County Fair Opens Tonight With Ice Varieties Show
The 1955 Winnebago County Fair starts this evening with the L. N. Freckles Ice Varieties show at 8 o'clock on the grandstand platform preceded by a one hour Oshkosh Civic Band concert. Evelyn Chandler leads the ice program with a star cast including Dick Gordon Trio, Matt Tuck and Company, and others. Dieter Tasso will perform on a Bavarian slack wire.
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Oshkosh
Winnebagoland
H. W. Arentsen
Evelyn Chandler
Miss Chandler
Dick Gordon
Matt Tuck
Adamson
Cal Claude
Comets
Dieter Tasso
Ringling Brothers Cireus
L. X. Freckies Ice Varieties
Fairgrounds
Winnebago County Fair
Fair Association
Neenah - Menasha
Aut Swenson
Latin American Economic Group Opens UN Session in Bogota
Delegates from 21 American republics gather in Bogota for the sixth session of the Latin American Economic Commission. Observers from Czechoslovakia, Spain, Italy, Poland and Sweden attend. Dag Hammarskjold to open the conference discussing regional economic progress and future development obstacles.
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Bogota
Colombia
Latin- American Economic Commission
United Nations
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Italy
Poland
Sweden
Dag Hammarskjold
Air clash reported along Gaza Sinai frontier
CAIRO Egypt reports renewed fighting along the Gaza strip Sinai frontier. Six killed Sunday as four Egyptian jets crossed into Israeli airspace near the border. Israeli spokesmen said Egyptian planes penetrated territory and were driven back. An Egyptian source noted a two hour exchange of gunfire with no reported Egyptian casualties. This marks the fifth day of border clashes.
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Cairo
Egypt
Todagin
Gaza Strip
Israel
Sunda
Jerusalem
Sinai Peninsula
Palestine
Mexico Blast Kills Seven In Slum Apartment Explosion
In Mexico City a fireworks plant blast leveled an apartment building and leveled three adjoining homes. Seven people died and 28 were wounded as debris and flames filled the air. Authorities warned the final toll could rise as rubble is cleared.
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Mexico City
Start Korea Housing For Families of Yanks
Dependents of American servicemen and officials will be allowed to live in Korea beginning next year for the first time since the war started. Korean engineers have started building the first 100 homes in a $1,500,000 housing project for the families of Americans.
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Seoul
Korea
Health Heads Urge Elimination of 4-H Activities at Winnebago Fair
Winnebago County health officials urged the fair association to bar all under 16 from the 1955 fair and to remove Four H club activities from the program due to poliomyelitis cases in rural and urban areas. A Mercy Hospital committee concurred. Officials debated delaying school openings. 13 of 15 health officials attended.
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Winnebago County
Oshkosh Health Department
Cry Hall
Oshkosh
Rothers
First U S Mint Opened In 1792 In Philadelphia
The article notes the United States government began operating under the Constitution and opened the first mint in Philadelphia in 1792. It urges readers to use Daily Northwestern Classified Ads to sell unneeded items or rent spare rooms, with a call to action to phone Blk 8000 NOW.
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United States
Philadelphia
Northwestern
Whiting Fire Still Burning Under Control
Whiting Indiana cleanup continues after a massive refinery blast as about 700 welders and 1,500 residents face evacuation. Firefighters aimed to let remaining blazes burn out while authorities clear fumes and prevent further spread. Two storage tanks remain ablaze as National Guardsmen patrol for looters.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Whiting
Ind
James Mullaney
Loop
Refinery Damage and Fireodor Threaten Area Homes
In the $0-block Dan Ger area fumes from sewers made smoking hazardous. Damage to the refinery was estimated at 30 million dollars. Seven homes destroyed and at least 100 damaged by ripped steel bolts. Sixty fuel links containing about 42 million gallons of products were loft. Standard Oil Co. announced hoped to resume operations in two weeks and opened an office to handle injury or property demands.
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Standard Oil Co
Ind
Contracts Let For Erection Of New Church
Trinity Lutheran Church members voted unanimously to build a new church at the southeast corner of Washington Boulevard and Bowen Street. The project costs about 250000, with work to start in about 36 days and finish in 1956 for the church centennial. Bids awarded to Oscar J Boldt Construction Co Appleton as general contractor Paterson Heating Oshkosh Hansen Electric Oshkosh and Kurt J Zentner & Sons Oshkosh. Plans by Grassold Johnson & Associates Milwaukee with local assistance. The church has over 1000 communicants led by Rev K R Going. Building committee chaired by OQ Witte.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Washington Boulevard
Bowen
School Streets
Fond duiLae
Getline
Oscar J .Boldt Construction Company
Appleton
Patterson Heating Company
Oshkosh
Hansen Electric Company
Kurt J. Zentner & Sons
Grassold-Johnson & Associates
Milwaukee
Auler
At Least 21 Chinese Drown as Dam Bursts
In Hong Kong police search for more bodies after a cloudburst caused a dam to burst and flood a stream, drowning at least 21 Chinese teenagers on a picnic outing. The incident occurred Sunday as the flood-wall collapsed, sweeping the youths away.
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Hong Kong
New East West Disarmament Talks Open At U N
Delegates from the Big Four and Canada meet at the United Nations to test post Geneva goodwill in disarmament talks. The five power committee prepares groundwork for a broader accord while Western and Soviet teams push for inspection and phased reductions.
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United Nations
XN. Y
Canada
Russia
U.N. Disarmament Commission
GLX
Geneva
Eisenhower
United States
Bulganin
Moscow
Izvestia
Firemen Quit Pont Leveque Over Foreign Rescue
Forty one Pont Leveque firefighters in Normandy resigned after residents alleged foreign firemen were brought in to tackle a blaze. Citizens said they expected local crews and suspected the Pont Leveque unit was idle while outsiders fought the fire.
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Pont-Leveque
France
Cp — AL
Pont - Leveque
Forrestal Battleship Seeks First Trial Run Today
The Forrestal, a 59,650 ton aircraft carrier born amid atomic age controversy, sails on its first trial run from Newport News into the Atlantic. Built for 3,000 crew and 90 jets, it represents a $372 million investment with four steam catapults and angled deck.
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Newport News. Va
Atlantic
U.S
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Navy
Forrestal
Saratoga
Ranger
Independence
Defense
James Forrestal
Indict Icardi In Slaying Of Maj Holohan
Federal grand jury indicts former Army Lt Aldo Icardi on eight counts of perjury tied to the 1944 slaying of Maj William V Holohan during a secret OSS mission in Italy. He allegedly lied to a 1953 House Armed Services subcommittee about the events and Lake Orta discovery.
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Washington
Army
Aldo Icardi
William V. Holohan
World War IL
Icardi
Pittsburgh
House Armed Services
Holohan
Italy
Office of Strategic Services
Lake Orta
Carl Lodolee
Rochester
N.Y
U.S
United States
Justice Department
House Committee
Villa Castel Munro
Icard
Lodolce
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L. N. Freckles
Latin-American Economic Group
Gaza
Mexico
Start
Housing For
Perry A. Tipier
Board of Education
E. Washburn
Osh Kosh
James Hinderman
Omro
Leslie Shoman
Neenah
Earl J. Hesselman
Menasha
Mildred
PGLIO
Ienry Cabot Lodge Jr
L.N
Harold E. Stassen
Anthony Nutting
Jules Moch
Arkady A. Sobolev
L. N
Paul Martin
Congress
Naw
Maj
America
Newport News
J. S
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