Reds Agree To Technical Talks On Nuclear Ban
Moscow okays exploratory talks in Geneva starting July 1 on policing a worldwide nuclear test ban. Eisenhower proposed limited expert participation, with the West seeking inspection talks first. The agreement includes U S experts Lawrence Bacher Fisk and a Soviet delegation led by Nikolai Semyonov and Evgeni Fedorov.
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Reds
Moscow
Soviet Union
Geneva
Eisenhower
U.S
Russia
United States
Britain
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Ernest O. Lawrence
University of California’s Radiation Laboratory
Robert F. Bacher
California Institute of Technology
James Brown Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Nikolai A. Semyonov
Evgeni K. Fedorov
International Geophysical Year Committee
Wisconsin approves jobless benefit boost and urban renewal plan
Wisconsin legislators end a special session by extending unemployment benefits by 13 weeks and raising max weekly payments to 42 dollars. The session also amends residency rules for aid and authorizes urban renewal authorities to condemn land for slum clearance.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Gov. Thomson
Thomson
State Unemployment Reserve Fund
Milwaukee Common Council
Assembly
Senate Debate Over Labor Measure Intensifies
The Senate enters a third day of debate on a labor control bill, as amendments tighten penalties for unions failing to file financial reports. Senator Kennedy defends the bill while Senator Smith seeks to penalize rank and file members. Major provisions include union democracy procedures and detailed public reporting for large unions.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Fisenhower
Smith
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Secretary of Labor
Mitchell
William F. Knowland
California
GOP Senators Demand Adams Explain Gifts
Senators Barry Goldwater and Charles Potter urged White House aide Sherman Adams to fully account for gifts from Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine. They hint Adams should resign if he cannot provide a complete explanation. The White House and Hagerty gave no substantive comment amid the dispute.
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GOP
Adams
Washington
Sherman Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Barry Goldwater
Ariz
Charles R. Potter
Mich
White House
Joseph
Clark
Senate
James C. Hagerty
Potter
Hagerty
Goldfine
Plymouth
Mass
Flag Day recalls Betsy Ross making the first US flag
A National Historical Waxworks tableau in Washington, D.C. reaffirms the Betsy Ross legend as the maker of the first United States flag. The scene depicts Betsy Ross, a 24 year old widow, sewing behind her late husband John Ross’s Philadelphia upholstering shop at 239 Arch Street. The tale ties to Col George Ross, Robert Morris and George Washington who sought a national banner before independence.
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Betsy Ross
United States
George Washington
National Historical Waxworks Museum
Washington, D.C
Betsy
John Ross
Arch St
Philadelphia
Betty Ross
George Ross
Robert Morris
U S Industrial Output Rises in May After Decline
The Federal Reserve reports May factory mine and mill output up one point to 127 percent of the 1947 49 average, the strongest month since the recession began. Labor data show insured unemployment at 2 8276 million and initial claims down to 321 600, the lowest in 1958.
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Washington
U.S
Federal Reserve Board
Mitchell
Nixon
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson
Labor Department
Department
Reserve Board
May
Norse Legislator Urges US Missile Bases Citing NATO Ties
Norwegian Storting member Peder Hjermann told a Viroqua audience at the Sognalag convention that rocket bases in the United States might be necessary due to NATO ties and Soviet threats. He noted limited communism in Norway, praised US policy, and discussed Norway’s farm surpluses and trade with America. He travels home July 23 aboard the Oslofjord.
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la Crosse Tribune
Viroqua
Wis
United States
Norway
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Peder S. Hjermann
Storting
National Sognalag of America
Sognalag
J. P. Vigdah
Charles de Gaulle
Hiermann
France
de Gaulle
United States Congress
Hjermann
Oslofjord
Humphy for president drive livened Minnesota convention
The 1958 Minnesota Democratic convention opened in Mary E Sawyer Auditorium with Rep Eugene McCarthy delivering the keynote after Sen Hubert Humphrey and Sen Joseph Clark were unable to attend. McCarthy assailed the 1952 GOP record on economy foreign policy and integrity while Humphrey supporters held a brief rally outside and pledged a 1960 campaign.
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Humphrey
la Crosse State College
Nancy Bates
Milwaukee
Joyce Calverley
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
U. S
Henry S. Reuss
Clement Zablocki
Patrick Lucey
Mary E. Sawyer
U.S. Senate
Joseph Clark
Pennsylvania
Gaylord Nelson
Edward J. Thye
Col. Bogey
Sverre Roang
Humphreyites
Sen. Humphrey
Washington
McCarthy
America
Viroqua Hosts National Sogne Meeting Flourishes
Viroqua Wisconsin banners mark the National Sognalag convention as delegates from Sogne Fjord in Norway gather to preserve Norwegian heritage. J P Vigdahl presides with remarks on keeping language culture and literature alive. Stortingsman Peder S Hjermann delivers the main address.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
National
Sognalag of America
United States
Norway
Sogne Fjord
J. P. Vigdahl
Sogne
Albert Lea
Minn
Storting
America
Vigdahl
Stortingsman
Peder S. Hjermann
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Evenk
The
Minnesotan
Europe
Asia
South America
DEMOS
Kenneth Hanson
Don Arneson
Charles Dahl
Chamber of Commerce
Everett Lee
Lions Club
Arnie Kuehn
Viroqua State Bank
Burnell Lund
Viroqua Lutheran Church
Pres
E. O. Nordness
Viroqua High School
Peder Hjermann
Parlia
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