U.S. Gifts Library as Ghana Gains Independence
Vice President Nixon presented a 2000‑volume technical library to Ghana’s newly independent government, a gift valued at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars, during a four day goodwill visit. He also gave an etched Steuben glass vase, while Ghana’s flag replaced the British Union Jack signaling independence.
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Accra
Ghana
U.S
Nixon
Kwame Nkrumah
British Commonwealth
Russia
Nkrumah
Nation Africa
Minnesota
Gold Coast
Togoland
Britain
U.N
Assembly Advances Tax Plug Bills In Wisconsin
Madison The Legislature moves three bills to close loopholes in income gift and inheritance taxes. If enacted they would boost annual state revenue by 820000 to 940000. One bill blocks deductions for trustee fees from inheritance tax. Another keeps income and gift tax liens on real estate held in joint tenancy after a party dies. A third raises the sibling beneficiary rate from two to four percent. The Senate also passes a constitutional amendment to do away with elected county surveyors. A separate bill would allow early local tax payments through February 28.
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Senate
Legislative Committee of State
Hollander
Roosendale
McCarthy Amused by Eisenhower Snub at White House
Senator McCarthy said he was amused after the White House announced he was the only member of Congress not invited to a White House dinner this year. The guest list included government officials and Congress members who had not attended earlier affairs. Hagerty confirmed McCarthy was the sole omission among 529 members.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
White House
Congress
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Wisconsin
USDA Resumes Buying Butter to Support Prices
The Agriculture Department bought 10,061,000 pounds of surplus butter in February to bolster producer prices for milk and butterfat. Larger purchases are anticipated as the season of heavier milk production arrives. Much of the surplus is donated for welfare use and the school lunch program both domestically and abroad.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House To OK Senate Mideast Doctrine Version
The House moved to speed the Senate version of Eisenhower’s Middle East resolution to the White House after Senate passage 72 to 19. Dulles praised a bipartisan vote affirming U S readiness to aid the Middle East against Communist aggression.
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House
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Middle East
White House
Rayburn
Texas
State Department
Dulles
Kremlin
America
McCarthy
Jenner
Ind
Malone
Congress of the
United States
Free Nations
Silver To Retire Candidates Named For Mt Pleasant
Monticello Times reports Mt. Pleasant Township caucus nominees Joe Blumer and Earl Feldt vie for chairman and the County Board supervisor post in the April 2 election. Ray T Silver retires, moving from the farm to Monticello village. Clarence Fiedler renominated. Lyle Rodger faces John Stauffer. Ray Talmage, James Dooley, and William Buehl Sr. are unopposed. New caucus committee includes Ray Silver Jr. and Wallace Feldt.
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Monticello
Joe Blumer
Earl Feldt
Mt. Pleasant
Grand Central Hotel
Ray T. Silver
Silver
Clarence Fiedler
Lyle Rodger
John Stauffer
Ray Talmage
James Dooley
William Buehl Sr
New Caucus Committee
Ray Silver Jr
William Silver
Wallace Feldt
Henry Krueger
Jake Wittenwyler
Swiss Market Weak On Two Lower Grades
Madison Wisconsin American cheese market shows steady overall prices with large styles ample and small styles in fair to good demand. Cheddars at 34 3 35 percent and daisies 36 37 percent. Swiss blocks A 38 40, B 36 38, C 31 35, D 27 34 28 with slow movement on Grades C and D.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Britain Plans 16 New Nuclear Stations Expansion
Britain announces a major expansion of its atomic power program, aiming to triple capacity by constructing 16 additional nuclear stations. The move signals a heightened push for energy independence and long term power stability.
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Atom Power
London
Britain
Commission urges foreign aid reform while backing current spending
A seven member commission led by Benjamin Fairless urges reform to U S foreign aid including more loans and longer planning while maintaining current spending. It proposes separating requests by defense and economic projects and moving aid administration into the State Department, with two year budgeting and tighter coordination. The panel notes 4.7 billion in grants last fiscal year, of which 3.9 billion funded military aid.
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Washington
Presidential Commission
Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Defense Department
State Department
International Cooperation Administration
New Orleans Mardi Gras Cleanup Follows Violent Toll
After Mardi Gras celebrations, New Orleans resumes cleanup as three people are killed. Among the victims are Tulane student August, 26, shot after a sidewalk bump. Blanche Moore, 43, killed in a barroom dispute. and an unidentified man stabbed at a crowded dance. Police detain Arnest Moore, 41, and Gladys Coleman, 41, for investigation.
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New Orleans
Tulane University
Joseph Oliver Jenkins
Blanche Moore
Arnest Moore
Gladys Coleman
Monticello Faces Election Contests
Monticello village caucus nominated 32 attendees for president and trustees. Louis Wyss seeks re election for village president against Royal Woelffer Jr and Howard Kennedy. Trustees nominees include Emil Voegeli Harold Babler Wilbert Gempeler and Leo Gempeler. Incumbents Voegeli Freitag Babler declined further nomination. Uncontested are William Spring Adam Schuler Otto Bently Dick Zentner and Donald Ferris. No justice of the peace candidate. 1958 caucus committee is Raymond Miles Ed Quade Don Root.
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Monticello
Louis Wyss
Royal Woelffer Jr
Howard Kennedy
Emil G. Voegeli
Harold Babler
Wilbert
Leo Gempeler
Karl Freitag
Herman Babler
Soviet Ferry Disaster Drowns 28 in Elbe River
Der Abend reports 28 Soviet soldiers drowned when an overloaded ferry capsized in the Elbe River East of Berlin. Eight Russians were reported missing.
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Berlin
West Berlin
der Abend
Elbe
East Germany
Huenink Named Loop President
Supt. D. J. Huenink was elected Badger Conference president for 1957 at the spring meeting at Jefferson High. Monroe’s Lee Mitchell was chosen president of the new Badger Conference Coaches Association and outlines plans for spring meets, conference sports budgets, and non league restrictions.
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Supt
D. J. Huenink
Badger Conference
Jefferson High School
Stanley C. Campbell
Stoughton
Roland Husander
Fr. Atkinson
Carl Hager
Jefferson
Monroe
Ft. Atkinson
Monona Grove
Edgerton
Wisconsin High
Middleton
Huenink
Lee Mitchell
Clayton Jackson
Gerhard P. Steensrud
Fred R. Simpson
Arthur T. Edwards
T. R. Holyoke
Franklin B. Luebchow
Nancy Spoerry
LaVon A. Jones
Badger Conference Coaches Association
Mitchell
Don Yahr
John Klement
Camp Randall
Hansacer
Gil Krueger
Larry Tuttle
Premier Wins In Parliament's Showdown Vote
Israel's Premier David Ben-Gurion defeats parliamentary opposition to the Gaza pullout vote, claiming peace if the United States and other powers keep promises. Reported turmoil interrupts supplies from Gaza as Arab incidents and a U N force plan unfold. U N to deploy troops. Burns says Swedish Danish Norwegian and Colombian units will guard Gaza. Finnish troops to Sharm el Sheikh.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gaza Strip
Aqaba Gulf Coast
David Ben-Gurion
United States
Ben-Gurion
Egypt
Nasser
Herut
Ben- Gurion
Aqaba Gulf
Iraqi Petroleum Co
Syria
E. L. M. Burns
U. N
Moshe Dayan
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Cairo
Gaza
Burns
Sharm el Sheikh
Swiss Dairy Leaders Visit County
A Swiss delegation studying dairy education toured Green County and the University of Wisconsin in Madison to discuss a planned Bern dairy school. The visitors included Fred Gigax Fritz Fischer and Hans Bauman with G. Fred Galli guiding tours of the Pet Milk plant in New Glarus and UW facilities before continuing to Milwaukee.
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Green County
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Albert Reberli
Green County Publicity Association
Aeberli
Gratiot
Fred Schenkel
Glarus
Radke
Bern
Fred Gigax
Agricultural School
Fritz Fischer
Swiss Federal Agricultural Department
Hans Bauman
Bauman
New Glarus
Madison
Visually Handicapped Camp Benefit From Monroe Lions
The Monroe Lions Club donated to a new Wisconsin summer camp for visually handicapped children near Stevens Point on Wisconsin Lions Lake. President John H. Bruni said the gift reflects 100 percent local participation and supports ongoing aid such as eye surgeries, glasses, white canes, typewriters, and a yearly high school scholarship.
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LIONS
Lester M. Johnson
Lions Club
John H. Bruni
Monroe Lions Club
Rosholt
Stevens Point
Times
Monroe
Wisconsin
Bruni
Lions Here
City Band
Wisconsin Lions Lake
Ash Wednesday Services Start Lent Observance in Monroe
Christians across Monroe begin Lent with ashes at St. Victor's and St. Andrew's churches both reporting morning impositions and 7 30 p m services. Union Presbyterian drew 375 for Shrove Tuesday pancake dinner as Lent runs to Easter Sunday April 21 with weekly services and a World Day of Prayer at Immanuel Church sponsored by the Monroe Council of Church Women.
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St. Victor’s Catholic Church
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Union Presbyterian Church
Monroe
Monroe Council of Church Women
Immanuel Church
Elmer urges use of timing device on speeding
Fourth Ward alderman Roger L. Elmer urged the City Council that speed law enforcement has declined despite a 1956 speed timing device purchase. Police reports show 164 speeding arrests in 1955 vs 35 last year. He called for the device as a warning tool rather than a trap. Chief J H Schwaiger said he was ordered not to use it, though others claim it reduced arrests.
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Roger L. Elmer
Fourth Ward
Elmer
Matzke
Alfred Henning
Schwaiger
Madison
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