Auditorium Goal Nears for Oshkosh Civic Auditorium
The Oshkosh school board meets at 8 p.m. at the Vocational School as $25,000 remains to reach the $832,000 needed to start a 1,500 seat civic auditorium. Bids opened Oct 24 totaled about $796,000 with architect and other costs estimated at $40,000. Donations include $300,000 anonymous gift and $72,000 from the Oshkosh Foundation, plus $30,000 from local businesses and citizens. The board will discuss cost-cutting with bidders to meet available funds and may defer some equipment to finish the project.
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Board of Education
Oshkosh Vocational School
Oshkosh High School
Amee Bevuy
Common Council
Oshkosh Foundation
Oshkosh
Law
Scotch Tape Firm Named In Warrants
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. was indicted by a federal grand jury on price fixing and conspiracy to monopolize trade in a Sherman act case. The nine count indictment dates to 1931 and targets pressure sensitive tape magnetic recording tape and aluminum pre sensitized lithographic plates.
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Danvelle
Fupd
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
St Paul Minn.iin
Minnesota
Slant
NATO Chiefs Assess Berlin Talks and Western Defenses
Paris AP report says NATO defense ministers shift from Berlin negotiations to fortifying Western defenses. Gen. Norstad cites 25 divisions by year end, says 23 fully equipped. assembly backs 30 divisions and urges faster standardization and greater allied command authority over deployments and supplies. Nuclear weapons control may be raised.
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Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Berlin
U.S
Lewis Norstad
Europe
Western European Union Assembly
NATO
Kenney
Two Nice Pringheild Tenn UPI Clifton Dough erty Pleads Guilty
Clifton Dough erty, 25, pleaded guilty to bigamy on Wednesday in Pringheild Tennessee. The defendant admitted to two marriages at once, a crime that precedents note as difficult to prosecute due to bigamy laws.
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Pringhei
Tenn
UPI
Clifton Dougherty
Hlocky Brothers Win Fame After U.N. Visit
John and Michael Edwards, 17, skipped two classes on Long Island to tour the United Nations. John became the millionth visitor in a month, receiving VIP treatment including newsreels and luncheon. Their mother called it hilarious but disapproved of the truancy.
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New York
John Edwards
Michael
Unger
Sol Unger
John
Manhasset
Iphone
Train Hits Bus Killing Dozens In Colorado
A Union Pacific streamliner collided with a Greeley School District bus two miles east of Evans Colorado killing at least 20 people and injuring many more. The bus carried students from Greeley High School a junior high and an elementary school.
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Greeley
Colo. AP
Colorado
Temnasser Marca Cat
Hara
Wulals WU
Guoch Uput
Duane Harris
Union Pacific Railroad
Evans
Denver
la Salle
Seven men named in film scheme to raise funds for Patrick biopic
New York authorities cite an unregistered company and brochures with false statements in a plan to raise 506000 for a Patrick life film. Included are two former Truman tax officials and three ex convicts. Louis Lefkowitz says court orders will compel appearance with records.
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UPS
Iday
St. Patrick
New York State
Atty
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
T. Lamar Caudle
Justice Department
Truman
Edward
Callup Costs Top $500 Million With Reservists Mobilized
Washington estimates the nationwide mobilization will exceed 500 million dollars by next summer. The total rise in military spending reaches about 4 billion, with 300 million allocated to two federalized divisions, 160 million for personnel and 140 million for operation. About 133,500 reservists recalled across Army and Guard units, plus 36,500 from Air Force and Navy. Navy costs projected at around 42 million for 8,400 recalled personnel.
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Kennedy
National Guard
Wisconsin
22Nd Infantry
Texas
49Th Armored
Tn All
Air Force
Navy
Congress
Callun
Air Guard
Albany Police Warn More Arrests If Demonstrations Resume
Albany Georgia police warned that more arrests would follow if demonstrators resume anti segregation protests. Since Sunday five hundred fifty five Negroes and five whites have been arrested in Albany with over three hundred still jailed amid mass demonstrations without violence. Police Chief Laurie Pritchett said additional arrests were likely after Wednesday night arrests of about two hundred Negroes including teenagers and children during a protest.
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Albany, Ga
Albany
Georgia
Smass
Laurie Pritchett
The
Freedom
Pittsburgh Speakeasy Operator Fined for Church Organ Funds
Mrs Javia Jones, 53, told Judge William F Cercone she ran a speakeasy to raise money for a church organ. The judge fined her 300 dollars plus costs.
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Pittsburgh
UPD
Javia Jones
William F. Cercone
Famed Artist Grandma Moses Dies at 100
Hoosick Falls memorial announces the death of Grandma Moses at 100 on December 12. The famed primitive painter began painting in her late 70s and gained international fame after her work appeared on numerous Christmas cards. She died at the Hoosick Falls Health Center with nurses nearby, after a long decline and oxygen use. Condolences poured in from national figures including President Kennedy and Governor Rockefeller, praising her enduring impact on American art.
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Hoosick Falls
Grandma Moses
Grandma
Hoosick Falls Health Center
Clayton Shaw
Eagle Bridge
John F. Kennedy
General Sales Levy Debated as Assembly and Senate Clash
Wisconsin lawmakers weighed a three percent general sales tax with exemptions for food, drugs, and clothing under a Nelson proposed framework. Assembly backed the compromise. Senate debate slated for next week amid longer talks and potential amendments.
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Frank Panzer
Brownsville
Assembly
Nelson
Senate
Everett Bidwell
Portage
Panzer
U.N Planes Bomb and Strafe Elisabethville
Indian bombers and Swedish jets struck Elisabethville Katanga firing on troop positions near Kenya township near the city’s south outskirts. Newsmen watched from Prince Leopold Hospital as heavy cloud cover allowed air raids at about 6000 feet. Tshombe urged total war and pledged the regime would leave national soil. U.N. troops were strengthened in a buildup for a possible all out offensive.
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Senate
Assembly
Wisconsin
Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
Prince Leopold Hospital
Kenya Township
Lido
Moise Tshombe
United Ni
Elisabethvile
Tshombe
Ile
U.N
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