Milwaukee Maintains Stand on Fossum Unloading Dispute
Milwaukee officials backed the harbor commission in ordering the Norwegian freighter Fossum to return to Sheboygan to unload its clay cargo for Kohler Co. The city denies a contract to unload here, while cargo owners threaten damages if the shipment is not discharged.
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Milwaukee
Harbor Commission
Sheboygan
Kohler Co
Frank Zeidler
Harry G. Slater
Here
Lake Michigan
Rudolph Ploetz
Milwaukee Commission
Milwaukee Harbor
Uaw-Cio
William Timmons obituary notes military service and family ties
William J. Timmons 67 of 2555 13th street died at home from a heart attack. Born November 21 1887 in Monroe he served with Co H 127th Infantry and the National Guard overseas. Survived by Elise Bau man wife a daughter three sons and five grandchildren with full military rites planned at the grave pending word from Germany. Burial at Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Timmons
13Th Street
Mr. Timmons
Monroe
William
Anna Courtney Timmons
Elise Bauman
P. A. Schuh
Co. H
127Th Infantry
Lloyd Burkhalter
South Wayne
de Forest
Donald
Madison
Pvt
Wesley
Oberammergau
Germany
Timmons
Shriner-Neuschwander
Paul C. Kehle
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Allens Sentry Unit Largest in This Area
Described as the largest market between Milwaukee and Dubuque the new Sentry IGA on Highway 1181 east opens Wednesday at 10 am. The 108 by 100 foot building cost nearly 250000 dollars, is leased to Sentry Markets Inc, and will be run by George W and C E Allen who have run the local IGA since 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Dubuque
Sentry Iga
Alvin F. Rote Co
Sentry Markets, Inc
George W. and
C. E. Allen
IGA
Allens
Rosa Florists
George W. Allen
Allen
Ronald Bear
Nelson R. Schwend
Edwin M. Kundert
Storm Lashes Monroe Area
A morning storm toppled tree limbs and blew a roof from a playhouse in Monroe and caused power and phone outages across the rural area. Winds dropped temperatures from 71 to 64 as two inches of rain fell in nearby Freeport and utilities rushed to restore service by afternoon.
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Monroe
Freeport
Orvin White
14Th Avenue
Ray Thorpe
9Th Street
Joseph R. Ganshert
17Th Street
Telephone and Power Company
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Fairgrounds
WEKZ
United Telephone Co
Tomor
Youths Admit Hoax SOS Sent from Docked Boat
Russell presses a plan to exempt veterans from compulsory reserve training amid Pentagon opposition. He backs a volunteer reserve model while defense officials stress minimal enforcement and maintaining active force participation. Senate hearings on a 2.9 million-strong reserve by 1960 resume after recess.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Pentagon
Senate Armed Services Committee
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Armed Services Committee
Senate
Seay
Army
Marine Corps Reserve
House
Las Vegas suspects post bail on cash theft case
Frank Ellsworth and Ray Wilson, both arrested on suspicion of robbing a Las Vegas casino, posted bail while Ellsworth fled town briefly with $87 000 in cash. Authorities questioned them over links to a Queens bank heist, but a New York official said no connection appears.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Frank Ellsworth
U. S. Internal Revenue Department
Ellsworth
Ray Wilson
Wilson
Chase Manhattan Bank of Queens
Frank McGlynn
New York
Queens
Ringling Resigns as Wisconsin GOP Committeeman
Henry Ringling resigns as national GOP committeeman from Wisconsin after losing endorsement. Robert Pierce of Menomonie wins state endorsement to replace Ringling, with a national committee to consider the recommendation. Pierce, a 54 year old feed mill operator, would assume the post ahead of the usual schedule.
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Baraboo
Henry Ringling
Wisconsin
Rip
Robert Pierce
Menomonie
Ringling
Leonard Hall
State Organization
Pierce
Chicago
Schiller Challenges Green County Hospital Cold Storage Contract
Second Ward supervisor Victor N. Schiller says the bids and contracts for a new 45 by 80 foot concrete block cold storage building at Green County Hospital are invalid. He mailed letters to trustees and officials, threatening an injunction if work continues, and cites vague plans, bid procedures, and possible code violations.
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Victor N. Schiller
Green County Hospital
Schiller
Francis
Franz W. Brand
Clarence W. Loveland
Ray E. Kundert
Green County
Nathan E. Bear
Monroe
Fred Krassy
New Glarus
Paul Zimmerman
Brodhead
Industrial Commission
State Welfare Department
Laid Off Sailor Faked Sea Disaster To Teach Radio Use
Two youths held after Coast Guard searched 4,000 square miles for the sinking Blue Star based on a phony SOS. Maldona and Teen admitted beaming the hoax to show how a real radio works after breaking into the St Joseph radio shack.
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Woodmere
N. Y
Blue Star
SOS
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Radio Shack
Thomas Maldona
East Rockaway
St. Joseph
George Teen
Oceanside
Barnegat
N. J
William Herivede
Valley Stream
Long Island
Maldona
Mitchell declines post as police head at fair
Willis E. Mitchell announced he would not assume the role heading a private police unit for the 101st Green County Fair August 3 7. Mitchell had been chosen at a fair association meeting to lead the group which would be aided by city police. William A. Brown secretary said no alternative policing plan for the grounds has been developed.
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Harbor Commission
Arthur Skelding
AFL
Marshall Whaling
John Zinca
Willis E. Mitchell
Mitchell
The
Fair Association
William A. Brown
Car Crash Claims Life Near Newton Wisconsin
Otto Weyer, 33, Manitowoc, died Friday evening after his car left the road two miles north of Newton, plunged into a ditch and rolled over. He succumbed within minutes from a broken neck and severe injuries.
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CWN
Newton
Wis
Otto Weyer
Manitowoc
Here
Park Fun Day Plans Drafted for Friday at Recreation Park
Tentative plans for a city Fun Day at Recreation Park were set at a playground staff meeting. Ronald D. Johnson announced a parade at 11 a.m. with lineups by 10:30 a.m. at Lincoln School. Prizes cover costumes and divisions such as pets, buggies, bicycles. A post lunch races segment leads into free swim and water games. Johnson noted the event as part of a string of Friday activities drawing hundreds of children and parents. In yesterday’s track meet Johnson announced results including high jump John Wagner first and Gary Buholzer winning sprints and javelin with multiple places for Pickett Cox Peterson Brown Wild.
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City Recreation Department
Ronald D. Johnson
Lincoln School
Johnson
Recreation Park
John Wagner
Danny Pickett
Jim Spring
Wagner
Pickett
Chris Peterson
Gary Buholzer
Mike Kelly
Tom Cox
Ron Brown
Larry Wild
Cox
Buholzer
Wild
Lao Revolt Flares in Northern Laos Warfront
The government of Laos announced ongoing heavy fighting in the northern mountains between Lao government troops and Pathet Lao forces. The clash signals a renewed struggle involving communist inspired factions in South Viet Nam era context.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Lao
Pathet Lao
Missing Confidential editor linked to Forrestal case in Chicago
Howard Rushmore 43 editor of Confidential vanished after arriving in Chicago to pursue a story on the Forrestal death. He appeared on a TV program, planned to meet a man named Larry after a 1:15 a.m. ride, left his hotel in a towel cab, and has not been seen since.
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Chicago
Howard Rushmore
Confidential
Rushmore
New York City
Frank Hermoski
James Forrestal
Navy
Defense Departments
Communist Daily Worker
Larry
Roosevelt Road
Halsted Street
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William Timmons
Times
Cc. E. Allen
George W
Theodore L. Altmann
Marvin Wuthrich
Monroe Area
Monroe Ready Mix
Refrigeration Equipment Co
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