Coulee Region Enveloped by Heavy Rain and Damage
The Coulee Region received heavy rain with at least 1.24 inches at the USWB office on French Island and Genoa reporting 3.97 inches. A fire caused by lightning damaged the Edward Kenetcy home on Bainbridge in French Island, and a power line incident disrupted service across multiple cities. Rail bridges and river traffic were affected as barges and timbers loosed from a Milwaukee Road bridge blocked lines and forced delays. Weather remained unsettled with more storms forecast and highs around 84 degrees.
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Coulee
USWB
French Island
Carl Peterson
Edward Kenetcy
Bainbridge
Campbell
Bob Schultz
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Westhy
la Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Minneapolis
la Crosse Tribune
WKTY
WKBH
Genoa
Prairie du Chien
Viroqua
Readstown
Minnesota
Lanesboro
Harmony
Rushford
Rochester
Byron
Red Wing
Bemidji
Delta
Milwaukee Road
Mississippi
Burlington Road
Fountain City
Burlington
Kenneth Johnson
Richard King
Wisconsin
Heavyweight Title Fight Postponed By Bad Weather
The Floyd Patterson versus Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium was postponed to 9:30 p.m. Friday due to threatening weather and a soaked infield. Promoter Bill Rosensohn said the grounds were too waterlogged for a firm surface even after 10 hours of sun.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Sweden
Ingemar Johansson
Yankee Stadium
Bill Rosensohn
Rosensohn
Jim Thompson
Stadium
Canton Flood Threatens City of 12 Million People
Canton faces what may be its worst flood in a century as torrential rains swell the Peh and Si rivers and threaten dikes. Reports from Sing Tao Jih Pao and other sources describe vast flood waters, displacement of up to 200,000 people, and a still uncertain casualty toll in Kwantung province near Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
South China
Canton
Kwantung Province
Sing Tao Jih Pao
Peh
North
Tung
East
South China Sea
Kwangtung
Grain Truck Out Of Control Kills Three In Duluth
A semi trailer grain truck speeding down a hill without brakes struck a car and crashed into two houses. Three people died Ralph Redlin Ruby Redlin and Martin Dick. Four others were injured as grain blasted through walls and onto back yards near Duluth Minnesota.
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Duluth
Reuben Widell
Earl Hayes
Widell
Hayes
Robert Anderson
Wisconsin Woman Among Dead In Stalheim Fire
A State Department report confirmed that Mrs. J. Arthur Snyder, 69, of Elm Grove Wisconsin, is among the American casualties in the Stalheim Hotel fire in Norway. Four Wisconsin women escaped. two Milwaukee men were injured while Mrs. Snyder’s relatives seek word on her whereabouts.
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Washington
Wisconsin
State Department
Stalheim
Norway
Milwaukee
Arthur Snyder
Elm Grove
Hazel Brown
Connit
Nina §&. Malone
Celestine S. Hyland
Madison
J. Arthur Snyder
Brown
Frank Haack
Partially Deaf Woman Is Killed By Train
In Piggott Arkansas an oncoming Cotton Belt freight train fatally struck Mrs Homer Hanks 57 as depot agent Norman Harris reported she smiled and waved at the approaching train. She was partly deaf and carried an umbrella shielding her view.
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Piggot, Ark
Norman Harris
Homer Hanks
Cotton Belt
Harris
Commission Convenes Remodeling Wisconsin Tax System
Gov. Gaylord Nelson convenes a blue ribbon tax study commission in Madison to craft a fair balanced reform plan. The panel will study current laws with UW economists and reconvene July 15 for data on personal corporate tax impacts and potential forms. Nelson estimates a 30 to 35 million dollar revenue gap, citing rising future costs for state and local government.
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Madison
Wis
Citizens Tax Study Commission
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Senate Votes Repeal Of 10 Percent Tax On Travel
The Senate approved repeals of a 10 percent tax on passenger travel and a 10 percent tax on communications with effective dates in 1960. The move, linked to extending current excise and corporate taxes, faces House resistance and would cut about a billion dollars in annual revenue.
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Senate
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate Finance Committee
Dirksen Sees Possibility Of Health Bill Veto
Senators discuss a $4.06 billion health labor bill as President Eisenhower faces a budget ceiling. Dirksen says a veto is possible to protect the budget, while Pastore doubting a veto notes possible restraint or freezing funds. The Senate backed the bill 83 to 10 under Johnson’s leadership, with funding for cancer, heart and mental health research dominating the increase over the president’s request. The measure totals include allocations for HEW and related agencies, affecting several departments and boards.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Everett M. Dirksen
John O. Pastore
D-Ri
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Dirksen
House
Johnson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
National Mediation Board
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
White House
Police Await Lab Report On Hair and Prints Awakens Hartley Case
La Crosse police awaited lab results on fingerprints and a Negroid hair tied to missing 15 year old Evelyn Hartley. Det. Granville Smith delivered materials to the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory, with results possible by phone or letter in a case recalling a 1953 abduction. Capt. Clarence Koblitz noted nine matching impressions are needed for court proof, while Chief Long denied linking a Milwaukee prisoner to the case. Det. Vern Weber said evidence against John J. Watson in the Edna Mauch murder looked promising.
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la Crosse
Evelyn Hartley
George Long
Granville Smith
Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory
Madison
Hartley
Wauwatosa
Smith
Miss Hartley
Clarence Koblitz
John J. Watson
Milwaukee
Waupun
Vern Weber
Edna Mauch
Firing of Police Chief Is Upheld
MILWAUKEE AP The firing of former Madison Police Chief Bruce Weatherly by the Police and Fire Commission was upheld by Circuit Judge Robert Cannon who found the board’s conclusions of improper conduct valid and ruled the discharge reasonable Weatherly had been convicted last April of drinking on duty driving under the influence carrying an unauthorized passenger in a police car and conduct unbecoming an officer The court noted Weatherly’s call to his secretary to a Madison supper club on January 8 1959 to share a belated New Year drink and discuss police business was clearly improper
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Milwaukee
Madison
Bruce Weatherly
Police and Fire Commission
Robert Cannon
Cannon
Weatherly
Circuit
Strike Seems Inevitable as Steel Unions Face Hard Choice
Norman Walker reports that United States steelworkers confront a likely strike next week or a prolonged work stoppage amid a refusal by steel firms to raise labor costs. Union leaders weigh a noninflationary settlement while industry negotiators demand no new gains and extend current contracts indefinitely.
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David J. McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
McDonald
Cooper
U S Planes Forced Down In Dominican Republic
A U S Air Force transport was forced to land by a Dominican fighter at Ciudad Trujillo and later allowed to resume flight. The State Department seeks Dominican explanation for the incident and for a misleading handshake with Lt Col Juan de Dios Ventura Simo. Ambassadors and diplomats faced misinterpretation allegations amid Caribbean protests over Trujillo era tensions.
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Washington
Dominican Republic
U.S
Rafael Trujillo
State Department
Caribbean
Department
Air Force
Ciudad Trujillo
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Juan de Dios Ventura Simo
Ventura Simo
Trujillo
Ventura Sima
Illinois boy hospitalized after accidental shooting in Wisconsin
A 12 year old from Villa Park Illinois was accidentally shot by his 15 year old brother while pigeon hunting on the Earl Summerfield farm near Wilton Wisconsin. The bullet pierced his right arm and chest and he remained in critical condition at a Madison hospital.
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Wilton
Wis
Illinois
Wisconsin
Madison
Glen Brunning
Clarence Brunning
Villa Park
Glen
Kenneth
Earl Summerfield
Dan Sullivan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Sperta
Norwalk
J. S. Allen
Victor Mikkelson
Wisconsin General Hospital
Brunning
Summerfield
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Green Bay
By Roy Elsoyan
Pearl River
China
Peiping
Mrs. Widell
Mrs. Hayes
Cyril Smith
St. Louis County
U.S. Highway 61
Redlin
Great Lakes
Commission
Miller Upton
Beloit College
University of Wisconsin Econo
By Joe Hall
Highway Trust Fund
Alpert Gore
D-Tenn
Congress
Gore
Special Highway Trust Fund
Treasury
General Fund
Hal Boyle
Seteewee
Truman
Laredo
R. W. Carrero
William Sneed Davie
Marion Carter Bowmen
FBI
Mexico
Las Vegas
Nev
Unifax
Steel Union
Norman Walker
Ap)—Steelworkers
By Geoffrey Gould
Joseph F. Farland
Morgantown
W.va
Dominican Foreign Office
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