Wisconsin GOP begins battle for Senate endorsement
Wisconsin Republicans at the state convention endorsed Vernon Thomson for governor Warren Smith for treasurer and Warren Knowles for lieutenant governor. Five candidates sought the U S Senate nomination to replace Sen Alexander Wiley with Catlin fighting for the endorsement amid attacks linked to charges against Catlin. McCarthy urged GOP independence with Eisenhower support and a united crusade for world victory.
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Vernon Thomson
Milwaukee
United States Senate
Warren Smith
Warren Knowles
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Walter Kohler
State Board of Bar Commissioners
Mark Catlin, Jr
Appleton
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Wiley
Eugene A. Toepel
R-La Crosse
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Kohler
Rueben Peterson
Madison
Public Service Commission
New Richmond
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McCarthy
Summerfield
Delray Beach approves emergency search rights for police
The Delray Beach City Commission adopted an emergency ordinance allowing police to halt and search individuals and vehicles for weapons and to set road blocks as needed. The measure cites rumors of potential beachside trouble that could injure residents and escalate racial tensions.
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Delray Beach
Fla
Panama Names Ernesto de la Guardia Jr as President-elect
Panama announces Ernesto de la Guardia Jr will be proclaimed president-elect by official Friday statements ending weeks of speculation. The proclamation sets the next administration for the capital as the nation awaits the new leader’s formal oath.
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Panama
Ernesto de la Guardia Jr
Rival Unions Battle Over Jurisdiction at Flint Plant
In Flint the Grand Blanc Fisher Body plant riot erupted Friday as about 500 union riggers stormed the plant, injuring ten and forcing millwrights, pipe fitters and iron workers from their jobs. GM is converting the plant to civilian production with Darin and Armstrong as general contractor. The dispute pits Local 575 AFL-CIO of Detroit against Millwrights Local 1102 and Plumbers Steamfitters Welders Local 370, both Detroit. Sheriff expects some arrests after investigation. efforts to bring in international presidents planned.
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Grand Blanc
Darin and Armstrong, Inc
Detroit
Darin and Armstrong
Afl-Cio
East Berlin parade protest sparks Cold War clash
Russia rejects a Big Three protest over a May Day parade in East Berlin featuring 5,000 Communist East German soldiers, heightening East-West tensions.
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Berlin
Russia
East Berlin
Dragnet Seeks Suspect in Nevada murder case
Nationwide hunt for 35-year-old bartender William Boswell after police found a decomposed body in his apartment believed to be Anne Harris van Ryne, 23, daughter of a Philadelphia family. Fingerprints matched and authorities await dental records for positive ID.
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Carson City
Nev
Philadelphia
Nevada
William Boswell
Anne Harris van Ryne
Kansas City
Boswell
W. E. Boswell Sr
New York
van Ryne
Middlebury
Won't Sponsor British Resolution at United Nations
United States will not co sponsor a British resolution commending the Hammarskjold Palestine peace mission to secure full Soviet approval. Britain prepares the resolution for submission to the UN Security Council. the U S would back it if Britain alone sponsors it to gain Moscow's backing.
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UN Security Council
UAW Pushes Short Week With Full 40-Hour Pay
The UAW announced it will seek a shorter work week while maintaining 40 hours pay when current contracts end in June 1958. Walter Reuther charged GM is not cooperating on the guaranteed annual wage and unemployment program. GM president Harlow Curtice defended the company and blamed other makers for low production. Michigan unemployment rose to 220,000 as the union and industry officials weighed production outlooks.
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United Auto Workers Union
UAW
National Council of
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Walter P. Reuther
General Motors Corp
Harlow H. Curtice
Curtice
Wilmington
Del
Wards Automotive
Michigan
Leonard Woodcock
GM Council
Woman kills three children then tries to kill herself
In Lake Wales Florida a mother Lorene Calbeck shoots her three children Shirley 5 Pamela 3 and Jan 15 months then wounds herself before police can question her. Her husband Mark Calbeck a steelworker in Sault Ste Marie arrived after the incident as doctors report she has a good chance of recovery.
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Lake Wales
Fla
Tom Petty
Lorene Calbeck
Calbeck
Shirley
Pamela
Weather outlook with scattered showers and warm return promised
Sunday will be partly cloudy with a promised return of warm weather. Tonight’s low 52 to 60 and tomorrow’s high 72 to 80 with scattered showers overnight. Noon readings: American Motors Corp. 65, downtown 62, sewage plant 53. early low 49. Thursday high 59 low 44 at the treatment plant. Sunrise 4:23 a.m., sunset 7:14 p.m.
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Bulgaria cancels Belgrade goodwill visit amid objections
Belgrade Yugoslavia. Communist Bulgaria canceled a scheduled goodwill visit by a parliamentary delegation here today in response to Yugoslav objections to two of its members. The Bulgarian group was to come to Belgrade to reciprocate a Sofia visit by a Yugoslav delegation.
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Recess Dredge Inquiry For Funeral Services
The Coast Guard inquiry into the dredge sinking in Lake Michigan was recessed to allow 10 survivors to attend funeral services for seven of the nine men who died. The vessel sank about four miles east of Cudahy at 2 40 a m Wednesday in 60 to 70 feet of water. Seven bodies were recovered and search for the other two was called off Thursday night.
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Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
Cudahy
Kenosha Proves Unfriendly Ground for Notorious Crooks
Kenosha and Kenosha County have trapped many high level forgers escaped convicts embezzlers and other offenders. Local police and vigilant citizens nabbed the Sweet Tooth Bandit arsonist and a rash of big time forgeries as wandering criminals met their match in the city.
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Dallas
Tex
Alabama
Texas
Louisiana
Nebraska
California
State May Increase Pay for Wisconsin Civil Servants
The Wisconsin State Board of Personnel approved a $1.6 million annual pay raise plan for 13,609 civil service employees. The Emergency Board and budgets director must approve before it takes effect, with possible indefinite use or a fixed legislative review. The raise offers a base $10 monthly increase across all ranges and higher bumps at department heads’ discretion, funded half by the general fund and half by revolving funds.
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Madison
State Board of Personnel
Wisconsin
State Emergency Board
Director of Budgets and Accounts
Roy E. Kubista
Wisconsin State Employes Assn
House Study on Polio Vaccine Shipments
The House Commerce Committee plans to investigate safety safeguards for polio virus shipments after a bottle of live virus broke aboard a Capital Airlines flight, exposing 19 employees. Chairman J. Percy Priest said the panel will determine if special restrictions on such shipments are needed.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Capital Airlines
J. Percy Priest
D-Tenn
Tragic Strangulation Death in Charleston Hotel
Charles E. Spencer 60 of Charleston died yesterday from strangulation in his hotel room when his head wedged between a bed post and mattress springs. Authorities listed no foul play. The incident occurred in Charleston, West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Vernon Spencer
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