Freed airmen reach Hawaii after two years in Chinese prisons
Four U.S. airmen held by China after their Korea War missions arrived at Hickam Air Force Base Hawaii following release near Hong Kong. Their families and media awaited the reunion as Dag Hammarskjold pressed for the release of other imprisoned aviators.
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Honolulu
U. S
Hawaii
China
Manchuria
Hong Kong
Hickam Air Force Base
Red Cross
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Lyle Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Air Force
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Guam
Andersen Air Force Base
Wake
New York
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Chou En-lai
State Swiss Market Weak Prices Lower
The Wisconsin cheese market shows overall weakness with steady demand and ample to more than ample offerings. Prices vary by type with 40 pound blocks at 34 to 36 percent moisture and domestic Swiss 32 to 41 cents per pound, indicating a soft market and rising stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Firm Seeks Location For New Factory Here
Monroe Industrial Development Corp met with representatives of a firm seeking a site for a new manufacturing plant. Various options were discussed and the company’s needs outlined but no definite action was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Industrial Development Corp
June Dairy Month kickoff promotes products countywide
More than 100 county dairy leaders gathered at Union Presbyterian Church to launch June Dairy Month. Miss Joan McKerley outlined promotional plans while Myron Jeglum reviewed progress, and the group discussed a county dairy queen contest with weekly voting tied to dairy purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan McKerley
Extension Service
Myrtle Webb
Sam Waelti
Union Presbyterian Church
Home Economist
Brodhead
Miss McKerley
Beverly Flaherty
Clarno
Jeglum
St Olaf Choir Founder Dies at 84 in Northfield
Dr. F Melius Christiansen founder and retired director of St Olaf Lutheran Choir died at age 84 after a year long illness following a stroke. His death came as the choir prepared to tour the United States and Europe which he shaped into a premier group. He was knighted by Norway and credited with popularizing a cappella music in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
Minn
F. Melius Christiansen
St. Olaf Lutheran Choir
Christiansen
United States
Europe
Norway
Stock Prices Edge Higher Amid Mixed Market Trends
New York traders saw a higher market in midafternoon with gains around six points and losses extending from one to three points as wide divergence persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mrs. Alfred Lienhardt 69 Dies in St Clare Hospital
Mrs Alfred Lienhardt age 69 of New Glarus died at 5 45 a m today in St Clare hospital after heart illness. Born in Bern Switzerland July 19 1886 she came to America in 1910 with husband Alfred and ran the New Glarus hotel until 1945. Surviving are husband three daughters two sons a sister and 12 grandchildren. Services Friday 2 pm Swiss church Rev Lynn F B Tschudy officiating burial in church cemetery Zentner funeral home New Glarus in charge.
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Alfred Lienhardt
New Glarus
St. Clare Hospital
Bern
Switzerland
John
Barbara Hofer Luthi
America
Merton Colney
Fred Schneider
Verona
Julius Stein
Chicago
Fred
Wilbert
Madison
Anna Mathis
Alfred Wyttenbach
Lienhardt
Swiss Evangelical and Reformed Church
G.U.G.G. Lodge
Lynn F. B. Tschudy
Zentner Funeral Home
Alma Robb
Blanchardville
Joseph Thoma
Selmer
Monticello
Milo
Blanchardville Lutheran Church
Richard Torgerson
Graceland Cemetery
Saether
Henry C. Hanson
Clarence Hanson
Allen Peterson
Glenn Syse
Albert Peterson
Chris Brager
Union Delays Ford Walkout in Four Day Extension
The UAW extended Ford's contract from midnight to Monday morning to keep negotiations open. Walter Reuther and Ken Bannon cited a new Ford proposal with many unresolved issues including the guaranteed annual wage. Ford countered with a prosperity partnership plan and workers stock option, amid a mass union meeting at Rouge plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Ken Bannon
Ford Department
Ford
Reuther
Rouge
General Motors Corp
Gms
Pauly Cheese Co Moves to New Plant
The Pauly Cheese Co begins moving its Swiss cheese stocks from 1721 15th Avenue to a larger cold storage plant built by Rudolph P. Reger and associates opposite the Illinois Central depot. Office staff will relocate to the new quarters on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauly Cheese Co
15Th Avenue
Rudolph P. Reger
June 18 Plans Shape Up Green County Event
The Associated Press signals interest in a Green County Picture Press Conference on June 18 for a national picture story feature. Beloit Daily News plans a full page feature. Monroe Country Club offers facilities for a June 17 dinner for visiting photographers. The 1950 Cheese Day Queen will attend June 18 at Town Hall cheese factory. WFRL radio plans coverage from Freeport. Swiss ball and bowling alley props being arranged. Monroe Turners prep a 10 minute calisthenics exhibition for the camera men. Contestant Ernest Ammon defends his Swiss wrestling title against three challengers for a kiss from Miss Rita Bregenzer. Ed Bregenzer offers a Swiss cuckoo clock and inlaid table as props.
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Associated Press
Green County
Beloit Daily News
Monroe Country Club
Town Hall
Darlene Adelman
Dean Dexter
Madison
WFRL
Freeport
Leroy Wuethrich
Monroe Turners
Cleveland
Ernest Ammon
Rita Bregenzer
Ed Bregenzer
Mike Bregenzer
Monroe High School seniors prepare for 82nd commencement
The 123 Monroe seniors picnic at Vilas Park in Madison and will practice marching tomorrow for the final high school event. Commencement exercises start at 8 p m in the auditorium with awards including the Gnngi scholarship to Eugene Wagner and the American Legion award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe High School
Vilas Park
Madison
Eugene Wagner
American Legion
Morris Wee
Bethel Evangelical Church
Supt
E. O. Evans
H. T. Johnson
Board of Education
Warfel
Postal Pay Measure Approved by Senate
The Senate passed a bill to raise salaries for about 500,000 postal workers by 8 percent on average after presidential assurances, sending the measure to the House the next day. It retroactively grants 6 percent from March 1 plus 2 percent through reclassification, with higher increases for upper bracket workers. The President is expected to sign the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
District Alice in Dairyland Contest Set for Boscobel
The State Department of Agriculture announced a district Alice in Dairyland contest at Boscobel High School next Tuesday at 8 a m. Green County contestants will be judged there. Winners advance to the Portage regional on June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Lake Country Club
Jeglum
State Department of Agriculture
Boscobel
Green County
Department
Portage
Boscobel High School
Swiss police raid Italian communists across Bern
Swiss federal police conducted nationwide home searches targeting Italian communist suspects for alleged illegal political activity. No arrests were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Second Salk Shot To Be Administered Next Week
A second Salk vaccine dose will be given next week to the 514 Green County first and second graders who received the first injection May 18 to 20. Nurses Grammes and Chase secured 228 cc more in Madison to cover the second shot and outlined the centers for the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
June Grammes
Ruth Chase
Madison
Monticello
New Glarus
Brodhead
Monroe
Principal in Crivitz Fight Wins Pay Case
A former Crivitz district school principal, Frank J. Worachek, won his wage dispute in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The court affirmed a 1954 circuit court ruling that denied his 1951 salary after he was discharged for not filing a teaching certificate within a 10 day period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Marinette County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Arold Murphy
Frank J. Worachek
Crivitz
Stephenson Town
Worachek
ADA Chief Predicts End to Dairy Surplus Problems Within Year
CHICAGO The American Dairy Association general manager Lester J. Will said the end of the nation’s dairy surplus is in sight probably by the end of 1955 or in 1956. He spoke at a dairy industry luncheon marking Dairy Month June 1 to 30. He cited rising consumption, lower prices, and promotion programs as the main drivers, noting the March 31 1955 marketing year saw six billion more pounds of milk consumed than the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Dairy Association
Lester J. Will
Will
Arne Brager, 94, Dies in Madison Area
Arne J. Brager died at 94 in a Madison hospital after an extended illness. Born December 24, 1861 in York Township Green County he married Betsy Severson in 1891. The Blanchardville farmer retired in 1920 and is survived by four children eight grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral at Blanchardville Lutheran Church with burial in Graceland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchardville
Arne J. Brager
Madison
York Township
Green County
Jens and
Marit Monson Brager
Betsy Severson
Catlin Plans 1956 Senate Run in Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Mark Catlin Jr announces he will formally seek the Republican nomination for the U S Senate in 1956 challenging incumbent Senator Alexander Wiley. Catlin had previously said he would run if no other acceptable Republican entered by June. Wiley faces opposition from conservatives within the GOP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Assembly
Mark Catlin Jr
Appleton
U. S. Senate
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Catlin
GOP
Wiley
Judge's Ruling Voided in Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision
Wisconsin Supreme Court voided a $4 200 fine on the Joe Must Go club for alleged violations of the corrupt practices act. The court remanded and dismissed all counts citing insufficient proof funds were raised or used by a corporate body. The case involved Leroy Gore and Sauk City figures linked to the anti McCarthy effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Senator McCarthy
High Court
Bruce Bretfuss
Neillsville
Grover L. Broadfoot
Broadfoot
Leroy Gore
Sauk City Weekly
anti-McCarthy
Incorporated
Beilfuss
Sauk County
Harlan Kelley
Gore
James Seering
Kelley
Bill To Abolish State Net Killed In Wisconsin Senate
In Madison the Wisconsin Senate voted 29 to 3 to kill a bill abolishing the state FM radio network and WHA TV. Earlier a 25 to 6 vote rejected a substitute that would have ended WHA TV only. Draheim argued voters opposed a state TV network and that abolishing WHA TV would save money for the biennium.
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Madison
Senate
Wisconsin
Wha-Tv
WHA -Tv
Draheim
R-Neenah
Mt. Horeb Man Dead In Road Truck Crash
A head on collision near Watertown between a car driven by 29 year old Robert A Anderson of Mt. Horeb and a dump truck carrying blacktop for highway repair left Anderson dead and Albert Miller 54 of Neillsville seriously injured with a skull fracture. Miller was hospitalized in Watertown.
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Mt. Horeb
Watertown
Robert A. Anderson
Albert Miller
Neillsville
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Chou
Indonesia
Red China
Peiping
St. Olaf's Choir
Union
Pauly
Madison Park
C. C. Warfel
Grace Lutheran Church
Mabel Viel
Wee
David Forbes
James Forbes
Roger Rubendall
University of Wisconsin
Badgers
Rubendall
Forbes
Marty Rammer
Sheboygan
Alice
Salk
Milwaukee
State Board of Health
Racine
Eau Claire
Fond du Lac
Miss Grammel
Miss Chase
ADA
Gore Group
McCarthy
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