U S to Pull 30 000 Ground Combat Troops From Japan
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Kishi announce a prompt withdrawal of all U S ground combat forces from Japan starting next month. About 30 000 troops will leave by July with a further substantial force reduction planned within a year. The move affects roughly 100 000 U S service members in Japan and has economic and political implications for Tokyo and the U S Japanese security framework.
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U.S
Japan
Washington
Eisenhower
Kishi
U. S
State Dulles
Ryukyu
Bonin
Senate may seat advisers for London disarmament talks
Senator Humphrey of Minnesota said a bipartisan Senate disarmament subcommittee team will likely sit in on later stages of the London talks. Secretary Dulles asked leaders to designate senators to study and observe the negotiations and join if desirable.
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Senate
Washington
Humphrey
D-Minn
London
Dulles
U.S
Harold E. Stassen
Russia
Britain
France
Canada
Bipartisan Disarmament Subcommittee
Les
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Sen. Sparkman
Ala
Knowland
California
Dukles
Sen. Dirksen
R-Iil
GOP
Van Ryzin Convicted of Murder in Tacoma Case
A Superior Court jury found James A. Van Ryzin of Appleton Wisconsin guilty of murdering Richard J. Remynse on a lonely highway near Tacoma on October 18. The jury spared a death sentence, Van Ryzin had pleaded innocent by reason of insanity, and sentencing was set for Monday. He was arrested in Milwaukee last December by the FBI.
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Tacoma
Wash
Superior Court
James A. van Ryzin
Appleton
Wis
Richard J. Remynse
Here
van Ryzin
Milwaukee
FBI
Melrose Car Driver Dies Of Injuries
A 19 year old Melrose youth died in Jackson County Wisconsin from injuries after a crash on Highway 54 nine miles south of Black River Falls. Allen Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Neil Johnson of Melrose died Saturday at 10 45 a m in a Black River Falls hospital. The car skidded 333 feet rolled several times and overturned into a ditch. There were no witnesses to the accident and no report on discovery or cause available.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Melrose
Jackson County
Allen Johnson
Neil Johnson
R. J. Melrose
Highway 54
Johnson
Norstad Warns Soviets Unlikely to Attack Western Europe
General Lauris Norstad told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that an assault by the Soviet Union on Western Europe is unlikely or impossible. He warned of a limited Soviet intrusion risk and argued for stronger NATO forces to deter aggression while endorsing Hans Speidel as head of NATO land forces, noting broad French-German support.
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Washington
Lauris Norstad
Free Europe
Norstad
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
Europe
America
France
Hans Speidel
Governor Thoms on 66 must measures list sent to legislators
Gov. Thomson issues a confidential 66 item must list to Wisconsin legislators detailing priority bills for the closing session days. The package aims to balance the coming biennium budget with no major tax increases while preserving key items like school aid and state employee benefits.
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Gov. Thomson
Madison W
Thomson
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Alabama ends convict label for short terms under new law
Gov. James E. Folsom signed acts abolishing a practice where county prisoners were sent to the penitentiary to cover fines and costs. Offenders under 12 months will serve at home while the state pays fines, sparing thousands from brutal prison records and the stigma of a convict tag.
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Alabama
James E. Folsom
Ben Reeves
Pike County
Davis Sees Softness In U S Policies
U S Senate candidate Glenn Davis accused a softness in international pacts and urged a tougher approach. He cited the case of William Girard, Ottawa Ill., in a press conference at Green Bay, and argued for a harder line in foreign relations and party policy while campaigning for the GOP nomination.
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U. S
Glenn Davis
Waukesha
Green Bay
William Girard
Wisconsin safety council opposes scooter bill and backs patrol jobs
The Wisconsin Council of Safety opposed the scooter bill allowing 14 and 15 year olds to drive five horsepower or less cycles. It backed a 48 hour summer work week for state traffic patrols and civilian staff for truck weighing. The group adopted resolutions at a meeting in Lake Delton launching its statewide traffic safety drive.
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Lake Delton
Wisconsin Council of Safety
Motor Vehicle Department
Assembly
Senate
Mark Catlin
Republican Assembly
Appleton
Upper Valley Hit by Severe Thunderstorm Rainfall
Severe weather drenched northwestern Wisconsin and Minnesota with heavy rain. Shell Lake reported 3.51 inches and Winona Theilman 2.24 inches as a slow-moving storm center soaked the region. The Zumbro and Mississippi rivers rose with crests foreseen, and La Crosse measured 1.07 inches as temperatures fell from 79 to 63 degrees.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Shell Lake
Winona
Theilman
Minn
Theirman
Kellogg
Mississippi
Finn A. Johnson
United States Weather Bureau
la Crosse
13Th and
Hyde Avenue
Dramatic Victory for Public Power at Hells Canyon Bill
The Senate approved a high federal dam at Hells Canyon 45 to 38, marking a major win for public power advocates over Idaho Power Co. The bill now goes to the House, with a likely presidential veto expected if it passes. The project would flood sites of three private dams in the Snake River area on the Idaho Oregon border.
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Senate
Heils Canyon
Washington
Hells Canyon
House
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
Eisenhower
Idaho Power Co
Sen
Watkins
Utah
White House
Potter
R-Mich
Public Power
Pacific Northwest
Idaho Power
Public Power Groups
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Wiley
R-Wis
REA Grants Loan to Chippewa Valley Electric Coop
Washington announced a Rural Electrification Administration loan of 371000 dollars to the Chippewa Valley Electric Cooperative at Cornell Wisconsin to support farm and rural power service expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Chippewa Valley Electric Cooperative
Cornell, Wis
Fargo Tornado Wrecks Homes. Death Toll Rises
A Fargo tornado destroyed or damaged 1,464 homes and killed 10 with over 80 injured. Red Cross survey shows 329 houses leveled and 1,135 damaged, 202 severely. Unofficial losses exceed 10 million dollars as debris field spares, churches and schools lost.
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Fargo
Tornado Stricken Fargo North Dakota Declared Major Disaster
President Eisenhower designated Fargo North Dakota a major disaster area after a devastating tornado. Federal funds are allocated to supplement state and local response as homes and autos were destroyed, Red Cross feeding 1400 storm victims, and over 200 National Guardsmen deployed for patrols.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Fargo
N.C
White House
Federal
Civil Defense Administration
The
Red Cross
North Dakota Agricultural College
North Dakota
John Davis
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