Wisconsin Faces Loss of Federal Airport Aid Over State Match Shortage
Wisconsin aviation officials warn the state could lose between 880000 and 950000 in federal airport aid over the next two years due to insufficient state funds for matching. The Aeronautics Commission proposes 15 projects valued at 3315000 with 1555375 from federal sources, contingent on state matching funds.
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Wisconsin
State Aeronautics Commission
Commission
la Crosse
Madison
Siren
Edgerton
Phillips
Clam Lake
Prairie du Chien
Shawano
Watertown
Milwaukee
Holcombe
Clintonville
Mercer
Civil Aeronautics Administration
U. S
Governor Signs Law Defining Dairy Products
Governor Rennebohm signs multiple laws in Madison detailing dairy product definitions and fat minimums for whole milk chocolate milk cream and related items. The acts also require permits for antifreeze sales product inspection penalties for misbranding and a registration measure for motor fuel transport and school bus driver liability insurance.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Colorado
Tax Department
Appeals Court backs Un American Activities panel again
The U S circuit court of appeals ruled unanimously that the House Un American Activities Committee did not violate constitutional rights in 1946 when it demanded all books records documents and correspondence of the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties. The decision upholds the contempt conviction of federation chairman George Marshall who refused the records and was fined 500 dollars and jailed three months.
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Washington
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
House un-American Activities Committee
National Federation
George Marshall
Federation
Marshall
U. S. District Court
Weather for La Crosse Tonight and Tuesday
Partly cloudy and warm and humid tonight and Tuesday with widely scattered showers. Low tonight 74, high Tuesday near 90.
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la Crosse
Flood Waters Recede After Weekend Deluge In Mid Atlantic
The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers receded Monday and yielded nine bodies. About a dozen people were missing after floods Saturday. Petersburg West Virginia faced isolation for 36 hours, 60 homes and 285 buildings wrecked, with damage potentially in the millions. Inoculations against floodwater pollution began as showers fell across the area.
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Potomac
Shenandoah
Petersburg
W. Va
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Portland
New England
Weather Bureau
Stevenson Urges States to Tame Costs Before Demanding Federal Aid
Colorado Springs report says Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson urged governors to curb government spending at all levels before seeking more federal funds. He cautioned against arguing for federal aid while not improving local and state finances. The governors conference weighs a 20 percent cut in federal aid, offset by higher state taxes. Lane stresses highway safety as a state responsibility amid high crash rates.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
U. S
Washington
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Earl Warren
California
Thomas E. Dewey
New
York
GOP
William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
Lee Knous
Colorado
Walter Bedell Smith
State Department
Lane
Truman
Big Four near Berlin and Austria peace accord
The Big Four foreign ministers are poised to unveil a pact aimed at Berlin and Austria. Sources say a live and let live arrangement for Berlin and a process to draft an Austria independence treaty were agreed, with East West trade resuming and a Russian guarantee of West access to Berlin.
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Paris
Berlin
Europe
Austria
Germany
Russia
Foreign ministers to reconvene after Vishinsky demand
An American spokesman announced a rapid new meeting of the four foreign ministers following Andrei Vishinsky's demand for withdrawal of the afternoon accord. The council had adjourned hours earlier after agreeing in principle on Austria and a stop-gap for Germany, citing new information from Moscow.
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Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
Council
Austria
Germany
Vishinsky
Moscow
Four Power ministers draft communique to ease Cold War fears
A four nation talks in Washington produce a statement of principles aimed at easing tension between Russia and the West. The draft is to be released Monday with unresolved drafting points on Germany and Austria. The meeting emphasizes keeping the Cold War cold and avoiding a broader war while recognizing failures and successes of the talks.
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Nique
Germany
Austria
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Soldier Hurt In Tomah Knifing Incident
Pvt. Walter C. Forsythe 25 C battery 537th field artillery at Camp McCoy received gashes to the right wrist and left thigh in a Saturday night knifing at a Tomah tavern. He was taken to Tomah Veterans hospital where thirteen stitches closed the thigh wound. A fellow Camp McCoy soldier is held in connection with the incident. Forsythe home station Camp Carson Colorado and his home Ber Sab er Virginia. He has served seven months.
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Tomah
Wis
Walter C. Forsythe
537Th Field Artillery
Camp McCoy
P. m
Forsythe
Tomah Veterans Hospital
Camp Carson
Colo
Saber
Salem a Great Serpent Hunt Sparks Local Alarm
In Salem Michigan a 17 foot serpent tale spurred a 100 person posse to scour 30 acres of marshy farmland. Reported sightings include a head four feet high and missing farm animals. authorities doubt the circus escape theory.
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Salem
Mich
Detroit
George Bowen
Bowen
Robert Lewis
Lewis
Ann Arbor
Davey Crockett
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Babich Defense Seeks Penalty as Trial Drags On
Milton Babich defense counsel urges jury to impose some penalty for slaying his bride's sister in Milwaukee. Prosecution argues for first degree murder as jurors weigh the evidence of the 19 year old defendant and his 18 year old bride who is soon to be a mother. The trial features a crowded courtroom and a lengthy summation by Assistant District Attorney Joseph Tierney.
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Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Edward Berkanovic
Joseph Tierney
Patricia Birmingham
Tierney
Pat
Bender Hiccups End Up In Trouble At Jail And Hospital
Martin Bender, 42, suffered three days of persistent hiccups that led to his arrest on intoxication charges. He was jailed briefly, then taken to a local hospital where sedatives reduced the spasm but did not stop the hiccups.
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Galesburg
Martin Bender
Bender
Humid Heat Persists Across La Crosse Area
Moist air lingers over La Crosse with little relief expected for another day. Meteorologist A D Sanial predicts scattered showers tonight and Tuesday as highs near 90 and lows around 74. Heat prostration reported Saturday night in a 76 year old man at 2203 Winnebago street. condition \"much improved\" Monday. Prairie du Chien records 93 degrees while Superior tops at 52 during a cold front passage.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Noah Levenstein
Winnebago Street
Prairie du Chien
Lake Superior
Superior
Seabee Veterans Propose Cooperative Builders for Housing
Milwaukee report says Sea bee Veterans of America national commander Cmdr. Howard P. Potter from Wausau urged cooperative construction companies to ease veterans housing shortage at the group’s first state convention held Saturday.
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Milwaukee
The
Seabee Veterans of America
Cmdr
Howard P. Potter
Wausau
Two Men Sentenced In Denmark Bank Robbery Case
Two Green Bay men admitted robbing the Denmark state bank on March 4 and received federal prison terms. Robert E. Cleary 33 was sentenced to eight years and Donald Miller 36 to four years. A third man named in the indictment Walter Schedarke 35 died before entering a plea. About $31,000 of the $38,318 loot was recovered, with part found in a tire casing in Green Bay. Six customers and five employees were forced into a bank vault during the holdup.
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Milwaukee
Green Bay
Denmark
Robert E. Cleary
Donald Miller
County General Hospital
Walter Schedarke
Archbishop Beran Surrounded as Czech Police Tighten Grasp
In Prague on Corpus Christi, security police blocked visitors and calls to Archbishop Josef Beran after loud communist heckling disrupted Sunday services at St Vitus Cathedral. Beran returned to his palace with mail and movement restricted while he denounced government moves against the church and vowed no compromise.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
St. Vitus
Vatican
Ten Korean Republic Troops Killed In Fight
Ten Korean Republic troops were killed and 40 wounded in a Sunday battle to push North Korean forces from Ongpin peninsula on a mountain about 100 miles west of Seoul. Northern casualties were not estimated.
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Seoul
Ongpin
Ex Barker Gang Members Identified in Lincoln Shootout
Lincoln authorities identify slain gunmen Albert Gladson and Elton Crapo as ex Barker gang members linked to a $75,000 jewelry heist. The pair were killed after a highway ambush and shootout with Nebraska officers. sheriff Edward J. Patach was wounded.
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Barker Gang
Lincoln, Nebr
Barker
Nebraska
Albert C. Gladson
Alton Crapo
Lincoln
Crapo
Alcatraz
Harold Smith
Nebraska Safety’ Patrol
Braska
Gladson
Edward J. Patach
Ma” Barker
Freddie Barker
FBI
Florida
Arthur
Lloyd
Leavenworth
Denver
Herman
Truman seeks 10th cabinet post and public roads shift
President Truman asks Congress to create a tenth cabinet level department of welfare and to place the public roads under the commerce department. He also outlines seven reorganizations to boost economy, efficiency, and control of government.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
Department of Welfare
Commerce Department
Capitol Hill
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency
Federal Security Agency
Commission On Government Organization
Herbert Hoover
Bureau of Employment Security
Labor Department
Post Office Department
A Service Commission
Maritime Commission
Mr. Truman
Vatican excommunicates Czech Catholic Action members
The Vatican declared the government backed Catholic Action in Czechoslovakia schismatic and fraudulently labeled. Archbishop Beran denounced the Communist led group as church opponents during mass in Prague amid hostile crowds.
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