Huge Housing Aid Bills Up for Study
Congress debates three major housing bills aimed at public housing and slum clearance. GOP and Democratic plans vary in unit goals from 600000 to 1000000 over six to seven years with loans and grants to spur construction for low income families. Senate hearings set for February 2 as rent control extensions loom.
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Washington
Congress
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Senate
GOP House
Taft
Ohio
Ellender
Senate Banking
House
Banking
GOP and Senate Bills Propose Large Slum Clearance Grants
The proposed bills set annual costs of 320 million and 240 million for 41 years under different party plans, with smaller initial grant years. All plans offer 1 billion in loans and 500 million in federal grants for slum clearance, plus related four-year adjustments.
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House
Senate
Tyrrell to retire as Beloit College vice president
Beloit announces the June 30 retirement of Vice President Bradley Tyrrell under the college retirement program. He will be succeeded by Harold Sanford Wood, currently Oberlin College vice president. Tyrrell, 66, has served Beloit since 1938 and was born in Delavan.
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Bradley Tyrrell
Beloit College
Carey Croneis
Tyrell
Harold Sanford Wood
Oberlin College
Tyrrell
Croneis
Delavan
Graves Buys Local Tombstone Business in Viroqua
Robert Graves Jr a Viroqua newspaperman bought a local tombstone business from Oscar Larson yesterday in a straightforward transaction. The move marks Graves entry into the regional stoneworking trade and broadens his local business portfolio.
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Viroqua
Robert Graves Jr
Graves
Oscar Larson
Belmont Co op cheese factory notes and staff
The Belmont Co op cheese factory at Belmont in Lafayette county is complete with four cheesemakers and a butter maker led by head cheesemaker Werner Christen with 18 years’ experience. Milk is supplied by 115 patrons. Swiss American and brick cheeses are produced. The factory officers include president Oscar Paulson and secretary treasurer Ludwig Swenson. Kraft Foods Co expands dairy operations to multiple western states, with a new Green Bay office to supervise the growth.
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Belmont
Lafayette County
Werner Christen
Fred Steuri
Carl Niffmnegger
Ben Gordon
Max Schroeder
Joseph Robinson
Don McNitt
Vincent Donohue
Pat McDonald
Delbert Rehmstedt
Orville Moddy
Charles Riter
Ray Kundert
Hay Hollow Cheese Co
York Township
Oscar Paulson
Ludwig Swenson
James Ula
Kraft Foods Co
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
J. I. Christophersen
Green Bay
Christophersen
County Bond Sales Decline Across Green and Lafayette Areas
U S government savings bond totals in Green county for 1948 reached 651 431 dollars, down 92425 from 1947 with 743 856 in 1947 and 619 526 in 1946. Lafayette county shows a similar drop in 1948 from 445 000 in 1946 to 538 535. Statewide 1948 bond sales were 98 048 000 dollars, down 3 644 000 from 1947 and 1 210 000 below 1946.
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Green County
U. S. Treasury Department
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Lafayette County
Weather meeting interrupted by snow and sleet
About 200 meteorologists at the 101st annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society faced disrupted sessions as heavy snow and sleet turned sidewalks into slushy puddles across New York City yesterday.
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The
American Meteorological Society
Want ads promise heavy workload for small pay
A local notice touts the appeal of placing Want ads with the claim that buyers will face a heavy workload for a small price, suggesting a bargain with limited earnings in exchange.
Wisconsin Livestock Imports Exports Rise
Wisconsin reports higher cattle exports and imports for last year. A total of 83,718 head shipped to 46 states Puerto Rico and seven foreign countries. In 1947 81,796 head were registered for out of state sale. Wisconsin received 27,849 head mostly feeder cattle in 1947 25,711 head were shipped here.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Puerto Rico
Wheelchair-Bound Man Sentenced to Waupun Prison
William Rhode, 34, was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Clarence Rinehart to one to ten years in Wisconsin state prison at Waupun for parole violation. Rhode, who has no family or home, spoke thanks from his wheelchair. State probation officer George H. Waters noted Rhode has suffered chronic arthritis for six years.
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Eau Claire
William Rhode
Waupun
Clarence Rinehard
Rhode
Rinehard
George H. Waters
Prison term sought for burglar and armed robber Rhode
Rhode faced prison due to past offenses and was placed on three years probation January 14, 1941 for burglary in Eau Claire. A year later he was convicted in Duluth on an armed robbery charge.
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Rhode
Eau Claire
Duluth
Town of Lake Probe Stays 30 More Days
Milwaukee reports a John Doe inquiry into the town of Lake is delayed another 30 days as Circuit Judge Otto H. Breidenbach grants a month long stay of the prior order dismissing a writ of prohibition. Kowaleski seeks appeal to the state supreme court with Walter Schinz Jr. representing him.
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John Doe
Lake
Otto H. Breidenbach
John Kowaleski
Walter Schinz Jr
Kowaleski
Circuit
State Supreme Court
Constitutionality Challenge to John Doe Proceeding
A legal team argues to test the constitutionality of the John Doe proceeding on behalf of their client, asserting procedural or substantive concerns. The motion or brief frames key legal questions and potential implications for due process and rights.
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John Doe
Condor Reaches Altitude Up To Four Miles
The South American condor is believed to ascend as high as four miles, a remarkable height for this scavenger bird.
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