Johnson Sees Confused Stand On Ike Budget
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson demands a clear presidential stance on Eisenhower’s budget in a TV radio address. He cites mixed messages from the White House and Treasury and urges Congress to act promptly as Adams flags lagging progress on the administration’s program.
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Johnson
Ike
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Senate
Sherman Adams
Adams
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Congress
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
House
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Nixon
William Foulker Dies in Monroe
William Foulker 84 a retired Cadiz Township farmer died at 9 40 a m at Masshardt convalescent home Monroe where he had lived nearly three years He was the son of William and Ernestine Krause Foulker He married Martha Stubbe November 30 1899 who died September 28 1929 Surviving are four children Elmer Monroe Ernest and Chester Warren Ill Willis Monticello and Mrs Russell Cline Brown Town 13 grandchildren five great grandchildren and a brother Frank Foulker Winslow One son Arthur died August 20 1948 another son Frank and a daughter Alice are deceased Funeral arrangements are pending at Stuessy Funeral Home
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William Foulker
Cadiz Township
Masshardt
9Th Street
Mr. Foulker
William
Ernestine Krause Foulker
Martha Stubbe
Elmer
Monroe
Ernest
Chester
Warren, Ill
Willis
Monticello
Russell Cline
Browntown
Frank Foulker
Winslow
Arthur
Frank
Alice
Stuessy Funeral Home
Fish Wildlife Hearing in Courthouse Tonight
County hunters and fishermen are invited to the circuit Courtroom tonight for the annual fish and wildlife hearing. The session begins at 8 pm and features Harold A. Pederson state conservation warden, Kenneth H. Hoesly New Glarus county game committee chair, and Clarence R. Benkett district game manager. Debates include a proposed shotgun deer season west of Highway 69 in Green County.
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The
Conservation Commission
Harold A. Pederson
Kenneth H. Hoesly
New Glarus
Clarence R. Benkett
Commission
Green County
Highway
Mille Miglia Tragedy Tops Italian Race Road Disaster
The Mille Miglia crash near Mantua kills 12 including Marquis Alfonso de Portago and co-driver Edmund Nelson, with 13th victim Josef Goettgens dying near Florence. The tragedy raises calls to cancel the classic race as safety tightenings follow reduced entries and crowded roads.
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Brescia
Italy
Alfonso de Portago
Mantua
de Portago
Josef Goettgens
Florence
Edmund Nelson
Beloit
Wis
Paris
Europe
Piero Taruffi
Wolfgang von Tripps
Germany
Rev Paul Gibson Takes New Post At Brodhead EUB Church
Rev Paul J. Gibson longtime Bethel parish pastor and head of several area churches since 1952 is named pastor of Immanuel EUB church in Brodhead succeeding Rev Robert A. Boettcher. Boettcher moves to Horicon EUB. The appointments were announced at the Wisconsin annual conference in Markesan by Bishop Heininger.
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Paul J. Gibson
Bethel
Monticello
Immanuel Eub
Brodhead
Robert A. Boettcher
Boettcher
Horicon Eub
Wisconsin
EUB
Markesan
Heininger
Minneapolis
Burton Holling
Kenosha
Salvation Army
Gibson
Monroe
Greenville Mission
Appleton
Bernard Bartel
Immanuel Church
Irvin A. Lepien
Clarno-Staver
William L. King
Juda
Auxiliary Police Sought for City in Monroe Area
LaVerne Deal civil defense director called for 41 volunteers to join the Civil Defense auxiliary police. The program coordinates with county efforts for traffic control, utility protection, and looting prevention during emergencies. Henry S. Hefty will run 50 hour training and applications are at the police department.
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LaVerne Deal
Monroe
Civil Defense
Henry S. Hefty
Police
Deal
Four Deaths Boost Traffic Toll to 253
The week end brought four fatalities raising Wisconsin 1957 toll to 253, with Mrs. Gus L. Berndt killed in a two car crash in Waupaca County and Mary Johnson killed in Marinette County when the car left a curve. Jane Cox and James Becker, Green Bay residents, died when their vehicle collided with two railroad fuel tank cars at a Green Bay crossing.
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Associated Press
Gus L. Berndt
Clintonville
Bear Creek Corners
Waupaca
Mary Johnson
Peshtigo
Marinette
Green Bay
Janet Cox
James Becker
Britain Permits Merchant Ships to Use Suez Channel Again
Britain announced permission for its merchant fleet to pass through the Suez Canal once more. The decision restores access halted during tensions, enabling trade routes with global implications.
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Suez
London
Britain
Suez Canal
Plane Falls Apart Over Portland Killing Flier
Willis Allen Wood, 21, of Salem, an Oregon State College senior, perished when his light plywood plane disintegrated over a residential area in southeast Portland. Fred G. Thomson, 35, and his daughter witnessed the crash as the flier’s body fell through a living room roof shortly after the aeroplane broke apart. No serious damage occurred on the ground.
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Portland
Ore
Fred G. Thomson
Willis Allen Wood
Salem
Wood
Oregon State College
USAF May Clear Mitchells Record
Former Army brigadier general Billy Mitchell, who died 21 years ago, will receive a retrial this week before the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records. The board could recommend clearing his 1925 court martial for insubordination, with final decision by Secretary James H. Douglas. Mitchell had condemned interservice incompetence and campaigned for a separate air force.
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Washington
Billy Mitchell
Air Force
Army
Air Force Board For
James H. Douglas
Mitchell
Navy
GOP Chief Sees Merit in Change For Senator Law
Wisconsin Republican leaders weigh altering state law to allow Gov Thomson to appoint a McCarthy successor with a condition not to seek re election. They split on scheduling a special election versus appointment and expected to meet Gov Thomson after a closed session. The governor offered no immediate plan while Young Republicans urged capable candidates to declare themselves.
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Madison
Philip G. Kuehn
Wisconsin
Thomson
Sen
McCarthy
Kuehn
GOP
la Crosse
Stevens Point
Glenn Davis
Waukesha
Walter Kohler
Warren
Stocks Edge Higher as Commodities Lead Market
Oils and non ferrous metals led a broad advance in fairly active trading. Stocks rose from fractional gains to about two points with steels, motors, aircrafts, rubbers and building materials also climbing. International Nickel, Youngstown Sheet, Shamrock Oil, and U. S. Gypsum posted around two point gains.
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New York
International Nickel
Youngstown Sheet
Shamrock Oil
U. S. Gypsum
Benson Sees Upward Climb for Agriculture Amid Prosperity
Secretary Benson told President Eisenhower the agriculture sector is starting an upward climb toward a larger share of national prosperity. He projected farm income to rise about five percent this year, driven by consumer income, farm groups' marketing efforts, and broad government support. He noted surplus programs and soil bank tools as key to relief while acknowledging a need for more flexible price supports and production controls. He cited record farmland values and high ownership of farms without mortgages.
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Ovid Martin Washington
Benson
Eisenhower
Soil Bank
Muenich Wins Road-e-o Here
Jerry Muenich won the Junior Chamber of Commerce Teenage Road-e-o at Recreation Park scoring 474.5 of 500 on the written and excelling on the road test. He will enter the state contest in Kenosha June 8.
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Jerry Muenich
Malcolm J. Muenich
Monroe
Jaycee
David Ambler
Larry Busser
Robert Stair
Carl Disch
Nancy Burgy
Dennis Goecks
George Cromwell
Wayne Bahn
Donald Witt
J. H. Schwaiger
A. Charles Howe
Robert E. Hardell Jr
Charles Dwyer
Sherman G. Hodgson
Muenich
Ambler
Busser
Washington, D.C
Charles Mowbray
Lloyd Holmes
Democrats Plan Senate Race Parleys in Wisconsin
Green Bay report says the Wisconsin Democratic Party will hold district meetings to gather opinions on candidates for a possible special election to succeed Sen. McCarthy. William Proxmire reserves right to announce plans before the meetings, possibly by Wednesday. Rep. Henry Reuss and state Sen. Henry Maier say they will follow the committee's plan.
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Green Bay
Wisconsin Democratic Party
McCarthy
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Henry Reuss
Milwaukee
Henry Maier
Turnpike Crash Kills Four from Pennsylvania Family
Four members of a Pennsylvania family died in a late Sunday collision on the Ohio Turnpike four miles west of the Youngstown interchange. A Greyhound bus rear ended their station wagon, which burst into flames. both vehicles were eastbound.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Greyhound
State Highway Patrol
Von Stroheim Dies in Paris at 71
Erich von Stroheim legendary film actor and director dies at his Maurepas home near Paris after six months of illness. The Austrian born star, famed as a Prussian officer in many films, had lived in France eight years and received the French Legion of Honor.
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Erich von Stroheim
Paris
Maurepas
France
Sunset Boulevard
D. W. Griffith
America
Mrs McCarthy Declines Senate Run to Raise Child
Mrs Jean Kerr McCarthy widow of Wisconsin’s junior senator says she will not seek the U S Senate. She will return to Wisconsin to care for her child Tierney, the baby girl she and the senator adopted last winter. She cited the senator’s wishes and said friends would understand her decision.
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Washington
Jean Kerr McCarthy
Wisconsin
United States Senate
Tierney
Senator
John Friedell Named Racine Sports Editor
John E. Friedell, former city editor and sports editor of The Monroe Evening Times, is named sports editor of the Racine Journal Times succeeding Keith Brehm who resigns to join the Chicago Sun-Times. Friedell is a Viroqua native and UW graduate who worked in Monroe since 1950 and has a wife and three children.
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John E. Friedell
Monroe
John
Debra
Robin Ann
Brehm
Journal- Times
Chicago
Argyle Residents Injured in Mishap
Two Argyle area residents were hospitalized after a two car crash on Highway 81 near the Lafayette County line. Rude and Hanson suffered fractures but were listed in satisfactory condition.Several others received minor injuries in weekend accidents including Conway, Hasse, Miskiman, Benner, and Waeffler. The incidents involved multiple vehicles, with damages to cars, a truck, and nearby fencing and utility poles.
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Argyle Area
Robert Lee Rude
Route 2
Argyle
Jesse Hanson
St. Clare Hospital
Rude
Hanson
Jerry Conway
Evelyn J. Hasse
25Th Avenue
Roy W. Miskiman
Winslow
George Benner
Janesville
Alfred Waeffler
Juda
Conway
Richard E. Hanson
Highway 81
Lafayette County
Joseph Shaffer
13Th Avenue
Monroe
Benner
Ralph Gilbert Seward
Paul W. Weibel
Juda Corner
Weibel
Ralph Hill Farm
Miskiman
Warren-Winslow
Winslow City
Raymond J. Hasse
David Allen Wyss
20Th Avenue
Flood Devastates Lampasas and North Texas Areas
A flash flood in Lampasas and surrounding districts drowned two people and left five missing. The flood wiped out much of the business district, damaged about 150 homes, and flooded 100 city blocks. Red Cross counted 25 missing at one point. relief included tanks of water and 30,000 gallons supplied, with extensive damage across central and north Texas and dozens of communities reporting floods and tornado-like winds.
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Lampsas
Tex
Red Cross
Lampasas
Texas
Fort Worth
Burleson Creek
Dallas
Waco Weather Bureau
Brazos
Bosque
Garland
Weatherford
Crawford
Greenville
Commerce
Big Spring
D. D. Nixon
Killeen
Austin
Dixon Man Sentenced in Two Bank Holdups
Howard J. Hansen, 38, of Dixon, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbing two Illinois banks. He used robbery proceeds to start an auto radiator repair business in Princeton and faces trial for three more bank robberies. The judge imposed two concurrent 10 year terms on guilty pleas for the First National Bank of Triumph and the Poplar Grove State Bank robberies.
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Chicago
Howard J. Hansen
Dixon
Illinois
Hansen
Princeton
William J. Campbell
U.S. District Court
Hanson
First National Bank of Triumph
Poplar Grove
Campbell
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Paul Gibson
USAF
Benson Lands Farmers
John Friedell
Racine
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