Opposed Water Diversion Hearing Delays Ruling
A Wisconsin Public Service Commission hearing on Paul Wilson’s request to divert water from an unnamed Richland Creek tributary into Jefferson Township drew protests from adjoining property owners and the Jefferson Town Board. Evidence submission extends to July 15 with a July 30 deadline to request further testimony. a PSC decision likely in August. Wilson aims to water golf greens and cattle feed on his Twin Grove area farm, planning a resort and a 485000 gallon reservoir with 24000 gallons daily draw if permitted.
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Jefferson Township
Rolfe Hanson
Public Service Commission
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Wisconsin Conservation Department
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Conservation Department
Jefferson Town Board
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Pose- Kany
Hanson
Block
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Jest
Routh
Ty Trunk K
Go Stream
Franz W. Brand
Posekany
William Sayles
PSC
Lawrence Raymer
L. A. Koenig
Green County Conservation League
Crty
Freda Abplanalp
W. E. Deininger
Adolf Abplanalp
Lawrence
William and
Alois Rahberger
Palmer Johnson
Stocking Group Plans Tomorrow Toy and Food Distribution
The group appeals for a sled for an 11 year old boy as they prepare to distribute toys jellies cookies food and clothing tomorrow afternoon. Women will pack gift baskets from 1 to 2 30 p m in the First National Bank annex with help from the Junior Chamber of Commerce for deliveries.
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First National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Old Wayside Inn Destroyed by Early Morning Fire
The centuries old Wayside Inn on the Boston Post Road, linked to Longfellow and once owned by Henry Ford, burned in zero temperatures. Police said no one was inside. the fire destroyed the wooden structure and Ford era antiques. The Ford Foundation had leased the site to private interests, with much of its original furniture lost.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Ford
Boston Post Road
Red Tavern
Longfellow
Rail Workers Win Broad Wage Increases Across Nation
In Chicago and nationwide, nearly 800000 railroad workers receive raises from 10 to 14 percent. Nonoperating workers gain 14 percent with hospital benefits, while 25000 to 27000 operating employees get a general 1.00 dollar per hour hike and 31 cents daily for conductors. The agreements cost carriers over 300 million dollars annually. The nonoperating scale is retroactive to December 1.
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Chicago
American Telephone Sees $13 Per Share For 1955
Cleo F. Craig, president, says 1955 earnings will average about $13 a share, a 27 year high. He notes Bell System added 2,850,000 telephones in 1955 and spent a record 1.7 billion dollars on new construction.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Cleo F. Craig
Craig
Bell Telephone Companies
Stock Market Gains With Brisk Trading
For the second straight session the market advanced with brisk trading in the early afternoon. Westinghouse Electric fell moderately as a new break in labor negotiations aimed at resuming operations emerged. Three on plane safe after US Air Force plane located in northwest Ontario with two pilots and a chaplain reported safe after spending a night in subzero cold.
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New York
Westinghouse Electric
Winnipeg
Man
Air Force
Sioux Lookout
Ont
Minneapolis
Ontario
White House gifts highlight Eisenhowers new granddaughter
President and Mrs Eisenhower distributed Christmas gifts to about 700 White House staff members in the East Room. Barbara Eisenhower gave birth to Mary Jean, a seven pound two ounce girl, Wednesday at Walter Reed. The First Family now has three granddaughters and a grandson.
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Eisenhower
White House
Barbara Eisenhower
Maj
John Eisenhower
Mary Jean
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Colorado
Bradshaw Details Red Torture After Five Years in Communist Prisons
American missionary Dr. Homer W. Bradshaw and his wife, Pittsburgh natives, described abominable treatment by Chinese authorities after five years in multiple prisons. Bradshaw, in a wheelchair, said he lost about 43 pounds and endured handcuffing and forced strenuous exercise during confinement beginning March 2, 1951, for alleged spying. He cited 264 days in Kukong prison, transfer to Canton No. 1, and a 1952 five year counterrevolutionist sentence. The couple, likely to remain at Clark Field hospital two weeks before flying home.
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Canton
Reds
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China
Claire Chennault
Air Force As
Milder Winter Temps Improve Roads Across State
Temperatures recovered to near normal as winter arrives and snow melts. State highways were generally in good condition for winter driving though Monroe Janesville Sheboygan areas and northern Wisconsin reported slick spots. Overnight lows dipped to 19 with a 24 degree forecast tonight.
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State Motor Vehicle Department
Monroe
Janesville
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
State Receives Rindless Swiss Cheese Patent
Wisconsin today received a patent for rindless black Swiss cheese invented by Roy Tulane with help from Griffith H. Thomas and Merrill Richardson. The patent, issued by the U S Patent Office, allows cheesemakers to use the rindless method if they produce a quality product. The invention enables Swiss to be made in a block without swelling for marketable sizes. Kraft Foods Co. also holds a rindless Swiss patent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Roy Tulane
Griffith H. Thomas
Merrill Richardson
State Department of Agriculture
U.S. Paint Office
Kraft Foods Co
Ringling Estate Valued at 560000 In Wisconsin Probate
W H Henry J Ring 49 a former Wisconsin Republican committeeman who died Dec 9 left an estate valued at 560000. His will filed for probate in Sauk County Court lists 500000 in personal property and 60000 in real estate.
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Mavidun
Henry J. Ring 49
Wisconsin
Sauk County
Ringling
Circus
Onassis Settles US Ship Surplus Case for 7 Million
Aristotle Onassis agrees to pay about 6.6 million to settle a civil suit and 160000 in criminal fines for buying surplus ships in violation of US law. Eleven vessels remain under government control while firms keep most ships and transfer stock to American citizens within 40 months.
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Aristotle Socrates Onassis
New Controls
Onassis
Justice Department
Stavros Niarchos
Rer
U.S
United States
Onassis Controls
U.S. District Court
Maritime Administration
Shortage Seen On Ford Stock
New York reports a planned 10.2 million Ford share sale next month, up from seven million, easing demand pressure but not eliminating it. Investors react after Ford files with the SEC, with trading expected on the OTC market and NYSE admission around March 1. Prices and dividends remain uncertain as brokers allocate orders and set early trading expectations.
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Ford Motor Co
Wall Street
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ford Company
T’s
New York Stock Exchange
Ford
Spring pig crop forecast shows 2 percent drop in 1956
The Agriculture Department projects a 1956 spring pig crop of 56 million, down 2 percent from 57.342 million this year. The smaller crop suggests lower pork supplies next fall and winter, following a near 40 percent drop in hog prices this year. Prices averaged about 11 dollars per hundredweight from roughly 18 a year ago due to earlier higher profits prompting increased production.
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Agriculture Department
Adlai Stevenson’s Son Injured in Highway Crash
Adlai Stevenson Jr 19 Harvard student severely injured in a head on crash near Elkhart Indiana en route to Chicago for treatment with his father Adlai Stevenson and brother Adlai Jr aboard An Elkhart County grand jury charged Detroit truck driver Frederick Gill 29 with involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide The crash killed two Harvard classmates William Stanley North II and William C Boyden Jr both 19 Adlai Stevenson stayed in Goshen with Mayor-elect Ray Messick while telegraph sympathy messages arrived from President Eisenhower and Senator Estes Kefauver The incident occurred 15 miles east of Elkhart as the car collided with the truck attempting to pass another truck
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Adlai Jr
Elkhart County
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Detroit
Young Stevenson
Gill
Elkhart
Goshen
Ray Messick
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Stevenson
William Stanley North II
Lake Forest
Ill
William C. Boyden Jr
Talks Break Off Between Westinghouse and IUE
Westinghouse and the AFL-CIO IUE halted negotiations late yesterday after company vice president Robert D. Blasier cited an obscene remark aimed at the head of Westinghouse's negotiating team by IUE President James B. Carey. A union spokesman did not confirm the charge, noting such language is common in negotiations.
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Weere KG Woven Use Electric Corp
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
James B. Carey
Robert D. Blasier
Westinghouse
IUE
Three Children Die In Fire at Davenport
Fire ripped through the Wright home killing Patty two, Janet four, and Richard six. Parents Charles and Mrs Wright and four other children were hospitalized with cuts and burns, while Linda ten and Barbara ten survived unharmed.
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Davenport
Charles Wright
Patty
Janet
Richard
Wright
Linda
Barbara
Security Council weighs sanctions after Israeli Galilee raid
UN Security Council considers Syrian demand for punitive action against Israel after Israeli strikes on Syrian gun positions near the Sea of Galilee. Maj. Gen. Burns brands the Dec 1 raid a deliberate violation as Arab calls for sanctions grow, while Israel cites retaliation and claims Syria ordered attacks on Israeli fish boats.
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E. L. M. Burns
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Ahmed Shukairy
U. N
Abba Eban
Council
Jesus Christ
Damascus
Shukairy
World Organization
Burns
Galilee
Libya
Jordan
Gaza
Suspect in Racine linked to local holdup checked
Sheriff Spoerry planned to check a Racine robbery suspect held there today for potential links to Monday night holdup in the county. Undersheriff Howe traveled with Arthur Spoerry Jr. to Racine, with reports the Racine man’s description matches the local suspect, though gun type differs. The search continued with new leads emerging.
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Samuel
Humpel
Racine
Humber
A. Charles Howe
Arthur Spoerry Jr
Green County House
Humbel
Spoerry
Northern California Oregon flood forces hundreds from homes
A Pacific storm drove rivers toward record heights in Humboldt Del Norte and along the Oregon coast. Ten northern California communities evacuated including Klamath Orick and Fernbridge as highways closed and a house was blown off its foundation in North Bend Interstate routes blocked by floods and slides. A man died from a fallen tree amid the winds as more rain was forecast through Friday.
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California
Oregon
Vermont
Klamath
Klamath River
Orick
Orleans
Meyers Flat
Klamath Glen
Hyde
Fernbridge
Eureka
Watcume
North Bend
Sexton Summit
Victor Clarence Flury
Coast Highway
Redwood Highway
Pacific Highway
Portland
Wisconsin cheese prices hold steady amid light demand
Wisconsin dairy traders report a steady American cheese market with ample supply and light demand. Selling points list cheddar moisture 32 to 33 percent, with various varieties priced around 34 to 37 percent moisture and notable ranges for specific brands.
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Madison
Wisconsin
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