Vote to Shift Driver Tests Madison
The Wisconsin assembly approved moving driver examinations and license issuance from counties to a state unit of 85 examiners as part of Gov. Kohler's highway program. The plan raises renewal from four to two years and increases the renewal fee from 50 cents to $1, while counties lose the local officer option. The bill now goes to the governor as the legislature advances other highway measures.
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Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Kohler
Assembly
Senate
Resumption Of Vaccine Shaping Up
Washington reports an early restart of the polio inoculation program but at a slower pace and with tighter safety standards. Officials announce new testing guidelines after talks with vaccine manufacturers. Dr W H Sebrell Jr says limited supply will arrive soon and Surgeon General Scheele warns inoculations will proceed only as safety permits delaying mass campaigns this summer.
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Washington
W. H. Sebrell Jr
National Institutes of Health
Leonard Scheele
Milwaukee vaccine supply ruined by fridge failure
Milwaukee reports 28 000 cc of Salk vaccine possibly ruined after a temperature control failure in the city Health Department refrigerator. Madison Assembly approves fire insurance bill allowing full replacement cost coverage. Judge Lemire rules William G Li as owes 2 012 222 in back taxes and penalties.
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Milwaukee
Madison
Assembly
Washington
Clarence P. Lemire
U. S. Tax Court
William G
Big Bill’ Lias
Wheeling
W. Va
Eisenhower seeks 10 refugee law changes
President Eisenhower asked Congress to adopt ten amendments to the refugee law to speed admission of immigrants and reaffirm America’s great tradition of sanctuary. The proposals aim to streamline processing and reinforce humanitarian obligations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Senate expected to approve administration foreign aid bill
Key senators from both parties predict the Senate will overwhelmingly back the administrations foreign aid bill of 3 408 000 000 before next week with little changes. Chairman Walter F George and some GOP members of the foreign relations committee said the measure will pass almost as written after a 13 2 committee vote.
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Washington
Senate
Walter F. George
D-Ga
GOP
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Santa Fe to buy TP&W railroad for nearly 10 million
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co announces it will acquire control of the Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad for 9,963,000 dollars. The Santa Fe plans to purchase 73,800 TP&W shares at 135 dollars each.
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Chicago —P
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
The
Santa Fe
Road
Tp&w
Weekend Weather Outlook With Showers And Cooler Days
The forecast warns of a cloudy Memorial Day weekend with showers and cooler temperatures. Saturday calls for a high 60 to 68 with strong winds and occasional showers. Sunday may bring scattered showers and thunderstorms, while Monday should be cooler with no showers. Temperatures stay slightly above normal. Noon readings: American Motors 80, sewer plant 73, downtown 79. Thursday high 61, low 52, rainfall .15 inch, plus .23 inch since midnight.
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American Motors
Moving Van Rampage in San Francisco Kills Seven
A fully loaded moving van roared down Nob Hill at 100 mph slamming into nine cars and exploding. Police say seven people died including three white men, three white women and one Chinese man. truck driver William Russell McCandless and a San Francisco patrolman among the dead. Wayne DeWolfe survived after jumping from the speeding vehicle as brakes reportedly failed. The crash damaged storefronts, toppled poles and hydrants, and sparked a gas-fire across Clay Street.
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San Francisco
Nob Hill
Clay Street
William Russell McCandless
New Mexico
Wayne DeWolfe
Denver
Holiday Driving Warning Speeds Cost Lives in 1954
Public service notice warns that Memorial Day 1954 saw 362 deaths and 12 500 injuries from careless driving on crowded highways. Experts urge restraint and safe driving, stressing that speed endangers everyone. The message is issued with The Advertising Council.
Death Toll In Storms Reaches 115
Disaster toll climbs to 115 as a four state tornado outbreak devastates Udall Kansas and nearby towns. Federal aid authorization allows Civilian Defense Administration funds, Red Cross deploys in Arkansas City Kansas while CD handles infrastructure restoration.
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Udall
Kan
Eisenhower
Kansas
Civilian Defense Administration
The
Red Cross
Arkansas City
Oklahoma
Tito and Khrushchev Meet in Belgrade Talks Begin
Marshal Tito hosts Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev for formal talks aimed at repairing strained Yugoslav Soviet relations. Khrushchev apologizes for Yugoslavia's seven year expulsion from Cominform, blaming Beria and other "enemies of the people."
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Kremlin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Avala
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Communist Party
Tito
Soviet Union
Cominform
Lavrenty P. Beria
Wisconsin Welfare Aid Totals Rise in April
The Welfare Department reports 108,579 people received 5,108,463 dollars in public assistance in Wisconsin for April, up about three percent from a year earlier.
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Madison
State Welfare Department
Wisconsin
UAW Rejects Ford Stock Plan and Wages Proposal
The United Auto Workers rejected Ford Motor Co. offer to let 140,000 workers buy Ford stock at half price and warned of possible strikes as talks on guaranteed annual wages stalled. The rejection labeled the package watered down and linked to a broader strike readiness across Ford locals nationwide.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
General Motors
National Ford Council
Pleasant Prairie airman fatally shoots friend on guard duty
A/3C Richard V. Herr of Pleasant Prairie accidentally fatally wounded A/3C Ollie A. Hanson of Alexandria Minnesota while on guard duty at Fairchild AFB. Hanson died at the base hospital after the chest wound from a .45 caliber pistol. Both airmen were new to service and described as close friends. Herr remained in shock and unable to provide details.
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Pleasant Prairie
Fairchild Afb
Associated Press
Spokane
Richard V. Herr
Ollie A. Hanson
Alexandria
Minn
Hanson
Herr
Strathcona Hotel Fire Suspects Seven Deaths
A pre dawn blaze destroyed the Strathcona hotel in Nelson British Columbia. Police recovered one body, a child, and rescue workers searched the smoldering ruins for six more believed trapped. The hotel had recently been converted to residential apartments and was the town’s oldest inn.
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Nelson
B. C
Jpe
Strathcona
Tokyo and Honshu Shaken by Brief Earthquakes
Slight quakes struck Tokyo and northern Honshu overnight with no damage reported. Authorities urged calm as tremors rattled the region and were followed by no aftershocks or injuries.
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Tokyo
Honshu
U S Army to Shift Two Units by Air
The U S Army announces Operation Gyroscope moving two units. The 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team will fly from Fort Campbell Kentucky to Tokyo while the 187th Airborne Regiment returns from Japan to Fort Bragg North Carolina.
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U. S. Army
Tokyo
United States
508Th Airborne
Ft. Campbell
187Th Airborne
Japan
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Eden lands sweeping British election victory in 50-60 seat majority
Britain delivered Prime Minister Eden a decisive win, forecasting a Conservative majority of 50 to 60 in the 630-seat House of Commons. Returns showed Conservatives 339 seats, Labour 275, Liberals 5, with high turnout cited as helping the Tory win and reflecting a shift toward free enterprise and stability under Eden.
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London
Britain
Eden
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Aneurin Bevan
Churchill
House of Common
United States
Conservative Party
Lord Woolton
Woolton
Students Win Bus Fare Victory From Public Service Commission
Kenosha High School students in the American Problems class prompted a PSC ruling ordering Kenosha Motor Coach Co. to extend student fare rates to 4 30 to 6 p.m. and to submit trial route plans within 30 days. The decision, effective on or before June 20, aims to boost student ridership during off peak hours and stem evening crowding.
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Kenosha High School
Public Service Commission
Kenosha Motor Coach Co
PSC
KHS
American Problems
James Hawkins
Hawkins
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