Senate votes housing bill to boost public housing units
The Senate passed a housing bill authorizing 135,000 public housing units yearly and sent it toward the House which has opposed such authority in recent years. Eisenhower proposed 35,000 units annually for two years. The omnibus measure would create a federal elderly housing program and expand FHA loan insurance by three billion dollars while extending the GI home loan program for one year.
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House
House Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Federal Housing Administration Loan Insurance Authority
Senate Banking Committee
Wiley
Boyle
Kersten
Catlin
Hughes
Sen. McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Mortimer Snerd Kefauver
Egghead Stevenson
John Byrnes
Green Bay
Bomb Explodes Killing Chicago Man in Terror Plot
Police say 55 year old Michael Campbell, an unemployed truck driver, was carrying a dynamite bomb aimed at terrorizing a residential area. The blast at 3 45 a m shattered nearby windows and damaged a car, with Campbell blown apart. He is suspected to be a relay man in a whisky bootlegging racket.
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Chicago
Michael Campbell
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
James McMahon
Campbell
Lions Open Convention in Fond du Lac Hits Record Attendance
The Wisconsin Lions convention opens in Fond du Lac with about 1,500 delegates and 500 auxiliary members expected. A three hour parade on Saturday will showcase 31 floats, 25 bands, several drum and bugle corps and 30 novelty groups from state groups.
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Fond du Lac
U S Army Says 80 Percent in Korea Housed In Buildings
The United States Army reports about eighty percent of troops in Korea are now housed in solid buildings. A construction battalion will go to Korea in June to replace the remaining tents with quonsets.
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Tokyo
U. S. Army
Korea
Israeli Tractor Driver Slain From Ambush Near Lachish
A military spokesman said an Israeli tractor driver was killed in an ambush near Lachish in southern Judea on Thursday night. The attackers, described as infiltrators, fled with the driver's gun and ammunition.
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Jerusalem
Judean
Lachisch
Captain Testifies About Lake Michigan Barge Sinking
Milwaukee reports captain Marty Walsh 64 Chicago testified to an inquiry board that the sank barge had no official life boat only a utility craft used for odd jobs. Rep Granahan dies at 61 in Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital. F-86 Sabrejet crash lands near Madison pilot Clyde Jackson escapes injury. In Flint three hundred workers clash at Fisher Body Grand Blanc plant injuring several. unions reportedly dispute job assignments.
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Marty Walsh
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Jefferson
Truax
Madison
Here
Roger Reiner
Clyde A. Jackson
Oakland
Calif
Flint, Mich
Grand Blanc
Five-year-old girl dies after horse fall
Five-year-old Susan Hipke died at Marinette General Hospital from a head injury after a fall from a horse Tuesday. Her sister Darleen, 12, suffered a wrist injury as both fell. Parents are Mr and Mrs Edwin Hipke of the Town of Peshtigo.
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Marinette
Susan Hipke
Marinette General Hospital
Susan
Darleen
Edwin Hipke
Peshtigo
Thames Debutante Party Ends With Champagne Swim
On a Thames party headed by the Duke of Kent 300 guests aboard the Royal Princess watched as two revelers dove fully clothed into the river after bets. A lifebuoy and a rescue followed as police investigated the incident near Chelsea.
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London
River Police
Thames
Duke of Kent
Elizabeth II
Wisconsin to Revoke Camp Lake Home License
The state moves to revoke the Camp Lake home for retarded children after a conference with Dist. Atty. J B Molinaro and state welfare officials. Miss Edna West 61 of West Haven was removed as head. Miss Margaret MacDowell cites treatment and management as issues. Some children already return home while others stay in state care until final disposition.
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Camp Lake
Margaret MacDowell
Madison
State Welfare Department
West Haven
Edna West
Dist. Atty
J. B. Molinaro
Clara Ferrier
Chicago
Ferrier
Molinaro
Model mother kills three Florida daughters in Lake Wales
Lorene Calbeck described as a dedicated mother killed Shirley 5 Pamela 3 and Jan 1 then shot herself in a trailer near Lake Wales Florida. She left a note for her husband claiming valuables and a Bible in a suitcase. Neighbors recall her as loving and stable. Police found the bodies and the self inflicted wounds. Doctors said she would not survive.
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Lake Wales
Fla
Lorene Calbeck
S. D. Betton
Shirley
Pamela
Jan
Michigan
Dean Discourages UW Panty Raid
Madison police and the University of Wisconsin Dean of Men Theodore Zillman discouraged a Thursday night panty raid planned by about 30 male students near a girls dormitory. Patrolman Richard R. Peterson warned the group of possible expulsion and damages as police increased presence, and the crowd dispersed with coeds watching from windows.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Theodore Zillman
Zillman
Richard R. Peterson
Mrs. Ferdinand Hinrichs Dies Suddenly at 45
Mrs. Ferdinand Hinrichs, 45, of 63243rd Ave., died suddenly before noon from an apparent heart attack while visiting the Zimdars home on 83rd Street near 22nd Avenue. A sheriff's squad and a physician responded, but she was pronounced dead. Coroner William Raven said no autopsy would be ordered.
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Ferdinand Hinrichs
Tri-Clover
William M. Zimdars
83Rd St
22Nd Ave
William Raven
GOP Begins State Session at Wisconsin Convention
Governor Kohler urged honesty as the Wisconsin GOP opened its two day state convention in Milwaukee. Senator Wiley pressed unity behind Eisenhower while urging a strong party effort and Chairman Kuehn called for constructive debate and loyalty to Republican ideals amidst internal battles over endorsements.
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Walter Kohler
Republican Party
Wisconsin
Catlin
Wiley
Wisconsin Supreme Court
State Board of Bar Commissioners
Kohler
Howard Boyle
Charles Kersten
Henry Hughes
Supreme Court
Sen
R-Wis
GOP
Eisenhower
Philip G. Kuehn
Kuehn
Mark Catlin Jr
Appleton
Republican Assembly
Live Polio Virus Leak on DC4 Flight to Pittsburgh
A crate containing live polio virus broke after a Washington cargo handler dropped it. The Capital Airlines DC4 landed in Baltimore where the crate was removed and 22 passengers continued to Pittsburgh. Protective shots and medical checks followed for crew and cargo handlers. The virus traveled from Parke Davis in Detroit to Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Capital Airlines
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Washington
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Friendship International Airport
Friendship
Pittsburgh
Jonas Salk
Washington National Airport
Edward A. Tappe
Silver Spring
K. 8. Hurley
Arlington
B. A. Miller
Alexandria
Pittsburg
Parke Davis Co
Detroit
Missing Guatemalan airliner and 31 aboard searched
Parachutist teams and a medical aid plane prepared to resume the search today for the Aviateca Co plane missing with 31 people aboard. The aircraft left Puerto Barrios for La Tinta but bad weather prevented landing and it headed toward Guatemala City.
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Guatemala
Aviateca Co
Puerto Barrios
la Tinta
Guatemala City
Weather outlook for Kenosha with showers and warmth
Forecast calls for showers and cloudy skies in Kenosha tonight and tomorrow with warmer temperatures. Today’s readings reached 55 at the sewage treatment plant, 57 downtown, 63 at American Motors, with yesterday’s high 55 and a 45 low. Tonight’s low 48 to 53, Saturday’s high 72 to 77. Sunrise 4 23, sunset 7 13.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Eisenhower Urges Foundations to Aid Global Education Effort
President Eisenhower proposed private foundations and U S universities join to fund educational centers worldwide as a weapon against Communist colonialism. He urged a united Europe as a pillar of freedom and pressed for stronger foreign aid while condemning Communist aggression and urging free world cooperation.
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Waco
Tex
Eisenhower
America
Free World
United States
Europe
Iith Baylor University
Penny Wise
Texas Coliseum
Jie
Kenosha Farm Worker Rescued After Drag Bar Trap
Ira Gill 41 of Kenosha was freed from under a field drag bar after a tractor accident on a So 39th Ave farm. Deputies say he was under the machinery about an hour and a half with back injuries, leg bruises, and shock before being rushed to Kenosha Hospital.
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Kenosha
Ira Gill
93Rd St
Robert Wallace
Gill
So. 39Th Ave
Orville Crook
Wallace
Chet Molinaro
Kenosha Hospital
Allan Backe
Springbrook Rd
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