Labor roles in politics cited by Mitchell at AFL meet
Secretary of Labor Mitchell urged organized labor to speak clearly in politics and support to Eisenhower era policies. President Eisenhower echoed labor rights to engage, while Governor Harriman urged greater working class political participation and productivity gains. AFL CIO officials defended union political activity and backing of administration labor policies amid GOP criticism.
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New York
Mitchell
Organized Labor
AFL
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Labor
Truman
Smingly
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Meany
Reuther
Gusenhowersougress
Aplcio
George Meany
Walter Reuther
CIO
Goldwater
Sen. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate
Republican Campaign Committee
AFL Cio
High School Band Presents Holiday Panorama Tonight
A large crowd is expected for the opening night of Holiday Panorama the high school band's Christmas concert in the school auditorium at 8 tonight. Director Allan F Barnard notes the program highlights Christmas music in two parts with marches tone poems a clarinet solo and a sousaphone solo in the first half followed by a vocal solo Silver Bells a new narration and other traditional carols in the second portion.
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Allan F. Barnard
Delores Marti
Fred Ainsworth
Shirley Montgomery
Jean Griffith
Fire Insurance Rate Action Delayed by Wisconsin Official
State insurance Commissioner Paul Rogan suspended new fire insurance rates set for January 1 at the request of the Fire Insurance Rating Bureau of Milwaukee. The suspension remains until after public hearings on proposed rates and until new rates are determined.
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Madison
Paul Rogan
Rogan
Fire Insurance Rating Bureau of
Milwaukee
Excellent yields in Pacemaker corn contest despite drought
Results from the Pacemaker corn contest show strong yields across the county. In the senior division Myron Jeglum notes many entries topped 100 bushels with an overall high plant count boosting output. junior entrants also posted impressive averages with Donald Witt achieving 135.1 bushels per acre at 15 020 plants per acre. Witt led a list of junior winners and near-winners, while several seniors earned Pacemaker status and a production award awaits at Farm and Home Week.
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Drouth
Norman O. Everson
Everson
Myron E. Jeglum
Jeglum
Witt
Donald Witt
Monroe
Roger Erb Jr
David Hermanson
Blanchardville
Emerson Jordan
Richard Kittelson
New Glarus
Lowell Ludwig
Clarence Schultz Jr
Ronald Schwartzlow
Brodhead
Marvin Creuzer
Albany
Nathan Hartwig
Juda
Duane Bollig
Belleville
Elmer Braun
Decatur
Donald Deininger
Joel Schwartzenberger
George Grenzow
Rare Blood Rushed From Madison Saves Mother at Darlington
A Madison woman received three pints of Type B negative blood from the American Red Cross, saving her life after hemorrhaging during childbirth at Darlington hospital. Her baby daughter was born at 7 pm yesterday and is reported healthy. the mother remained very ill but improving.
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Masoury
Darlington
Francis Leahy
American Red Cross
Madison
Dane County
Lawrence A. Brady
Red Cross
Mullen
Barneveld
Paul Mayes
Darlington Hospital
Swiss Contests Dance Tomorrow at Turner Hall
A dozen wrestlers are set to compete in Swiss wrestling at Turner Hall tomorrow with Ernest Ammon defending his title. Elimination starts at 2 p.m. The champion and runners-up are to be crowned at 11 p.m. during intermission at the Cheesemakers Ball, where Vern Meisner and His Polka Boys will play. The queen of the ball will crown the wrestling king and help present money awards. Fred Krebs, president of the Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association, sponsors the annual event, a long-standing year end celebration in Green County.
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Turner Hall
Ernest Ammon
Green County
Switzerland
Vern Meisner
Fred Krebs
Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association
Wisconsin cheese market steady with ample offerings
Madison reports steady demand for American cheese with fair activity and quiet trade. Prices show moisture basis 325 324 with cheddar varieties around 34 to 35 percent and Longhorns and Midgets in the mid to high thirties.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court Backs School District Consolidation
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled state merger laws for school districts constitutional. It affirmed Circuit Judge Swietlik’s dismissal of taxpayer suits challenging the Milwaukee-Waukesha Joint School District creation. Voters approved consolidations in August 1954, merging West Allis West Milwaukee Greenfield Wauwatosa and New Berlin districts into one district.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Francis X. Swietlik
Milwaukee
Milwaukee- Waukesha
Swietlik
Supreme Court
Milwaukee-Waukesha
West Allis
West Milwaukee
Greenfield
Wauwatosa
New Berlin
John J. Zawerchnik
Liane M. Hanson
W. H. Funke
High Court
Bids for Highway 11 To Be Opened Dec 20
Bids for Highway 11 between Gratiot and Browntown will be opened December 20 in Madison. The 10.5 mile stretch in Lafayette and Green Counties calls for 16 750 tons of blacktop, 41 500 gallons of asphalt and related items. After a 9 30 a m bid opening by the highway commission, bids go to the governor for final approval. Grading and base course work were finished last summer.
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Gratiot
Browntown
Madison
Lafayette
Green Counties
Highway Commission
Monroe Native Leads Scottsdale Baseball Club
William Weirich of Monroe, now Scottsdale club president, helped organize the Scottsdale Base ball Club which signed a one year spring training contract with the Baltimore Orioles with a two year option. The project raised 75000 for a park and leased a 35000 site. Open house was held Nov. 20. Weirich spent years in real estate and car sales before moving to Scottsdale.
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William Weirich
Monroe
Scottsdale Baseball Club
Arizona
Baltimore Orioles
Weirich
Ned Walker
Scottsdale
Decatur
Scotts
Dale
Sporting News
Artic
Surprise Air Raid Tests Defense of U S and Canada
Secretary of State Dulles accused Soviet leaders Bulganin and Khrushchev of stirring up hatred to provoke forceful action in Goa and to damage East West relations. He urged India and Portugal to resolve Goa peacefully and cited Nehru's support. In London, Khrushchev’s London visit question stirs British doubts as he tours India and Burma with denunciations of the West.
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Washington
Dulles
Asia
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
India
Goa
Burma
United States
Portugal
Nehru
Russia
London
Khrushchev
Bulgaria
Britain
Geneva
Eden
Edward Messmer Dies in City at 4:08 AM
Edward Messmer of Messmer WA died this morning at St. Clare hospital after a brief illness following a year of declining health. Born October 20, 1866 in Canton, he farmed near Argyle before moving to Monroe to run a decorating and painting business. Survived by daughter Doris and nephew Howard Messmer, he outlived two wives and an infant son, with funeral arrangements pending at Stuessy funeral home.
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Messmer
14Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Messmer
Canton
Lawrence
Monica Schabut Messmer
Jordan Township
Argyle
Nettie Faulstright
Holy Name Society
Stuessy Funeral Home
Wisconsin Toll Reaches 833 This Year
State Motor Vehicle Department report shows highway fatalities in Wisconsin at 833 for the year, up from 706 in 1954. December deaths total 11 so far, improving on 21 by this date in December 1954.
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Madisonp
Wisconsin
Green County Publicity Committee Plans Jan 11 Meeting
A Green County Publicity Committee session decided on Jan 11 at the Courthouse to reorganize membership and set objectives. The plan aims for inclusive countywide representation and a stronger ongoing public promotion, with officers elected and a publicity pamphlet in development.
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Green County Publicity Committee
Green County
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Heard
D. A. Crandall
Crandall
Robert F. Marty
E. C. Hamilton
Cheese Day, Inc
Monroe Evening Times
Schlesinger Seeks To Repay $330000 In Oil Fraud Claim
Milwaukeean Robert H. Schlesinger seeks to repay funds alleged in an $80,000 oil swindle. He returned to New York after a six month chase through eight countries and pleaded innocent to eight counts of grand larceny. His attorney says Schlesinger will cooperate and seek restitution from family members to compensate victims Richard Herzfeld and John Herzfeld of Milwaukee department store, and Robert B. McCulloch, a Los Angeles auto dealer.
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ABW
Milwaukee
Robert B. McCulloch
Los Angeles
Emil Voegeli 84 Monticello Dies in St Clare Hospital
Emil Voegeli 84 Monticello native son of Joseph and Barbara Voegeli died at 12:48 a.m. in St. Clare hospital after months of illness. He lived in Monticello most of his life operating a livery with his brother then moving to real estate. Survived by nieces and nephews. wife Clara Elmer died 1949. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Evangelical United Brethren Church Monticello with Rev. Paul Gibson officiating. Burial Highland Cemetery, viewing at Voegeli funeral home after 2 p.m. tomorrow.
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Emil Voegeli
Joseph Voege
Monticello
St. Clare
Washington Township
Mr. Voegeli
Joseph
Barbara Obrecht Voegeli
Voegeli
Jacob Voegeli
Baltz Voegeli
Esagae
Evangelical United Rethren
Paul Gibson
Highland Cemetery
Voegels
Helmets Mandatory in Chicara National Baseball
A recent national vote requires all players to wear protective headgear while batting. The move contrasts with the American league which does not have a mandatory helmet rule.
CATTLE AND HORSES PERISHED IN FARM BARN FIRE
Forty seven Holstein cattle four horses and 75 to 80 tons of hay were lost when a barn on the Edwin Sharlough farm eleven miles north of Waumadee Wisconsin burned early today. Fire destroyed the barn and livestock perished in the blaze. Authorities reported the total loss and investigated the cause. The Sharlough farm was disrupted by the fire, with neighbors aiding in efforts to control the flames.
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Cattte
Waumadee
Wis
Edwin Sharlough
Buffalo County
Jets Scramble in Coast to Coast Air Defense Drill
The United States conducts Operation Crackerjack a coast to coast air defense drill with interceptor jets radar tracking and ground observers. The test run under secrecy involved Air Defense Command and Strategic Air Command with little public detail on targets or results.
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Ouncers
Air Defense Command
New York
Eastern Defense Command
Stewart Air Force Base
Atlantic
O'Hare Field
Chicago
Wisconsin Units Join Surprise Air Defense Test Crackerjack
Wisconsin Air National Guard Ground Observer Corps and Air Force units joined Operation Crackerjack a nighttime drill to alert U S and Canadian defenses. A Green Bay filter center coordinated calls from 624 observation posts across northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan with relays to Air Force radar sites. Col Levenson noted not all 128th Wing units were required to participate and no aircraft were launched.
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Muunaunee
Sconsin
Air National Guard
Ground Observer Corps
Air Force
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Northland Area
Chicago
Minneapolis
Air National Guardsmen
Mitchel Field
Milwaukee
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Robert H. Schlesinger
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York
Myron Jeglum
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