Wisconsin Expands State Patrol and Driver Licensing System
The Wisconsin Legislature moves forward with Gov. Kohler backed plans to create a 250 man traffic patrol and an 85 man driver licensing unit. The program starts this fall with full operation by next spring while county patrols continue. Renewals rise to 1 dollar every two years, with duplicate licenses priced at 1 dollar. first-time permits remain 1 dollar for temporary and 2 dollars for final licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Snyder
Madison
State Motor Vehicle Department
Wisconsin
Kohler
State Bureau of
Melvin C. Larson
Department
Legislative Council
Assembly
Larson
Kohier
One Body Found In Pacific Search
A body identified as Lt. Alan Murdock McAneny was found in the wreckage of an FJ Fury on Oshima Island near Tokyo amid a multi day search for four missing U. S. Marine fliers. The Mirate events followed a fog bound loss as three others remained missing with a helicopter crewman lost in the effort.
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Tokyo
U. S
Oshima Island
Marine Corps
Alan Murdock McAneny
Yonkers
McAneny
Rome
N. Y
Air Force
Marine Sky Knight
Hodgin P. Mantague
Jackson, Miss
David Winton Bell
Wayzata
Minn
General Mills
Honshu
Marciano Moore Heavyweight Title Fight Set for Sept 20
Rocky Marciano and Archie Moore are matched for a heavyweight title bout on Tuesday Sept 20 at Yankee Stadium with a reported 2 million dollar gate. Marciano gets 40 percent of receipts Moore 20 percent. No home TV but theater TV and radio negotiations underway. If Moore wins a rematch must occur within 120 days with 30 30 terms. Tickets priced 40 30 20 and 10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rocky Marciano
Archie Moore
Yankee Stadium
Marciano
Moore
Monroe Man Injured in Fall From City Hotel Balcony
Monroe painter Carl Bieckel about 65 was reported in serious condition at St. Clare hospital after falling from the second story balcony of the City hotel at 7 45 p m yesterday. Witnesses saw him come from the west door on the landing slip and perform a summersault before landing on the sidewalk. Police noted friends at the hotel said he was subject to dizzy spells in hot weather and X rays were planned to check for fractures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Bieckel
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
City
Bieckel
Bill Friedli
Fred Fiechter
Bert Cassel
12Th Avenue
Cassel
Mrs Marty in Critical Condition After Collision
Mrs. Joan J. Marty of Route 5 remained unconscious in critical condition at St. Clare hospital after a two car collision four miles southeast of Monroe on Wednesday night. She suffered a severe head injury along with various cuts and bruises. condition reported unchanged today.
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Joan J. Marty
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Orangeville Volunteer Firemen Festival Plans July 14 16
Orangeville hosts a mid summer festival three nights July 14 to 16 featuring water fights each evening and a parade on Saturday afternoon. Thursday offers Firemen Fling. Friday ends with water fight finals and R eg gie Cross acts. Saturday includes a mile long parade at 12 30 pm a band concert and water fight prizes with an amateur program.
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Orangeville
WLS
Reggie Cross
Lena
al Aoe Lions
67 Deserters Caught in Port Said Action
Sixty seven French Foreign Legion veterans of the Indochina War jumped ship in the Suez Canal Zone. The Egyptian coast guard rounded up the entire group.
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Port Said
Egypt
French Foreign Legion
Suez Canal Zone
Egyptian Coast Guard
Former Convict Held For Extortion At LaCrosse Bank
Andrew C. Dinegan 73, ex convict, arrested in La Crosse after mailing a $500 extortion letter to George A. MacLachlan president of La Crosse National Bank. FBI says he was released June 24 from Minnesota state prison farm Stillwater after five years for arson. Dinegan, native of Lycoming County Pennsylvania, has eight federal sentences. He faces charges in Madison.
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ST. Louis P
la Crosse National Bank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Andrew C. Dinegan
FBI
Minnesota
Stillwater
Dinegan
George A. MacLachlan
MacLachlan
Lycoming County
Pennsylvania
Madison
U.S
James J. McManamy
Steel Walkout Ends In Quick Settlement
The Senate appropriations committee voted to deny funds for a Dixon Yates power line linking the proposed plant to TVA if Memphis moves within 90 days to build its own plant. President Eisenhower ordered a new study to decide whether to continue or cancel the project, with Kefauver predicting cancellation and Memphis officials reacting to the potential shift.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dixon- Yates
TVA
Memphis
Eisenhower
Tennessee Valley
Dixon-Yates
Budget Bureau
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rowland R. Hughes
Senate
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Frank Tobey
Hoover Retires From Government Service at Age 80
Herbert Hoover steps away from official duties at 80 as the Hoover Commission concludes its two year work. He receives praise from 11 fellow members for leadership in government reorganization. The commission produced 19 reports with 315 recommendations. Hoover vows continued public service.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Second Hoover Commission
Act of Congress
Hoover
Cheddar Prices Steady at Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Plymouth market reports no sales as cheddar values hold firm. Bids unfilled include one car state brand pasteurized longhorns 3334 and one car junior grade cheddars 2934. Trading tone remains steady.
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Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Mitchell Heads Policing at Fair
The Green County Fair will run August 3 to 7 with private police led by Willis E. Mitchell and city officers handling enforcement and traffic. Beall Service Co. again runs the public address system, and Floyd Coplien wins the tree trimming contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis E. Mitchell
Beall Service Co
Warren
Ill
Floyd Coplien
Stock Pavilion
Midway
Floral Hall
W. R. Schuetze
Fair Association
Louis R. Wolleson
Barnes Carruthers
Jimmy Lynch Death
Browntown Relocation Project Opens to Traffic
Representatives from Mathy Construction Co. of La Crosse said Highway 11 relocation between Monroe and Browntown would be open to traffic this afternoon. Workers were finishing the second layer of blacktop on the south side of the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathy Construction Co
la Crosse
Monroe
Browntown
Big Steel and C10 Agree on 15 Cent Wage Rise
U S Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers reach a 15 cent plus average hourly raise to end a nationwide steel strike. Negotiations ran overnight with union president David J. McDonald and U S Steel official John A. Stephens. The pact raises the average hourly rate from 2.33 to 2.48 and includes a 11.5 cent base with a 0.5 cent spread across job classifications. Picket lines remain outside plants until signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U. S&s. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
McDonald
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem, Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Republic
Inland Steel Companies
Hood
Steel Industry
Big Steel
U. S. Steel Corp
No Plan To Half Work Dixon Says
Edgar H. Dixon leader of the Dixon Yates project says construction in West Memphis Arkansas continues despite Eisenhower order a review. He states a contract with the Atomic Energy Commission remains in force for completion of the first unit by August 1957 and that costs incurred reach about two million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Ingram
West Memphis, Ark
Chamber of Commerce
AEC
Dixon-Yates Utlity Group
West Memphis
Mississippi River
Memphis
TVA
Ingram
Hughes
New York
Edgar H. Dixon
Power Combine
Dixon-Yates
Ark
Dixon
Middle South Utilities Inc
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Ebasco Services
Middle South
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6Th Street
21St Avenue
Times
Medical Center
Frederick L. Blanc
David R. Ruehlman
John M. Irvin
C. Earl Baumle
D. W. Springer
Charles O. Miller
Marty
LaCrosse
Senate Group
Lyndon Johnson
House
Rosalie
Hedy Studer
Ernest G. Studer
Studer
Plymouth
Recreation Park
Monroe Brewers
Madison Lakers
Beloit Redbirds
Rockford Blackhawks
Uled
Monroe Country Club
Karl Jaeger
Evansville
Samuel F. Humber
Mitchell
Luaion
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