Wolfson Backs Romney For AMC Leadership
Miami Beach financier Louis E. Wolfson, AMC major stockholder, says he will vote to retain George Romney as chairman and president at the next stockholders meeting. Wolfson voiced support after discussions in Miami Beach this week following Romney's Detroit plans.
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Expansion Plans Told By Romney
American Motors plans to expand by acquiring new firms while continuing 1958 model production. George Romney says the firm is fully tooling for 1958 and profitable by early 1958, with 1959 and 1960 models under study. Louis E. Wolfson, largest stockholder, backs expansion and suggests board involvement but declines outside board duties.
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Widespread Acceptance Of Manager-Council Gov't
Kenosha News reports broad adoption of the city manager council form across the United States and Canada. The piece traces growth from a single 1908 example to hundreds of cities and includes state by state counts, notable adopters like Phoenix, Columbus, Chicago, and Anchorage, and cites Wisconsin as an early adopter with Kenosha among the pioneers.
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Kenosha Weekend Forecast And Local Temperatures
The forecast calls for little temperature change with partly cloudy skies tonight and mostly cloudy at times Saturday with a chance of rain in the southern portion by evening. Low tonight around 28 to 32, Saturday high in the 40s. Park Falls earned Thursday state high honors with a 51. Yesterday’s high was 43 and low 20. Overnight low nearby 33. Daytime readings around the city: 44 at American Motors and the sewage plant, 42 downtown, with 45 near the treatment plant before noon. Sunrise 5 32 a.m., sunset 6 05 p.m.
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Eisenhower Offers US Move to Baghdad Pact Phase
President Eisenhower told Prime Minister Macmillan in Bermuda that the United States is willing to join the Baghdad Pact’s military phase. The U S already participates in economic and counter subversion committees and would join all three. Pact members are the UK Iraq Iran Pakistan and Turkey. The leaders later discussed European integration Soviet relations and possible trade with China. It was noted there was no change in policy toward Red China or the UN.
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Miller Brewing heiress dies at 86 in Jacksonville
Mrs. Clara A. Miller 86 of Milwaukee daughter of Miller Brewing Co founder and mother of the late Frederick C. Miller died here Thursday in Jacksonville Florida.
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City council and county board candidates face questions at LWV meeting
Candidates debated government form and referendums. Council members voiced support for the council-manager system with funds from Alford Park sales earmarked for a college site, a pool, or new park facilities. They urged extending help to the University Extension Center. County board hopefuls backed charging out of state residents for park use if workable.
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City Hall in Chicago Hit by Fire
A fast moving blaze disrupted the black square City-County Building in the Loop last night forcing more than 100 people to evacuate. The fire damaged the City Council chambers and upper floors with injuries to three firefighters and a telecommunication worker. Mayor Daley pegged expected damages at 250000 dollars and investigators pursued the cause.
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Turkeys Burn After Truck Spare Breaks on Ontario Highway
A broken trailer spring on a large truck carrying frozen turkeys caused a fire beside Highway 141. The unit owned by Richard Hanna, 29, of Scarborough Ontario, overturned spilling fuel and igniting, resulting in a $24,000 bonfire.
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Plane Carrying 67 Disappears Over Pacific Near Japan
A U S military C97 transport with 67 aboard vanished southeast of Tokyo on a flight from Wake Island to Tokyo. An enormous search by 70 planes and many ships continued despite 30 foot seas and rain squalls hampering visibility. The aircraft carried 57 passengers and 10 crew members including Air Force, Army, Navy personnel and civilian employees.
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Price rise pushes February CPI to new high
Washington reports February consumer price index at 118.7 percent of the 1947-49 average, marking the sixth straight monthly record. Frank W. Brewster head of the West Coast Teamsters Union pleads innocent to contempt of Congress charges at U S District Court arraignment, joined by Einar O. Mohn executive vice president of the Teamsters.
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Senate Rackets Panel Alleges $709,420 Misused by Teamster Officials
Washington report says the Senate rackets committee charged teamster officials misappropriated or spent for questionable purposes $709 420 in union funds. The claim surfaced as the committee closed the initial 342 week phase of its investigation.
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Wisconsin Senate endorses beer sale ban for under 21 residents
The Senate Governmental and Veterans Affairs Committee recommended passage of a bill prohibiting beer sales to anyone under 21 who resides in a state with a similar prohibition. The action was reported today in Madison.
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Tokyo Bathhouse Owners Demand Five Yen Rate Rise
More than a million residents skipped regular baths as about 7 000 bathhouse owners and their scrubbers gathered to demand a five yen increase in government fixed rates for public baths.
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Japanese PM Plans U.S. Visit in June
Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi told U S Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II of plans to visit the United States in June, signaling ongoing high level diplomacy between Tokyo and Washington.
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Bong air base to host jet fighters and giant bombers
Rep. Lawrence Smith announced in Racine that the Bong base west of Kenosha will be a multi mission facility for strategic air command bombers and jet interceptors. Personnel are rising to about 7,000, with ongoing talks on fair government appraisals to purchase surrounding farmland.
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