Two American Priests Freed By Red China
Peiping radio reported the release of two Roman Catholic missionaries from California Father John William Clifford and Thomas Leonard Phillips after three years in prison. They were said to have completed their terms on June 15 and were released today.
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Hong Kong
Peiping Radio
California
Father John William Clifford
Thomas Leonard Phillips
John William Clifford
U.S
China
Reds
Geneva
Father Clifford
Father Phillips
Peiping
Red Cross
Democrats Debate Platform Amid Midwestern Campaign News
Democrats draft a platform stressing civil rights and farm parity with milk and livestock payments. Republicans briefed by Wiley and Maier press conservation, import quotas, and wage policy as rail workers strike prompts mediated talks with city officials.
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U.S. Senate
Alexander Wiley
Milwaukee
Glenn Davis
Waukeshaber
Washington
Quill
Transit Authority
Subway
Harris J. Klein
Authority
Look See Instrument Could Spare Women Unnecessary Hysterectomies
The hy steroscope offers direct vision inside the uterus with a pencil thick instrument and light. It helps distinguish benign fibroid tumors from dangerous ones and may prevent needless hysterectomies, as shown at an AMA meeting exhibit by Drs. Norment and Sikes of Greensboro.
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Associated Press Science Reporter
Chicago
American Medical Assn
William B. Norment
C. Henry Sikes
Greensboro
N.C
Norment
Sykes
Milwaukee Boy Named Governor at Badger Boys' State
Thomas Hart, 17, Milwaukee high school junior, was elected governor of Badger Boys State at Ripon College by 391 votes to 278 for Richard Child. Other state office winners include Lieutenant governor Philip Johnson and Secretary Fred Christians, with multiple judges and officials named. the week-long program, sponsored by the Wisconsin American Legion, ends Saturday.
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Ripon
Thomas Hart
Milwaukee
Badger
Ripon College
Hart
Federalist Party
Richard Child
Lawrence Swoboda
Luxemburg
Wisconsin American Legion
Philip Johnson
Beloit
Fred Christians
Johnson Creek
Keith Butcher
Fond du Lac
Don O'’Neil
Wisconsin Dells
Thomas Walker
Wauwatosa
Supreme Court
John Marshall
Efferson
John I Denmaier
Marinette
Steven Zimmerman
Oshkosh
Larry Canavera
Niagara
Russell Fabricus
Ladysmith
Larry Bossen
Brook
Waupun
Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs details in Catlin ethics charges
The Wisconsin Supreme Court considered a request to make ethics complaints against Assembly Speaker Mark Catlin Jr. more definite. Attorneys argued dates and places of alleged improprieties be provided before answers. The case centers on alleged misconduct involving accepting money from prisoners and families to influence pardons. The court did not set a decision date, but action is expected within 10 days.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Assembly
Mark Catlin Jr
Appleton
State Board of Bar Commissioners
Stephen E. Gavin Jr
Robert M. Rieser
Catlin
Harlan Rogers
Portage
Bar Commissioners
Gavin
Waupun
Wisconsin
Law
Trucker’s quick steering averts highway tragedy near Frederick
Wiscon sin driver Douglas C Sutter 25 of Appleton managed a four mile wild run on U S 40 after brakes failed. He kept one wheel on the shoulder and crashed into an embankment near the Maryland State Police barracks. He was the sole casualty with a dislocated shoulder. A car driven by George H Mundey of Hagerstown was wrecked but both occupants escaped injury. The incident follows a similar deadly run on U S 40 near Lavale a year earlier.
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Frederick
Wisconsin
Douglas Clarence Suther
Appleton
Wis
U. S. 40
Sutter
Maryland
J. M. Goodman
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Braddock Mountain
Here
L. C. Clarke
George Harvey Mundey
Hagerstown
Mundey
Lavale
Cumberland
Merger of Armed Forces Won't End Interservice Differences
Secretary of Defense Wilson said a merger of the Army Navy and Air Force would not erase disagreements. He warned against unification schemes and urged preserving free discussion while ensuring swift implementation after decisions are made. He spoke at the Air War College in Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama.
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Sen. Maier
Superior
Eisenhower
Brookings, M.C
Maxwell Air Force
Basf
Ala
Wilson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Air War College
Washington
Viroqua Honors Later Life of Anton Olson
Anton Olson 81 lifelong Viroqua resident died Wednesday in a Madison hospital after a long illness. Survived by daughter Ione Hanson of Milwaukee sister Mable Krogsbal Clara Olson brother Leland Olson all of Viroqua. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Viroqua Church of Christ with Rev. Roy Williams officiating. Burial in Viroqua Cemetery. Viewing Friday at Jacobson Vancei Funeral Home.
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Viroqua
Wis
Anton Olson
Madison
Clarence
Ione) Hanson
Milwaukee
Millie Krogsbal
Clara Olson
Leland Olson
Viroqua Church of Christ
Obituaries Tell of Haugrud Finn and Sparling Deaths
Ja cob Haugrud 78 died after a long illness at a Viroqua hospital. Funeral at Westby-Coon Prairie Lutheran Church with burial in Coon Prairie Cemetery. survivors include wife Magnhild and son Henry. James William Finn 89 died in Taylor after a short illness. services at Taylor Lutheran Church with burial in Woodland Cemetery. survivors include children and grandchildren. Mrs. Ella Sparling 83 died in Trempealeau after six weeks in hospital. funeral at Trempealeau Federated Church with burial in Trempealeau Cemetery. survived by son Irvin and relatives. she was a charter Eastern Star member.
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Westby
Wis
Jacob Haugrud
Viroqua
Westby-Coon Prairie Lutheran Church
H. O. Aasen
Coon Prairie
Norway
America
Magnhild Fritsvold
Minneapolis
Haugrud
Henry
Thorvald
la Farge
Marie Moe
Mukilteo
Wash
Clara Hanson
Helga Jefson
Martha Potter
Trempealeau
Ella Sparling
Irvin
Chicago
Frank Thomas
Evanston, Ill
Funeral services for Martin Folstad in Mabel Minnesota
Martin Folstad 80, farmer of Mabel, died at home Tuesday after eight years invalid following a stroke. Funeral set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Hesper Lutheran Church with Rev. Obed Nesheim presiding. Burial in church cemetery. Born January 21, 1876 in Spring Valley to Johannes and Martha Johnson.
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Mabel, Minn
Hesper Lutheran Church
Martin Folstad
Mabel Farmer
Obed Nesheim
Mr. Folstad
Johannas
Martha Johnson
Spring Valley
Minn
Hesper
Minneapolis Business College
Fredonia Flag Day Honors Started Here at Stony Hill School
About 200 attendees gathered at Stony Hill School, origin site of Flag Day 71 years ago by Bernardt J. Cigrand. The flag was raised by four Marines atop a 110 foot pole as Blue Star Mothers' Chorus sang. Speakers included Justice-elect Thomas E. Fairchild and Mayor Fran Zeidler about heritage, equality, and global peace.
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Redonia
Stony Hill School
Bernardt J. Cigrand
United States Marines
Blue Star Mothers
Thomas E. Fairchild
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Fran. Zeidler O
Fairchild
Obituaries Mention Minneapolis Music Course Founder and Family
The article notes a man skilled in music who taught in Minneapolis and North Dakota, married Olga Klegseth on June 23 1915, and left survivors including five sons and a daughter. Also reported is the death of Ruby Freda Baker in Cataract Wisconsin with funeral details and burial plans in Sparta area.
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Minneapolis
North Dakota
Olga Klegseth
Hesper
Elmer
Maynard
Charles
Arland
Mabel
Melvin
Decorah
Iowa
Beatrice) Schmitz
Caledonia
Gina Woods
Mary Nelson
Fred erick B Heitman longtime Club Oasis owner dies
Frederick B Heitman 67 owner of Club Oasis near Sparta Wisconsin died in a Sparta hospital Thursday night. He retired as Army captain after service in World Wars I and II. Survivors include his wife Josephine Janusheski a daughter Mary four sons at home two sisters two brothers. Funeral set for 10 a m Saturday Lanham Mortuary Sparta with Rev L B Keegan officiating burial in Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p m Friday at the mortuary.
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Sparta
Wis
Clarence
Ruby Freda) Baker
Lanham
A. H. J. Werner
Frederick B. Heitman
Oasis
Heitman
Josephine Janusheski
Mary
Frederick Jr
Richard
Robert
John
Martha Jackson
Henry Fanning
Kelly Jefferson
la Crosse
Glendale
Calif
W. H. Heitman
L. B.keegan
Cost plan for Losey Boulevard facing federal urban project decision
Gorder outlined steps to sign the federal urban project application and set a project schedule. Costs show federal 50 percent and local 50 percent if state aid fails, with total local shares totaling $520,000 city wide and $404,500 within city limits.
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Gorder
Shelby
Losey Boulevard
W. L. Fiedler
State Highway Commission
Ward Avenue
Highway 33
Highway 16
Utility Given Okay On Improvements
The Public Service Commission authorized Consolidated Water and Power Co. to spend 362600 on electric transmission facility improvements. It also allowed Milltown Telephone Co. to issue 12000 in first mortgage notes for obligations and plant upgrades. Pulaski Merchants and Farmers Telephone Co op may raise rates by 4625 yearly. A July hearing in Madison will review Elroy city water rate increase of 5000 yearly. John C Jessen of Washington Island, Door County, may operate summer bus service for Victor Dickensheets.
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Madison
Public Service Commission
Consolidated Water and Power Co
Wisconsin Rapids
PSC
Milltown Telephone Co
Polk County
Pulaski Merchants and Farmers Telephone Co-Op
Oconto
Shawano
Elroy
John C. Jessen
Washington Island
Door County
Victor Dickensheets
Wisconsin Highway Death Toll Reaches 378 This Year
The year’s Wisconsin highway deaths total 378, up from 324 at the same point in 1955. Harold Woodbury a Ladysmith businessman was found dead in the Flambeau River after his car left the road near Papermill Dam. A death earlier listed as highway related was ruled not caused by the auto crash of A. E. Rickerd of Neenah.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Harold Woodbury
Ladysmith
Neenah
Weather Record Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa Brief
United States Weather Bureau reports for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa show partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms through Saturday. Cooler readings are expected in Wisconsin's north and extreme east, with minor temperature changes elsewhere.
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U.S. Department OF Commerce
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Forecast Shows River Rises Across Multiple Gauges
The Mississippi River will rise at tailwater gauges from Alma to below Prairie du Chien by Saturday morning, averaging .3 of a foot. The lower Chippewa River will rise Saturday with a slight further rise on the lower St. Croix. Sunrise Saturday is 4 21 a.m. and sunset 7 50 p.m.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Mississippi River
Alma
Prairie du Chien
Chippewa
St. Croix
Adenauer says timely rearmament averts hot war with Russia
West Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer told the Executive Club of Chicago that timely rearmament has kept peace and that the cold war will end in the free nations' favor if they are patient. He warned Russia aims to dominate Europe and cannot win by allying with Asian states.
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Chicago
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Russaf
Executive Club of
Adenauer
United States
Europe
Russia
Germany
Safety experts urge driver design and belts to cut highway deaths
Doctors from Harvard, McGill, and orthopedists cite human error, seating, controls, and reading instruments as fatigue and accident factors. They praise safer auto design, crash padding, and harness use while noting need for more studies on belts, training, and eliminating death spots on highways.
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Ross ‘McFarland
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston
McFarland
Harold Elliott
McGill University
Montreal
Jacob Kulowski
Saint Joseph
Jbeve
Fletcher D. Woodward
Charlottesville
Aid mix debate leads to Yugoslavia aid cutoff threat
Lawmakers debate shifting foreign aid to 3 to 5 percent military and rest cultural and economic. Some push amending to halt all aid to Yugoslavia within 90 days after passage if Tito is acting under Moscow orders. President would decide continued aid. Senate panel to reconvene to finish bill.
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Yugoslavia
Eisenhower
Tito
Moscow
Free World
Senate
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John Roderick
Wiley
Badger Fisherman's League
Soil Bank
Dante
Davis
State Party
Benson
Charles L. Patterson
Robert F. Wagner Jr
MBA
Theodore Loos
By Alton L. Blakeslee
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Taylor
James William Finn
Finn
Ira
Rochester
Harley
Bena
Jamie
Douglas
Russell Stevens
Melrose
Clarence Olson
Jule Gilbertson
Janesville
Hannah Preston
Averill
Taylor Lutheran Church
B. J. Harlem
Woodlawn
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
Mrs
Fredonia
Vrevue
Weather Bureau
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Bostom
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Great Lakes
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Losey Blvd
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Dow Jones Avera Amn
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Crane
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Stewart-Warner
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Koehring Co
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Auto Lite
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Ray-O-Vac
Trane NS Safway Steel
Gamble Skogmo NS 20Th Cent
Fox
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Wis. P. & Lt
United Airlines
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Inv
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Steel Northw. Banc
Goodyear
W. Elec. & Mfg
Trane Co
Northern Ry
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Greyhound Woolworth
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Winona Livestock
Swift & Co
Bologna
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Chicago Livestock Chicago (P
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain
Chicago Poultry Chicago
Flooa
Winona
C.P
T.W
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Dodge
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Root
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