Reds Reject Free Choice Of Prisoners
UN truce talks show zero progress as the Reds reject freeing 32 000 North Korean prisoners who refuse to return after a potential armistice and insist on sending all 48 500 to a neutral custodian. Gen Nam III and Lt Gen Harrison clash over who should supervise balking prisoners before any agreement.
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Panmunjom
Pakistan
Nam III
William K. Harrison, Jr
Korea
Harrison
Nam
South Koreans Protest Talks
About 1,500 protesters clashed with police in Seoul while trying to reach President Syngman Rhee’s home to condemn ongoing truce talks. Mounted and foot officers stopped two attempts. no injuries were reported. A small delegation was allowed to meet Rhee. Protesters demand Communists be driven from all Korea before a truce.
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Korea
U.P
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Senate OKs Tidelands Bill to grant states oil lands
The Senate approved the Tidelands measure 56 to 35 after a lengthy debate. It would recognize state ownership of submerged lands within historic boundaries, likely three miles offshore, with the federal government retaining mineral rights on the continental shelf. If House accepts, the bill goes to President Eisenhower for signature.
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Senate
Eisenhower
House
Supreme Court
Sen
Douglas
Dill
California
Texas
Louisiana
Gulf
Florida
Congress
Wisconsin assembly passes toll road bill by large margin
Wisconsin lawmakers push through a toll road authority measure 76 to 16 after defeating eight amendments. The bill creates a state authority with 250000 for studies and paves the way for private bond financing for a Minnesota to Illinois toll road, with the bill now moving to the Senate and governor for final action.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin Assembly
American Automobile Assn
Assemblyman
Julius Stangel
Wickham pleads innocent in two fatal killings
Myron Wickham, 56, Burlington milk driver, pleaded innocent to two first degree murder charges in circuit court. Trial set for June 9 at 10 a.m. He is accused of killing his estranged wife Beulah and his stepson's wife Mrs. Thomas Barry at Mike's Log Drive-In on Hy 41 near West 60th Street. Confessions were obtained by the sheriff. Defense attorney Leo Vaudreuil indicated investigations will come first, weighing options including lowering charges or claiming temporary insanity. Barry seeks $19,000 in damages. summons served on Wickham.
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Mike” Wickham
Burlington
Alfred L. Drury
Wickham
Beulah
Thomas Barry
Mike
Hy. 41
West 60Th St
Sheriff's Department
Leo Vaudreuil
Vaudreuil
Chicago
Kenosha
Dulles Sees Aid Cutback in Future
Secretary of State Dulles told Congress he foresees substantial reductions in future foreign aid appropriations and noted current plans for sizable cuts in economic assistance. Stassen outlined $12 billion unspent and over $4 billion unobligated as of March 31, with critics urging larger reductions. The hearings contrasted Eisenhower administration goals with Truman era proposals and raised questions on European security and U S policy.
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Dulles
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Harold Stassen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stassen
Truman
House
United States
State Department
Eisenhower
Russia
Heat Riots Erupt As USC Students Riot For Heat
About 400 University of Southern California students rioted after a 93 degree heat record. They set fires, toppled a police car, invaded a sorority house, dumped furniture into flames, and laughed at responders as fifteen police cars battled the unrest through the night.
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Los Angeles
U.P
University of Southern California
Labor Bill on Collective Bargaining Deemed Likely Illegal
Madison attorney general Thomson ruled the Senate bill allowing municipalities to sign one year collective bargaining contracts with unions would probably be invalid. The measure would let cities, towns, school boards, or other units enter wage and condition agreements with a union representing all or part of employees for one year. The Senate asked for the AG opinion amid questions of legality.
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Madison
Thomson
Senate
Senate Committee On State and Local Government
Baby Boy Killed In Car Crash On County Highway
An eight months old boy named Dennis Potts died from a skull fracture after a auto driven by his mother struck a concrete abutment on a county highway in the Town of Clear Creek. His parents, Mr and Mrs Richard Potts, were not seriously hurt and were at Sacred Heart hospital in Eau Claire.
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Dennis Potts
Sacred Heart Hospital
Richard Potts
Clear Creek
Two City Managers Claim West Virginia Job
In Clarksburg two rival administrations contend for the city manager post as A Page Lockard and J Frank Wiseman both assert the job. After a 5-4 party split, Democrats block proceedings, 152 motions fly in four hours, and Lockard enters the office while Wiseman vows to return. City checks are not being cashed.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Wiseman
Lockard
Roger Morgan
Dominick Policano
Policano
Greece to protest UN over Gamma border island occupation
The Greek government announced plans to seek a United Nations protest over Bulgaria's occupation of Gamma, a small Evros river island Greece claims as its territory.
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Greece
United Nations
Gamma
Evros
Former Prisoners Home on Freedom Airlift at Travis
A C-97 Strato liner carrying 38 former prisoners of the Communists landed at Travis Air Force Base California as part of the freedom airlift. The move comes as U P reports on postwar repatriation and Cold War tensions unfolding along the Pacific coast.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
U.P
Pacific Coast
Kid of the Year Jackie Adams Receives Cap in DC
Six year old Jackie Adams of Clearfield Pennsylvania is named kid of the year for heroism after crawling from a crashed private plane near Williamsport to summon help for the pilot and four injured passengers. He receives a cap from Vice President Richard Nixon on the Senate steps. the Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the award.
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Jackie Adams
Clearfield
Washington
D. C
Richard Nixon
Senate
Jackie
Williamsport
Junior Chamber of Commerce
NBC Buenos Aires correspondent ordered to leave Argentina
NBC announced its Buenos Aires correspondent George Natanson must leave Argentina by tomorrow. Officials said Natanson’s passport visa were expiring and renewal attempts were denied with an extension rejected.
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A.P
National Broadcasting Company
Buenos Aires
George Natanson
Argentina
NBC
Natanson
Milwaukee Woman Nominated Assistant U.S. Treasurer
President Eisenhower nominates 36 year old Milwaukee banker Catherine B. Cleary for assistant treasurer of the United States. If confirmed she would serve under Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest and succeed Mabelle Kennedy who resigned April 10. Cleary is a trust officer at First Wisconsin Trust Co. in Milwaukee.
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U. S. Civil Service
Bremerhaven
United States
Sidney L. Baker
Harwich
U. S. Navy
London
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Harold
Anchorage
Alaska
Hoyt
Gilda Jordet
Rocky Ford
Colo
Viola Larson
Wisconsin
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Europe
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Miss Jordet
Miss Larson
Washington
Catherine B. Cleary
Milwaukee
Eisenhower
Ivy Baker Priest
Utah
Mabelle Kennedy
Oklahoma
Miss Cleary
First Wisconsin Trust Co
Weather warms with 63 degree noon readings across cities
A mild day with temperatures reaching 63 at noon in downtown, the Sewage Treatment plant, and Nash Motors. Northwestern Wisconsin enjoyed summer warmth while most of the state stayed partly cloudy and cool with Kenosha at 51/46 in the afternoon. Forecasters expect a high near 70 Thursday.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
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