Allies Refuse To Keep 22 000 On POW Status
The U N command says it will accept 22 000 unrepatriated anti Communist prisoners as civilians as of January 23, rejecting India's demand to keep them as prisoners. India says changing POW status would violate armistice terms. Hull argues releasing them aligns with human rights and opposes prolonged captivity.
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U. N
India
John E. Hull
K. S. Thimayya
Repatriation Commission
United Nations Command
Hull
Thomas Faucett Dies at 43 in Orfordville
Thomas Faucett aged 43 of Orfordville died at St. Clare hospital at 1 03 p m today after being admitted January 8. Services are pending at Silverthorn funeral home in Orfordville.
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Thomas Faucett
Orfordville
St. Clare Hospital
Silverthorn
Holdupmen Take 340000 in Gems In Detroit
Detroit police seek two professional diamond thieves after a $340000 gem holdup. Anthony Seaton of Antoville Galleries says the bandits followed him from New York and stole 11 pieces worth about 150000 from a hotel safe. Seaton was bound and gagged but freed himself to summon help.
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Detroit
New York
Carl Falk
Anthony Seaton
Antoville Galleries of
Seaton
Harry Winston
Plaque unveiling marks Green County polio drive progress
The Green County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis backs a 1954 campaign with an open house at St. Clare hospital to unveil a plaque for late Dr. Erwin E. Peters. Bobby Brecklin, a 2 year old polio patient, is highlighted as the program’s poster child and progress prep includes therapy showcases and a film tour to area schools. A wheelchair race around the courthouse square is planned for January 23.
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Green County
Bobby Brecklin
Gail Brecklin
13Th Avenue
Bobby
Debby Davis
Gooding
Ida
March of Dimes
Times
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Erwin E. Peters
Ann Peters
St. Clare Hospital
Eileen Pagel
Glen Wheeler
Wisconsin Moon Eclipse Seen If Weather Permits
Madison observers may witness a total lunar eclipse Monday night as professor C M Huffer notes. Timetable shows 4:20 moonrise and 8:16 p m total eclipse with a 30 minute total phase and a red tint from sunlight refracted through Earth’s atmosphere.
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Madison
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
C. M. Huffer
Huffer
Earth
Lena Winslow District Sets Jan 30 Meeting on High School Plan
The Lena Winslow District will meet January 30 to vote again on a single high school plan. The ballot lists the Jones property site, a site purchase, a new high school on site, and bonds of 750000 dollars. The board also voted to admit McConnell high school students to Lena starting September 1954 and to close Fairview school, after petitions were filed with mixed outcomes. No decision on rural seventh and eighth graders’ housing.
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Winslow
Lena- Winslow
Board of Education
Jones
Lena
Highway
McConnell High School
Fairview
McConnell
Lena High School
Fairview School
Eisenhower Convenes Atomic Aide Talks With Officials
President Eisenhower met for an hour with six government officials and military experts to discuss atomic power in war and peace. The session focused on policy and national defense strategy amid evolving nuclear capabilities.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Rhee Sets April Deadline for Korean Unification
President Syngman Rhee warned of action by April 23 to unify Korea, stating 180 days after the start of preliminary peace talks on Oct 26. A spokesman later said no definite April 26 deadline was set and a peace conference could settle time and place within a month.
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Here
United States
India
U. N. General Assembly
Korea
Vijaya Lakshimi Pandit
Assembly
U. S
Britain
France
Australia
Netherlands
U. N
Poland
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
South Korea
Karl Hong Ki
ROK
North Korea
Four in Hospital After Car Crash
Four persons were taken to St. Clare hospital after a 12:15 a m crash on Highway 81 near County Trunk Y. Marvin Kramer 23 Monroe Route 2 had a broken jaw Joseph C Ashbaugh Evansville head injury Betty Splinter Janesville and Darline Legler Monroe Route 4 bruises were listed as in fair satisfactory conditions respectively Splinter was driver of the Ashbaugh owned car which went out of control and hit a tree the car was a total loss per sheriff's department.
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St. Clare Hospital
Marvin Kramer
Monroe
Joseph C. Ashbaugh
Evansville
Betty Splinter
Janesville
Darline Legler
Kramer
Ashbaugh
Miss Splinter
Sheriff's Department
Iwo Registry Orders IWO To Register As Communist Front
The Subversive Activities Control Board ordered the International Workers Order Inc an insurance and fraternal group to register as a Communist front.
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IWO Registry
Washington
Subversive Activities Control Board
International Workers Order, Inc
Adoption Ruling Hinges On State Policy In Baby Jeffrey Case
Judge Elton Morrison in Portage will rule if state Welfare policy requiring both a mother and father in adoptive homes is valid. The two and a half day hearing ended with briefs to be filed, as the case tests the department’s stance on placing Jeffrey with Mrs. Dorothy Tschudy despite a lack of a father.
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Tschudy
Jeffrey
Elton J. Morrison
Portage
State Department of Public Welfare
Dorothy Tschudy
Vernon Tschudy
Morrison
Wisconsin
State Supreme Court
Welfare Department
Oscar T. Toebaas
Madison
Joseph D. Viney
Monroe
William A. Platz
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Jacob J. Tschudy
New Glarus
Vernon
Lydia Duerst
Dorothy Disch
Gottfried Schuetz
Dorothy Waite
Division of Children and Youth
Josephine Bangsberg
LaCrosse
Bangsberg
M. G. Peterman
Milwaukee
George M. Keith
Keith
Hertha Tar- Tasch
Witness Attacks McCarthy Sparks Uproar at Hearing
At a McCarthy subcommittee hearing in Boston a suspended General Electric worker Nathanial Mills shouted accusations of conspiracy, triggering multiple ejections as spectators booed. The session also saw Harvard faculty testifying about Communist ties while facing questions on associates.
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Wendell H. Furry
Harvard University
Sen. McCarthy
Senate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Furry
Boston
Nathanial Mills
General Electric Co
McCarthy
General Electric
U. S
Mills
Wisconsin
Theodore Pappas
Lynn
Oliver S. Allen Mills
Alexander Gregory
Lynn General Electric
Gregory
Bulgaria
Pappas
Communist Party
Butler Opposes United States Seaway Entry
Washington Senator Butler of Maryland condemned the proposed St. Lawrence seaway in a lengthy speech of more than 34 000 words. He argued Canada does not want U S participation and warned the plan is unwise with no clear payback from tolls, harming railroads coal industry and eastern and gulf ports while offering little national defense value. The Senate debate continued with a vote expected next week.
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Washington
Sen
Butler
United States
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada
U. S
Senate
Great Lakes
Sen. Aiken
Gulf Coast
Congress Considers Substantial Pay Raises for Members and Judges
Congress likely to vote next month on big raises for lawmakers and federal judges starting next January. A commission proposed raising to 27500, possibly scaled to 20000 or 22500, far above the current 15000. Rep. Burdick and Rep. Hoffman oppose, urging a roll call and public record before any effective date. Burdick argues many members are overpaid and notes travel on junkets. he says safeguards unlikely to be met.
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Washington
Congress
Special Commission
Rep
Burdick
R-Nd
Hoffman
R-Mich
Commission
Chimney Fire Damages Farm Home Near Monroe
Minor smoke damage reported at the Delmar Spickler farm home Route 3 after a chimney blaze around noon. A second fire at Kubly Transfer garage 1202 18th Street involved a semi truck overheating alcohol. No water needed. fires did not spread to other structures.
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H. L. Sickinger
Delmar Spickler
Route 3
Monroe
Kubly Transfer Garage
18Th Street
Kiwanis
Car matches Hartley abduction lead turns up at university
A 1941 Buick fitting the description of the car suspected in Evelyn Hartley’s abduction was turned over to University of Minnesota police by Franklin Elevitch a Duluth student. Officials said the vehicle shows no evidence linking it to the crime and Wisconsin authorities will review it.
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Minneapolis
Evelyn Hartley
LaCrosse
University of Minnesota
Franklin R. Elevitch
Duluth
Hartley
Clinton Hanscom
The
University
Wisconsin
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Lena-Winslow
United Nation
Lively
Wendell Furry
Leon J. Kamin
Kamin
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