Dairy Unions Win Pay Hikes After Chicago Strike
In Chicago a dairy labor dispute ending after an all night bargaining session yields wage increases. Local 754 members gain $5 a week first year and $4 second year while Local 753 drivers resume deliveries. Inside workers’ pay averaged $110 weekly. details on fringe benefits and driver contracts not immediately disclosed.
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Chicago
Chicago Milk Wagon Drivers Union
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Otto Debs
754
Associated
Luebke Chosen as West German Presidential Candidate
Bonn AP Heinrich Luebke 64 a agriculture minister in Adenauer cabinet was selected by the Christian Democrats as their West German president candidate. Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard decline the post, setting the stage for a contest with Socialist Carlo Schmid as rival. Luebke is a Catholic, longtime agriculture expert with limited political prominence.
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Bonn
Germany
The
Christian Democrats Today
Heinrich Luebke
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Luebke
Carlo Schmid
Bill Tightens Sale Of Cars To Minors
MADISON AP A Wisconsin Senate bill tightens auto sales to minors requiring written parental consent for anyone under 18. Dealers failing to obtain consent face penalties up to 200 dollars and six months in jail. The session also approved exempting lead dogs for the blind from license fees and creating a Motor Vehicle Department division.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Gover
Senate
Motor
Adam
Assembly
Municipal Court
Burnett County
County Court
Weather Record for La Crosse and Surrounding Areas
La Crosse and vicinity expect mostly cloudy skies tonight through Wednesday with little temperature change. Lows around 65 and highs near 83. Wisconsin will see a few thundershowers in the west and south tonight and Wednesday, Minnesota scattered thundershowers in the northwest tonight and south Wednesday afternoon with cooler Wednesday, Iowa mostly pale and warmer by Wednesday with northeast thunder showers Wednesday night.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Mississippi River Forecast Update from Hastings to Guttenberg
reports river readings with flood stage data for Winona La Crosse Prairie du Chien and surrounding stations. includes 24 hour changes and stage notes for Dam Nos 6 7 8, Lansing Lansing and Trempealeau Dam pool levels. forecasts little change in tallwaters over the next 34 hours with sunrise at 652 am and sunset at 850 pm Wednesday.
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Dakota
Lansing
Pool
Prairie du Chien
Trempieau
Dodge
Galesville
le Crosse
Root
Houston
Hastings
Minn
Guttenberg
First, Second, Lowest and Highest Noted Yesterday
A brief report records the order of performance with a lowest value and highest value noted yesterday. It lists first place second place and the extremes observed, without additional context or identifying details.
Strike Hits Kiekhaefer Motor Plants in Wisconsin
AP report says production workers at Kiekhaefer Corp in Fond du Lac and Oshkosh walked out after contract expired. Management claims plants remain open with some workers at work at shift start. unions report minimal coverage. Wage increase negotiation details include 7 cents hourly rise for non incentive workers and 4 cents on incentive base rate.
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Fond DU Lac
Kiekhaefer Corp
Oshkosh
Fond du Lac Lodge
Oshkosh Lodge 451
International Assn. of Machinists
Aflcio
Outboard Motors Manufacturing
Mercury Motors
Kimberly-Clark Earnings and Sales Rise in Year End
Kimberly-Clark Corp. reported higher earnings and sales for the year ending April 30. President John R. Kimberly announced sales of 368,318,000 compared with 345,854,100 the prior year.
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Neenah
Kimberly-Clark Corp
John R. Kimberly
Superman star George Reeves dies in apparent suicide
Hollywood AP reports actor George Reeves, 44, famed as the TV hero Superman, died of a gunshot wound in Benedict Canyon. Police say it appears self-inflicted. Reeves struggled with limited acting roles due to type casting as he faced career setbacks.
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George Reeves
Reeves
Benedict Canyon
Beverly Hills
Hollywood
STOCK QUOTATIONS AND WINONA LIVESTOCK REPORT
Stock quotations from Shearson Hamill Co include Bell and Farrell and multiple firms with bids and ranges. Winona Livestock reports noon quotations. hogs and cattle markets show steady to higher trends with detailed price bands for various weights and grades. Chicago hog and cattle futures follow with activity and price ranges for 190 to 550 lb classes, including sows and calves.
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Swift & Company
Good Sons
Bologna
Chicago Livestock Chicago
USDA
House Ready To Vote On Further Aid Cuts
Washington AP. House members urged to cut another 300 million from foreign aid, aiming to reduce total to about 3.3 billion. The House approved 277-93 to take up the bill, while the Senate proposal totals 4.164 billion with higher Development Loan Fund, NATO aid, and Latin American allocations under review.
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Eisenhower
Alvin M. Bentley
R-Mich
Foreign Affairs Committee
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Organization of American States
Latin America
Market Roundup From Chicago and South St Paul Cattle And Hogs
South St Paul reports cattle and hog markets with steady to higher tones in prices for slaughter steers and feeder cattle amid moderate demand. Chicago markets show butter prices steady and varying white and potato futures with mixed gains across grades and shipments, reflecting ongoing USDA activity.
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USDA
Chicago
U.S
California
Reds
California Bakers
Arizona
Hearing on woman's sanity recessed in murder case
Circuit Judge Robert Varnum recessed until Thursday a hearing to decide if 23 year old farm woman Caroline Lang can stand trial for first degree murder in the deaths of her two sons aged one and three last fall. Lang has been under examination at Mendota State Hospital since the April 23 preliminary hearing with a Mendota psychiatrist slated to testify.
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Robert Varnum
Caroline Lang
Mendota State Hospital
Varnum
Mendota
Naked Force Used To Rout A Burglar
Seattle AP report details Ethel Adams 41 awakening to an intruder in her bedroom rummaging a jewel box. She chased the burglar out the back, attracting a crowd including her daughter Diane Usher who urged her back inside as the man fled, clothing absent.
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Seattle
Ethel Adams
Woman Injured In Crash Is Improved
Mrs Tillie V Johnson 59 of 1819 George St was reported improved after a Friday crash on Highway 16 near Medary overhead. She suffered multiple fractures of the right leg and head and left shoulder contusions. her physician expects she will go home within days.
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Tillie V. Johnson
George St
Quail Eggs and Exotic Foods Feature at City Market Fair
At a downtown hotel wholesale market fair open since Sunday, exhibitors display unusual foods from around the world. Items include quail eggs shark fins reindeer steak caterpillars lily bulbs and grasshoppers broiled in butter. Ted Dahl praises the broiled insects as for those who have eaten everything.
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Los Angeles
Hans
Ted Dahl
Psychiatrist Says Jane Dakin Was Sane At Slayings
Milwaukee psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Weber testified that 17 year old Jane Dakin was sane when she killed her parents on December 1 and remains sane now. He noted she could drive, attend a movie, and load the rifle, arguing her actions were coordinated and not those of an insane person. The defense contends insanity. the trial continues.
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Elizabeth
Bruce Beilfuss
Weber
Miss Dakin
Civil Service Safe In Agency Merger Koop Says
Madison Wisconsin ap report states a bill to consolidate five state agencies into one will not affect Civil Service rules or invite politics. Howard Koop Milwaukee executive office aide says safeguards protect civil service workers and current operations continue under a governor appointed administration head.
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Koop
Madison
State Department
Howard Koop
Milwaukee
Gaylord Nelson
Department of Administration
Roy Kubista
Wisconsin State Employes Assn
Seils and Adam Brothers Circus Shows Twice at Sparta
The Seils and Adam Brothers Combined Circus returns to Sparta Wis with two performances on Wednesday June 17 under a new big top at the southern outskirts. The Sparta Jaycees sponsor the event with afternoon and evening shows and Wisconsin Child Center children will attend as guests. The motorized circus features a baby elephant many other animals trained dogs horses and aerial acts by seasoned performers.
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Wis
Seils
Adam Brothers
Sparta Jaycees
Wisconsin Child Center
Jaycees
Old suspects hunt keeps moving through Cape region
Gunmen tied to a December 1958 Cape Cod supermarket robbery and 1959 Philadelphia student abduction are traced by police. A helicopter from Otis Air Force Base spreads walkie talkies to ground forces as the escaped duo, Coyles, move toward Middleboro Massachusetts after spending nights in the woods. Sedgwick, reportedly with the pair, describes the trunk concealment of a bound hostage previously thought to be in the car.
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Coyles
Cape Cod
William
Air Force
Sedgwick
Massachusetts
Middleboro
Kane
Buzzards Bay
Philadelphia
Ex Airman Admits Strangling Wife in Wisconsin
LT Paul AP reports former Park Falls Wisconsin airman John E Phillips 24 signed a statement admitting he strangled his 21 year old wife after an argument over money.
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Paul
Park Falls
Wis
John E. Phillips
Entire Program Is Introduced Nelson program for 42 bills
Governor Gaylord Nelson announced the full legislative package of 42 bills for the regular session covering civil rights tax revision monopoly regulation and billboard control. Four bills already enacted include higher unemployment benefits and wider coverage and veteran housing fund moves. One major bill reorganizing the Conservation Commission died in the Republican senate.
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Blue Mound Park
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Nelson
Conservation Commission
Senate
La Crosse Leaders Serve On Badger Boys State Staff
La Crosse is well represented on the staff of Badger Boys State now in session at Ripon College. Participating are George Hetherington postmaster Carleton F Evans Tim Hetherington and Dwight Kennedy. Badger Boys State, run by the Wisconsin American Legion, gathers high school juniors from about 350 schools for practical citizenship. Since 1939 roughly 11 000 boys have attended the program.
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Badger Boys State
Ripon College
Ripon
George Hetherington
Carleton F. Evans
Tim Hetherington
Dwight Kennedy
Wisconsin American Legion
Wisconsin
Tojo's Daughter Visits U S to Study Politics
Kimie Tojo, 27, daughter of wartime premier Hideki Tojo, visits Seattle and says she has no dislike for America. She plans to study international politics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on a scholarship after meeting a former college classmate in Seattle.
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Japan
America
Kimie Tojo
Hideki Tojo
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Army Brass Begin 32nd Inspections at Wisconsin Camp
High ranking officers from Army and CONARC started arriving at Camp McCoy Wisconsin to inspect the 32nd National Guard Division in the field as the 1959 training program shifts into high gear. Gen Walde mar Breidster commands the division with Col R W King and Gen Bruce Clarke among visiting officials. Governor Gaylord Nelson will lead Saturday Governor's Day and parade the division. Guardsmen from multiple battlegroups worked small arms machine gun and rocket ranges under ideal weather.
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Mcoy
Wis
Army
Continental Army Command
Conarc
Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
Waldemar F. Breidster
Red Arrow
R. W. King
Bruce C. Clarke
Ft. Monroe
Joseph H. Harper
Chicago
5Th Army
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin Guardsmen
Steel talks confront unions over 18 years gains
McDonald warns steel industry seeks to wipe out contract gains earned over 18 years while pledging the union will not retreat. He notes proposed wage rise about 6 percent with loss of worker benefits valued at about $2 an hour. Carey and Ruttenberg frame the conflict as a broader battle between labor and big business, blaming inflated profits for inflation and noting union power versus industry giants AT&T and GM.
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Carey
Congress
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
General Motors Corp
Stanley Ruttenberg
Aflcio
Ruttenberg
Unexpected meeting as Herter and Gromyko discuss Berlin phase
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and U S Secretary of State Christian Herter met unexpectedly at Gromyko s request to discuss the final phase of the Big Four conference on Berlin. Immediate speculation followed about the outcome and possible shifts in the conference agenda.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Gromyko
Berlin
Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
A. A. Soldatov
Soviet Foreign Office
Livingston Merchant
Llewellyn Thompson
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
France
Lloyd
Eisenhower
Court testimony on Governor Long custody and plane incident
Witnesses described Dr Long's alleged actions and the control by orderlies during transport. Gov Long questioned his own mental state while Major General Hufft testified he saw him placed on a bed by force. The court's order for protective hospital care remained in effect.
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Long
Raymond Hufft
Louisiana
Gov. Long
National Guard
Gibson
Godard
Associated Press
Texas
John Nick Brown
Graham Reports Soviet Moral Standards High in Moscow and Paris
Evangelist Billy Graham, arriving in Paris after a five day Moscow visit, said Soviets exhibit high morals especially regarding sex. He noted restrained public affection, clean conditions, and spiritual hunger among people while expressing a wish to return to preach. He stressed love for Russians despite disliking communism and promised to pray for officials.
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Paris
Billy Graham
Moscow
London
Graham
Stalin
Lenin
Wilmington Ladies Aid Bazaar Held in Spring Grove
The Wilmington Ladies Aid will hold their annual bazaar Wednesday at 1 p.m. Embroidery quilts and baked goods will be on sale.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Wilmington Ladies Aid
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