FCC Plans Move TV to Ultra High Frequency Channels
The FCC outlined a long term shift toward all UHF television channels 14 through 83, with a demixing plan to reduce VHF competition. A multi year transition would require VHF stations to simulcast on UHF while public sets convert. Madison, Elmira, Evansville, Hartford, and others are cited for potential all UHF reshuffles with study of channel changes.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
U. S
Commission
FCC
Mississippi River
Elmira
N. Y
Evansville
Ind
Hartford
Channel
Madison
President Signs Eight More Bills And Speaks On Health
President Eisenhower signed eight congressional bills including major budget measures and an extra disaster-relief fund. doctors report progress after abdominal operation. Hagerty said he may leave Walter Reed Army Hospital Saturday for Gettysburg farm, then flags to half-staff for Fleet Admiral King burial.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Sherman Adams
White House
James C. Hagerty
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Hagerty
Gettysburg
Senate Action
Senate
Senate House
Ernest J. King
Annapolis
Mayor Appoints Civil Defense Aides to Assist
Mayor Brooks J. Dunwiddie announced two new Civil Defense directors to aid Robert L. Hahn in running the city program. The assistant directors are Clinton L. Blackbourn and Willis E. Mitchell. Hahn said the appointments were requested to support the detailed plan. The city will hold its first Civil Defense alert at 2 p.m. July 20.
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Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Robert L. Hahn
Clinton L. Blackbourn
Willis E. Mitchell
Hahn
Governors Parley Hits Court Ruling
Atlantic City governors denounced the Supreme Court ruling upholding state anti sedition laws as an infringement on federal authority. In their 48th annual conference final session they adopted a resolution urging Congress to craft federal laws that will not be construed to preempt state action unless explicitly stated.
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Atlantic City
N.J. W
Supreme Court
Congress
New Testament Returned After War Memorial Mystery
An old New Testament left aboard USS LST 77 during World War II has been returned to Edward Mulligan of Monroe after 13 years. An ex Royal Navy man mailed the prayer book in its original box and offered a letter of apology for keeping it as a souvenir while serving in the Navy. Mulligan, now in Freeport, is the son of Mrs Edward Mulligan and the late Mr Mulligan. he served over four years in the U S Navy.
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Edward Claire Mulligan
Royal Navy
England
Monroe
Mulligan
Freeport
Edward Mulligan
Mr. Mulligan
U. S. Navy
Brothers Killed In Oregon Crash
Two elderly brothers from Gowanda New York Edgar S. Clark 84 and Robert R. Clark 83 died in a two car crash near Oregon Wisconsin as they traveled from Wisconsin Dells to Brodhead. In hospital were Raymond R. Leslie 19 and Patricia Brown 17 both in fair condition with multiple injuries.
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New York
Spring Grove Township
Methodist Hospital
Madison
Oregon
Edgar S. Clark
Gowanda
N.Y
Robert R. Clark
Cattaraugus
Wisconsin Dells
Brodhead
Raymond R. Leslie
Route 2
Patricia Brown
Leslie
Miss Brown
Edgar Clark
Clark Auto
Everson Funeral Home
Stock list advances led by steel shares rise in afternoon trading
Steel issues boosted market as Bethlehem, Lukens advance two points or more. U S Steel Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube gain about one point. McGraw Hill jumps five points on a stock split proposal. Lone Star Cement up about two. Caterpillar climbs over two.
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New York
Steels and Rails
Bethlehem and
Lukens
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
McGraw Hill
Lone Star Cement
Caterpiller
Medical Veteran Dies in Cambridge at 82
Dr. Gunerius E. Bilstad, an 82 year old physician who practiced in Cambridge for 56 years, died at his home on Tuesday.
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Cambridge
Gunerius E. Bilstad
Miss Nancy Foley Crowned Monroe Dairy Queen
Nancy Mae Foley age 19 wins the Monroe area Dairy Queen contest at Goetz theater by votes. She will represent Monroe in the county Dairy Queen competition at a diary dinner in Monticello Friday and join nine contestants in the Dairy Day parade Saturday.
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Nancy Mae Foley
Goetz Theater
Foley
Leo J. Foley
11Th Avenue
Monroe
Zwingli Parish Hall
Monticello
Kenneth Halverson
County Dairy Meee
Dairy Queen
Miss Foley
Green County Teachers College
Green County
Woodford
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
Monroe High School
Mrs. Bertha Augsburger Veteran Monroe resident dies
Mrs Bertha Augsburger 66 of 2013 16th avenue Monroe died at 5 15 this morning in St Clare hospital after a year of illness and several cerebral hemorrhages She was born October 8 1889 in Albigen Canton Bern Switzerland came to America in 1911 married March 17 1914 to Fred Augsburger The couple lived in Winslow before moving to Monroe in 1941 Survivors include three children John Antioch Illinois Mrs Alvin Birdingmaier Winslow and Robert Massillon Iowa eight grandchildren two sisters and three brothers The funeral will be held Friday at 1 30 pm at Stuessy Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery The family will receive friends after 3 pm tomorrow
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Fred Augsburger
16Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Augsburger
Bertha Krebs
Albligen
Canton Bern
Switzerland
Frederick and
Rose Wenger Krebs
Lecens
America
Winslow
St. John’s Church
P. A. Schuh
Monroe
John
Antioch
Ill
Alvin Bidlingmaier
Robert
Massillion
Adolph
Christian
Henry
Rosa Wettstein
Ernest Kummer
Orangeville
Rudy
Ernest
Cadiz Township
Church's Aid Society
Eastern Star
Woman’s Relief Corps
Southside Homemakers Club
Stuessy Funeral
Paul C. Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Senate Group Okays Nike Missile Outlay
The Senate armed services committee approved 136.7 million dollars for Nike antiaircraft projects at home and overseas while denying 160 million dollars for Air Force Talos missile sites. The panel backed early tests to compare performance.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Air Force
Mahon Seeks Pentagon Ok Before Air Fund Hike
Rep. Mahon says he will urge House conferees to confirm Pentagon needs before accepting nearly one billion dollars for the Air Force. The Senate approved a 912.6 million boost as part of a larger 35-billion military bill, with lawmakers split over whether funds would be wisely spent.
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Washington
Mahon
D-Tex
House
Pentagon
Senate
Eisenhower
U.S
Russia
Appropriations
Defense
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Secretary of
Defense Wilson
Wilson
Congress
Navy
Bridges
R-Nh
Byrd
Holland
Fla
Long
Malone
Nev
McCarthy
Wis
Welker
Idaho
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Francis Case
11 Airmen Die In Tanker Crash Near New Mexico Base
A Boeing KC-97 four engine tanker based at Walker Air Force Base exploded after takeoff from southeastern New Mexico. The craft burst into flames minutes after lifting skyward, killing all 11 crew aboard.
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N. M
New Mexico
Walker Air Force Base
Walker Tower
Air Force
Pravda blasts bosses as Khrushchev critic sparks shock
Pravda reprints Eugene Dennis critique questioning tough measures under Stalin and questions the Soviet leadership's stance. The report reveals Khrushchev's secret February speech at the 20th Congress denouncing Stalin and shocks Moscow readers. Dulles says Moscow weakened control of foreign Communist parties amid regime strains.
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Moscow
Pravda
Stalin
Communist Party
Eugene Dennis
New York Daily Worker
Ie Oes
Corrr
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party Congress
Washington
Dulles
Russia
Soviet Communist Party
Khrushchev-Bulganin
Cuba arrests widen probe into Batista plot
In Havana 17 men believed linked to a conspiracy to kill President Fulgencio Batista were arrested as the crackdown on opponents spread from Mexico City where 26 people, mostly Cuban exiles, were detained including an Argentine and a Spaniard.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Mexico
Mexico City
Msons
Batista
State Extends Deadline for Green County Jail Plan
The State Department of Public Welfare postpones jail closure until July 1 1957. Green County may continue using the current jail to house prisoners while John Steinmann drafts plans for a new facility on county land at the north edge of Monticello. The extension acknowledges unforeseen site difficulties and aims to allow reasonable time to complete construction.
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Green County
State Department of Public Welfare
Ray E. Kundert
Samuel F. Humbel
Wilbur Schmidt
Department of Public Welfare
Schmidt
John Steinmann
Monticello
Lakeshire
Marty Schmidt
Steinmann
Wright design contract approved for Madison civic center
Madison votes 14 to 6 to hire Frank Lloyd Wright to design a four million dollar auditorium and civic center on Lake Monona with 2000 seat auditorium 3500 seat exhibition hall and facilities. Parking for 750 cars could add 1.5 million if voters approve. If Wright cannot finish, Wright Foundation to take over. Litigation blocks start. suit tests lake filling rights.
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Madison
Frank Lloyd Wright
Lake Monona
Wright
Wright Foundation
Mrs Becker Dies in Janesville at 76
Mrs Louis Becker 76 of Janesville died at Beecher Convalescent Home at 6:30 this morning after a three year illness. Born Amelia Regez in Mt Rose Dane County she married Louis Becker in Monroe in 1900. Survived by three daughters two sons two brothers two sisters 16 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Services Friday at 3:15 p.m. Shriner Neushwander funeral home. Burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Louis Becker
Janesville
Rudi O. Reger Sr
14Th Avenue
Harry A. Keegan
Beecher
Becker
Amelia Regez
Mt. Rose
Dane County
Rudy
Lizetta Wittwer Regez
Monroe
Oakley
Willis Zwicky
Mundlien
Ill
Brewster Wise
Charles Deininger
Monticello
Alma Reger Elrod
Chicago
St. John’s
Barron Frees Man Quizzed in Slaying
Barron County officials released a man held for questioning in the slaying of Mrs. Louise Welk after a telephone conference with District Attorney Robert Vergeront Sheriff James O'Brien and Police Captain Roger Boehm. Officers had been in Milwaukee since Monday.
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Rice Lake
Barron County
Louise Welk
Dist
Robert Vergeront
James O’brien
Roger Boehm
Milwaukee
Twining Party Sees Jet Engines in Moscow Tour
Western air force leaders visiting the Soviet Union toured the Zhoukovsky Air Engineering Academy in central Moscow describing it as their best day yet. Gen. Nathan Twining praised the program balancing theory and practice and noted exposure to axial flow and centrifugal jet engines including the MiG 19 and IL 28.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Zhoukovsky Air Engineering Academy
Red Air Force
Nathan Twining
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Twining
Farmer
Jane’s All the World
Maitland to leave aviation for Episcopal ministry
Brig. Gen. Lester J. Maitland 57 plans July retirement to serve as lay vicar of St. John's Episcopal church in Tron River Michigan. He expects ordination in September and will continue flying to commute between Lansing and Iron River while pursuing full time ministry.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Lester J. Maitland
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Tron River
Maitland
Wisconsin
California
Hawaii
Lake Michigan
Iron River
Chotiner to Turn Over Documents to Senate Panel
Senator McClellan said California Attorney Murray Chotiner agreed to give Senate investigators Friday documents related to his law practice. The handover aims to shed light on possible ties between Chotiner and political matters under review by the subcommittee.
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Chotiner
Washington
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
California
Murray M. Chotiner
Senate
Steel firms and union resume talks on three year deal
New York The three major steel firms and United Steelworkers Union return to negotiations aiming to avert a nationwide strike by midnight Saturday. A three year contract with a 10 cent hourly raise in year one is suspected. a five year offer with 7 cents rise was rejected.
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New York
United Steelworkers Union
Gary
Ind
International Executive Board
State Swiss Market Shaky and Light Demand in Wisconsin
Wisconsin American cheese market shows barely steady to weak tendency amid light to fair demand. Top quality raw milk remains in light to short supply while other varieties see ample to more than ample trade. Cheddar prices range 34.0 to 36.0, single daisies 36.0 to 38.4, longhorns 35.4 to 36.34, and midgets 37.34 to 39.0 with Swiss near unchanged or down by a cent.
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Madison
WSMNS
Wisconsin
Long Strike Ends at Fond du Lac Leather Firm
Fond du Lac workers at Fred Rueping Leather Co vote 171 to 5 to end a 45 week strike. Local 360 members of the Fur and Leather Workers Division and Amalgamated Meat Cutters Workmen of North America accepted the offer after a top union official urged them they had no other alternative.
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Fond DU Lac
Fred Rueping Leather Co
Wisconsin
360
Fur and Leather Workers Division
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of
North America
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Rein and Schultz Co
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Barron
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