Court Will Rule On Rosenbergs
The Supreme Court finished hearing arguments on a stay of execution for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and met in extraordinary session to decide whether to overturn Justice Douglas’s stay. A decision could come tonight. crowd sizes were record-setting as both sides presented their case.
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Alletin
Washington
Supreme Court
Rosenbergs
Atom
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Vinson
Atty
Gen. Brownell
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Sing Sing
Robert L. Stern
Stern
Robert Jackson
Rep
Wheeler
D-Ga
Congress
House Rejects Plan to Restrict VA Free Medical Care
The House voted 217 to 180 to strike a provision from an appropriations bill that would let the Veterans Administration reject hospitalization by questioning a veteran's sworn claim of inability to pay. The VA must now honor oath and provide care when available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Veterans Administration
Broughton Honored At Sheboygan Park Ceremony
Charles R. Broughton, longtime outdoors writer and editor, was honored at a public park ceremony in Sheboygan where a granite monument to his conservation work was unveiled. County officials and many friends attended as the three by six foot stone was placed near Broughton Marsh by the marsh dams.
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Onepoyga
Charies R. Broughton
Linden
Broughton Marsh
17 Die in Air Crash Near Sao Paulo Brazil
A Pan American Brazil Constellation airliner crashed on a wooded hill near Sao Paulo as it was landing on Wednesday night. All 17 aboard were killed in the fiery wreck, with rescue teams reporting no survivors.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Panair Do Brazil
Governor Kohler signs tax privacy bill in Wisconsin
Governor Kohler signed the 1953 tax privacy measure ending general public inspection of income tax returns, allowing disclosure only of the amount paid. He framed the act as restoring citizens rights and narrowing access to private finances, while noting exceptions for fraud investigations.
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Madison
Gov. Kohler
Wisconsin
Kobler
Wisconsin Retirement Fund
Two Monroe Students to Receive Military Commissions
Two Monroe men and two others will receive commissions at tomorrow morning’s graduation exercises in the field house. Donald R. Timmons, Monroe, will be commissioned second lieutenant in the military police. Robert I. Ableman, Monroe, second lieutenant in the transportation corps. John K. Williams, Hazel Green, and Paul L. Winskell, Benton, will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the Air Force. All are Army Navy or Air Force ROTC members during college careers and will be commissioned at graduation.
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University Or Wisconsin
Monroe
Armed Forces
Field House
Donald R. ‘Timmons
Military Police
Robert I. Ableman
Leutenent
Transportation Corps
John K. Williams
Hazel Green
Paul L. Winskell
Benton
Air Force
Army
Navy
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
128 Americans die as C-124 Globe Master crashes near Tokyo
The C-124 Globemaster carrying Army engineers and airmen to Korea crashed near Tachikawa 25 miles west of Tokyo. At least 128 Americans killed, 60 identified, no survivors. Eyewitnesses describe a somersault and fall through rain and fog. Weather said not a factor. many details await next of kin notifications.
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Tokyo
Air Force
Korea
U. S
Tachikawa
Japan
Larson Air Force Base
Moses Lake
Wash
Associated Press
Stan Carter
Carter
Power Firm Buys Interstate Power Co
Wisconsin Power and Light Co boards voted to buy all common stock of Interstate Power Co. G C Neff, president, said Interstate serves Crawford and Grant Counties with 7500 retail customers in Lancaster Prairie du Chien Gays Mills Potosi Bloomington Soldiers Grove and Wauzeka. Regulators must approve the sale. All Interstate employees will be offered continued employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Interstate Power Co
G. C. Neff
Madison
Interstate
Crawford
Grant Counties
Lancaster
Prairie du Chien
Gays Mills
Potosi
Bloomington
Soldiers Grove
Waui Zeka
Wisconsin
Skipper Finds The Log Blockade Off Long Beach
In Long Beach California a freighter captain halted mid channel between San Pedro and Terminal Island when a log barrier blocked his path. Edward Gutman claimed rights as log captain, shouted I am the captain of this log. Coast Guard cutter response led to Gutman’s arrest for drunkenness and the log being beached.
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Long Beach
Calif
Edward Gutman
Coast Guard
San Pedro
Terminal Island
Gutman
Record $5.5 Million Given to March of Dimes in 1953
Basil OConnor reported a record 5.5 million dollars contributed this March to the March of Dimes for infantile paralysis. The total rose 24 percent from last year’s record.
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New York
Basil O'Connor
Appointment to State Board of Medical Examiners
Gov. Kohler named Dr. John A ler founder of Monroe Clinic and Dr. Millard Tufts internist to the state board of medical examiners, replacing Drs. Rufle and Miller whose terms expire July 1. Four year terms. Dr. Schindler, 50, known for psychosomatic work and 1949 Farm and Home Week talk, is UW and Washington Univ. trained. Tufts active in the American Heart Association.
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John Aler
Monroe Clinic
State Board of Medical Examiners
Kohler
Millard Tufts
Anthony E. Ruffle
Kenosha
Ernest W. Miller
Milwaukee
Schindler
Ison
University of Wisconsin
National Geriatric Association
Tufts
American Heart Association
Marquette University
University of Vienna
Korean Armistice Near as Rhee Frees POWs
Negotiators race to finalize truce text as President Rhee defies allies by releasing 25 000 anti Red prisoners of war. U N officials warn delays possible while work crews dismantle huts at Panmunjom and a permanent signing site emerges.
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U. N
Rhee
Tokyo
Washington
New York
Panmunjom
Military Armistice Commission
U.N
Korea
Bell Firm Rejects CIO Pay Demands
MILWAUKEE Wisconsin Telephone Co negotiators rejected the CIO Communications Workers of America final proposal on wage talks. The union warned a strike could follow for about 7 000 workers though no strike was set. The firm offered weekly increases from 1 to 1 50 with some cities unchanged. Starting operator pay is 1 40 weekly with tops of 54 50 for operators 63 for service assistants and 92 50 for cable splicers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaunce
Wisconsin Telephone Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
Arthur le Fevre
CWA
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
House Group Weighs Tom Clark's Refusal
A judiciary subcommittee plans to postpone a decision on subpoenaing Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark to testify. Rep. Keating of New York seeks authorization to issue the subpoena after Clark declining an invitation to answer questions about seven cases he handled as attorney general under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insrunglun
Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Justice Department
Clark
Former FBI agent cites plot to kill Senator McCarthy
A former FBI undercover agent testified he overheard a Pittsburgh Communist boast last December he was chosen to kill Senator McCarthy. Lou Bortz refused to answer if he was assigned to the killing. Mazzei said the meeting occurred in December 1952 at the Civil Rights organization.
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Washington
FBI
Sen. McCarthy
C. D. Mazzei
Pittsburgh
Lou Bortz
Senate
Mazzei
Fbisi
Bortz
Communist Party
Sen
Mazzi
Milavale
Steve Nelson
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
McCarthy
Soviet Tightens German Controls Amid Berlin Unrest
Berlin reports martial law extended to areas around East Berlin as rioting erupts across cities including Magdeburg and Dresden. Death tolls ranged from 16 to 38 amid armored Soviet units sealing East Berlin and freeing prisoners. Western presses urge Western powers to press Russia for free elections and a united Germany.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Potsdam
East Germany
Babelsberg
A. A. Gretchko
West Germany
Magdeburg
Chmenitz
Dresden
Leipzig
Gera
Benin
Elbe
Oder
Germany
Russia
Monroe sets date for Midwest Turn Day at fairgrounds
Final entries for the Midwest Turn Day at the Monroe fairgrounds are listed with competitors from Cleveland Milwaukee Toledo. Six men will contest apparatus events led by Walter Schuetz and Roger Wuetrich while track and field competitors include Ernest Ammon Wesley Pellet Adolph Ruef and others. Women compete in Class A and B events with several names listed. The program features wrestling band music singing and dancing attracting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois attendees. Fred Glauser is general chairman.
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Monroe
Midwest
Fairgrounds
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Toledo
Walter Schuetz
Glen Thommen
Ernest Thommen
Roger Wuetrich
Clarence Gissing
Fritz Wenger
Roger Isely
Gale Bertalot
Ronald Leichti
Ernest Ammon
Wesley Pellet
Adolph Ruef
Fred Blumer
Marvin Wuetrich
Duane Schwartz
Edwin Krattiger
Donald E. Alston
Elsa Rattin
Annette Stopke
Roger Wuethrich
Audrey Seidel
Janet Arnemeier
Kay Carter
Nellie Anderegg
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Fred Glauser
Contestants named for Alice in Dairyland regional
Miss Donna Kathryn Signer of Monroe advances to the second phase in the Fennimore regional tonight along with 15 other hopefuls from across Wisconsin. Four candidates will progress to finals at La Crosse during the June Daily Month Rally.
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Donna Kathryn Signer
Joe Signer
Route 5
Monroe
Fennimore
Ft. Atkinson
la Crosse
Miss Signer
Madison
Dodgeville
Helen Reinfeldt
Reedsburg
Dorothy Reed
Lancaster
Marjoan Hutchison
Kathleen Bahl
Joyce Haskins
Beverli Benschop
Stoughton
Therese Wisnewski
Jane Lee Johnson
Black River Falls
Eva
Russian executes German rioter in East Berlin siege
Major General P. T. Dibrova announced a firing squad execution in East Berlin. Willi Goettling, a West Berlin resident said to work for a foreign intelligence service, was described as an organizer of provocations and violence against Soviet power and civilians.
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Berlin
East Berlin
P. T. Dibrova
Willi Goettling
West Berlin
Fighting Flares At Two Positions
South Korean and Chinese forces clashed along the east central front with four hundred Chinese troops driving ROKs from M-1 Ridge near Christmas Hill before the ROKs recovered the height. Another four hundred Chinese fought south of Finger Ridge, then the ROKs retook the position. U.S. Sabre jets claimed four MiGs destroyed and several damaged. Greek troops repelled a strike at Outpost Harry as a larger front line lull ended amid Panmunjom talks. Allied artillery halted 1,500 Red reinforcements moving toward Finger.
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Seoul
Christmas Hill
Finger Ridge
Yalu River
Korea
Harry
Red Lab
Panmunjom
Wind Warnings Hit Oregon Wisconsin Areas
Strong winds lashed Oregon and southern Wisconsin with dark skies and tree damage reported in Belleville as storms moved through. Ripon issued early warnings while Milwaukee’s AP wire note reported outages and no injuries by 2 PM as temperatures rose.
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Oregon
Wisconsin
Belleville
Ripon
Milwaukee
Associated Press
Rhee Frees Anti Reds At Four Camps
U S Dulles said South Korea freed anti Red POWs in a move tied to a White House conference with President Eisenhower. In Seoul, North Korean anti Reds clashed with U S Marines at Inchon area camps as mass breakouts were attempted and hundreds fled during the turmoil.
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Bulletin
Washington
Dulles
White House
South Korea
U. N. Nd
Eisenhower
Rhee
United States
U. N
Seoul
Inchon
U. S
Ascon City
Syngman Rhee
Won Yong Duk
Lionel McGarr
Prisoner of War Command
Ufe
Radio
Pusan
Mark Clark
Tokyo
Republic of Korea
Britain Denies Troop Hauling Allegations in Korea
The British government rejected charges that its ships transported Chinese Communist troops in Korean waters and stated continued support for the United Nations ban on strategic goods to North Korea.
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London
Britain
Governent
Aoes
Eee
U. N. Ban Ne
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Stirs
Capitol
Sanford
Sete Universive Department of Plant Breeding
John A. Schindler
Bell Firm
CIO
House Group
Tom Clark
Red
Soviet
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