Storm Damage Slight in Area Two Die in State
A severe electrical storm lashed southern Wisconsin with 75 mph winds causing two deaths and several injuries. Leo E. O'Neil, 49, died when a barn collapsed trapping him. Paul Nottinger, 68, was electrocuted by a 40 foot TV tower striking a 3000 volt line. Widespread outages and downed trees reported. LaCrosse and Milwaukee areas affected with hail and power line hits. Local airports and institutions faced brief disruption as the storm moved across the state fading after midnight.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Leo E. O'Neil
Basco
O'Neil
Howard
Howard O'Neil
Paul Owens
Donald Richmond
Owens
Richmond
Leo
Paul Nottinger
LaCrosse
Victory
Vernon County
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Sheriff's Department
Searles School
6Th Street
16Th Avenue
18Th Avenue
9Th Street
13Th Avenue
Sth Street
22Nd Avenue
20Th Avenue
Janesville
Henry Roth
Montery Stadium
Chicago Weather Bureau
la Crosse
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Second Accident Victim Succumbs
Paul H. Schiess 33 of 919% 11th Street died at 5 p m yesterday in St Clare hospital from a basal skull fracture following a car collision last Sunday night at Highway 59 and County Trunk FF near Searles school west of Albany. The crash also killed Wilson Wolter 40 of Brodhead and injured four Solem family members among seven occupants rushed to St Clare. Services for Schiess set for Saturday at 2 p m at Shriner Neushwan der funeral home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Paul H. Schiess
11Th Street
St.Clare Hospital
Schiess
Wilson Wolter
Brodhead
Gifford Salem
Route 5
Monroe
Wolter
Searles
Albany
St. Clare Hospital
Solem
Tamara
Eugene
Walter
Hanover
Wis
Carl
Minnie Martini Schiess
Randolph Schools
Monroe High School
Lakeshire-Marty Co
Heuer Sales Co
Earl
Walter Bregenzer
4-H Camp Day Planned for Green County
County camp committee meets to plan a July 2 event at Kiwanis Youth cabin and Recreation Park. Hundreds of 4-H clubbers are expected. Morning sessions cover arts and crafts nature study music and recreation with a noon picnic. Evening camp fire singing and square dancing follow at Recreation Park.
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Kiwanis
Court House
Recreation Park
Arts and Crafts
Catherine Blum
Argus Club
Joseph Tschanz
Picnic
Garret Keel
Monroe
Lester Witt
Paul Busch
Dutch Hollow
Keel
Amp
Dean Streiff
New Glarus
Witt
Miss Blum
Busch
Earl Pinnow
Roland Town
Duchess Believed Seen Near Brodhead After Fatal Crash
A dog named Duchess, lost after a Sunday night crash that killed two people and injured the Solem children, was sighted near Brodhead. The dog was a pet of the Solem children, who were improving, and a reward was offered for its return. Meanwhile a Swim Week proclamation for health observance was issued by Gov. Kobler for June 21 to 27.
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Gifford Solem
Brodhead
Solem
Madison
Kobler
Cheddar Prices Drop at Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Plymouth trading data show weak tone as Cheddar prices fall. Vucuders and single daisies off half a cent. sales include three cars cheddars at 35 cents. Bids filled cover two cars cheddars at 35 cents and one car longhorns at 38 cents. Uncovered offers list 13 cars cheddars at 35 and a junior grade at 34. Two cars single daisies at 37 cents.
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Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Wisconsin Senate approves new farm wood lot law for farmers
The Senate accepted a bill letting farmers register up to 40 acres under a 10 year reforestation contract with a 20 cent per acre payment in lieu of property taxes. The conservation department would implement the land development plan and study by Wisconsin higher education officials on future school needs.
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Madison
Senate
Conservation Department
Wisconsin
Institutions of Higher Learning
McCoy
Ators
Camp McCoy
Gov. Kohler
Department of Veterans Affairs
Lake ‘Shore College
Milwaukee
Taft-Hartley Revision Put Off for Year
Washington Republicans announce postponement of Taft-Hartley law revision until next year. Senate Labor Committee Chair H Alexander Smith says no rush to push amendments this year. Smith and Taft plan to seek committee agreement but will not convene a drafting session soon.
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Washington
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Senate Labor Committee
Smith
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Hi Smith
Ftee
Principal Charles Hub Resigns from Juda School
Charles Hub resigns as principal of Juda School after serving in the role for several years. Details of his departure and succession remain unclear in the fragment.
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Charles Hub
Juda F
Hub
Juda
Ted He
Juda Eudes Afte Unters
ROK Foreign Minister Calls Armistice Plan Cowardly
South Korea acting foreign minister denouncesUN plan as dishonorable and cowardly predicting bloodshed if Indian troops and Communist representatives enter. He warns prisoners refusing repatriation will risk death while noting a five nation commission would supervise unreturnable POWs.
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Seoul
South Korea
United Nations
Puyn Yung- Fai
Red
Poland
Czech Rakia
Korea
Pyga
Republic of Korea
Truce Won’t End Plea for Tax Vote
Washington says a Korea truce would not change the administration’s push for high taxes. Marion Folsom testifies that no pressure was placed on business allies to back a six month extension of the excess profits tax and defends treasury meetings with business leaders as proper.
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Washington
Treasury
Marion Folsom
Korea
Sike Aeedevassresesen
Seae
Cee Estes
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Folsom
Humphrey
Congress
24,119 Americans Died in Korea War
Seoul reports a Korea war casualty tally as of May end shows 24,119 Americans killed, 100,665 wounded, 11,343 missing or captured, totaling 136,129. Combined with South Korea and other nations, overall UN casualties rise. Communist totals are estimated at 1,097,000 for China and 802,000 for North Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
South Korea
Red China
North Korea
British To Understand U S Aim In Far East
George C Marshall addressed 2000 British leaders urging clear view of American Korea casualties and resisting Soviet propaganda. He warned against believing the United States seeks general war while stressing aid to China and restraint in Asia.
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U.S
Far East
London
George C. Marshall
America
Korea
Ing
SH Marshall
Marshall
Death Notice for C F Schneider 61 of Monroe
Charles F. Schneider aged 61 of 2214 th street died at his sister Mrs. Fred W. Hartwig home this morning after a heart attack. He worked for V A Stauffacher Construction Co. since moving to Monroe in 1946. Born Sept 16 1891 in Jordan Township he was a farmer before moving to Monroe. Survived by four sisters Mrs. Arthur Kahlmeier Dakota Mrs. Minnie DeWar Waukesha Mrs. Hartwig and Mrs. Rosland Wells Browntown and one brother Edward Monroe. Preceded by parents two sisters and five brothers. Services set for 2 p m Sunday at Shriner-Neushwader funeral home with Rev. Paul Gibson officiating. Burial pending.
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Charles F. Sennener
Fred W. Hartwig
Schneider
V. A. Stauffacher Construction Co
Monroe
Jordan Township
William F
Ernestina’ Singler
Arthur Kahlmeier
Dakota
Minnie DeWar
Waukesha
Hartwig
Rosland Wells
Browntown
Edward
Anna Poff
Ida Broege
Arthur Ln
Frank
Frederick
William A
Henry
Shriner-Neushwan‘der Funeral
Paul Gibson
Greenwood Cemetery
Wisconsin dam project to form 450-acre lake at Lafayette County
A Turner and Son contract in Boscobel was signed for a major conservation project. The Yellowstone dam will create a 450-acre lake two miles long in southwestern Wisconsin for hunting and fishing, with flood control. The effort, one of the state's largest, funds 75 percent of conservation plans to stock the area with game and fish.
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Con
Conservation Department
Turner and Son
Boscobel
Wisconsin
Lafayette County
Taft Proposes London Treaty To Bypass U.N
Senator Taft urges a British backed Pacific military alliance to sidestep UN veto in Asia. He favors a free hand with Australia New Zealand Japan and France in Indochina and urges an alliance with Britain to conduct Far East affairs without UN veto. Rep Smith backs Taft arguing drift in the State Department endangers allied positions.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Pacific
United Nations
Senate
GOP
Cincinnati
Eisenhower
U. S
Asia
Korea
Far East
Ohio
U.S
U. N
Aft
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Philippines
Indochina
Acheson
Manchuria
Smith
Lawrence H. Smith
Rwis
State Department
House
China
Security Council of the
Slaying Defendant Found Dead in Kenosha County Jail
Myron Wickham who faced a first degree murder trial in the deaths of his wife and her daughter in law was found dead in his Kenosha County jail cell. An autopsy was scheduled for the afternoon to determine a cause of death as police prepared to pronounce him dead at 155 a.m. local time.
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Myron Wickham
Kenosha
Joe William Raven
Wickham
Allies expected to sign prisoner exchange deal in Korea
Seoul reports peace talks near completion with terms close to UN plans for immediate prisoner exchanges. A truce could come by June 25, the three year anniversary, while key figures like Gen. Mark Clark and Syngman Rhee navigate opposition. Negotiators meet in Panmunjom Saturday to finalize details.
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Seoul
U. N
U. S
Tokyo
Panmunjom
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Mark Clark
Eighth Army
Red China
Sabre Jets Down Eight Red Craft in Korean War Air Battles
Sabre jets claimed eight Communist MIGs today over North Korea with one downed and five damaged. Vermost Garrison of 5 earned the war’s 32nd jet ace by downswing his fifth MIG. Ground fighting raged as South Korean troops fought hand to hand to retake outposts, with Chinese and North Koreans opposing along muddy fronts near Anchor Hill and other sectors as truce lines shifted and contested.
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Seoul
North Korea
Sat. Vermost
Air Force
Korea
Anchor
Key Hill
Vandenberg Defends Cuts Amid Safety Concerns
Washington reports Air Force Chief four star Curtis LeMay cites a top secret cable warning that reducing wings below a safe threshold risks U S security. Vandenberg, retiring this month, criticizes a Senate plan to cut Air Force wings from 143 to 75 and argues the 143-wing goal is the minimum for safety and security.
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Washington
Air Force
Curtis LeMay
SAC
United States
Senate Appropriations
Pony
Vandenburg
Ition
SS Eens Ce
Rhee Claims U S Forces Truce Plan Signaled
Courier report cites President Syngman Rhee saying South Korea would sign a truce based on present U N and U S proposals only because forces pressure them. Rhee told Jim Robinson he urged Gen Mark Clark against N U proposals. He said he sent his own truce plan to President Eisenhower but gave no terms.
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Jim Robinson
Tobinson
Korea
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
U. S
Rhee
Robinson
Mark Clark
U. N
Far East
Eisenhower
B-47s Fly From Maine to England in Record Flight
Three B-47 bombers from Limestone Air Base Maine set a speed record flying the Atlantic to England. Two others followed, completing the mission in under eight hours as they crossed the ocean in a swift air armada.
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Britain
Air Base
England
S. England
Atlantic
Limestone Air Base
Maine
Palrford
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