Kenosha Leaders Push For City’s 52nd Street Plan
Kenosha officials and residents braved a heavy snow storm to attend hearings in Madison on two bills: widening West 52nd Street to join Hy 41 and creating a two judge municipal court. Assemblyman Molinaro introduced both measures with broad local support but no action taken yet.
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Assembly Highway Committee
G. Helmer Bakke
Kenosha County Bar Association
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Molinaro
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County Board
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Mid-Town Businessmen’s Association
John DiCello
Mid-Town
Kenosha Harbor
St. Lawrence Seaway
Janesville
Beloit
Elkhorn
DiCello
Russell Huber
52Nd St
Huber
Atty
Kermit Caves
American Motors
Labor Party Grants Bevan Second Chance
The British Labour Party National Executive Committee voted 14 to 13 to seek reconciliations with Aneurin Bevan to avoid expulsion. Former Prime Minister Clement Attlee proposed talks with Bevan to secure assurances on his future conduct, eight members were assigned to lead peace negotiations. Bevan was expelled from the parliamentary Labour Party last week but remains influential in the party overall. The split comes as a general election nears and concerns over party unity grow.
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Clement Attlee
Bevan
Attlee
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Commons
Palace Talks Spur Rumor of Churchill Retirement
London reports say Prime Minister Winston Churchill lingered at Buckingham Palace during an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, fueling speculation of a retirement timetable and imminent general elections this fall. Churchill left to cheers, then headed to 10 Downing Street.
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Winston Churchill
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth II
Churchill
Elizabeth
No. 10 Downing Street
Ground crews resume work on Honolulu Navy plane crash
The Navy R6D crash killed 66 aboard as crews begin removing charred remains from Pak Kea peak. 21 victims were brought down by nightfall with more recoveries expected amid treacherous, rain slick terrain. The pilot was off course, a military inquiry to follow.
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Honolulu
T. H
Hickam Field
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Calif
Waianae Range
Navy
Military Air Transport Service
Pak Kea Peak
Tokyo
Willis Bond
150Th Air Force Wing
Bond
Baruch urges deferring tax cuts and boosting defense
Bernard Baruch told the Senate Banking Committee that stock booms reflect inflationary policy and industrial expansion. He warned any danger lies in inflation, urged no tax cuts now, a bigger defense buildup, and a disciplined plan to win the cold war while balancing the budget.
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Senate Banking Committee
Baruch
Communists Arrested in Seoul Plot Against Rhee
Korean national police announced the arrest of seven Communists in Seoul who they hinted were plotting to assassinate President Syngman Rhee.
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Seoul
Korean National Police Today
Syngman Rhee
German miners authorize 12 percent wage strike
West Germany coal workers vote to strike for a 12 percent pay rise. Union headquarters said the walkout date has not yet been set. In Seoul, the National Assembly urged the administration to declare the Korean armistice nullified.
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Essen
Germany
West Germany
Seoul
South Korean National Assembly
MacArthur Says Japan Collapse Foreseen Months Before Yalta
General Douglas MacArthur stated that the imminent collapse of Japan in World War II was clearly apparent several months prior to the Yalta conference which decided to bring Russia into the Pacific war.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Yalta
Russia
Garbage Men Call Off Strike In Milwaukee
Seven city garbage disposal plant crane operators, members of the AFL Oilers and Firemen's Union, voted to call off a threatened strike after council officials promised to consider their demands for a higher civil service rating at next fall’s budget hearings. The AFL Federated Trades Council disputes committee and the Common Council finance committee met to discuss the issue.
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Milwaukee
Common Council
AFL Oilers and Firemen’s Union
AFL Federated Trades Council Disputes Committee
Dew Drop Inn Slides into Anchor Bay in Rainstorm
During a rainstorm the Dew Drop Inn slid down an embankment into Anchor Bay near Port Huron Michigan. No injuries reported. Cleanup crews respond to the waterfront accident as authorities investigate the incident.
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Port Huron
Mich
Dew Drop Inn
Anchor Bay
Weather outlook with snow flurries and cold temps
Weather fair conditions gave way to partly cloudy skies and a mainly cloudy stretch tonight and Thursday with a few snow flurries in the area. Lows near 15 to 20 degrees and Thursday's high 20 to 30 degrees colder than today. Noon readings varied from 34 to 43 degrees across city zones.
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American Motors
Eisenhower Acknowledges No Gain From Yalta Papers
President Eisenhower said there is nothing to gain by revisiting the Yalta years to prove right or wrong. He defended publishing documents and urged caution when allied good faith is involved while noting no great difference with Senator George on a Big Four talk after Paris ratification. He also discussed Formosa, cease fire efforts, foreign trade tariffs, atomic weapons limits, Quemoy and Matsu defense, and postal pay limits.
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Yalta
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Stalin
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D-Ga
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George
Paris
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Formosa Strait
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Peiping
House
Senate
Quemoy
United States
Matsu
Formosa
Order Troops Into Saigon Amid Sect Tensions
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem ordered reinforcements into Saigon as three religious sects threaten open clashes. Northern troops moved in at dawn and two battalions of paratroopers were deployed to bolster government forces. U S officials including Gen. Lawton Collins sought to avert civil war while Diem kept the door to discussion open.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Diem
U. S
J. Lawton Collins
Collins
Army conducts first underground atomic test since 1951
Army engineers and AEC technicians assembled a device underground at the Nevada test site as 280 armed forces observers watched from five miles away. The blast produced a visible flash across Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix with a radio active cloud reaching Las Vegas at 40 000 feet. Las Vegas reported 174 milliroentgens of radiation, deemed harmless, while daily business continued.
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Nev
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Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Army
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Phoenix
St. George
Utah
Men in helicopter reported safe in postwar gate
Heidelberg Germany U S army liaison mission says two men missing from an American helicopter over the Soviet zone are safe and unharmed A mis sion at Potsdam says they will likely be returned in a few days unless spy charges are brought by the Reds The helicopter on a routine training mission was blown off course by a tail wind and snowstorm flown by 1st Lt Louis H Jaquay and carrying Horst Kuehn
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Heidelberg
Germany
Iprussian
U. S. Army
Potsdam
Louis H. Jaquay
Fort Wayne, Ind
Horst Kuehn
Scelba Prevails In Confidence Vote Ahead Of U S Visit
Italian Premier Mario Scelba won a confidence vote in parliament 278 to 211 after leftists backed a resolution to seek assurances he would not pursue joint Italian American oil exploitation in Washington. Five abstained and only Communists and Socialists opposed the government as Scelba prepared to depart for the United States and Canada. The chamber also postponed local elections to 1956.
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Rome
Mario Scelba
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Pietro Nenni
Scelba
Washington
Italy
Red forces eyed for Formosa air strike near Foochow and Luichow
Nationalist air force chief Wang Shu Ming warned United Press that two mainland jet bases near the south China coast could pose a threat to Formosa within a month. He said Taipei would seek government approval to strike air fields at Foochow and Luichow before the Communists move in planes.
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Formosa
Tiger
Wang Shu-Ming
Wang
United Press
Red China
Quemoy
Matsu
China
South China
Foochow
Matsu Island
Luichow
Tachen Islands
Astronomers to Watch Solar Eclipse June 20
An American and European science team arrives to observe a total solar eclipse in Manila on June 20 lasting seven minutes eight seconds. The expedition was announced today and includes prominent astronomers from multiple nations.
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