Smith Opposes Kohler Investment Reform in Wisconsin
Wisconsin state treasurer Warren Smith, a Republican, lobbies against Gov Kohler’s plan to reorganize state investments. The bill would abolish the state board of deposits and the annuity and investment board to create a single agency for deposits and investments, aiming to diversify pension fund holdings for higher returns. Public employee unions support the reform. Smith has clashed with Kohler over cash deposit management. The measure has Senate approval and a preliminary Assembly vote. the main bank is First Wisconsin National of Milwaukee.
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Effort Aims To Cut Holiday Crash Deaths
Chicago special outlines National Safety Council campaign to reduce July highway deaths. July traffic casualties 3 150. total American traffic deaths near 1 000 000, outstripping Revolutionary War casualties. Council president Ned H Dearborn urges early travel, patience, no fireworks, safety in swimming and boating.
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National Safety Council
Korea
Ned H. Dearborn
Military service facts for dependents and Navy renewals
MAJ THOMAS M NIAL answers reader questions on dependents of pregnancy timing for draft reporting, allotment payments, and NSLI indemnity. He clarifies that a child is a dependent from conception, explains end-of-month pay timing, outlines enlistment extension expectations, and confirms NSLI coverage eligibility for returning veterans, plus hospital access questions for veterans' families.
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Fleming, Pa
Insecticide Relief for Gnats at Clear Lake Resort
Summer residents in Clear Lake California seek confirmation that TDE insecticide will again suppress gnats. Entomologists report TDE shows promise though a few survivors may remain. California fish and game notes no harmful effects to fish. USAF reserve policy on voluntary recalls is mentioned.
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San Francisco
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California Department of Fish and Game
Bibles For Japan Distributed To Japanese People
Lieut. Gen. Matthew B Ridgway announced that the Pocket Testament League has distributed seven million Bibles to Japanese people through its foreign secretary Glenn W Wagner.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Pocket Testament League
Glenn W. Wagner
Dublin woman inherits Shaw legacy annuity
Mrs Georgina Meredith of Dublin Ireland claims a $150 annuity left by George Bernard Shaw. She says she never met Shaw but is the daughter of Shaw's maternal grandfather’s half-sister.
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Georgina Meredith
Dublin
Eire
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
U S Educator Attends Wisconsin Rural School Institute
Prof. Julian Butterworth of Cornell will lead sessions at a county superintendents institute tied to the University of Wisconsin summer session June 26 29. About 50 of Wisconsin 72 counties are enrolled with teachers and county committee members also invited.
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Wis
University of Wisconsin
Julian Butterworth
Cornell University
Wisconsin
The
University School of Education
State Department of Public Instruction
County Superintendents Association
Infantryman Adopts Korean Trick To Ease Front-line Cartage
A Yank infantryman from the third division mimics a native Korean method to carry his light pack on the run, balancing it atop his TEA as he advances toward the front.
Fluoridation Talk Returns to City Council in Sheboygan
The Sheboygan common council reopens debate on fluoridating the water after initial 1949 discussion. The PTA council introduced a new ordinance, arguing fluoride lowers tooth decay with costs under 10 cents per person annually and noting numerous Wisconsin cities already fluoridate.
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PTA
Sheboygan
Pega Pea
Wisconsin
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