Harrington Named UW Vice President for Academic Affairs
Madison reports Fred H. Harrington historian and president’s special assistant is appointed vice president of academic affairs. He joined UW staff in 1937 and will join the regents with recommendations by President-elect Elvehjem. Regents also assign Ira Baldwin to new duties as special assistant.
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Madison
Fred H. Harrington
University of Wisconsin
Board of Regents
Conrad A. Elvehjem
E. B. Fred
Regents
Ira L. Baldwin
Elvehjem
Harrington
Fred
Baldwin
George W. Denemark
University of Maryland
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Boston University
University of Illinois
UW M
J. Martin Klotsche
Denemark
Rockefeller Foundation
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Ira Baldwin
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ellis Jensen
Janesville
Wilbur Renk
Railway Agent Claims Deliberate Dunking Of Train
Manitowoc officials said a locomotive and two cars were driven seven miles from Manitowoc toward Two Rivers before plunging into Two River harbor. North Western Railway agent Jess Hamilton stated it was clearly established that someone set the train in motion and controlled the engine. The $200000 switch engine and cars were observed hurtling along the line with a skilled operator at the controls.
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Manitowoc
The
North Western Railway
Two River Harbor
Jess Hamilton
Hamilton
Two Rivers
Kohler Inquiry Dragged in Senate Hearing Review
Senators assail Kohler strike hearings as slow with Ervin and Curtis debating pace. Kennedy warns the inquiry may extend into April while examining violence linked to the 1954 UAW Kohler strike. Local officials raise cooperation concerns and union influence in Sheboygan politics noted.
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Washington
Ervin
D-Nc
Senate
Curtis
R-Neb
Robert F. Kennedy
Kohler Co
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
McClellan
D-Ark
Hoffman
R-Mich
Walter Reuther
Steen Heimke
Sheboygan
Theodore Mosch
Rudolph Ploetz
Kohler
Mosch
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Heimke
Labor
Sen. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Michigan
Thomson Voices Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Opposition to April 1 Price Drop
Gov. Thomson said he wired President Eisenhower that many Wisconsin farm organizations and citizens oppose the planned dairy price support cut from 83 to 75 percent of parity. He cited petitions and letters showing the potential loss of millions of dollars to state farmers.
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Madison
Thomson
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Illinois Seeks Return of Lincoln Relics From Private Custodians
Illinois Attorney General Latham Castle filed suit in DeKalb County Circuit Court to reclaim Abraham Lincoln relics including pictures books and a bloodstained dress from Anna I Fay and Paul A Nehring. The state says the items were mingled with Herbert Fay s personal collection and asks for a temporary injunction to prevent disposal and return the artifacts to state possession.
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Springfield
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Latham Castle
DeKalb County
Anna I. Fay
Paul A. Nehring
Castle
Lincoln
Herbert Fay
Anna Fay
Herbert
Nehring
Governor Vernon Thomson to speak at FFA banquet
Governor Vernon Thomson will be the featured speaker at the 15th annual parent and son FFA banquet in the high school gym at 7 30 p m on April 15. Nathan Rinehart, president of the Monroe FFA, announced the event with faculty and Board of Education members as honored guests. The program will include awards and the selection of a chapter Star Farmer, with Rinehart serving as toastmaster and entertainment planned.
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Vernon Thomson
Parent and Son
Nathan Rinehart
Monroe
FFA
Board of Education
Star Farmer
Rinehart
Chinese Soldiers Leave North Korea By Train
The first train load of Chinese Communist soldiers began leaving Pyongyang as part of a general withdrawal, according to North Korean radio reports.
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North Korea
Tokyo
Pyongyang
Scranton Blaze Kills Two in Four Story Apartment Fire
A general alarm blaze at a four story Scranton building early today killed two women and injured five others. A man is missing and a doctor escaped unharmed. Mrs. Katherine Langan and Mrs. Helen Ratayski died after windows and ladders failed to aid escape.
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Scranton
George Davis
Katherine Langan
Helen Ratayski
Hugh Mosier
Maude Campbell
Uncertainty unsettles cheese market trend in Madison report
The State Department of Agriculture reported Friday that American cheese markets were unsettled by uncertainty over the April 1 price support level. Prices were maintained while trading stayed focused on immediate retail needs, with adequate supplies of small styles and excessive large styles.
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Madison
State Department of Agriculture
March 25 Musical Moments Concert Plans Letters Awarded
Allan F. Barnard will present thirty-six letter awards at the spring concert Musical Moments in the high school auditorium on March 25. Orchestra letters go to Lonna Rhyner Gayleen Steensrud and others. band letters to Thomas Fritz Beverly Myers and more. Student announcers and supervisors are listed with principal Lloyd C. Nielsen in charge of arrangements.
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Monroe High School
Stoughton
Ft. Atkinson
William Spoerry
Ruth Benkett
Pat Miller
Anita Blackbourn
Carol Lux
David Riese
Pete Ridnour
Enid Spring
Times
Allan F. Barnard
Monto
State Supreme Court
Lonna Rhyner
Gayleen Steensrud
Karen Anderson
James Flanagan
Sally Fritz
Josephine Klassy
Rosetta Marty
Barbara Marvin
Elaine Signer
Joan Swiggum
Ann Baker
Mary Baber
Sandra Miller
Greta Pitkin
Lucy Ann Lowl
Thomas Fritz
Beverly Myers
Beverly Ommodt
Marlene Wild
Flanagan
John Fritsch
Ann Goodmiller
Bev
Erly Koehn
Mary Matzke
Nancy Schutt
Miss Swiggum
Miss Baker
Thomas Howe
Marian Ingwell
Miss Pitkin
Gary Schwarze
Bette Simpson
Robert Wolfe
George Kindschi
Elaine Rubi
Miss Steensrud
Caryl Goecks
Patricia Miller
Deanne Bowman
Barbara Hartwig
Karen Jones
Shirley Harrington
Miss Wild
Miss Ommedt
Joanne Beach
Carol Cunningham
Bette Gempeler
Lloyd C. Nielsen
Edmund Anderson
Monticello Ponies fall to Janesville in sectional clash
Monticello lost 56 to 50 to Janesville in a sectional tournament thriller. Zweifel led with 23 and Ponyicsanyi added 15 as Monticello fought to stay alive for a state berth, drawing praise despite the shock defeat. The Ponies now face Racine Park in Beloit for consolation tonight at 7.
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Larry R. Lindgren
Monticello Ponies
Ponies
Janesville
Beloit
Racine Park
Monticello
Jim Zweifel
Jack Ponyicsanyi
Zweifel
Ponyisanyi
Jim
Ponyicsanyi
John Heldrich
Gil Butler
Brad Armstrong
Dick Yates
Bluebirds
Jim Hemmed
Amy Quaerna
Times
Tax Cut Talk Triggers Second Straight Week Rally
New York traders pushed the market higher for a second consecutive week as discussions of a tax cut grew louder in Washington. Volume reached 12,006,845 shares, the busiest since early February, though brokers said the advance did not reflect a firm belief in a near business upturn.
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New York
Washington
Monaco Prince Albert Rests Before Official Birth Registration
Grace of Monaco and newborn Prince Albert enjoy a calm night as palace doctors report both mother and child in excellent health. Albert will likely sleep through his first official act, the birth registration in the throne room.
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Monte Carlo
Grace
Monaco
Prince Albert
Palace
Emile Hervet
Albert
Caroline
Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre
Opera
Industrial Firm Planned in Brodhead Area
Brodhead will gain a new manufacturing firm expecting to employ about 20 workers. A 40 by 60 foot concrete block building will be ready in 60 days at 11th street and 4th avenue on land bought from Mrs Mabel Knudson. C S Pierce president of the Brodhead Industrial Development Corp announces plans for a Brodhead Progress Inc to fund and organize the venture with 40 area businessmen investing. Details of the founders and the manufacturing operations are being withheld to sever other business connections prior to disclosure.
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Brodhead
11Th Street Street
4Th Avenue
Mabel Knudson
C. S. Pierce
Brodhead Industrial Development Corp
Brodhead Progress Inc
Russia Proposes U N Space Unit At Summit
Moscow announced a four point Soviet plan for the proposed Summit including a ban on military use of outer space, liquidation of foreign bases, and establishment of adequate international control under the United Nations. The Kremlin urged a U N space cooperation organ to oversee space research and related arms controls.
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Moscow
Russia
U. N
Outer Space
U.S
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Europe
United States
Middle East
North Africa
United Nations
U.N
Streaks Lose 65 57 in WIAA Finals Hard fought loss ends Monroe bid
Monroe eliminated from the WIAA state basketball tournament with a 65 to 57 defeat at the hands of Black River Falls in LaCrosse. The Tigers secured a berth in the state finals at the UW field house while Monroe struggled with 17 personal fouls and cold shooting early, then rallied in bursts but could not overcome the lead. Mills led Black River Falls with 24 points while Grams paced Monroe with 18.
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Marvin E. Tessneer
Monroe
Black River Falls
University of Wisconsin
Tigers
Cheesemakers
Trempealeau
Wayne Bahn
Bill Waughtan
Black River Falls Center
Mills
Grams
Paul Lamboley
Dave Grams
Waughtan
Dan Mills
Nick Homstad
Lund
Lamboley
George Morton 79 Dies in Lancaster Hospital
George Morton age 79 of New Diggings died Thursday in a Lancaster hospital after a long illness. He was a mine worker. Native Services will be held at 1 30 p.m. tomorrow in the Thompson funeral home at Shullsburg. Surviving are two sisters and a brother.
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George Morton
New Diggings
Sarah Buttery
Darlington
Lancaster
Thompson
Shullsburg
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Kennedy
Gov. Thomson
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