Congress to Probe Korea Atrocity Claims
Rep. Flood said the 83rd Congress will pursue an inquiry into alleged Communist atrocities in Korea. The Katyn report linked Soviet tactics to Korea killings, urging U N action and a possible international commission to investigate mass murders and crimes against humanity.
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Washington
Flood
D-Pa
Congress
Korea
House
Katyn Forest
Katyn Committee
U. N
Katyn
Smolensk
Russia
Holiday Visits and Family Gatherings Mentioned
Twin Grove and nearby families from Pennsylvania visit relatives over the holidays. A silver wedding anniversary is celebrated at Moose Hall in Monroe. Dennis Zimmerman recovers at home after a tonsillectomy in St. Clare. Ann Orton returns from Eau Claire to join her parents for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Mohns drive to Madison, with the Tylers visiting in the evening.
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Tom McMillan
Pennsylvania
Floyd Chambers
Ketchel Rinehart
Wilbert Ott
Moose Hall
Monroe
Franklin Roenneburg
Kenneth
Madison
Dennis Zimmerman
George Picks
St. Clare
Ann Orton
Eau Claire
Bert Orton
Robert Mohns
Richard Tyler
Mohns
Air Shaft Drowned 20 Men During Early Tunnel Work
Compressed air used in 1879 on the Hudson River tunnel project between Hoboken and New York City. In 1880 an air blowout punched a hole in the tunnel roof flooding the tubes and drowning 20 workers. The tunnel did not open until 28 years later.
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Hudson River
Hoboken
N. J
New York City
St John’s Church Plans Three Special Christmas Programs
St John’s church will host three Christmas events including a midnight candlelight service at 11:30 p m and a Christmas Day German language service at 10 a m A living pictures program tomorrow features Sylvan Kniebuehl as reader with the Carillon choir and a cast of local youths and adults in scenes from the Christmas story The Motet and Sanctuary choirs with an orchestra will perform during the midnight service and Bach and other carols will be sung by the Sanctuary choir Music director Delbert Bowles led the arrangements with a full roster of young instrumentalists and vocalists listed by name
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St. John’s Church
Living Pictures
Sylvan Kniebuehl
Charlene Boden
Rosetta Marty
Marlene Frey
Judy Goecks
Mary Ellen Summeris
Jean Sacker
Mary
Morton Wittwer
Thomas Fritz
William Schwingel
Shirley Ritschard
Karen Bregenzer
Linda Loveland
Tana Loveland
Dianne Grossen
Ronald Bregenzer
Joseph
Nathan Dettwil
Tle
Mary and
Billy Sulzer
Jane Reger
Susan Blumer
Bethlehem
Robert Tschudy
Delbert Bowles
Curtis Wagner
Nancy Pilz
Maureen Bruni
Peggy Angliker
Charles Chase
Suzanne Kingston
Nathan Andereck
Judy Kubly
Diane Snyder
Nancy Kofoed
Sybil Blumer
Ellen Rubi
Janet Lanz
Carol Galli
Judie Nelson
Kathryn Krauss
Karen Lengacher
Joyce Babler
Lincoln-Douglas Debates Printer Copy Acquired
The Library of Congress has acquired a printer's copy of the Lincoln Douglas Debates and a letter from Abraham Lincoln to the Chicago Press and Tribune asking for two sets of the paper's reports on the debates.
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Library of Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago Press and Tribune
Deflation Poses Difficult Problem
In a discussion of the dollar’s purchasing power the piece weighs deflation versus inflation, noting how postwar price rises have eroded real value while a return to prewar prices could mean wage and price cuts. Readers from Virginia and Illinois weigh benefits of more dollars against the desire for stable prices.
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New York
Virginia
Bloomington
Ill
Bypass project awarded for Green Bay stretch
Governor Kohler signed a contract awarding Streu Construction Co. of Two Rivers a $872,671 deal to concretes 4.5 miles of a new bypass in Green Bay as part of the relocated U S 41 project.
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Madison
Green Bay
U. S. 41
Gov
Kohler
Streu Construction Co
Two Rivers
Jamestown Glass Factory Founded Before Pilgrims Arrival
A glass factory was established near Jamestown Virginia in 1608, twelve years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. It was later destroyed in the 1622 massacre of settlers by Indians.
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Jamestown
Weese Kettle Factory Remodeling at Prairie Hill Site
The Weese Kettle HK Prairie Hill factory, nine and a half miles southeast of Monroe, is being remodeled with new flooring a new cellar constructed the making room lowered and all equipment rearranged. Howard Grosses is maker there. A new modern intake has been completed at the Walnut Grove factory six miles east of Blanchardville.
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Prairie Hill
Monroe
Howard Grosses
Walnut Grove
Blanchardville
Private Atomic Projects Urged
Washington The National Security Resources Board urged government policy to encourage private enterprise in the development and use of atomic energy as a power source. The six month study also recommended a mineral leasing option, offshore oil land policy, US-Canada St Lawrence sea way and power project participation, tariff reductions on needed raw materials, and stronger mineral resource emphasis in aid programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Security Resources Board
Truman
Department of the Interior
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
White House Receives Advice On First Steps For 78 MP Commission Recommendations
The board sent a response outlining initial steps to implement the 78 recommendations of the Materials Policy Commission. On atomic energy, it proposed amending the Atomic Energy Act to allow private operation under defined conditions.
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White House
Williams seeks return of recount bond in Michigan
Gov Williams asked the State Board of Canvassers to refund the full $12,500 bond he posted for a gubernatorial recount. The bond covered a recount of precincts Secretary of State Alger did not seek, amid the dispute over the Michigan race.
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Lansing
Mich
Williams
State Board of Canvassers
Alger
Five University of Alaska Students Scale Mt Hess in Alaska Range
Five University of Alaska students in 1951 completed the first ascent of 13 200 foot Mt Hess in the Alaska range. The expedition marked a historic climb by university climbers and added a notable peak to Alaska’s mountaineering record.
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University of Alaska
Mt. Hess
Alaska Range
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Lanz Agency
Air Force
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18Th Street
Don Daley
Standard Oil
12Th Avenue
Banjo Pete
ARMY
Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
South Plainfield
N.J
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fabian Bachrach
of the
Weese Kettle HK
Atty
Helen E. Stears
Holiday
Eugene Hotel
F. L. Buchschacher Auctioneer
Route 2
Monroe Dairy Co
J. Myers
17Th Avenue
Atomic Energy
Dubuque Packing Co
Hwy
West — Phone
Goeck’s
13Th Street
Cheese Producers Marketing Ass
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