Eisenhower Aims to Shape GOP Toward Progressive Moderates
President Eisenhower seeks to steer the Republican Party toward progressive moderate leaders. At a White House stag dinner he hosted allies from 1952 campaign including Leonard Hall Herbert Brownell Jr Arthur Sommerfield Sherman Adams and Richard Nixon. Rumors swirl over a possible second term while McCarthy sparred over third party plans.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
United States
Hall
Atty
Herbert Brownell Jr
Arthur E. Somerfield
Sherman Adams
Nixon
Rasmussen Rites Held For 83 Year Old Brooklyn Farmer
John C Rasmussen 83 of Brooklyn a retired Rutland Township farmer died Sunday in a Madison hospital Services were held at 2 p m at Booth funeral home Oregon Rev Roland Hansen officiated A native of Denmark Rasmussen came to the United States in 1888 and lived in the Brooklyn Oregon area since then He retired from farming six years ago He is survived by his wife Anna Mackeprang two sons Herman and Lester three daughters Glydewell Burdick Mrs Arthur Larsen and Mrs Lyle Slye a brother Walter and a sister Mrs Hannah Hansen
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Brooklyn
John C. Rasmussen
Rutland Township
Madison Hospital
Booth Funeral Home
Oregon
Roland Hansen
Brooklyn Lutheran Church
Denmark
Rasmussen
Brooklyn- Oregon
United States
Anna Mackeprang
Herman
Edgerton
Lester
Evansville
Glydewell Burdick
Route 1
Waunakee
Arthur Larsen
Beloit
Lyle Slye
Greensboro
N. C
Walter
Hannah Hansen
Cheese Prices Hold Steady in Wisconsin Market
Wisconsin dairy notes show steady cheddar prices with small styles weak. Demand fair and trade quiet as offerings of cheddar remain adequate while small styles accumulate. Moisture bases 33 to 35 percent. Longhorns at 34 to 35 percent. Midgets 36 to 37 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Local firms share Yuletide greetings in green paper supplement
The Evening Times publishes a special Christmas supplement printed on green paper featuring greetings from Monroe business firms andorganizations to friends of the year past. Additional seasonal supplements will follow in the coming days from local business members.
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Evening Times
Monroe
German Christmas Traditions Shared By Monroe Family
Mrs. James L. Neighbours recounts German Advent wreaths candles and an Advent calendar, Christmas Eve family focus and midnight church services. She notes differences from American customs and recalls life in Silesia Hamburg and emigration with Eldrid and husband a former US Army chaplain.
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Germany
James L. Neighbours
America
Eldrid
East School
James Werner
Three Traffic Mishaps Reported Overnight
Officers report three noninjury traffic incidents in and near the city yesterday. At 5 56 p m a collision on the square involved Elaine A Ott and Robert J Kramer both drivers sustained minor rear bumper damage. A second crash on private property near 14th avenue and the Illinois Central tracks damaged the Mayer vehicle. A third incident near Greenwood cemetery saw Jon Dannerbeck's car skid off the road with damage to the vehicle.
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Elaine A. Ott
Monticello
Robert J. Kramer
Route 1
Browntown
Ott
Kramer
Marion E. Mueller
Kenneth Mayer
14Th Avenue
Illinois Central Tracks
Mayer
Britain rejects Soviet threat over Paris pact ratification
London states the Anglo-Soviet treaty remains valid and will not be canceled by Moscow. Foreign Office notes condemn the Soviet warning and urge Western European unity as Parliament awaits Queen Elizabeth II's ratification instruments from 14 governments.
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London
Britain
Kremlin
Russia
Paris
Germany
Foreign Office
Andrei Gromyko
William Hayter
Moscow
France
Two Men Hurt In Auto Mishap At 11th and 19th
A two car collision at the 11th avenue and 19th street intersection left Reinhold G. Gutzmer 68 and Ray Babcock 72 with minor injuries. Gutzmer was taken to St. Clare hospital in satisfactory condition while Babcock received minor chest bruises. Police said Babcock’s car skid into Gutzmer’s. both vehicles were heavily damaged and Babcock faced reckless driving charges.
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11Th Avenue
19Th Street
Reinhold G. Gutzmer
Ray Babcock
Rock Island
Gutzmer
St. Clare Hospital
Babcock
Guttmer
Roundhouse Burns Clintonville
A 70 foot North Western Railroad roundhouse in Clintonville was destroyed by fire early today. The structure housed a coal burning locomotive and gondola car and burned to the ground.
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Clintonville
North Western Railroad
Hilton Dies of Cancer in Long Beach at 54
James Hilton screenwriter and novelist of Goodbye Mr Chips and Lost Horizon died last night in Seaside hospital after a long illness. He was 54 and had lived in Long Beach for 10 years while writing for the movies. His former wife Alice stayed at his bedside as doctors disclosed liver cancer had long troubled him. Hilton, born September 9, 1900, in Leigh England, found Hollywood both lure and restlessness, a theme in Lost Horizon that made him famous worldwide.
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Long Beach
Calif
James Hilton
Chips
Seaside
Alice
Hilton
David Wigod
Leigh
Lancashire
England
Hollywood
American
America
Shangri-la
United States
Ronald Colman
Robert Donat
Marlene Dietrich
Colman
Random Harvest
Donat
Prophet’s Disaster Prediction Cancelled in Oak Park
Dorothy Martin and 13 followers in Oak Park had forecast a continental tidal wave and Chicago destruction but said divine intervention halted the catastrophe. Dr. Charles Laughead, a Michigan State College health staffer, attended and later confirmed the message stayed the disaster.
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Chicago
Dorothy Martin
Arctic Circle
Gulf of Mexico
Dr. Laughead
Ong
Times Carriers Start Tomorrow with Holiday Greetings
Evening Times carriers begin their annual Christmas greeting, delivering a 1955 calendar to homes along fourteen Monroe Monticello and Juba routes. The free calendars honor the carriers’ year round service and welcome cheerful subscriber responses during the holiday season.
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Evening Times
The
Monroe
Monticello
Juba
Farm Building Course Planned
A two day farm building short course will be held in the Court house January 13 14 announced by county agent Myron E Jeglum. Sessions target county and home agents lumber dealers builders and farm families planning remodeling or construction of dairy barns and farm houses. Experts from the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture Ed Bruns Theodore Brevik Max LaRock and Bill Roper Portland Cement Association will conduct the program.
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Myron E. Jeglum
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Ed Bruns
Theodore Brevik
Max LaRock
Bill Roper
Portland Cement Association
Yale Rail Service To Be Halted Here
For the first time in 97 years there will be no area train on the Milwaukee Road. Louis W. de Lorimier announced the halt effective Christmas and New Year s Day affecting the New Glarus Platteville Shullsburg Mineral Point Mon roe divisions. Trains normally run daily on weekdays, but the divisions will be without train service for two consecutive days.
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Milwaukee Road
Louis W. de Lorimier
Glarus
Platteville
Shullsburg
Mineral Point
Monroe
Pope Pius Improves but Message Delay Planned
Vatican press office reports slow gradual improvement in Pope Pius, confirming he will not deliver the full Easter message over Vatican Radio this year. The text will be published in the Vatican paper due to his critical illness since December 2.
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Vatican City
Vatican Press Office
Pius
Vatican Radio
Vatican
Verdict Hopes Rise In Dr Sheppard Murder Trial
In Cleveland the Dr Sheppard murder trial jury, after 36 hours of deliberation across four days, neared a verdict as they requested more time Monday night. Judge Blythin has not pressed for a verdict and the parents of Dr Sheppard remained hospitalized, with his father suffering pleurisy and his wife Ethel readmitted for medical care.
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Cleveland
Sheppard
Bluthin
Marilyn
Bly
Stock list shows mixed changes as market eases after gains
Irregular price movements marked the stock market in early afternoon trading after four days of strength. Gains and losses clustered around two points with the mood leaning lower, as Douglas Aircraft fell after a week of gains and opened the day modestly higher before sliding 2 to 3 points.
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New York
Douglas
Zionist Suspect Dies in Cairo Trial
Egypt's public prosecutor said Max Bennett, one of 13 on trial for an alleged Zionist conspiracy, died by his own action. The case centered on a Zionist plot charge in Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
Max Bennett
Military forces to be trimmed to 2.15 million by 1956 plan
Secretary of Defense Wilson outlined a 403,000 cut in overall armed forces to reach about 2.15 million with a 50 percent reduction in draft calls starting February from 20,000 to 10,000 or 11,000. Air Force remains on buildup to 975,000. Army to drop 25 percent to 1,000,000. Navy 6 percent to 650,000. Marine Corps 14 percent to 190,000.
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Washington
Wilson
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
Pentagon
Indochina
Formosa
Korea
1St Marine Division
3Rd Marine Division
Japan
Far East
Europe
German Beauty Sentenced Five Years for Spying
A German brunette received a five year term after pleading guilty to seducing two U S intelligence officers for Russian pay. She admitted transmitting to Russia details of Allied defense plans for West Berlin. The American officers were not named in court.
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Berlin
U. S
U.S
Irmard Margarethe Schmidt
Air Force
West Berlin
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Monroe Universalist
Silesia
Iowa
Times
Neighbours
Hamburg
Franzi Zimmer
Webster City
Zimmer
Jon Dannerbeck
Paul P. Dannerbeck
Greenwood Cemetery
United Defense
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Dearth
Chamber Children’s Theater
Kenneth W. Stuart
Alden J. Hawthorne
Minor W. Anderson
Una H. Miller
David K. Bennett
Joseph C. Dearth
Arthur C. Benkert
Alvin Kubly
H. L. Fenton
Robert Logeson
Prophet
Times Carriers
Yale
Pope Pius
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