Weather Brightens as Winnebago County Fair Opens
The 1955 Winnebago County Fair enters its second day Dairy Day with fair weather expectations and a schedule of dairy cattle judging at 9 am. A 3:30 pm horse show and grandstand acts follow, while the Ice Varieties revue headlines evening performances. Friday features Thrill Show, Farm Machinery Day, tractor pull, and livestock parade with jet-air exhibit from the Air Force.
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Winnebago County
Plivestock
Aut Swenson
Winnebagosand
Oshkosh
L. N
Oshkosh Public Museum
Neenab
Menasha
Traffic crackdown targets weekend fatal crashes in Green Bay
Green Bay and Brown County officials launched a three day Labor Day enforcement drive after three traffic deaths and 20 injuries. Warrants were issued for David Champeau and Roman Gawri ilewski on negligent homicide by intoxication. Tavernkeepers Patrick Nolan and Oscar Mercier face charges for selling beer to minors.
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Green Bay
Wis
Brown County
David J. Champeau
Roman P. Gawriilewski
Pulaski
Frederick Fire
Jerome R. Kasper
Milwaukee
Patrick Nolan
Howard
Oscar Mercier
Green ‘Bay
HJ. Bero
Grognet
Polio Cases Surge in Wisconsin Across State Board Report
The Wisconsin State Board of Health reports 921 polio cases statewide, up from 199 last year, with 353 new cases in the week ending Aug 20. Milwaukee leads with 89 new cases, followed by Ontagamie 50 and Dane 28. one death in Winnebago raises the year's toll to six.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
State Board of Health Today
Milwaukee
Ontagamie
Dane
Winnebago
Brown
Waukesha
She
E. R. Krumbiegel
Milwaukee County
Man Charged After Barn Fire Attempt and Arson
New Bedford police report Freyd L. Ostrander age 32 attacked by heat in an argument with his wife. He allegedly set fire to a barn and tried to burn his house, then tore out the telephone line to block firefighters. Ostrander faces charges of arson attempted arson and willful damage to property.
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New Bedford
Mass
Freyd L. Ostrander
Icardi Denies Helping Slay Maj Holohan
Former Army Lt Aldo Icardi pleaded innocent to eight perjury counts after denying involvement in aiding the murder of Major William V Holohan during a World War II mission behind Nazi lines. He was freed on a $10,000 bond after arraignment before Judge Joseph C McGarraghy.
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Washington
Army
Aldo Icardi
William V. Holohan
Icardi
Pittsburgh
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Carl LaDolce
Iicardi
United States
Nixon Threatened in Boston Hotel Beside Nixon's Visit
A drunken man called Richard Nixon's hotel room in Boston and threatened to kill him. He was questioned, released, and found to have no weapon. Nixon was in town for a Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment.
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Boston
Richard Nixon
Esterday
Nixtors Room
Nixon
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Main Street concrete pouring expected to begin by Friday
Construction on Main Street advances as Parker indicates crews will set up concrete equipment and pour the west half from Washington Boulevard to New York Avenue. Curb and gutter follow, with sidewalks last. weather and sewer work affect timing.
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Main Street
York Avenue
Parker
Robert Parker
Lee B
Vernon
Washington Boulevard
Irving Street
New York Avenue
Alfred Phair
Central Contracting Company
Lincoln Avenue
U S Urges Egypt Israel to Halt Bloody Fighting
An Israeli military spokesman said Egyptian infiltrators from Gaza killed four Jewish civilians south of Rehovot and wounded six. Reports describe clashes on the Gaza frontier with Egyptian and Israeli forces. casualties include an Egyptian soldier and several Arab civilians. The United States pressed both sides to end the violence as Israel informed the UN Security Council of gravely deteriorating border conditions.
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Jerusalem
Gaza
Rehovot
Esraelis
Beth Vered
Rafah
Israel
Negev
Beit Hanoun
AL MN
New York
Seicurity Council
Washington
Reuven Shilozh
George V. A
Fen
1State Department
Dulles Appeals to Egypt and Israel to Halt Gaza Fighting
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles disclosed the United States has appealed to Egypt and Israel to stop fighting on the Gaza frontier. He cited 48 hours of contacts and noted reports Russia may provide arms to Arab states, though no evidence supported. Dulles sought to calm tensions and outlined U S guarantees discussion while warning against Soviet arms. The remarks followed six days of bloody clashes and referenced broader North Africa Korea and Geneva talks.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
United States
Egypt
Israel
Gaza Frontier
Dulles
Russia
Moscow
Geneva
Gaza
U.S
Israel R
New York
North Africa
France
United Nations General Assembly
U.N
Korea
China
Richard M. Nixon
Middle East
Africa
United Nations
State Of Urgency Extends To All Algeria In France Plan
Paris reports Premier Edgar Faure decreed a nationwide state of urgency across Algeria to quell unrest while pursuing a Moroccan peace plan. The measure broadens prior emergency zones and follows Franco-Moroccan diplomacy involving exiled leader Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef and Moroccan nationalists.
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Man
Morocco
Gilbert Grandval
France
Paris
Edgar Faure
Grankval
Algeria
Faure
Sidi‘ Mohammed Ben Youssef
Sidi Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Madagascar
Dial phone system patented in 1896
The piece notes the dial telephone system was patented in 1894 and mentions its widespread use in Winnebago land for placing classified ads in the Daily Northwestern. It urges readers to call Bik 8000 to sell rent hire buy or recover lost articles via Want Ads.
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Northwestern
Rich Vein of Rare Beryl Found by British Soldier
London reports a British Army corporal discovered a rich vein of rare beryl in Hong Kong. The ore, worth up to 28 million dollars, is used in heat resisting aircraft engine parts and optical electrical instruments. Corporal William B. Harries made the find in a dugout built by Japanese during occupation.
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London
Hong Kong
George Brewer
British War Office
Cpl
Willliam B. Harries
Man Bites Butter Thistle in Pageant Feat
New York performer Charles Simmes attempted to lift a 250 pound weight with his teeth. The effort failed and toppled the weight, knocking out four of his front teeth in a dramatic stunt gone wrong.
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Preble
N.Y
Charles Simmes
Rural Woman Dies of Polio at Mercy Hospital
Mrs. Marvin F. Gohlke age 26 of Oshkosh dies of poliomyelitis at Mercy Hospital at 9 55 this morning the second polio death at Mercy this season and the sixth in Winnebago County Funeral private at St Mary's Church with interment at Riverside Cemetery Survivors include husband John D Gohlke son Barbara Gohlke parents Mr and Mrs John Heisher and sister Mrs Donald Ludwig Oshkosh
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Marvin F. Gohlke
Rt. 4
Oshkosh
Mercy Hospital
Gohlke
Winnebbhago County
Arnold J. Lee
Omro
Farmer
Winnebago County
Neenah
Margaret Ann Heisher
John Heisher
St. Mary's Catholics
Jo Flarvin F. Gohlke
John D. Gohlke
Barbara ¥. Gohlke
Donald Ludwig
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Riverside Cemetery
Stassen Seeks Soviet Buy of Ike Military Inspection Plan
United Nations reports Harold E. Stassen taking lead in persuading the Soviet Union to approve President Eisenhower's military inspection plan. The disarmament subcommittee open session in New York featured details of aerial reconnaissance and international inspectors, with Russia's Sobolev reiterating demands for peace steps and immediate nuclear ban.
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United Nations
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Soviet Union
Arkady A. Sobolev
Kremlin
Lodge
Stassen
Scholer
Britain
France
Canada
Geneva
Soviet Officers Tour Ft Benning First U.S. base visit since WWII
Three Russian Army officers led by Col. Nikolai V. Rilkin toured Ft. Benning Ga for two days inspecting weapons and airborne demonstrations in a reciprocal exchange following a U S inspection visit to a Soviet base near Moscow.
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FT. Benning
Nikolai V.rilkin
Washington
A. N. Kikijforov
Anatolie A. Popov
U.S
Moscow
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Cairo
Salah Salem
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Salem
Ismail el Azhari
National Unionist Party
Azhari
Revolutionary Council
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Miister
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Sobolev
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