Adoption Trial Testimony Sparks Witness Disputes
In Portage a child adoption hearing for Jeffrey continues with Mrs. Dorothy Tschudy defending her bid to adopt the 2 year old. Testimony from Miss Shirley Maxfield and others feature disputes over welfare procedures and residence claims. Judge Morrison presides as questions extend into Monday.
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Shirley Maxfield
John Argue
Argue
Dorothyey
Tschudy
Jeffrey
Vernon Tschudy
Eton J. Morrison
Portage
Miss Maxfield
State Department of Public Welfare
Madison
Oscar T. Toebaas
Joseph D. Viney
Pope
Tschudys
Florida
Mr. Tschudy
Rep Johnson Calls for 100 Percent Dairy Parity Backing
Rep Lester Johnson of Black River Falls Wisconsin urged higher dairy support prices in his maiden House speech. He introduced legislation to make 100 percent parity mandatory for dairy products and livestock and poultry, noting current law supports butter and cheese at 75 to 90 percent at the secretary of agriculture's discretion. The present dairy support price stands at 90 percent of parity.
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Washington
Lester Johnson
Black River Falls
Wis
Secretary of Agriculture
Progress Made In Milk Program Turning Point
Green County Dairy Promotional steering committee reports rapid gains in milk in schools. Monticello and New Glarus now dispense milk. Brodhead and Juda have started a 10 a.m. milk period. Brodhead 265 of 330 students drink milk. Juda 36 percent participate. Palmer Welsh plans school milk posters countywide.
Student Pilot Crashes Near Big Springs After Near-Miss
A 22 year old student pilot from Palo Alto California died when his crippled training jet plunged into rocky ranch country two miles outside Big Springs Texas as he avoided hitting the city of 17000 residents. Two other pilots witnessed the crash shortly before the conflagration.
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Big Springs
Tex.p
Rocky Ranch Country
West Texas
David K. Rae
Palo Alto
Calif
Butler Says Canada Doesn’t Want U S Seaway Aid
Senator Butler argues Canada should build the St. Lawrence seaway with its own funds and without U S participation. He cites opposition to the project and notes shifting positions among lawmakers as debate continues in the Senate.
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Washington
Sen
Butler
R-M
Canada
United States
St. Lawrence Seaway
U. S
Senate
Passenger Killed In Jacobs' Crash
Mrs. Lucille Rhyner 36, former Oshkosh resident and owner of Lucienne's dress shop in Phoenix, died in a Palm Springs area crash while a passenger with Harold Jacobs of Phoenix. Jacobs, minus serious injuries, and Air Force Lt. Ben Evans were involved when Jacobs' car skidded and struck Evans' vehicle on Highway 99. Coroner found death due to negligent automobile operation. Rhyner's son Walter 16 survives with her Oshkosh parents Mr. and Mrs. Merton Welton.
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Lucille Rhyner
Phoenix
Ariz
Palm Springs
Calif
Harold L. Jacobs
Monroe
California Highway Patrol
Rhyner
Jacobs
Los Angeles
Air Force
Ben Evans
McClellan Base
Evans
Desert Hospital
Snow, Cold To Arrive Here on North Winds
Colder weather with snow and northerly winds expected after drizzle and fog. Tonight’s low around 5 below zero and a high around 15 tomorrow. County roads in good condition now but snow will make travel weekend dangerous. Grantsburg hit 9 below last night.
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Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Japan Cabinet OKs 2.776 Billion Budget for Next Year
Japan's cabinet approved and sent to Parliament a 2.776 billion dollar fiscal plan for the year starting April 1, trimming 76 million from the prior year. The budget includes 381 million for licenses.
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Japan
Tokyo
Chippewa County Jail a Model for Green County
Chippewa Falls jail praised as a good model after a tour by Louis F. Wolleson and County Board committee members. They noted a $267,000 cost, possibly reduced to $230,000 with shared boilers, and a plastic interior reducing redecorating needs for 15 years. A plan to locate a new jail and hire an architect will be discussed next week for February board action.
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Chippewa Falls
Louis FR. Wolleson
County Board
Say Claire
Wolleson
Henry Rebly Jr
Joshua J. Hoesly
Edward B.4lingmaier
Wilbur E. Deininger
R. C. Davidson
Division of Corrections
State Department of Public Welfare
Chippewa County
Cheddar Prices Drop No Plymouth Sales
Cheddar prices fell a half cent at the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange with no sales recorded. Offers were three cars at 35 cents, two cars at 35 cents, seven cars at 35 cents. Bids unfilled included one car at 34.5 cents and one white and one colored cheddar in new boxes at 35 cents. Trading tone was weak.
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Plymouth
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Surplus Butter Sale To Soviet Prospects Big Profit
The sale of surplus U S butter to the Soviet Union could yield 500 percent profit for the Soviet government. Russians would price butter around 30 rubles per gram or $3.40 per pound, while purchase costs to the export program run 40 to 50 cents per pound, leaving $2.90 to $3 profit minus shipping. American taxpayers would bear 15 to 25 cents per pound. Senator McCarthy opposes the sale, urging to feed friends first.
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Commodity Credit Corp
U. S
Boston
Sen
McCarthy
Two Men Nabbed In Prank Holdup
Milwaukee police report two men Arnold W. Differt and William R. Liermann arrested for a weekend bank holdup attempt in Wales Wisconsin. The pair claimed the act was a drunken prank after a ditching incident en route to work. They used a toy gun and were deterred by bank manager Berna Schneider who triggered the alarm.
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Milwaukee
Waukesha County
Arnold W. Differt
William R. Liermann
Bark Lake
Washington County
FBI
Bank
Wales
Berna Schneider
Witness Still in Canada Stalls Reuther Case
Detroit prosecutors face delays as the Walter Reuther murder plot case stalls over the missing witness Donald Ritchie. Windsor hearings set for January 21 hindered by Ritchie's absence. co-defendants Renda and Jacobs see deferred cases. Lombardo and Perrone status unclear amid international legal questions.
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Detroit
Walter Reuther
Gerald K. O’brien
Canada
Donald Ritchie
Ace
Ritchie
Detroit River
Windsor
Ont
Carl Renda
Clarence Jacobs
Renda
Reuther
Jacobs
Pete Lombardo
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Lombardo
Santo
Sam) Perrone
Nash Hudson merger to form American Motors Corp
Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson Motors plan consolidation to form American Motors Corp subject to stockholder approval. Nash and Kelvinator divisions become separate divisions within the new company. The merger creates the fourth largest U.S. automaker and employs over 40,000 people across multiple plants.
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Detroit
Hudson Motors
Nash-Kelvinator
Hudson Motor Car Co
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
American Motors Corp
N-K
Nash
Kelvinator
Hudson
New Corporation
N-K Corp
American Motors
A. E. Barit
George W. Mason
Hudson and
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Kaiser Motors
Willys-Overland Motors
Kaiser Willow Run
Michigan
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Nash-Hudson
Packard
Studebaker
el Segundo
Calif
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Wis
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mrs. Peterson Dies at 85 in South Wayne
Mrs. Emma Alvilda Thompson Peterson aged 85 of South Wayne died at 8 30 a m in St Clare hospital after a long illness She was born in Norway June 2 1868 and came to the United States at seven She married Peter Peterson in 1893 and the couple farmed near Wiota and Wayne Townships They had no children Surviving husband and funeral services are set for Monday at Hanson funeral home and West Viota church with burial in the church cemetery
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South Wayne
Peter Peterson
St. Clare Hospital
Bellhop Gets Three Years For Kidnap Ransom Attempt
Edward Eugene Long, 21, former hotel bellhop, was sentenced to three years in a reformatory after pleading guilty to blackmail. He sent a note demanding $10,000 ransom to Robert C. Greenlease following a newspaper report of six year old Bobby Greenlease's kidnapping, though he played no part in the actual abduction.
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Bellhop
Kansas City
Bobby Greenlease
Edward Eugene Long
John R. James
Long
Blacksia
Robert C. Greenlease
Greenlease
Mayor Brooks J Dunwiddie Seeks Re election
Seeks a second term announced by Mayor Brooks J Dunwiddie who is finishing his first term and will file papers for re election in the spring vote He cites plans nearing completion and future action as the basis for his decision He comes from a long public service family and has led local organizations including Greenwood Cemetery Association the Green County Fair and the county rationing board during the war.
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Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Dunwiddie
William Dunwiddie
Greenwood Cemetery Association
Green County Fair
Mrs. Edmund Skelly, 80, Dies in Janesville
Mrs. Edmund Skelly, 80, of Janesville died yesterday at Mercy hospital. Born in Columbus, she lived in Shullsburg before moving to Janesville. She married Edmund Skelly on May 20, 1902, in Columbus and was active in St. Patrick's Church, the Altar Society, and the Catholic Daughters. She leaves her husband, two sons Alfred and David of Janesville, two daughters Jeanette Trompeter of Iglo, S. D., and Lillian Luckensmeyer of Costa Mesa, 11 grandchildren, five great‑grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Joseph Trapp of Columbus. Funeral services are Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Ryan Funeral Home and 10 a.m. at St. Patrick's with Rev. John McNamara. burial in Mount Olivet. Rosary is at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. callers may come in the afternoon and night.
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Janesville
Edmund Skelly
Mercy Hospital
Jeannette Trompeter
Iglo
S. D
Lillian Luckensmeyer
Costa Mesa
Calif
Joseph Trapp
Columbus
Ryan Funeral Home
St. Patrick’s Church
John McNamara
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Northwest Hit By New Blizzard
Blizzard conditions grip Montana as winds of 40 miles per hour push into Wyoming and across the Continental Divide. The Helena forecast warns temperatures drop to 30 below in the north and 20 below in the south with up to 12 inches of snow in the Flathead Valley. Schools close in Northwestern Montana and travel is hindered by slick highways.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Wyoming
Continental Divide
Canada
Helena Weather Bureau
Flathead Valley
Ray's Tears Futile Divorce Granted in Juarez
Johnny Ray wept Thursday as the court granted a divorce to his wife Marily Morrison Ray on grounds of incompatibility.
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Ray
Juarez
Mexico
Johnny Ray
Marily Morrison Ray
Peiping warns UN block to peace over POW transfers
Peiping Radio says UN command risks the armistice by accepting 22 000 Chinese and North Korean prisoners to be turned back by India next Wednesday. The United States 8th Army prepares to reclaim the POWs and release them as civilians a week later at 12 01 a m. India plans to return the 22 000 to the UN, with some prisoners free to change their minds.
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China
Peiping
United Nations Command
India
U. S. 8Th Army
Peiping Radio
America
U. N
Reds
Edwin Martin
State Department
Martin
U. S
Arthur Dean
Washington
United States
South Korea
Dean
New York
Korea
Stock Prices Make Week's Fourth Gain
New York reports a recovery high as the market advances for the fourth straight day. Prices rise about one to two points despite small losses among several leaders such as New York Central Northern Pacific Sinclair Oil American Telephone DuPont General Electric American Tobacco U S Steel General Motors Douglas Aircraft National Distillers and Radio Corp.
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New York
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Sinclair Oil
American Telephone
DuPont
General Electric
American Tobacco
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Douglas Aircraft
National Distillers and Radio Corp
Day the School Caught Fire Leaves Project Unfinished
Students in Sherborne England were forced to abandon their assignment as a fire swept through the school on Thursday. Firefighters contained the blaze, with no reported injuries, and investigators began assessing the scene.
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Sherborne
England
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California
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Frazier Park
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U.N
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