Kohler Arms Purchases Tied to UAW Bargain Wins
Senate investigator testified Kohler Co bought shotguns pistols and thousands of rounds of ammo after UAW won bargaining rights in 1952 1953 1954. Kohler says arms funded a trap shooting club and guard training while police expanded to about 90 officers amid strike tensions.
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Senate
Kohler Co
United Auto Workers
UAW
Kohler
Carmine Bellino
Belling
Lyman C. Conger
Bellino
Conger
Waldemar Capelle
Capelle
Khrushchev Pushes Farm Reforms Amid Internal Clash
Khrushchev outlined new plans for Soviet agriculture and private farming while facing Central Committee opposition. He targets ending machine tractor stations and selling machinery to collectives, signaling broader shifts that could expand private farming and affect global food production.
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William L. Ryan
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Stalin
Communist Central Committee
Snow and cold return to Chicago area
Light snow this afternoon with possible rain mixed in and continued flurries. Accumulations up to four inches expected by morning in the Chicago area as temperatures plunge to the upper 20s. Tonight’s low in the 20s with a colder, cloudy weekend ahead, and 9 am precipitation at Pyatt Weather station recorded .67 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Pyatt
Want Ads: Five-room Upstairs Apt For Rent
Large modern five room upstairs apartment for rent. Boy's English style bicycle for sale. Housework wanted by hour or day.
Yemen Crown Prince Visits Cairo on Federation Talk
Crown Prince Saif al Islam el Badr arrived in Cairo with Yemenite officials to discuss federation of Yemen into the United Arab Republic. President Nasser, in Damascus, denounced the rival Iraq Jordan federation as a false union while inviting Arab nations to join.
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Yemen
Arabian Peninsula
United Arab Republic
Saif al Islam el Badr
U.A.R
Imam Ahmed
Red Sea
Egypt
Syria
Nasser
Damascus
Iraq
Jordan
Leach Declines Run For Morris Community High Board
Arthur Leach, Morris Community High School board member, will not seek re election as his term ends this year. He cites press of other duties. Glenn Reeves is the only other candidate filed so far. Four grade school incumbents with expiring terms had filed by noon. Eugene W. Hayes runs for Maynard Davis unexpired two year term.
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Arthur Leach
Morris Community High School Board of Education
Leach
the Herald
Gladys Bright
Glenn Reeves
Eugene W. Hayes
Maynard Davis
Christmas Seal Drive Reaches $5329 in Grundy County
Christmas Seal contributions to date total $5,329.57, as announced by Mrs Joe Mattson seal sale chairman. Mrs Mattson and Grundy County Public Health Association members thank all contributors and say donations are still being accepted.
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Joe Mattson
Mattson
Grundy County
U S Names New Team for Disarmament Talks with Russia
Washington reports James J. Wadsworth will head the U S disarmament effort with four citizen-advisers as Secretary Dulles and President Eisenhower approve. Stassen leaves to seek Pennsylvania governor nomination amid U S and Soviet test activity.
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United States
Russia
James J. Wadsworth
U. S
United Nations
Harold E. Stassen
Alfred M. Gruenther
Robert A. Lovaa R T.i
Bf.7n
Walérie da
Jono J. McUidy
Walter Dedell Smith
Dulles
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Stassen
Pennsylvania
Wadsworth
London
World Atoms For Peace Agency
America
Eisenhower Has Tooth Extracted at Walter Reed
President Eisenhower underwent a simple upper molar extraction at Walter Reed Army Hospital and remained for a physical check-up as a follow-up to his November 24 stroke. The White House called the procedure normal and successful and noted specialists from the prior illness would continue the examination.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Mack Called Tool of Whiteside Before House Inquiry
In Washington Richard A. Mack faced House subcommittee questioning on the FCC and was told by Chairman Harris to resign. Harris accused Mack of being used as a tool by Miami lawyer Thursman A. Whiteside over the National Airlines channel 10 case. Mack agreed he would seriously consider resigning and asked to be excused until next Wednesday.
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Washington
Richard A. Mack
FCC
House
Mack
Harris
D-Ark
Rep
Moss
Thursman A. Whiteside
Miami
National Airlines
National
Eisenhower
Blizzard Rakes Western Plains Across Midwest and Northeast
A major blizzard slammed the western plains with heavy snowfall reaching 14 inches in Chadron and 8 foot drifts near Hays Kansas. Five Kansas highways were blocked and one near Fort Morgan Colorado. Snow extended into Nebraska Colorado Oklahoma and the Midwest with rain and floods threatening the Northeast and New York City receiving over 3 inches of rain in 24 hours.
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Dickinson
N. D
Pierre
S. D
Chadron
Neb
Hays
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Kansas
Fort Morgan
Colo
Natoma
Kans
Dakotas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Connecticut
Mid-Atlantic States
New England
New York City
Midwest GOPers Press Bid to Force Benson Resignation
Rep. Weaver says about 30 rebellious Midwest House members will press Benson to quit, hoping resignations would swing 20 to 30 seats or more for Republicans. Benson rejects calls as his farm policies are framed as political assets. Other GOP members defend Benson and urge retention.
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Rep. Weaver
R-Neb
Eisenhower
Benson
Senate
Farm Belt
House
Rep
Gubser
Calif
Bass
New England
Bus Crash Drowns 38 Seated Riders In Kentucky River
A school bus with about 38 passengers struck a wrecker and a car before plunging into the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River near Prestonsburg Kentucky. Rescue workers searched for victims as six were hospitalized and many remained missing hours after the crash.
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Prestonsburg
Levisa
Big Sandy
John Alex Derossett
National Safety Council
Waco
Tex
U. S. 23
Isaac Vanderpool
Vanderpool
Donald L. Horn
Cow Creek
Floyd County
Prestonburg
Huntington
W. Va
Levisa Fork
Paintsville
Pikeville
Jorstad Sentenced to Two Years for Grand Theft
Jerald Jorstad, 24, formerly of Newark Illinois, was given a two year state reformatory term in Madison Wisconsin court on grand theft after admitting thefts of clothing and jewelry from a store where he worked last fall. He had previously served 60 days for reporting a fictitious heiress wife’s death in Madison from Asian flu.
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Madison
Wis
Jerald Jorstad
Newark
Ill
State Reformatory
Roy Proctor
Jorstad
Three Illinois Youths Held in Iowa on Burglary Case
Three youths from Illinois were held in Charles City Iowa for Illinois authorities over a burglary and auto theft. Wayne Eichstadt 21 and Randall Nesemeier 17 of Freeport and Donald Wickersham 21 of Monroe Wisconsin admitted stealing a car in Iona Illinois and taking 175 dollars in cash and checks from a Freeport night and day grocery store during a Tuesday night break in.
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Iowa
Illinois
Wayne A. Eichstadt
Randall Nesemeier
Freeport
Ill
Donald E. Wickersham
Monroe
Wis
Iona
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