Barbara Haslow Crowned Wisconsin Alice in Dairyland
Barbara Haslow 19 wins 12 month reign as Wisconsin Alice in Dairyland at the Milwaukee fair. She will serve as official hostess and travel statewide as a agriculture representative. Lutz crowned Wisconsin Dairy Princess. parade draws 68,750 in rain. Dairy day honors, livestock champions, and high school band contest prizes noted.
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Milwaukee
Barbara Haslow
Clark County
Wisconsin
Alice
Dairyland
Miss Haslow
Wisconsin Agriculture
Lutz
Arab Nations Approve Four Point Mideast Formula
Ten Arab states led by United Arab Republic Lebanon and Jordan back a four point plan to guide a Middle East settlement. The formula urges Hammarskjold to arrange withdrawal of U.S. troops from Lebanon and British forces from Jordan and calls for an Arab pledge of noninterference. A vote and end to the session appeared likely if approved.
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United Nations
N.Y
Hammarskjold
U.S
Lebanon
Jordan
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Dulles
Washington
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge
Selwyn Lloyd
United States
Britain
Middle East
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Sudan
Libya
Tunisia
Morocco
U.N
Soviet Union
Engineer Opposes Marsh Site For State Building
State Chief Engineer Ralph D. Culbertson told State Sen. Raymond C. Rice he would not recommend building a state office on the Monitor street marsh site. Soil tests show pilings fill and extra steel would cost $93,000 for a two story basement building, with four buildings costing $312,000. An alternate plan of two buildings, one six stories, would cost $216,000 more than a conventional site.
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Ralph D. Culbertson
Madison
Raymond C. Rice
Monitor Street
Sam Wakeen
Rice
Culbertson
Ing
Funds Available For Repairing Waterway
Rep. Melvin Laird announced that 300000 has been allotted to repair the Upper Fox Waterway for transfer to Wisconsin. Wisconsin will take the area if Corps of Engineers repairs to the old lock system and other improvements are completed beforehand. 70000 will be released upon signing and the rest on July 1 1959.
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Washington
Melvin Laird
R . Marshfield
Upper Fox
Wisconsin
Corps of Engineers
Six servicemen killed in head on collision near Florence Texas
A head on crash on a rural road near Florence Texas killed six soldiers. Four were reservists training at Fort Hood and two were regular Army personnel from Fort Hood. Names and next of kin listed for all six. The crash occurred on a farm road north of the town.
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Florence
Tex
Texas
Ft. Hood
James Cobb
Patricia Ann
Monroe
Cpl
Machiell Nasser
Lilly M
Shreveport
Leonard Zimmerman
Emily
San Antonio
Thomas E. Storms
Killeen
State justices rap U S Supreme Court in Pasadena report
Nine state chief justices from the North and South accuse the Supreme Court of overstepping its role and seek judicial restraint. The 36 page report presented at the Conference of Chief Justices notes frequent 5-4 divisions and cites numerous unanimous rulings as evidence of concern. Delegates from 48 states Hawaii and Puerto Rico attended.
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Pasadena
Calif
Supreme Court
America
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
La Crosse County Board Approves $36,200 For Road Projects
The La Crosse County Board unanimously approved a $36,200 appropriation for two road projects under a federal emergency program. The federal government pays eight ninths of costs. total project cost is $140,900. Funds to come from the general fund.
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la Crosse County
Washington
Holland
Farmington
Carl Bruhnke
la Crosse
17Th Ward
Ray Nibbe
10Th Ward
Reward Offered For Capturing Industry
Neillsville Wisconsin offers a $100 reward for information leading to an industry locating in the town. The Neillsville Industrial Corp will pay $10 for each permanent employee of a new firm, with about 300 jobs available, making the incentive potentially far larger than the cash prize.
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Neillsville
Wisconsin
Neillsville Industrial Corp
Sputnik III Timetable For Tonight Visible Over Wisconsin
The Sputnik III timetable lists visibility times for Wisconsin tonight with 8 02 CDT rise north of Lake Superior and 8 12 p m CDT shadow off Florida. It may be seen east of a line from Wisconsin to Louisiana. The next pass has visibility north of Montana at 9 44 p m CDT and shadow over the Gulf of Mexico at 9 54 p m CDT. It may be seen across most of the country except the northeast and northwest.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Florida
Louisana
Montana
Gulf of Mexico
US to announce possible temporary halt in nuclear tests
Senator Humphrey welcomed a report that the United States may suspend nuclear testing temporarily as a step toward a safeguarded international agreement. The White House would not confirm, while Geneva talks on policing a suspension proceed and Britain and the Soviet Union have taken related steps.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
United States
Humphrey
Senate Disarmament Subcommittee
White House
Pacific
Soviet Union
Britain
Ben
Geneva
Switzerland
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Baker Denies Divorced Wife Allegations In Senate Testimony
Robert Barney Baker denied charges from his ex wife Mollie Baker that he boasted of evading the law with Gov Harriman backing him. He called the testimony an absolute lie and said he could not recall details of crimes or fund sources amid probes by the Senate Rackets Committee.
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Washington
Robert
Barney) Baker
Averell Harriman
New York
Baker
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Mollie Baker
Senate Rackets Committee
Carol Ann More Baker
Jake More
Iowa
Miami
Ruth Brougher
Senate
Court Grants Stay Of School Integration Ruling
The 8th Circuit granted a stay on its order to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock. Chief Justice Gardner said the stay allows the Little Rock School Board to appeal to the Supreme Court. NAACP opposition to immediate mandate was noted.
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ST. Louis
U.S. Court of Appeals
Central High School
Little Rock
Archibald K. Gardner
Huron
S. C
Gardner
U.S. District Court
Harry J. Lemley
Supreme Court
Eisenhower Extends Reciprocal Trade Bill for Four Years
President Eisenhower signed a four year extension of the reciprocal trade bill marking the longest renewal granted by Congress. The administration had asked for five years but accepted the four year term. He stated the move ensures continuity in U S trade policy enabling new international negotiations to boost mutually advantageous commercial exchange and global productivity.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Free Nations
United States
Worldwide station plan to police a nuclear test ban
An eight nation East West conference backed a global system of inspection stations to police a future nuclear test ban. It urged on site and sea based stations and free staff movement plus multiple detection methods. Dag Hammarskjold welcomed the Geneva agreement as a step toward disarmament and urged governments to follow through.
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Geneva
Washington
United Nations
N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Lost in Woods in Storm a Milwaukee Boy Found Near Wagon
Two year old Jimmy Curtis of Milwaukee wandered in a Dane County storm and slept beside his wagon after disappearing mid afternoon. More than four hundred volunteers from four counties searched through heavy showers before farmer Arthur Schwartz located him near Roxbury Route 2. The boy is the son of Mr and Mrs Clayton Curtis who were visiting relatives with his sister Pat aged seven and their mother.
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Madison
Jimmy Curtis
Milwaukee
Jimmy
Arthur Schwartz
Route 2
Lodi
Clayton Curtis
Pat
Roxbury
Dane County
Dane
Columbia
Monroe
Green
Faubus Puts Arkansas Legislature On Standby Over Integration
Governor Orval Faubus moved to call the Arkansas Legislature Monday to handle the Central High School integration crisis. The Little Rock School Board failed to delay seven Negroes reentry as mobs rioted last fall and Eisenhower sent paratroopers with bayonets to restore order. The board asked the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St Louis to stay an order forcing the seven to attend the high school when classes begin in less than two weeks.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Eisenhower
Faubus
House
Supt
Virgil Blossom
Blossom
U.S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Seventeen Polio Cases In State Down From 1957
Wisconsin health officials reported 17 polio cases for the week ending August 9, a drop from 118 in the same period last year. Three new cases occurred the same week: two in La Crosse County and one in Milwaukee County, per the state Board of Health.
Ike To Confer With French Minister On Late Day Talks
President Eisenhower planned a late day meeting with French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville in Washington. The minister would arrive from New York after attending United Nations General Assembly sessions for the conference.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Maurice Cotve de Murville
White House
New York
United Nations General Assembly
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Nancy Kay Trewyn
Whitewater
Edwin C. Haslow
Marshfield High School
University of Wisconsin
Hickories Farm
W. A. Taylor
Pardeeville
Vincent Baker Farm
Edmund
Taylor
Hulburt
Verona
Paul
Jack May
Mineral Point
E. J. Miller
Columbus
Pinney Purdue Farm
Wanatah
Ind
Gov. Vernon Thomson
Cashton
Oshkosh
Menomonee Falls
Shawano
Cedar Grove
Edgerton
Hortonville
Hartland
Oconto
Rosendale
Detroit
Speedy
Max Harrelson
State Building Corp
Sgt
Lacey Simaon
Mary M
Dallas, Tex
John Manley
Sandra Kay
RAP
U.S. Supreme Court
Robert Baker
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Senators
Teamsters
Luxury
Blonde
Wwe
Appeals Court
Robert Tucker
National Assn. For
Advancement of Colored People
Lemley
NAACP
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Tee Neene
Michael Goldsmith
Boy
Ike
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