City Council Grants Start for Junior Kindergarten Plan
The council narrowly approved a $25,000 fund to reinstate four year olds' kindergarten for September through December, after legal questions and a two thirds vote requirement. City Manager Custer flagged a $34,197 surplus and a $59,197 total need, with school board plans to return surplus to the city before further funding.
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Robert V. Baker
Baker
Richard Custer
Gilbert Petzke
Eugene Hammond
Edward Wavro
Gordon McAleer
R. Merrill Rhey
Miss Lake
McAleer
Leonard
Rhey
Petzke
Protem
Custer
Board of Education
Fechner
Arms shipment to Guatemala lifts Central America tensions
U S officials say Moscow agitators fuel Central American unrest culminating with a cargo of arms unloaded at Puerto Barrios Guatemala from a Swedish registry ship. Governments cite prior Guatemala ties to communism and recent Nicaraguan turmoil as context.
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Washington
Moscow
Central America
U. S
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Stettin
Red Poland
State Department
Puerto Barrios
Department of State
United States
No Room Schoolhouse Faces Overcrowding Challenge
The message warns that schools are overcrowded with 3 of 5 classrooms full and enrollment projected to rise by 8 million in six years. It urges action and offers a free booklet How Can Citizens Help Their Schools from Better Schools, 2 West 45th Street, New York 36, N Y.
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West 45Th Street
New York
N. Y
Biggest Balloon Soars Into Space
The navy launched a giant unmanned balloon built by General Mills from a Minnesota university airport at 4 51 am to study cosmic rays. By 11 am it rose to 108000 feet and was to reach 120000 feet before descending. A descent trigger will end the mission this afternoon and release the instrument gondola.
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Minneapolis
U.P
Navy
Outer Space
University
General Mills
Injured Driver Dies After Weekend Crash
Raymond Cummings, 40, of Spring Green, died Monday in a hospital from injuries suffered when his car struck a tree Sunday near Baraboo.
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Baraboo
Raymond Cummings
Spring Green
Dr Thad W Ashley longtime Kenosha physician dies
Dr. Thad W. Ashley 80 of 6127 7th Ave died in his sleep at Kenosha hospital after a long illness. A physician for 52 years, over 40 in Kenosha, he was a founder of the street numbering system and active in local medical and civic groups. Survived by widow two daughters a son and 13 grandchildren.
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Thad W. Ashley
7Th Ave
Kenosha Hospital
Kenosha
Dr. Ashley
Steuben
Ohio
Allen
Clarissa Ashley
Oberlin
Miami Medical College
University of Cincinnati
University of Vienna
University of Bordeaux
France
Jessie E. Watt
Willard, Ohio
Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Newark
Springfield
Ill
Prince Eye
8Th Ave
Richard W. Ashley
Ashley
Half Century Club
Wisconsin Medical Society
Civic Council
Kenosha Country Club
Robert E. Hoffhines
Columbus
W. Ogden Vogt
Birmingham
Mich
Richard
F. C. Schorndorfer
Wiley Sponsors Fireworks Ban
Sen. Wiley of Wisconsin sponsors a bill to ban shipments of fireworks into states where they are prohibited or likely to be used illegally. He notes 37 states regulate fireworks and argues interstate shipments undermine these laws. He says states lack power to stop bootlegging without federal aid.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Eisenhower Faces McCarthy Hearing Pause Over Order
White House indicates little prospect Eisenhower will change his order barring government officials from testifying about talks within the administration on McCarthy and Pentagon issues. Senate subcommittee plans to reconvene Monday while Mundt weighs modifications amid McCarthy’s charge of an iron curtain cover up.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Senate
Administration
Sen. McCarthy
Pentagon
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Mundt
R-Sd
McCarthy
Robert T. Stevens
Charlotte
N. C
Hagerty
Stevens
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
McCarthy Army
Army
John G. Adams
Adams
Subcommittee
U S Steel CIO Begin Negotiations for 1954 Contract
U S Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers opened formal talks in Pittsburgh with about 130 negotiators at the table. David J. McDonald and Benjamin F. Fairless led discussions as U S Steel seeks a guaranteed wage and improved benefits while plans for a swift settlement are noted amid industry wide tensions. Contracts expire June 30 and the union aims to avoid a strike amid widespread idling and part time work across the steel sector.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
Benjamin F. Fairless
Fairless
McDonald
USW
Cool and Fair Weather Forecast For Tonight And Wednesday
The forecast called for cooler, fair weather tonight with a low between 36 and 42 and continued cool conditions Wednesday. Noon readings showed 52 at Nash Motors, 51 at the sewage treatment plant and downtown. Monday touched a high of 58 at the treatment plant and a low of 43.
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Nash Motors
Gas explosions ignite California refinery blaze injuring two
A spectacular fire caused by three gas explosions ripped through the Rothschild Oil Refinery in Santa Fe Springs California injuring two. The incident was reported amid late bulletins and followed by other national items on housing and labor tensions.
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Santa Fe Springs
Calif
U.P
Rothschild
Vietminh accuse France over Dien Bien Phu clash for POW deaths
Geneva dispatch reports Vietminh rebels accusing France of sabotaging an agreement to withdraw French Union troops from Dien Bien Phu. They claim French bombers killed 15 French prisoners of war.
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Geneva
Indo
China
Dien Bien Phu
18 Additional Wounded Released From Fortress
Vietminh forces freed 18 more French Union wounded from Dien Bien Phu as French planes resumed attacks toward the Red River delta. A Vietminh spokesman, Hoang Van Hoan, accused France of sabotaging evacuation talks and said 15 French POWs were killed in a new highway bombardment. A French mission led by Dr. Pierre Huard flew in to press for a six point plan to speed wounded evac.
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Indo-China
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Geneva
Hoang van Hoan
Red China
Pierre Huard
Son la
Delta
Floods Hit Roswell and Lovington Rioting Weather Citywide Damage
Tornadic cloud bursts triggered floods in Roswell Lovington and surrounding areas forcing at least 1000 people from homes and causing over 1 million dollars in damage. National Guardsmen aided relief as rivers rose flooding businesses and forcing evacuations with water reaching bedrooms and cars swept away.
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Roswell
N. M
U.P
Levington
Loving
National Guardsmen
Edwin Mechem
Weather Bureau
Waring
Hondo
Lovington
Woman Burned to Death in Davenport Fire Incident
Seymour Wisconsin Mrs William Rankin 44 died Monday when embers from her cigarette touched off a Davenport blaze Outagamie County corner Bernard Kemps said she may have fallen asleep or suffered a stroke autopsy ordered to determine cause of death
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Seymour
Wis
U.P
William Rankin
Outagamie County
Bernard H. Kemps
Reds Data In Australia Revealed In Spy Commission
The royal commission on espionage heard that Petrov documents name two or three Australian House of Representatives members who allegedly gave information to Soviet agents. The revelation came during preliminary hearings on the Russian spying story in Australia.
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Canberra
Australia
Petrov
House of Representatives
Royal Commission On Espionage
W. J. Windeyer
Vladimir Petrov
Reds
Arrest of 11 Communist Leaders in Karachi
Pakistani police rounded up 11 Communist leaders in Karachi under a law allowing detention without trial. Authorities indicated more arrests would follow within hours as part of a wider crackdown.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Bank Robber Confesses After Dancing Lesson Motive Uncovered
Samuel Hochstetler, 33, confessed to robbing the Erie County United Bank at Milan Ohio on March 9 to pay for a lifetime dancing course. He displayed a $5,000 down payment receipt and a progress card showing favorable dance progress. He faces federal bank robbery charges in Toledo Ohio.
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Chicago
U.P
Samuel Y. Hochstetler
FBI
Hochstetler
Erie County United Bank
Milan
Harrisburg
Dance Lesson Company
Toledo, O
Segregation Ban Scored By Talmadge
Georgia officials react to the Supreme Court ruling ending public school segregation with defiant statements. Gov. Herman Talmadge cites historic resistance, Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook vows not to attend October hearings, and Supt. Collin predicts a long road to ending segregation. NAACP lauds the decision as a democratic vindication.
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Atlanta
Georgia
U. S. Supreme Court
Herman Talmadge
High Court
Eugene Cook
M. D. Collins
Jelke to be retried after appeal court orders new trial
The New York appellate division reversed Minot F. Jelke's conviction on compulsory prostitution charges, saying Jelke was denied a fair trial due to closed portions of hearings. The 3-2 ruling orders a retrial by the state supreme court appeals division.
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New York
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Jelke
Appeals Division
State Supreme Court
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