Daylight Time Ballot Clash Heads to Tuesday Vote
Wisconsin Assembly faces a pivotal Tuesday test as Speaker Mark Catlin Jr. forecasts enough votes to pass daylight saving time after a 53-46 defeat last week. The measure, revived for reconsideration, pits rural farm timing against urban leisure needs.
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Madison
Assembly
Mark Catlin Jr
Rappleton
Greco
Milwaukee
Catlin
Ora Rice
R-Delavan
Rice
William Groves
Lodi
Pure Milk Products Association
Secretary of State
Senate
Snow Drifts Stop Fire Truck At Browntown Home
Firemen arrived to find a chimney blaze at the Ed Gavigan home near Jordan Center. Two foot snow drifts trapped the fire truck, forcing six firefighters to walk a half mile with extinguishers. Damages were about 75 dollars, and a neighbor's tractor freed the vehicle.
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Browntown
Jordan Center
Ed Gavigan
Brodhead Tower To Be Scrapped
Milwaukee Road workers bid farewell to the 1857 water tower at Brodhead the last relic of the old railroad era. The landmark once drew crowds at the depot as trains refilled, an emblem of the town’s ascent with the Southern Wisconsin line.
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Frank Kelly
Chapman
Milwaukee
Robert Dorr
Brodhead
Times Special
Milwaukee Road
Glarus
Mineral Point
Clarence
Green County
Decatur
Sugar River
Janesville
Edward Brodhead
Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad
Monroe Sentinel
Southern Wisconsin Railroad
Waukesha
Green Fireball Crosses Texas Skies Believed Meteor
Tyler reports a green fireball described as a huge electric arc streaking southward from Pounds Field and brightening the tower. Eyewitness J N Aber said the light appeared midnight and vanished after a second, with reports of sightings from Jackson Mississippi to Mineral Wells. Local weather staff noted no ground impact yet.
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Tyler
Tex
East Texas Piney Woods
Lufkin
Weather Bureau
Dallas
Jackson
Miss
Texas
J. N. Aber
Pounds Field
19 Feared Lost In Airliner Crash
Rome search teams combed a foggy arc north and west of the city for a Sabena DC-6 bound from Africa with 29 aboard. Among the passengers were four Americans three Belgian children and 19 year old beauty queen Marcella Mariani making her first flight. Officials fear the aircraft crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Civita Vecchia about 30 miles NW of Rome.
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Rome
Marcella Mariani
Italy
Sabena Airlines
Viterbo
Ciampino
Sabena
Alfred Blum
Civitavecchia
Chicago Jury Probes Hotel Fire Fatal to 25
A coroner's jury in Chicago opened hearings to find the cause of a Barton Hotel fire that killed 25 skid row derelicts. Coroner Walter E. McCarron selected 12 business executives and civic leaders to serve as jurors. The panel toured the burned Barton Hotel on West Madison Street where the disaster occurred early Saturday.
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Chicago
Walter E. McCarron
West
Madison Street
Britain seeks delay in U.N. push for Formosa cease fire
Britain proposed delaying U.N. action on a Formosa cease fire to allow consultations. Russia urged no real purpose in debating a cease fire while others argued a broader tension reducing issue. The Security Council voted 9 to 1 to inscribe the cease fire question despite Soviet objections with Nationalist China abstaining.
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United Nations
N. Y
Britain
U. N
Strait of Formosa
Sir Pierson Dixon
Russia
U. N. Security Council
Arkady A. Sehelev
Dixon
Sobolev
New Zealand
China
United States
U. S
Formosa
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Sir Leslie Munro
Red China
Cheese Factory Veteran Dies After 40 Years in Industry
Robert Emmenegger an 80 year old cheese industry veteran died at 5 30 am at his home 712 20th avenue after two months illness He came from Switzerland in 1911 and held multiple Kraft and local cheese roles across Monroe Sun Prairie and Antigo He was awarded the Kraft jade ring and wrist watch and survived by his wife Sophie a son and several relatives Services set for Wednesday at Stuessy funeral home and St Victors Church with burial at Calvary cemetery
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Robert Emmenegger
20Th Avenue
Emmenegger
Switzerland
Gratiot
E Sawyer
Collins
Free Silver
Monroe
Antigo
Kraft Foods
Sugar Creek
Kraft
Monroe Center
Kraft Interests
Sun Prairie Cheese Co
Marbach
Anton
Marie King Emmenegger
Sophie Eggerman
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Swiss Club of
Robert E
Oaklawn
Ill
John
Chimacum
Wash
Marie Emmenegger
New York City
Sophie Suter
Chippewa Falls
Joan Emmenegger
Fred
Stuessy Funeral Home
Joseph Emmenegger
E. C. McCollow
Calvary Cemetery
Senator Says Lee Seeks 1956 GOP Split or Third Party
Senator Bennett charges Utah Governor J Bracken Lee is campaigning for the presidency on the far right. He cites Lee's Lincoln Day remarks claiming GOP leadership has moved left of Eisenhower and says Lee would pursue a recaptured GOP or a third party if needed.
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Washington
Bennett
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
Lee
Chicago
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
St. Victor's Plans New Parish School
Rev. E. C. McCollow announced plans for a new parish school to St. Victor's parishioners. A 12 member committee surveyed the congregation, submitted a written report outlining current needs and financing a proposed 250000 dollar structure.
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St. Victor’s Parish
E. C. McCollow
Pflimlin Gives Up Task as Coty Names Pineau to Try
Paris. Pierre Pflimlin abandoned his bid to form France's 21st postwar government today. President Rene Coty asked Christian Pineau to attempt to form a new cabinet and Pineau planned to decide after consultations with allies.
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Pflimlin
Coty
Pinneu
Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
France
Rene Coty
Christian Pineau
Pineau
Salk Seeks 10000 Volunteers for New Polio Vaccine Tests
Dr. Jonas Salk, polio vaccine developer, requests 10 000 grade school volunteers for new experiments in 28 Allegheny County elementary schools. Tests aim to refine dose and spacing to maximize antibody response, using the same vaccine as national trials. Parental written consent required. Advance notice provided to participants.
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Pittsburgh
Jonas Salk
Salk
Allegheny
University of Pittsburgh
National Foundation For
Allegheny County Board of Education
Chiang Kai shek vows to hold Quemoy and Matsu
Chiang Kai shek declared he would not abandon the offshore islands Quemoy and Matsu and expected U S support if attacked by the Communists. He spoke after Peiping announced the Tachens evacuation with U S 7th Fleet aid and urged sanctions against Communist China.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Quemoy
Matsu
Chiang
Peiping
Tachen Islands
San Francisco
Tachens
Yu Shan
Pishan
Nanchishan
Kinmen
Republic of China
Taiwan
Penghu
Strait of
Military Information Service
Amoy
Matsu Island
Here
Foochow
George Yeh
Yen
Washington
United Nations
Formosa Strait
U. N
China
U. S. Navy
New Atomic Tests Set For Triggered H-Bomb Device
The Atomic Energy Commission plans a predawn test tomorrow at the Nevada site marking the 32nd test in four years. Dr. Alvin C. Graves says the Teapot opening will be a major Livermore effort with Army participation and several hundred troops in trench positions 4,000 yards from ground zero. The test will use a higher tower detonation to reduce desert dust and radioactive fallout in nearby communities.
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Las Vegas
Nev
America
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nevada
Livermore
Calif
Alvin C. Graves
U. S
Anna Zimmerman Dies. Funeral Set in Monticello
Funeral services for Anna Zimmerman 80 of Monticello will be at 2 p m tomorrow at the Evangelical United Brethren church with Rev A R Achtemeier officiating Burial will be in Highland Cemetery Pallbearers are grandsons Sheldon Zimmerman Brodhead Kenneth Zimmerman Calvin Erickson Ralph Zimmerman Dwight Zimmerman and Paul Schuler She was born November 21 1874 in Washington Township daughter of Ezra and Henrietta Grosse Blumer and died after a five day heart illness Survivors include a brother Ezra Rond du Lac Preceded in death by husband in 1950 two brothers and two sisters A grandson Miles Zimmerman was listed as dead last July after missing in Korea
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Anna Zimmerman
Monticello
St. Clare Hospital
Evangelical United Brethen Church
A. R. Achtemeier
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Highland Cemetery
Sheldon Zimmerman
Brodhead
Kenneth Zimmerman
Belleville
Calvin Erickson
Monroe
Ralph Zimmerman
Dwight Zimmerman
Paul Schuler
Korea
Stock market mixed with selective gains in early trading
New York stocks showed a mixed tone in the afternoon as selective gains appeared in a handful of issues. Higher movers included Zonite, Kaiser Aluminum, Republic Steel, Chrysler, United Aircraft, Western Union, Westinghouse, New York Central, Northern Pacific, and Braniff Airways, while declines appeared in Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Goodyear, Radio Corp, AT&T, Kennecott Copper, American Can, Pacific, and Standard Oil (NJ).
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New York
Zonite
Kaiser
Republic Steel
Chrysler
United Aircraft
Western Union
Westinghouse Electric
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Braniff Airways
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Goodyear, Radio Corp
American Telephone
Kennecott Copper
American Canoe Pacific
Standard Oil
Break-ins Net Burglars Net $500 in Albany and Brooklyn
Sheriff Samuel F. Humbel said two youths were questioned in Madison after a weekend burglary spree in Albany and Brooklyn. They were arrested near Verona following a high speed chase. cash and merchandise valued around $500 were stolen from Earl's tavern in Albany and the Legion grill in Brooklyn, with a broken juke box and tobacco products seized.
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Samuel F. Humbel
Madison
Albany
Brooklyn
Humbel
Dane
Verona
Earl’s
Burelars
Albany Place
Legion Grill
Humber
Farm Bureau
Lester A Davis 81 Dies in Brodhead from Fall Injuries
Lester A. Davis aged 81 of Brodhead died at 4 p m Saturday in St Clare hospital from injuries suffered in a fall at his home two weeks earlier He was born February 7 1874 in Lena Illinois to Sheppard and Amelia Walters Davis He married Daisy Ames in Freeport and lived in Rockford Monroe before moving to Brodhead 30 years ago Surviving are his wife a daughter Mrs Morna Kleeping Davis a stepdaughter Mrs Violet Buban of Rockford 12 grandchildren and six great grandchildren Services are 1 30 p m tomorrow at Newcomer funeral home Brodhead with Rev J C Robertson of the Congregational church Brodhead officiating burial Greenwood Cemetery Monroe Friends may call tonight at the funeral home
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Lester A. Davis
Brodhead
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Davis
Lena
Ill
Sheppard
Amelia Walters Davis
Daisy Ames
Freeport
Rockford
Monroe
Morna Kleeping Davis
Violet Bouban
Newcomer Funeral Home
J. C. Robertson
Congregational Church
Greenwood Cemetery
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Groves
Assembly State Affairs Committee
Joseph Bloodgood
U.S
U.N
Cheese Factory
R. Emmenegger
St. Victor's
Tachen
John Steinmann
Billy Escher
David Dwyer
Zwingli Church
Escher
Roger Babler
Canyon Camp
Babler
Milford G. Schwitz
Brooklyn, Albany
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