Two Darkhorse Candidates File In State Primary
Wisconsin Republicans see two unlikely entrants for the April 1 presidential ballot. Lar Daly of Chicago filed General Douglas MacArthur as a GOP candidate with two delegate hopefuls, while Perry Stearns of Milwaukee filed a full slate of 30 delegates. An issue arose over Daly’s incomplete delegate list and a consent question for MacArthur. Stearns previously faced a filing dispute resolved by the State Supreme Court.
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Madison
Wisconsin
General McArthur
Chicago
Lar Daly
Perry Stearns
Milwaukee
United States
Daly
Douglas MacArthur
McArthur
Fred Zimmerman
Vernon Thomson
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Ben Frederick
Waterford
Wis
Stearns
Alexander Wiley
Rwis
U. S. Senate
Zimmerman
State Supreme Court
Robert Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Earl Warren
California
Grant Ritter
Monroe
March Opens Mild and Quiet Weather Report
The report notes a mild start to March with clear skies and moderate temperatures. Highs reached 35.85 and lows 15.62 degrees, with near freezing daytime readings and nights around 20. Washington's birthday brought the coldest night. Snow amounted to four inches in total, with the heaviest fall of two inches on February 19. The month averaged 26.7 degrees, and 15 days were fully sunny with three more partly sunny. Residents remained alert for potential snow over the weekend.
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Monroe
Washington
Hospital Attendant Killed by Patient at Winnebago Facility
Undersheriff Herbert Reiter said a Winnebago State Hospital attendant, 52 year old Derer Behnke of Oshkosh, was killed when a patient swung an electric floor polisher at him striking his head. The 36 year old male patient’s name was not released.
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Oshkosh
Herbert Reiter
Winnebago State Hospital
Reiter
Herder Behnke
Krahenbuhl To Leave For Induction Monday
Joe Karl Krahenbuhl of route 1 will depart for Milwaukee induction station at 10 a.m. He will be the only selectee from Green County in March. Krahenbuhl goes with six county men who will undergo pre induction physicals. The group meets at the armory at 9 15 a.m.
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Karl Krahenbuhl
Milwaukee
Green County
Krahenbuhl
Armory
Peterson Seeks Nomination for Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat
Green county voters join statewide Tuesday to trim the field to two nominees for the state supreme court in April. Monroe attorney Marshall L. Peterson campaigns across Racine Kenosha Manitowoc and Milwaukee while arguing for experienced judges who serve rather than seek retirement posts. Peterson cites jury influence and jury verdicts as key to proper appeals decisions and notes his Navy service including a Bronze Star in wartime duty.
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Green County
State Supreme Court
Marshall L. Peterson
Monroe
Peterson
Milwaukee
Racine
Kenosha
Manitowoc
Fox River Valley
Martin Torphy
Supreme Court
John E. Martin
Navy
Pacific
Taft Campaign Tour Resumes in Wisconsin
Sen. Taft spoke to about 600 in Whitewater as he opened a Wisconsin swing for the Republican presidential nomination. He argued the current administration advances socialism and touted a GOP era of liberty. He planned stops in Beaver Dam Watertown Oconomowoc and Ft. Atkinson with a Rock Island TV conference.
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Whitewater
Wis
Republican Party
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Wisconsin
G.O.P
Rockford
Ill
Beaver Dam
Watertown
Oconomowoc
Ft. Atkinson
Rock Island
Moline
Davenport
Washington
Truman
South
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Bowman Station Pays $4.36 On January Milk
Green county dairy farmers received an average net price of 4.36 per hundred for 3.5 January milk delivered to Bowman Dairy Co. receiving stations totaling 28,608.86 in checks. Edward Knopinski, manager, notes daily milk increases and projects peak production in June with pasture conditions shaping the taper.
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Green County
Bowman Dairy Co
Edward Knopinski
N Side
North Dakota Senator backs Russell for President
Republican Sen. Young announces support for Senator Russell of Georgia on the Democratic ticket if the Democrats nominate him. The statement marks cross party backing amid presidential talks.
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Young
Russell Washington
Sen
North Dakota
Senator Russell
Georgia
Rioters In Hong Kong Attack Foreigners During Kowloon riots
In Kowloon Hong Kong Communist mobs attacked foreigners injuring at least 14 people including two American officials U S Vice Consul Robert Ballantyne and U S Information Service officer Jack Watts Leach were stoned as rioters grabbed cameras and a British army truck was set ablaze after crowds swelled from 10 000 to 20 000 before order was restored in about 40 minutes
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Hong Kong
Kowloon
Britain
America
U. S
Robert Ballantyne
Tulsa
Jack Watts Leach
Oklahoma City
U. S. Information Service
UW Student Shot At Chemistry Lab
A University of Wisconsin graduate student admitted drinking heavily before shooting a fellow student in a chemistry lab. Leonard Stalmann of Baltimore faces charges. victim William Loeb of Wilmette, Illinois, was wounded but listed with a fair chance to survive after two chest shots and additional injuries. Stalmann fired at officers with an empty revolver before tear gas subdued him.
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Madison
Richard Bardwell
University of Wisconsin
Bardwell
Leonard Stalmann
Baltimore
Stalmann
Stallam
William Loeb
Wirinetka
Wisconsin General Hospital
Stallman
Loeb
Milwaukee Girl Dies After Harlem Narcotics Party
Police say Joanne Barbara Scott, 16, of Milwaukee died after an apparent Harlem narcotics party. Bernie Robinson, 29, a Negro seaman, admitted moving the body to Connecticut. She was estranged from husband Gerald Scott, 20, and mother of a 16 month old.
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New York
Milwaukee
Greenwich
Harlem
Bernie Robinson
Connecticut
Joanne Barbara Scott
Gerald Scott
Robinson
Truman Forces Will Battle Out For Foreign Aid
Secretary of State Acheson urged unwavering support for a 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid program essential to Western European defense. He outlined five NATO related goals achieved in London and Lisbon and warned that more work remains to deploy troops and bases under a restructured alliance.
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Truman
Acheson
Mutual Security Administration
London
Lisbon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Truman Plans Radio TV Address on Mutual Security Plan
President Truman will address the nation next Thursday night on the mutual security program. The White House announced broadcast plans as the administration fights any cut to its new foreign aid program of 7.9 billion dollars and will send Congress the aid request with the speech.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Joseph Short
Congress
Senate Probers Study Ship Deals
Senate investigators study reports that eight war surplus tankers linked to public figures were later used to haul oil to Communist China. Witnesses include Houston H. Wasson and Morris, with hearings paused until Tuesday. Morris denies insinuations while Morris may testify if summoned.
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Washington
Senate
China
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Houston H. Wasson
Newbold Morris
Sen. Hoey
Subcommittee
Wasson
Morris
Joseph E. Casey
Casey
United Tanker Corp
Wasson and
United
China International Foundation, Inc
Greek court condemns eight to death. one woman defiant
A military court in Athens sentenced eight Greeks to death and four to life imprisonment for transmitting Greek military secrets to communist nations. One condemned woman spoke defiantly in court before her execution.
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Athens
Greece
Explosions Hit Detroit Suburbs Kill Two at Royal Oak Store
Two blasts three hours apart leveled a Royal Oak sporting goods shop and damaged Ford Plant at Livonia. Salesman Claude Parmalee 58 and Norman E Friden 48 died after being found in ruins. fire damaged roof and machinery. Gas main repairs preceded the blast and a neighbor reported a gas odor minutes before.
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Detroit
Royal Oak
Claude Parmalee
Norman E. Friden
Ford Co
Livonia
Parmalee
Friden
St.Jo's Mercy Hospital
Pontiac
Tool Company
Youths rescued after snowstorm on Swedish Mt Areskutan
Twenty teenagers and two leaders were found in a snowbound tourist cabin on Mt Areskutan after a nightlong blizzard. Rescue teams, including a nearby mountain regiment, reached them as frost bite cases were reported. the group began descent under their own power.
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Are
Sweden
Mt. Areskutan
Leap Year Twins Born to Gardners in Orangeville and Brodhead
Twin boys born 5:11 and 5:17 a m at Deaconess hospital Freeport are believed to be the only leap year twins in the area. Lt James Gardner of Brodhead and his wife Donna Fay Swartz welcomed Bradley Don with a brother Michael. The Keehn family in Brooklyn also welcomed a daughter at St. Clare. Lt Gardner has served as a tank commander in Korea.
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Deaconess Hospital
Freeport
St. Clare Hospital
Howard Keehn
Brooklyn
James Gardner
Brodhead
Bradley Don
Michael
Gardner
Korea
Donna Fay Swartz
Vilas G. Swartz
Kin of Juneau Descendant Dies in Newark
Mrs. Henry Lee 79 died at her Newark township home in Rock county. Services 3 p m Monday at Rosman Uehling Kinzer chapel Beloit officiated by Rev Bernard Pierick. Burial Eastlawn cemetery Beloit. Granddaughter of Solomon Juneau founder of Milwaukee. Born Fond du Lac lived Beloit area most of life and in Newark township last 10 years. Survived by husband three daughters Gertrude Landon Morristown NJ Lenora Lee and Conrad Peterson Beloit and two brothers L C Walters Beloit and Frank Walters Footville.
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Newark Township
Gertrude Langdon
Morristown
N. J
Lénora Lee
Conrad Peterson
Beloit
L. C. Walters
Frank Walters
Footville
George E Thorp Dies at 86 Former Green County Official
George E. Thorp aged 86 died at 7 30 am in St Clare hospital after a week of age related illness. A Green county treasurer from 1923 to 1927 he later served as bookkeeper for the Green county highway department and helped found the Commercial and Savings bank. He and his wife Jennie Sutherland had golden wedding in 1944 and he lived with son Donald in South Wayne before moving to Monroe. He was born June 15 1865 in Clarno township and had a long career in local banking farming and public service.
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George E. Thorp
Commercial and Savings Bank
Green County
St. Clare Hospital
Donald
South Wayne
Thorp
Green County Highway Department
Court House
Department
Clarno Township
Henry
Remember Bowen Thorp
Monroe High School
Philadelphia
First National Bank
R. D. Gorham
C. W. Twining
C. W. Bennett
Commercial and Savings
James Fidler
Jennie Sutherland
Duluth
Minn
Monroe
10Th Street
1618 7Th Street
Donald Thorps
Uni
Egypt Premier Resigns Amid Cabinet Crisis and Talks
Prime Minister Aly Maher Pasha resigns on the eve of renewed talks with Britain over the Suez Canal dispute. Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha, an independent elder statesman, is reported as potential new premier as King Farouk faces palace pressure and a suspended parliament.
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Egypt
Suez
Bulletin
Cairo
Ahmed Naguib al Hilaly Pasha
Aly Maher Pasha
Britain
Maher
Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha
Maher Pasha
Mohammed Aly Maher Pasha
Farouk
Mustapha el Nahas Pasha
Ralph Stevenson
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
Ralph
Middle East
Austrian Vice Chancellor Arrives for Talks in Washington
The vice chancellor of Austria, Dr. Adolf Schärf, arrives from Vienna for a week of informal discussions in Washington with the State Department and congressional leaders.
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New York
Austria
Adolf Schaerf
Vienna
Washington
State Department
Bus Operator Averts Tragedy in Brooklyn Fire
Badger Coach lines driver Frank Thompson 28 of Madison is credited with saving 45 Madison high school students by calmly ordering them off a burning bus near Brooklyn as a backfire sparked a blaze on highways 13 and 14. The students continued to Janesville where Madison West topped Janesville 77 41.
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Brooklyn
Wis
Badger Coach Lines
Frank Thompson
Madison
Thomas
Janesville
Thompson
Badger Lines
Madison West
Eisenhower Welcomes Greece and Turkey into NATO
General Eisenhower welcomed Greece and Turkey into NATO at SHAPE headquarters near Paris. The two nations became the 13th and 14th members as their flags were raised in a formal ceremony, part of Allied efforts to preserve peace.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Greece
Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
SHAPE
Paris
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Winnebago Hospital
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Ilinois
Bowman
Clinton
Philadelphia Bulletin
Elwood Smith
NATO
John M. Hightower
West Germany
Reds
G. Milton Kelly
Ford Defense
Detroit Tank Plant
Gardners
Mrs
Clayton Gardner
Orangeville
Kin
Juneau
Newark
Commercial Bank
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