Navy Admiral Urges Joint Think and Act
Admiral Arthur W. Radford told Naval Academy graduates that the armed forces must think and act as a team. He urged pride in one’s service while understanding others and noted many graduates will join Navy Air Force and Marine corps careers. He warned against complacency and emphasized flexible yet principled service.
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Navy
Adm
Radford
Annapolis
Arthur W. Radford
Naval Academy
Armed Forces
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Navy Air Force
Air Force
Marine Corps
Philippines
Peru
U.S. Armed Services
Benson Plans Three Wisconsin Appearances This Week
Secretary Ezra Benson will visit Wisconsin Monday with three stops including a Milwaukee luncheon for 40 cents with education officials marking the 10th anniversary of the school lunch program. He speaks at the Central Retail Feed Dealers Assn. convention, tours Iowa and Nebraska, and joins Beaver Dam’s farm and city dairy week. Democratic chairman Sverre Roang predicts 1956 as a breakthrough year with 800 delegates counted for the Superior convention.
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Ezra Benson
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Benson
Central Retail Feed Dealers Assn
Iowa
Nebraska
Beaver Dam
Sverre Roang
Roang
Superior
U. S. Senate
Howard
New York Students Barred From LYL Posts at Wisconsin
Two NY state students Matthew Chapperon Roslyn Heights and Ronald Radosh New York City were barred from LYL officer posts for 1956 57 by UW Student Life and Interests Committee The Daily Cardinal criticizes the move as hasty and unprecedented while the Wisconsin American Legion seeks removal of the chapter and UW officials defend limited campus regulation
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New York State
Labor Youth League
University of
Student Life and Interests Committee
League
Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
LYL
U. S. Attorney General
Wisconsin
Legion
Britain balks at rewriting Middle East peace mission
United Nations. Britain refuses to amend its peace making proposal under Arab pressure. Arabs seek to limit Hammarskjold good offices to enforce 1949 armistice terms, sparking debate as Israel backs the resolution. Iran and Egypt demand changes with Soviet delegates backing specificity.
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N.Y
Britain
Middle East
U.N. Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Israel
Hammarskjold
Pierson Dixon
Dixon
Djalal Abdoh
Iran
Council
Ahmed Shukairy
Syria
Omar Loutfi
Egypt
Abdul Monem Rifa’l
Jordan
Shukairy
Palestine
Fouad Ammoun
Lebanese Foreign Office
U.N
Jerusalem
Abba Eban
Arkady A. Sobolev
Middle Eastern
Lebanon
Priest Defends Boy as Lion Attack Ends
In Dunstable England a priest Rev Ronald Aylward climbed a fence and struck a lion with an iron bar to save an 11 year old scout Tony Murphy from Whipshade Zoo. The boy lost both arms and was listed in critical condition but potentially recoverable.
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Dunstable
England
Tony Murphy
London
A_ hospital
Tony
Whipshade Zoo
Ronald Aylward
Muscatine Bridge Collapses Injuring Two Truckers
A 160 foot span of the Muscatine toll bridge over the Mississippi collapsed early today. Truck driver William Wheatcraft escaped by climbing over falling girders. Jim Haynes’ truck hung on a remaining section. Police chased a speeding driver before the collapse, and Duane Chelf was arrested on speeding charges. Detours redirected traffic to Davenport as repair work was planned.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Mississippi
William Wheatcraft
Mansfield
Ohio
Wheatcraft
Jim Haynes
Streator
Ill
Duane Allen Chelf
Musscatine
Haynes
Eldred Trucking Co
Galion
Illinois
Davenport
C. H. Young
Muscatine Bridge Co
Dairy Month Opens With Bold Wisconsin Merchandising Push
Wisconsin launches June Dairy Month with statewide campaigns aimed at surpassing 21 million pounds of dairy product purchases from last June. The effort is led by the State Department of Agriculture and the American Dairy Association of Wisconsin, with 65 counties holding events. In Eau Claire a breakfast event featured 26 Alice in Dairyland candidates as leaders promote the month. Presidents Eisenhower and Governor Kohler praised the observance for benefiting agriculture.
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Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
American Dairy Assn
Eau Claire
Eisenhower
Kohler
Easy To Assassinate Queen Reveals Security Gaffe
British columnist Simon Ward claims he tested royal security during the Queen’s birthday parade by posing as an assassin with a mock bomb. He and a companion trooped near the route, noting no challenges from police as the Queen rode by within about 15 feet, urging tighter protection.
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London
Simon Ward
The
Daily Sketch
Ward
Edinburgh
Gloucester
Molotov Resigns According to Moscow Radio
Moscow radio reported that Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov has resigned. The development comes with international implications as the longtime diplomat steps down.
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London
Moscow Radio
V. M. Molotov
Bystrom to Cover National Political Conventions for AP
Arthur Bystrom, AP correspondent at Madison, will cover the 1956 Democratic and Republican national conventions for Wisconsin members of The AP. He will report on Wisconsin delegates in Chicago and San Francisco, supplementing general AP coverage by a large staff.
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Milwaukee
Arthur Bysstrom
Associated Press
Madison
Wisconsin
Bystrom
Chicago
San Francisco
Austin Bealmear
Bealmear
Whooping Crane No. 32 Hatch Makes News At Zoo
In New Orleans a lone captive whooping crane chick identified as No. 32 hatched after about 48 hours of pecking joining No. 31 which hatched four hours earlier. Josephine and Crip are the parents, the only cranes in captivity along with 28 others, part of a tiny, endangered North American population facing threats from hunting and low reproduction.
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New Orleans
North America
Josephine
Aransas Range
Texas
North Korea calls UN truce inspections illegal
Pyongyang radio says the UN Command cannot lawfully suspend truce inspection activities in South Korea and warns of consequences. The broadcast reports Col So In Hi’s reply after Panmunjom, while noting the move to fly out inspection teams including Swedes and Swiss within about a week.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Pyongyang
U.N. Command
South Korea
Panmunjom
U.N
Neutral Nations Truce Supervisory Commission
Polio cases dip below 1955 week figures in rise
Polio increased to 112 cases last week, under half of the 240 in the corresponding 1955 week. Texas led with 32 cases and California with 25, Illinois reporting seven, as total year-to-date cases reached 1,744 through May 26, well below the prior year.
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Washington
Texas
California
Illinois
Four Killed Four Hurt In Bomber Crash Near Air Base
A twin engine B25 crashed between two houses south of Lowry Air Force Base killing four aboard and injuring four others after refueling at the field en route from McChord to Panama City. A mother and her children narrowly escaped impact as the craft broke apart and exploded.
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Denver
Lowry Air Force Base
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Panama City
Fla
William Morgan
Billie
Gwen
Gwenn
Ronnie Sparks
Lowry Base Hospital
Iron-Clad Inspection System Sought In Global Disarmament
Washington officials call for an iron clad inspection system as needed to prevent violations in arms reduction pledges. They warn that limited inspections cannot ensure broad disarmament and stress the importance of robust air and ground verification.
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Washington
State Department
Korea
United States
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity Fair and Cool
Fair and cool tonight in La Crosse and vicinity. Saturday will be partly cloudy and warmer with a low around 42 degrees and a high near 75 degrees.
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la Crosse
Dead Sea Scrolls Hint at Vast Hidden Treasure Hoard
Ancient documents examined at Manchester University claim 200 tons of gold and silver buried in 60 caches along the Israel Jordan border west of the Dead Sea. Jordan's antiquities chief warns the figures are fantastic and locations difficult to verify after two millennia, though the scrolls provide precise clues to a cistern beneath a rampart and other relics found in Dead Sea caves.
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Manchester
England
Holy Land
Jordan
Manchester University
Israel-Jordan
Dead Sea
Gerald Lankester Harding
Antiquities
Harding
Zadok
Christ
Woolson, Last Civil War Veteran, In Fair Condition
Albert Woolson aged 109, the last Union Civil War veteran, was reported in fair condition at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth Minnesota on Thursday night where he receives treatment for recurring lung congestion.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
St. Luke’s Hospital
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