Weather Outlook by Region and Friday Night Lows
Forecasters list minimum temperatures for Friday night across regions: Miami 77, Washington 77, New York 77, San Antonio 75, Phoenix 75, Chicago 73, Milwaukee 70, Los Angeles 65, San Francisco 52. The report mentions broader regional zones including Northeastern States Central Plains and Southern Rockies and Southern Plateau.
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Central Plains
Rockies
Miami
Washington
New York
San Antonio
Phoenix
Chicago
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Wester
Bismarck
Boston
Denver
Dubuque Duluth
Galveston Huron
Jacksonville Nn
Kansas City
Knoxville
Lacrosse
Madison
Memphis
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Louis
Wisconsin uranium hunters blame state for slow progress
Three men led by William Frost claim a uranium fortune exists in Wisconsin. They allege state law and testing shortages hinder development on state land. Frost, Strong, and Heissner cite scarce equipment and note ore found so far is only secondary ore with a 10 ton Marathon county find.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
William Frost
Clintonville
Waupaca County
Big Falls
Kyle
Red) Strong
Frost
Fred Heissner
Badger Uranium Corp
Utah
George F. Hansen
Heissner
Marathon County
Kohler Co Boosts Wages For 2400 Non Striking Workers
Kohler Co grants five and ten cent hourly increases retroactive to August 1 for about 2400 non striking production and maintenance workers at its plumbing ware plants in Sheboygan. The move follows a UAW CIO strike and affects incentive and non incentive pay differently. About 540 of 2060 strikers may be rehired.
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Sheboygan
Kohler Co
Lyman Conger
Uawcio
Conger
Chicago
Kohler
Industrial Commission Hearing Adjourned Over Marathon Electric Claims
The Wisconsin Industrial Commission adjourned its three day hearing into unemployment claims by Marathon Electric Manufacturing second shift workers. A resumption date was not set. Local 1113 of the United Electrical Workers called members to a union meeting during work hours.
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Wausau
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Marathon Electric Manufacturing Co
United Electrical Workers
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Mitch Miller Prefers Radio to Television
Mitch Miller, a bearded oboe-playing CBS Radio Music Hall host, argues radio favors sound over television. He notes TV focuses on image and lighting, while radio offers longer rehearsals and better sound, drawing contrast with orchestral quality and audience perception. Miller, from Rochester and Eastman School of Music, leads Columbia Records popular artists repertoire.
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New York
Mitch Miller
Miller
CBS Radio
Carnegie Hall
Rochester
N. Y
Eastman School of Music
Columbia Records
Airmen Back From Far East After Red China Prison stay
FEAF reports thirteen airmen freed after capture in Korea. They undergo medical checks in Japan before flying home via Alaska to McChord Air Force Base. Families received some Red Cross packages while ex-prisoners recount months of questioning in Chinese custody.
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Rence S. Kuter
Far East
John Knox Arnold Jr
Silver Springs
Far East Air Forces Headquarters
Hong Kong
Arnold
Red China
China
Ralph Bryant
FEAF
Clark Field
Manila
Howard W. Brown
St. Paul
Minn
James N. Davis
St. Louis
Davy Crockett and Superman Battle at Fort Knox
Fort Knox recruits draw a playful clash between Davy Crockett a Kentucky native and Superman from Springfield Massachusetts as soldiers at the Army post. The mock showdown centers on their names sparking attention among locals and youngsters with a song about Superman not born in Tennessee but of stars and distant places.
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Fort Knox
Davy Crockett
Superman
Tennessee
Mars
Outer Space
Dorado
Scorpio
Capistrano
Davy Superman
Crockett
Fonthill
Springfield
Mass
Wabash Cannon Ball Follows Gambler Tony Cornero Funeral
Tony Cornero 54 died Sunday of a heart attack while shooting craps in Las Vegas. A soloist sang the Wabash Cannon Ball at his Los Angeles funeral as police closely observed a crowd of over 1,000 mourners entering and leaving a mortuary chapel. Cornero had run a fleet of gambling ships off California.
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Los Angeles
Tony Cornero
Las Vegas
Cornero
California
Births Listed Across Multiple Hospitals
Birth announcements from Grandview and Caledonia Areas detail new sons and daughters for numerous families. Notable entries include Michael Howard at Grandview on Aug. 4 and twins at Prairie du Chien on July 28, with a wide array of names and addresses across Wisconsin and Iowa.
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Louis Wachter
Woodman
Jack Erdenberger
Eastman
Robert Cherrier
Prairie du Chien
Harold Stagman
Lynxville
Leo Payne
Gene Glab
Monona
Iowa
Francis Morland
Marquette
Iiona
Ardell Olson
Fennimore
Beaumont Hospital
Volunteers Sweep Brush County for 78 Year Old Mrs Kassela
Volunteers and sheriff deputies scoured swamp and brush for 78 year old Mrs Martin Kassela who disappeared Thursday afternoon near Weyerhauser Wisconsin. About 75 volunteers worked in two search lines along Highway 8 with help from a Rusk County Airport plane and a Weimaraner dog from Barron police.
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Weyerhauser
Martin Kassela
Kassela
Albert
Peter Sybers
Rusk County
Barron
Governor vetoes bills on grocery beer permits and school taxes
Gov Kohler vetoed a bill restricting local governments from reducing grocery store beer licenses and another measure taxing residential property owned by government entities. He warned the school tax proposal could misinterpret dormitory taxation in Milwaukee and beyond.
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Madison
Kohler
Milwaukee
Milwaukee State College
Truck In A Hole Boy's Toy Drives City Response
In Philadelphia an 8 year old boy's toy truck fell into a street hole. Police rushed to the scene with Water Bureau alerted and a fire rescue squad on standby. The boy, Charles Tarutz, said he knew nothing of any report and played nearby.
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Philadelphia
Water Bureau
Charles Tarutz
Tufts Luck Still Bad Sued Again
Los Angeles actor Sonny Tufts faced a new $10,000 damage suit from Adrienne Formar who alleges he mauled and pinched her after objecting to Tufts sitting at a restaurant table she shared with her mother. Prior suits by Margarie Vanfield and Barbara Gray Atkins involved alleged thigh bites.
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Los Angeles
Sonny Tufts
Adrienne Formar
Sheaid Tufts
Tufts
Margarie Vanfield
Barbara Gray Atkins
Disorderly conduct plea and divorce granted in county cases
Ralph Klimek of Independence pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge with a $50 fine and 30 days in jail costs after a night breaking and entering charge was amended. Genevieve Misch of Dodge was granted a divorce from bed and board from Theodore Misch of Elk Mound with $50 monthly support and $25 alimony. she has eight children aged 11 months to 20 years.
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Ralph Klimek
Independence
Klimek
Genevieve Misch
Dodge
Theodore Misch
Elk Mound
Misch
Police court fines tally for multiple traffic violations
A list of names with ages and addresses faces traffic fines for offenses including speeding improper muffler going through stop signs running red lights driving without licenses reckless driving and parking tickets. Several cases show fines from 5 to 50 dollars and suspensions or revocations noted.
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Donald H. Anderson
S. 11Th St
Donald Zehn
Horton St
Donald Terlson
S. East Ave
Clarence Sutherland
Mtd. R
Peter F. Sieber
S. 23Rd St
Eugene A. Peplinski
N. 7Th St
David R. Oldenburg
la Crescent
Ronald L. Manske
Vi‘roqua
Douglas Lueth
Vernon E. Klum
Stoddard
Arvid M. Goplen
Westby
George Gates
Zeisler St
Otto H. Fossum
Waukon
Clyde Allen
10Th St
Robert Galloway
Bluff St
William Stevenson
7Th St
Maynard Kolbe
Kane St
Wisconsin man sentenced for failure to support family in Sparta
Oliver McCumber of Tomah charged with failure to support his wife and three minor children received a sentence of one to two years at Waupun. He was placed on probation for two years with the State Department of Public Welfare on condition he provide support. McCumber said he was unemployed and quit a job due to the heat.
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Oliver McCumber
Tomah
Waupun
State Department of Public Welfare
McCumber
Hansen
Reckless Driving Fine for Marvin G Jeffre at Camp McCoy
Marvin G Jeffre of Leola was fined 25 dollars and costs on a reckless driving count. Ralph E Poff of Sparta was fined 50 dollars and costs for driving after license revocation or to serve 30 days in county jail.
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Marvin G. Jeffre
Leola
Camp McCoy
Ralph E. Poff
Sparta
Anderson Joins GOP Poll Topic Committee
Outgoing Undersecretary of Defense Robert B. Anderson, a 1952 Eisenhower Democrat, is named by the Republican National Committee as one of six on a committee to suggest topics and draft questions for upcoming public issue polls starting this fall. He will leave government service Friday when successor Reuben S. Robertson Jr. is sworn in.
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Washington
Robert B. Anderson
Eisenhower
State Fair schedule and grandstand lineup praised
Crowds grew from Wednesday to Thursday as fairgoers enjoyed a cool breeze and positive remarks about the Ringling Circus acts. The Kings and Queen of the Sky travel to multiple state fairs, while the Ivanoffs recover from a midweek fall. Replacement act Ronnie Lewis debuts to balance the program. Friday judging runs in 4-H dairy cattle and open class divisions, with horse pulling set for Saturday at 9 am.
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Marshfield
Owatonna
Cedar Rapids
Kings
Queen of the
la Crosse
Springfield
West Allis
St. Paul
Frisch
Ringling Circus
Ringling
Chicago
Ronnie Lewis
Lewis
George Werner
University of Wisconsin
Disarmament talks open path, but progress unsure
Bulganin says ready to discuss any fair system as Big Four ministers plan October talks on disarmament. Geneva meeting opened a broad road. UN disarmament subcommittee to meet Aug 29 in New York with US Britain France Canada and Russia. Eisenhower predicts new negotiable proposals from the United States.
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Imier
Bulganin
Geneva
Harold E. Stassen
Wheat and Corn Quotes in Chicago Cash Grain Markets
Chicago cash grain quotations show wheat none. Corn prices range from No 1 yellow 1.45 to No 5 1.38-39 per bushel. Oats listed at various grades, soybean oil 11 percent, soybean meal 3.50-4.00, barley values nominal for malting and feed at 1.25-1.40 and 0.93-1.03 respectively.
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Chicago
Amn
Tel
N.Y
Clark O&r Com
Borden
Sinclair O1
Nekoosa
Ase
Southern Pacific
Caterpillar Trac
Standard Brands
Ollgear
Chrysler AB Standard Oil
Paragon Koehrin
Cornwith
Edison
Standard Oil
Illinois Central
Woolworth
Wis
Int
Harvester
New York
Kennecott
Marshall Field
Montgomery Ward
Ship Impounded For Failure To Pay Bill
A tramp steamer Najade was impounded in Detroit harbor for unpaid 1458 dollar stevedoring bill from Milwaukee. Captain Rudolph Rommel must pay or post 2000 bond as agents seize under maritime law. Najade, 803 tons, carrying whey from Green Bay to Hamburg under Metron Shipping Corp charter.
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Detroit
Hamburg
Germany
Milwaukee
Lake St. Clair
Rudolph Rommel
Rommel
Metron Shipping Corp
Chicago
William H. Rivette
Metron
Green Bay
Wis
Mail Driver Fined For Double Parking
Oklahoma City. John R. Hill, a government mail truck driver, challenged a double parking ticket in Municipal Court before Judge James Demopolos. The judge ruled the mail can move without double parking and fined the post office $5, which Hill paid.
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Oklahoma City
John R. Hill
James Demopolos
Hill
Demopolos
Livestock Markets Report From South St. Paul Live Stock Yard
The report shows cattle markets steady across grades with cattle prices mostly 13.00 to 21.50 for steers and yearlings, and hogs active with 190-240 lb barrows and gilts at 16.00 to 16.50, sows 400 lb down to 15.50. Lambs stay steady with choice to prime at 14.00 to 16.00. Slaughter figures: cattle 1,600, calves 800, hogs 6,000. buyers note higher bids for some weights and types.
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South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
U.S
Chicago
Chance Call Sparks Fatal Gary Police Shootout
In Gary Indiana a chance telephone call led Patrolman John Moore to Arthur Wright home where a gun duel killed Moore and Wright. Wright’s 15 year old niece and an 8 year old sister were in the house as Moore died and Wright fell. Wright allegedly assaulted the 15 year old girl before the attack escalated. A girl answered a phone during the call that started the investigation.
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Gary
Ind
Ray Hahn
John Moore
Arthur Wright
Wright
Moore
George Winchur
Virginia Sofranoff
Indiana Ave
Poelice
Set. Hahn
Commission Asked To Fire Policeman
MANITOWOC Police Chief J J Kuplic said he has asked the Fire and Police Commission to dismiss Police Officer Stuart Wetenkamp who was suspended 13 days ago and placed under investigation. Wetenkamp joined the force in 1948 and is married with a family. He denies the charges of conduct unbecoming an officer while on duty.
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Manitowoc
J. J. Kuplic
Fire and Police Commission
Stuart Wetenkamp
Wetenkamp
Force
Kuplic
Jimmy Wakely Sued Over Alleged April Attack
Thelma R. Hayes files a $50,000 damage suit in Los Angeles against Jimmy Wakely authorizing an attack she says occurred April 25 in Wakelys Hollywood office. The 18 year old Anita Hayes suffered serious injury and mental shock. Wakely is on tour.
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Los Angeles
Jimmy Wakely
Anita R. Hayes
Thelma R. Hayes
Miss Hayes
Wakely
Hollywood
Honor Legion Chief to receive first honorary degree
Seaborn P. Collins national commander of the American Legion arrives in Portales New Mexico to receive Eastern New Mexico University s first honorary doctorate tonight.
Chicago Market Summary Includes Hogs Cattle Prices And Potatoes
US market report shows salable hogs at 3 500 with varied gains, cattle and calves mixed with high prime steers around 23.00 per hundredweight and Holstein lots at 14.00. Potatoes and produce prices hold firm, butter and eggs steady, live poultry steady with small changes across weights and grades.
Westby Woman Dies. Rites Planned in Bloomingdale
Phebe Ellen Hughes of a farm near Westby born August 17 1875 died at her Bloomingdale home Wednesday. She married A B Mossholder in 1895 who died in 1953. Survived by daughter Flossie Tway Westby three grandchildren five great grandchildren four sisters and one brother all in Westby area. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Sugar Grove Church with Rev. Walter Thompson officiating. Burial Bloomingdale Cemetery.
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Westby
Wis
A. B. Mossholder
Bloomingdale
Sugar Grove
Walter Thompson
Phebe Ellen Hughes
Flossie Tway
Mmes
Rosa Appleman
Nettle McDaniel
Myrele McDaniel
Mazie Clark
Walter Hughes
Marriage Licenses for Several Couples Announced
Arthur Olson of Coon Valley and Betty Kish of La Crosse plan to wed August 13 in Shelby Town Whitehall Lloyd Wolfe of Arcadia and Jeanne Cashen of Winona. Leo Johnson of Melrose and Shirley Lockman of Whitehall. Leo Howell and Mona Newcomb of Arcadia. Merlin Dahl of Whitehall and Rose Horman of Eltrick Sparta. Benjamin Scafe and Doreen Taylor of Sparta. Wallace Beedle of Mosinee and Isabel Guy of Sparta.
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Arthur Olson
Coon Valley
Betty Kish
la Crosse
Shelby
Lloyd Alfred Wolfe
Arcadia
Jeanne Margaret Cashen
Winona
Leo Bennie Johnson
Melrose
Shirley Ann Lockman
Whitehall
Leo John Howell
Mona Lowise Newcomb
Arcadia, Pte
Merlin Duane Dahl
Rose Mary Horman
el Jtrick
Benjamin Scafe
Doreen Taylor
Sparta
Wallace Beedle
Mosinee
Isabel A. Guy
Weather Record Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Synopsis
Partly cloudy tonight with scattered showers east and extreme south. Cooler north and west tonight and Sunday. Generally fair Saturday. Minnesota Mostly fair tonight and Saturday with cool southeast portion tonight. Iowa Considerable cloudiness with scattered thundershowers tonight and in southeast and southern Saturday. Cooler tonight, mild Saturday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Forecast From Hastings to Guttenberg
Forecast shows rises on the north branch of the Zumbro River and the Mississippi River from Hastings to the north end of Lake Pepin. Slight fall expected at tailwater gauges at Trempealeau to Guttenberg, Iowa. No major changes on the Chippewa and Wisconsin Rivers. Sunrise Saturday at 6:58 a.m., sunset 7:23 p.m.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Minn
Lake Pepin
Iowa
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L.A
Grandview Hospital
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Howard Erickson
S. 8Th St
Patricia Thompson
Lake Roskos
Livingiston St
Gayle Baldwin
Caledonia
Lutheran
LeRoy R. Witt
Dakota
Annabelle Stinson
John Emmett
Farnam St
Dorothy Rittenhouse
Willard Donald Noel
June Friske
Prairie du Chien, Wis
Allen Butterfield
McGregor
Caledonia Community Hospital
Robert Link
Leslie Decker
Garnaville
James Kleusner
Glen Hayven
Robert Check
William Campbell Jr
Bloomington
San Lorenzo
Calif
Stephen James
Don Sandeen
Marcia Trainer
St. Mary’s Hospital
Leroy Cote
Sophia Ruetten
Marvin E. Sanders
Virginia Williams
Carlton Austin
Beverly Peterson
Leonard E. Dutton
Elroy
Alice Sullivan
John C. Fischer
Norwalk
Donnafee Russell
Irvin H. Loff
Wilton
Elsie (Kieth
William W. Douglas
Betty Meyer
Harold Miles
Mary Vancil
Daily Records
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Whitehall, Wis
Justice Court
James Whistleman
Clinton St
Winona Livestock
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Chance Call
Honor Legion
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Idaho
Chicago Poultry
Jean Hadsfield
Weather Record
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