notes ongoing state Assembly and Senate actions.
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Eisenhower
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
White House
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
Madison
Wis
Thomson
Assembly
Congress
Senate
Stock Inquiry Sparks Senate Clash Over Auto Monopoly
The Senate stock market probe triggered a heated exchange between Sen. Homer Capehart and Sen. J. William Fulbright. General Motors executives, including President Harlow Curtice, faced probing questions about monopoly and market relations as Curtice stressed competition and dodged a direct sale percentage answer.
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Senate
Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
Eisenhower
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
General Motors
Harlow H. Curtice
Curtice
Fulbright
Capehart
GOP
Riverside Theater sues Vic Damone in Chicago
Milwaukee River side theater filed a damage suit in Chicago on Thursday against singer Vic Damone for failure to appear during a one week engagement and seeks 12 345 dollars in damages.
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Milwaukee
Riverside Theater
Chicago
Vic Damone
Paris Pacts Get Final Approval
The Bonn parliament approved West German rearmament as part of the final Paris pacts. The Bundesrat backed the treaty ending Allied occupation and allowing rearmament with a 29 to 9 vote, while the Bundestag had approved earlier. France and other nations have ratified, with remaining approvals from Denmark Luxembourg the Netherlands Belgium and the United States expected.
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Germany
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France
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Bundestag
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Italy
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Turkey
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Netherlands
Belgium
United States
Brown County Crash Claims Passenger in Highway 29 Accident
Gerald H. Moericke, 26, of Marion Wisconsin died when the car veered off Highway 29 in Brown County and struck a power pole. Driver Justin Kabacim ski sustained minor injuries.
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Green Bay
Gerald H. Moericke
Marion
Wis
Highway 29
Brown Country
Justin Kabacimski
Eisenhower undecided on gas controls
Washington reports President Eisenhower has not yet decided if federal controls over natural gas production by independent firms should be dropped. In Naples a bomb destroyed an MSI provincial HQ room with no casualties. In Wisconsin, 24 year old naval reserve seaman James Werden Castle of Milwaukee died when his car crashed into a farmer's field after leaving a town road.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Naples
Italy
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Sturgeon Bay
James Werden Castle
Milwaukee
Representative McGregor seeks earlier Social Security eligibility for women
Rep. J Harry McGregor of Oregon introduced a bill to reduce the age for women to receive Social Security benefits from 65 to 60. The proposal targets widening access amid ongoing debates on retirement and benefits.
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Washington
J. Harry McGregor
R-O
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