Supreme Court Strikes Oklahoma Loyalty Oath Law
The Supreme Court voided Oklahoma's loyalty oath requiring state workers to deny affiliation with subversive groups and to vow to defend the U S. It ruled punishing innocent membership as due process violation. Eight justices, with Justice Jackson not participating, issued opinions including Justice Clark's majority.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Los Angeles
New York State
Polio Victim Frances Billings Featured On TV Show
Frances Billings, 23, a polio survivor from Viroqua, will speak from her wheelchair on the Welcome Traveler program broadcast from Chicago. Accompanied by Hartvig Vigdahl and his wife, she has designed with her hands, led the Vernon County Silver Lining Club, taught Sunday school and donated blood during the original drive.
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Wis
Chicago
Viroqua Area
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Arnold Billings
R. J. Viroua
Miss Billings
Vernon County
Silver Lining Club
Dyer Leads 306th at Camp McCoy After Global Service
Col. Dyer arrives at Camp McCoy to command the 306th after a long career across World War I and II theaters. He served as a logistics adviser to the Iranian Army and earned the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and multiple campaign and service ribbons. Decorated by France, the Philippines, and Iran, he resides with his wife in Sparta and has three sons in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Phoenix.
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Cincinnati
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Indianapolis
Robert C
Phoenix
Ariz
Doris Oakes Returns to Coast Job After California Visit
Doris Oakes returns to her employment in South Gate California after a two week vacation spent at Harold Oakes Sr. home in Spring Grove Minnesota.
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Minn
Doris Oakes
South Gate
Calif
Harold Oakes Sr
Madison Wis Electors Cast Eisenhower Votes
The Madison Wisconsin electoral college met today to cast the state s dozen electoral votes for Gen Dwight D Eisenhower Republican president elect The group includes Gov Kohler Atty Gen Thomson and several former assemblymen The electors were chosen at the Republican platform convention after the September primary
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dewey
Gov
Kohler
Thomson
Herman Eisner
Cross Plains
Donald M. McDowell
Soldiers Grove
Paul Rogan
Ladysmith
George Fuller
Lake Geneva
John C. Brophy
Charles D. Ashley
Milwaukee
Carl Steiger
Oshkosh
Max Stieg
Clintonville
Alfred Laun Jr
Kiel
Grant Paul
Eau Claire
Republican Party
Mrs Clark Writes Green Bay Mother on Wounded Son
Mrs Herbert Deviley of Green Bay received a letter from Mrs General Mark Clark describing a visit to her son PFC Donald Deviley in a Tokyo Army hospital. Deviley was wounded November 1 in the Triangle Hill area by mortar fire to head and right arm. Mrs Clark praised his courage and character in battle.
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Green Bay
Mark Clark
Japan
Herbert Deviley
NATO faces funding doubts as allied defense plans advance
NATO ministers hear progress on the European defense buildup with ministers weighing costs per country and US push to pass a building program despite opposition. Lord Ismay doubts approval due to heavy expenditures while insiders report reserve divisions may be unready to fight for months if the Soviet attack begins.
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Lord Ismay
NATO
Robert Barnes
Council
Ishape
Paris
Europe
Cash grain prices and futures in Chicago market
The Chicago cash grain listing shows no wheat bids and mixed corn quotes for No 2 yellow at 1.6642 to 1.672, No 3 at 1.604 to 1.666, No 4 at 1.54 to 1.64, No 5 at 1.62 to 1.63, with sample grade 1.3344 to 1.3462. oats No 1 white 93 to 94 and No 2 white 93 to 94. barley and field seeds offered nominally with clover and timothy prices in a broad range. Soybeans listed as none.
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Chicago
Livestock Market Prices and Trading Notes
Swift & Co reports buying hours Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon with discounts for excess fill. Hog prices range from 12.50 to 15.85 for various weights and grades. cattle and calves show steady to higher values across steers, heifers, cows, bulls, and calves. Chicago and South St. Paul markets reflect strong or mixed activity with hogs, cattle, calves, lambs, and production items listed.
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Bute Pothole
Otrally
Chicago Livestock Chicago
USDA
South ST. Paul
South St, Paul
Minn
Brice Prairie Fishermen Told to Park Off Road
Ice fishermen in the Brice Prairie area were urged to use discretion when parking along roads. County highway police Chief Ivan A. Wright said several complaints about parking on Upper and Lower Brice Prairie Roads were received Sunday. He asked fishermen to keep the road open by not double parking and by pulling onto the shoulder whenever possible.
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Brice Prairie
Ivan A. Wright
County Higway Police
State confirms woman died of natural causes
In Mason Michigan a state pathologist ruled that Viola Miers 64 died of natural causes after autopsy on her bruised burned body. Dr Charles Black said the death could be explained by a fatal illness followed by a prolonged struggle for life, contradicting the earlier tale from Slim Jim Schoonmaker.
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Slim Jim) Schoonmaker
Michigan
Scoonmaker
Rural School Burns In Iowa Near Waukon
The Rural School four miles northeast of Waukon burned to the ground Sunday. The fire source unknown though a new oil burner was left burning over the weekend. Loss not estimated but partly insured. Twenty one pupils and teacher Mrs Jeanette Kosbau gain a few extra days off while makeshift quarters are sought. Abandoned nearby schools in Center Township and Jefferson are being inspected.
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Waukon
San
Jeanette Kosbau
Center Township
Jeffferson
Mindrum Named Executive Director of National 4-H Club Foundation
Norman C. Mindrum, longtime Minnesota 4-H assistant state leader, will become executive director of the National 4-H Club Foundation in Washington, D.C. He has directed statewide 4-H administration since 1950 after earlier roles as county agent in Winona County and vocational agriculture instructor in Winona Lewiston and Plummer, plus two years in the Navy.
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University of Minnesota
Washington, D.C
Mindrum
Minnesota
University Farm
Winona County
Winona
Lewiston
Plummer
U.S. Navy
Controls Extend Delegations to Clear Wage Backlog
The article reports on expanding WSB staff powers to speed 12000 pending union employer wage and benefit agreements. Truman and Putnam pledge support to CIO President Walter Reuther. Reuther urges broader policy authority on wages fringe benefits and severance to reduce the backlog while Putnam may authorize wider analyst powers before leaving office.
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Truman
Putnam
CIO
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Accidents Claim Three in Wisconsin Weekend
Three accidental deaths were reported in Wisconsin over the weekend. Norman Leutzke Jr., 15, of Valders, died when his tractor toppled into a ditch near Osman in Manitowoc County. Alvin Korn, 34, of Chippewa Falls, was killed when his car hit a tree on Highway 53 in Eau Claire. Ole Lund, 75, was found dead in the Chippewa River at Durand after leaving Durand hospital Friday. coroner Dr. R. J. Bryant ruled accidental drowning. Sheriff Victor Seline headed the recovery party.
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Route 1
Valders
Osman
Manitowoc
Alvin J. Korn
Chippewa Falls
Highway 53
Eau Claire
Ole Lund
Chippewa
Durand
Pepin County
Lund
Victor Seline
R. J. Bryant
Madison groups unite for TV channel 3 in Madison
Two Madison groups forming Badger Television Inc join to withdraw separate Channel 3 applications and seek a single permit from the FCC. The new firm plans to start operations by late summer or fall, with WIBA studio space leased and a 900000 dollar capital. William E Walker chairs the board. William T Evrne is president, Don Anderson is vice president, and other Madison leaders hold posts.
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Channel 3
Badger Broadcasting Co
WIBA
Television of Wisconsin Inc
William E. Walker
United
Badger Television Inc
Federal Communications Commission
Walker
Marinette
Beaver Dam
Ft. Madison
New Company
William T. Evrne
The
Capital Times
Don Anderson
Wisconsin State Journal
Badger Broadcasting
New Group
George R. Stephenson
the Times
J. Martin Wolman
Madison Newspapers Inc
Printers Strike Hits Quad City Papers
About 125 AFL Union printers from Local 107 walked out at four Quad City papers in Moline East Moline Rock Island and Davenport. The walkout ends decades of no strikes in the area as negotiations on a new contract had stretched since November 1.
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AFL
East Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
International Typographical Union
Moline Daily Dispatch
Rock Island Argus
Davenport Times and Democrat
Faces Three Charges After Traffic Death
A Zion Illinois youth faced a county court appearance on three charges in the December 7 traffic death of John Scherer 77 of Gresham Shawano County. Brown was arrested after authorities traced reports of tavern visits the night of November 7. He allegedly drove the vehicle that struck the victim and left the scene.
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Gresham
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Town Road
Ted Eul
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Waukegan
49 Miners Feared Dead In River Flood In Philippines
Manila reports forty nine miners trapped and presumed killed after a river burst into a gold mine shaft at United Paracale Mining Co in southeastern Luzon. Spokesman J W Stapler said the mine is flooded with no chance of survival.
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Philippines
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Luzon
J. W. Stapler
Olympian cars derail. four injured in Spokane incident
Milwaukee Railroad Hiawatha Olym pin streamliner derailed after a broken rail near Spokane. Seven cars left the tracks, two passenger cars overturned. Four passengers were hospitalized with injuries, four crew members had minor hurts. The 12 car train was en route from Chicago to Seattle when the rail failed after the engine passed. None of the hospitalized passengers resided in Wisconsin.
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al Thor
Wisconsin
Weather forecast and shipper’s temperature outlook in Midwest
U.S. forecast for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa predicts fair conditions tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures rise with warmer trends in Wisconsin and Iowa while Minnesota expects slight warmth, especially in the south. Shippers’ forecast shows shipments rising to 6 am Tuesday within a 150 mile radius of La Crosse with temperatures listed for north west south and east at 12 to 15 degrees.
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U.S. Department OF Commerce
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
River Forecast From Hastings to Guttenberg
River forecast shows little change in stages over the next two days with fluctuations from ice gorging above dams. Ice at the Dresbach pool is reported three inches thick. Sunrise Tuesday is 7 33 a.m. and sunset 4 28 p.m.
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Guttenberg
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Truman Warns Regulating Mind Endangers Freedom
President Truman warned that liberty faces peril not only from communism but from efforts to regulate the mind and spirit by the government. He spoke at a shrine dedication in Washington and defended free thought, calling suppression at home worse than foreign threats and urging vigilance against communist ideas and religious freedom restrictions.
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Truman
Congress divided on tax cuts as budget balance tops agenda
A survey shows lawmakers split on reducing individual income taxes excise taxes or corporate taxes though most favor balancing the budget first. Democrats lean against immediate cuts more than Republicans, and several senators urge budget discipline before any tax relief.
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Ohio
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Colorado
Pennsylvania
Sen. Bridges
New Hampshire
Lana Turner Divorced in Lake Tahoe Settlement
Actress Lana Turner ends marriage to millionaire Bob Topping on grounds of extreme mental cruelty. The couple, who wed April 26, 1948 in Beverly Hills, established Nevada residence at Lake Tahoe last summer.
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Nev
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Bob Topping
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Nevada
Lake Tahoe
Topping
Beverly Hills
Calif
Survey Engineer Opposes Toll Road Plan
Madison the state Legislative Council heard George B Sowers a consulting engineer for the Wisconsin Public Expenditure Survey oppose a toll road across the state He argued toll roads cloud the rural highway picture and Wisconsin already has a solid system Sowers proposed a 36 million dollar annual program for five years to improve major roads and warned against a 100 percent traffic increase on a parallel toll route The council began a two day session ahead of the 1953 legislature and elected Sen Gordon Bubolz chairman replacing Sen Melvin Laird who moves to Congress
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State Legislative Council
Wisconsin
George B. Sowers
Cleveland
Sowers
Gordon Bubolz
R—Appleton
Melvin Laird
Poultry Needs More Than Just Good Feed
Wisconsin poultry specialist W. W. Cravens told a closing session of the Wisconsin Co operative Poultry Improvement Association that good nutrition supports disease resistance but does not solve all problems. He stressed top quality feed for egg and meat production and the need for careful management to ensure profits.
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Wisconsin Poultryman
W. W. Cravens
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Co-operative Poultry Improvement Association
La Crosse Tribune publication and subscription details
Publication and staff details for the La Crosse Tribune dated 1904 include editors City Editor Alfred W. Rice and State Editor Gerald G. Moriarity, circulation manager Ed Keefe, and various department heads. It lists home delivery and mail subscription rates within and beyond 75 miles of La Crosse.
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IR. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienlokken
Alfred W. Rice
Gerald G. Moriarity
Ed Keefe
Howard Colvin
A. E. Teachout
Luther Wilkins
L. Burgess
la Crosse Tribune
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Cass Streets
la Crosse
Wis
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Tribune
Lee Newspaper Group
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