Kansas Oklahoma Tornadoes Leave 94 Dead and 700 Injured
Devastating tornadoes struck 14 communities in Kansas and Oklahoma killing 94 and injuring about 700. Udall and Blackwell suffered the worst hits with dozens dead and hundreds displaced as Red Cross, National Guardsmen, police, and highway patrol assist in rescue and relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Udall
Kas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Blackwell
Oxford
Sweetwater
Raymond King
Eighth Graders Receive Diplomas at St Victor’s
Eight eighth graders at St Victor’s School received diplomas at a parish breakfast after a 7:55 a.m. mass celebrated by Rev. E C McColllow. The ceremony included awards for Paula LaBuch Judy Smith and Thomas Hefty for outstanding conduct and application. Report cards will be handed out tomorrow as the year ends.
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St. Victor’s School
E. C. McCollow
McCollow
Donald Lins
Francis Doherty
Richard Schlaefer
Patch Grove
Darwin Menehan
Judy Smith
David L. Stauffacher
M. Thomas Aquinas
Severe Thunderstorm Forecast Targets Wisconsin Illinois Counties
The weather bureau in Chicago warned of locally severe thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight in southwestern Wisconsin with a chance of tornadoes in Hancock Adams and Pike Counties in west central Illinois. A brief morning shower dropped 0.01 inch in Monroe.
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Wisconsin
Chicago
Hancock
Adams
Pike
Illinois
Monroe
Democrats Win Highway Battle Shifts to House
Senate votes 60-31 for Democratic rival to Eisenhower highway plan as Gore outlines a five year 18 billion program. Republicans say the President’s plan has better House prospects while Democrats seek passage with Treasury funded outlays and state matches. The GOP split shows 13 Republicans backing the Democratic measure with 1 Democrat opposing the President.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
House Public Works
Ain
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Treasury
100 Attend Class Reunion Plans Highlight 1925 Group
Harold E. Scherer chairs the 30th reunion of the Class of 1925 to be held at Swiss Wheel restaurant with 100 reservations. Activities include a 4 p.m. hospitality hour, 6 p.m. banquet, toast by Dr. C Gordon Stauffacher, in memoriam by Miss Anna O Blum, class song, tape recording, and a new class photo.
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Harold E. Scherer
C. Gordon Stauffacher
Sedalia
Scherer
Bernice Cadman
Janesville
Lester Meythaler
Veterans Hospital At
Wood
Clifford M. Fritz
Helen L. Gempeler
Gilbert M. Detwiler
US vaccine rulings split manufacturers on new standards
Three firms Eli Lilly Wyeth and Sharpe and Dome accept the government production and testing rules while Pitman Moore opposes and Parke Davis hedges. The panel led by Dr Jonas Salk will decide release of already produced vaccine and future lots as Surgeon General Scheele pushes to move ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eli Lilly and Co
Indianapolis
Wyeth Laboratories
Marietta
Sharpe and Dome
Philadelphia
Pitman-Moore Co
Zionville
Ind
Parke-Davis and Co
Detroit
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Kenneth F. Valentine
Pitman-Moore
E. N. Beesley
Eli Lilly
Leonard Scheele
Parke, Davis
Public Health Service
Wyeth, Inc
Scheele
Jonas E. Salk
University of Pittsburgh
Farmer Cooperation Sought in Search for Missing Jet
Capt. Edward OLeary of the U S Air Force urged Wisconsin farmers to aid in locating a missing F 80 jet seen near Janesville after disappearing on a routine flight from Fort Wayne Indiana to Duluth Minnesota Farmers were asked to inspect fields and wooded areas for clues to the jet's fate.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Edward O’leary
U. S. Air Force
Fort Wayne
Ind
Duluth
Minn
Janesville
Queen Contest Set for June Dairy Day in Brodhead
County dairy queen contest chairman Ce S Pierce announces contestant ballots distributed by June 1 at county grocers. One candidate per community, final judging June 24 at Decatur Lake Country Club Brodhead, winner crowned June 25 at noon. Voting based on dairy purchases with a 15 to 20 age limit. Dairy Day events include parade, dairy floats, Brown Swiss Canton Show and a 4H dairy show.
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Ce. S. Pierce
Brodhead
Pierce
Decatur Lake
Country Club
Union Presbyterian Church
Fall Kills 90-Year-Old Woman in Milwaukee
Ninety year old Mrs. Cora Butterbrodt died today after falling from a second story window. She plunged about 15 feet to the cement sidewalk. Local authorities report the incident occurred in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Cora Butterbrodt
Four-ring Cheese Picture Event Expands in Green County
Green County's Picture Press Conference for Cheese Day grows from a three-ring to a four-ring production. Ringmaster Rolland Karlen leads the expanded plan with Swiss atmosphere backdrops, scenes from the Tell play, and guest hospitality arranged by Clifford Fritz, Milton Johnson, and Paul Baltzer Sr. Sam Bahler provides 75 wheels of Swiss backdrop wheels, while Rudy Burkhalter adds a Swiss flag act and accordionists for TV film scenes.
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Green County
Commercial and Savings Bank
Rolland Karlen
Raymond Barth
Project Cochairman
Henry Schmid
J. A. Freitag
Glarus Wilhelm Tell Guild
Townall Factory
Clifford M. Fritz
Milton Johnson
Paul Baltzer
Sam Bahler
Town Hall
Bahler
Barth
Albert Aeberli
Librarians Vote Lake Geneva as Next Meeting Site
Nearly 70 librarians and trustees from the Rock River Valley district chose Lake Geneva for the next annual session and elected Ethel Brann of Lake Geneva as chairman. The group added a vice chairman and secretary, named Grace Lofgren of Burlington as vice chair and Jessie Jenks of Whitewater as secretary, and heard talks on library development and children's books.
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Rock River Valley
Lake Geneva
Ethel Brann
Ludlow Memorial Library
Grace Lofgren
Burlington
Jessie Jenks
Whitewater
Fred Dykeman
Kenosha
Wisconsin Library Trustee Association
Wisconsin
Rev Carlton Named Pastor for New St John Vianney Parish
Rev Carlton of St Josephs Gratiot is named pastor of the new St John Vianney parish in southeast Janesville. The announcement from Bishop OConnor also transfers Rev Anthony Young from Kendalltown Immaculate Conception to St Josephs Gratiot with a mission at St Johns in South Wayne.
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Gilbert Carlton
St. Joseph’s Church
Gratiot
Janesville
St. John Vianney
Carlton
Madison
William P. O'Connor
O’connor
Anthony Young
Immaculate Conception
Kendalltown
St. Joseph's
Young
St. John’s
South Wayne
Paris Without Newspapers As Strike Hits Provinces
Paris and provincial cities lack newspapers for the first time in nearly two years as mechanical workers, members of a Communist dominated union, walk out on a 24 hour strike.
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Paris
Park Activities to Start June 5
Ronald D. Johnson outlines summer plans for the Recreation Department. The pool opens June 5, Fun Day is July 22, the Water Show closes July 29, and the city swimming meet is set for that night.
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Ronald D. Johnson
Johnson
Jerry W. Dwyer
Dwyer
Annette Stopka
Monroe High School
la Crosse State College
Jane Thompson
Joyce Babler
Recreation Park
East School
Normal School
Cheese Demand Light in Wisconsin Market
Wisconsin dairy markets show steady to light demand for American cheese with ample offerings. Prices vary by product, including 40 pound blocks and cheddar moisture bases, while listings note longhorns and midgets with scattered price ranges.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Soviet Agrees To Conference Amid U S Tension
The Soviet Union formally accepts invitation to a Big Four summit while accusing the United States of preconditions that could doom the talks. Moscow blasts Washington for not seeking solutions and says US is pursuing a policy of strength. Separate sections in the note appeal to France and Britain to back Soviet views.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Washington
Europe
Obituary: Gus A. Rabe 82 Winslow Resident Dies
Gus Adolph Rabe 82 longtime Winslow Co op employee died at 10:30 p m yesterday at Wagner convalescent home after two years illness. Born June 14 1872 in Oneco Township he married Mattie Brown April 14 1895 in Martintown. Survived by wife two daughters Lola Beck and Alma Abaly a son Homer four brothers and four sisters seven grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 p m at Winslow Methodist church with Rev John Bruce officiating burial Cadiz cemetery. Visitation starts 7:30 p m tomorrow at Cardascio funeral home, body to be moved to church at 1 p m Sunday.
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Gus Adolph Rabe
Winslow Co-op
Wagner
Mr. Rabe
Oneco Township
Herman and
Amelia Barrelt Rabe
Mattie Brown
Martintown
Winslow
Co-op
Rabe
John
Lola) Beck
William
Alma) Abaly
Madison
Homer
Fred
Will
Freeport
Arthur
Louis
McConnell
Anna M. Rabe
Otto
Edith) Lentz
Red Oak
George
Teresa) Bechtold
Hulda Black
Winslow Methodist Church
John Bruce
Cadiz Cemetery
Cadiz Township
Cardascio
Evan Lutheran Church Shifts District HQ to Milwaukee
The Eastern district convention in Madison voted Wednesday to move the church’s district headquarters from Oak Park to Milwaukee, altering regional administrative alignment.
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Madison
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Oak Park
Milwaukee
Governor proposes 20 percent income surtax in Wisconsin
Governor Kohler urged the Wisconsin Legislature to enact a 20 percent surtax on individuals and raise cigaret taxes by one cent a pack to raise about 36.5 million for 1955-57. He said the measures would cover the deficit, restore essential programs, and fund new state facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohler
Arthur Bystrom
Madison
Wisconsin
State Fire
Board of Deposits Fund
Wisconsin School For Boys
Lenwood Monte ordained in Dixon Illinois
Rev Lenwood L Monte son of Mrs Marie H Monte Monroe and Grace church member was ordained last night at an Illinois Synod meeting in Dixon He will be installed at Pearl City Ill Sunday at St Pauls Lutheran Church Delegates from Grace church attended the ceremonies Monte a Woodford native and Carthage College graduate served as hospital chaplain assistant in Korea from 1946 to 1948 He studied at Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary and did an internship at Trinity Lutheran Chicago.
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Lenwood L. Monte
Monroe
Illinois Synod of the United Lutheran Church In America
Dixon
Monte
Marie H. Monte
Grace Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Pearl City
Kent
Ill
C. C. Warfel
Grace Church
Ralph A. Lindsay
Reuben J. Brostuen
Rev. Monte
Woodford
Monroe High School
Shin Kong Dok
Korea
Carthage College
Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary
Trinity Lutheran Church
Chicago
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