Farm Price Drop Stirs Democratic Plan
A 2 percent drop in farm prices prompts Democrats to prepare a nationwide advisory committee to push a 1956 farm plank. Clayton Fritchey says the issue will be central to the presidential campaign as farmers face continued price declines amid surplus production and flexible supports.
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Washington P
Clayton Fritchey
Fritchey
Democrats
Congress
Agriculture Department
Eiisenhower
Brown County to Crack Down on Underage Drinking
Brown County authorities promise a crackdown on traffic violators and tavernkeepers who serve beer and liquor to minors and to those already intoxicated. Dist. Atty. Bernard J. Bertrand Police Chief H. J. Bero and County Police Chief Clarence S. Grognier issued the plan after weekends crashes killed three and injured about twenty. Bertrand says jail sentences will be sought for violators.
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Green Bay
Brown County
Dist. Atty
Bernard J. Bertrand
H. J. Bero
Clarence S. Grognier
Bertrand
Firestone Agreement Beats Strike Deadline
Negotiators for the CIO United Rubber Workers and Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. reached a tentative contract just before a midnight strike deadline affecting 22,000 workers in eight cities. The deal includes a general 12 cent per hour raise for Firestone employees in Akron Des Moines Fall River Los Angeles Memphis New Castle Noblesville and Pottstown.
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Cleveland
CIO United Rubber Workers
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Firestone
Akron
Ohio
Des Moines
Iowa
Fall River
Mass
Los Angeles
Calif
Memphis
Elmer Grams Named Sales Supervisor Here For Power and Light
Clintonville man Elmer D. Grams will start as district sales supervisor for Wisconsin Power and Light Co. He succeeds Wayne G. Russell who becomes rural sales assistant in Madison. Grams rejoined the firm in 1950 and has held multiple rural and district sales posts. Russell has served since 1937 with a brief hiatus for military service. Both men are married with two children.
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Elmer Grams
Clintonville
Elmer D. Grams
The
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Wayne G. Russell
Madison
Grams
Berlin
Power Company
Baraboo
Fairburn
Green Lake
Russell
Monroe
Potter Says Williams Can Be Licked in 1956
Michigan Senator Charles E. Potter declares Gov. G. Mennen Williams can be defeated if he seeks a fifth term in 1956. Potter notes Williams’ veneer wears thin, Eisenhower’s popularity remains high, and he plans a post-Labor Day tour with agriculture experts to address farmers’ problems.
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Potter
Williams
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Charles E. Potter
R-Mich
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
National Dairy Cattle Congress Shows Set in Waterloo
The 43rd annual National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo Iowa October 1 to 8 hosts national shows for Ayrshires Brown Swiss Guernseys Holsteins Milking Shorthorns and Jerseys. Top herd records include Hope Drive Harveda 602 pounds butter fat 16843 pounds milk. Elmer Brook Queen Homestead 804 pounds butter fat 21543 pounds milk. Inka Homestead Cascade 434 pounds butter fat 11992 pounds milk.
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Waterloo
United States
Jersey
Hope Drive
Gilbert Dettwiler
Monroe
Elmer Brook Queen Homestead
H. Otto Elmer
Monticello
Inka Homestead Cascade
Raymond Talmage
E Lansing Ray dies at 70 publisher of Globe Democrat
E Lansing Ray longtime editor and publisher of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat died of a coronary thrombosis at his summer home in Rye Beach New Hampshire on his 71st birthday. He led the paper for 36 years and served on the Associated Press board for 29 years.
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Rye Beach
N. H
E. Lansing Ray
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Globe-Democrat
Ray
Globe- Democrat
Samuel I. Newhouse
New York
Newhouse
Ellen J. McKee
The
Associated Press
E. Lansing Jr
Film Sues Sinatra For Walkout on Film
20th Century Fox sues Frank Sinatra for one million dollars claiming he abandoned the Carousel shoot in Boothbay Maine after starting work with a 15 week contract. Gordon MacRae to take his place. Sinatra alleged to be paid 150000 for 15 weeks.
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New York
Frank Sinatra
20Th Century-Fox Film Corp
Sinatra
Boothbay
Maine
Gordon Macrae
Motorist 33 Killed in Wisconsin Curve Crash
Robert H. Haase of Columbus, 33, died when his car missed a curve and overturned on Highways 16 and 60 near Columbus Wisconsin Tuesday night. The brief says nothing about other details.
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Columbus
Wis
Robert H. Haase
Here
Mrs. Livingston Hired at Albany
Albany Times Special reports the village schools hire Mrs. Alice Livingston of Monroe as home economics teacher. She holds UW Madison and Stout graduate work and taught at Mt. Horeb. she will commute from Monroe alongside several new teachers and an enlarged high school enrollment projected at 125 in the high school and 225 in the grades.
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Albany
Alice Livingston
Monroe
Dog’s Fate Entangled In Bankruptcy Action
Chicago a businessman agrees to testify in involuntary bankruptcy to keep his dog from being shot. Tommy Meder 38 former president of Wisconsin Packing Co subpoenaed by three creditors claiming 48 dollars. U S marshal complains as the Doberman pinscher blocks entry to his home to serve the subpoena. Federal referee Martin E Ward ruled.
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Chicago
Tommy Meder
Wisconsin Packing Co
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Meder
Stanley Pringle
Martin E. Ward
Attorney says dog not to be shot under court order
Bert E. Sommers, attorney for the creditors, said Tuesday that Meder learned of the court order and agreed to testify voluntarily. Sommers said Meder will appear Sept. 13, and that the dog will not be shot.
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Bert E. Sommers
Meder
Sommers
State Department Announces Thayer to Romania Posting
The State Department said Robert H. Thayer will depart for Bucharest to assume his duties as minister to Romania. Harold Shantz, 61, who has resigned this post, left Romania today to return home.
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Washington
State Department
Robert H. Thayer
Bucharest
Romania
Harold Shantz
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