24 May 1955
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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1955
Page
1
A crowd estimated 800 to 1,000 packed Kenosha High School corridors for summer swim class sign ups. Registration was called off early as heat and congestion grew, with 200 children registered and 265 vacancies listed across age brackets.
Secretary of State Dulles with presidential approval rejected neutrality for Germany including a unified future. He stressed the U S position to West Germany and to a possible East West reunification, citing Germanys 70 million people and strategic importance. He also touched on Yugoslav aid, Bulganin Khrushchev visit, Big Four talks, and traffic disputes between West Germany and Berlin.
State and local police with the National Guard Civil Air Patrol and volunteers mobilized to search for 8 year old Jeanie Singleton in Kalamazoo Michigan. She failed to return home after school Monday and authorities feared she might have been abducted by a sex offender. Police searched through the night but found no trace of her.
House Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr says the chamber will pass something close to the 101 billion dollar highway program next week. A nine member Senate Democratic Policy Committee called the measure a bad bill but White House talks indicate broad governor support for the administration proposal.
Rain burst onto Keno Sha at noon today as forecasters expect cooler weather tonight and Wednesday. Monday’s humid conditions brought 72-degree readings near midnight at the sewage plant while areas farther west were about 10 degrees warmer. Lows ranged from 44 to 50 with highs 55 to 60 as clouds move in.
A New York garment manufacturer testified he paid cash payoffs and gifts totaling 6,699.94 to government employees linked to three contracts with the armed forces in 1952 and 1953.
Dutchess County Judge John R. Schwartz declined to impose punishment on a 43-year-old housewife convicted of willfully refusing to relinquish a seven party telephone line used in a fire emergency. In Lebanon Pennsylvania two high school seniors, one to be valedictorian, were held on charges of stealing more than $13,000 from a nurseryman who hid his cash in a tree. Washington reports Surgeon General Scheele saying the Public Health Service is nearing answers on the stalled polio vaccination program.
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers held day long negotiations over the guaranteed annual wage with presidents Reuther attending both Ford and GM talks. GM workers nationwide reportedly approve a strike if talks fail, with 93.4 percent in favor from 103 of 107 units reporting.
Circuit Judge Harry S. Fox upholds the state ruling denying a Watertown World War Two veteran Wilmar H. Hoof a school bus license after he lost four fingers in war wounds. Hoof had driven a bus from 1950 to 1953 and the DMV refused in 1954.
City council ignored a letter proposing an even exchange of Sunnyside school sites. Steven Kuzmich offered 10.47 acres at 80th Street for 5.5 acres at 78th Street to resolve months of site contention. The letter claims council objections were addressed and urges best interests of Kenosha.
Dr. Jonas Salk and Basil OConnor joined a closed government advisory session on polio vaccine plans. OConnor warned politics affect the program while Salk declined to explain his absence from Monday's meeting. Milwaukee officials delayed local vaccination until safety is assured and tested.
The Senate 26 to 7 approved a substitute plan to create a 340 man state traffic patrol over the next two years, funded by motor vehicle fuel taxes and a proposed fuel tax hike. It would add 90 men in each of 1956 and 1957, under the Motor Vehicle Department, for highway patrol and truck weight checks. Critics urge county cooperation and warn of enforcement complications.
Air Force officers declined to confirm reports that the O’Hare jet interceptor unit may move to a proposed Kenosha Racine base valued at 16.6 million dollars. Officials cited classified details and said no official word had been received, while nearby leaders described the O’Hare installation as a major unit between Chicago and Madison.
Secretary of Labor Mitchell urged Republican leaders to act on the administration bill raising the minimum wage from 75 to 90 cents an hour. The appeal came at a Tuesday meeting with President Eisenhower and Republican legislative chiefs, as the measure sits in committee in both chambers.
Elaborate Monday ceremony planned for Green Ridge cemetery veterans memorial honoring World War II and Korean conflict dead. 254 Kenosha county WWII veterans and 24 from Korea named. rain date Sunday, June 5. American Legion posts supervise. Harold Bode to speak. wreaths, silent tribute, taps, and flag ceremony led by Legion bands and chorus.
The piece notes 155000 U S forest fires last year averaging over 400 daily caused mostly by carelessness. It cites 10 million acres damaged and wildlife losses with human fatalities, urging careful use of matches, cigarettes and campfires to prevent fires. Public service message with The Advertising Council.
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