Wisconsin Supreme Court Limits Alcohol Blood Tests
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to take an alcohol blood test from a person not under arrest and use it as trial evidence. In Leonard Kroening’s case, his blood was drawn while unconscious before arrest, influencing a negligent homicide verdict. the court remanded for further proceedings.
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Dison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
High Court
Timothy Brown
Leonard Kroening
Rusk
Ladysmith
Kroening
Clarence E. Rinehard
Supreme Court
Justice Brown
Brown
Rinehard
Fire destroys Mt. Horeb cream plant conversion
A building in Mt. Horeb converted last week from a frozen food locker to ice cream manufacturing was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. Owner Grant Hustad estimated the loss at a substantial amount.
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MT. Horeb
Grant Hustad
One
Brodhead Visitors From Nearby Towns Mentioned
Mr and Mrs Van A Marsh Mineral Point visited relatives Sunday. Mr and Mrs Fred Helgren Waukegan Ill visited Misses Charlotte and Mary Preston over the weekend. Roy Osler Axel Engel Beloit were Sunday guests of George Salladay. Harold Klumpp weekend in Park Ridge Ill. Lorraine Zimmerli Jeanine Main Carol Peterson Lorraine Kneubuehl Madison spent weekend at their homes. George Hartman Barbara Mary Ann and Georgia New Glarus visited Mrs Grace Hartman Sunday.
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van A. Marsh
Mineral Point
Fred Helgren
Waukegan
Ill
Charlotte
Mary Preston
Roy Osler
Axel Engel
Beloit
George Salladay
Harold Klumpp
Park Ridge
Lorraine Zimmerli
Jeanine Main
Carol Peterson
Lorraine Kneubueh
Plan It for FUN Party for Youngsters
Christmas party ideas to calm kids and help parents. Plan in advance with simple foods hamburger or beef steaks, celery sticks and carrot sticks as vegetables. Serve fruit punch with limeade trees and iced cupcakes with lollypops as take home treats.
Christmas party ideas for children and decorations
The text outlines child focused party planning with festive treats and table decor for each child. It stresses making the kids central to the event, using Santa figures and mini trees, age appropriate games, and ensuring adults participate without overshadowing the children. It also notes the value of children attending for easier babysitting later in the season.
Wisconsin Justices Allow Challenging Local Ordinances
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that challengers can dispute a local ordinance’s constitutionality even when they hold a license or permit under it. Richard and Amy Fonk, owners of a Yorkville trailer court, were fined for too many trailers and appealed, the court sending the case back to circuit court to decide merits.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Elmer D. Goodland
Racine County
High Court
Richard
Amy Fonk
Yorkville
Fonks
Circuit Court
Churchill Says Eden Will Quit
London columnist Randolph Churchill wrote that Prime Minister Anthony Eden, resting in Jamaica, is making a phased withdrawal from office. He notes it is unlikely Eden will resume full functions and that cabinet ministers urged gradual stepping down to avoid a party split.
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London
Randolph Churchill
Anthony Eden
Jamaica
Anthony
Churchill
Evening Standard
Eden
State Ports Report Records Customs Yield in 1956
Milwaukee and five Wisconsin subports set an all time high in customs collections for the 1956 shipping season totaling 2,890,181 from mid April to November 30, led by Milwaukee and including Green Bay Marinette Manitowoc Racine and Sheboygan. A total of 469 ships arrived direct from foreign ports, up from 461 the previous year.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Bernhard Gettelman
U. S
Green Bay
Marinette
Manitowoc
Racine
Sheboygan
Gettelman
Spanish Women Train In Olive Pitting Pace
A report notes Spanish women are trained to pit and stuff olives rapidly, averaging about one olive per minute as part of a traditional processing pace.
Lawyers Dominate Madison 1957 Legislature
The 1957 Wisconsin Legislature will feature heavy legal representation with nine of 33 senators and 32 of 100 assembly members being attorneys. The Senate includes five farmers, four insurance agents, two salesmen, two real estate operators, a retired person, and two student members aged 29 and 30, both in the UW law school. The Assembly lists 11 small businessmen, five real estate operators, 10 retirees, five salesmen, plus a teacher, funeral director, tavernkeeper, bartender and two insurance agents. The youngest assembly member is 25 year old attorney L. G. Jarris. oldest is 79-year-old Michael OConnell.
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Madison
State Senate
Assembly
State
Senate
L. G. Jarris
Milwaukee
Michael O’connell
Diamonds for phonograph needles weigh about carat fraction
The item notes that phonograph needles use diamonds of about one thousand three hundredth of a carat. This detail highlights the tiny size of the gem used for the needle's tip.
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Brodhead
Miss Grace Marsh
Zenith
Roberts
Fagan
John Roberts
Stevens Point College
Cliff Fagan
Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations
Dixie Shop
Kentucky
Sunny Brook
OLD Sunny Brook CO
National Distillers Products Corp
Louisville, KY
Kodak
Camera
Blumer’ Pet
Malareen Algence
Dal
Monroe
Walgreen
Woolworth CO
10Th Street
Mom
Woolworth
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