Recreation Head Resigns Over Gas Theft Allegations
City Recreation Director Eugene R. Fry resigns effective April 30 after admitting improper gasoline use and agreeing to restitution. Alderman Marasek filed charges with Dist. Atty. Thompson, who signed a criminal summons for Fry to appear in County Court. The Board plans further inquiry into the recreation department while Fry cooperates.
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Board of Public Works
Eugene R. Fry
Fry
Twelfth Ward
John Marasek
Dist. Atty
George Thompson
Thompson
Marasek
Eugene Toepel
Recreation Department
Wednes
William Boma
Boma
Bernard Sauer
Common Council
M. R. Birnbaum
Zenno A. Gorder
John K. Flanagan
Milo G. Knutson
Carl A. Wahlstrom
Sosa Blanco Executed On Own Order
Major Jesus Sosa Blanco, 51, executed by firing squad at La Cabana Fortress after a second trial for war crimes. He gave the orders to fire just before the shot, saying I forgive you and Get ready Aim Fire. Castro denounced him as a mass man while Cuba cited regional opposition to dictatorship.
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Havana
Jesus Sosa Blanco
la Cabana
Sosa Blanco
Muchachos
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Milwaukee Woman Faces First Degree Murder Charge
Mrs Lydia Tarasidis 54 entered no plea and refused counsel after being arraigned on a first degree murder charge in the death of her mother Julie Saar 85. Judge Robert W Hansen set bail at 25000 and ordered a preliminary hearing. Police found the body in the upper flat with scarves around the neck.
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Milwaukee
Lydia Tarasidis
Robert W. Hansen
Julie Saar
Cyprus Talks Delayed After Turkish Leader Crash
Greek Cypriot leaders press Archbishop Makarios for a plebiscite on the proposed constitution as the Cyprus independence conference pauses while Adnan Menderes recovers from injuries after the Viscount crash near London. Menderes, 60, is reported in fair condition though shaken.
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London
Makarios
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Menderes
Adnan Menderes
Constantine Karamanlis
Tax Commissioner opposes state withholding income tax plan
Madison Bureau reports Wisconsin Tax Commissioner Harry Harder urged lawmakers to reject a payroll withholding system for state income taxes. He warned of high costs and modest gains, citing current annual collections through self assessment and a large staff. He noted Wisconsin's tax sharing with local units adds complexity compared with other states.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
State Tax Administration
Harry Harder
Legislative Finance Committee
Harder
Fred Risser
Cochairman
Madison Democratic
New Democratic State Administration
State
Nelson
Wisconsin
Department of Taxation
Legislative Reference Library
Gaylord Nelson
Phillip Nash
Finance Committee
Dulles to Start Radiation Therapy Friday
Secretary of State Dulles will begin radiation treatment for cancer this Friday after unanimous doctor agreement. He continues to recover from a hernia operation last Friday that revealed recurrence of his 1956 abdominal cancer. The external radiation will use a million volt X ray machine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and aims to control the cancer, with further treatments TBD.
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Washington (Ap
Secretary of
Dulles
State Department
Lincoln White
White
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Bond Set For 3 Members Of Wild Party In Wisconsin
In Sparta Wisconsin Mrs Florence Decorah 32 and two companions were bound over to County Court on 2500 bonds under repeater statutes after a weekend drinking binge led to the deaths of three Decorah children and an adult. Also charged are Decorah's sister Coreen Was 25 and Robert P Pache. A fourth member Jesse Whiterabbit 35 remains in jail on a suspended sentence. The group waived preliminary hearings and await arraignment before County Judge Lambert Hansen. Investigations into past records continue.
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Sparta
Wis
Florence Decorah
Manston
Juneau County
Coreen
Warrens
Decorah
Robert P. Pache
Statesville
Joliet, Til
Jesse Whiterabbit
Mrs. Decorah
Dist. Atty
W. J. Gleiss
Dewey Reinstra
Whiterabbit
Pache
Vanguard II Weather Satellite Circles Earth In Early Data Flash
NASA reports Vanguard II, a 20 inch globe weighing 212 pounds, is in orbit around the Earth sending hourly weather data. The device is expected to operate for years though signal processing will lag initial readings by about two weeks. Military use is deemed unlikely and the launch marks a second Vanguard success after prior failures. President EisenhowerCongratulated all involved.
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Vanguard II
Aircraft and Missiles Manufacturing Magazine
Unifax
Washington
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Earth
Army
Hans Ziegler
Signal Corps Research and Development Laboratory
U.S
Vanguard
Eisenhower
Wisconsin considers withholding plan for state income tax
A bill to create a Wisconsin income tax withholding system moves toward introduction. Tax officials estimate a windfall of about 68 million dollars from overlapping immediate and delayed tax collections, with 48 million earmarked for counties and municipalities.
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Harder
Fred Risser
Madison
Joint Finance Committee
Sen
Lynn Stalbaum
R-Racine
Senate
Assembly
George Molinaro
D + Kenosha
Kenosha
Illinois
Wisconsin
Eisenhower Says USSR Will Start Any Berlin War
President Eisenhower told a news conference that any shooting over West Berlin would be started by the Soviet Union, not by the Western Allies. He noted Khrushchev’s warning and affirmed Allied rights to communicate with West Berlin while denying plans to initiate conflict.
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Washington
Eisenhower
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Marshall Suffers Another Stroke at 78
Gen George C Marshall, 78, World War II Army chief of staff and former secretary of state and defense, suffered a second stroke in the night at Womack Army Hospital Pinehurst with prognosis guarded. He had a mild stroke Jan 15. Mrs Marshall has visited daily. Doctors Levi and McIntosh confirmed treatment.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
George C. Marshall
Pinehurst
Womack Army Hospital
Marshall
George A. Levi
Fayetteville
Henry D. McIntosh
Duke University School of Medicine
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
London Daily Mail
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Joseph Sirey
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Fla
Ing
Richard Porter
International Geophysical Year
William Draheim
R-Neenah
Sylvia H. Raible
Chippewa Falls
Berlin
United States
Mexico
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Acapulco
Mexi
Csccesessosas
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Aavennrat
Neadnag Apne
State College
la Crosse
Red Cross
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