Wisconsin 1953 Legislature Hopes for Friday Night Recess
Wisconsin lawmakers wrap a long week with 250 measures acted on and aim to recess for the summer by Friday night if calendars align. Major bills include salary boosts for state workers and instructors, vehicle fee schedules, and income tax secrecy reform. The joint finance committee rejected official raises but backed a $10 monthly COLA for higher ed faculty. Senate action expected Wednesday on secrecy and traffic patrol increases. Both houses plan Monday sessions to push through by weekend.
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Arthur Bystrom
Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Officer Charged In Korea Killing
TAEGU Korea An Air Force officer was arrested and charged with ordered killings at an Allied base in South Korea last September Jerome L Loewenberg Fifth Air Force Judge advocate said Lt George C Schreiber 25 was arrested near Pusan and charged with premeditated murder and conspiracy He is the third arrest in the case The other two Robert W Toth and Airman First Class Thomas L Kinder were arrested in the U S and Korea for trial Bang Son Kil was pistol whipped and killed after being accosted in a restricted area at the base near Pusan
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Jerome L. Loewenberg
Fifth Air Force
George C. Schreiber
Pusan
Schreiber
Hollywood
Ill
Chicago
United States
Korea
Robert W. Toth
Pittsburgh
Thomas L. Kinder
Wisconsin
Loewenberg
Bang Son Kil
Bang
Kinder
Toth
Bardin Back in Jail Over Bounced Bail Check
Bardin, a former brewery operator in Wisconsin and Chicago, was jailed after his $1,250 bail bond premium check bounced when he used his brother Alvin’s name. Federal Judge Steckler ordered a $15,000 cash bond for release. The incident followed Bardin's return from Chicago.
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Amianarine
Wansence
P. Bardin
Portage
Denmark
Wis
Bardin
Chicago
William Steckler
Alvin
City National Bank
82 Seamen Saved As Tankers Crash
In a Delaware Bay collision one tanker was sliced in two and burned. Ninety crewmen on board two ships escaped into water or lifeboats with 82 saved and three missing. one man known dead. The wrecks involved the Phoenix and the Panssachusetts, both National Bulk Co. ships. Rescue efforts involved Coast Guard, volunteers, and local residents.
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Wilmington
Del
America
Delaware Bay
Ake Luethy
Stoughton
Wis
Red Cross
Joseph Donnelly
Marcus Hook
Phoenix
Delaware River
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Panssachusetts
National Bulk Co
New York
Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Zimmerman Refuses 1953 Redistricting Law in Milwaukee
Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman said he would not implement the 1953 bill reapportioning state Senate districts by population and area. Gov. Kohler signed the law Thursday, and Zimmerman planned to base the 1954 elections on the Rosenberry equal districts plan. Backers of area and population changes threatened suits to compel compliance.
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Merman
Rosenberry
Last of B-47s Breaks New Ocean Flight Mark
An American B-47 Stratojet bomber flew from the U S coast to Fairford England in five hours and 22 minutes covering about 575 miles setting a new ocean flight mark for the last of a fleet of 45 jet bombers. The landing at Gloucestershire signaled a milestone in United States Air Force aviation history.
Mundt orders probe of U S money plate loan to Reds in 45
Senator Mundt announced a new inquiry into how U S government currency plates were loaned to Russia in 1945 to print occupation money for Allied forces. He will grill International Monetary Fund officials and former secretary Frank Coe about the loan and possible espionage ties. Coe is to testify at a public hearing Monday.
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Mundt
U.S
Washington
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Russia
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
International Monetary Fund
Europe
Sen. McCarthy
Frank Coe
Subcommittee
Coe
Inquest Ruled Out In Double Fatality
Coroner Herman A Stuessy District Attorney Rodney O Kittel sen and Sheriff W E Deininger ruled there would be no inquest into a highway crash that killed Wilson Walter 40 Brodhead and Gifford Solem 35 Route 5 Monroe. Paul H Schiess 33 died at St Clare hospital while Tamara Solem 11 Eugene Solem 15 remain there in improving condition. Mrs Walter treated for a broken collarbone and dismissed.
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Herman A. Stuessy
Rodney
Kittelsen
W. E. Deininger
Highway 59
Wilson Walter
Brodhead
Searles School
Gifford Solem
Monroe
Paul H. Schiess
11Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Solem
Tamara
Eugene
St. Clare’ Hospital
Walter
Hotel Interest Sold by Pickett in Sherman Hotel
W Pickett announced the sale of his interest in the Sherman hotel at Tomah to Oscar A Moldenhauer effective June 1 The Sherman hotel a western Wisconsin landmark was purchased Feb 1 last year from the Harper estate which had owned it since 1924 Moldenhauer and Pickett active in the 32nd Division with Moldenhauer as colonel and Pickett as lieutenant colonel Pickett plans to seek reinstatement after leaving the service and will reside at Avenue with the new business association
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W. Pickett
Sherman
Tomah
Oscar A. Moldenhauer
Pickett
Moldenhauer
Sherman Hotel
Wisconsin
Wila Harper
Harper
128Th
126Th
Picklett
Frank
Madison
Ficketts
Avenue
Newbusiness Association
Erection under way for 140 foot county police tower
A 140 foot tower with a stainless steel hurricane antenna began rising near the county highway shop to fix police radio reception. The project, funded with 4000 dollars in 1952, aims to place transmitters on a city power network, reduce outages and interference, and improve dispatch to mobiles after a storm knocked out the former system.
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Richardson Electric Co
Fred J. Sarles
Sheriff's Department
Green County
Sarles
Madison
New York Blast Kills Two Workers in Schenectady Area
An explosion at the North American Fireworks Co. leveled a 20 by 30 foot cement block building near Schenectady four miles east along the Mohawk riverfront, killing Albert Benjamin about 47 of Schenectady, owner, and Anthony Sisario about 43 of Amsterdam, an employee. A third worker was injured.
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Schenecutady
N. Y. Us
Albert Benjamin
Schenectady
Anthony Sisario
Amsterdam
North American Fireworks Co
Rhee Proposes Counter Plan as Korean War Armistice Talks Lofty
President Rhee unveils his plan to erase fighting in Korea by withdrawing both Communist and Allied troops with U S aid to be automatic if Korea is attacked. He urges retention of U S air and naval forces and arms for South Korea, while opposing any truce without national unification and rejecting repatriation of selective POWs.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Rhee
U. S
South Korea
Eisenhower
Karl Hong Ki
Office of Public Information
Washington
Karl
Pyun Yung Tai
U.N
Chinhae
Pyun
Fleeing Convicts May Be in State
Two Marquette prison escapees rammed a police blockade and sped across the Menominee bridge in a late model Chevrolet at high speed, possibly eluding capture into Wisconsin. State troopers and deputies believe they fled into a five mile square forest near the Nathan bridge after surviving a 12% foot plunge into the Menominee River and swimming ashore from their submerged vehicle.
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Menominee
Mich
Marquette
Wisconsin
Dickinson County
Menominee Bridge
Nathan Bridge
asThey
First American businessman eyes Czechoslovakia trade
Seymour Middleton of New York says Czechs are eager to resume trade with the United States. He notes he is the first American businessman to enter Czechoslovakia since AP Correspondent William Oatis was freed.
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EAG Paris III
Seymour Middleton
New York
Czechoslovakia
William Oatis
United States
Four Die in Texas Fireworks Plant Blast Near Cottage
A Houston area blast at a fireworks plant unleashed a 40 000 pound flare, killing four people in a nearby cottage and injuring 73 others. Damages top 3 million dollars. Kenneth B Williams 35, the plant’s general manager, said a hammer strike or spark ignited the explosive display.
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Houston U
Dodgers
Roy Hothenis
Braves
Kenneth B. Williams
Alco
Willams
John Walton
Jean
Cathy
John Jr
Gurnade M. Barziza
Jessie Jane
Wiley backs Taft plan for Far East security pact
Senator Wiley with Senator H. Alexander Smith endorse Taft idea to seek a Pacific military alliance with Britain France and other allies to counter communism. Wiley favors a regional NATO under UN charter. Smith notes mutual defense questions and doubts about automatic defense obligation.
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Jack Bell
Washington UI
Wiley
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Sen
Taft
U. S
Britain
France
Far East
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Pacific
U.S
U.N
U. N
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Philippines
England
NATO
Smith
New Jersey
Milwaukee Nabs Oregon Escapees
Milwaukee police trapped two escapees from the Oregon Wisconsin prison farm after a dawn manhunt. Charles N. McKay 52 and Donald L. Folts 28 both Milwaukee natives were serving time at Waupun and had been sent to the Oregon farm as trustees. They entered a River Hills home, stole clothing and $5 from a resident, then were captured in a private yard.
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Milwaukee
Marquette
Wisconsin
Oregon
Charles N. McKay
Donald L. Folts
Milwaukkee
Waupun
Pris
Walter Lange
River Hills
McKay
Folts
Extradition Bid Rejected For California Crime Suspect
Springfield officials refused Friday to extradite Cornelius Putsch a California crime leader sought on a 1996 charge. W G Stratton opposed the move citing legal delays and policy concerns.
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Springfield
W. G. Stratton
Cornelius Putsch
Want- 104
California
Rep Davis Pitch Nips Batter in Democrats 3-2 Win
In Griffith Stadium a charity baseball game saw Rep Glenn Davis of Wisconsin give up three hits as Democrats victory 3-2 over Republicans. Rep Mendel Rivers walked to fill the bases and Rep Hugh Addonizio scored the winning run after a hit batter.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mem
Griffith Stadium
Glenn Davis
Wisconsin
Davis
Mendel Rivers
South Carolina
Hugh Addonizio
New Jersey
Don Wheeler
Geort
Democrats
North Koreans Grab Positions East of Luke’s Castle
North Korean battalions pushed through a main Allied line on the eastern front, overrunning three ROK outposts and driving into the line near Luke’s Castle in a week of bloody combat. Another DPRK unit attacked Bloody Ridge, with desperate hand to hand fighting as ROKs were repelled before the outpost. Speculation swirls over renewed fighting ahead of any possible truce.
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Seoul
Luke’s Castle
William Farnum Dies A Hollywood Icon at 76
William Farnum, a veteran stage and silent screen star famed for a legendary fight scene, died at 76 from cancer and uremia in a hospital. A matinee idol who arrived in Hollywood in 1914, Farnum’s career featured enduring roles and a defining early film sequence that set a standard in action cinema.
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William Farnum
Filmland
Hollywood
Tom Santchi
Early Truce Hopes Rise After Sealed Korea Talks
Reports say Allied and Communist negotiators met in secrecy for 19 minutes as prisoner exchange talks progress. A South Korean source noted no new proposals, while Moscow joined the cautious optimism. President Rhee voiced objections but said the United States has done much for Korea and would do more, and U N officials said Gen Mark Clark must sign for the UN Command.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U. N. Command
Nam I
U.N
Perha
Moscow
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Eise
Rhee
United States
Clark
Washington
You Chan Yang
U. N
Tokyo
Gly
Mark Clark
United Nations Command
Services Salute Omaha Beach Men
A small group of U S officers and soldiers from the First Division gathered on Normandy beach to mark the ninth anniversary of D day. Led by Lt Col John Finke the ceremony honored the dead of The Big Red One amid Easy Red sector remnants now blanketed in sand and cobwebs with cows grazing nearby.
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Omaha Beach
France
Normandy Beach
U. S
Inermany
Europe
John Finke
16Th Infantry
Normandy
Guard Eaters Field For Two day Bivouac Near Yellowstone Lake
Company K marched into the field today for a weekend bivouac at the Yellowstone Lake sector near Arr. The unit expects cold winds and rugged terrain as officers plan coastal drills and night bivouac procedures.
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Yellowstone Lake
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