02 Sep 1955
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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1955
Page
1
A machine shop blast at the Blatz Brewing Co. killed Gilbert Bentz, 50, and injured seven others. Bentz worked in the welding room on the shop's first floor.
Medics hail the Salk vaccine as highly effective after a Kenosha County Medical Society briefing at the Elks club. Dr. Raymond Welsch and Dr. Elmer Bertolaet report 13 polio cases this year with strong vaccine recoveries and high inoculation coverage across grades.
Milwaukee Allis-Chalmers and the UAW-CIO announce a new three-year deal hailed as the best guaranteed annual wage plan. The package includes six cent immediate gains, a three cent general raise, a one cent cost-of-living adjustment, and six cent anniversary raises in 1956 and 1957. The agreement covers 17,500 workers across West Allis La Crosse Springfield Terre Haute Pittsburgh and Gadsden with enhanced unemployment benefits and pensions.
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Civil Defense Commission on Thursday voted to create a seven member committee to study and modernize the agency, which was deemed outdated due to improvements in atomic weapons.
Public service feature laments careless driving as a childish habit. It argues good drivers despise reckless highway showoffs who endanger others, urging self examination and safer behavior on the road.
American Motors Corp ends strike and reaches a three year contract with the CIO United Auto Workers. Layoff pay begins after a one year delay, with benefits effective June 1, 1957, and a 14 cent hourly package for first year plus wage boosts. Settlement follows Chrysler and Ford GM pattern alignment while StudebakerPackard and Kaiser remain unsettled.
A 12 year old girl Judith Irene Houston died at Kenosha hospital after a four day polio illness raising the year's polio toll to 13 cases in the city. She was born in 1943 and had resided in Kenosha since 1944 with surviving parents two sisters and grandparents. New polio cases were also reported in the area today as public health authorities continued surveillance.
A three hour blaze on Chicago's near southwest side destroyed the Griffith Laboratory building and two adjoining biscuit plants, injuring at least 36. Eight hospitalized, one critical. Salvation Army canteen driver killed in a collision en route to the scene. A high alarm triggered 70 fire units.
Slightly warmer and partly cloudy outlook for the weekend with mid 70s. Light rains expected in the western half and winds shift from Lake Michigan 15 mph to 10 mph southerly tomorrow. Tonight 50 to 55, tomorrow 75 to 85, noon readings 73 to 76. Pollen count 63 yesterday.
Sverre Roang of Edgerton Wisconsin was nominated without opposition Thursday for the office of judge advocate general of the national organization of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Madison Wisconsin officials of the Wisconsin Canners Association report a three million dollar crop loss this year due to heat and drought affecting canning crops across the state.
The American Motors strike at Local 72 UAW CIO reached a settlement by 7 30 a m after a full day of picketing. Hundreds rallied around union headquarters as night shift began duty then joined the line. Pickets barred crossings except for emergency crews until the dispute concluded. The plant’s first strike since 1945 lasted one day following earlier shutdowns in 1938.
Wisconsin gubernatorial hopeful William E. Proxmire of Blooming Grove announced a campaign to oppose the sales tax. He will kick off the “beat the sales tax” drive with a dinner and a television broadcast in Eau Claire on September 7.
Millions of motorists hit the roads for Labor Day travel as safety officials warned of about 400 deaths over the long weekend. The National Safety Council predicted over 40 million cars on the roads from 6 p.m. today to midnight Monday amid pleasant weather nationwide.
FBI confirms the body found near Mammoth Cave National Park is Lewis A. Finn a 72 year old Chicago chemist who had been missing since July 20. A Milwaukee couple Leonard La Fond and Jo Anne Severson are held on charges of transporting a stolen automobile connected to the case.
Allan Weyenberg, 13, died at St. Elizabeth's Hospital from injuries after being struck while running across the road to join his father Raymond on a milk truck. He waited for one car to pass and ran in front of a second vehicle, authorities said.
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