Soviets Readies New Berlin Deadline At Geneva Talks
At Geneva the Soviet Union urged an 18 month deadline for the Allied occupation of West Berlin and proposed new terms including a nonaggression pact. Khrushchev pressed for end of occupation with Moscow signaling a separate peace option if the West blocked settlement. Western ministers reviewed Gromyko proposals amid renewed tension at the Big Four conference.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Couve de Mur
Nikita
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Russia
Berlin
Andora Freighter Freed After Four Weeks Aground
MESSENA N Y AP The Liberian freighter Andora was freed today after nearly four weeks aground in the St Lawrence Sea way with ships resuming movement and authorities reporting no injuries.
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Messena
N.Y
Andora
St. Lawrence Seaway
Erhard Threatens to Resign as West German Minister
Bonn reports Ludwig Erhard threatened to resign as economics minister at a Christian Democrat caucus. He blamed a campaign to degrade his reputation after Adenauer’s decision to remain chancellor. Erhard referenced a New York Times interview and warned against publicity harming his standing.
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Christian Democrat Party
Konrad Adenauer
Erhard
Adenauer
New York Times
Compromise Budget Reached For Wisconsin Two-Year Plan
Madison AP Republican and Democratic negotiators sign a $380,145,519 biennial state budget and approve its adoption. The plan, drawn to include first-year Gov Daylord Nelson figures and second-year Republican revisions, avoids new taxes and delays some school and welfare funding changes. The budget transfers include no new programs and no new tax measures, with fixed appropriations for UW, school aid, and welfare.
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Daylord Nelson
Nelson
Sen
al Lamn
R-Kiel
Durban Quiet After Home Brew Civil Unrest in South Africa
In Cato Manor and Chesterville, Durban, South Africa, civil unrest and arson injured three Africans when rioters clashed with a police picket. Police employed public safety measures as about 49,000 rioting Blacks faced off, with around 30 hospitalized and three officers wounded after government rules banning home beer brewing sparked the turmoil.
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Durban
South Africa
Cato Manor
Chesterville
Cost of living at new record in May
Washington AP reports consumer costs rose to a May record with the Labor Department index at 124 percent of the 1947-49 base. Meantime, spendable earnings for a four-person factory worker rose to 81.03 weekly, up 35 cents from April, as longer hours and higher pay boosted purchasing power.
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New Record
Washington
Labor Department
Department
H. E. Riley
Bureau of Labor
Riley
Fairchild
Hughes
Martin
North American
Wisconsin Senate approves truck weight raise in Assembly test
A Wisconsin bill to raise the legal truck weight to 73,280 pounds passed the Assembly 52 to 23 in a test vote. Supporters say it matches federal standards while fees would rise to 1,000 and highway fund revenue gain would be about 344,000 for the biennium. An attempt to advance the measure to joint finance failed amid a procedural tangle. Keith Hardie opposed, warning industry pressures are eroding state standards.
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Madison
Senate
Wisconsin
Assembly
Joint Finance Committee
Keith Hardie
D - Taylor
Elizabeth Starts Tour of Newfoundland
Queen Elizabeth II begins a six week Canadian tour with a restrained welcome in St Johns Newfoundland amid stormy weather. Her visit opens a demanding stretch of engagements across Canada as fog lifts allowing her jet arrival from London.
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ST. Johns
Mld
Newfoundland
Canada
London
Governor Nelson to receive 19 gun salute at Guard review
Gov Gaylord Nelson will visit Camp McCoy for Wisconsin National Guard Governor’s Day. The 32nd Division will present a 19 gun salute during a full review with Maj. Generals Breidster Clemens Hill on hand. An official Red Arrow reunion follows for WWI and WWII veterans with 50 officers expected.
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Gov. Nelson
Camp Mccoy
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
National Guard
32Nd Division
John C. Wilson
Milwaukee
Madison
Waldemar F. Breidster
Whitefish Bay
Paul B. Clemens
Solon Springs
Jim Dan Hill
32Nd
Red Arrow
Wisconsin Air Guard
Camp Williams
Russia to Sign With East Germany After West Obstruction
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said the USSR would sign a peace treaty with East Germany if the West hindered settlement of the German question. He spoke in a Moscow radio broadcast stating East Germany wanted a treaty and the German Democratic Republic government echoed the wish.
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Moscow
Geneva
Moscow Radio
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
London
Nikita Khrushchev
East Germany
German Democratic Republic
One Dead In Nike Missile Mishap Near Naha
A Nike type missile misfired at a launching site near Naha Airport Okinawa killing one U S Armyman and injuring five others The missile in a horizontal position ploughed several hundred yards before breaking apart in an open field with no explosion reported
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Naha
Okinawa
U. S
Rep Withrow Back on Job After Surgery
Representative Gardner R. Withrow of Wisconsin has returned to duties after minor surgery. He works half days from Wednesday afternoon and will resume full duties as ordered by doctors. Recovery expected to be rapid and complete.
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Washington, D.C
Gardner R. Withrow
Seek To Link Milwaukee Man To Hartley Case
Milwaukee police check fingerprints to tie a Milwaukee man to the 15 year old Eve lyn Hartley disappearance on Oct 24 1953. The girl vanished while babysitting at Viggo Rasmusen home as investigators test partial bloody prints from a nearby house for a match.
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Milwaukee
Hartley
Evelyn Hartley
Viggo Rasmusen
la Crosse State College
Rasmusen
la Crosse
Miss Hartley
Watson Arraigned in Mauch Murder Case
Milwaukee AP report details 37-year-old John J. Watson from Waupun State Prison, serving 35 years for raping a white girl, arraigned on first degree murder in the Edna Mauch case. Judge Pruss sets June 29 prelim, Watson cites conspiracy claims, refuses to discuss with police, fingerprints and evidence linked to the La Crosse disappearance case.
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Milwaukee
Waupun State
Edna Mauch
John J. Watson
Thaddeus J. Pruss
Waupun
Watson
Pruss
Wauwatosa
House Approves 3.5 Billion Foreign Aid Authorization
The House passed a 3.5426 billion dollar foreign aid authorization for the year starting July 1, leaning toward economic loans and reducing grants. The measure, 271 to 142, mirrors the current level but actual funds depend on a separate appropriation bill. Senate action pending.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
Eisenhower
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Redlands teen earns diploma with triplets at her side
Linda Sue Voss, 17, graduates from Redlands High as the first mother in her class. She and husband David, 19, plan to pursue college degrees after she completes a college prep program while homeschooling her triplets Johnny, David, and Steve born Sept 17. Linda earned two As and a B.
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Sue Voss
Redlands High School
Linda
Johnny
David
Steve
Leonard Murdy
Redlands
Eisenhower Says Americans Lose After Strauss Rejection
President Eisenhower denounces the Senate vote that rejected Lewis L. Strauss for commerce secretary as a national loss. He praises Strauss’s loyalty and public service while noting the clash over public versus private power and Strauss’s Atomic Energy Commission role. Strauss later meets the President and says he bears no bitterness and will pursue future plans.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Lewis L. Strauss
White House
Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Dixon- Yates
Commerce Post
Herbert Hoover
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Taft
Calvin Coolidge
Charles B. Warren
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