Japan and Korea in clash over repatriation to North Korea
Tokyo agrees to allow poverty stricken Koreans in Japan to transfer to North Korea drawing a warning from Seoul that it will resist with all means. The dispute strains US backed alliance as Tokyo defers to Red Cross oversight while refusing to ship the detainees. Estimates of those involved range from tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand.
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ROK
N. Korea
Tokyo
North Korea
United States
Far East
Seoul
South Korea
Rhee
Red Cross
Western leaders seek new German reunification formula
Western powers plan within a month to draft a new approach to unifying East and West Germany aimed at spurring negotiations with the Soviet Union. They indicate the formula may shift focus from free all German elections and could extend the timeline to as long as two years before nationwide votes.
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Washington
Soviet Union
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
Germany
City Considers East West One Way Streets Plan
The Common Council referred an alternate east west one way street plan to committee. It proposes King street west bound from Losey to Front, State street east bound from Front to 19th, two way 19th to Losey, Campbell road east bound from East avenue to Losey, with parking rules and potential center island adjustments. Traffic engineers Amundson and Loeffler urged study alongside north south one way patterns and AAA proposals, with delays to 1960.
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Losey Boulevard
Common Council
King Street
Losey and
Front
State Street
19Th Street
Losey
Campbell Road
East Avenue
William H. Amundson
Robert W. Loeffler
American Automobile Assn
Amundson
Loeffler
AAA
Jay
Pear
20Th
16Th Street
6Th
5Th Street
5Th
7Th
19Th Streets
21St Street
Center Islands
Ice Jams and Rain Continue Flood Threat Across Indiana
Huge ice jams and renewed rain threatened flood areas in Indiana while Ohio's Maumee River receded after a major ice jam. West Terre Haute built a temporary Sugar Creek dike as 150 homes evacuated and the town declared a state of emergency. Evacuations eased in Logansport Wabash and Peru as waters fell.
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Indiana
Ohio
Wabash River
Delphi
Ind
West
Terre Haute
National
Maumee River
Toledo
Lake Erie
Ike Declares Indiana Major Disaster Area
President Eisenhower designated flood affected areas in Indiana as a major disaster area eligible for federal aid. The Wabash River region and northeastern counties qualify, with funds to be allocated after a survey by the Office of Civilian and Defense Mobilization. Indiana had already received 250000 for prior flood relief.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Indiana
Wabash River
Office of Civilian and Defense Mobilization
Forecaster predicts snow accumulation despite earlier miss
The Weather Bureau sticks to a posted forecast of several inches of snow for the Coulee Region tonight or early Saturday despite a failed late week forecast. A high pressure area pushed moisture away. Sunday brings fair weather and ski jumping events with temperatures near zero.
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U. S
Coulee
Carl Peterson
la Crosse
Tampa
Fla
Bemidji
Nelson Budget Faces GOP Backlash In Legislature
In Madison Gov Gaylord Nelson's one year executive budget faces opposition from Republicans who say the plan violates the state constitution by not supplying a biennial budget. The $182,970,000 package advances amid debates on smoking and drinking laws, licenses, oleomargarine, and other measures.
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Nelson
Rocky Road
Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Assembly
David Blanchard
Edgerton
State Building Commission
Hoist Bucket Drops Into Mine Kills Two
A wire cable splice failed and dropped a heavy hoist bucket with four men about 100 feet into a lead mine shaft in VIBERNUM Missouri. Two miners died, while two others were gravely injured and taken to safety after the bucket was raised an hour later. Junior Gillam of Potosi and Don Hall of Fredericktown were identified among the dead.
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Vibernum
Junior Gillam
Potosi
Don Hall
Fredericktown
Gillam
Hall
Hansen Seeks Vote On Issue In City Reorganization Debate
La Crosse alderman Alierman Alf Hansen calls for a referendum on replacing the mayor-alderman form with a city manager system in the April 7 election. He notes Mayor Knutson previously supported change but now urges public input while emphasizing the issue's importance to voters.
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Alierman
Alf H. Hansen
Hansen
la Crosse
Common Council
West Berlin mayor hails Lincoln on 150th birth anniversary
Tributes poured in worldwide as West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt and others marked the 150th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Brandt praised Lincoln's universality in Springfield and vowed Berliners will bend to nobody. Wreaths at Lincoln tomb, ceremonies in Hodgenville Kentucky, and Lincoln Day speeches urged civil rights progress and frugality in government.
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Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Rut
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
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William G. Stratton
Carl Sandburg
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Formosa
Far East
Funds Sought for State Reorganization Study in Assembly
A 35000 annual appropriation is asked to finance studies of government problems and research projects. Gov Gaylord Nelson requested the reorganization study. The bill comes from the Joint Finance Committee in an informal session with Senate business delayed until Tuesday.
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Madison
Assembly
Joint Finance Committee
Gaylord Nelson
Senate
Conservation Committee
Education Committee
Hallows Named Chair Of Bar Association Committee
Justice E Harold Hallows of the Wisconsin Supreme Court was appointed chairman of the judicial administration section of the Wisconsin committee of the American Bar Association.
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Milwaukee
E. Harold Hallows
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Wisconsin Committee of the American Bar Assn
Amendment proposes nine member school board elected at large
The Common Council introduced an ordinance to elect nine school board members five from the district, with three elected at large each year. The largest vote getters would serve three years, next three two years, and the last three one year terms, starting July 1 after election.
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Common Council
John Marasek
Board of Education
Shelby
Campbell
Republicans Praise Abe Lincoln and Ike Policy Defenses
GOP speakers at Lincoln Day events extol Civil War leader Abraham Lincoln born 150 years ago and defend Eisenhower era policies. They attack Democratic plans for higher spending and taxes while urging pay-as-you-go budgeting and restraint. remarks touch on labor and interior officials in Boston New York and Brooklyn with Meade Alcorn addressing Silver Spring audience.
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Eisenhower
Secretary of the Interior
Fred A. Seaton
Brooklyn
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Meade Alcorn
Silver Spring
Juke Box Group Seeks Aid Against Gangs
The Labor Committee heard New York jukebox operators say they face gangsters in the coin machine business. Robert Kennedy named 10 delegates linked to Apalachin while Albert Denver urged action as gangsters target about 11,000 jukeboxes in New York generating over 11 million dollars annually.
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New York City
Senate Labor Management Committee
Apalachin
N. Y
Robert F. Kennedy
Gerard Catena
Carmine Lombardozzi
Mike Miranda
New York
Brooklyn
John A. DeMarco
John Scalish
Cleveland
Joseph Falcone
Utica
N.Y
Michael Genovese
Gabriel Mannarino
John la Rocca
Pittsburgh
Frank Zito
Springfield
Ill
Lombardozzi
Kennedy
Gary
Ind
Albert S. Denver
The
Music Operators of New York, Inc
Denver
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