Wisconsin Court Strikes Down Private Road Work Law
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled the 1987 statute allowing counties to contract for private road work unconstitutional, saying it misuses public funds for private purposes without direct public benefit. The decision, by Justice Martin, involved Ozaukee County and contrasted with prior rulings on related government tasks.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Edward J. Gehl
Ozaukee County
Explosion Hits Polish Embassy Office in Paris
A dawn blast shattered the door of the Polish embassy chancellery in Paris injuring a watchman. The embassy, an 18th century mansion across a courtyard from the bombed office, remained undamaged with no other casualties reported.
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Paris
Sion
Wreck Fatal to One in Train Collision Near Calgary
One man was killed and more than 30 others injured in a collision between two Canadian Pacific trains in sub zero weather, 95 miles southeast of Calgary, yesterday. Police and rescue teams rushed to the scene as the crash disrupted rail service in the harsh cold. Officials investigated the cause and assessed damage to the rolling stock and track.
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Calgary
Canadian Pacific Railway
Here
Doctor Charged In Mercy Killing Air Injection Case
A New Hampshire doctor faces first degree murder charges for allegedly injecting 10 cubic centimeters of air into a cancer patient’s veins to end her life. Dr. Herman H. Sander claims the act was an act of mercy, while medical referee Dr. Robert E. Biron said the amount cited was not enough to kill, though more air may have been injected. The patient, Abbie Barreto, died December 4 after a decline from carcinoma of the large bowel and liver metastasis.
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Goffstown
N. H
Herman H. Sander
Abbie Barreto
Robert E. Biron
William H. Craig
Biron
Sander
Craig
Sandy
Hillsboro County
Borreto
McCarthy Proposes Revised Security Act
Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy criticised the current social security and federal pensions system calling it a crazy quilt pattern. He proposed scrapping the present plan for an orderly system of adequate pensions for the aged and disabled where everyone pays and everyone benefits.
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Appleton
McVarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Navy Unification Row Prompts Promotions and Blandy Retirement
A series of Navy orders raises tensions over Pentagon policy with Vice Admiral William Fechteler set to succeed Admiral Blandy. Blandy will retire Feb 1 after leading the Atlantic fleet while Rear Admiral Bow complex resignations appear to be part of reshuffles. Admiral Blandy, 59, will leave one of the service top jobs. Captain Arleigh Burke is among 23 officers nominated for rear admiral.
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Sasmington
Ury
Pentagon
Gerald F. Bogan
House Committee
Pacific
Arleigh A. Burke
Navy
Rosenberry Ends Long Court Career
Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry adjourned his final Wisconsin supreme court session after 34 years on the bench. He has served as chief justice 20 years and will retire on Monday, with Justice Oscar M. Fritz set to become chief by seniority. Edward J. Gehl of West Bend will fill the vacancy, and he administered Gehl’s oath after election last spring.
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Marvin B. Rosenberry
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Oscar M. Fritz
Edward J. Gehl
West Bend
Rosenberry
Justice Rosenberry
Gehl
Sauer Quits Job As Navy's Coach
Annapolis navy announces George H. Sauer resigns as head football coach after executive committee decides not to renew two assistant coaches contracts. Sauer, joined by aides Bob Ingalls and Vic Bradford, had led the program since 1948 under a four year deal with two years remaining.
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aAnnapon Sry
Naval Academy
George H. Sauer
Howard Caldwell
Sauer
Academy Athletic Association
Bob Ingalls
Vic Bradford
Ingalls
Bradford
Navy
Taft Discourages National Chain Letter Campaign
Senator Taft of Ohio told reporters in Cincinnati that he and his aides are attempting to stop a national chain letter drive soliciting donors of one dollar to support his reelection expenses and urging recipients to forward the plea to ten others.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Cincinnati
Truman's Aides Seek Free Enterprise Cooperation
Washington reports a new policy backed by a beefed up Asiatic fleet to counter communism in the far east. The Boxer carrier and two destroyers were sent to strengthen the seventh task fleet in the Philippines. A White House briefing followed a security council meeting as a policy blueprint for Formosa and broader Asia moves nears final decision.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Far East
Philippines
Truman
National Security Council
Mr. Truman
U. S
State Department
China
Shanghai
H. J. Isbrandtsen
Isbrandtsen Line
Isbrandtsen
New York
Acheson
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Okinawa
State and Defense Departments
Knowland
Calif
Asia
Congress
Weing
Jordan Incorporates Palestine into Hashemite Kingdom
Cairo report says King Abdullah formally incorporates Jordan occupied Palestine into Hashemite Jordan. Amman dispatch notes royal decree to publish January 1 in the Jordanian official gazette.
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Palestine
Cairo
Abdullah
Jordan
Amman
Tax Boost Out Millikin Defends Tax Cuts Hope
Washington Senator Millikin says President Truman should not expect a tax increase next year. He predicts Congress may approve excise tax cuts at the coming session, targeting items like telephone bills electric lights furs jewelry and transportation tickets. Millikin a former Senate finance leader helped pass the 1948 income tax cut and notes deficits. He cites a push to cut excises to 1942 levels by as much as 50 percent.
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Washington
Truman
Millikin
R-Cole
Congress
Cats Millikin
GOP
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Administration
Honest John Goerlich Wins Liars' Club Title With Fishing Fib
A Colorado yarn about stabbing a trout with a cane pole earns Ohioan Honest John Goerlich of Toledo the Burlington Liars' Club laurels in a humorous contest. Bob Elverman of Louisville and C. E. Berry of Maumee claim honorable mention. judges dismiss a Canada claim by L. W. Tupper as fiction.
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Burlington
Colorado
Liars’ Club
Ide
John” Goerlich
Toledo
Wee Goerlich
Bob Elverman
Louisville
C. E. Berry
Maumee
Ohio
L. W. Tupper
Patricia
Alberta
Canada
Tupper
Kar
Ivan Bullshensky
Uranium Ore Found in Upper Michigan Tested by Geologists
Geologists with Jones and Laughlin Ore Co and the atomic energy commission report a uranium oxide deposit found last August by Eiler Henrickson at the Huron river in Baraga County. Size and mining viability undetermined. University of Michigan geologists initially doubted extensive ore, noting paralleled Canadian deposits north of Sault Ste. Marie as prospecting expands in Michigan.
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Upper Michigan
Jones and Laughlin Ore Co
Atomic Energy Commission
Eiler Henrickson
Carleton College
Minn
Huron River
Baraga
Canada
Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
University of Michigan
Baraga County
Mrs Kundert Dies At Argyle Home
Emma Kundert 75 died at 1 35 p m yesterday at her Argyle home after a three month illness. Born in Wiota township September 13 1874 she married John Kundert in 1899. Surviving: daughter Mrs Leon Logan Arlington Va sister Mrs Ada Peck Argyle. Preceded by husband and son Maurice. Charter member of the Eastern Star. Services 2 p m tomorrow Erickson funeral home Rev George H Crow officiating Woodlawn cemetery.
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Argyle
Emma Kundert
Wiota Township
Samuel
Sarah Crown
Sweeney
John Kundert
Kundert
Milwaukee
Leon Logan
Arlington
Ada Pecock
Maurice
Eastern Star
Erickson Funeral Home
George H. Crow
Woodlawn
Grain Futures Edge Up Before Long Holiday Weekend
Grain futures prices rose near the close after a choppy session. Traders expected no trading until Tuesday, with tax selling noted and demand fairly good. Cash markets remained firm in the southwest and northwest as dry conditions in the winter wheat belt lent support.
Ungraded Egg Buying Price Set At 25 Cents
The agriculture department announced it will buy nest-run ungraded eggs in the Midwest for at least 25 cents a dozen at the farm during January and February, signaling government support for egg producers in that region.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest
New Year Celebration Plans and Church Services in Monroe
Monroe residents plan varied New Year’s Eve observances with closures at 5 p m. Traditional watch night and candlelight services are set in three city churches. St John’s holds a 7 45 p m candlelight service with holy communion, watch night at 8 p m at Assembly of God, and 9 p m at Bethel. Catholic diocesan midnight masses planned at St Victor’s. Local groups Knights of Pythias and American Legion host events. some attend private home gatherings. Weather forecasts expect possible rain in southern Wisconsin and mild until year end. Colder conditions reported at Snag Point, Yukon, with 65 below zero noted.
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St. , John’s
Assembly of God
Bethel
William
St. Victor's
Knights of Pythias
The
American Legion
Wisconsin
Snag Point
Yukon Territory
Federal Weather Bureau
Truman to outline state of the union amid business cooperation
Washington reports President Truman will present the annual state of the union next Wednesday in a joint session. Charles Goss said the cabinet previewed the economic advisory council’s report urging close cooperation with business and outlining policy aims for federal rent controls, old age security expansion, stable programs, and production growth.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Charles Goss
Washigton
Senate
House
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Leon Keyserling
John D. Clark
Pete
Paul
America
Bidault Wins Test On Production Tax
Premier Georges Bidault secured a confidence vote in the national assembly by 305 to 287 on raising the industrial production tax from 12.5 to 13.5 percent. The cabinet urged the move while Communists and Gaullists opposed it. The measure aimed to raise about 45 billion francs in revenue for Bidault’s 1950 budget, which Parliament has approved in principle but balks at increasing revenues to meet it.
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Aris
Georges Bidault
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Bidault
First County Baby Welcome Amid County Fair Festivities
The first baby of Green County to be born in 1990 qualified for a county welcome. Local merchants sponsored prizes from flowers and a tie for the father to a portrait and silverware. The event, coordinated by Mechanic R. C. Kempstead, marked by a community celebration at Monroe and tied to county residency, reflects the local custom of honoring newborns with gifts and recognition.
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Sempstead
Chicago
Milwaukee
Monroe Merchants
Tad
Stork
R. C. Kempstead
LaCrosse
Ond
W. B. Gage
Green County
Monroe
Darlington Area Man Held on Check Forgery Charge
Darlington area resident August Larson, 61, route 1 Darlington, was arrested on check forgery charges after four worthless checks were received by local merchants. Bound over to county court after admitting signing the alias Ted Wess to three five dollar checks and one one dollar check. Authorities say he has a long record and has served time at Waupun state prison and in Milwaukee.
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Ugust Larson
Route 1
Darlington
Justice of the Peace L. A
Madison ruling changes filing path for Milwaukee judge race
Atty. Gen. Fairchild ruled that candidates for circuit judge in Milwaukee County must file nomination papers with the secretary of state rather than the county election commissioners. The decision shifts the filing authority and could affect campaign timelines and oversight.
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Madison
Milwaukee County
Secretary of State
Atty
Gen
Fairchild
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Estella Shaw
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