High Court Bans School Segregation Hearings Begin
Washington U P reports Eisenhower orders government employees not to reveal executive branch conference details to army McCarthy investigators. McCarthy denounces the move calling it an iron curtain and refuses further questioning until an executive session. The committee votes to hold a closed session before resuming public hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Eisenhower
army-McCarthy
Executive Branch
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
Army
Relief Funds Near Exhaustion Amid Testimony Debates
The article notes county relief needs near exhaustion as boards review funds at a meeting. The state of relief and veterans aid is discussed alongside McCarthy era hearings, with administration orders limiting testimony and calls for ruling on witness admissibility.
State Dairy Leader Believed Drowned
William O. Perdue 55 general manager of Pure Milk Cooperative of Fond du Lac and dairy study committee member is missing and believed drowned after his fishing boat was found without fuel on Island Lake. Vilas County Coroner Gaffney and Sheriff Schroeder report search efforts and suspect he fell from the craft while fishing near Nor thern Highland Resort, where he vanished Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle River
Wis
William O. Perdue
Pure Milk Products Cooperative of
Fond du Lac
Eisenhower Administration
Island Lake
Vilas County
P. J. Gaffney
Perdue
Gaffney
Robert Schroeder
Pure Milk Organization
Chicago Milk Foundation
National Milk Producers Association
Fanning County
Tex
Drake
Oklahoma
Senate Hearing Cushioned by White House Order
Washington Senate Investigations subcommittee will recess its McCarthy Army row hearings while it seeks an interpretation of a White House order restricting testimony by government officials. In Kohler Wisconsin Local 833 UAW CIO said wage concessions offered if negotiations resume were rejected. Sauk City petitions urge McCarthy recall with over 106000 signatures gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
Henry M. Jackson
Congress
Executive Branch
Stevens
Adams
John J. McClellan
Defense Department
White House
James C. Hagerty
Army
Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-S.d
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Kohler, Wis
Uaw-Cio
Kohler Co
Sauk City
Harold L. Michael
Amery
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Wisconsin Rep. Lester Johnson seeks first full term
Black River Falls Wisconsin reports Rep. Lester Johnson a Democrat from Wisconsin's 5th district announced he will run for his first full term in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
France to end mercy truce with air strike on Dien Bien Phu area
French officials accuse the Indo Chinese Reds of a cold blooded double cross and say bombers will attack at midnight to end the mercy evacuation of wounded. French and native troops hold Anxa against encircling forces as Hanoi presses toward a major clash with the Viet Minh forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
U.P
France
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Anxa
Geneva
Vietminh
Pham van Dong
Britain
Anthony Eden
Highway 41
Laos
French’ High Command
Five Years For Costello
Racketeer Frank Costello was sentenced to five years in federal prison for income tax evasion and fined $30,000 by Judge John F. X. McGahey. The case followed Costello’s earlier Senate testimony and multiple prior jail terms with a deportation action pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Costello
John F. X. McGahey
Costello
Senate
Crime Investigating Committee
Senate Committee
United States
Britain Limits Commitment on Southeast Asia Alliance
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons Britain will not join a southeast Asian defense alliance before the Geneva conference. He said Britain would consider the proposal after the Geneva talks and did not rule out ongoing military talks, stressing peace in Indochina as the first duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
Britain
House of Commons
Indo- China
Geneva
Thomson Ruling Upholds Camp Tomahawk Patient Care Funds
Madison Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon Thomson ruled the state board of health may spend public funds for education and clothing for Lake Tomahawk tuberculosis camp patients. He said the law is general and allows discretion on necessary patient care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U.P
Vernon Thomson
State Board of Health
Lake Tomahawk
Thomson
Brightest High School Senior Hailed in Louisville
Gwynneth Muriel Gibson, 18, of Du Pont Manual High School, named the nation’s brightest senior by the National Education Association. She won a $500 scholarship after competing with 8,911 top students, and plans to become a high school math teacher. Her parents and sister are noted as valedictorians and a National Honor Society member. She works a part time job and holds student leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Gwynneth Muriel Gibson
Miss Gibson
du Pont Manual High School
National Education Assn
Winston G. Gibson
Vermont
Eva
Manual
Gwynneth
The
National Honor Society
Huk Leader Luis Taruc Surrenders to Philippine Forces
Luis Taruc, 40, famed Huk commander, surrendered to a Manila Times reporter after months of negotiations. President Magsaysay hailed the surrender as a major step toward peace and the end of the Huk uprising, with aims to pacify southern Luzon and capture remaining leaders like Jesus Lava.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Luis Taruc
Huk
Ramon Magsaysay
Luzon
Taruc
Carlos P. Romulo
Jesus Lava
Philippines
Manila Times
Benice Aquino
Magsaysay
Here
Magsaysay Long
Kansas City
Romulo
Mag Saysay
Miss Minnesota 1954 Deliberations in Atlantic City
Jeane Reince a 22 year old second grade teacher from Winona Minnesota with home in Green Bay Wisconsin was named Miss Minnesota 1954 by judges Saturday night to compete in the Miss America contest in Atlantic City New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Minn
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Jeane Reince
Winona
Green Bay
Wis
Atlantic City
N. J
Weather Outlook For Kenosha Sees Cool Temperatures
Skies clear over Kenosha for the fourth day as north winds push temperatures down to the 50s. Noon readings show 53 at the sewage treatment plant and Nash Motors, 54 downtown. morning low 50. Yesterday’s high 79, low 52. Forecast: mostly fair and cool tonight and Tuesday with frost possible. tonight’s low 32 to 36, Tuesday high 55 to 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Nash Motors
Supreme Court declares school segregation unconstitutional
The unanimous decision rules that separation of Negro and white students in public education is inherently unequal and violates the 14th Amendment. The court will hear further arguments this fall on how and when to end the practice, signaling a long path to desegregation across states with varying laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Warren
South Faces Upheaval In Schools
The Supreme Court ruling banning segregation in public schools triggers radical upheaval across the South as states weigh immediate sessions. Uncertainty clouds Black teachers’ futures, with many states banning or restricting instruction in nonsegregated classes. Georgia ties funds to segregated schooling, while other states eye abolishing public schools or shifting control to churches under subsidy.
Wisconsin Teens Die in Car Crash Southwest of Dubuque
Three Wisconsin teenagers died and three were injured when their car flipped end over end southwest of Dubuque Sunday night. The dead were Williams McWilliams and Richard Randecker of Cuba City and Gerald Furlong of Hazel Green, Wis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Iowa
Wisconsin
Williams McWilliams
Richard Randecker
Cuba City
Wis
Gerald Furlong
Hazel Green
Son of College Head Steals Collections
Irwin Lubbers Jr., son of Hope College president, admitted stealing 600 dollars from two churches Zeeland and Grand Rapids. He took 100 dollars from Third Christian Reformed Church in Zeeland and 500 dollars from Garfield Park Christian Reformed Church during morning services while congregations prayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland, Mich
U.P
Irwin Lubbers, Jr
Hope College
Third Christian Reformed Church
Zeeland
Garfield Park
Lubbers
Yale
al Boss
Guich@laar
Harold Leestma
Grand Rapids
Also Mentioned on This Page
John G. Adams
Justice Department
Sherman Adams
G. David Schine
Herbert Brownwell, Jr
FBI
Brownell
Army Signal Corps
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
H. Struve
Hensel
Pvt
David Schine
Subcommittee
William P. Rogers, Jr
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Lodge
U. S
United Nations
Charles E. Potter
Rmich
Stuart W. Symington
D-Mo
Board of Public Welfare
Welfare Board
Veteran’s Service Commission
District Attorney's Committee
Richard Lindgren
Lindgren
Oscar Zerk
Harry Copen
Chet Molinaro
Deputies’ Association
Somers Township
Becker Rd
Hillcrest School
West 52Nd St
Highway Committee
New Munster
Wood Rd
Rhine
Germershein
Germany
U. S. Navy
Northern Highland
Sheriff
High Command
South Carolina
Virginia
Kansas
Delaware
District of Columbia
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia
New Mexico
Wyoming
Warren Gives Ruling
Atlanta
United Press
South
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
L. P. Hollis
St. Carolina State Educational Finance Commission
John Guidelaar
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!