GOP Leaders To Move On Waukesha School Plan
Madison Republican leaders plan a caucus discussion to resolve the stalemate over the Waukesha boys' school, with options including rebuilding on a near site, relocating to Oregon girls school, transferring inmates to Green Bay reformatory, or rebuilding elsewhere. Senator Foster Porter favors near Waukesha site. Senator Leo O'Brien proposes an interim committee to study location and finances with a 1057 report.
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Scenic dome cars debut on Chicago to Pacific Northwest route
Limited service advertises the only full-length dome cars from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest. Private-room cars with Skytop Lounge and leg rest coaches appear on the Olympian Hiawatha. Touralux cars claim the lowest sleeper travel cost in the United States.
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Spineologists Favor Pre Two Year College For Chiropractors
The Academy of Orthopathic Spineology meets at the Whit ing Hotel in Stevens Point May 14 15 led by C B Wiemann D C of La Crosse as they study public policy and post graduate symposium recommendations from R W Much D C of Sparta to promote public lectures and literature on the vertebrarium and support a bill to require six years of training for chiropractors in Wisconsin.
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Invisible Vaccinations Omaha
A school nurse sent a first grader home with a note stating the child had two vaccinations that could not be found. Doctors reportedly follow a trend of placing vaccination marks where they remain hidden from young girls who later wear gowns or swimwear.
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Wisconsin governor signs bill to slow quickie divorces
Gov. Kohler signs multiple measures including a divorce reform that restricts where actions may be started, requiring residency in the defending county for new actions, and validating divorces granted since July 14, 1947. Other laws provide tax relief for dairy farm milk houses, allow depreciation for five years, and adjust city and town official salaries and services.
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Wisconsin Legislature Eyes Possible June Recess
The Wisconsin Legislature, opened Jan 12, debates a June recess with fall adjournment likely. Gov. Kohler cites no rush on taxes while awaiting results on budget bills. Key actions include driver examination control, a gasoline tax rise, and a single regent board proposal for UW and state colleges.
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Wisconsin Legislature Faces Wide Range of Bills
In the Wisconsin Legislature proposed bills cover tuition for visually disabled and deaf students, juror and reporter compensation, animal counts for otter and coon farms, bans on game bird licenses near pheasant grounds, equalized school district loans, beer sale penalties at fairs, municipal indebtedness limits, and state health and veterans affairs funding. Assembly measures include property tax shares on railroads, voting privilege retention for movers, licensing changes, tax rules, crime content, and broader regulatory updates across multiple committees.
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Mosinee Man Heads Conservation Clubs
Dick Hemp of Mosinee is elected president of the Wisconsin Federation of Conservation clubs at the group's annual meeting in Stevens Point. He succeeds Kenneth Christiansen of Madison, with Bill Ruth of Eagle River and Charles Glass of Janesville as vice presidents and Jerry Yanny of Milwaukee as secretary. The Wildlife Management Institute urged urgent action for waterfowl protection in Minnesota and the Dakotas.
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Cosmic Rays Remain Mysterious Earthbound Forces
The piece describes cosmic rays as elusive streams of high energy particles from unknown origins. It notes ongoing scientific interest in their origin and behavior as they interact with the atmosphere and magnetic fields.
Last Year's Cotton Crop Down Report
The Agriculture Department's final ginning report puts last year's cotton crop at 13,679,000 bales, 2,786,000 bales below 1953, with a 10-year average of 12,448,000. Reduced plantings under federal controls kept production down. 1954 lint value is $2,301,645,000 and season average price 33.7 cents per pound, up from 32.25 in 1953.
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Parents Start Terms On Neglect Charges
SHAWANO The parents of a 4 month old Neopit girl who smothered April 30th have begun terms on neglect charges. Paul Pamanet 32 was sentenced to six months in the county jail by County Judge C B Dillet. His wife Elsie 28 was given a similar term at the State Home for Women at Taycheedah. Both pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of their children by being so intoxicated they could not care for them properly. The Parnanets have four other children 1% to 7 years old. Their youngest Mary Ann smothered while sleeping between her parents.
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Reopening Road Decision Expected in Minnesota Case
Federal Court in Minneapolis may rule this week on a suit by resort owners Joseph Perko and William Zupan cich seeking removal of a barricade along an abandoned logging trail used to reach Crooked Lake resorts. Plaintiffs accuse the Forest Service and Northwest Paper Co. of blocking the route in the Superior National Forest area near Ely.
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Jaycees Paint Amputee’s Home In Civic Week Action
Racine headline: Junior Chamber of Commerce volunteers will repaint the home of Edward Klepel, a World War I amputee and veteran hospital patient at Wood, Wisconsin. The free painting is part of Paint-Up Clean-Up Fix-Up week with work scheduled for Saturday.
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Court Tosses Out Case On Indian Burial In Cemetery
The Supreme Court voided a 44 decision upholding an Iowa court denying burial rights to Sgt. John Rice’s widow Evelyn Rice. Justice Frankfurter led the majority saying the tie did not imply U.N. charter issues. The case centered on whether the U.N. charter supersedes U.S. law in burial disputes.
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Banker Dies in Madison After Stricken in Restaurant
Robert B. M. Roberts, 56, president of the Merchants and Savings Bank of Janesville, died en route to a hospital after being stricken in a Madison restaurant Monday night. Coroner Stanley Larson ruled a heart attack as the cause. In 1954 Americans consumed 445 million pounds of potato chips valued at 283 million dollars.
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