Eisenhower sets dairy import quotas if defense act lapses
President Eisenhower announced new import quotas for dairy and select crops to take effect if the defense production act expires. Butter, dried skimmed milk and cheddar cheese limits are adjusted while other cheeses remain unchanged. The Agriculture Department will offer 430000 pounds of surplus butter for sale from stock to address quality concerns.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Benson
Agriculture Department
White House
Department of Agriculture
Gouda
Wilson Says USAF Buildup To Go On
Secretary of Defense Wilson told senators the new Pentagon command will continue the buildup of US air power but opposes spending funds not prudently used. He tied the 120 wings by 1955 to production, not a fixed 143-wing base, defending a $5 billion Air Force cut as aligned with anticipated outputs.
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Washington
Wilson
Pentagon Command
U. S
Air Force
Senate
Truman
General Motors
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Appropriations
Korea
Witnesses Say Victims Not Drunk In Murder Case
Jefferson Wisconsin prosecution witnesses testified that two Rock County men were not drunk by late afternoon the day Albert White 32 from Abbeville Georgia is accused of murdering them White pleads innocent to first degree murder in the death of Ben Rewley 72 and second degree murder in Albert Knudson 69 on a farm near Orfordville March 11 Charles Bower a Brodhead bartender testified Knudson drank several beers that day and bought 24 cans of beer and two bottles of brandy to take with him The state is expected to finish its case today.
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Jefferson, Wis
Rock County
Albert White
White
Abbeville, Ga
Ben Rewley
Albert Knudson
Orfordville
Charles Bower
Knudson
Directors Embrace Dairy Diet To Counter Fattening Fears
National Dairy Council directors begin a 90 day program weighing in to prove dairy does not fatten. The plan calls for daily quotas of milk a half pint per meal cheese butter fish ice cream and fruits and vegetables.
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National Dairy Council
Five U.S. Tank Crew Rescued After 46-Hour Stand
Five men from the U S 40th Division spent 46 terrifying hours trapped inside two disabled tanks as Communist forces swarmed around. The crew included Sgt Robert Vogel and George Turpsey of Allentown Pennsylvania, Pvt Chester Stanislawski of Milwaukee Wisconsin, Pfc Joseph Ramsey of Bell City Missouri, and Pvt Edward Blanchard of Odanah Wisconsin. They were eventually freed with aid from Lt Charles Madson of West Chicago Illinois and escaped to Allied lines on Wednesday evening.
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U. S
Korea
Robert Vogel
George Turpsey
Allentown
Chester Stanislawski
Millwaukee
Joseph Ramsey
Bell City
Edward Blanchard
Odanah
Wis
Vogel
Charles Madson
West Chicago
Ill
Madson
Kohler appoints five to Wisconsin turnpike commission
Gov. Kohler names C. K. Alexander Edward Fitzgerald Bruce Jeffris W A Roberts and Glen W. Bork to a three year unpaid term on a new turnpike commission. The group will oversee a $250000 engineering study on a toll road roughly paralleling U S Highway 12 from Illinois to Minnesota and may seek a court ruling on the commission’s broad powers.
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Madison
Kohler
Wisconsin
C. K. Alexander
Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
Edward Fitzgerald
Milwaukee
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Bruce Jeffris
Janesville
Parker Pen Co
W. A. Roberts
Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Glen W. Bork
Committee Adopts Trade Pact Extender
The House ways and means committee approved a one year extension of the reciprocal trade act beyond June 12. The vote was 23 to 2 in a closed session. The bill extends Eisenhower's authority to lower tariffs in return for trade concessions from other nations.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
U. S
Ragged Board of Trade on Old Crop Soybeans
Chicago market notes show old crop soybean contracts filmed on the Board of Trade with a ragged, easier overall tone as trading wore on.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Michigan Tornado Toll Sparks Joint Tax Plan Talk
A joint finance committee proposed amending an income tax bill to remove the March 15 discount and add a 2 percent penalty, aiming to raise about 2 million dollars yearly to cover a looming state deficit of around 16 million for 1953 55.
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Madison
Joint Finance Committee
Giessel
Miller Resigns Recreation Post in Monroe
Joe E. Miller resigned as city recreation director effective this summer with a possible July 15 release. He will stay through September if no replacement is found and to become a New York Life Insurance representative. Miller has held multiple local roles since 1947 and a renovated summer program is planned while seeking a successor.
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Joe E. Miller
Park Board
City Hall
Miller
Monroe
New York Life Insurance Co
L. L. Kitchen
Stoughton
Waunakee
Madison Recreation Department
Crivitz High School
Northwestern University
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Court House
Swiss Withdraw From POW Setup On Eve of Truce
Switzerland declines to join a five nation prisoner of war repatriation panel in Korea unless the truce is approved by Seoul. In Panmunjom talks allied and communist officers work on cease fire lines as massive Seoul protests erupt. South Korea vows to continue the war and may fight Indian troops if they guard prisoners after an armistice.
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Bern
Switzerland
Korea
South Korea
Sweden
Poland
Czechoslovakia
India
Panmunjom
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Maxwell Taylor
U. S. Eighth Army
National
U. N
National Assembly
Survivors Tell Of Storms Fury
In Flint Michigan a devastating tornado tore through a neighborhood Monday night leaving homes leveled and several dead. John J Turbin described the terrifying scene as rescuers worked while his family escaped unharmed and neighbors faced injuries and loss.
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Flint
Mich
John J. Turbin
Coldwater Road
Turbin
Chevrolet
Carl
Turbins
Carl Turbin
Flint Tornado Toll Soars After 113 Die In Heaviest Damage
A multi state tornado outbreak devastated Michigan and Ohio killing 141 and injuring 7530. Flint suffered 113 deaths as 40 houses on one street were leveled and hospitals overflowed with the injured. National guard and police aided in rescue while governor Williams held command.
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Flint
Mich
Michigan
Ohio
Detroit
Alabama
Texas
Oklahoma
Port Huron
St. Clair River
Sarnia
Washtenaw County
Milford
Oakland County
Tawas City
Lake Huron
Ohio- Michigan
Bowling Green
Cleveland
Elyria
Ceylon
Erie
Ann Arbor
Brown City
Lapeer
National Guard
G. Mennen Williams
Tax Secrecy Law Revised in Senate
Madison Article reports an assembly approved bill to restrict inspection of income tax returns was amended in the Senate amid debate. The Senate version would allow publication only if graft or corruption is shown, and final action was delayed after Nelson proposed a substitute amendment. An election referendum proposal on inspection was defeated 23 to 9.
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Madison
Senate
Assembly
Tax Department
Trinke
Lake Geneva
Nelson
Kendzierski
Milwaukee
Neson
Maier
Dmilwaukee
Cnouth
Tito Warns UN Over Rhee Challenge to Peace
Marshal Tito's official Borba newspaper urged the United Nations to make clear to South Korean President Syngman Rhee that any UN resistance would be met as an attempt to disturb the peace.
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Tito
London
Marshal Tito
Borba
United Nations Today
Syngman Rhee
U. N
Truman urges full support for Eisenhower truce plan
Former President Truman backed President Eisenhower amid Korea talks and urged unity in U.S. foreign policy. He declined to comment on current events and noted sensitive wartime files are safeguarded at Jackson County courthouse, with plans to move them to the Truman Library in Grandview Missouri as fund-raising continues.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Korea
Truman
United States
U. S
White House
Jackson County Court House
Grandview
Missing Ronnie Strommen Found After 3 Percent Hours of Search
Ronnie Strommen 2% slept through a dramatic hour long missing child search near Blanchardville York Township. Neighbors sheriff deputies airmen and volunteers helped cover the wooded Erickson creek area until a volunteer found the boy asleep in tall grass. He was unharmed and returned home.
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Ronnie Strommen
Vernus Strommen
York Township
Clarence Strommen
Times
Blanchardville
Wilbur E. Deininger
William Greub
Edward Nieffenegger
Monroe
James Bain
Verona
Frank Hall
Erickson Creek
Strommen
George Armstrong
Karl Burkhalter
Leslie Schwitz
Deininger
Flash Flood Hits Sioux City Area
A house-to-house check of over 3,000 flooded homes began as the Floyd River receded after one of Sioux City's worst floods. Property damage surpasses a million dollars with fears of more fatalities. one body found, another fatality reported in Spencer. a mile of main thoroughfare submerged. boats used to evacuate downtown.
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Erie
Michigan-Ohio
Ohio
Cygnet
Wood County
Bowling Green
Cleveland
New Baltimore
Sioux City
Spencer
Stock Prices Fall as Trade Picks Up Volume
New York stocks declined amid rising selling pressure. In the first two hours, about 410000 shares traded, with volume expected to reach around a million shares for the full session.
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New York
Atchel Waraeaeeta
Ryan Brothers Secure County Grading Contract
Ryan Construction Co of Janesville won the bid for grading 3 409 miles of County C between Highway 81 and 69. The project costs 138110 dollars and will start soon after low bids were opened by the state highway commission. Low bids for improvement jobs in 18 counties totaling 2050712 dollars were announced.
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Ryan Construction Co
Janesville
State Highway Commission
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