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Kenosha Evening News

Location

Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1955

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Sunnyside school site clash fuels 1000-home plan

Kenoshan developer Kuzmich wants to use 300 acres for a future 1000 dwelling subdivision south of 80th St near the privately owned airport. City plan commissioners approved a Kuzmich subdivision for 100 homes and push to move Sunnyside to 80th St amid council debates.

Sunnyside Kenoshan 80Th St Kuzmich Steve Kuzmich 63Rd St 78Th St City Plan Commission

Red China Will Fight With Soviets in European War

Peng Teh-Huai, defense minister of China, declared for Peiping at a Warsaw conference that China will fight alongside the Soviet Union and allies if war breaks out in Europe. He also asserted Peiping supports peaceful coexistence and backs an Eastern defense group to rival NATO.

Warsaw Poland China Soviet Union Europe Peng Teh-Huai Red Peiping Peng

Rebel unit surrenders in Indo China under Diem crackdown

A 180 member rebel unit from Binh Xuyen ex-river pirate forces surrendered to Saigon government forces as a cleanup drive began. The forces fled Saigon after a defeat by Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem's national army.

Saigon Indo-China Binh Xuyen Viet Nam Ngo Dinh Diem

Weather outlook for Kenosha with scattered showers

Partly cloudy conditions were expected in Kenosha today with occasional rain tonight. Friday brings scattered showers and thunderstorms, little temperature change with a low around 48 to 56 and a high near 68 to 75. Noon readings ranged from 60 at the treatment plant to 66 downtown and 72 at American Motors.

Kenosha American Motors

Boy 13 Dies Demonstrating Explosives in Detroit Base ment

Detroit police report a 13 year old, Ronald Grezlak, was killed when a light fixture exploded during a demonstration with explosives. Police had warned him earlier to stop playing with explosives as friends watched in the basement.

Detroit Ronald Grezlak

Kenoshan Killed in Truck Crash Near Racine County

Othmar J. Weidenbrenner 31 of Kenosha died after his car collided with a beer truck at Hy. 41 and 11 in Racine county. The truck, driven by Arnold Hicks 30 of Chicago, burst into flames. 870 cases of beer spilled. Hicks survived. Weidenbrenner’s body was recovered after two hours. Weidenbrenner had returned from a fishing trip at North Cape with Harvey Moore and left work at J. J. Case south works. survived by wife three children and extensive family.

Racine Journal-Times Kenoshan Kenosha Racine County Othmar Weidenbenner Arnold Hicks Chicago Here Othmar J. Weidenbrenner Sheridan Rd Weidenbrenner St. Luke's Hospital Racine Hicks J. J. Case Company South Works Rodney Dennis Christine Oscar Missouri William Anthony Joseph Zeno Blater William Butten Lawrance Corrigan Johanna Weidenbrenner Glennonville

Illinois sales tax to rise to three cents after July

Gov William Stratton and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley back legislation to raise the state sales tax from two to four cents for two years and grant cities an additional one cent permanently, with July 1 as the effective date.

Springfield Illinois William Stratton Richard Daley Chicago

Labor secretary calls auto strike chance a coin toss

Washington Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell said it is a toss of a coin if there will be an automobile strike this summer. In Milwaukee an art student, Eugene Olson, 21, was seriously burned when a blow torch used to fuse oil on a painting ignited a fire in his room and spread to the roof.

Washington James P. Mitchell Milwaukee Eugene Olson

Calls for caution on Salk vaccine issues urged by Miller

Washington Republican Rep. A L Miller a physician warned fellow congressmen against abrupt action in the Salk vaccine difficulties saying the problem is not fully understood and quick interference should be avoided. Madison circuit judge Alvin Reis on Wednesday upheld a Public Service Commission order denying the Chicago and North Western Railway request to discontinue its last two Milwaukee Madison trains.

Washington A. L. Miller R-Neb Miller Congress PSC Madison Alvin Reis Chicago and North Western Railway Milwaukee - Madison

Resumption Of Vaccine Is Expected

The Public Health Service hopes to release the first embargoed Salk vaccine today and restart polio inoculations after a six day halt. A federal expert team will report on Parke Davis doses in Detroit and may clear several hundred thousand shots for immediate use. In Michigan immunizations had continued, while a halt was ordered after polio cases rose to 62.

Washington Public Health Service Parke Davis and Co Detroit The Health Service National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis Michigan Parke Davis Leonard A. Scheele U. S William G. Workman

Billy Graham Accepts Invitation to Speak Behind Curtain

American evangelist Billy Graham said he would gladly accept any invitation to preach behind the Tron Curtain, clarifying his willingness to speak under the barrier.

London—i Billy Graham

Veto Expected On Postal Pay Increase

A quick presidential veto may follow Congress action on a postal workers pay raise of 7 percent under a compromise bill sent to President Eisenhower after Senate passage 66 to 11 and House action 328 to 66. White House signals a veto is possible. Eisenhower would accept around 7.6 percent. The measure costs about 179.8 million dollars annually, slightly higher than the 7.6 percent alternative.

Washington Sen. Carlson Kan Senate Eisenhower House Carlson White House Congress

Vote to Aid Bus Lines Madison Puts Bill Through Senate

The Wisconsin State Senate approved a bill by 32 to 0 to provide tax exemptions for urban bus operators. The plan, drawn from a governor's mass transportation study, would waive state gasoline taxes and local fees, charge a $1 state registration per bus, and allow a 50 percent income tax payment after deductions, plus 8 percent of property costs. The Assembly rejected two other measures on primary election timing and trading stamps by voice vote.

Madison State Senate Assembly Wisconsin

Collision Near Wisconsin Rapids Claims Two Lives

A two car head on crash six miles northwest of Wisconsin Rapids on Highway 13-73 killed two men. Rev. Peter Ohlin aged 65, pastor of the Assembly of God in Nekoosa, died in the crash, while Edmund Gust, 34, of Wisconsin Rapids, driver of the other vehicle, died later at a local hospital.

Wisconsin Rapids Here Peter Ohlin Assembly of God Nekoosa Edmund Gust

U S 11th Airborne Arrives to Relieve 5th Infantry in Germany

An advance party of the U S 11th Airborne Division arrives in Frankfurt to prepare for replacing the 5th Infantry Division which will move to Fort Campbell Kentucky.

Frankfurt Germany U. S. 11Th Airborne Division Fort Campbell

Canton Rice Riots Report Sees 17 Peasants Killed

A Hong Kong dispatch reports Chinese Red soldiers killed 17 peasants during recent rice riots in the Canton area of South China. The clashes erupted as unrest over rice shortages spread across the region.

Hong Kong Canton South China

West Terms Lead to Breakthrough in Austrian Treaty

The Soviet Union agreed to sign the Austrian state treaty on Western terms after 11 days of deadlock over Article 35. The deal allows a Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Vienna to sign the treaty and plan a broader conference, with U S Secretary of State Dulles possibly traveling to Vienna.

Vienna Austria Soviet Union Russia United States John Foster Dulles Paris Harold Macmillan Antoine Pinay Dulles

Red Jet Fighters Chase U.S. Plane Over Baltic Sea

A U.S. Air Force pilot reported Communist jet fighters chased him across the Baltic Sea from Germany. He landed safely at Kastrup airport in Copenhagen with no gunfire exchanged, according to a U.S. embassy spokesman.

Copenhagen Denmark Baltic Sea Germany Kastrup U. S

State May Get Bigger Natural Gas Supply

Washington officials report Wisconsin and Wisconsin natural gas customers could receive a supply twice as large under new lines proposed by American Louisiana Pipeline Co. four firms authorized by the FPC to build a Louisiana to Michigan transmission line. The FPC has ruled these suppliers are producers and their prices fall under federal control. The plan would serve Michigan Wisconsin Natural Gas Co. and eight local utilities, while Wisconsin officials back federal price regulation to curb rising costs.

Washington Wisconsin Federal Power Commission Louisina Michigan American Louisiana Pipeline Co Detroit FPC Louisiana Illinois Michigan-Wisconsin Natural Gas Co House Commerce Committee

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