Armed Forces Reduction Plans Face Revision in Congress
Washington reports a softer belt tightening than earlier feared as top House Democrats push defense strength over a balanced budget. President Eisenhower approves continued personnel cuts but favors a higher target while cautioning against rigid goals for 1956. The Army bears the largest cut, with air power emphasized to deter Soviet aggression quickly.
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Washington
House
Congress
Eisenhower
Wilson
Pentagon
Sam Rayburn
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Moscow
Rep. Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen
Russell
Monroe Chamber Names 1955 Committees
The 1955 Monroe Chamber of Commerce board approved standing committee appointments at the first meeting led by new president Kenneth W. Stuart. Officers include Robert E. Tschudy as first vice president and Glen P. Ude as second vice president with H. L. Fenton as treasurer. Members named to various standing and retail committees include Arthur C. Benkett Uno H. Miller Robert Rosa Minor W. Anderson Dr. David Bennett Dr. Wayne J. Fencil J. T. Etter Jr. William K. Bauman Alden J. Hawthorne James Kelley Ross Martin W. Howard Smith and others. The January directors and members meeting is set for Monday January 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Philip Darling
Kenneth W. Stuart
Robert E. Tschudy
Glen P. Ude
H. L. Fenton
Arthur C. Benkett
Uno H. Miller
Robert Rosa
Minor W. Anderson
David Bennett
Wayne J. Fencil
J. T. Etter Jr
William K. Bauman
Robert Hahlen
Alden J. Hawthorne
James Kelley
Ross Martin
W. Howard Smith
Agricultural and Rural Youth
Ude
Virgil Brunkow
William Figi
H. H. Stauffacher
Frank Kantro
Herbert Lanz
Benkett
Dr Bennett
Burt Bacon
Jerome Howe
Ernest Spring Wayne Russell
Herbert H. Wright
Robert Tschudy
Una H. Miller
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Fenton and Rosa
Edwin Schuetze
Minor Anderson
Wesley L Dodge
Clifford M. Fritz
E. E. Eckstam
G. Fred Galli
John Irvin
Fencil
Fenton
L. J. Schroeder
City to Block Sled Streets Noon to 4:30 PM New list adds 9th Avenue
William F. Beckman, chairman of the Board of Public Works, announced updated sledding hours and added 9th Avenue from 21st to 23rd streets to the barricaded list. Other streets affected include 12th Avenue, 15th Avenue, 17th Street, 9th Avenue near 9th and 10th streets, 21st Avenue, 7th Street, and 10th Avenue. If usage fails to justify closures, streets may reopen and others substituted.
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William F. Beckman
Board of Public Works
Beckman
9Th Avenue
21St Street
23Rd Street
12Th Avenue
15Th Street
15Th Avenue
21St
23Rd
17Th Street
23Rd Avenue
Recreation Park
21St Avenue
7Th Street
16Th
17Th Avenue
10Th Avenue
Tito Arrives in Burma for 11 Day State Visit
Yugoslavia's President Tito arrived in Rangoon Burma today to begin an 11 day state visit. He will meet Burmese leaders and participate in ceremonial duties marking the two nations' relations.
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Tito
Burma
Rangoon
Yugoslavia
Mrs Peabody of Albany Dies After Stroke
Angeline Peabody 77 of Albany died at 8 10 am today in St Clare hospital after a stroke at home Friday She never regained consciousness Services tentatively set for Saturday with Sharer funeral home in charge Burial in Gap church cemetery She was born July 3 1877 married Jay Peabody in 1900 They farmed southwest of Albany later retiring to the village Surviving daughter Gladys Stephenson granddaughter Mrs John Zurfluk Jr and five great grandchildren.
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Angeline Peabody
Albany
St. Clare Hospital
Sharer Funeral Home
Gap Church
Highway 59
Peabody
Angeline Stauffacher
Jay Peabody
Gladys Stephenson
John Zurfluk Jr
Three Young Sisters Drowned at Dubuque
Searchers recovered the bodies of Barbara Ann Eberlin six, Irma three, and Janelda five from an ice covered slough off the Mississippi River in East Dubuque Illinois. They were daughters of Mr and Mrs Rupert Eberlin and were playing on the slough bank near their home when the accident occurred late Wednesday.
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East Dubuque
Ill
Janelda Eberlin
Mississippi River
Barbara Ann Eberlin
Irma
Rupert Eberlin
Jet Finds No Saucer Over Northern Illinois
O Hare Field near Park Ridge dispatched an F 86 D jet at 5 10 a m CST to investigate reports of an unusual object over Northern Illinois. Pilot Capt Leroy W Svendson said nothing was found and radar showed no target. Officials blamed the planet Venus as a possible light reflection from clouds.
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Chicago
O’hare
Park Ridge
Illinois
62Nd
Leroy W. Svendson
Venus
Heart Fund Drive Quota Set At 1405 In 1955
A city Heart fund quota of 1405 was announced by Dr. George R. Barry, county chairman. The Alpha Zeta chapter of Ep silon Sigma Alpha sorority leads the local drive with Dorothy Johnson as city chair, Ruth Hanson as associate chair, and other officers listed. A house-to-house canvass is planned for February 20 from 2 to 4 p m with volunteers in four wards, under Mrs Walter J. Kubly as Heart Sunday chair.
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George R. Barry
Monroe Clinic
Robert E. Horner
Wisconsin Heart Association
Alpha Zeta Chapter
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Dorothy Johnson
Ruth Hanson
Bernice Holsapple
Thelma Gamm
Lois Miller
Busness Places
Evelyn Drake
Helen Altman
Agnes Tornow
Walter J. Kubly
Heart Sunday
R. Finley Barry
Emil C. Knaack
Walter H. Reger
Dan Ault
Harris F. Germann
Roy Kubly
Pauos
Lena Rubi
Burning of Greens Draws Local Residents
Nearly sixty residents attended a fire safety lesson titled Burning of Greens. Dr. E. E. Eckstam said the display showed how quickly wet trees ignite, despite heavy rain the night before, as over 40 city truck loads were burned in an hour at the brush lot west of Sth avenue near the IC tracks.
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E. E. Eckstam
The
Safety Council
City Street
City Brush
Sth Avenue
American Held In Panama Probe
Panama police detained a 34 year old U S citizen in connection with the slaying of President Joce Antonio Remon at the Juan Franco race track. At least 70 suspects are being questioned and former President Arias was later picked up.
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Panama
U. S
Joce Antonio Remon
Martin Irving Lipstein
New York
Remon
Juan Franco
Roy Bettis
Waukegan
Ill
Canal Zone Administration
Panama City
Bettis
National Guard
Chiriqui Province
Here
Arias
National Guard Force
Lipstein
Italy
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Guaira
Venezuela
Stock Values Slump Again In New Break
New York traders faced another market plunge following Wednesday's drop. Major hit names included Union Pacific. Standard Oil NJ. American Telephone. Bethlehem Steel. General Motors. Douglas Aircraft. Du Pont. Radio Corp. Eastman Kodak. and Anschu Copper.
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New York
Union Pacific
Standard Oil (Nj
American Telephone
Bethehem Steel
General Motors
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont, Radio Corp
Eastman Kodak
Anaconda Copper
President Eisenhower Urges Fair Chance for Farm Programs
President Eisenhower urged Congress to give farm programs a chance, saying they promise stability and prosperity. He outlined measures in the State of the Union, noted moves to reduce surpluses, expand markets, and pledged later recommendations to aid low income farmers and disaster assistance sharing with states.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
State of the Union
James S. Dean of Dallas Dies After Long Illness
James Stanley Dean aged 62 of Dallas died after a long illness. He was brother of the late Mrs. Fred J. Blumer and had acquaintances in Monroe from prior visits. Funeral services and burial will be held in Dallas tomorrow.
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James Stanley Dean
Fred J. Blumer
Dallas
Mr. Blumer
Dean
Monroe
Third Candidate Enters County Judge Race in March Primary
Brodhead attorney John P. Derning announces he will enter the county judge race expanding a field already including Judge Marshall L. Peterson and L. A. Koenig. The judicial primary on March 8 will reduce candidates to two ahead of the April 5 general election.
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John P. Derning Brodhead
Derning
Marshall L. Peterson
Justice L. A. Koenig
American, Wisconsin, Ilinois
Green County Bar Associations
Brodhead Chamber of Commerce
The
County Bankers Association
Green County Bank
Peterson
Harold J. Lamboley
Koenig
Eisenhower backs long overdue pay raises for Congress and judges
President Eisenhower urged Congress to raise salaries for members of Congress and federal judges, backing a plan supported by Representative Celler to boost pay by up to 80 percent. The proposal targets Congress, Supreme Court justices, circuit and district judges, and federal attorneys with staged increases and new expense allowances. He also signaled pending raises for postal and civil service workers.
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Celler
Dny
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Judiciary Committee
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Customs and Patent Appeals Court
Customs Court
Tax Court
U. S
Senator's Jibe Brings Walkout at Press Club Dinner
Mrs. George W. Malone walked out during Oregon Senator Neuberger's speech at the Women’s National Press Club dinner in Washington. The incident followed a clash with host Perle Mesta after Neuberger accused a Republican of “character assassination” in the 1954 campaign.
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Washington
Oregon
Richard L. Neuberger
George W. Malone
Nevada
Statler Hotel
Neuberger
Nixon
New Jersey
Clifford P. Case
Women's National Press Club
Pocatello
Idaho
Mrs. Malone
Katie
Perle Mesta
Sen
McCarthy
Malone
Missing Woman Feared Drowned in Fox River
The search for Rose Planinshek near Mukwonago gained urgency after a pair of women’s boots and shoes were found in the Fox River. Sheriff Lombardi said the footwear suggests the body is in the river, despite earlier doubts she was in the water. The 32 year old West Allis housewife vanished after her car was found nose down at the Highway 15 bridge embankment.
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Mukwonago
Rose Planinshek
Fox River
Here
West Allis
Waukesha
Michael Lombardi
Highway 15
Lower Voting Age Proposal Renewed In Congress Report
President Eisenhower renewed his call to lower the national voting age and urged a constitutional amendment for federal elections. He had previously urged 18 to 21 year olds gain voting rights and noted Congress considered the measure last year but took no action.
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Congress
Washington
Eisenhower
America
Rep Smith Improves and Leaves Oxygen Tent at Walter Reed
Rep Lawrence H. Smith of Wisconsin shows improvement and exits the oxygen tent at Walter Reed hospital. His wife says doctors expect rest and improved color, noting valvular heart trouble and reduced lung blood flow. The oath for his eighth term was administered by Rep Byrnes after lawmakers approved the procedure.
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Washington
Lawrence H. Smith
R-Wis
Walter Reed Hospital
Rep
Byrnes
Smith
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Kenosha Reads First 1955 Hudson Rolls Off Line
Wisconsin marked a milestone as Hudson begins 1955 production at the Kenosha plant. The car’s first body was completed Wednesday at Milwaukee’s American Motors Corp facility formed by Hudson and Nash-Kelvinator mergers. The initial Hudson, owned by Alan Ameche, Wisconsin All-America fullback, is set to roll out this afternoon.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
Hudson
Milwaukee
American Motors Corp
American Motors
Nash-Kelvinator
Alan Ameche
Eisenhower Warns Congress on U S Problems and Nuclear Threat
President Eisenhower urged bipartisan harmony in his State of the Union message to the new 84th Congress. He warned of the Soviet threat, called for maintained military power, and noted the free world’s collective strength with new treaties while outlining a largely familiar legislative agenda.
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Washington
Eisenhower
84Th Congress
Free World
Congress
America
Industrial Group To Meet Tuesday
The Monroe Industrial Development Corp announces its annual stockholders meeting next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Courthouse. Directors M. J. Gonstead Alvin Kubly and Harold A. Blumer terms expire. they may seek re election. Blumer is president Roy M. Grant vice president. The group aims to assist Monroe's industrial expansion through new and existing enterprises.
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Monroe Industrial Development Corp
Robert Goetz
M. J. Gonstead
Alvin Kubly
Harold A. Blumer
Goetz
Blumer
Roy M. Grant
Monroe
Oe Enterprises
Ere
United States To Transfer 85 Planes To Japan
The Far East Air Force announced that 85 airplanes will be turned over to the fledgling Japan air force around January 15.
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Japan
Tokyo
U. S
Japan Air Force
Far East
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20Th Avenues
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Dubuque
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Senate
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Smith Gains
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U.S
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Southeast Asia
United States
Austria
New Zealand
Philippines
Korea
China
Asia
West
Germany
NATO
Red
White House
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