Wisconsin moves on horsemeat sales in six counties
Wisconsin state officials obtained warrants in Racine Jefferson Winnebago Richland and Columbia counties as part of a wide probe into horsemeat sold as beef. At issue are the Zurfluh and Netzer firms plus Oshkosh sausage makers. Respondents deny guilt amid ongoing investigations.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Racine
Kenosha
Jefferson
Winnebago
Richland
Columbia
Donald McDowell
Illinois
Richland County
Leo P. Lownik
William Zurfluh
Middleton
Lone Rock
Columbia County
Robert G. Netzer
Netzer Sausage Co
Portage
Oshkosh
Kamm Sausage Co
Schmidt Sausage Co
James J. Bartel
Racine County
Atty
Thorpe Merriman
Jefferson County
Fellows
McDowell
J. F. Dunn
Dunn
Zurfluh
Netzer
Bald Eagle of the Essex Winds Up On Paper Work Rule
Commander Paul N. Gray of Fighter Squadron 54, known as the Bald Eagle, has survived multiple near deaths while flying low level missions off Korea. Admiral Perry orders him to do paperwork after nearly a hundred dangerous sorties. Gray was rescued by the destroyer Twining after being shot down and landing at sea off Wonsan.
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James A. Michener
U. S
Korea
John Perry
U. S. Navy
Percy
Perry
Cmdr
Paul N. Gray
St. John
Kas
Gray
Navy
Twining
Wonsan
Essex
Admiral Perry
Park Board Backs Lincoln Park Plan
Park board members voted unanimously to return Plan A for Lincoln Park, calling for the removal of 33 trees and urging the council to proceed. They also supported Plan B for additional recreation facilities and discussed road changes at Recreation Park, with rights of way and land leases affecting access and parking.
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Park Board
Lincoln Park
Board of Public Works
Frank A. Buehler
Public Works Board
Recreation Park
Council
Lake Drive
Leland L. Lamboley
17Th Street
George F. Stauffacher
John Anderegg
Buehler
E. J. Norton
Public Works
State Commission
Children Go on Social Call Frightens Neighbors
Linda Schild and Randy Ostrander aged 3 and 4 wandered about seven and a half blocks with neighbors, police, and parents searching before returning home. Parents called the excursion a social call and sought to calm neighbors upset by the incident.
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Linda Schild
Randy Ostrander
John W. Schild
15Th Avenue
Charles S. Ostrander
14Th Avenue
Police Petition For Pay Increase In Monroe
Monroe police force members voted to submit a pay increase proposal to Chief J. H. Schwaiger. Base rates start at 210 dollars a month with a 10 dollar cost of living bonus, up to 240 for patrolmen, while sergeants earn 250 and the assistant chief 260. Chief Schwaiger, who earns 310, approved drafting the request but did not sign. Signers include Coplien Finch Hefty Goecks Geigel Marti Olson Maurer Lane.
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Monroe
J. H. Schwaiger
Schwaiger
Dwight C. Coplien
Ray R. Finch
Henry S. Hefty
Ervin L. Goecks
Clifford M. Geigel
Alvin W. Marti
Dale W. Olson
Robert W. Maurer
Richard E. Lane
Olson Joins Taft Supporters in Wisconsin
State Senator Melvin J. Olson of South Wayne joined Taft backers today at Madison, becoming the 14th senator to align with Bob Taft for the Republican presidential nomination. Olson, from Green, Iowa and Lafayette counties, chairs the agriculture and conservation committee and sits on legislative procedure.
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Melvin J. Olson
South Wayne
Taft
Madison
Bob Taft
Olson
Green
Iowa
Lafayette
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Conservation
Eisenhower Backers Plan State Strategy Meeting
Wisconsin Eisenhower supporters invite 40 figures to a Thursday Wisconsin hotel meeting to map campaign strategy and discuss a delegates slate. State Senator Bernhard Getteman and Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman help organize the event.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Gen. Eisenhower
Bernhard Gette
Fred R. Zimmerman
Assemblyman urges two-house reapportionment with checks
Adams and Marquette county assemblyman Louis C. Romell speaks on Wisconsin’s November state referendum for legislative reapportionment. He argues for a dual system with area based and population based houses and calls for fair representation amid census anomalies affecting city school populations.
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Louis C. Romell
Adams
Marquette
Romell
Wisconsin
Green County Highway Workers Seek Semi Monthly Pay
About 40 employees gathered at the courthouse this afternoon seeking a board hearing on switching from monthly to semi monthly pay and to discuss the length of the work week.
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Green County Highway Department
Court House
Green County Officials Review 1951 Finances At February Session
The Green County board hears annual reports from county officers including Treasurer Louis B. Stauffacher who reports a 1951 disbursement total of 1 876 429 75 and a year end cash balance of 191 649 21 in cash plus 291 000 in U S certificates. Disbursements for 1951 and receipts totaling 2 030 120 65 are outlined along with bonds due in 1952. Additional reports come from Register of Deeds Mrs Grace Thorpe and Hospital Superintendent W Francis with plans for public publicity of Green County’s finances and future school district talks by Henry Olson.
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Green County
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Henry Olson
State Department of Public Instruction
Louis B. Stauffacher
U. S
Stauffacher
Grace Thorpe
Register of Deeds
W. Francis
Waukesha Crash Injures Kranigs
Mr and Mrs Alvin F Kranig of 17th avenue were hospitalized in Waukesha Memorial after a Sunday night head on collision near Waukesha. Mrs Kranig Dar lene Gehrke of Milwaukee had facial and eye injuries. Alvin F Kranig has hip casts and broken kneecaps. their children Larry four and Gary one stay with grandmother Edna Gehrke in Milwaukee.
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Alvin F. Kranig
17Th Avenue
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Waukesha
Kranig
Darlene Gehrke
Milwaukee
St. Clare Hospital
Larry
Gary
Edna Gehrke
Green County
Diplomatic Talks Weigh Embassies Closures in Paris
Washington reports that American diplomats meet in Paris to decide whether to close U S embassies in Soviet satellite countries as tension with Moscow rises. The discussions occur ahead of planned actions by the state department.
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Ayer Pees
Washington
State Department
Aid Today
Paris
United States
County Board Sidelights from February Session
The February board meeting opened at 10 15 a m with all 28 members present. Former members Percy Lichtenwalner and Nic H Kubly were mentioned for hospital and medical treatment. The welfare committee received a hospital letter on itemizing county patient accounts. Contingent fund overdrawn accounts were adjusted and a balance of 1239 76 remained after withdrawals for taxes district attorney divorce counsel court costs and other items. Assemblymen Harry A Keegan and R H Schoonover attended, with Mrs Harold C Heimann as assistant secretary and Wilma Lengacher presenting a detailed 1951 revenue expenditure report.
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St. Clare Hospital
Percy Lichtenwalner
21St Avenue
Clarno
Nic H. Kubly
New Glarus Township
Welfare Committee
State Court Supports Plan to Raise State Office Pay
The Wisconsin supreme court upheld the legislature’s power to abolish and recreate 12 offices to raise salaries for directors. The court ruled the 1951 act did not violate the constitution as terms expired May 1, 1951 to enable office recreation. It dismissed Henry S. Reuss’s challenge to motives and agreed to hear a pension increase case for public school teachers.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Henry S. Reuss
Milwaukee
U. S. Senate
E. C. Giessel
Retirement post goes to Salt Lake man Lilly
Ray L. Lilly, 40, of Salt Lake City, was named executive secretary of the Wisconsin state retirement system administration board after winning a civil service examination. He succeeds Joe Madison.
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Joe Madison
Ray L. Lillywhite
Salt Lake City
Wisconsin State Retirement System Administration Board
Kenosha Sheriff Convicted On Bribery and Perjury Charges
Kenosha Sheriff Leo Jensen, 52, was found guilty on 12 counts of bribery and one of perjury connected to a grand jury probe into gambling and corruption. Sentencing postponed to Saturday. defense to appeal.
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Kenosha
Leonard Jensen
Kenosha County
Gerald J. Boileau
Jensen
Leo Vaudreuil
State Supreme Court
Boileau
John Zinane
Alphonse Popiel
Zinane
Popiel
Armory Jammed For Bloodmobile In Monroe Drive
Blood donors from the Monroe area gave blood at the armory today to aid armed forces in Korea. The Red Cross bloodmobile, aided by local volunteers, opened at 9 a.m. with doctors and nurses on site and set up areas for garment checks, refreshments, and donor care.
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Korea
Monroe Area
Red Cross
New Glarus
James C. Ridings
Ridings
Army and
Air Force
Armory
Dwain E. Mings
Mies
John M. O
Joan Kundert
Ruth Chase
Ellen Brooks
Helen J. Beinema
Ben H. Brunkow
Eleanor Zibung
Albert Depler
Harold I. Moe
Paul W. Neubauer
Rex E. Bledsoe
Mmes
Ralph Stauffacher
Glenn F. Stauffacher
John Darling
F. W. Kundert
W. Howard Smith
Ralph H. Wenger
Carl J. Schwinger
J. A. Roub
Perry Power
Anthony M. Kuban
William E. Amstutz
George Abplanalp
Harry J.bellahan
A. H. Ruf
Stanley W. Howe
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Roland W. Blaha
P. G. Guess
Howard L. Orians
Marie Spee
Robert V. Chinnock
Robert H. Richardson
K. B. Lux
Hars Tis F. Germann
Clarence L. Goecks
J. Henry Tschudy
Merle Hamel
Jacqueline Reese
Cross
Romanian Student Confesses to Karpe Slaying in Austria
Swiss federal police announced a 24 year old Romanian law student says he pushed U S Navy Capt Eugene Karpe to his death from a train in Austria on February 24 1950. Karpe's body was found beside the tracks south of Salzburg in the American zone. The case remains linked to Robert Vogeler a U S businessman jailed in Hungary for 17 months on spy charges.
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Bern
U. S. Navy
Eugene Karpe
Austria
Karpe
U. S
Bucharest
Salzburg
Robert Vogeler
Hungary
Vogeler
New York
U S Fliers Blast Munition Centers Near Panmunjom
American airmen from the U S Fifth Air Force report blowing up two communist ammunition depots and razing two supply centers under fifty miles from Panmunjom. The UN command cautions against expecting quick armistice progress amid denials of major concessions from the communists.
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Seoul
U. S. Fifith Air Force
Panmunjom
U. N. Command
Tokyo
U N Assembly Adjourns After Korea Discussion Postponed
The sixth general assembly of the United Nations adjourned after approving a western plan to postpone Korea talks until an armistice. Mexico's President Luis Padilla Nervo set the final gavel at 2 14 p m CST. The vote backed the United States Britain and France and rejected the Soviet position that the UN should lead Korea talks.
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Paris
General Assembly
United Nations
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
United States
Britain
France
U. N
Korea
Panmunjom
Ford Builds Jet Plant for Navy at Romulus
The Ford Motor Co will build and operate a 50 million dollar jet engine plant for the navy at Romulus Michigan. The project was announced by the Navy today and marks a significant expansion of Ford's aerospace facilities.
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FORD
Washington
Ford Motor Co
Navy
Romulus
Mich
Truman Favors National Presidential Primary Ballot
President Truman declares he supports a nationwide presidential primary and will remain on New Hampshire's ballot while facing Estes Kefauver for the Democratic nomination. He notes primaries do not bind delegates and outlines his preference for a national system. Democratic and Republican leaders maneuver around Kefauver and Taft ahead of state conventions and primaries.
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Truman
New Hampshire
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Leonard W. Hall
New York
Taft
Gen
Eisenhower
Omaha
Kefauver
Nebraska
Ohio
Supreme Court backs Villa Louis transfer ruling
Madison reports the Supreme Court affirmed Circuit Judge Roland J. Steinle's order requiring Prairie du Chien Mayor William D. Carroll to sign a deed transferring the 108 year old Dousman landmark to the civic society. The council had approved two years earlier but the mayor blocked the action.
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Villa Louis
Madison
Supreme Court Today
Roland J. Steinle
Milwaukee
William D. Carroll
Prairie du Chien
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