GOP Leaders Press Ike Draft for 1956 Run
Denver reports Vice President Nixon said the broad Republican circle believes President Eisenhower will seek re election and 48 state chairmen will meet to map 1956 strategy. Nixon praised Eisenhowers health and leadership while McCarthy challenged Nixon view of him as a divisive force.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Denver
Eisenhower
Nixon
GOP
Sen
McCarthy
Appleton
Wis
Ike
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
California
Stevenson
Harriman
Truman
Cheese Day Begins With State Leaders Tour In Green County
State Department of Agriculture and American Dairy Association leaders started Cheese Day Week in Green County with a tour of local outlets. The advance team included Shel don C. Wilcox and William Johnson of ADA and Merrill Richardson of the state department. They met local organizers to urge merchants to display cheese and record sales for a state ADA test market study.
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Wisconsin
Green County
State Department of Agriculture
American Dairy Association
Sheldon C. Wilcox
William Johnson
ADA
Merrill Richardson
State Department
Robert E. Tschudy
Stewart F. Kingston
Tschudy
State
Mystery Man Freed by Soviet Puzzles Officials
Berlin report details the release of Frederick Charles Hopkins a New York origin man held seven years in Soviet labor camps along with Pvt Wilfred C Comish of Amesbury Massachusetts and Col Murray Fields of Bayside New York They face medical and security checks and possible desertion charges while U S officials probe Hopkins citizenship claims and past actions.
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Berlin
U. S
Sara Tsat Fredrick Charles Hopkins
New York City
Hopkins
Pvt
Wilfred C. Comnish
Amesbury
Mass
Col
Murray Fields
Bayside
N. Y
Army Hospital
Grishman
Vienna
Varios
U. S. State Department
A. E. Dubois
East Berlin
Karlhhorst
Red
Dubois
West Berlin
Mish
Fields
Comish
Stock Market Gains Wide. Leading Issues Rise
New York stocks closed higher as a broad rally pushed many names up. IBM led with six point gains, Union Carbide around five, Du Pont three, Reynolds Metals four to five, Bethlehem Steel three, and Johns Manville two, with several other major issues advancing.
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New York
Union Carbide
du Pont
Reynolds Metals
Bethlehem Steel
Johns Manville
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
Phelps Dodge
Air Reduction
Westinghouse Electric
New York Central
Texas Co
National Death Toll Exceeds Predictions During Holiday
The Associated Press reports 430 traffic deaths, 80 drownings, and 89 other accidents over the three day Labor Day weekend, totaling 599. This surpasses earlier forecasts and trails the 1951 high of 658 and 461 in traffic. The 1954 toll stood at 364.
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Associated Press
City Schools Trim Overcrowding as Enrollment Dips
E. O. Evans, school business administrator, notes a drop from 1,486 to 1,468 pupils this year easing crowding. Breakdown shows 763 grade, 310 junior high, 395 high school students. Agencies shifted students among South East Lincoln and North schools. St Victor's and Green County Teachers College demonstration room also report start times.
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E. O. Evans
Evans
South School
East School
Lincoln
North
South
East
St. Victor's School
Green County Teachers College
Labor Day weekend toll hits 23 in Wisconsin traffic deaths
Accidents over the Labor Day weekend killed 23 people in Wisconsin, with 21 road fatalities and no drownings. Notable losses include four in a Highway 29 crash near Abbotsford, a fatal midget race crash at Shawano County fair, and multiple additional deaths across several counties. Earlier totals and prior years’ figures are noted, with mentions of National Guard aid and a 1952 record of 28 highway deaths.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
National Guard
Abbotsford
Marathon County
Alexander Magrecki Jr
Wausau
Edward Hause
Milwaukee
Martin
Shawano County
Shawano
Joseph Balisteri
Wilhelm Tell festival draws near twenty thousand at New Glarus
Over the long holiday weekend nearly 20 000 attended the Wilhelm Tell 110th anniversary performances in New Glarus with record German and English show attendances. In Brooklyn about 6 000 watched the Labor Day parade and 2 500 attended the Tell talks at the park.
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New Glarus
The
Tell Guild
Guild
Brooklyn
New York
Lynn F. B. Tschudy
Swiss, Evangelical and Reformed Church
Gilbert Hoesly
John A. Schindler
Monroe
Green County
Oconomowoc Legion Band
Maennerchor
Doris Olsen
Brooklyn Bank
Americans Freed From China Prompt First Result of Talks
Geneva reports nine American civilians including six women are free to return home from Communist China. Wang Pingenan told U. S. Ambassador Johnson at their 13th meeting that two more could leave with exit permits and a third within two to three months. The talks began Aug 1 to resolve the status of 41 imprisoned or denied exit Americans.
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Sioux Falls
James Wailtjer
Jerry Hagen
Ronnie
Geneva
China
United States
Wang Pingenan
U. S
U. Alexis Johnson
Wang
Boscobel
Edward Walsh
Shanghai
Peter Huizer
Bank of America
Walsh
William C. Walsh
Cumberland, Md
Maryland
Charles Sydney Miner
American Asiatic Underwriters
The
Metropolitan Land Co
C. V. Starr Enterprises
Rick
Associated Press
Paul Ricks
Paul
Howard
Arch Ricks
Rock Island, Ill
Polio Case Reported in County
An eight year old Clarno boy, Frederick William Beckman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Beckman, is hospitalized with non paralytic polio. He attends West Clarno school and is in good condition. County superintendent Irene Powers urged school boards to cooperate in prevention measures.
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Clarno
Frederick William Beckman
Glenn Beckman
St. Clare Hospital
West Clarno
Irene C. Powers County
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WREX
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Monroe Country Club
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Gus) Ninneman
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Alice In Dairyland
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Wilhelm Tell
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North American Syndicate
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