Nixon Campaign Swing Hits Farm Belt Debate Tone
Vice President Nixon barnstormed the Midwest stepping through Wisconsin Michigan South Dakota and Nebraska to win farm belt votes. He hammered radical Democrats warning of runaway spending taxes and prices while Republicans claim better GOP chances than four years ago.
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Associated Press
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Midwest
Michigan
South Dakota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Eisenhower
Congress
Benson
Alma
la Crosse
Edward J. Thye
R-Minn
Thye
Madison
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Standard Time Returns Sunday Across Nation
Illinois and many states set clocks back to standard time at 2 a.m. tomorrow. The change ends daylight saving time from October and aligns schedules with Wisconsin, giving residents an extra hour of sleep. The shift affects all northeastern Illinois areas east of Illinois Route 2 and reflects a broader regional mix with New York and others still on daylight saving time earlier. Rockford stations aired programs one hour earlier than Madison during October.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
New York
Rockford
Madison
Benson Defends Farmers Addressing Wisconsin College Workers
Senator Benson blasted so called self styled farm experts and Demagogues on agriculture saying farmers need freedom to plant and market not government bounty. He cited rising farm income and living standards while criticizing Proxmire and Truman for alleged demagoguery and defending Eisenhower era rural programs.
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Benson
Milwaukee
William Proxmire
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Farmers Union challenges secretary over dairy price supports
Wisconsin Farmers Union demanded Agriculture Secretary Benson declare his stance on dairy price supports during visits to Alma and River Falls. The board approved a resolution urging immediate clarification on potential reductions to the $2.40 per hundredweight level.
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Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Benson
Wisconsin
Alma
River Falls
Kefauver Caravan Seeks Support in Monroe to Beloit Tour
Senator Estes Kefauver visited Monroe in a Democratic caravan with stops at Brooklyn Dayton Belleville New Glarus Monticello and Beloit. He urged farm prosperity and attacked Benson while Gerald Flynn and Donald Ferris campaigned nearby. a Beloit parade and Salute to Agriculture were on the schedule.
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Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Spencer Bowen
Sen
Kefauver
Monroe
Brooklyn
Dayton
Belleville
New Glarus
Monticello
Benson
Congress
Gerald T. Flynn
Donald Ferris
Albany
George Norton Reported Improved at Belvidere
Improvement reported today in the condition of George W. Norton Democratic candidate for assemblyman and patient at Highland hospital Belvidere Ill He is treated for a heart condition Norton fell ill Thursday while traveling through Marengo Ill If his condition improves he may be brought to Monroe Wednesday or Thursday His brothers Chester and J Leo Norton were at the hospital yesterday.
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George W. Norton
Highland Hospital
Belvidere
Norton
Marengo
Monroe
Chester and
J. Leo Norton
Blast Hits Downtown Ottawa Wrecks Buildings and Injures Dozens
A mysterious blast in central Ottawa damaged more than two million dollars of property on Bank Slater streets. About 35 people were injured as windows shattered for miles. The nine story Jackson building housing health and income tax offices was badly hit. Police and firemen searched ruins while gas mains posed further danger.
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Ottawa
Bank-Slater
Jackson
Jackson Building
81 Still Missing In Mine Disaster
Rescue teams moved down a debris filled shaft at Springhill Nova Scotia as 81 miners remained trapped after a rock shift and a few dozen others were confirmed dead or injured. One official said survival chance was very remote with no new signs of life since Thursday night.
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Springhill
N. S
North America
British bomber crashes in Detroit riverfront area killing six
A Royal Air Force Vulcan bomber from Waddington collided with debris and exploded while attempting a riverfront landing near a U S Public Health Service hospital in Detroit. The crash tore through two-story homes, injuring none seriously and killing six crew members.
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Lincoln
England
Royal Air Force
U. S
Public Health Service
British Air Ministry
London
83Rd
Royal Air Force Bomber Command
Waddington Air Base
John Willoughby Moore
Neb
U. S. Strategic Air Command
Grosse Pointe Park
Lake St. Clair Estates
Quemoy Relief Stalled by Red Statements
Tokyo says Beijing will not bombard Quemoy on even dates to allow supplies. Peiping warns ships and aircraft should avoid odd dates and will not shell unless American escorts appear. The exchange keeps pressure on Quemoy amid ongoing cross strait tensions.
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Tokyo
Red China Today
Quemoy
Peiping
Galli Named UW Cadet Colonel To Lead ROTC Wing
Cadet Roger P. Galli son of Mr and Mrs G Fred Galli of 804 27th avenue has been appointed cadet colonel of the Air Force ROTC commanding the 925th Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadet Wing at the University of Wisconsin. A senior in mechanical engineering he is the second Monroe high school graduate to hold the rank at UW.
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Roger P. Galli
G. Fred Galli
27Th Avenue
Air Force Rotc
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
University of Wisconsin
Col. Galli
Monroe
James L. Forbes
James Forbes Sr
Lth Avenue
Monroe High School
USAF
Honeck Won't Rule On Ad Dispute Case
Madison Atty General Stewart Honeck declined to issue an opinion on whether advertisements in Milwaukee newspapers by the Allen-Bradley Co violated the state Corrupt Practices Act.
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Madison
Stewart Honeck
Milwaukee
Allen-Bradley Co
Dinner Event Planned Moldenhauer Will Be Honored Here Tonight
The 3rd Battalion 128th Infantry of the 32nd Division hosts a dinner at the Swiss Wheel restaurant honoring Lt Col Joseph M Stehling Beaver Dam and Col O A Moldenhauer Tomah retiring commander. Attending officers include staff from Platteville Beloit Stoughton Elkhorn Monroe with guests from Madison and Fifth Army advisers. Dinner begins 7 30 p m with Maj T J Burgy as toastmaster.
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128Th Infantry
32Nd Division
Co. K
Green County
Joseph M. Stehling
Beaver Dam
O. A
Moke) Moldenhauer
Tomah
Stehling
128Th Regiment
Moldenhauer
Platteville
Beloit
Stoughton
Elkhorn
Monroe
John D. Winner
Floyd Barbeau
Madison
Dale
CWO
Hugo H. Voelkli
W. E. Deininger
Joseph D. Viney
Howard Counselman
Richard H. Bahr
Swiss Wheel
Maj
T. J. Burgy
Truck Destroyed In Asphalt Blaze Near Brooklyn
An Illinois truck driver escaped serious injury when his semi trailer loaded with asphalt ignited after leaving the highway four miles west of Brooklyn Green County. The truck, owned by Sprout and Davis Inc. of Whiting Indiana, was worth about 32000 dollars. Firefighters used foam to control the blaze as traffic on Highway 92 was rerouted for hours.
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Illinois
Brooklyn
Monroe
Green County
Howard M. Schacht
Robert Hull
Payson
Sprout and Davis Inc
Whiting
Ind
Hull
Oregon
Belleville
Schacht
Donald Ferris
Indiana
New Glarus
Richard E. Rinehart
Route 1
Orangeville
Stauffacher’s Corners
Gary Schultz
Jacqueline Boeck
Winslow
St. Clare Hospital
L. G. Montgomery
Rain Halts 13th Nuclear Test Shot In Nevada
Heavy rain delays the Atomic Energy Commission plan for the 13th full scale shot in the expanded nuclear test series at the Nevada site. Weather stops the test that was scheduled for today.
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Test Atomic Test Site
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Cardinal Mooney Death Shocks Rome Conclave Crowd
The death of Edward Cardinal Mooney, 76, archbishop of Detroit, reduces the College of Cardinals to 51 eligible electors for the Pius XII succession. Cardinals gathered for the Mass of the Holy Spirit at St Peter's, then moved to the conclave area as the process began.
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Pius XII
Celso Cardinal
Costantini
Edward Cardinal Mooney
Detroit
Apostolic Palace
Monroe
Cardinal Mooney
Francis Sprellman
New York
James Francis McIntyre
Los Angeles
St. Peter’s Basilica
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Msgr
Antonio Bacci
Vatican
Radio
Broadcc
Charles E. Coughlin
Youth Rally Demands School Integration in Washington
Thousands of students from diverse areas gathered in Washington for a youth march advocating racial integration in schools. Bayard Rustin led the planned event and said their request for a White House meeting with President Eisenhower went unanswered. He forecast more than ten thousand participants from white and Black student groups.
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Eisenhower
Bayard Rustin
Rustin
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