Guards Begin Wing by Wing Search at Walla Walla Prison
Eight unarmed guards start a cellblock by cellblock search for weapons as about 1,700 inmates are held in the Walla Walla state penitentiary after a two day revolt. State Patrol and guards back them with rifles as they move inmates to the yard and secure each cell.
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Walla Walla
Wash
State Penitentiary
Charles Hall
Toam
National Guard
Lawrence Delmore Jr
Thomas Harris
Arthur Hawman
Hawman
Harris
Stock Prices Slide As Market Skids Under Selloff
New York stocks fell sharply as concentrated selling pushed prices lower into the late afternoon. Du Pont dropped about 12 points while General Motors fluctuated after a prior 14 24 split rumor. GM opened lower on heavy volume and Du Pont, owning 21 million GM shares, opened down before a partial recovery. Afternoon selling dominated all market sections.
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New York
du Pont
General Motors
U S Officials Refute Shift Against Red China U N Seat
State Department spokesman said U S policy on seating Red China at the United Nations remains the same. He sought to counter Burmese Premier U Nu’s remarks that officials were not opposed to admission, noting no new shift by Washington.
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Washington
State Department
United States
China
United Nations
U Nu
Henry Suydam
New York
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
White House
James C. Hagerty
U. N
Eisenhower
Monroe Fire Department Named for Orangeville Water Fight
Roger Voelkli and Dan W. Gerber will represent the Monroe Fire Department in the water fights at Orangeville next week. They earned their spot in elimination fights on Spring Square last night. The alternate team is Frederick Lanz and Russell Schultz.
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Roger Voelkli
Dan W. Gerber
Monroe Fire Department
Orangeville
Spring Square
Frederick Lanz
Russell Schultz
Monroe
James Lanz
Emil Klarer
Klarer
Lanz
Jail Group Plans Darlington Visit
Members of the Lafayette County jail and courthouse committee will tour the Darlington jail next week to review remodeling done two years ago and assess cost figures. Committee chair Leo M. Ties is on vacation and says only members will go. A follow up meeting will consider further remodeling for Green County jail.
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County Board
Lafayette County
Leo M. Ties
Darlington
Ties
Green County
Johnson improves after heart attack in Washington
Sen Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas shows satisfactory progress after a heart attack last Saturday. A hospital report says he had a comfortable day and remains on the serious list as Democratic floor leader in the Senate.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Sen. Johnson
Senate
Senate approves foreign aid bill in tense vote
The Senate backed a 3.2857 billion foreign aid authorization by voice vote and sent it to the House. The measure is 123 million below Eisenhower’s request, chiefly due to reduced direct military aid. Controversy swirled over Defense Department actions on June 30 and late fiscal year obligations.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Senate House Conference Committee
Hensel
House Appropriations
H. Struve Hensel
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Mystery hoax ship distress tale captivates New York area
A pre-dawn radio report said survivors from the 40-foot fishing boat Blue Star were rescued by a non American submarine about 30 miles east of Barnegat. Coast Guard crews scoured 3,700 square miles with little to show beyond a lone unmarked life jacket.
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New York
Coast Guard
Blue Star
Barnegat
N. J
New York Harbor
Nancy Moran
Mitchell C. Sullivan
Talcottville
Conn
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. S
Marine Records
New York Life Insurance Company
Miami
House Group Holds To $1 Minimum Pay
Washington The House labor committee voted 21 to 9 to raise the federal minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour starting March 1. A Republican plan to set the wage at 90 cents failed on a 15 to 15 tie, a stance also supported by President Eisenhower who urged the 90 cent level as Congress nears July adjournment.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
Thompson Assails Pentagon Over Weak Reserve Program
Rep. E. Keith Thomson charged the Pentagon with a weak national reserve plan, saying career officers prefer it weak. He cited WPA slang for West Point Protecting Association and argued Korea era callsback were limited to protect promotions. Sen. Russell criticized the plan, saying it still shifts active reserve duties to prior volunteers and draftees.
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Washington
E. Keith Thomson
R-Wyo
Pentagon
Way
Thomson
West Point Protecting Association
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Eisenhower
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Korea
Welfare Group Hears Peterson on Preventive Plans
County Judge Marshall L. Peterson outlined a preventive welfare plan to cut future remedial work, urging next school year implementation. He seeks state guidance and will address teachers before Aug 29 as a receiving home concept gains support. a public meeting also discussed adult services and expanding county programs. Attendees included department staff and local officials.
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Marshall L. Peterson
County Welfare Department
Peterson
Division of Children and Youth
State Department of Welfare
John O'Neill
William Kuntz
O‘neill
Kuntz
O'Neill
Effie Wenger
H. B. Caradine
Myron I. Stair
Walter Reger
John A. Schindler
R. Finley Barry
E. J. Norton
Roy Crago
Public Welfare Board
Charles Gardner
New Glarus
Two Polio Patients in Wisconsin Vaccinated
Nine new polio cases were reported this week in Wisconsin raising the 1955 total to 52, up from 43 a year earlier. Cases appeared in Calumet, Eau Claire, Kewanee, Marathon, Milwaukee, Monroe, Outagamie, Richland and Waupaca Counties. Two patients had received Salk vaccine in May, one in Kaukauna and one in Merrill.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Calumet
Eau Claire
Kewatmee
Marathon
Milwaukee
Monroe
Outagamie
Richland
Waupaca
Kaukauna
Merrill
Cheese Market Steady Demand Fair in Madison Area
Wisconsin American cheese market today shows steady to fair demand with adequate to heavy offerings. Price ranges include cheddar 32 to 34 percent, single daisies 35 to 37 percent, long horns 34 to 35 percent, midgets 35 to 34 to 39 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
County to Buy $2300 Radio Transmitter for Interference Relief
The sheriff's committee approved a $2300 Motorola transmitter to replace the failed unit at the county highway shops. The new gear aims to reduce police radio interference on TV sets, though officials say this is not its primary purpose. The current 100 watt transmitter has operated at low power due to a 1953 roof wind damage and moisture, causing frequent outages. Installation is expected around August 1 with minimal downtime.
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Sheriff’s Committee
County Board
Samuel F. Humbel
Humbel
Frederick J. Sarles
Sarles
Services Tonight For Six in Family Killed at Crossing
Funeral services are held for Mrs Harriet Smith 35 Beloit and her five children killed when their car was ripped apart by a speeding Milwaukee Road passenger train near Allens Grove in Walworth County. Six others injured include Cheryl 3 in critical condition. survivors include Leland 10 Betty Lou 9 and Susan 7. Beatrice Smith also in the car. All hospitalized at Elkhorn. Burial planned in Nekoosa.
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Susan
Beatrice Smith
Little Chute To Close Disputed Bridge Friday
The village of Little Chute plans to close a canal bridge over the Fox River to restrict access for disposal plant use. Village attorney Urban Van Susteran announced the bridge will be shut at 8 a.m. Friday by the village marshal after a week of dispute and closures by both sides.
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Fox River
Urban van Susteren
Appleton
Contracts Signed For Storage Unit At County Hospital
The county hospital committee signed contracts for a new storage unit costing 48,787.25 dollars to store vegetables. Monroe Ready Mix won the 37,892.25 dollar building bid and Refrigeration Equipment Co. of Madison won 10,895 dollars for refrigeration. The project will be 45 by 80 feet, located on the site of the old laundry, and will house hospital grown produce.
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Warden W. Francis
Monroe Ready Mix
Ready Mix
Refrigeration Equipment Co
Madison
Burke Refrigeration Sales and Service of
Monroe
Francis
Nathan E. Bear
Cheese Day Leaders Plan Monday Fund Drive
Directors of Cheese Day Inc met last night to review the Picture Press Conference held June 18 and plan the program and financial drive. D A Crandall said directors and committee heads will be guests of Women of the Oasis at a dinner in Moose Hall Monday night signaling the start of the fundraising under Harold T Snyder, finance chairman.
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Cheese Day, Inc
D. A. Crandall
Women of the Oase
Moose Hall
Harold T. Snyder
Unloading Move For Kohler Ship Sparks Milwaukee Strike Threat
Charles M Schultz president of the Wisconsin State CIO warned a citywide strike would follow if the Norwegian freighter M S Fossum tried to unload clay for Kohler Co in Milwaukee. Police guarded the dock at Jones Island as mob violence in Sheboygan subsided and Kohler officials pursued unloading elsewhere if necessary.
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Sheboygan
Kohler Co
Kohler
Milwaukee
Charles M. Schultz
Wisconsin State Cio
CIO
Schultz
Frank Zeidler
Jones Island
Lake Michigan
M. S. Fossum
F. Svensen
Skien
Norway
Lyman Conger
The
Conger
Uaw-Cio
National Labor Relations Board
Clay
Fowley
England
Rudolph Ploetz
Ploetz
Robert Burkart
Guards Strike at Secret Lincoln Project in Lexington
In Lexington Massachusetts 66 guards walked out at the government secret Lincoln project a security facility where scientists work on nuclear defense after union members rejected a wage agreement by 34 to 5 in a negotiated settlement vote.
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Lexington
Mass
Lincoln
Independent Union of Plant Protection
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