Council Sets Four Meetings In One Day
City council plans four meetings on June 11 with officials including W J Burmeister and E J Ruetz to discuss federal aid for streets downtown parking plans sewage plant expansion and Lincoln elementary school remodeling. The session also covers licensing fee objections and potential armory sites.
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W. J. Burmeister
State Highway Department
City Hall
E. J. Ruetz
Ruetz
C. R. Nicolazzo
Lincoln
Sub Pay Subject To U S Tax
The government ruled idle workers must pay federal income tax on new supplementary unemployment benefits while the benefits are not treated as wages for withholding or social security. The plans, negotiated by the United Auto Workers with GM, Ford and Chrysler, start June 1 and provide up to 65 percent of take home pay for four weeks and 60 percent for 22 weeks, covering well over a million workers.
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Custer
Detroit
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Earl Morton
Lourigan
Kenosha
Army
Bonnie Hame
58Th St
60Th St
48Th Ave
South 7Th Ave
79Th St
Washington
Russell C. Harrington
Internal Revenue Commissioner
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler Motor Companies
Knight to Deliver Lawrence College Commencement Address
President Douglas M. Knight will deliver the commencement address at Lawrence College in Appleton on June 10. The college will graduate 140 students.
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Appleton
Wis
Douglas M. Knight
Lawrence College
Memorial Day traffic safety urged as Wisconsin death toll rises
Wisconsin safety leaders note the death toll is 10 percent higher than last year. With Memorial Day on a Wednesday motorists face two holiday weekends and heavy traffic all week. Commissioner Melvin Larson says safety efforts aim to improve outcomes despite challenges. Director Beier confirms extra officers and cadet riders will boost holiday patrols.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Melvin Larson
State Motor Vehicle Department
R. C. Salisbury
L. E. Beier
State Patrol
Beier
Patrol Academy
May Shift Air Force Academy To Kenosha Area
Kenosha council hears renewed talk that the U S Air Force Academy could move from Colorado to this region. The discussion ties to a jet base plan and long history of site searches from 1950 to 1954, with water supply and acreage among the key factors.
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Air Force Academy
Kenosha Area
Council
U. S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Air Force
Joseph Lourigan
Kenosha County
Edithton Beach
Lake Shore
Cooper Rd
Washington Rd
Racine
22Nd Ave
Milwaukee Road
Bristol
Fox River
Wilmot
Camp Lake
Bassett
Des Plaines
Kenosha
Sparta
Devils Lake Baraboo
Lake Delton
Oconto
Stevens Point
West Bend
Lake Geneva
Moderate Parties Lead Italian Vote
Center parties led by Premier Antonio Segni held a decisive edge in provincial returns with a margin of over a million votes over the left and right. In municipal races the Christian Democrats led by about 300000, while the leftist Communist Socialist bloc polled strongly in Milan and Genoa. Western powers watched as Italy’s elections followed Moscow’s anti Stalin policy and a shift toward peaceful coexistence.
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Rome
Italy
Provincia Council
Center
Antonio Segni
Christian Democrats
Kohler's Son Marries in Texas at Laughlin AFB
Lt. Terry J. Kohler son of Wisconsin governor wed Diana Prange in a Laughlin Air Force Base ceremony. Gov. and Mrs. Kohler and the Prange couple attended with Chaplain Claude F. Strait officiating. Miss Nancy Meissner and Michael Kohler served as maid of honor and best man. Ushers Elwood Chandler and James Lange assisted. A reception was planned at the officers club as Kohler recently earned his jet pilot wings.
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Elwood Chandler
Plymouth
Wis
James Lange
West Bend
Officers’ Club
Young Kohler
Air Force
You Can't Vote Unless You're Registered
Public service notice urges registration to vote, explaining the process and urging individuals to register themselves so they can participate in elections. It emphasizes personal responsibility, timing, and the cooperative advertising effort behind the message.
Indianapolis Flood Emergency Forces Citywide Action
Indianapolis, under a flood emergency led by Mayor Phillip L. Bayt, mobilized 2,100 civil defense workers and stationed police at posts as Eagle Creek levee breach risked West Side neighborhoods Speedway and Eagledale. More rain was forecast, with Memorial Day 500 race possibly postponed and 1,500+ families evacuated across Marion County.
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Indianapolis
Illinois
Phillip L. Bayt
Eagle Creek
Speedway
Eagledale
Speedway Track
Marion County
Farmer City
DeWitt County
Springfield
Kefauver forced landing en route to California
Democratic presidential hopeful Estes Kefauver and his campaign staff announced a forced landing in New Orleans due to engine trouble aboard the air lines plane from Florida to California. There was no damage reported. The event occurred as Kefauver campaigns nationwide.
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Los Angeles
Estes Kefauver
Florida
California
New Orleans
Kefauver
Memorial Day Outlook for Kenoshans Includes Showers
The weatherman warns Kenoshans to expect showers and thunderstorms starting tonight and lasting into Wednesday. Tomorrow should be cloudy, warm, and humid with highs in the 80s and tonight's low in the 60s. Today’s noon readings ranged from 62 at the sewage treatment plant to 86 at American Motors, with 76 downtown.
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Kenoshans
American Motors
Farm measure becomes law as signs choice up to voters
President Eisenhower signed the farm bill, creating a 1.2 billion dollar a year soil bank and allowing rapid start but with uncertain funds for the current crop year. Secretary Benson will decide how much money is usable this year, amid political and administrative debate. Florida voters then chose between Stevenson and Kefauver in a Democratic primary race as Republicans counted 26 Ike delegates.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Miami
Fla
Florida
Adlai E. Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Illinois
Tennessee
California
Kefauver
Stevenson
Ike
Fisenhower
Eisenhower seeks bigger peaceful nuclear program
President Eisenhower asked Congress to authorize a stepped up nuclear energy program for peaceful uses and weapons. He requested 1122 million dollars for fiscal 1957 starting July 1, with funds for design development testing and production of weapons and military propulsion reactors.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Atomic Energy Commission
Tornado Warning in Parts of State
United Press reports the Chicago Weather Bureau issued a tornado and severe storm warning for portions of Wisconsin and neighboring states. The danger zone lies south of Green Bay to Prairie du Chien and west of Green Bay to Lake Geneva, valid until 6 p.m.
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Chicago Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Prairie du Chien
Lake Geneva
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Escaped Ingran and Halazon Escape Reformatory Detail
Green Bay Wis JP Ver non Ingran 21 and George Halazon 18 slipped away from guards during a work detail at the Cotton House historic site in Green Bay.
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Green Bay, Wis
Vernon Ingran
George Halazon
Green Bay Reformatory
Cotton House
Senate votes on vast highway bill and interstate plan
The Senate moved toward a historic $512 billion federal state highway program over 43 years with a 40 000 mile interstate system to modernize traffic. Debate focused on funding distribution among states and pay as you build provisions while tax increases were debated.
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Washington
Senate
House
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Public Roads
Indonesian President Receives Tito Invitation for State Visit
Yugoslav President Tito invites Sukarno to Belgrade for a state visit. Sukarno accepts and plans to travel to Yugoslavia in September, with stops in the Soviet Union en route via Moscow.
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Djakarta
Indonesia
Tito
Yugoslavia
Sukarno
Indonesian Information Ministry
Soviet Union
Belgrade
Moscow
Seaton Favored for Interior Post by Bipartisan Support
President Eisenhower named Fred A. Seaton, a 46 year old former Nebraska senator and current deputy to the president, as secretary of interior. Senators Murray and Morse praised the nomination, with Seaton praised for carrying out administration policies and ensuring fair hearings. Seaton would replace Douglas McKay who resigned to run for Oregon Senate.
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Fisenhower
Fred A. Seaton
Senate
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Senate Interior Committee
Eisenhower
Seaton
Douglas McKay
McKay
Oregon
Morse
Midwest
Nebraska
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Defense
Department
Congress
White House
Sherman Adams
Republican National Committee
Clarence A. Davis
Davis
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