Stay Safe This Fourth of July Holiday Driving
An editorial urges readers to plan safer Fourth of July trips to reduce holiday traffic fatalities. It warns against speeding and careless driving, urges extra daylight driving and rest, and emphasizes personal responsibility to protect the driver and family. The piece notes Memorial Day losses and stresses round trips and cautious planning to save lives.
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Minnie
Jasper
Missouri
Minnesota
Churchill Meets Eisenhower Aims to Ease Cold War Tensions
The article notes Winston Churchill's Washington visit with President Eisenhower and talks with Dulles and Eden. Observers expect little immediate progress but foresee clearer British understanding of U S stance and Churchill’s aim to spur a peaceful accord with the Kremlin and end the cold war.
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Winston Churchill
Washington
Churchill
Eisenhower
Dulles
Eden
United States
England
Kremlin
Winnie
Monroe and area remember past events across decades
Ten years ago on June 30 1944 the US broke relations with Finland calling it Nazi aligned. OPA moved to remove inner tubes from ration lists as Green County bond sales near one million but fall short by half a million. Monroe businesses urged to display flags for Burgess Battery award ceremony and Camp American Legion Endowment Fund drive opened. Bernard Schwartz 9 drowned near Darlington.
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United States
Finland
OPA
Green County
Monroe
Burgess Battery Company
Army-Navy
Camp American Legion Endowment Fund
Bernard Schwartz
Darlington
Justice of the Peace Group Fights Plan to Eliminate Local Courts
The Justice of the Peace Association rejects the State Judicial Council proposal to abolish justices of the peace and consolidate all other lower courts into a circuit system. Leaders argue the plan would require constitutional changes and new legislative approvals before a 1955 referendum.
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Madison
State Judicial Council
Justices of the Peace
The
Justice of the Peace Association
Thomas J. Joyce
Park Falls
Association
Joyce
Supreme Court
Justice of the Peace Courts
Stanley Hyland
Tomah
Harry Samelstad
Ronald Wells
Portage
Lewis Holland
Winchester
Ugene Genoyer
Minocqua
William Belter
Wautoma
Judicial Council
Not His Hour Yet as Britain Seeks Red Policy Support
The remarks doubt the subject's impact on his future memory and question whether his Washington visit will alter his stature. The passage suggests this hour is not his, and Britain faces a London policy that courts the Red masters.
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Washington
Britain
London
Chandler Heads Blanchardville Legion Post
Carlton Chandler was installed as commander of the Dobson Johnson Legion post in Blanchardville on Monday night. Lincoln Barber retires as commander. New officers include Roy Kundert first vice commander Edward Scadden second vice commander Robert Watrud adjutant Harland Watrud finance Charles Kline chaplain Harry Bishop historian Vernus Larson sergeant at arms Everett Ingwell assistant and W H Dobson service officer.
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Blanchardville
Carlton Chandler
Dobson-Johnson Legion
Lincoln Barber
Roy Kundert
Edward Scadden
Robert Watrud
Harland Watrud
Charles Kline
Harry Bishop
Vernus Larson
Everett Ingwell
W. H. Dobson
U S Jury Finds Security Tightened for UN Employees
A federal grand jury reported improvements in security handling for Americans employed by the United Nations. It credited Executive Orders issued January 9 1953 requiring questionnaires fingerprints and FBI or Civil Service checks, with deterring questionable security status.
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New York
U. S
State Department
United Nations
U. N. Secretariat
U.N
Edward A. Conger
Truman
U. N
FBI
Civil Service Commission
Former Tax Chief Nunan Indicted by Jurors
New York Joseph D Nunan Jr a former head of the Internal Revenue Service was convicted by a federal jury of evading ninety one thousand eighty six dollars in income taxes. He served as IRS commissioner from 1944 to 1947 under President Franklin D Roosevelt.
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New York
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nunan
Internal Revenue
CAP Ends Search for Indiana Plane Missing Over Lake Michigan
The Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol halted the hunt after clues suggested the plane with four men crashed in Lake Michigan. Four occupants from Indiana were aboard a flight from Crawfordsville to Crystal Falls when it disappeared June 19 after refueling at Kohler airport. Elements found included a plane seat clothing and aluminum near Sheboygan, aiding identification by the pilot’s wife. The crew consisted of Stephen Buck and Ed Parkham from Bedford, Eli Demaree and Lloyd Lestwich from Crawfordsville.
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Sheboygan
Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol
Indiana
CAP
Lake Michigan
Kohler
Stephen Buck
Ed Parkham
Bedford, Ind
Eli Demaree
Lloyd Lestwich
Crawfordsville
Ind
Crystal Falls
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Terror Charges End Strike Talks
Negotiations in the Kohler Co. strike stall after the firm accuses the CIO union of a reign of terror in Sheboygan County. UAW Wisconsin head counters that violence rests with Kohler.
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Sheboygan
Kohler Co
CIO
Sheboygan County
Harvey Kitzman
United Auto Workers In
Wisconsin
Lyman Conger
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Conger
Kohler
Sheboygan Falls
Andrew Kohlhagen
Richard
WERB
Kitzman
Kohler Union
Amherst Teacher to Tour Europe on Community Gift
Miss Winifred Harvey of Amherst High School will sail from New York on a Europe tour funded by a community gift from Portage County residents. Audrey Allen and Nancy Ward, students she taught, organized a dinner two years ago to raise the money. The itinerary includes England France Belgium Germany Austria Switzerland and Italy. She aims to return before the fall term begins.
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Amherst
Wis
New York
Europe
Winifred Harvey
Portage County
Audrey Allen
Nancy Ward
Miss Harvey
England
France
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
Willys and Kaiser halt output through August 16
Willys Motors, Inc. announced production of Willys and Kaiser passenger cars stopped today and will not resume until August 16. The company said 1,500 employees will take a two week vacation within a 6,44 week layoff to readjust inventories and bring trade into balance.
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Toledo
Ohio
Willys
Willys Motors Plans Two-Week Plant Vacation
Willys Motors will continue producing Jeeps trucks and commercial vehicles while 6 100 workers remain unaffected through a two week plant wide vacation shutdown scheduled August 2 16 The balance between production and sales guides the pause and no layoffs are expected during the shutdown
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Willys Motors
Albee Paulson to Receive Century Farm Award
Albee Paulson of Route 2 Blanchardville will receive a Century Farm certificate at the State Fair. The farm was first owned by grandfather Peter Paulson who acquired it on a government claim July 4, 1854 and later by his son Ole Paulson father of Albee.
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Albee Paulson
Blanchardville
Peter Paulson
Ole Paulson
Albee
The Elephant Stands as World’s Largest Land Animal
An examination notes elephants remain the largest land mammals today. Their immense size and trunk define iconic features, with African elephants typically larger than Asian counterparts. Conservation concerns persist amid habitat loss and poaching pressures worldwide.
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