Eisenhower urges rearmed West Germany for Europe defense
President Eisenhower said no defense of free Europe is fully effective without a re armed sovereign West Germany. He criticized France and Italy for not ratifying the European Defense Community plan and warned it blocks Western Europe's adequate defense while NATO forces strengthen against a potential Soviet assault. Spaak proposes a new compromise at Brussels as EDC talks continue.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
West Germany
France
Italy
United States
Congress
U.S
Brussels
Pierre Mendes-France
Falx
EDC
Germany
Red
Indochina
NATO
Paul Henri-Spaak
Spaak
All Nations
European Defense Community
Infant Killed In Car Truck Crash In Green County
Five month old Katherine Jean Anderson of Davis Route 1 died Thursday in a crash near Brodhead Wisconsin when her parents car collided with a Monroe driver’s truck. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Anderson and their son Kenneth 3 were hospitalized in serious condition. Russell Ruiter of Monroe drove the truck and was not injured. The death was Green county's seventh traffic fatality of 1954.
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Brodhead
Wis
Here
Katherine Jean Anderson
Lloyd] Anderson
Route 1
Davis
Anderson
Russell Ruiter
Monroe
Andersons
Kenneth
Ritter
Green County
Theien Appointed To State Grain And Warehouse Commission
Madison Gov Kohler announced the appointment of Herbert Y Theion of Solon Springs to the state Grain and Warehouse Commission. Theion, 39, fills the term ending February 1957 and is a Douglas County Board member and small carrier. He succeeds Peter Skamser, Superior, who is retiring. Gov Kohler also reappointed Gilbert H. Jackson Racine to the State Athletic Commission for a term ending August 1959.
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Madison
Kohler
Herbert YT
Solon
Springs
Theion
Peter |Skamser
Solon Springs
Douglas County
Gilbert H. Jackson
Racine
State Athletic Commission
Annual Wisconsin State Fair Opens With Preview Night
The 104th Wisconsin State Fair opens informally tonight with 25 cent admission, then begins nine days of events. A parade will lead from downtown to the grounds with formal opening at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Milwaukee
Willard Masterson
Andrew Clark
Lodi
Clark
University of Wisconsin
Alaskan to Mexico non-stop car journey by Louis Mattar
Louis Mattar became the first to drive non-stop from Alaska to Mexico City in a 1947 Cadillac packed with built in washing machine shower barbecue and TV. He traveled 6391 miles with son Leroy and Joe Henderson, refueling on the move and escorted by police to cross town borders. Mattar envisions future non stop trips to Moscow and Washington despite travel hurdles like the Bering Strait.
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Mexico City
Louis Mattar
Alaska
San Diego
Mattar
Leroy
Joe Henderson
Washington
Moscow
Bering Strait
Siberia
Reds to return Allied troop bodies starting September first
In Panmunjom talks the Communists said they would begin returning about 4011 bodies of Allied troops buried in North Korea on September 1. A U.S. officer noted this is the first public figure for the number of bodies to be returned under the Panmunjom agreement. The UNC claims it holds around 14000 bodies of Chinese and North Korean soldiers.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
North Korea
Reds
Panmunjom
U.S
UNC
Typhoon Grace Leaves 20 Dead in Japan
Tokyo reports 20 deaths 32 missing and 70 injured as Typhoon Grace blows out to sea. 500 homes destroyed and vast rice fields flooded. no damage estimate given.
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Tokyo
Dacine Army Officer Is Tried As Collaborator
Lt. Col. Harry Fleming faces court martial in FT SHERIDAN ILL for alleged collaboration with Communist captors in Korea. He claims accusers lacked guts to confront him to his face. Trial began and was adjourned to Monday as witnesses are scattered nationwide. Fleming, 46, says broadcasts served Americans in captivity. Defense questions extreme duress as potential justification for treasonous acts.
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FT. Sheridan
Harry Fleming
Korea
Fleming
Rodham C. Routledge
Fred C. Dyer
Jackson Will Await Report On McCarthy
Washington Senator Henry M. Jackson says she will remain in Washington until the Senate investigating subcommittee files its report on Joseph R. McCarthy and the Army. Jackson, a draftsman on the report, expects completion by weekend, but colleagues fear delays due to Senator Potter’s absence until September. Mund notes Potter's absence could halt work unless consensus is reached. Potter plans to travel to Europe for the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Vienna.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Army
Washington Democrat
Charles Ee. Potter
R-Mich
Potter
Michigan
Europe
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Vienna
Karl E. Mund
R-S.d
Weather Summary for Wisconsin and Minnesota
Considerable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms in Wisconsin and Minnesota tonight and Saturday. Warmer tonight with low temperatures from 36 to 62 in Wisconsin and 54 to 62 in Minnesota. Saturday highs from 75 to 84 in Wisconsin and 75 to 90 in Minnesota. Winds southeast 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph Saturday. Fox River gauge reads 10.14 inches above the Menasha dam crest, up 0.14 since Thursday. Temperature highs: 82, lows: 49. month deficit 1.43 inches, year deficit 2.61 inches.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Fox River
Menasha Dam
Buckstaff Observatory
President Gets Weapons To Fight Reds
Congress votes to arm President Eisenhower with broad anti communist powers to strike at spies and traitors at home and abroad. A key proposal allowing wire tap evidence is dropped for now. Other anti subversive bills seek espionage penalties and penalties for Fifth Amendment refusals.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Eisenhowevr
Simon W. Gerson
Legislative
New York State
Communist Party
Atstainder
Ike
U.S
Pawned Ring Fueled Knife Murder Trial in Birmingham
In Birmingham a 34 year old woman, Mrs Elsie Nolan, pawned her wedding ring to buy a carving knife. Police say she stabbed her husband as he slept over financial disputes. Magistrates ordered a murder trial with Nolan pleading not guilty.
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Birmingham
England
Elsie Nolan
Auto Misses Curve Drowns River Man Killed in Wisconsin
A 21 year old Rhinelander man, Le Ror Kintop, died when his car failed to negotiate a curve on a rural road and overturned into the Wisconsin River. He became trapped beneath the water.
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Rhinelander
le Ror Kintop
Wisconsin River
Reds Ask U N Seat As Price for Airmen
A defense official said the Chinese Reds demand a United Nations seat in exchange for releasing 15 U S Air Force flyers held as political prisoners. He noted negotiations via third parties have occurred for the past year, and further said a few more POWs may remain alive among the 326 missing Americans, though no precise figure is given.
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U.S
Edwin L. Heller
Winnewood
Harold £. Fischer
Swea City
Washington
United Nations
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
World Organization
United States
Peiping
WERB Sues To Stop Kohler Home Picketing Controversy
A UAW CIO representative says the union spares actions at non-strikers homes amid the Kohler Co. strike. WERB urged a court injunction to enforce the May order limiting picketing and halt home protests in Sheboygan. Local 833, with about 3,000 workers, has been on strike since April 5.
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Sheboygan
Kohler Co
Kohler ‘Co
Robert Burkhart
Uaw-Cio
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Burkhart
Kohler
WERB
Attorney General's Office
CIO
United Auto Workers
Limis
Laurence E. Gooding
Shevoygan
Gooding
Kohier Co
Kelly Homecoming Sparks Riot in Pomeroy
Sen Liam Kelly's homecoming from jail triggered a clash in Pomeroy as about 500 supporters attempted a parade with the Irish Republican flag. Police, including 300 constables, faced a 10 minute melee in which eight officers and 32 rioters were injured.
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Pomeroy
Northern Ireland
Liam Kelly
Jar
Donnybrook
Belfast
Crumlin Road
Britain
Elizabeth
Irish Republican Senate
Roliv
SAT
Rural
Ulster Constabulary
Stuaiads
Kelly
Treland
Red China renew pleas for Formosa action spurred by broadcast
A Chinese reassertion calls for Formosa seizure while claiming peacemaker aims. The broadcast quotes editors and cites U S defense plans and Adm Felix Stump to suggest any invasion would confront the U S Pacific Fleet. It portrays China as seeking peace despite threats and military pressure.
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TORYO
Foramosa
Gecartd
Formosa
Ind Morai
Taiwan
Fors
Mosa
Chung K Bang
Neopie
Senhone Allon
China
People’s Republic of China
Congress Nears Adjournment as Social Security Bill Clears
A Senate House conference committee cleared a social security bill and both chambers are expected to approve it with little delay before adjournment. The pay raise dispute for postal and civil service workers lingered, with Senate passage of a 3 percent raise opposed to an administration alternative. President Eisenhower warned of a possible veto if the House and Senate bills diverge.
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United Press
Senate House
Senate
House
William F. Knowland
Cailif
Eisenhower
Wiliam F. Knowland
Hunting Rules Are Approved By Gov Kohler
Governor Kohler signed the 1954 Wisconsin hunting regulations set by the Conservation Commission. Key points include a seven day forked horn deer season opening November 20, late pheasant partridge and squirrel seasons in seven southeastern counties starting October 31, early squirrel seasons in eight western and central counties from September 18, ruffed grouse open with extended southern and western counties into December, expanded white quail upland seasons in central and southwestern counties, and northern counties beginning October 2 with waterfowl later in the south. Overall duration, unit lengths, and shooting hours remain unchanged from 1953.
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Madison
Kohler
The
Conservation Commission For Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin's Proxmire vows to defeat McCarthy in race
Milwaukee candidate William Proxmire pledges that if elected governor he would use the office to oppose Senator McCarthy and end McCarthyism. He says a Wisconsin governor must reject aiding demagoguery and would seek to liberalize recall laws to allow swift removal.
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Milwaukee
Willam
Proxmire
Sen
McCarthy
Wcan-Tv
Wisconsin
Kohler
Sen. McCarthy
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