Six Legislators Questioned In Lobbying Probe
Dane County District Attorney Robert Arthur questioned six legislators in a lobbying probe. He refused to discuss session details or possible further action including a grand jury or John Doe investigation. The six named lawmakers include Weshal Westphal Hickey Schneider McParland and Krueger.
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Madison
Wis
Dane County
Robert Arthur
Arthur
Assemblymen
Weshal
Milwaukee
Hickey
Dilwaukee
Schneider
D-Sheboygan
McParland
Dcudahy
Westphal
Secretary of State
Baraboo
Jefferson Junction
Westphalisee Hickey
Group Drafts Compromise Vet Home Bill
The Joint Finance Committee in Madison drafts a compromise veterans housing bill offering direct state loans to housing authorities veterans cooperatives or individuals. It excludes direct grants from an $8 million fund from doubled liquor taxes and follows a veteran population based distribution system.
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Madison
Wis
Joint Finance Committee
Laird-Lenroot
Rennebohm
Western Germany Ratifies Constitution Uniting 11 States
Western Germany Friday night ratified a constitution creating a federal republic from 11 western states outside the Soviet zone. Eight states voted yes by large margins while Bavaria voted no but kept right to join after others ratified.
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Munich
Germany
Bavaria
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Mostly cloudy with mild temperatures around 50 degrees. Saturday adds occasional showers and continued cloud cover for La Crosse and surrounding vicinity.
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la Crosse
Youth Receives AEC Fellowship Amid Security Doubts
A Boston medical student Isidore Edelman has a $3,750 atomic fellowship but lacks security clearance for secret work. Senators questioned his loyalty as Lilienthal confirmed derogatory evidence. Lawmakers push to seal gaps in atomic security while probes probe Argonne Labs uranium loss and the Freistadt fellowship incident.
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Washington
Boston
Senate
Isidore S. Edelman
Peter Brent Brigham Hospital
Wherry
R - Neb
Edelman
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Techni
Cal
McMahon
Dconn
Senate-House
Atomic Energy Committee
Argonne National Laboratories
Chicago
Atomic Agency
Congress
Hans Freistadt
Freistadt
Commission
Russia open to talks on Greek civil war with conditions
Tass reports Moscow ready to join peace talks with the United States and Britain on Greece. Key condition is withdrawal of all foreign ministry aid to the Greek Nationalist government. The article notes a April 26 meeting in New York with Dean Rusk and Hector McNeil and Gromyko’s reply that Moscow would not refuse a formal three power joint proposal.
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Moscow
Tass
Russia
United States
Britain
Greece
Dean Rusk
U. S.S
Hector McNeil
Andrei Gromyko
New York
Gromyko
She Becomes Him in Yonkers Sex Change Operation
A 25 year old who identified as a woman underwent a series of sex changing operations starting two weeks ago at a Yonkers hospital. The patient plans a new life with her parents in the south. Names of patient and doctor were not disclosed.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Joan Doe
Yonkers Professional Hospital
Britain to Retain Air Raid Shelters
London reports that Britain's remaining air raid shelters will stay for now. Home Secretary Chuter Ede ordered no further demolitions, though some structures in streets have already been removed. municipal authorities were told a year ago not to tear more down.
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London
Britain
Chuter Ede
Ede
Lewis Reported Dickering To Return To AFL
AFL leaders say John L. Lewis is negotiating to rejoin the American Federation of Labor and may seek power again. President William Green reports a meeting with Lewis as talks over Taft Hartley repeal and a looming contract showdown with soft coal miners shape the scene.
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Cleveland
AFL
John L. Lewis
American Federation of War
William Green
AFL Executive Council
Lewis
Green
Mine Workers
San Francisco
Federation
Wisconsin Senate votes down budget referral
The Wisconsin senate rejected sending the $137,904,055 budget back to committee by a 27-3 vote. La Fond proposed reducing the total by at least 10 percent, but committee chair Porter said the senate cannot direct the group. Amendments from Democrats would add about $14,000,000 to the measure, with several proposed increases and a repeal of a farm safety statute failing to gain support.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
la Fond
R-Two Rivers
Joint Finance Committee
Porter
Bloomington
Senate
Dempsey
Hartland
Gettleman
Milwaukee
Rennebohm
Assembly
Nelson
Youth Service Division
Public Welfare Administration
Industrial Commission
University of Wisconsin
Weather Caprice Triggers Tornadoes Snow and Floods Across Nation
Turbulent weather brought thunderstorms tornadoes and snow from California to the East as Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas faced widespread damage and homelessness. An 11 day old baby Sammie Kay Stewart died in Parma Missouri as a windstorm toppled a home. High winds damaged Ohio and Kansas homes. southern California saw up to three inches of snow. Cold air sent temperatures down into the 40s in New England with showers aiding forest fire control.
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Associated Press
California
Oklahoma
Missouri
Sammie Kay Stewart
Parma
Fisk
Bartlesville
Okla
Kansas
Guthrie
Cimarron
North Canadian
Washita
New England
Maine
Six Cent Award Reported In La Crosse Court Case
Legal circles note a six cent verdict from a La Crosse circuit court jury after 12 minutes deliberation. Plaintiffs George and Erma Petrosik sued contractor Stephen Pavela for property damages claiming trespass during a Quonset building project on adjacent land.
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la Crosse
George and
Erma Petrosik
South Second Street
Stephen L. Pavela
Pavela
Petrosik
George Petrosik
G. Heileman Brewery
Berlin traffic runs smooth as protests linger
Berlin roads flowed Friday despite Western protests over Soviet on-again off-again rules. No Russian interference was reported as traffic moved normally across the city.
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Berlin
State Editors Arrive in City for AP Spring Meeting
Associated Press executives and editors arrived in La Crosse for preliminaries to the annual spring meeting. The formal session is set at the La Crosse club at 1 p.m. Frank J. Starzel heads the dignitaries, with Marion Sheen William A. Weekes Arthur Bystrom and Don Brannon among attendees.
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Associated Press
la Crosse
Tribune
la Crosse Club
Frank J. Starzel
New York
Marion Sheen
Chicago
William A. Weekes
Milwaukee
Arthur Bystrom
Madison
Don Brannon
Minneapolis
Wisconsin Associated Press
John Ward
Brownsville
la Crosse Tribune
Archbishop Damaskinos Dies at 58 in Athens
Archbishop Damaskinos former regent of Greece died suddenly at age 58 in Athens. He ruled as regent from 1944 to 1946 guiding Greece after liberation and until the monarchy plebiscite. He had suffered heart trouble in recent months.
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Athens
Damaskinos
Greece
Ford Refuses Open Contract Talks In Strike Dispute
Ford Motor Co rejects starting simultaneous contract talks while the UAW strike continues into its 16th day. UAW demands to begin new contract discussions by next Monday, with Ford maintaining talks only after June 1. Federal mediator Viat joins as strike idles over 100,000 workers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford
John S. Bugar
Bugas
Arthur C. Viat
Walter Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Viat
Rouge
Lincoln-Mercury
West and Soviet positions shift at Paris foreign ministers talks
In Berlin observers see the Big Four entering Paris with Western Germany recovering under a democratic government while the Soviet Union faces a weakened economy and a government seen as handpicked. The air lift bolstered Europe against communism and the blockade’s end exposed Soviet vulnerability. German skepticism toward Soviet promises grows.
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Berlin
America
Britain
France
Paris
Yalta
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
London
West
West Germany
Europe
Senator Quits Malmedy Probe In A Huff
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin angrily quit the Senate group investigating the Malmedy trials. He blasted the panel for attempting to whitewash a shameful episode in armed forces history. McCarthy, a World War II Marine veteran, opposed chairman Baldwin of Connecticut, who leads the inquiry into Nazi soldiers charged with massacring American POWs during the Battle of the Bulge.
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Washington
Senator McCarthy
Prosecution Winds Up Case Against Top Reds
Federal Judge Harold R Medina signaled likely over ruling the defense as prosecutors complete the case in the Communist conspiracy trial. The New York proceedings centered on the top defendants with Medina noting the lack of compelling arguments from the defense.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
Medina
Tribunal Want Ad Promises Quick Room Rent Results
A Tribune Want Ad promises fast results for buying selling hiring renting or finding. An example shows 30 calls for one room a large clean light housekeeping room for two men or a couple listed by Mrs Roza Ambroz 908 Vine St with reference 3256 M and contact 3680.
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Tribune
Roza Ambroz
Vine St
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