Builders Find Profits Abroad
U.S. engineering and construction firms earn substantial foreign income as projects expand globally. 1960 net income from foreign jobs at least 120 million dollars, with potential for more. 28 member National Constructors Association reports about 200 foreign projects employing 500 Americans overseas and 30,000 foreign workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
New York
U.S
United States
National Constructors Association
Stone and Webster Engineering Corp
Boston
Construction Industry International Committee
Choral School Held at Beloit College
Beloit special report outlines a week long Paul Christiansen choral school July 9 to 15 on Beloit College campus. Instruction covers conducting interpretation music materials procedures voice testing rehearsal techniques and choir organization. Notable staff include Paul Christiansen Carl O Thompson and Richard D Hoffland. Two semester hours credit available through Beloit College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Paul Christiansen
Division of Fine and Applied Arts
Bemidji State Teachers College
Richard D. Hoffland
Millikin University
Beloit College
Formation of the Department of Defense Unites Military Branches
The Department of Defense was created on September 18, 1947, joining the Department of War, the Navy and the Air Force under a single head to consolidate military leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Defense
Department of War
The
Navy
Air Force
Left to 'Supremists' Conservatives Shun Fiery Racial Problem
Analysis of how militant white supremacists align with American conservative groups such as the Birch Society and Citizens Councils. The piece notes shared aims like states rights and anti federal intervention, links to antisemitic and anti integration rhetoric, and reports on funding and activities in Mississippi and the South, including figures and comments from scholars. It cites numerous local groups, debates over government support, and a historical note on 1871 Chicago and Peshtigo deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Loh
Associated Press
Birch Society
Birchers
Birch
Robert Welch
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Welch
Greenwood
Miss
Association of Citizens Councils
South
Federal
Citizens Council
Birmingham
Ala
Freedom Riders
Russia
Joseph Fitzpatrick
S. J
Fordham University
Mississippi
Citizens Councils
State Sovereignty Commission
Jackson State Times
Joseph Patterson
Elmore County
Alabama
Air Force divers recover Discoverer capsule near Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor crews including Sgt. William V Vargas and teammates jumped from 1000 feet to recover a data filled Discoverer capsule. They rode a bobbing raft through an all night vigil before being picked up by the destroyer Radford and flown to Sunnyvale for analysis. The operation marked the first use of pararescuemen as skindivers for capsule recovery in the Discoverer series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
U.S. Air Force Ee
William V. Vargas
Vargas
Detroit
Pacific
Radford
Air Force
Merrill to Fluoridate Madison
The State Board of Health approved installing fluoridation equipment for the Merrill water system, enabling safe public drinking water in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Madison
State Board of Health
Lee King Dies Last Rites Held at Beloit
Lee King 69 a Monroe native and brother of Mrs Marie Schneider died Sunday at the VA hospital in Wood. Services were held this afternoon in Beloit Rev Joseph Brooks officiating at M J Hanson funeral home. Burial in Oak Wood cemetery. Born Oct 1 1891 he worked for Bessy Welles and later Bakerite bakery. Surviving are a Beloit brother William and a Monroe sister. Two brothers and a sister preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee King
Monroe
Marie Schneider
Wood
Beloit
Joseph Brooks
M. J. Hanson
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. King
Richard King
Bessy Welles
Bakerite Bakery
William
Dutch Journalist Freed After Five Days in Congo Custody
Sjoerd Rodermond, a Dutch radio correspondent, was released in Leopoldville after five days in Congolese security police custody. He said he was badly beaten during hours of interrogation and had a split blackened left eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
The
Congo
Sjoerd Rodermond
Wisconsin Legislature Acts on Nusbaum Appointment and Debt Limit
In Madison the legislature confirmed Joe E. Nusbaum as commissioner of the Department of Administration after 18 months of delay amid charges. It rejected a plan to lift the $100,000 constitutional debt limit and passed a speed trap reform bill to empower the Highway Department to study local speed laws for possible changes.
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Madison
Joe E. Nusbaum
State Department of Administration
Nusbaum
Senate
Highway Department
Wisconsin River
Mosinee
Robert Dean
Wausau
Jess Miller
R-Richland Center
Senate Highway Committee
William Moser
Milwaukee
Miller
Moser
Frank Panzer
Brownsville
David Carley
Surplus Properties Development Commission
Bong Air Force Base
Kansasville
George
W. Otto
John H. Rouse
State Industrial Commission
Rouse
Republican Party
Carley
Otto
Assembly
Everett Bidwell
Portage
Thomas Barland
R - Eau Claire
Sen
Lynn Stalbaum
D-Racine
Said
Wisconsin
Bloom Zimmerli Honored in 1960 4 H Honor Awards
Nathan Bloom and Karen Zimmerli were named two of 25 recipients of the 1960 4 H Honor Award at 4 H Club Week in Madison. Bloom is the son of Mr and Mrs Harry Bloom of rural Monroe and Zimmerli the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Zimmerli Route 2 Brodhead. Both attend Platteville State College. Walter Wunschel was elected to the Junior Leader Council for a two year term. George Gramling accompanied the county delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Bloom
Karen Zimmerli
Madison
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Albert J
Butch) Anderson
Kenneth M. Mayer
San Diego
Great Lakes
Monroe High School
Anderson
Edmund R. Anderson
Mayer
Albert J. Anderson
USNTC
Calif
USTC
Chicago
Peshtigo
Wis
Wisconsin Future Farmers of
Asiveel Computhent
Green Bay
Richard Arnold
Milton
David Peterson
Wittenberg
Dagen
A .Tion
Bloom
Zimmerli Barn
Monroes
Swiss Entertainment
Madison Boy Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps
City Band
Entertainment Galore
Dairy Queen
Monroe Turn & Schwing Club
Cleveland, Ohio
Toronto
Canada
Turner Hall
Baumgartner’s Grove
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