Fifty UW students receive honors during convocation
Fifty students were cited for outstanding classroom achievements at the University of Wisconsin honors convocation during the 100th commencement weekend. Dr. Grayson L. Kirk of Columbia University spoke on intellectual freedom as Barbara Hamilton of Manitowoc received an honors degree and other students earned Phi Sigma certificates and various awards for excellence in biology, public speaking, journalism, chemistry, physics, and social studies.
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Dr. Kirk
Wisconsin
Barbara Hamilton
Manitowoc
Madison
Paula Cornish
Fort Atkinson
Julia Crane
Chippewa Falls
Robert Bruder
Portage
Calvin Hildebrand
Menasha
Wisconsin Alumni Association
Roland Reuckert
Rhinelander— Stovall
Julia Ann
Crane—Herfurth
John Schneider
Eau Claire
American Institute of Chemists
Nancy Playman
Appleton—Morrison
Oscar Schmiege
Jerome Poliskey
Appleton — Scott
John McCully Jr
Wausau
Markets Report From Chicago Hog Cattle and Eggs Summary
USDA salable hogs and cattle prices mixed with wide ranges for weights and grades. Receipts 1,698,450 hogs and cattle combined with wholesale buying prices largely unchanged for eggs. Prices listed include hogs 23.00 to 26.10 per hundredweight and cattle up to 21.50 for prime steers and yearlings, egg values around 40 to 51 cents per dozen for U.S. standards and larger sizes.
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Chicago
USDA
Westaos Wily We
U. S
U.S
South Wayne Guests and Family Visits Reported in Wisconsin
Mr and Mrs Harry Maddrell and Mr and Mrs William Meier with family were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Laverne Hale and family in Hazel Green Wisconsin Patty Hale joined the Meier party for a return visit through Wednesday evening Mr and Mrs Frank Linchum traveled to Gays Mills on Sunday to visit relatives and friends.
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William Meier
Laverne Hale
Hazel Green
Patty Hale
Meier
Frank Linchum
Gays Mills
Ameche's Son Born to Wisconsin Fullback
Alan Ameche, Wisconsin's Big 10 fullback, and his wife Yvonne Molinaro welcomed a nine pound four ounce boy at St. Catherine's hospital. Swiss men are trained soldiers with government issued weapons kept at home.
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Ameche
Bokenosha
Alan Ameche
Wisconsin
Yvonne Molinaro
St. Catherine's Hospital
Vandenberg Stand Tests Economy versus Security Destiny
Senate testimony shows General Hoyt S. Vandenberg urging Congress to fund a 143 wing Air Force by 1957, arguing current budgets risk national defense. President Eisenhower counters with no crippled air power while Wilson shifts strategy, awaiting new studies to justify costs.
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Vandenberg
Congress
Air Force
Wilson
Don Whitehead
James Marlow
Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Security | Council
Senate
Tramar
Russia
Atom Splitting Builds Industry
New York report outlines how the atomic energy business is already aiding old industries with new materials and techniques. Assistant director J C Robinson notes high current costs but predicts mass production will reduce prices, citing pure zirconium and hafnium as examples and suggesting jewelry and precision equipment stand to gain from further use and lower prices.
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Campanoun
New York
Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
J. C. Robinson
AEC
Robinson
Speeder Chase Crash Kills Racine Deputy
A Racine County deputy sheriff was killed and another critically injured when their squad car collided with a car pulling from a driveway during a highway pursuit south of Milwaukee County line on Highway 41. Deputy George Hanson, about 40, died. Deputy Henry Deneman was severely injured. The speeder escaped. six passengers in the other vehicle not seriously hurt.
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Racine
George Hanson
Henry Deneman
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Youth Wins Badger Vote
Ripon Richard Aaron of Milwaukee the Federalist nominee was elected governor of Badger Boys State by one vote in the closest race in 12 years. He defeated LaCrosse candidate John Pamperin 309 to 308 after a recheck. Kenneth Stuessie polled 65 votes. Aaron led a parade on the Ripon College campus before inauguration by retired Wisconsin Chief Justice Marvin Rosenberry. Governor Koher gave the inaugural address as Federalists won three other posts versus Nationalists 11.
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Ripon
Richard Aaron
Milwaukee
Badger Boys State
American Legion
John Pamperin
LaCrosse
Aaron
Kenneth Stuessie
Ripon College
Marvin Rosenberry
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Koher
Sweden Larger in Area Than Great Britain
Sweden is nearly twice the area of Great Britain, ranking as a substantially larger European nation by land size. The comparison highlights Sweden’s geographic footprint relative to the United Kingdom on the map.
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Sweden
Great Britain
Fishing Chicagoan Drowns After Dozing in Boat
Ernest Payne, 51, of Chicago, drowned on the Rock River Thursday when he apparently dozed and rolled from a fishing boat. His wife Helen said she felt a bite on her line and began to reel, then heard a splash and saw only his cigar behind the boat before his body was recovered.
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University of Wisconsin
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New
United States
Switzerland
Pauline Schwarzenberger
11Th Street
Horeb
Ernest Burkhalter
Ruth ‘Burkhalter
Merrimac
Henry Duerst
Jacob J. Legler
Fred Bircher
Erwin Kissling
Monticello
Speeder
Chase
Wis
W. H. M. Bayne
17Th Ave
Harley-Haydon Co
Madison, Wis
Dearth Motors
Badger
Westinghouse
Business Mart
Monroe, Wis
Kelley Klothes
Velvet Ealer Twine
Donny & Pfund
FREEZ
Tschudys
Stewart-Warner and Majestic
Teehan’s TV Center
Monroe
Snively
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