GOP Appeals Hit Trumanism As Ballot Choice
National and state leaders press contrasting visions in the race for Congress. Eisenhower Republicans blast Trumanism while Democrats trumpet Muskie’s Maine win and poised campaign moves. Nixon touts tax relief and integrity vs Trumanism. Benson defends the new farm law amid campaign sparring.
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GOP
Trumanism
Richard M. Nixon
Wichita
Kas
Nixon
Republican National Committee
Benson
Hoover founder of cleaner firm dies in Canton
Herbert W. Hoover 76, a pioneer in the vacuum cleaner industry, died Thursday. He built a $51,712,000 annual business from a home made device inspired by James Murray Spangler, who created a clumsy cleaner using his wife’s sewing machine motor and a pillow case. In 1908 Spangler sold to the firm led by Hoover’s father, W. H. Hoover.
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Canton
Ohio
Herbert W. Hoover
Hoover
James Murray Spangler
W. H. Hoover
Truman Urges Democratic Congress to Aid Eisenhower
Former President Truman writes to Democratic National Chairman Stephen Mitchell urging voters to elect a Democratic Congress to back President Eisenhower. He criticizes Republicans for military cuts and tax, and argues a Democratic majority would restore economic growth and protect workers rights.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Upper South
Indianapolis
Stephen A. Mitchell
Maine
Truman
Eisenhower
Stephen Mitchell
Congress
Eiisenhower
Farm Field Day Attracts 5000 At J Ivan Elmer Farm
County officials predict over 5000 visitors at a field day on the J Ivan Elmer farm near New Glarus featuring land judging, tractor pulling, and demonstrations. Open class plowing at 9 am with junior contest at 2:30 pm, winners advancing to a district event at Deerfield.
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J. Ivan Elmer
New Glarus
Edwin Klassy
New Glarus Vocational Agriculture
Klassy
Deerfield
Kenneth C. Allen
Monroe High School
Nic F. Calabresa
Soil Conservation Service
Carl Erb
Green County Farm Foundation
Erb
Melchair Denny
Milton K. Johnson
Glarus Lions Club
Most Cheese Values Steady at Plymouth
Pasteurized longhorns advanced a quarter cent in trading on the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange today while other styles remained unchanged. The trading zone was firm on longhorns, steady on other styles. Sales were 17 cars of cheddars at 32 cents. Bids unfilled: two cars pasteurized single daisies 3434, one car pasteurized longhorns, 34%. Offers uncovered: two cars, cheddars.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Soviet Regret Over Finnish Airspace Violation
Finland reports Soviet Union expressed regret after three Soviet jet fighters violated Finnish territory during a border incident at Helsinki.
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Helsinki
Finland
Soviet
Russia
Finnish
Illinois Auxiliary Of Legion Takes No Vote on Girl Scouts
Illinois Ameri can Legion Auxiliary directors heard changes in the Girl Scout handbook after the Legion accused un American influences in Girl Scout publications. Edgar Bundy explained the issue at the state convention. Girl Scout officials denied the charge and said fixes were made to clear up misunderstanding. Irving Breadstone announced the ban on support of the Girl Scouts had been rescinded.
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Chicago
Illlinois American Legion Auxiliary
Illinois Legion
Auxiliary
Edgar Bundy
Wheaton
Ill
Legion
National Americanism Commission
Illinois State Legion
Legionnaires
Girl Scouts
United Nations
Irving Breadstone
State Legion
Mrs Ballard 85 Dies After Illness in Evansville
Mrs. Ballard 85 formerly Alice Thurman died yesterday in an Ashland hospital. She was born in Albany and married Allie Ballard in 1884. The couple farmed near Evansville for 32 years then moved to the city in 1916. Survived by son Floyd, three grandchildren, five great grandchildren, three sisters and a brother. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow Allen funeral home Evansville with burial at Maple Hill cemetery.
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Allce Ballard
Evansville
Ashland
Highway 14
Ballard
Floyd
Port Wing
P. O. Heide
Minneapolis
Minn
Frank Barton
Albany
Ed Seeley
Madison
George Thurman
Rockford
Allen Funeral Home
Maple Hill Cemetery
Center Sets Winter Hours for Youth Activities
Ronald D Johnson city recreation director announced winter hours for the Community Center. The center will be open three nights weekly Wednesday 730 to 10 pm Friday 730 to 1130 pm and Saturday 730 to 11 pm for ninth through 12th grade students. JOLT seventh and eighth graders will use the center after school on weekdays. No smoking or liquor allowed in the building and no entry for those who have been drinking.
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Ronald D. Johnson
Johnson
JOLT
Wisconsin reports seventeen new polio cases this week
Madison data from the state board of health shows seventeen new polio cases in Wisconsin over the past week, raising the year total to 247. This compares with 385 cases by this point last year.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Fleming Seeks Meeting With His North Korean Captor
Lt Col Harry Fleming a POW for three years in North Korea told a 11 man military court he remains furious and intends revenge for mistreatment by Col Kim Dong Suk who commanded Camp 12. Fleming testified Kim forced POWs to take part in Red broadcasts and kept prisoners half starved and without medical care.
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FT. Sheridan
Harry Fleming
North Korea
Kim
Fleming
John Pritchard
Army
William F. Dean
The
Reds
Korea
Dean
Fire destroys barn on Owen Neilson farm near Bear Creek
A large barn on the Owen Neilson farm near Bear Creek was burned today. The blaze killed 150 chickens and nine head of young stock and destroyed hay and oats stored inside.
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Appleton
Owen Neilson
Bear Creek
Russia claims valuable blast of atomic bomb
The Tass dispatch says the Soviet Union detonated one of a type of atomic weapons with valuable results aimed at advancing defense against atomic attack. No location or weapon type given. The report notes the test was to study an atomic explosion and may influence future defense R&D.
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Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Forreston Kraut Festival winner claims his weight in kraut
Dale Markel, a 225 pound competitor, devoured two pounds nine ounces of sauerkraut to win the Forreston Kraut Festival championship. He told judges he could eat a barrel of it and earned his own weight in kraut as prize.
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Forreston, Ill
Dale Markel
Reuther Suspends Six In Welfare Fund Abuse
CIO President Walter P. Reuther orders prompt remedial action suspending six Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union officials after state probe testimony. Max Greenberg appoints administrators to audit five locals as investigators cite lavish salaries and benefits. State Insurance Supt. Bohlinger urges stronger supervision while praising overall welfare fund integrity. Senate and House panels plan probes with cooperation from Reuther and AFL President Meany.
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New York
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Alfred J. Bohlinger
Bohlinger
Washington
Senate
House
AFL
George Meany
Irving M. Ives
GOP
Green County league protests split pheasant season
Directors of the Green County Conservation League protested a split pheasant season in southern counties that opens Oct 30 and ends Nov 28, while Green County hunts run Oct 16 to Nov 14. The protest targets out-of-county hunters flocking in on opening day and was sent to conservation department representatives.
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Green County Conservation League
Clarence R. Benkett
Green County
Ray L. Beckman
Brooklyn
Conservation Department
Kenosha
Jefferson
Milwaukee
Racine
Rock
Walworth
Waukesha
League
Turner Hall
H. T. J. Kramer
Russ J. Neugebauer
Department
Information and Education
Max H. Voelkli
Monroe
Delbert Krupke
Krupke
Beckman
Voelkh
Benkett’s
Harold A. Pederson
Benkett
Lowell Ringen
Brodhead
Harry Sauer
Woman Seeks News of Husband Held as U S Spy
Mrs. Lydia Redmond of Milwaukee says she has heard nothing since her husband Hugh was imprisoned for life by the Chinese communists as a spy. The Redmonds had moved from New York and he was arrested a year before the State Department notified his family. Redmond and seven other Americans were found guilty and two death sentences were reported by Red China.
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Milwaukee
Lydia Redmond
Hugh
U. S. State Department
Red Chinese Radio
Redmond
New York
China
United States
Red Radio
U. S
Hong Kong
Chiangs Planes Hunt Red Bases
Nationalist warplanes scouted coastal rivers opposite Formosa to locate invasion craft. Planes and warships bombarded Red fortifications near Quemoy for the fifteenth straight day. Over 100 Communist junks were destroyed near Yungning, and a Nationalist warship fired on two gunboats near the Tachen Islands.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
Defense Ministry
Quemoy
Amoy
Yungning
Tachen Islands
Ryan Bros Employee Injured on Highway Relocation Project
LeRoy Oelrich a 26 year old Minnesota man employed by Ryan Bros Construction from Janesville was injured on the Highway 11 relocation project between Monroe and Browntown. He suffered a crushed foot four toes and an ankle when a road scraper gate slammed shut while releasing a fouled cable and was reported improved at St. Clare hospital.
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Minnesota
Ryan Bros. Construction Co
Janesville
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Browntown
LeRoy Oelrich
Guthrie
Dulles and Eden Favor Quick Path to West German Equality
Secretary Dulles and Prime Minister Churchill's government urged speedy action toward restoring West German sovereignty with full equality in Europe. A nine power conference including the US Britain France West Germany and the EDC members is sought to plan rearmament and NATO linkage while Paris is pressed to avoid blocking European unity.
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London
U.S
Dulles
Churchill
Germany
Foreign Office
Anthony Eden
West Germany
Europe
United States
Canada
Britain
European Defense Community
EDC
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Italy
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Eden
NATO
Pierre Mendes- France
Prac
Two Air Force Fliers Killed in Moody AFB B-25 Crash
A B 25 bomber from Moody AFB in Valdosta Ga crashed during an approach killing two officers. Captain William Hemshrot an Moody instructor pilot is named as one victim, with his Wisconsin ties and family details. The other man’s identity was withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Valdosta
Air Force
Moody Afb
South Georgia
Wisconsin
William Hemshrot
358Rd
Moody
Arthur C. Hemshrot
Loganville
Sauk County
Wis
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Frankfurt
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