Polio Delays School Openings Across Wisconsin
Health officials act as polio cases surge across Wisconsin communities amid back to school. Dane County weighs delaying reopening. Oak Lawn in Dunkirk postpones to at least Sept 6. Milwaukee postpones lower grades indefinitely as cases rise to 172 with 17 deaths. Green Bay and other counties report new infections.
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Wisconsin
Alice Donnelly
Racine County
St. Luke's Hospital
Madison
Lucille Graves
Dane County
Oak Lawn
Dunkirk
Milwaukee
E. R. Krumbiegel
Green Bay
Outagamie County
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Appleton
Waupaca County
Winnebago County
Manitowoc Man Charged With Bigamy After Wife Dies
Charles Lizdas 40 faces bigamy charges as police investigate the death of Patricia Lizdas 26 who fell from his moving car on Highway 42 south of Manitowoc. Lizdas says Patricia Alyward was his second wife from Milwaukee. he plans a lie detector test in Madison.
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Manitowoc
Highway 42
Manstowoc
Charles Lizdas
Racine
Madison
Lizdas
Patricia Lizdas
Milwaukee
Dubuque
Robert Koutnik
Patricia Alyward
Theodore Teitgen
Manitowoc County
Lindas
Green Bay
Patricia
Osman
RB Big
Dist. Atty. Koutnik
Weather Record Summary for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Weather record from the US Department of Commerce notes Wisconsin mostly cloudy with showers and local thunderstorms tonight, cooler in the north. Minnesota shows a mix of clouds and showers in the southeast with cooler tonight and Tuesday. Iowa reports scattered showers and storms southeast, cooler tonight, with Tuesday fair and cool.
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Weather Record US
Department OF Commerce
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Shigemitsu Opens Talks To Cut Ties With U S On Defense Economy
Japan Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu began a three day visit to Washington seeking steps to loosen Japanese U S defense and trade limits. He urged freer defense policy and trade with Communist China while preserving U S ties and urged release of 210 war criminals held in Sugamo Prison under U S authority.
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Shigemitsu
U.S
Washington
Japan
Mamoru Shigemitsu
United States
Dulles
Robert Murphy
China
Rocal
Geneva
Sugamo
Truman Attacks Big Business Domination at Mackinac Conference
Former President Truman assailed what he called corporate domination of the Eisenhower administration during a three day Michigan Democratic meeting on Mackinac Island. He supported Adlai Stevenson while denying any current run for office and planned memoir work after speeches in Mackinac Island and Detroit.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Harry
Truman
Michigan
Defense Wilson
General Motors
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
G. Mennen Williams
Nixon
New York
la Guardia Field
Boston
Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
Paul M. Butler
Indiana
Democratic
French Lick
Ind
California
Independence
Detroit
Bonds Work for You Savings Plan Slogan
Sandy MacGregor urges using the pay period savings plan to buy U.S. Savings Bonds. The message promotes bonds as a bargain and suggests they will work for workers.
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Sandy MacGregor
U.S
Avings
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for La Crosse Area
Five couples are issued licenses to wed in early September. Comet Kleven of Onalaska with Marie Brudahl of La Crosse. Philip Thaldorf of Onalaska with Lois Grabinski of La Crosse. Wallace Farmington and Sarah Waldenberger of Holmen to wed in Onalaska. Dwaine Waite of Cottage Grove with Shirley Harrietman of La Crosse. George Margelos of Sioux Falls and Irene Kapellas of La Crosse plan ceremonies in La Crosse.
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Thomas Eugene Kleven
Wilson St
Onalaska
Marie Lisa Brudahl
Adams St
la Crosse
Philip Fox Thaldorf
Green St
Lois Ann Grabinski
Mississippi St
Wallace Jones
Farmington
Saraham Waldenberger
Holmen
Dwaine Waite
Cottage
Grove
Wis
Shirley Harriman
S. 9Th St
George Margelos
Sioux Falls
S.D
Irene Kapellas
N. 24Th St
Curtice Urges Road Program at Powerama Expo
General Motors President Harlow H. Curtice urged Congress to enact a comprehensive highway bill at the opening of GM Powerama in Chicago. He warned current inaction costs the country about five billion dollars yearly and praised President Eisenhower's ten year plan as necessary leadership. He noted GM has produced 100 million diesel horsepower and predicts another 100 million by the decade's end.
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Chicago
Congress
Harlow H. Curtice
Lake Front
Troad
Powerama
Curtice
General Motors
New Richmond Honors Sgt Howard Brown After Homecoming
In New Richmond Wisconsin former prisoner of the Chinese Communists Sgt Howard Brown returned to a hero’s welcome. A local parade followed by a ceremony at Glover Park featured Mayor Paul Swendy presenting the key to the jetty and the town’s support including 14 savings bonds from businessmen. Brown spoke with emotion thanking the community.
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New Richmond
Wis
Howard Brown
Air Force
Brown
People of
American Legion Post
Frank Brown
St. Paul
Sgt. Brown
Toni Palermo
Legion Post
New Richmond High School
Howard
Glover Park Grandstand
Paul Swendy
Trapeze Performer Injured In 45 Foot Fall
Clarence Otto Wendt, 30, of Wausau, fell from a high rigging at the Marinette County Fair in Wisconsin. He landed about 45 feet to the ground, suffered a fractured pelvis and internal injuries, and remained in critical condition at Marinette General Hospital. His wife attempted to catch him as he descended.
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Marinette
Marinette General Hospital
Marinette County
Wausaukee
Clarence Otto Wendt
Wausau
Wendt
Gorder to Speak at Wisconsin Municipal Institute
City engineer Zenno A. Gorder is named as a principal speaker at the Wisconsin League of Municipalities Institute in Madison October 11 and 12. He will discuss Analysis for Bids and Recommendations in the afternoon of October 12.
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Zenno A. Gorder
Wisconsin League of Municipalities Institute
Madison
Milo G. Knutson
Gorder
Beloit Man Fatally Injured Near Osseo
A Beloit father of three died from a head injury after his car hit another auto on US 53 near Osseo Wisconsin. Richard Gilbert 25 was transported to Eau Claire hospital where he died. He was born November 20 1928 and survived by his wife Joyce and three children. Funeral set for Osseo Congregational Church with burial in Osseo Cemetery.
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Whitehall
Wis
Beloit
Osseo
US 53
Richard Gilbert
Robert Gilbert
Eau Claire
Trempealeau Country
Gilbert
August Josephson
Minnesota
Minn
Jtormer
Joyce Fredericson
Linda
Betty
David
Robert
Walter
Holmen
Kenneth Peterson
George Crawford
Earl Thompson
Joyce
Norman Jackson
Oftedahl Funeral Home
Richard Larson
Milton Larson
West Ave. S
Donald
James
Thomas Larson
Sharon
Janice
Mary Jean Larson
Albert Larson
Schumacher Funeral Home
Winnebago Sts
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Msgr. V. J
World Briefs Flood Disaster, Milk Scandal Highlight Risks
Five more bodies in a flash flood raise deaths to 26 as rescuers fear more children swept away in China. A nine foot wall of water hit picnicking students after a cloudburst. In Tokyo the welfare minister warned Morinaga Milk Co. may face closure over arsenic traced in stabilizers in powdered milk linked to child deaths and illnesses.
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Hong Kong
Tokyo
Hideji Kawasaki
Morinaga Milk Co
State Receives Rehabilitation Funds
Wisconsin is allotted 921038 from a 32.6 million federal grant for the year ending next June 30 to expand rehabilitation services and facilities. The distribution follows a 1954 law for program expansion and requires state matching of funds as explained by Miss Mary F Switzer.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Mary F. Switzer
Proxmire Bids to Block Wisconsin Party Endorsements
William Proxmire, Democratic gubernatorial nominee in 1952 and 1954, vows a stiff fight at the Wisconsin Democratic state convention in Green Bay this October against efforts to endorse candidates for state offices. He cites harm to Wisconsin and says he will oppose and battle the endorsement plan.
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Madison
William Proxmire
Blooming Grove
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Proxmire
Four Generations Hurt In Same Crash
A two car collision near Plymouth injured 13 people from four generations of the Ford family and a Sheboygan group. The station wagon carried 10 Fords and a sports car held three Sheboygan teenagers at the Highways 23 and 57 intersection. Injured were Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ford 83 and 82, Dale Ford 59 and his wife 57, William Ford 28 and his wife 27, three Ford children, and aunt Miss Helen Ford 32. All were taken to Plymouth Hospital and none were in critical condition.
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Plymouth
Here
W.W. Ford
Dale Ford
William Ford
William Fords
Helen Ford
Weather outlook across regions with mixed temperatures
The 50 30 65 Coast forecast notes similar lows to Sunday night in most areas. Warmer conditions are expected in the Upper Great Lakes while the Northern Plains stay cooler and New England remains cool. An inset chart shows cloudiness and temperature lines.
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Great Lakes
Plains
New England
Unifax
Mississippi Valley
New York
Texas Gulf
Stock and Grain Quotation Roundup from Chicago Markets
Stock quotations cover Warker and various companies with percent ranges, plus U S grain and poultry prices in Chicago. Lists include Koehring Co Trane Co and Royal Dutch among others with percentage changes, and grain futures for wheat corn oats soybeans and barley with bid prices and samples. Poultry prices show live poultry, heavy and light hens, fryers and roosters with current cash prices.
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Chicago
Chicago Poultry Chicago (P
USDA
Strikebound plant rocked by explosions near Mulberry
A series of explosions ripped the control room at a strikebound phosphate plant in Mulberry Florida. A guard reported six shots fired at him at another company plant. Damages estimated at 250000 dollars at the Bonnie plant of International Minerals and Chemical Corp. The firm operates five properties employing about 1200 union workers. The International Chemical Workers Union AFL seeks an eight cent wage rise and a new contract. Company says only eight cents offered, union says two cents cover non wage items. Sheriff calls the shooting an attempted intimidation. Continuous violence followed a June strike and August reopenings with supervisors, no immediate company or union comment.
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Mulberry
Fla.p
Bonnie
International Minerals and Chemical Corp
Pat Gordon
J. L. Rowe
Leon O'Steen
International Chemical Workers Union
AFL
Indicted on Eight Counts in Holohan Slaying Case
Washington Former Army Lt Aldo L Icardi is indicted on eight charges of falsely denying any part in the World War II era slaying of Maj William Holohan in northern Italy in 1944 He allegedly gave false testimony before a 1953 House Armed Services subcommittee Icardi and Carl L Dolce were part of a secret mission tried in absentia by an Italian court convicted but not extradited Dolce did not testify before the House subcommittee
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Washington
Army
Aldo L. Icardi
William Holohan
Holohan
Icardi
Pittsburgh
House Armed Services
Italy
Axia
Carl L. Dolce
Rochester
N. Y
Lo Dolce
Iearch
la Dolce
House
Hog and cattle market data and death notices
Death notices detail Warren W. Pettis of La Crosse funeral plans at Hellwig Morris Funeral Chapel with burial in Oak Grove Legion Plot, plus multiple obituaries and funeral arrangements for local residents. Market report from South St Paul lists hog cattle calf lamb prices and trading activity with weights and price ranges.
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Warren W. Pettis
Hellwig- Morris
Babington
Legion Plot
Oak Grove Cemetery
Warren Pettis
la Crosse
William
Dorothy) Cosens
Hesperia
Mich
Livestock Prices Report From Chicago Market
Salable hogs 9 500 with butchers over 220 pounds mostly 83 lower. under 220 pounds 25 50 lower. Hogs 200 pounds and lighter closed in low, fully 50 lower. trade moderately active early, then dull. Sows steady to 25 lower, declines on weights under 400 pounds. Cattle 23 000, calves 400. steer taxes slow, steady to 25 lower. cows slow, mostly unsold. bulls and dealers fairly active, primes 1 183-1 309 pounds 24 25-24 75. heifers 23 50. bulls 14 00-15 50. stockers slow. Opened steady to weak. load good 725 pound yearling steers 19 00.
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Bologna
South ST Paul
Minn
USDA
U.S
Chicago
Potatoes See Moderately Slow Market Across Regions
Chicago reports USDA data showing 393 cars on track with 366 in transit and total U S shipments by day Friday 301 Saturday 121 and Sunday 23. Carlot sales list Idaho Oregon long whites bakers round reds Washington bakers russets California whites and Wisconsin receivers with prices ranging from 1 40 to 3 80 per unit.
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Chicago
USDA
U.S
Idaho
Wisconsin
Butter and egg market notes from Chicago inquiry
Butter prices steady as receipts reach 763 017 pounds with wholesale bids unchanged to higher for various grades. Egg figures show mixed progress with large whites 60 69 9 percent A, mixed 47, mediums 43, dirties 26, current receipts 26.6.
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Chicago
U.S
UN Agreement Moves to Reduce Truce Inspection Teams
In Panmunjom the United Nations Command accepts a plan to cut four of ten ports of entry and halve the 12 to 14 member teams amid clashes and accusations by South Korea that Czech and Polish members are spies. The plan aims to dissolve or temporarily reduce the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission as obstruction persists.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
UNC
U.S
Harlan C. Parks
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Parks
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
U.N. Corhmnand
North Korea
Syngeman Rhee
State Dulles
United States
South Korea
Nactions Supervisory Commission
U.N. Command
Kangenung
Kunsan
Chongjin
Hungnam
Death Notice for local pharmacist with multiple state licenses
Death notice continues detailing a pharmacist licensed in Montana and later Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin. He belonged to the American Pharmaceutical Association the Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Association and the National Association of Retail Druggists. Survived by wife one daughter Helen of Milwaukee two sons Albert H Bud and Woodrow Woodie of La Crosse and three grandchildren.
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Henry Stellick
Onalaska
John F. Zemlicka
Fort Madison
Iowa
Jerome
Jack Jr
Ft. Madison
Burton
Rose Marie) Wallace
California
Edward C
Milwaukee
Viola
Stellick
Ft. Madi
Beloit man killed in highway crash near Du Quoin
Robert F. Singletary, 22, of Beloit Wisconsin, died after his station wagon sideswiped a trailer truck driven by Charles Hamlet, 32, of Shreveport Louisiana, on U S Route 51 eight miles north of Du Quoin. Hamlet uninjured.
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DU Quoin
S. W
Robert F. Singletary
Beloit
Wis
Singletary
Charles Hamlet
Shreveport
Hamlet
4 H Chorus Performer From Prairie du Chien in State Fair
Lowell Ahrens of Prairie du Chien is among 24 youths who performed in the 1955 state 4-H chorus at the State Fair. Chorus members were selected from the all state chorus organized during 4-H Club Week at Madison in June.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Lowell Ahrens
Prairie du, Chien
Madison
Police recover stolen car from Cameron Motor Co. lot
City police on Saturday recovered a stolen automobile taken Thursday from the Cameron Motor Co. lot at 614 State. Lt. Kenneth Espeness located the car on the west side of the Post Office. The tank was nearly empty and the windshield broken.
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Cameron Motor Co
Kenneth Espeness
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