Wisconsin lawmakers back 60 50 speed limit plan
The Wisconsin Legislative Council voted to propose reducing daytime highway speed to 60 mph and 50 mph at night for passenger cars. The council also urged stopping rules when meeting halted school buses with a 10 mph limit after. it also considered a tighter driver licensing system and a prohibition on leaving ignition keys in unattended cars.
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Wisconsin Legislative Council
T. F. Fitzgerald
New London
Waupaca
Public Expenditures Survey of
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Department of Public Welfare
Banks to Honor Edward T. Kundert at Funeral
Edward T. Kundert bank president since 1950 died at St. Clare hospital after a stroke. Commercial and Savings Bank and First National Bank will close at 1 p.m. and staff will attend services at Shriner Neushwander funeral home at 3:15 p.m. with Rev. Paul C. Kehle. Interment at Greenwood cemetery after cremation. Honorary pallbearers are virecwrs of the bank. directors include W. C. Bender and others.
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Robert L. Rote
Ralph H. Wenger
Commercial
First National Banks
Kundert
St. Clare Hospital
No Mandate To Cut Health Jobs says Truman
President Truman argues the Republican victory is not a mandate to cut public health work. He says Eisenhower’s incoming administration would fall behind if it reverses the social and economic gains achieved by the Democrats.
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Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
Times
Face School Strike Threat in Milwaukee
A spokesman for the AFL Building Service Employees Union set a Tuesday strike deadline for Milwaukee public schools to push for a four percent wage increase matching the Common Council’s raise for other city workers.
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Milwaukee
AFL Building Service
Common Council
Times Seeks Next of Kin for 28000 World War II Dead
The Times in London with Evening Times and others asks for airmail postcards listing each deceased.relative, unit, and writer details to reach Colonel the Hon J J Astor at The Times New York. An American Memorial Chapel in St Pauls Cathedral nears completion and a book Britain’s Homage to 28000 Americans is published.
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London
England
Evening Times
Monroe
Britain
St. Paul's Cathedral
Eisenhower
London Times
Dulverton Trust
U. S
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the Times
Allied Rockets Bombard Kumhwa Front in Korea Clash
Allied rockets and warplanes pounded Chinese positions on Kumhwa ridges as U S Sabre jets destroyed five MiG-15s. The Fifth Air Force said 502 Reds shot down since the war began, with Capt. John H. Jones Jr. credited with two MiG kills. Ground troops repulsed a Chinese assault on Sniper Ridge amid frigid dawn, while temperatures hovered around minus 14 degrees.
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Kumhwa
Air Force
John H. Jones Jr
Rome
Jones
Sisty
Legler Twins Born Here One Dies at St Clare Hospital
Two newborn Legler twins are born at St. Clare hospital in South Wayne to Mr and Mrs Clarence Legler. One infant dies at 9 30 a m and the surviving twin is placed in an incubator. The funeral for the deceased will be handled by Hanson funeral home in South Wayne. The couple are first time parents with grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Haldiman and Mr and Mrs Johns Legler. The father works at Gulf Oil station in South Wayne.
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Clarence Legler
South Wayne
St. Clare Hospital
Hanson Funeral Home
Clarence
Ruth Haldiman Legler
Walter F. Haldiman
John' S Legler
Dodgeville
Gulf Oil Co
Two Tavern Men Fined on Charges
Two tavern keepers in Brodhead faced County Court on charges for letting minors on the licensed premises and for selling malt beverages to minors. Oren Burt pleaded guilty to allowing minors and was fined 20 dollars plus costs, while Robert Severson pleaded guilty to selling to minors and was fined zero dollars plus costs. Sever son’s additional charge for allowing minors was deferred as he plans a financial statement showing food income dominates his business. Local officials testified the city itself shared responsibility, noting youths frequented pool hall taverns. mayor, police chief, and city attorney spoke on Brodhead’s situation and the shortage of alternate youth venues. Charges were brought by the state beverage department.
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Brodhead
Robert Severson
Brooklyn
Severson
Burt
C.S. Pierce
Duane Youngblood
Joseph L. ‘Stencil
Court Brodhead Pool Hall
State Beverage Department
County Hunters Start Trek North
Deer hunters begin their annual trek to the north woods for the opening of the deer season. County clerk records show deer tag and license sales slower than past years due to statewide dry conditions and uncertainty. A snow cover and reports of fires to the northmourn may push deer southward.
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Reem County
North Woods
Rice
Steiger Named to UW Regents Board
Gov Kohler appoints Carl E. Steiger 57 of Oshkosh to the UW Board of Regents. Steiger, a Fremont native and longtime businessman, serves as chairman of the finance committee and sits on the education committee. He attended the state university for two years but did not graduate.
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Carl Steiger
Madison
Kohler
Carl E. Steiger
Oshkosh
Universit Sue Brenner
Neenah
Fremont
State University
Hs Write
Deshkosh
Tor Rar Co
Truman Happy Over Ike Views On Korea War Issue
President Truman said he is happy Gen. Eisenhower backs the UN stand on Korea prisoner of war policy and called the U S a unified organization. He outlined an orderly turnover to Eisenhower, and noted talks on foreign affairs and the Iranian issue during their White House meeting.
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Truman
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Sen. Wiley
Korea
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Wiley
United Nations
U. N
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Dulles
America
Dean Acheson
Wilson
Roosevelt
United States
Sen
Eden
London
Orient
Red China
Europe
American Legion Convention
Soviet Union
Iron Curtain
Foreign Aid Shift To Far East Seen
Washington experts predict a Republican Congress will trim U S spending abroad and shift emphasis from Europe to Asia. The first big debate is expected over extending the Mutual Security program totaling 6 447 730 750 for the year ending next June. Representative Lawrence Smith argues for reducing the entire foreign aid program and urges bipartisan review of new problems in Europe and Asia.
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McCarthy Expects to Head Probe Unit in New Congress
Senator McCarthy says he will head the Senate investigating group in the next Congress and press probes into Communist influence in government. He expects President-elect Eisenhower to back a drive to clean house and gain access to executive records previously denied to lawmakers.
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Ole N Olson 90 Dies in Blanchardville After Fall
Ole N Olson a lifelong Lafayette County resident died at St. Clare Hospital at 9 55 p m after a fall on November 7 that fractured his hip He was born in Drummond Norway April 10 1862 and came to the United States with his parents He married Bertha Phillips and farmed in the area before moving to Blanchardville in 1922 Surviving are his wife three daughters five sons 13 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren Services at Trinity Lutheran Church Blanchardville Sunday at 1 pm with burial in Yellowstone Lutheran Cemetery at Saether Funeral Home Blanchardville
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Stancardville
St. Clare Hospital
Drummond
Norway
Mr. Olson
Lafayette County
Bertha Phillips
Blanchardville
Olson
Clarence Vick
Palmer Larson
Manley Kraft
Pontiac
Mich
Lyman
Beloit
Arthur
Madison
Lloyd
Argyle
Vernus
Saber Jet Breaks Record in California Flight
Capt. J Slade Nash of Edwards AFB piloted an F 86 D Saber over a Salton Sea course near Thermal California to an unofficial speed of 699 9 miles per hour, shattering the prior 670 98 mph mark set by Maj Richard L Johnson at Wards AFB. Officials from Aeronautique and the National Aeronautics Association will verify the run before it becomes official.
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Richard L. Johnson
Atwards Afb
Johnson
NASA
Lake Shore
Imperial Valley
Nash
Holstein Group Honors 7 Youths
A four day state tour honors seven youths for outstanding Holstein dairy work. The group, led by Charles Brace and Prof. Glen Vergerant, visits farms in Green County and Dane, Rock, Jefferson and Waukesha Counties, attends the Wisconsin football game, and tours herds in Monticello and Janesville with stops at cheese factories and farms.
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Charles Nelson
Barron
Dayton
Nelson
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Charles Brace
Lone Rock
National Holstein-Freisian Association
Glen Vergerant
Walter G. Timm
Monroe
Timms
Vergerant
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Brace
Mrs
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Richard Hottmann
Mazomanie
John Tauscher
Green Bay
Phyllis Longhorn
David Radtke
Merrill
Betty Timm
Elgin C. Pas
Duane Hollig
John ‘Bollig
Sugene
National Holstein-Friesian Association
John Taucher
Robert Mansur
Janesville
Elgin C. Paskey
Poynette
Holstein’ Association
Green County
Dane
Rock
Jefferson
Waukesha
H. Otto Elmer
Monticello
John Ruff
Walter Habermans
Brodhead
Boyd Bailus
Footville
Rock County Farm
Scout Drive in Monroe Kicks Off December 3
The steering committee for the Monroe Boy Scout drive met at noon today to plan the campaign starting December 3. Members include chairman Rodney O. Kittelsen, Clifford Fritz, C. E. Chase, Roy Peter, Dr. Joseph Ganshert, L. A. Koenig, and Lee Kirsch.
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Monroe
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Clifford Fritz
C. E. Chase
Roy Peter
Joseph Ganshert
L.A. Koenig
Lee Kirsch
Government lifts price controls on bottled soft drinks
The Office of Price Stabilization suspended controls on all bottled soft drinks. Controls may be restored if the suspension causes a general price rise above current ceilings. Vietminh troops attacked the French line south of the Black River, with about 6,000 men engaging 80 miles west of Kohler on Wednesday night.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Vietminh
Black River
Jungs
Speaker for League Proposes Secession By Milwaukee County
George J. Woerth of Prairie du Sac, lobbyist for the Wisconsin Municipal Securities League, urged that Milwaukee vote to become its own state to avoid revenue losses from a proposed utility tax distribution change. The league, representing 45 communities, opposes a new statewide distribution formula favoring large cities. Currently distribution is based on plant location rather than customer residences.
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Cumprend Falls
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Municipal Securities League
George J. Woerth
Prairie du Sac
League
Czech Leaders On Trial In Prague Trial of 14 ex Czech leaders begins
In Prague court, fourteen former top Czechoslovak Communist leaders face treason and espionage charges. Vlado Clementis reportedly confessed to responsibility for Jan Svermo’s death and Rudolf Slansky admitted blocking medical aid. Maria Svermova testified aiding a Slansky confession.
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Austria
Czechoslovakia
Vlado Clementis
Prague
Clementis
Jan Svermo
Rudolf Stanksy
Svermo
Slansky
Klement Gottwald
Maria Svermova
Patient at Sparta Faces Death Charge
Sparta Monroe County district attorney said a hospital patient is charged with negligent homicide after a coroner jury found that Mary Ellen Klusendorf of Fairmont Minnesota caused a fatal collision by careless operation. Pearl Cure 44 of Manston Riz died in the crash.
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Sparta
Monroe County Dist
Atty
W. J. Gleiss
Wed- Sparta Hospital
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Fairmont
Minn
Miss Pearl C. Cure
Manston
Riz
GMC's Wilson Named Defense Chief In Eisenhower Cabinet
President elect Eisenhower announced Charles E. Wilson of General Motors as secretary of defense. John Foster Dulles was named secretary of state and Gov. Douglas McKay of Oregon secretary of the interior. The trio was presented to reporters at the Hotel Commodore during a lunch with Anthony Eden.
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Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Defense
Douglas McKay
Oregon
James C. Hagerty
Anthony Eden
Commodore
Hagerty
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
New York City
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Salem
Ore
Interior
Dulles
Accardo Acquitted At Contempt Trial
Accardo freed on contempt of Congress charges as Senate investigation into the crime syndicate led by Aleng sought answers. Scalleat of Hazle was dismissed by the Senate as a racketeer after testimony before the committee.
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Washington
Tony Accardo
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Joseph Scalleat
Hazle
Senate Asd
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Senate
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