Eau Claire Dairy Month Fight Over Milk City U S A Title
La Crosse County challenges Eau Claires claim to be Milk City U S A and calls for June Dairy Month to determine the official champion. The effort kicks off with a noon Saturday ceremony, a milk bar, and a milk drinking and marshals program. A milking contest with business leaders and a media milk drink-off are planned as part of the month long promotion led by WKTY radio officials.
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Eau Claire
City
U.S.A
Peterson John Thomas
Leon
Crosse County
Isaid Chornacki
Nenrud
Fan Claina
la Crosse County
Ernie Peterson
Hunter
WKTY
Milo Knutson
Paul
Pip) Wuest
Stoddard Hotel
Peterson
Ecuador Seizes 21 U.S. Tuna Boats in Territorial Dispute
In Salinas Ecuador authorities detained 21 tuna vessels from San Diego over alleged illegal fishing. Navy officials said the fleet would be impounded and captains tried without proper permits while warships escorted the boats to port 225 miles from Quito. The dispute centers on offshore limits with Ecuador asserting three miles. Secretary Rusk urged release of the White Star and Ranger and called for talks.
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Salinas
Ecuador
San Diego
Calif
White Star
Ranger
Francisco Espinosa
Navy General Staff
Quito
United States
Dean Rusk
Memorial Day Parade Fatality in Ortonville
Wayne Randleman 45 collapsed and died of a heart attack while marching with the color guard in Ortonville Minnesota during a Memorial Day parade. He served as Big Stone County civil service director and was a former local American Legion commander. His widow and three children survive.
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Ortonville, Minn
Wayne Randleman
Big Stone County
Civil Service
American Legion
Exchange says no sugar shortage amid price swings
The New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange told three congressional committees that U S sugar supplies are adequate. Citing the Agriculture Department, it said commitments from friendly nations will meet normal U S needs and rejected the idea that exchanges trade for their own profit.
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New York
United States
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Exchange
U.S. Agriculture Department
Senate
House
Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Regents Refuse Cuts as Wisconsin Higher Ed Faces Crisis
Regents for the University of Wisconsin and nine colleges reject plans for 15 to 17 percent funding cuts. They warn such moves would mean the end or ruin of Wisconsin higher education, with possible closures and large staff losses.
Regents Commended By Gov Reynolds On Higher Education Stance
Governor Reynolds praised the University of Wisconsin and state college regents for refusing to participate in cutting higher education. The statement followed regents outlining areas for possible reductions amid a budget stalemate over new taxes. Sen. Walter Hollander expressed hope for a resolution before further cuts, noting the impasse over financing the governor’s budget.
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Tter
Reynolds
GOP
de Bardeleben
Carl Steiger
Oshkosh
Harrington
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Agriculture
Madison
Jacob F. Friedrick
Milwaukee
John W. Reynolds
University of Wisconsin and State College Regents
Wisconsin
Rosendale
Walter Hollander
Joint Finance Committee
Hollander
Man 100 Takes Ride in Jetliner
William Robert Huckaby 100 years old flew Houston to Dallas on his birthday. The retired farmer, living with a Pasadena son, said it was his first air trip and that he never fought a war or drank, but stayed busy working. He plans to keep active, noting years rushed by as he stayed busy.
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Dallas
Tex
William Robert Huckaby
Houston
Settin
Memorial Day Traffic Death Toll Hits 155 Record
The Associated Press reports 155 traffic deaths during a 30 hour Memorial Day period from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Thursday, surpassing NSC estimates and the 1956 and 1962 records. The toll includes 155 road fatalities plus 25 drownings and 9 boating deaths across the holiday window.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Parachute Jumper Dies After Train Collision Near Liberty
A parachutist from Raytown Mo Karl Dean Frandsen 29 was killed when a gust of wind drove him into a moving freight train at the edge of an airport near Liberty Mo His companion Gene Paul Skidmore jumped afterward landing safely Frandsen a bricklayer had been with a Sky Divers Club about two years
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Liberty
Here
Karl Dean Frandsen
Raytown
Gene Paul Skidmore
Frandsen
Sky Divers
Woman dies of burns in Amboy explosion
Mrs Claus Kadence age 69 died in a Mankato hospital from burns suffered when an explosion and fire at her Amboy home injured her and her husband. Kadence died Thursday while her husband 75 remained hospitalized in good condition.
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Mankato
Minn
Claus Kadence
Amboy
Florida Negroes Face Charges For Protest Rally Near Theaters
Circuit Court Judge Ben C Willis recessed contempt of court actions against Negroes arrested for demonstrations near two segregated movie theaters. He grouped 150 to be tried first, then 35 and 33 under 17 in Juvenile Court. Patricia Due said all would plead not guilty as the crowd of 550 listened.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Ben C. Willis
Willis
Patricia Due
Harold E. Taylor
Florida A&m University
Willie Adams
Les Pendleton
Pendleton
Bags Packed Ready To Go Pope Faces Worsening Condition
Pope John XXIII's health deteriorated sharply as Vatican officials reported new internal bleeding and worsening speech. Cardials and staff surrounded the deathbed as doctors warned the crisis could last hours or days while the pope prayed and thanked those nearby.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican
Piero Mazzoni
Rome
Raimondo Manzini
L’osservatore Romano
Manzini
Vatican Radio
Antonio Gasbarrini
Gasbarrini
Bologna
Memorial Day Toll Rises to 277 in State
Wisconsin traffic toll hits 277 for the year as four deaths are reported over Memorial Day weekend. Norman Klentz, 18, from rural Monroe dies in a Green County tractor overturn. Perry Kessling, 36, of Kenosha dies when ejected from a car near Highway 32. George Fries, 42, of Milwaukee injured fatally in a collision on Highway 175 near Richfield. Leonard Kuchler, 43, of Milwaukee killed crossing a street Wednesday night.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Norman Klentz
Monroe
Green
Perry Kessling
Kenosha
George Fries
Milwaukee
Richfield
Washington County
Leonard N. Kuchler
Thresher Photos From 8400 Feet Deep Studied by Navy
The Conrad photo team photographed the sunken submarine Thresher at about 8,400 feet east of Boston and sent images to Washington for the Navy Court of Inquiry in Portsmouth New Hampshire. The Trieste waits in Boston for potential further missions as the search continues.
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Conrad
Boston
Navy Court of Inquiry
Portsmouth
N.H
Navy
Washington
Court of Inquiry
J. Lamar Worzel
Lamont Geological Observatory
Elton W. Grenfell
Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force
Norfolk
Trieste
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Tribune
John Thomas
Eau Claire County
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Cree County
Thomas
Henry Graff
Wy T
Circuit Court
Lincoln Neprud
U.S
College Regents
University Regents
Charles Gelatt
la Crosse
University
State College
David Rodli
Baldwin
Elizabeh Hawkes
Washburn
Fred H. Harrington
Arthur DeBardeleben
Park Falls
University of Wisconsin
Man
Carlo Pisi
Pisi
UPI
Florida
Jackson
Miss
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Chicago
Baltimore
Baton Rouge
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cambridge
Pontiff
By Bennet M. Bolton
Ing
Pope John
Mazzini
Mazzoni
Papal
Pope
Angelo Dell’ Acqua
Gustavo Cardinal Cento
Vatican Curia
Hull
Thresher
J. G
James D. Watson
Skylark
Watson
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