Eisenhower Attacks Democrats and Pressures GOP Leaders
President Eisenhower, at a Republican conference, denounces Democrats as easy spending inflationists and splits in the party while urging GOP leaders to embrace modern Republicanism. He links Democratic policy to crony government and deficit spending as he frames 1958 and 1960 prospects. He returns from a naval cruise as two fliers are reported missing in the Atlantic.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Saratoga
Atlantic
Eisenhower Defends Budget Amid GOP Rifts and Support Calls
President argues his spending plan stems from the party platform and was developed in GOP confabs with leaders Knowland Bridges absent for illness. Some senators praise the speech as unifying while others resist full backing, signaling ongoing intra party division over budget cuts.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
California
Sen. Bridges
Congress
Bridges
GOP
Knowland and Bridges
Washington
Marital Odyssey Ends in 61 Year Gap
In Louisa Kentucky Grandma Sprouse 90 and Shorty Sprouse 29 celebrate 11th anniversary of hiking 25 miles to wed. The bride, formerly Mattle Large Lyon, was 79. the groom 18. They faced a log cabin fire and health issues, but stay devoted despite years apart.
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Catt Creek
Grandma
Mattie Large Lyon
Delbert
Shorty
Sprouse
Five Die in Minnesota Two-Car Crash Near Clarks Grove
Five people were killed and a sixth seriously injured when two cars collided on U S 65 two miles north of Clarks Grove Minnesota. Victims included Ralph Berard 58 and Ruth Berard of Des Moines Iowa Waldo Schultz 41 of Minneapolis and two Schultz passengers Marilyn Ann Torgeson 22 Mason City Iowa and her grandmother Mrs Mabel Larson 6 Forest City Iowa. Kenneth Chapman 39 Des Moines was hospitalized at Albert Lea Minnesota. State patrolman Don Johnson said the Schultz car veered into the Berard vehicle on a sweeping curve.
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Clarks Grove
Minn
Minnesota
Ralph Berard
Ruth
Des Moines
Iowa
Waldo R. Schultz
Minneapolis
Schultz
Marilyn Ann Torgeson
Mason City
Mabel Larson
Forest City
Albert Lea
Kenneth Chapman
Berards
Don Johnson
Berard
Traffic Violator Is Good Loser in Prairie Du Chien
A Crawford County deputy arrested a man for illegal passing. The offender admitted guilt and paid 16.20 in police justice court. He then accepted a free pass through a Milwaukee brewery where he is an official.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Crawford County
Police Justice Court
Milwaukee
Crawford Demos Form Proxmire Committee
Crawford County Democrats unveil a Proxmire for Senator committee to back William Proxmire. James Henzel of Seneca chairs the group with Marguerite Rogers of Prairie du Chien as secretary. Executive members include Leo McDonald of Gays Mills, Nels Kvalheim of Ferryville, and Mike Dagnon of Mt. Sterling.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Crawford County
Senate
William Proxmire
James Henzel
Marguerite Rogers
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Leo McDonald
Gays Mills
Democratic Party
Nels Kvalheim
Ferryville
Mike Dagnon
Mt. Sterling
Family Night in Prairie Justice Court
A family affair in Prairie Du Chien Justice Court as Traffic Officer William Banta arrests his brother Gary for failing to fix a noisy muffler. Gary forfeits a $15 bond in the case involving their cousin Louis Banta.
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Prairie
Justice Court
William Banta
Gary
William
Louis Banta
No Tax Hike Needed Say Gov Thomson At Convention
Gov Vernon Thomson said there will be no need for higher state income taxes in the next two fiscal years despite program expansions. He backed a one cent cigarette tax increase as part of revenue, listing planned additions including 6.5 million for welfare 4.5 million for salaries 4 million for retirement 11 million for colleges 10 million for public school aid and 10 million more for additional state aid to meet statutes.
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Vernon Thomson
Thomson
Wisconsin
Union Leader Given Chance to Answer Charges in Probe
Senate investigators said Bakers Union President James G. Cross will testify under oath after hearings resume. Mrs Kay Lower a Los Angeles resident and convicted prostitute declined to name Cross and invoked the Fifth Amendment. Albert Barclay testified of a union fund paid to Crosss alleged girlfriend Elsie Kay Lower and said goons aided by a Newsom fund beat a 14 year old boy during a bakery picket. Robert F Kennedy questioned Lower about past statements to police regarding an alleged room beating by Cross.
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Washington & Senate
Bakers Union
James G. Cross
Kay Lower
Los Angeles
Senate
Cross
Washington
Albert Barclay
Bakers Local No
International Union
Elsie Kay Lower
John D. Nelson
Barclay
Newsom
Robert F. Kennedy
Lower
Scientist Links Organism to Multiple Sclerosis Found
Russian-born researcher Rose Ichelson at St Luke's and Children's Hospital says she isolated live spirochaeta myelophthora as the MS culprit and has developed a skin test to detect MS. The National MS Society notes the potential breakthrough could lead to treatment, though no cure exists and millions are affected.
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Philadelphia
National
Rose Ichelson
St. Luke's and Children's Hospital
Vis
York
Goldwater Defends GOP Unity At Wisconsin Convention
U S Senator Barry Goldwater Arizona declares no disintegration of the Republican party at a Wisconsin convention keynote. He lauds the tripartite government, praises McCarthy’s memory in Appleton birthplace tribute, and cites party discipline and service over subservience.
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Gop
Goldwater
U.S
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Campaign On Issues Tells Women About Election
A preconvention gathering of Republican vice chairwomen urged focusing on issues over personalities in the upcoming Senate race. Milwaukee GOP state chairman Philip Kuehn told about 80 women to mobilize a large turnout to secure victory, noting high participation strengthens Republicans. He spoke at the Linker Hotel after attending a chairmen’s dinner at the Stoddard Hotel.
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Republican Party
United States Senate
Philip Kuehn
Milwaukee
GOP
Kuehn
Stoddard
Wisconsin Republicans vote against endorsing Senate candidate
Five announce runs for U.S. Senate as Wisconsin Republicans meet in La Crosse to decide endorsement. The rules committee rejected adding a rule to allow delegates to endorse a candidate, 12-5, amid a crowded field led by former Gov. Walter Kohler and Lt. Gov. Warren Knowles. Delegates expected an open primary system with no formal party endorsement in July.
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Walter J. Kohler
State Supreme Court
Henry Hughes
Warren P. Knowles
Alvin E. O'Konski
Glenn Davis
John Coffin
Green Bay
John O’melia
Rhinelander
O’melia
Wisconsin
la Crosse
U.S
Thomson Urges High Level Campaigning for GOP Nominee
At a meeting of Republican county chairmen in the Stoddard Hotel Governor Thomson pressed for a high level campaign to win the Wisconsin GOP nomination to succeed the late Sen. McCarthy. He pledged no increase in current Wisconsin income taxes and urged campaigns free of personal attacks while praising GOP accomplishments. He noted potential needs for taxes including a cigarette tax and possible 4.7 million dollars in new taxes but did not confirm specifics. He urged candidates to focus on Democrats and avoid personality clashes, as several hopefuls were introduced. Colburn G. Cheney was reelected chairman of the county chairs.
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Stoddard
Vernon Thomson
GOP
Sen
McCarthy
Thomson
Wisconsin
Washington
William Proxmire
Norman Thomes
Walter Kohler
Warren Knowles
Alvin O’konski
Glenn Davis
Supreme Court
Henry Hughes
Hughes
Colburn G. Cheney
Green Bay
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