Lebanon Crisis Finds New President-Elect Amid Tense Standoff
President Camille Chamoun said Lebanon would likely maintain friendly Western ties under Gen Fuad Shehab, as the cabinet delayed resignations. Rebels pressed for Chamoun's ouster and U.S. troop withdrawal, while Shehab refused to rush into office and insisted on military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Shehab— Chamoun
Beirut
Camille Chamoun
Fuad Shehab
Chamoun
Shehab
Sami Solh
U.S
Weather Summary for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa States
Wisconsin reports fair southeast and partly cloudy conditions through Saturday with scattered thundershowers in north and west central areas tonight and Saturday morning. Warmer tonight and Saturday in most areas. Minnesota shows partly cloudy skies with scattered showers this afternoon and little temperature change tonight. Iowa weather is partly cloudy with scattered showers this afternoon and slightly warmer conditions tonight and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Readings Forecast For Mississippi River Dams
Hastings Minnesota to Guttenberg Iowa shows little change in tailwaters at all dams over the next 24 hours. Sunrise Saturday 5 54 a m sunset 8 28 p m moon rises 8 44 p m Saturday. Temperatures listed for multiple cities across the nation with regional highs and lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Minn
Guttenberg
Iowa
Deserter Wayne Powers Sentenced in France
Army court martial in Verdun sentences Wayne Powers to 10 years for wartime desertion. The 37 year old Missouri native had hidden with his French partner Yvette Belouse near Mont d Origny for 14 years with five children. Brig Gen Fleming may lessen the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdon
France
Wayne Powers
Robert J. Fleming
Powers
Chillicothe
Mont d’Origny
Yvette Belouse
James Singleton
Detroit
Leon Avakian
Newton
Mass
Yvette
Col
Roy Kauffman
Memphis
Tenn
Missouri
Senate trims tariff cuts and imposes annual use rule
The Senate reduced the tariff cut authorization to 15 percent and required 5 percent used each year with no carryover. Administration spokesmen argue this would cripple the President by delaying most tariff reductions until the final year when the European Common Market takes effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ration Card a Last Tie to Palestine Refugees
Refugees rely on a $1.50 monthly UNRWA ration card that sustains hunger in Gaza, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. The card signals dislocation and a claim to Palestine, while regional politics heat with pro and anti-Nasser factions. UNRWA faces expiry in 1960 as funding wanes and birthrates swell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
United Nations
Lebanon
Iraq
Palestine
U.N
United Nations Relief and Works Agency For Palestine
UNRWA
Gaza
Jordan
Syria
Israel
Wisconsin State Bank Deposits Rise to New High
Wisconsin state banks totaled 2 308 482 800 on June 23 1958 up 195 505 642 since June 6 1957. Commercial savings and trust banks show a 177 477 152 rise in time and savings deposits while demand deposits grew 78 028 490. Loans and discounts climbed to 955 102 686, 42.8 percent of total deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
G. M. Matthews
State Commissioner of Banks
Wisconsin
Mutual Savings Banks and Trust Company
Matthews
Local Obituaries Passes Include Konetchy and Olson
Deaths include Stanley A. Konetchy 68 of 1471 Redfield Street. Gene Jerry Olson 16 of 210 N Ninth Street killed in auto accident. Services for Olson set Saturday at Schumacher Funeral Home with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Also Hermina Groman 83 dies after long illness. Leon a Kessler 60. Kenneth W. Anderson 51. Manley Lebakken 82. Funeral plans announced or pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley A. Konetchy
Redfield St
Gene Jerry Olson
N. 9Th St
John Olson
Tony
Virgil Olson
la Crosse
Linda
Ralph) Goode
Irene
Alfred) Walters
la Crescent
Minn
Verna
Lee) Salvaggio
Theresa Olson
Deanna Olson
Ludvick Rostvold
Peterson, Minn
Schumacher
Hermina Groman
Blaschke
St. Joseph's Catholic Cathedral
Louis Paquette
Miss Groman
Gantert’s Furniture
Leona Kessler
George St
St. John’s Catholic Church
Hugo Koehler
Nelson Funeral Home
Kenneth W
Boston) Anderson
Mr. Anderson
West Salem
DA Club
3Rd
State Streets
Stone House
Highway 16
Nelson
Eisenhower Rejects Moscow Hostage Talks On Demonstrations
President Eisenhower dismissed Khrushchev’s suggestion that the meeting be held in Moscow citing the memory of a well organized mass demonstration and embassy damage in Moscow. He said the United States would not accept a venue tied to those events. Secretary Dulles echoed calls to curb indirect aggression under United Nations oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Moscow
United States
Eisenhower
Lebanon
State Department
Dulles
Soviet Union
United Nations
Religious and historic sites listed in Jordan
The article identifies places of religious and historical importance in Jordan including Jerusalem enclave, Bethlehem, Amman, Jericho, the Dead Sea, Samaria, Hebron, Jerash and Petra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Amman
Jericho
the Dead Sea
Samaria
Hebron
Jerash
Petra
Flier Boling Sets Record With Longest Solo Flight
Marion Pat Boling, 43, from Palo Alto, Calif., set a new nonstop solo flight record for a single engine aircraft over the Gulf of Alaska, routing toward Seattle after leaving Manila at 2 06 p m Wednesday. A Northwest Orient Airlines spokesman said he radioed at 6 02 a m PST that his orange plane had a rough engine and would land at Yakima if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Marion
Pat) Boling
Boise
Idaho
Northwest Orient Airlines
Boling
Yakima
Wash
Manila
Philippine
Palo Alto
Calif
Gulf of Alaska
Cold Bay
Aleutian Islands
Eisenhower Seeks Central America Policy Boost On Return
President Eisenhower returns from a 21 day Central American fact finding tour with a briefcase of policy recommendations. He says the U S should encourage regional economic cooperation and long term credit to spur industrialization and trade while denying charges of economic bondage. He reports no hostile incidents on the trip across Panama Honduras Costa Rica Nicaragua El Salvador and Guatemala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Milton Eisenhower
U. S
Central America
Eisenhower
United States
Panama
Honduras
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Richard Nixon
Peru
Venezuela
Latin America
Milkman Finds Own Home Afire in Hobart Town
Milkman George Amunson discovered a fire in his unoccupied Hobart Town home while on Wednesday rounds. Firemen estimated $5,000 in damages as the house burned to the ground. cause remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
George Amunson
Hobart
Farm prices decline but stay above year ago
The Agriculture Department said farm product prices fell four tenths of 1 percent from mid June to mid July the second straight monthly drop though they remained 3 percent higher than a year earlier. Lower prices for apples peaches cantaloupes watermelons and wheat dragged the index while production costs were unchanged and also 3 percent above last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Steel price increases trigger antitrust scrutiny and policy talk
Steel companies raise prices after wage hikes under a 1956 contract. Senator Kefauver calls a subcommittee meeting to study pricing practices and consider a rollback while Senator Wiley warns of a inflationary wage price spiral unless action is taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steelworkers
Washington
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Kefauver
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Senate Judiciary Committee
Eisenhower
Steelworkers Union
Wiley
Winona Livestock Market Quotations and Prices
Swift & Company reports market quotes as of noon with trading hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Hogs steady with various weight ranges and sows, calves and cattle prices listed. Chicago grain and produce data included with prices for wheat corn oats soybeans and dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Swift & Company
KWNO
Bologna
Chicago Grain
Chicago (P
Birds Fly in V Formations During Migration
A description of migrating birds in familiar V shaped formations. The rear birds gain an unobstructed view while the leader guides the flock through the air.
Judging Opens at Monroe County Fair with Record Entries
Fair activities begin in Tomah Wisconsin with Ralph Pingle reporting 421 exhibitors entered 655 educational exhibits 1 450 open class entries and 2 550 junior entries across the fair. Livestock totals approach records with about 500 cattle 170 swine and 200 sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
Monroe County Fair
Ralph Pingle
FHA
Fair 253 entries set for livestock and horse judging
Fair 253 head, about last year, with space limits given as main reason. Swine counts include 34 Berkshires, 20 Poland Chinas, 49 Chester Whites, 37 Hampshire, 28 Duroc Jerseys, 40 Yorkshires, 45 Spotted Poland Chinas. About 28 draft horses in Belgian, Clyde, and Percheron classes. Harold Huth notes increased 4-H and FFA membership boosts junior entries to roughly 300 cattle, 200 swine, 50 poultry, 2–3 sheep, 25 beef cattle. Other divisions wrap by Aug. 5 deadline at 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Livestock Chicago
USDA
Poland
4-H
FFA
Harold Huth
Appleton Woman Wins $25,000 National Contest Prize
Miss Marie Ulmen, after 12 years of entering contests, won first prize in a national cereal manufacturer contest to name a cartoon character. She received a $25,000 check in Appleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Marie Ulmen
Major Breakthrough Inertial Guidance System Announced
In Inglewood Calif AP Major Gen Bernard A Schriever of the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division announced a major breakthrough in missilery the all inertial guidance system The system frees missiles from ground control offering jam resistant guidance dispersed bases and potential space flight beyond radio range A prototype has shown success in tests and flight trials are planned to begin next year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inglewood
Calif
Bernard A. Schriever
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Air Force
Mars
Venus
Earth
Marines Arrested by Iraqi Troops Amid Baghdad Depot Fire
Two U S Marines guarding the American Embassy were arrested by Iraqi troops during a roundup linked to a massive fire at the Baghdad Petroleum Depot. Sgt George C Hamilton and Sgt Philip C Smith were identified by the State Department as the detainees. The blaze, touching an oil yard near a British owned facility, prompted evacuations of about a thousand homes as tanks burned and winds shifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Chamoun
Shehab
Baghdad
Iraq
Washington
State Department
George C. Hamilton
Century
Fla
Philip C. Smith
West Palm
Cashton Boy Dies After Mule Accident Near Cash ton
A nine year old Cashton boy named Michael Sheldon died from injuries after a mule threw him while riding on the Alvin Sandwich farm near Cashton. He was dragged and his head crushed, dying at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua six hours after the crash. Authorities headed by Sheriff Harry C. Johnson investigated with local officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cashton
Wis
Michael Sheldon
Lloyd Sheldon
Alvin Sandwich
Vernon Memorial Hospital
Viroqua
Security payroll tax overhaul targets rising rates through 1969
The plan adds 2 percent payroll taxes for both employer and employee on a $4,200 base, rising to 22 percent on a $4,800 base next year. An additional half percent arrives in 1960, with the rate reaching 42 percent for each by 1969. Self employed tax would move from 35 percent to 3 percent next year and 6 percent in 1969.
Nuclear tests observed in Hawaii mark first
The explosion was the first time any U S or British nuclear test in the Pacific was seen in Hawaii. Other U S test sites in the Marshall Islands lie at least 2 000 miles from Honolulu and the British Christmas Island site is over 1 100 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Hawaii
U. S
Marshall Islands
Honolulu
Christmas Island
Dominican Fighters Force Plane Down
An American Navy transport plane was forced down by Dominican Republic air force fighters near Santiago. After a one hour hold, the marked U S aircraft was released. It had been returning to Guantanamo Bay from San Juan Puerto Rico with a Navy athletic team aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dominican Republic
Santiago
U. S
Ray Carnay
KIOA
Des Moines
Iowa
Guantanamo
Cuba
San Juan
P. R
Also Mentioned on This Page
Saeb Salam
Associated Press
Trine
Soih
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Ins
Outs
Security Council
Cairo
U.A.R
Billings
Lacrosse
Bismarck
Los Angeles
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Miami Dubuque
Milwaukee
Duluth
Minneapolis
Galveston
New Orleans
Huron
Jacksonville
St. Louis
Kansas City
Washington Knomerlie
C.P
T.W
Dakota
Deserter
By Harvey Hudson
Dorothy
Tilly
Douglas
Harry
Freddy
Zhe
Wilton Wynn
Stanley A
Bert
Konetchy
Kenneth W. Anderson
Manley Lebakken
Holmen
Jostad
Lebakken
Gus
Thelma) Bell
Slinger
R. B
Edna) Johnson
Lanesboro
Leslie
Highland Park
Ill
Conrad Wall
Spokane
Anna
Ike
Marion Boling
Milton
Richard G. Maslock
Nixon
Milkman
U.S. Steel
Armco Steel
Keer
Interstate Power
Dow Jones
Tel. Industrials
Allis-Chalmers
Kennecott
Can
Marshall Field ” Utilities
Montgomery Ward
Canis Enema Amn
Tel
Northern Pacific
Amn
Tobacco BA
Chi. Mold P
Olin
Hamilton
Anaconda
Armour
Penn. R.R. Pan Am. Sylph
Ashland Oil
Pepsi-Cola
James
Avco
Phillips Pet
Cit. L.& F. Pid. Beth. Steel
Red
Roehring Co
Columbia Gas
Socony
Racine Hyd
Cornwith. Edison
Sperry Rand
Safway Steel
Cont’! Motors
Ind
la Crosse Tel
Wis. P. & Lt
Curtiss-Wright
Studebaker
Inc
Union Carbide
A Inc. Gamble Skogmo
United Airlines
One Puritan
Gen. Electric
United Aircraft
Fund
Gen. Foods
North v. Banc
Gen. Motors
Trane Co
Gen
W. Elec
Mig Gly
States
Getty
Greyhound
Central Tel
McQuay Inc
Harvester
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
J/P
California
Frisch
Ralph Dighton
Stan Carter
New Republic
Cashton Boy
Sheldon
Monroe County
Harry C. Johnson
Dewey Reinstra
Cashton Village
Clifford Larson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!