Storm Deluge Strikes Monroe Area. Hart Hospitalized
A brief afternoon storm dumped .06 inch of rain on Monroe and heavier amounts nearby. Willis Elmer Hart, 27, farming near Monticello, was hospitalized after being struck by a falling limb. Darlington faced flood fallout with the Pecatonica River cresting at 16 feet, washing Main Street and closing highways as trains were halted and shops moved to higher ground.
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Monroe
Willis Elmer
Monticello
Darlington
Pecatonica
Main Street
Galena
Main
Milwaukee Road
Gratiot
Stock Market Holds Ground Amid Early Declines
The New York stock market fell today though some resistance appeared in midafternoon trading. Most stocks declined one to two points with Bethlehem Steel American Telephone New York Central General Motors Cities Service Phelps Dodge Du Pont 20th Century Fox General Electric Philco and Douglas Aircraft among the leaders in losses.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
American Telephone
New York Central
General Motors
Cities Service
Phelps Dodge
du Pont
20Th Century-Fox
General Electric
Philco
Douglas Aircraft
Milwaukee man drowns in Muskego Lake
George Fisher aged 22 of Milwaukee drowned after diving into Muskego Lake Tuesday night and failing to resurface, according to friends who witnessed the incident.
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Muskego Muskego, Wis
George Fisher
Milwaukee
Muskego Lake
Fisher
May Reveal Site For Air Force Academy Next Monday
Air Force Secretary Talbott in Denver said final choice among three sites Lake Geneva Alton Ill and Colorado Springs will be announced next Monday. Gov Kohler travels to Washington to push Lake Geneva location and Rep Smith of Racine backs Lake Geneva.
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Air Force
Talbott
Denver
Air Force Academy
Lake Geneva
Alton
Ill
Colorado Springs
Walter Kohler
Madison
Washington
U. S
Lawrence H. Smith
Racine
John McCollow
Town of Linn
Smith
Committee Backs Vote on Corn Aid
The House agriculture committee approved a December 1955 national referendum to let corn producers choose 1956 policy. They would decide between 90 percent parity with acreage quotas or a flexible plan with supports as low as 75 percent and no quotas. The panel also exempted eight small non commercial states from production quotas while cutting their price guarantees by 25 percent and repealed marketing quotas authority.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
Swiss Demand Light and Cheese Prices Stay Steady
Wisconsin cheese markets show light demand for Swiss with ample state supplies. Domestic Swiss and general cheese demand remain steady to light with plentiful offerings. Prices at state assembly points range from about 38 to 41 for various grades and types.
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Wisconsin
Damaged Car Crash After Near-Fatal Milwaukee Road Collision
Henry Le Mieux, 32, Green Bay, damaged the front of his car by about 700 dollars when he struck the side of a Milwaukee Road engine near Chippewa. He escaped the wreckage and thanked the engineer for saving his life.
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Green Bay
Henry le Mieux
Smith Says Indochina Likely Free of Communists
Undersecretary of State Walter Bedell Smith told a White House briefing for 30 congressional leaders that most of Indochina will probably stay free from Communism. Laos Cambodia and parts of Vietnam were cited as resisting. No new policy decisions were announced and Churchill Eden talks in Washington were noted as forthcoming.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
White House
Indochina
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Congress
Eisenhower
Smith
Geneva
Korea
Churchill
Eden
Britain
Dulles
House
State Department
France
Guatemala
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Senate
Knowland
California
James C. Hagerty
Far East
Hagerty
Albany Set To Welcome Paidar Co Officers
The Community Club will hold a 7:30 p m meeting at the grade school to introduce Emil J Paidar Co of Chicago officers who will run Albany's new manufacturing division in the former condensery building next month. C Long Dioughy John T Paidar and John Pozdro will attend as resident manager. Display of barber and beauty shop equipment planned. building work underway.
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Albany
Emil J. Paidar Co
Chicago
Albany Manufacturing
C. Long Dioughy
John T. Paidar
John Pozdro
Paidar
D. A. Crandall
Monroe
Indiana Condensed Milk Co
CAP Widens Search For Missing Airplane
Civil Air Patrol planes scoured northeast Wisconsin for a missing Indiana private plane carrying four businessmen. The craft, en route from Crawfordsville to Crystal Falls, last spoke after refueling at Kohler on Saturday. aboard were pilot Stephan Buck and Ed Parkham from Bedford, and Eli Demaree and Lloyd Lestwich of Crawfordsville.
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Green Bay
Civil Air Patrol
Wisconsin
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Ind
Crystal Falls
Mich
Kohler
Stephan Buck
Ed Parkham
Bedford
Eli Demaree
Lloyd Lestwich
Wisconsin Autos Keep Same Plates For 1955 Inserts
Wisconsin motor vehicles will use the same green and white license plates in 1955 with small inserts marking the year. The emergency board decided against buying new plates next year due to steel concerns and world events. Inserts will be paid for at the usual fee, a plan used previously during wartime metal shortages.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Emergency Board
Four Wis. Rapids Men Die in Atlanta Air Crash
Four Wisconsin Rapids businessmen die when their private four place plane crashes after takeoff from Atlanta Municipal Airport. Pilot Delbert L. Jensen 36 autmobile firm owner. passenger L. E. Jensen. Harry W. Walker 60 First National Bank VP. Ernest A. Schroeder 61 Schroeder Trucking. Ray J. Melville 54 Wisconsin Valley Concrete president. they were en route to Jesup for a mill opening. plane refueled at Evansville before Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Wisconsin Rapids
Delbert L. Jensen
L. E. Jensen
Harry W. Walker
First National Bank of Wisconsin Rapids
Ernest A. Schroeder
Schroeder Trucking Co
Ray J. Melville
Wisconsin Valley Concrete Products Co
Jesup
Savannah
Schroeder
Ralph Kutchera
Stevens Point
Wis
Evansville
Ind
Des Moines Area Evacuated as River Rises Over Flood Peak
Emergency police orders evacuated 7,500 people from low lying areas as the Des Moines River rose past the 1947 high. Levees strained under pressure, sandbags piled, National Guardsmen and volunteers labored around the clock. Crest expected to reach 29 to 30 feet by Thursday with 3,000 to 4,000 homeless if levees fail.
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Des Moines
National
City Public Workers
John Tippee
Tobacco industry calls for more cancer research
The tobacco industry argues more study is needed to determine how cigarettes cause cancer and heart disease. It calls the American Cancer Society report linking smoking to shorter life span preliminary and urges further investigation.
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Tobacco Industry
New York
Tobacco
American Cancer Society
Carp Stocked for Youth Fishing at Benkett Pond East of City
More than 4,000 pounds of carp were stocked by the conservation department and Green County Conservation League in Benkett’s pond for youths under 16 to fish. The pond near Highway 59 will operate daylight hours until school starts, with rules on supervision, one rod per youth, and no license needed for under 16.
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Benkett’s Pond
Conservation Department
Green County Conservation League
Ray L. Beckman
League
Gladys Benkert
Myron E. Stair
The
Conservation Congress
Monroe
Beckman
Harold A. Pederson
Clarence R. Benkett
Pederson
Highway 59
Lake Koshkonong
Queens to Highlight Dairy Banquet and Alice in Dairyland Parade
Monroe hosts a June Dairy banquet Friday at Turner Hall with Arthur Trebilcock and Milton Hult expected to speak. The event leads to the 1954 Alice in Dairyland finals parade and coronation Saturday afternoon, featuring 16 contestants and a 400-seat limit. Donald N. McDowell will MC, with notable attendees from the Wisconsin dairy sector and state government.
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Monroe
Turner Hall
Alice In Dairyland
Arthur Trebilcock
Milwaukee
Borden Co
Wisconsin
Milton Hult
Chicago
National Dairy Council
Mary Ellen Jenks
Alice
Dairyland
Donald N. McDowell
State Department of Agriculture
Trebilcock
Hult
Lyman McKee
American Dairy Association of Wisconsin
State Board of Agriculture
Ray Silver
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Clarence W. Loveland
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
President Urges No Sharp Aid Cut
President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve the full foreign aid request of 3.4477 billion, warning cuts would be unjustified and unsafe amid the Communist drive for world domination. He cited Southeast Asia instability and the need to provide military and other aid to strategic nations allied in defense.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Southeast Asia
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Murray Snyder
White House
Snyder
July 6 Wedding Rumor Surrounds Haver MacMurray
A close friend says actress June Haver and actor Fred MacMurray may wed near July 6. It is believed MacMurray prefers waiting until after the anniversary of his first wife’s death.
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Hollywood
June Haver
Fred MacMurray
MacMurray
Australian correspondent astonished by Braves focus in Wisconsin
Sydney Morning Herald reporter Harry Kippax, touring New Glarus cheese firms with Monroe Chamber official Phil Darling, was surprised to learn Milwaukee Braves dominate Wisconsin news over Senator McCarthy. He met Mayor Dunwiddie Galli and others at a luncheon, discussed Swiss cheese history, farming, and the Communist movement, and planned a dinner at the Monroe Country Club before travel to Beloit or Rockford and Chicago.
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Harry Kippax
Sydney
Australia
Morning Herald
Town Hall
Upright Swiss Embroideries Inc
New Glarusith
Phil Darling
Monroe
Milwaukee Braves
Sen. McCarthy
Kippax
Eugene Hotel
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
G. Fred Galli
Darling
Grant Ritter
L. R. Lindgren
Galli
Monroe Country Club
Beloit
Rockford
Marshall L. Peterson
Chicago
Madison
Gov. Kohler
Kohler Praises 4-H Club Gains
Gov Kohler praised 4 H clubs for boosting rural safety in Wisconsin addressing 1400 youths at Capitol for 4 H Club Week. He urged continued good work and noted leaders including Justices Martin Broadfoot and D N McDowell with George Watson observing. Youth then toured Truax Field for an planned jet air show.
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Madison
Kohler
Wisconsin
Capitol
Truax Field
John Martin
Grover Broadfoot
D. N. McDowell
Department of Agriculture
George Watson
Capitol Lawn
University of Wisconsin
Rebels Strike in Guatemala with Esquipulas Base TVG Hopes
Col. Carlos Castillo Armas said his anti-Communist forces are prepared for a long or short battle to seize the government of Guatemala. The rebels report capture of three towns 25 miles inside Guatemala and say air attacks are only to show air superiority. They describe heavy rains, scarce gasoline, and improvised movement with limited transport as they organize a provisional government and publish military law.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Carlos Castillo Armas
Guatemala
Esquipulas
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
Castillo Armas
Vadi Hondo
Jacotan
Campatan
Blind musician drowns after boat capsizes in lake
In Madisonville Kentucky a 41 year old blind musician James T Forbes drowned in a lake Tuesday night after his skiff capsized and he swam in circles shouting where's the bank. Eurie B Duvall 27 Forbes brother in law went under. Daniel Fisher 16 heard his cries and swam to help but Forbes disappeared.
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Madisonville
James T. Forbes
Eurie B. Duvall
Forbes
Daniel Fisher
Wilson Wins Again As Braves Top Giants
Jim Wilson pitched the Braves to a 5 to 2 victory over the New York Giants aided by Dave Jolly in the ninth. Milwaukee’s right hander improved his record as the Braves continued their winning ways despite giving up 10 hits to Gomez.
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New York
Jim Wilson
Milwaukee
Braves
New York Giants
Wilson
Dave Jolly
Gomez
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Army-McCarthy
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Willis Elmer Hart
Elmer
John Elmer
CAP
Green County
Lydia Wels
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Green County Publicity Association
WREX
Elden Anspach
Center
Times
Des Moines Area
Queens
Edelweis Stars
New Glarus
Howard L. Orians
Immanuel Evangelical Church
Forrest Kubly
NDC
McCarthy
Baer
Giants
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