Burglars Trigger Blast at Milk Producers Co op Office
Fire Chief estimates about 25000 dollars damage after burglars using acetylene torches caused an explosion at the Milk Producers Co op Inc offices at 6813 29th Ave. Welding gear stolen from Kelsey Welding & Engineering was found among the ruins along with a damaged oxygen tank. Police traced entry to the nearby shop and found a cash drawer missing and safes compromised. The blaze, started by torch heat igniting oxygen, took firemen over an hour to control.
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Milk Producers Coop Inc
Dale Schneeberger
Tom Czarnecki
Milk Producers Co-op Inc
29Th Ave
William J. Brady
Kelsey Welding & Engineering Corp
30Th Ave
Harold Kelsey
John Westly
Harry Flottman
Harold Jacoby
Roads Madison to Madison Road Repair Cost Estimate
A report by the Legislative Highway Advisory Committee released Wednesday concludes it would take about 327.7 million dollars annually to fix deficiencies on state roads.
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Madison
Legislative Highway Advisory Committee
Prominent attorney and wife sentenced in tax case
Milwaukee Appleton attorney Allen C. Cain and his wife Margaret S. received one year each in federal prison on income tax evasion charges. Springfield regional note Gov Otto Kerner denied a petition for release from prison for former state Auditor Orville E. Hodge. Madison Wisconsin Senate approved a 2.9 million deficiency appropriation for current year school aid and backed a two year extension allowing pay raises for county or town officials. Washington Westinghouse executives defended price fixing as needed for employment and modernization. Hamburg two crowded streetcars collided injuring 27 people.
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Milwaukee
Appleton
Allen C. Cain
Margaret S
Hodge
Springfield
T?l
Otto Kerner
Orville E. Hodge
Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Senate
Assembly
Laos Cease Fire Claimed As Fighting Halts Across Nation
Gen Phoumi Nosavan announced a cease fire is being respected across Laos as of 6 p m Wednesday following rebel orders to halt at 8 a m. Efforts by the International Control Commission to verify the halt proceed in New Delhi ahead of a 14 nation Geneva conference May 12.
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Phoumi
Prince Boun Oum
Savannaknet
Pathet Lao
Muong Phalang
Laos
International Control Commission
Indochina
Canada
India
Poland
New Delhi
United States
Britain
Russia
China
Geneva
Savang Vathana
Souvanna Phouma
Na Mon
Minimum Wage Bill Surges Through Congress in Historic Vote
President Kennedy gains a major victory as the minimum wage bill clears Congress with a 64 to 28 Senate tally and 230 to 196 House approval. The measure raises pay from 1.00 to 1.15 in four months and to 1.25 within two years, expanding coverage to retail and service sectors and about 3.5 million workers.
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Senate
House
White House
Congress
Death comes to McCann in Manila after cancer death
Robert F. E. McCann American businessman held prisoner in Red China for 10 years on espionage charges died of cancer at 60 in Clark Air Force Base hospital near Manila. He was brought there on a stretcher from Hong Kong after crossing the Chinese border.
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Manila
Robert FE. McCann
Red China
McCann
Clark Air Force Base
Hong Kong
China
Tientsin
North China
Reds
Nelson names Wilbert L Walter to State Board
Gov Gaylord Nelson announces Wilbert L Walter of Milwaukee as a member of the State Board of Public Welfare to succeed Mrs Karl Kleinpell of Cassville. Reappointed are Dr William D Stovall of Madison and Leo T Jelinske of Shawano.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Wilbert L. Walter
Milwaukee
State Board of Public Welfare
Karl Kleinpell
Cassville
William D. Stovall
Leo T. Jelinske
Shawano
Demand Resignation Of Iranian Leaders
About 30 000 people gathered in front of the majlis in Tehran demanding Premier Sharif Emami's government resign and an officer accused of killing a demonstrator be executed. The government weighs possible martial law as a teachers salary crisis worsens.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Majlis
Sharif Emami
Wisconsin lawmakers split over $1.25 minimum wage bill passage
The House approved the $1.25 per hour minimum wage bill 230 to 196 and sent it to President Kennedy. Democrats Johnson Kastenmeier Reuss Zablocki and Republican O'Konski backed the measure while Republicans Byrnes Laird Schadeberg Thomson and Van Pelt opposed. Senate support followed with 64 to 28, sending the bill back to the House.
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Washington
Wisconsin
House
Kennedy
Johnson
Kastenmeier
Reuss
Zablocki
O’konski
Byrnes, Laird
Schadeberg
Thomson
van Pelt
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
Moisture Leak Blamed for Sidewinder Flight Incident
The Air Force attributes the fatal accident over New Mexico on April 7 to a freak moisture leak. Moisture entering the electrical circuit of an F100 fighter during practice passes caused a short that released a Sidewinder missile toward a B52 bomber.
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Washington
UPI
Air Force
New Mexico
Boy Admits Killing Girls In South Dakota Case
Kadoka South Dakota James Scott Stephens 16 held for Michigan authorities after police said he admitted the rifle slayings of two Holland Michigan schoolgirls. He claimed the shootings were accidental and provided details under instruction from authorities. A night lodging offer led to his capture. he appeared calm and cooperative during the transfer.
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Kadoka
S. D
James Scott Stephens
Michigan
Holland, Mich
South Dakota
Veeinng Yuucsuvuneu Ail Uday
Stephens
Don Licht
State Crime Bureau
Warren Pearson
Jackson County
Holland
Associated Press
Alvin Baldwin
Carol Gee
Margaret Chambers
Lake Michigan
Baldwin
Johnny Sinclair
New York
Wyoming
Clarence Herman
Pierre
Stepheens
Herman
Weather Outlook for Kenosha Tonight and Friday
No significant changes in Kenosha area weather. Partly cloudy with a low in the 30s tonight, Friday high 54 to 62. Light variable winds east to southeast 6 to 12 mph. Noon readings: Downtown Kenosha 45, American Motors 50, Southport 49. Yesterday high 53, low 37. Overnight low 40. Sunrise 5:42 a.m. Sunset 7:56 p.m.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Southport
Space Shot's Chances Good
At Cape Canaveral NASA began a preliminary countdown for Alan B. Shepard Jr to launch at 7 am CDT Friday. Weather predicted fair in Cape area with over 50 percent chance of launch, while recovery area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and easterly winds 10 to 15 knots.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U. S. Space Agency
Alan B. Shepard Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project Mercury
Cape Area
Hands Off Policy Declared in Congo Showdown
The United Nations has declared a hands off policy in the conflict between Congo President Joseph Kasavubu and Katanga Province President Moise Tshombe, according to reliable sources.
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Elisabeth
Congo
United Nations
Joseph Kasavubu
Katanga Province
Moise Tshome
Treasury chief targets expense account luxuries
Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon outlined a seven point tax reform plan to curb luxury spending by businesses. He cited examples from hunting trips to yachts and private clubs and proposed treating such deductibles as non deductible, shifting the tax burden and raising revenue.
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Federal
Treasury
Kennedy
Congress
Douglas Dillon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Aldermen reject water works expansion despite funding plan
Kenosha aldermen defeated a $42 million water system expansion by a 10 to 7 vote though they unanimously approved $935 000 for already spent or soon to be spent work. The debate cited cost impacts on homeowners and disputed proposed bill increases while officials argued the project would meet peak summer demand.
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Kenosha
Nedweski
Ald
Itchett
Capponi
O. Fred Nelson
Nelson
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Phoumi Nosavan
Wilbert Walter
Board of Welfare
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Nev
Lawrence Hastings
Vernon Christensen
George Fitchett
George Moskopf
Mario Capponi
George Ward
Gilbert Petzke
Ernest Hess
Mary Smith
Emil Modory
Peter Nedweski
Public Works Committee
Wallace Burkee
Anthony Vitkus
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George Whyte
Fred Nyberg
Joseph Safage
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