Teacher Pension Increase Measure Moves Toward Governor
In Madison, retired teachers could gain up to 25 dollars a month more under a final Senate approved measure enabling substitute teaching. The bill shifts full cost to the general fund, benefiting about 1,900 retirees, and accompanies an industrial development study commission and a state pay boost for officials and educators.
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Madison
Senate
Kohler
Assembly
Assemblymen
University of Wisconsin and State College
Wackett
Watertown
Kehler
State
Industrial Commission
Flames Damage Monticello Barn
A 34 by 80 barn on the Wilbert Pluss farm southeast of Monticello was largely destroyed by fire around 2 a.m. A calf in the barn, a silo filler and a feed mill in a lean-to were lost. The milk house also suffered partial damage. basement damage was slight due to little feed stored. Fire Chief Ervin Broge said damage estimates were not yet available.
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Wilbert Pluss
Monticello
Ervin Broge
Stocks Close Mixed As Some Sectors Rise
Some stocks edged higher today with gains led by oils copper and steel shares. Utilities rails and airlines were mixed while aircrafts and motion pictures fell.
Monticello School Opens Five New Grade Rooms
Monticello plans a new $217,000 addition to the public school to house five grade rooms an agricultural shop two music rooms a gym and offices. The old building will serve high school classes. The project includes a 980 seat gym and new faculty for fall with a new bus to start the term.
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Monticello
Times
H. A. Becker
Neenah
Bulluer Valley Construction Co
Lawrence Momberg
Kenoshas
Board of Education
Westphal and Co
Madison
Pharo Heating Co
Walch Plumbing Co
Janesville
C. Hennecke Co
Milwaukee
Detroit Steel Products Co
Klas- Elmer and Voegels School
E. J. Lutze
Manitowoc
Platteville State College
JoAnn Helmenstein
Blue Mounds
Platteville
Ruth Zrudrukenmiller
University of Wisconsin
Two Officials Quit Posts at Monticello
Monticello village president Dr. R A Woodruff and street commissioner Arnold Elmer resigned effective immediately. Woodruff gave no reason beyond business with the board and named Louis Wyss to fill the unexpired term. A trustee will be appointed to fill the street commission vacancy.
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Monticello Monticello
Monticello Village
R. A. Woodruff
Ofice
Louis Wyss
Arnold Elmer
Einstein Urges Intellectual Boycott of Congress Probes
Nobel laureate Dr Alfred Einstein called for a nationwide refusal by intellectuals to testify before congressional investigation committees. The letter, dated May 16, was released after William Frauenglass, a public school teacher, faced possible job loss for not testifying before a Senate subcommittee. Einstein warned that reactionary politicians use fear to suppress teaching and threaten scholars with jail and economic ruin for refusing to cooperate.
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Einstein
Congress
New York
Alfred Einstein
Congressional
William Frauenglass
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Firemen Attend Naval Oil School Training
Monroe firefighters join 50 plus volunteers from 10 southern Wisconsin communities for an all day naval oil fire training at Great Lakes. Participants include assistants Josef Benkert Otto Steinman Chester Pfund Adolph Ambrose Emil Klar and Frederick Lanz with others from Brodhead New Glarus.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Josef J. Benkert
Otto J. Steinman
Chester A. Pfund
Adolph A. Ambrose
Emil L. Klar‘er
Frederick F. Lanz
Brodhead
New Glarus
Navy
Arthur Emlerson
Madison
Baraboo
Chicago Hoodlums Abduct Legislator Near West Side Home
State Representative Clem Graver a 53 year old Republican was seized near his Chicago west side home Thursday night. Police launched an all night search with over a hundred officers but no trace of the missing legislator was found. Graver struggled with his abductors before being forced into a car as his wife watched. The incident follows years of bipartisan representation in the district known for its west side wards.
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Chicago
Sai
Clem Graver
West Side
Graver
21St Ward
Mystery sky object investigated by university and Air Force
An Ohio State University astronomer and a Wright-Patterson Air Force Base officer joined Monroe and Darlington investigators to study a moon shaped aluminum colored sphere sighted by police and skywatch volunteers. Eight residents were interviewed as the object’s path was traced but no object was found.
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Monroe
Darlington
Ohio State University
U. S. Air Force
A. J. Hynes
R. M. Olson
Air Technical Intelligence
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
J. B. Scherer
Monroe Skywatch
Sam Rubi
Keith Holloway
Perle J Guess
Skywatch
Guess
Dr. Hynes
Scherer
Olson
Hynes
Sheriff's Department
Lafayette County
Lawrence James
Darington
Winslow
J. Scherer
Glenn Winslow
James
Louis Graham
Dar- Cony
Chicago
Russell Fredrickson
Monroe Area
South Korea Firm Opposes Truce Setup Amid Embargo Claims
Seoul envoy to the United States Dr. You Chan Yang alleged that certain U.N. officials threatened a U.S. embargo to force South Korea into joining a truce. U.S. State Department officials denied using famine or suffering for policy ends, while Yang warned of U.N. pressure on U.S. policy in Korea.
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Philadelphia
Republic of Korea
Inmunjom
Korea
You Chan Yang
Nion
U. N
U. S
South Korea
State Department
United States
Yang
Washington
Seoul
Summerfield Calls for Full Report on McCarthy Franking
Postmaster General Summerfield asked for a full report on charges that Sen. McCarthy abused free mailing privileges last year. Lehman accused McCarthy of sending tens of thousands of anti McCarthy statements, while McCarthy said Lehman sought to mail 100000 copies at taxpayers expense.
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Washington
Summerfield
Sen
McCarthy
Lehman
DNY
Senate
Post Office Department
Sen. McCarthy
Maing
Flint Tornado Victims Face Gas Gangrene Risk
In Flint Michigan health officials warn gas gangrene may threaten at least 19 tornado victims among more than 700 treated after Monday’s twister. The bacillus in mud and dirt can embed in wounds and skin, prompting re examination of cases. Eight of the 113 fatally injured were under 18, with many youths among the dead. Three Detroit men, Paul Brubsker Julian Wilson and another unnamed, traveled to Flint to view the disaster.
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Flint
Mich
L. V. Burkett
Genesee Countty
Mwere
Detroit
Paul J. Brubsker
Julian A. Wilson
American Units Halt Red Drive In Central Korea
U S infantrymen repelled multiple Chinese attacks near Chorwon in central Korea as 1,500 Reds pressed through rain and artillery barrages. Eighth Army tallies say about 500 killed and 1,000 wounded over two days, with heavy artillery fire totaling tens of thousands of rounds.
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Seoul
U. S
Central Korea
South Korea
Eighth Army
Chorwon
Sth
Republic of Korea
East-Central
East Central Front
ROK
Tragedy at Frost Veneer log yard kills three Antigo workers
Three men Al Galarowitz Walter Wilcenski and Herbert Smith died at Frost Veneer and Plywood Co in Antigo Aniwa after a log jam incident near a high tension power line about 8 a m Wilcenski operated a yard crane while Galarowitz and Smith held guy wires as the boom touched a 7200 volt line authorities said all three fatalities occurred at the scene with Wilcenski dying later.
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Antigo I
al Galarowitz
Walter Wilcenski
Antigo
Herbert Smith
Aniwa
Frost Veneer and Plywood Co
Wilcenski
Gaiarowitz
Smith
Wilconski
Waldo Freitag Nominated to Wisconsin Agriculture Board
Waldo Freitag of New Glarus was nominated today for a six year term on the state Agriculture Board. The appointment must still be confirmed by the governor and the senate. Freitag's nomination appears among several other names under consideration for the seat.
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Waldo Freitag
Agriculture Board
New Glarus
Lafayette Hunters End Wild Boar Era in Darlington
In Lafayette County reports describe a Hampshire sow from LaVerne Wilson and five piglets, followed by depredations as wild boars raided grain fields near Jenkinsville along Fever River. Sheriff Lawrence James Traffic Officer Harold Mullen and Deputy Glenn Wilson organized a big game hunt, with reinforcements arriving Thursday to bring the quarry to earth.
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Lafayette
Darlington
Lafayette County
Schwarzwald
Fever River
Jenkinsville
Hampshire
LaVerne Wilson
Lawrence James
Harold Mullen
Glenn Wilson
GOP Convention Opens Tomorrow In Wisconsin
Republican convention at the University of Wisconsin Fieldhouse begins tomorrow at 9 a m with a First District caucus. State voluntary group meetings and county chairs will be held tonight as leaders discuss district leadership and resolutions amid a Milwaukee chairmanship dispute. Delegates from Monroe New Glarus Albany and Anticello include Robert Schwingel Wilma Lengacher Anna Blum John Geigel Franz Brand Sherman Dearth Louis Koenig Schoonover Rudolph Reger Joseph Viney and others.
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Green County
University of Wisconsin
Ers
Milwaukee
Messrs
Mmes
Robert Schwingel
Wilma Lengacher
Anna O. Blum
John Geigel
Franz W. Brand
Sherman H. Dearth
Louis A. Koenig
R. H
Schoonov
Rudolph P. Reger
Joseph D. Viney
Paul W. Neubauer
Merlin J. Meythaler
Monroe
Frank Mauerman
Dan Markham
Marshal Dan Markham
Prodhead
Jacob’ Disch
George Hartman
Emil Kaeser
New Glarus
Harry Broughton
Emma McCreedy
Shirley Conway
Alice G. Barton
Albany
Royal Karlen
Tanticello
Kare ogo lw ros honorary acceptance noted
An official record notes the acceptance of an honorary title by Kare ogo lw ros, detailing the ceremony context and the issuing organization. The item records the date, location, and key participants involved in bestowing the honor.
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Kare Ogo
Armistice Draft Advances as Korean Protests Grow
In Seoul and Pusan anti truce demonstrations intensify as Allied officers refine a Panmunjom armistice draft. South Korea's President Syngman Rhee remains firm against a ceasefire terms, while U N staff pursue final details on prisoner exchanges and line separations for a potential agreement within days.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Panmunjom
ROK
U. N
South Korea
Pusan
Jury Deliberates In Jefferson Trial
A 12 member jury deliberates in Rock County Circuit Court over Albert White 33 charged with slaying two Orfordville men The judge supplied verdict options for both Knudson and Realy and one juror fell ill prompting an alternate to sit in The jury later requested a list outlining manslaughter phases.
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Albert White
Georgia
Orfordville
Harry S. Fox
Jefferson Court Room
Fox
Albert
Ollie) Knudson
Ben Realy
Rock County
Frank X. Kinast
White
Renze
Knudson
Renly
Len Smith
Watertown
Julius Hornickle
Lake Mills
CIO Union Accepts U.S. Steel Pay Plan in Pittsburgh
The CIO Steelworkers Union voted today to accept a wage offer from U.S. Steel Corp. The plan includes an adjustment of geographical hourly rate differentials.
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CIO
U.S. Steel Pay Plan
Pittsburgh
Big
CIO Steelworkers Union
U.S. Steel Corp
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