Hi Neighbor theme chosen for Green County Fair
The 101st Green County Fair will run August 3 to 7 with a Hi Neighbor theme. Plans call for countywide participation, gate welcomes, printed programs, a county queen contest, and a potential queen’s participation in Wisconsin events. A Thursday county day features an area talent show and novelty acts, with Jimmy Lynch Death Dodgers as main attraction.
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Green County
Alice
Baraboo
Randolph Avery
Barnes and Carruthers Booking Company
Jimmy Lynch Death Dodgers
Louis H. Kohli
Ralph A. Lindsay
Milton K. Johnson
G. Fred Galli
Stanley Neuberger
Louis R. Wolleson
Ernest W. Hayes
Harold S. Haworth
Conrad Stauffacher
Monticello
Lyle Rodger
Herman J. Schmitz
William A. Brown
Mold Blast at Nordberg Factory Burns 34
An exploding iron mold at Nordberg Manufacturing Co in Milwaukee sent molten metal flying like firecrackers, burning 34 workers with one in critical condition. James Friend, vice president, noted blasts typically eject molten metal sideways, but this event sent it upward.
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Milwaukee
Nordberg Manufacturing Co
James Friend
Chinese Volunteers to Withdraw Troops From North Korea
Peiping radio said six divisions of Chinese volunteer troops would be withdrawn from North Korea in March and April. The broadcast heard in Tokyo did not indicate whether the withdrawal had already started.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio Tonight
North Korea
Peress Hearing Ends as Senate Panel Escalates Probe
The Senate investigations subcommittee voted to let the Justice Department decide if perjury occurred by witnesses in the Irving Peress case. The panel also asked the DOJ to pursue possible grounds to prosecute Peress, while noting the Army may not revoke his honorable discharge. McClellan indicated Congress might seek action to revoke Peress’s discharge or pursue court martial if feasible.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Irving Peress
Justice Department
McClellan
D-Ark
Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
Mundt
R-Sd
Ralph Zwicker
Peress
New York
Army
Pentagon
Stevens
Congress of the Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Defense Department
Judge Advocate General
Congress
Educators Pick Neenah Principal for State Group
Harold E. Mennes of Neenah High School becomes president of the Wisconsin Association of School Administrators after a meeting with the Wisconsin Association of School Boards. Ralph Lund of Black River Falls is named head of the boards group. Other officers include H. Kujath of Waupun as vice president and Harold Schiotz of Ladysmith as secretary treasurer. Additional officers are Mrs. Dorothy Branham of Rice Lake as first vice president Dale Thompson of Beloit as second vice president and Joseph Hamelink of Kenosha as treasurer.
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Milwaukee
Harold E. Mennes
Neenah High School
Wisconsin Association of School Administrators
Wisconsin Association of School Boards
Ralph Lund
Black River Falls
Administrators Association
H. Kujath
Waupun
Harold Schiotz
Ladysmith
School Board Association
Dorothy Branham
Rice Lake
Dale Thompson
Beloit
Joseph Hamelink
Kenosha
Cadiz and South Wayne Towns Sign Tank Truck Use Contract
Cadiz and South Wayne Townships signed contracts with the Browntown fire department to use a 1,400 gallon tanker for rural fires. The tanker, purchased chassis in Darlington with a Browntown tank, will be dispatched to all fires and refilled as needed, pumping 100 gallons per minute. Jordan and Wiota Townships were invited to join but have not indicated interest.
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South Wayne
Cadiz
Browntown
Darlington
Jordan
Wiota
Four Year Milwaukee College Plan Aimed In Senate
Madison proposals seek to merge the University extension division and state college in Milwaukee into one institution led by a provost responsible to the university and Kohler backed. The plan part of a Kohler education reform bill to unify boards and expand Milwaukee higher education. Senate debate set for Wednesday with a 10 am session to discuss higher education integration. A separate measure would require sale of untaxed state owned land fronting Wisconsin waters to bolster tax rolls, with parcels at least 200 feet deep and subject to public sale.
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Madison
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin and
State Colleges
Senate
Sen
Rogan
Ladysmith
Kohler
University Extension Division
State College
Lakeshore
Wisconsin
Assembly
Dillman
R-Lace du Flambeau
Marine Pilot Dies In Training Crash
A Marine student pilot was fatally injured when two trainer planes collided during landing practice at Corry Field near Pensacola. The Naval Air Station identified the victim as 1st Lt. James W Flanigan, whose wife Patricia and a baby live in Pensacola, with his parents James K. and Patricia Flanigan of Bear Creek, Wisconsin.
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Pensacola, Fla
Corry Field
Pensacola
Naval Air Station
James W Flanigan
Patricia W. Flanigan
James K. Flanigan
Bear Creek
Wis
Tribute banquet honors Monroe High basketball team
Tickets remain for Sunday’s Chamber of Commerce community banquet at Monroe Country Club honoring Monroe high school’s basketball team. Kenneth W. Stuart says the public can attend the stag dinner with players, Coach Lee Mitchell, his assistant Don McGibbon, and fathers of players. UW figures Harold Foster and Henry McCormick are scheduled speakers, with Gil McDonald of Madison also appearing.
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Chamber of Commerce
Monroe High School
Kenneth W. Stuart
Monroe Country Club
Stuart
Lee Mitchell
Don McGibbon
Harold
Bud) Foster
University of Wisconsin
Henry J. McCormick
The
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison
Gil McDonald
McDonald
Committee Hits Benson Policies
Washington House appropriations committee censured the Agriculture Department for political influence harming farmers. It recommended $878,625,391 in cash and $388 million in lending authority for next year, a net cut of $6.4 million. It faulted Secretary Benson and CCC officials for neglecting price support duties while noting farm income declines, cotton acreage curtailment, and 130,000 households with small incomes facing losses.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Benson
Commodity Credit Corp
The
Commodity Stabilization Service
CCC
South
Kohler Signs Bill On Aged Aid Relief
Kohler signed a law allowing old age assistance recipients to retain 500 dollars in liquid assets and 1 000 dollars in insurance value. The change loosens the 1953 rule requiring funds to be turned over to county reserves for funeral expenses and for insurance policies. The bill also mandates returning deposits previously transferred under the older statute.
John W. Davis Dies at 81 in Charleston
John W. Davis 81 famed attorney and 1924 Democratic candidate for president died yesterday of pneumonia at a hospital in Charleston. Funeral in New York Monday at Brick Presbyterian church with burial in Locust Valley Cemetery Long Island. Davis shaped constitutional litigation before the Supreme Court and served as solicitor general and ambassador to Great Britain.
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Charleston
S. C
John W. Davis
New York
Brick Presbyterian Church
Locust Valley
Long Island
Davis
Calvin Coolidge
Supreme Court
Wilson
Great Britain
Non atom blast near Yucca Flat tests military effects
A non atomic charge was exploded over Yucca Flat in a test to study TNT’s ability to disperse an A bomb cloud. The blast occurred in a sky crisscrossed with white smoke trails from planes. The Atomic Energy Commission gave no specific purpose beyond military effects studies by the Army and Air Force. No atomic device was used and no fireball appeared.
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Las Vegas
Yucca Flat
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Army
Air Force
Raab May Accept Moscow Talks on Austrian Independence
Government sources say Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab is likely to accept Moscow talks on an Austrian independence treaty after an invitation from Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov extended Thursday. The Vienna move signals potential Soviet engagement in Austria's postwar status.
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Vienna
Austria
Julius Raab
Soviet Union
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Senate approves 10 percent pay raise for federal workers
The Senate by 72 to 21 votes backed a 10 percent raise for 1.5 million federal employees including 500,000 postal workers and 1 million civil service staff. The bills, opposed by administration, set a $400 floor and could yield higher raises for lower earners. Both measures advance to the House.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
House
Stock Market Slips Amid Quiet Trading
New York stocks drifted lower as mild profit taking weighed on shares. Western Union surged several points at times while Gulf Oil rose two to three points and American Telephone edged up a fraction on a calm trading day.
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New York
Western Union
American Telephone
Gulf Oil
Board official dies in Sheboygan county
Otto W. Greibe, 71, vice chairman of the Sheboygan County board, died today at Sheboygan Memorial hospital of a heart attack. He had served as chairman of the Town of Herman.
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Sheboygan
Otto W. Greibe
Democrats Yield On Relief Action and Tax Changes
Senate and House conferees agreed on extending present corporate and excise taxes while dropping a personal income tax cut. The Senate approved. the House, favored with a $20 tax cut, was expected to follow. A last minute $10 per person cut was rejected.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
McCormack
D-Mass
Ganz To Feature Music of Swiss Pianist Felix Ganz
Swiss pianist Felix Ganz brings a public lecture recital to Immanuel Evangelical Church on Sunday at 3 p m. The program, free to the public, includes a lecture on Music in Switzerland and performances of works by Naegli Schnyder Wartensee Raff Mar tin Sutermeister Honegger Schoeck and composers from Switzerland.
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Immanuel Evangelical Church
Felix Ganz
Ganz
Switzerland
Hans-Georg Naegli
Mayer Schnyder
V. Wartensee
Longhorns Advance In Plymouth Trade
Pasteurized longhorns advanced one fourth cent at the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange with one car selling at 34 cents. Bids unfilled were five cars 40-pound blocks 32 1/4, two cars pasteurized single daisies 34. Trading tone firm on longhorns, steady on other styles.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
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Dane
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