Wisconsin GOP Attacks Withholding Plan in Tax Battle
Madison reports a Democratic sponsored income tax withholding proposal triggers sharp GOP opposition as Gov. Nelson backs the plan. Republicans fear a windfall relief in an election year while Democrats tout a $4 million first year distribution to local governments backed by the Wisconsin Municipalities League.
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Madison
State Chamber of Commerce
Gaylord Nelson
Assembly
Senate
Republican Party
Nelson
Wisconsin
Robert Travis
Platteville
GOP
Travis
Ben Riehle
Athens
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Thor Able Rocket Flight Aims For Recoverable ICBM Cone
Cape Canaveral Florida The Air Force launched a Thor Able rocket and aimed to recover its warhead cone intact for the first time in six attempts. The two stage rocket performed well for 20 minutes seen from Ascension Island area where ships and planes waited to recover the cone after splashdown. The mission sought to obtain a usable cone for Titan and Minute Man missile research.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Air Force
Atlantic
Ascension Island
Titan
Four Teens Injured In County M Crash Near Argyle
Four teenagers were injured when their car skidded on ice and hit a cement abutment on County Trunk M near High way 11 at 1 10 a m. Rollyn Hermanson 18 Argyle the driver and three passengers Mary Louise Andrews 18 Laura Flannery 15 both Argyle and De Wayne Bredeson 19 Blanchardville were taken to St Clare hospital in Browntown with injuries. Bredeson was trapped for 20 minutes before rescue by Browntown Fire Department. Sheriff Howe praised Civil Defense rescue unit readiness and urged local communities to form similar teams.
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Browntown Civil Defense
Fire Department
Times
St. Clare Hospital
Wagner
Rollyn O. Hermanson
Argyle
Mary Louise Andrews
Laura J. Flannery
DeWayne William Bredeson
Blanchardville
Hermanson
Miss Andrews
Flannery
Bredeson
Browntown
Highway 11
A. Charles Howe
Raymond Montgomery
Sheriff's Department
Howard Schucht
George Armstrong
Roy Vetterli
Sheriff’s Department
Sugar River
Albany
Monticello
Skinner Creek
Jordan Center
Belleville
Highway Department
Wisconsin
Ralph Olson
Civil Defense
National Guard
Swiss Lose in Suit Over Dye Film Assets Seizure
The World Court in The Hague rejected Switzerland's bid to restore General Aniline and Film Corp. assets to Interhandel after US seizure as enemy property. The court upheld that Swiss did not exhaust local remedies in U.S. courts. The dispute concerns ownership linked to I G Farben during World War II.
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Hague
Netherlands
World Court Today
Switzerland
U.S
General Aniline and Film Corp
Interhanel
International Court of Justice
Germany
I. G. Farben Co
Army trims May draft call to six thousand men
Washington reports a May draft call of 6,000 men, the smallest monthly quota since January 1956. The May figure is 1,000 below April and 2,000 below March, reflecting a continued reduction in active enlistment needs.
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Washington
Army
Inventor confesses Loch Ness monster was a hoax
Francesco Gasparini in Milan admits he invented the Loch Ness monster while in London in 1933. He says he stretched a two line notice into a big yarn and blames reporters and scientists for spreading the tale. The hoax gained world attention before he backtracked.
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Milan
Italy
Francesco Gasparini
London
Britain
Scotland
Gasparini
Tibet Rebellion Sparks Fighting Near Lhasa Consulate
New Delhi reports heavy clashes in Lhasa as Tibetans resist Red China rule. The Indian foreign ministry cites fighting near the Dalai Lama's summer and winter palaces and questions his whereabouts amid a tense, rapidly changing situation.
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New Delhi
India
Lhasa
Tibet
Indian Foreign Ministry
Dalai Lama
God King
Red Chinese
Mayor To Release Hartley Case Data
LaCrosse Mayor Milo Knutsen said he will hand over to the sheriff the workbooks of the late A M Josephson who investigated the 1953 disappearance of Evelyn Hartley a 15 year old LaCrosse babysitter.
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Lacrosse
Milo Knutsen
Sheriff's Department
A. M. Josephson
LaCrosse County
Evelyn Hartley
Eisenhower and Macmillan Agree on Summit Talks Offer
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan reached a formula for offering Soviet Premier Khrushchev a summit conference later this year. A draft plan was sent to France and Germany and other NATO allies for reaction as the note to Moscow on Berlin and German issues advances.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Khrushchev
NATO
Moscow
Berlin
Geneva
U.S
James C. Hagerty
Peter Hope
Camp David
Hope
Europe
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
U. S
United States
Donald A. Quarles
Washington
Dulles
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Meter Maid Resigns After Two Weeks on Duty
Monroe police records note Kathleen M. Herlein resigned after about two weeks as one of two Meter Maids leaving Lorraine Swenson as the remaining officer. Herlein will take a position with N. Dorman Cheese Co.
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Kathleen M. Herlein
Monroe
Lorraine Swenson
Herlein
N. Dorman Cheese Co
Contest Set Up Auto Group Posts $2,000 in Awards
Monroe dealers plan a 1959 Spring Open House and Auto Show on April 10 to 12 with a slogan contest offering prizes from local merchants. The slogan contest is run by Donald Ripp, Lloyd Liedschlag, and Jake Wiltfang, with prizes displayed April 1. The group also supports a continued driver training program at Monroe High School and will supply a car if the school approves. Open House organizers praise 100 percent dealer participation. next meeting is April 8.
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Monroe
Monroe New Car and Truck Dealers Association
Idle Hour Mansion
Donald Ripp
Lloyd Liedschlag
Jake Wiltfang
Monroe High School
Board of Education
William Greub
Officer Uninjured In Bullet Barrage In Freeport Park
Park Board officer Bert Tavener, 50, escaped unharmed after bullets pierced his cap badge and coat as he questioned two parked cars in Krape Park. He retreated to his car, fired a shotgun, and the fleeing station wagons sped away. A radio communication gap left night patrols without a link to city police or sheriff units. Residents offered to install radios for the park police. An attempted burglary at Mrs. Earl F. Snyder’s home, long noted for the late Dr. Snyder, is suspected.
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Bert Tavener
Park Board
Freeport
Krape Park
Tavener
Sheriff's Department
Earl F. Snyder
Snyder
Brave Little Girl Wins Battle To Live
Eight year old Lili Sargis of Worchester Massachusetts has won her fight against death after nearly a year of burn treatment at Memorial hospital. She was severely burned April 7 1958 with 81 percent of her body affected and 70 percent third degree burns. She will go home next Saturday doctors call it a miracle. President Eisenhower praised her courage.
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Worchester
Mass
Eisenhower
Lili Sargis
Glad News
Memorial Hospital
Lili
Forbes Couple Due Today From Scotland
Mr and Mrs James Forbes are due to arrive by plane in Chicago today after two months in Scotland. They will be met by James Forbes Jr at the airport. The trip home was sponsored by Monroe Country Club members to mark Forbes thirty years as golf pro at the club.
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James Forbes
Scotland
Chicago
James Forbes Jr
Monroe Country Club
Forbes
Death Ordered For Mrs. Duncan in California
In Ventura California a jury verdict orders Elizabeth Duncan to face the death penalty for first degree murder in the plot to kill Olga Kupczyk Duncan a Canadian nurse. A sanity hearing is set for next Tuesday to determine if she can avoid execution.
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Ventura
Calif
Elizabeth Duncan
Olga Kupczyk Duncan
Charles Blackstock
Janesville Woman,32, Dies as Car Hits Tree
Mrs. Orville Munger, 32, of Janesville, was killed when the car she drove struck a parked vehicle, climbed a curb, and crashed into a tree in a residential area. Her two small children were injured. Wisconsin highway toll stood at 121 Saturday, down from 132 a year earlier.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Orville Munger
Janesville
Lyman McKee Renamed Head of National ADA
Lyman D. McKee, a Madison dairyman, was reelected president of the American Dairy Association at the 20th annual meeting. Officials said dairy farmers invested 6,063,791 dollars in the promotion program last year and set a 62 million dollar goal for 1959.
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Chicago
Lyman D. McKee
Madison Dairyman
American Dairy Association
Woman 96 Wins Right to Run Her Tool Firm
MILWAUKEE A Milwaukee judge ruled that Flora Ellinger a 96 year old millionaire and inventor may continue to operate her tool making firm despite ongoing losses. The bank named as conservator sought to discontinue the business but Judge Roy R Stauff said the losses were her money and she may keep running the operation.
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Milwaukee
Flora Ellinger
Ellinger
Roy R. Stauff
Stauff
Eisenhower Denounces House Fund Cut in Budget Fight
President Eisenhower blasted the House appropriations committee after it rejected his request for 225 million dollars in supplementary money for the Development Loan Fund. He urged immediate extra funds for the fund financing loans to underdeveloped areas as the House voted to slash more than 60 million dollars from Treasury and Post Office funds for the 1960 fiscal year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Post Office Departments
Comandante Lyra Fire Forces Abandon Ship Off Brazil
The 5052 ton Brazilian freighter Comandante Lyra caught fire and was abandoned off Porto Alegre. The 58 crew members were rescued by the German freighter Ingbastian after the blaze broke out Friday night.
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Porto Alegre
Brazil
Ingbastian
Monroe Area Sees Break as Blizzard Veers East
A freeze thaw relief arrives in Monroe area as a Texas Panhandle blizzard shifts eastward cooling rivers. Darlington faces flood risk with Pecatonica River forecast to crest above 12 feet. authorities issue 72 hour alerts and mobilize civil defense resources.
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Monroe
Texas Panhandle
Kansas City
Chicago
Wisconsin
Central
Gulf States
Darlington
Pecatonica
Main Street
Gordon Roseleip
Civil Defense
Lafayette County
Wally Beveld
American Legion
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Hartley
Auto Group
Pecatonica River
Lafayette
Woodford
Mrs. Duncan
Lyman McKee
National Ada
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