Atomic Annie fires first atomic shell near Las Vegas
In a Nevada test, the Army fired the first atomic shell from the cannon Atomic Annie at Ft. Sill observers. The 500 foot altitude burst formed an oddly shaped cloud seen from Las Vegas. Sec. of Defense Wilson and Gen. Collins attended with nearly 100 lawmakers and 2,525 troops nearby.
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Las Vegas
Nev
S2nd Field Artillery Group
Ft. Sill
Okla
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Rep
W. Sterling Cole
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Floods Threaten Cameron and Lake Charles in Louisiana
Three rivers threaten Southwest Louisiana as floodwaters from the Calcasieu rise toward Cameron and Lake Charles. Cameron sits near 25 oil wells. the coast town faces a water surge within 36 to 48 hours, with authorities evacuating and cattle protection urged. Lake Charles braces to mop up after earlier flood damage and typhoid precautions.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Calcasieu
Air Force Base
Cameron
U. S. Weather Bureau
Jean Lafitte
Creole
Blaze Extinguished At Buehler Grocery
Fire chief H. L. Sickinger and a police officer battled a basement blaze at the Buehler grocery known as the Jug. Boards under a freezer motor unit ignited overnight and were found burning this morning by Charles Buehler when he opened the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buehler Grocery
H. L. Sickinger
Charles Buehler
Fechteler Named South Europe Head Amid NATO Shifts
Washington reports Gen Ridgway announced changes as 39 chief of joint Allied forces. Walter R. Radke of Wittenberg died after a fishing accident near Pike Lake. his son Charles, 12, was with him. He was taken to a Wausau hospital after the incident on Saturday.
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Fechteler
South Europe
Washington
Math B. Ridgway
North Atlantic Defense Today
Wittenberg Wausau
Walter R. Radke
Wittenberg
Wausau
Pike Lake
Radke
Charles
Milwaukee GOP chair row ends with disqualification ruling
Milwaukee County Republican officers were declared void by a state GOP investigating committee. The Bowman and Ashley factions claimed leadership. the panel faulted improper officer elections and a defective constitution, urging a new framework while Bowman cites home rule protections.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Republican Organization
GOP
Lit
Milwaukee County Gop
George A. Bowman Jr
Charles D. Ashley
Bowman
State Republican Voluntary Committee
GOP Voluntary Committee
Ashley
Truce Parleys Resume Amid Secrecy In Korea
Truce talks at Panmunjom reopened with tight secrecy and recessed again until June 1 to allow top level decisions on the prisoner exchange. The UN presented a new proposal, while the issue of 48,500 Communist prisoners refusing repatriation remained the central obstacle and potential for a further long recess.
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U. N
Gettin
Students Plan Business Tour By Monroe High Class
Monroe high school bookkeeping class taught by Donald F. McGibbon will tour local businesses tomorrow during regular class periods to survey bookkeeping systems. Each student will interview two businessmen around the square to compare school lessons with actual practice, aiming for 150 reports.
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Monroe High School
Donald F. McGibbon
McGibbon
Pilot and mother forced to land after fuel loss
Green County sheriffs assisted a Reedsburg pilot Neil Dyke and his mother when their two passenger plane ran out of gas. They landed in a field at the Jacob Legler farm about ten miles north of the area after attending the Green County Pilot's Association breakfast. They were serviced in the field and then resumed their flight back to Reedsburg.
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Green County
One Dead and One Critical From Carbon Monoxide Fumes
Two men were found in a car on a county trunk road ten miles west of here. Gordon Rubert, 32, was dead, while his companion Robert Whittemore, 30, was in critical condition at Medford hospital. Deputy Coroner Marlin Curran said they likely died from carbon monoxide. The car engine was not running and there was no inquest planned.
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Starford
Wisua Witnee
Here
Gordon Rubert
Robert Whittemore
Medford Hospital
Marlin Curran
Taylor
Firemen Test New 1000-Gallon Pumper Truck at Open House
Monroes newest fire truck, a 1000 gallon pumper, was tested yesterday with volunteers and 1000 attendees. Families rode the truck during an open house near Recreation Park while eight water streams were released at Lake Francis, demonstrating the vehicle’s capabilities in a public demonstration.
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Ieary
Cmnea Saurs
Monroe
Recreation Park
Lakeside Heights
Lake Francis
Poppy Day Collects 1111.59 Across Communities
The Monroe Auxiliary raised 1111.59 for disabled veterans during Poppy Day, aided by nearly 150 volunteers who distributed red crepe paper poppies from 8 a.m. to closing. Monroe led with 1014.38, while South Wayne, Juda, Browntown, and Woodford contributed the rest, with help from Girl Scouts and Legion members.
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Monroe
Browntown
Woodford
South Wayne
Juda
Jutla
Sam A. Rubi
Legion Auxliary
Uptown
American Legion Auxiliary
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Legionnaires
Alfred H. Henning
Robert J. Archer
Samuel H. Pickett
William Schillinger
J. Wesley Engles
How P. Olsen
Frank W. Heinzel
Ralph E. Lindsay
P. J. Connors Jr
Paula
Wendy Hahlen
Christine Fritz
Barbara Gordon
Susanne Olsen
Caryl Stuart
Patricia Hanson
Janet Buebsler
Kurt Heinzelman
David Reilly
James Dearth
Joan Severson
Greta Pitkin
Lucy Ann Lowl
Jean Griffith
Rosenberg’s Third Court Appeal Denied in Spy Case
The court refused further hearing time for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on their condemned espionage case. The decision ends a third appeal attempt as the case heads toward execution.
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Rosenberg
Ashington Veeree
Julius and
Millikin dares Democrats on air fund cut in U S
Senator Millikin charged Democrats with exploiting the Air Force budget cut issue noting the plan reduces funds for future years not current buildup. He defended Eisenhower backed air strength asserting public support for military judgment as Panmunjom talks resume and Truman era budgets are contrasted.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
Millikin
Rolo
Eisenhower
Conference of
U. S
Truman
Wilson
GOP
Korea
Congress
Panmunjom
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Feinsinger Named CIO Disputes Arbiter in Labor Panel
Nathan P. Feinsinger a University of Wisconsin law professor has been appointed CIO organizational disputes arbitrator. He follows George W. Taylor of the University of Pennsylvania who resigned for other commitments. Feinsinger will issue final binding decisions on jurisdictional disputes between CIO affiliated unions. The CIO reported 32 cases in the program's first year with 19 settled pre arbitration seven arbitrated and six pending.
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CIO
Governor Signs School Bus Law in Rural Wisconsin
Gov Kohler signed a law requiring motorists to stop completely when meeting or overtaking a school bus in rural Wisconsin, replacing the prior rule to only slow and proceed. He also signed a separate bill granting five year property tax exemptions for state recommended pollution control and treatment plants and allowing five year amortization for income tax purposes.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Kohler
Weather Forecast: Heat Peak at 87 With Severe Thunderstorms
Uncomfortably high humidity as temperatures reach a season peak of 87 degrees today. Severe thunder showers are expected tonight, with the mercury likely to slide back into the 80s tomorrow as storms continue through the morning.
Five Prison Escapees Holdout in Marquette Woods
Michigan's largest manhunt unfolds as about 200 searchers, joined by state police, National Guardsmen, city officers, and prison guards, surround dense woods near Marquette Prison where five armed convicts hide. Two companions already recaptured. residents urged to secure homes and watch for strangers.
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Marquette
Mich
Upper
Michigan
Beverly Bradley Leaves Hospital After 49 Hour Missing Ordeal
Beverly Kay Bradley, a two year old from Milwaukee, recovered fully after 49 hours missing in the wilderness near her grandparents’ cottage 17 miles northwest of MENUMLVEE. Sheriff Edward Reindl said she may have been abducted and the investigation continues. Beverly was found 1 1/2 miles from the cottage by helicopter. The child reported being in a car and in a house before telling her mother she had been in strange places.
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Mich
Beverly Kay Bradley
St. Joseph-Lloyd Hospital
Milwaukee
Edward Reindl
Beverly
Here
Paul A. Bradley
Crowd Attends Pilot Breakfast at Monroe Air Field
More than 150 aviation enthusiasts and pilots attended the annual Breakfast Flight at Monroe air field hosted by the Green County Pilots Association. Weather dampened turnout though Rog ue said nearly 50 fliers came in from out of town. prizes went to Jake Loesberger Cedar Rapids for traveling farthest, Miss Sally Lathrop Waukesha as first woman to fly, youngest licensed pilot, and oldest plane.
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Green County Pilots Association
Monroe Air Field
Rogue
True
Jake Loesberger
Cedar Rapids
Sally Lathrop
Waukesha
Monroe
Milwaukee Boy Drives to Death
A 12 year old Milwaukee boy took his mother s car without permission Sunday and raced to his death. He was one of five victims of fatal weekend accidents in Wisconsin. William Fritz, son of Mrs Lor raine Fritz, drove off in his mother s car and a pursuit ended with a crash near Oshkosh. Others killed or injured include Donald Schultz, 18, in Burlington. Brody, 63, in Milwaukee County. Mrs Leonard Cooper, 47, in Monroe. and John Klementz, 60, in Suring, in separate incidents across the state.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
William Fritz
Lorraine Fritz
Fond du Lac
Fritz
Albert Yust
Highway 45
William
Yust
Oshkosh
van Dyne Creek
Donald Schultz
Route 3
Burlington
Kenosha County
Brody
Chic
Senny
Milwaukee County
Leonard Cooper
Monroe
Albany
John Klementz
Battleship Observes Full Naval Courtesy in Parade
A Geineto battleship today observed full naval courtesy as two British ships passed behind the formation. The exercise occurred off the coast amid signaling of mutual respect and protocol.
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Geineto
Duanu
Chimmnigt
Hospital Worker Killed in Albany Train Collision
A train-car crash near Albany Saturday killed Mrs Agnes Schultz Cooper and seriously injured three others in Green County. Her husband, bearing a mild concussion and fractured femur, survived. Two Rockford men were badly hurt when their car rolled over west of Browntown, and two more men from Darlington and Brooklyn suffered less severe injuries in separate weekend incidents.
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Leonard Schultz Cooper
10Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Albany
Sheriff's Department
Green County
Leonard Schultz. Cooper
Rockford
Browntown
Darington
Brooklyn
Cooper
Coopers
Evansville
Madison
Monroe
Forage
St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing
Marshfield
St. John’s School of Anesthesia
Springfield
Phoenix
Ariz
Madison General Hospital
Fair
Edgar S. Wilkinson
Willie C. Wheelock
Hartford Avenue
Highway 11
Wheelock
Wilkinson
Sheriff's Office
Vernon Earl Seeger
Darlington
Monticello
John Wirth Jr
Wenders and Hueckman
Thomas C. Winn
Route 1
Warucker
Sugar River
Cheese Factory
Winn
Clare Hoe
Ital
Voegel Ambulance
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Feinsinger
Dill
Emery E. Jacques
Marquette Prison
Lloyd Russell
Sault St. Marie
Ohio
Ale Ee
Joseph McMackin
John McDowell
Joseph Saunders
Lloyd Burgdorf
Beverly Bradley
Pilot
Reds
Dill Bridge
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