Kohler predicts GOP win if voters hear the truth
Wisconsin Governor Walter J. Kohler urged Republicans at the state convention to campaign on the national administration’s record and President Eisenhower. He said unity exists on core issues while Democrats are divided, warning voters the party can win in the fall by proving GOP strength and focusing on achievements including Korea.
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Milwauker
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Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
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Eisenhower
Melvin R. Laird
Marshfield
Korea
City Council Doubles Own Wages in Contested Vote
Aldermen voted 16 to 3 to double annual salaries from 600 dollars, despite a heated debate. Emil Schultz opposed, saying 600 dollars is enough and criticizing the raise as profit, while Donald Terpstra urged the increase and criticized Schultz for inaction.
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Emil O. Schultz
Alderman Schultz
Schultz
Kohler Denies Deals in Wisconsin GOP Endorsement Push
Milwaukee The Talk centers on Warren Knowles for lieutenant governor as 4000 delegates prepare Saturday votes. Kohler declares no deals with anyone and commits to a third term while praising Attorney General Vernon Thomson as a friend. The event signals neutrality in a high stakes party maneuver for the 1956 ticket.
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Vis
Walter J. Kohler
Warren P. Knowles
New Richmond
Republican State Organization
Kohler
GOP
Knowles
Senate
George M. Smith
Vernon W. Thomson
Thomson
Wisconsin
Gov. Smith
Kidnaper Sought In $75,000 Arizona Ransom
A Phoenix beauty parlor kidnapping ended in the Superstition Mountains with Mrs. Evelyn Smith safe after $75,000 ransom left in notes and golf bag. FBI and local officers conduct a wide search, describing the suspect as a short man age 35 to 40 with light brown hair and muscular arms.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Evelyn Anne Smith
Phoenix
Phoenix Ripe and Steel Company
Herbert
Kidnaper leaves clues in Superstition Mountains
A large Phoenix area police search followed fresh tracks of an armed kidnapper in the rugged Superstition Mountains. Pinal County sheriff reports officers found notes directing a drive and a hike to a money drop, ending with a wife’s scream heard after four miles.
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Pinal County
Smith
Fugitive Surrenders to Return to West Virginia Penitentiary
Richard Oursler, 54, arrested on an intoxication charge in Des Moines, asked to be sent back to a West Virginia prison from which he escaped six years ago. He claimed to have served 20 months of a 15 year burglary sentence when he fled Hudsonville in April 1948.
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West Virginia
Richard Oursler
Huttsonville
W. Va
Flanders Calls for McCarthy Ouster Over Contempt
Sen. Flanders urged the Senate to oust Sen. McCarthy as chairman of the investigations subcommittee unless he purges himself of contempt and answers 1952 charges. He cited McCarthy’s alleged contempt toward a three member panel that sought his testimony in Benton and countercharges. The subcommittee had reported it could not rule without McCarthy’s presence.
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Sen Flanders
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Threeman
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Kirke B. Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
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Pvt. G. David Schine
13 Phone Calls On Commission Charged To Committee
Washington hearings reveal 13 long distance calls charged to the McCarthy subcommittee from New York about a commission for G David Schine. Sen. Jackson presses Sen. McCarthy who claims Schine paid some costs and the committee may have covered others.
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Cohn
New York
First Heat Victim Joel O Anderson Dies in Salt Lake City
Joel O. Anderson a 42 year old shoe salesman from Salt Lake City died after a heart attack at about 1 30 p m Friday. Dr George D Reay county coroner said the heat precipitated the attack. He was taken to a local hospital by city police but was dead on arrival.
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Salt Lake City
Anderson
George D. Reay
City Council Repeals Annexation Ordinance 19 to 1
The Common Council voted 19 to 1 to repeal a section of the annexation ordinance and relax conditions for outsiders to join the city. Alderman Emil Schultz led a lone opposition, warning of costly public utility and service impacts, while others urged immediate action to attract surrounding areas.
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Schultz
C. J. Lang
Lang
Fred E. Steele
Blair
City council approves downtown auditorium site amid bids
The council rejected a push to move the Mary E Sawyer Auditorium site by 15 to 4 and awarded construction bids. Peter Nelson and Son, Inc. secured a 457 870 dollar general contract, Gruden Bros. Co. 116 445 for mechanical work, Papenfuss Electric 47 373 for electrical work, and Nash Finch Restaurant Supply 6 175 95 for kitchen equipment.
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Gruden Bros. Co
St. Paul, Minn
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Nash- Finch Restaurant Supply
St. Cloud
Minn
Civic Center
Nelson and Son
Weather Outlook for La Crosse and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy tonight with thunder showers likely. Saturday partly cloudy with little temperature change. Lows around 65 tonight and highs near 88 on Saturday.
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Mexican War Vets Arrive for National Session in La Crosse
Representatives of hundreds of thousands of volunteers who guarded the border from 1914 to 1917 arrive in La Crosse for the 25th annual national convention of the United Mexican Border Veterans. They helped form the backbone of WWI divisions and discuss benefits for border veterans and dependents.
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la Crosse
Hotel Stoddard
Walter L. Leschander
North Hollywood
Calif
United
France
National Guard
Congress
Alfred Moody
Indianapolis
Hatelstoddard
Claurice G. Closson
Independence
Albert E. Jamesson
Henry J
Young Gains Control of NYC Railroad
Robert R. Young wins control of the New York Central Railroad by a margin of 1,070,000 votes over the management led by President William White. Official announcement due at 10 a.m. Monday after election inspectors report from Albany. The 85 year era of Vanderbilt Morgan banking influence ends with Young’s victory.
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Robert R. Young
New York Central Railroad
William White
Albany
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Central
Young
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J. Pierpont Morgan
Illinois to Use Radar on Speeders
Illinois teams up police to deploy radar for first time to enforce 60 mph limit on the six lane Edens Expressway. State police aim to curb speeding and improve traffic safety.
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Chicago
Edens Expressway
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