Beloit Native to Lead Two Year Israel Assignment
Don L. Carroll of Kensington Maryland a Bureau of Mines technologist will depart about December 26 for a two year assignment under the Point Four program in Israel. Carroll a Beloit Wisconsin native has worked on an Economic Cooperation Administration mission in Korea and will assist Israel in minerals development planning.
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Washington
Don L. Carroll
Kensington
Bureau of Mines
Israel
Carroll
Beloit
Wis
Chapman
Economic Co- Operation Administration
Korea
Wiley and Gromyko exchange in UN committee hearing
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin confrontation with Soviet deputy Andrei Gromyko in the UN Special Political Committee over the admission of new members. Wiley labels the exchange a three ring circus while accusing the USSR of aggression and slander. Gromyko denounces Wiley as below elementary decency and accuses US policy of absurdity.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Soviet Union
Wiley
Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gromyko
United States
U. N
U. S
Albania
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Mongolian People’s Republic
Lincoln
Board Reconsiders Police Force Expansion At Meeting
The La Crosse board discussed boosting highway police and squad cars. A resolution for extra force was signed by committee members but referred to the finance committee after debate. The panel aims to await a county jobs survey before acting in 1953.
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Merritt Gibson
la Crosse 4Th Ward
Gibson
Christopherson
Dist. Atty
John Bosshard
Roy V. Ahlstrom
Edward Tabbert
Wright
Carl F. W. Bruhnke
la Crosse 8Th Ward
Highway Committee
George Berger
la Crosse 18Th Ward
Finance ‘Committee
Berger
Sheriff's Department
Harold Evjen
la Crosse 9Th Ward
Young
Evjen
State Bureau of Personnel
Planes Pummel Reds Across Western Korean Front
Hundreds of Allied fighter bombers struck Communist troop and supply concentrations in clear skies over the Western Korean Front. The Fifth Air Force reported major hits on Paegyang north of Kaesong, with at least 40 buildings destroyed. Marine fighters hit supply areas north of the tip of the Western Front as ground action remained light. Frontline reports cited 27 Chinese Reds killed or wounded near Sniper Ridge and 75 Red vehicles destroyed by Allied light bombers Thursday night.
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Seoulp
U. S
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Paegyang
Kaesong
Blight on GI Christmas Law Leads To Probation Dilemma
Edgar Withers, 22, of Wisconsin Rapids, pleaded guilty to one count of breaking and entering and two counts of check forgery. Circuit Judge Herbert Bunde sentenced him to concurrent one to three year reformatory terms but granted probation. Withers, arrested December 8 after an eight mile escape at Camp McCoy, had AWOL beginnings in October and faces further trouble for breaking out of the guardhouse. He allegedly stole a truck in Juneau County and broke into a Nekoosa store, cashing two forged checks.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wood County
State Reformatory
Camp McCoy
Edgar Withers
Herbert Bunde
Withers
Reformatory
Woods
Juneau County
Nekoosa
Forty eight non red nations urge Austrian independence accord
In the United Nations Political Committee a bloc of forty eight non Soviet members urged Britain France the United States and Russia to finalize an independence treaty for Austria. They called for withdrawal of occupation troops and for Austria to determine its own future amid stiff opposition from Russia and its allies who refused to vote.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N
Austria
Britain
France
U. S
Russia
Nerve Origin Means Tendon and Sinew
The word nerve originally referred to a tendon or sinew in historical usage, shedding light on early anatomical language and its evolution in medical terminology.
Twins at University of Illinois Twins Meet Ongoing Surgery
Mrs Royt Brodie of Moline and her husband watched as doctors continued caring for their 13th and remaining operations on twins born 45 days earlier at the University of Illinois Chicago medical center. The parents, hopeful to take both home, face further surgeries yet to come.
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Royt Brodie
Moline
Brodie
Brodies
University of Illinois
Chicago Medical Center
St John’s Christmas Party At Catholic School
St John’s Catholic school hosts a Christmas party Sunday afternoon December 21 at 1 30. Children sing carols, grades perform a short play, and Danny Lebakken with his accordion band plus Frank Morrissey entertain. Santa Claus will distribute gifts with Arnie Holberg as chairman assisted by Mrs Roland Larkin Mrs Leonard Hass and Darrell Comeau.
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St. John’s Catholic School
Danny Lebakken
Frank Morrisey
Santa Claus
Arnie Holberg
Roland Larkin
Leonard Hass
Darrell Comeau
Christmas Retail Trends Across U S Cities Boost Festive Sales
The report cites stronger Christmas sales in luxury districts like Fifth Avenue and Chicago's Michigan Boulevard with White Plains leading per capita retail, while Dallas Boston Indianapolis and Southern cities anticipate record volumes. Stores push toys, home appliances, and luxury goods as prices ease and credit expands.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Michigan Boulevard
Chicago
John C. Bailey
Chamber of Commerce
White
Boston
Indianapolis
Charlotte
N. C
Atlanta
Richmond
Alfred Thompson
Miller & Rhoads
Seattle
San Francisco
St. Louis
Superior Cuts Teacher Pay Hike Faces Strike
Superior City Council reaffirmed a $76,000 cut to the school budget of $1,521,029 for the coming year while approving a general tax rate increase of 2.46 per thousand. Firemen will gain $10 per month and other city workers $5 per month. teachers threaten a strike if salary demands are not met. Local 202 secretary O A Zienan warned teachers would not return to duties on Jan 10.
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Teachers’ Union
No Sign Of 2 Tots In Naperville Missing Since December
The search for two Naperville children, Jean Petersen six and Edward Rosenstiel three, entered its 13th day with no trace found. Jean and Edward vanished December 7 while playing outside. Jean and Edward's parents appeared on a Chicago television show urging tips to locate them.
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Chicago
Naperville
Jean Petersen
Edward Rosenstiel
Jean
Jean Peterson
Edward
Floyd Rosenstiel
Chicago Daily News
Impact
WNBQ
NBC
Health po proposal expands coverage with federal state funding
A broad Health plan backed by 1% of gross national product aims to provide hospital, surgical, family physician, dental for children, and drugs under federal standards but run by local and state boards. It would include millions of social security beneficiaries funded by payroll taxes, sparking concerns over growing federal control.
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Commission
Bauer
Ibig
UW Young GOP Bans Campus Subversives
The University of Wisconsin Young Republicans approved a resolution 34 to 4 to ban subversive groups from campus facilities and sanctions. Opponents urged open debate as a defense of free expression. The group plans to take the measure to the 1953 Legislature.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Young Republicans
Morey Named Head of North Central Airlines
Howard A. Morey of Middleton to lead North Central Airlines succeeding Arthur Mueller of Wausau. Election held in Minneapolis Thursday announced today. India's Chemical Laboratory unveils new citric acid method with pilot plant planned.
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Madison
North Central Airlines
Howard A. Morey
Middleton
Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission
Wisconsin Central Airlines
Morey
Arthur Mueller
Wausau
Minneapolis
India
Chemical Laboratory
New TV Tower Delayed For Rose Bowl Telecast
WTMJ-TV officials announced a 1017 foot tower will not be ready for January 1 1953 Rose Bowl telecast. The tower has risen to 840 feet and booster towers are not planned. Primary service will expand from 50 to 80 85 miles once complete but spring 1953 is possible.
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Milwaukee
Wtmj-Tv
Madison
Badger
Army Sergeant Sentenced in Munich for Befriending German Children
Sgt George Nunes 28 from Cherryville North Carolina was sentenced to 10 years hard labor plus dishonorable discharge and pay forfeiture after a court martial in Munich. He befriended about 1000 German orphans at Regensburg while serving with the 508th Military Police Battalion and spent Army pay on gifts and rides in his car known as The Good Ship Lollipop. Charges included extortion and a statutory rape allegation. 1555 marks were not used for welfare work.
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Munich
Germany
Lst
George Nunes
Joseph Fee
U. S. Army Public Information Officer
Nunes
Regendsberg
508Th
Cherryville
N. C
Eisenhower to Confront Wage Policy After Inauguration
House GOP leaders Halleck and Arends met Eisenhower with Taft and other Senate allies to map the legislative program. They criticized Truman’s stabilization effort and discussed wage price controls, noting defense spending will keep prices high and promising a broad drive to cut federal spending. They left open the possibility of a tax cut but prioritized spending reductions.
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Eisenhower
Martin
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Leslie
C. Arends
Illinois
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate Gop
House
Halleck
Truman
Dog-House Tavern Liquor License Revoked
County Judge Roy V. Ahlstrom ordered the Dog-House Tavern at 124 N. 3rd St. closed and padlocked after its second liquor law offense. Proprietor Clifford Gardner was fined 100 plus costs after being arrested for keeping the tavern open after 1 am and pled nolo contendere. an appeal is expected.
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Roy V. Ahlstrom
N. 3Rd St
Clifford Gardner
Gardner
Record London Fog Kills Up To 1500 Britons
London officials indicate the recent dense fogs may have claimed as many as 1500 lives across the city. The government spokesman disclosed the toll while noting the adverse weather disrupted transit, commerce, and daily life.
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London
Weather Preview Cold Fronts Hit Nation With Rain Snow
Forecast from the Weather Bureau notes a period ending 7 JOAMESTI2-20 52 bringing rain or snow to the western third of the nation. Cold levels persist in extreme northeastern areas while eastern Texas and central Mississippi Valley trend downward. Northern Minnesota faces the coldest air around 5 above zero with New York 37, Miami 65, Denver 18 in minimums.
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Texas
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
New York
Miami
Denver
U S Dismisses Railroad Suit
The Justice Department said an anti trust case against 47 Western railroads and related parties is dismissed. The suit filed Aug 23 1944 alleged collusion to fix rates and hinder competition and growth of motor carriers. The Bulwinkle Act now shields railroads with ICC rate agreement from anti trust actions.
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Washington
Justice Department
Western Railroads
Department
Atty. Gen. McGranery
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Association of Railway Executives
The
Association of American Railroads
J. P. Morgan and Co
Kuhn, Loeb and Co
Jackson Names County Agent for Jackson County
A. J. Chucka assist ant county agent of Chippewa County has been hired as Jackson County agent starting Feb 1. The selection followed interviews with five candidates by the county agricultural committee. Chucka, born in Marinette County and UW College of Agriculture graduate in 1950, will relocate his family here. Members on the committee were Mahlon Siegel Ralph Sieg Carl Messelt and Harold Ness.
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Black River Falls
Wis
A. J. Chucka
Chippewa County
Jackson County
Chucka
Marinette County
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Mahlon Siegel
Ralph Sieg
Carl Messelt
Harold Ness
Boy Dies From Train Injuries In Green Bay Accident
Raymond Wagner 15 of Green Bay died from injuries after a string of freight cars on a switch engine bumped the idle cars. He lost an arm and a leg when dragged 50 feet. Companion James Wolfe 14 suffered head cuts and remained hospitalized.
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Green Bay
Raymond Wagner
Wagner
James Wolfe
Raymond
Walter Wagner
Taft to Seek GOP Floor Leadership in Senate
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio announced he will run for floor leader in the new Republican controlled Senate to begin January 3. He said he made the decision after assurances from Senators Bridges Knowland and others that he preferred a temporary president role and would not seek floor leadership.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Taft
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Knowland
Calif
Bootblack John Maragon Freed From Federal Reformatory
John Maragon 59 a Greek born former Kansas City bootblack who courted celebrities and visited the White House was released from the federal reformatory in Petersburg Virginia He had served all but 12 days of a 24 month sentence for lying to a Senate subcommittee investigation into five percenters He left the prison with his wife and son and a warden's office report noted his departure
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Petersburg
John Maragon
Kansas City
White House
Federal Reformatory
Senate
Maragon
La Crosse Church Group Holds Regular Meeting
The La Crosse area council of churches met at the YWCA at 10 a.m. Tuesday with Clifton B. Nixon presiding. Reports noted Thanksgiving services and sending 30 CARE boxes overseas. The group provided financial support to the National Council of Churches and the National Association of Evangelicals.
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la Crosse Area
Typhoon Near Palau Heads Toward Philippines
A late season Pacific typhoon was reported 170 miles northeast of the Palau Islands moving toward the Philippines. The Manila Weather Bureau said the storm produced winds of 80 miles per hour.
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Manila
Palau Islands
Philippines
Chicago cash grain and livestock prices summary
Market notes show cash wheat none and corn No 3 yellow at 1.5944-63, No 4 1.5214-54, No 5 1.39, oats No 1 heavy white 96 4 2, barley malting 1.35-1.80, feed 1.25-1.45, soybeans none. Poultry steady. receipts 665 coops. Hogs 12,000 salable with several price tiers. cattle and calves large, steers 29.00 down, cows 13.25-15.00, bulls 16.00-19.00, dealers 20.00-29.00.
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Alsike
Timothy
Chicago Poultry Chicago
USDA
Chicago Livestock
G. Heileman Br
Inv
Armour
Northwest Banc
Atch. T. & & F. Trane Company
Beth. Steel
No. States Power
Borden
Cleveland
Chicago Mold P
Hamilton
Chrysler
Cellu
Edison James
Crane
McQuay
Curtiss-Wright Natl
Tool
Elec. Tl
Minn
Foods
Nekoosa
Gen. Motors
Loilgear
Goodrich
Paragon
Goodyear
Koehring Co
Ray-O-Vac
Illinois Central
Int
Harv
Safway Steel Lab
Wis. P. & Lt
Fox
Allis-Chal, Mfg
Kennecott
Tia Amn
Can
Marshall Pield
Montgomery Ward
Nash-Kelvinator
Swift & Co
South ST. Paul
SOUTH
Wisconsin Fraternity and Merchants Polish Elderly Holiday Cheer
Madison volunteers from Sigma Alpha Epsilon joined 300 Dane County pensioners for a Christmas party hosted by UW Madison. The 50th pledge class organized the event with local merchants providing food gifts transportation and entertainment as Theodore Zillman praised the university effort.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Dane County
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Theodore Zillman
University
Santa Claus
Weather forecast for Minnesota and Iowa regions
The Minnesota forecast calls for cloudy skies and milder night with snow in the south and east while freezing rain affects the extreme southeast. Light snow is expected in the northeast on Saturday. In Iowa, snow and sleet are predicted Friday afternoon and to spread to the east, with freezing rain preceding.
Weather Record Forecast for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Weather records from the U S Department of Commerce show in Wisconsin cloudy conditions with sleet and freezing rain spreading Friday afternoon and night, snow across the rest of the state Friday night, followed by partial cold. Minnesota cloudy with not so cold Friday night and snow in the southeast, Saturday mostly cloudy with light snow northeast. Iowa sleet and freezing rain over most of the state, rain in the southeast, snow in the west and north, colder by Saturday. Shippers forecast northward temperatures ranging from 15 above to 27 above in the east and 5 above in the west.
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Paget
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
River Readings Stations Snapshot
Time of sunrise Saturday is 7 36 am and sunset is 4 29 pm. The brief notes record daily solar timings and station references for the river readings.
Bricker seeks to curb executive agreements in treaties
Bricker proposes a constitutional amendment to bar executive agreements in place of treaties. He argues such pacts bypass Congress and urge expiration after a president's term unless Congress extends. Dulles and Humphrey offer cautious counterpoints citing constitutional supremacy and essential international practice.
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Congress
Senate
Bricker
U. S
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Louisville
Dulles
United States
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Maplecove Freighter Struggles in Pacific Winds
The 10,000 ton Maplecove, bound from Yokohama to Vancouver, wallows with a damaged rudder 1,260 miles off the British Columbia coast. Tug Island Sovereign is due in at least four days to assist as weather ships report 55 to 60 mph winds and other vessels circle the area ready to aid if needed. Captain R. A. Leicester says the ship is not in immediate danger.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
Maplecove
North Pacific
British Columbia
Island Sovereign
Yokohama
R. A. Leicester
Insanity ruling prompts juvenile court motion in murder case
Judge Neprud weighs remanding Vinson to juvenile court after defense motion. In other items Miller of Albany Wisconsin a Camp McCoy soldier pleaded guilty and received a deferred sentence. Forslund a former Camp McCoy soldier, now jailed on auto theft, pleaded guilty with sentencing postponed to April 24. A Seattle building called the L C Smith Tower stands 32 stories as the state's tallest.
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Nocent
Neprud
Miss Vinson
Harold Dale Miller
Albany
Wis
Camp McCoy
Everette Forslund
Iron, Minn
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