200 Bed Dormitory Plan Clears Board For USC System
The state college regents seek a 5.5 million federal loan to build 200 bed dorms at Oshkosh and six other campuses including Superior and Whitewater. Each dorm would cost about 600 thousand with repayment over 40 years at 2 percent. Construction could start late summer 1956 pending site selection and funding.
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Oshkosh State College
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Eau Claire
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Menomonie Eau Claire
Flare Sighted as Four Marines Missing After Plane Disappearance
A flare was sighted near Kailua Hawaii and rescuers searched for four Marines aboard a Beechcraft. The crew included pilot Captain Lipscomb and co pilot Maj Griffin with passenger Captain Walker, all missing after a Honolulu to Hilo flight. Marine Istel J Anderson of Janesville Wisconsin listed as a crew member. his family resides in Honolulu.
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Hilo
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Thomas J. Anderson
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Richmond
Anderson
Christmas Packages Destroyed by Flames
A fire at the Railway Express Agency receiving station in Chicago destroyed Christmas packages bound for Milwaukee. Many packages contained logs and the loss was estimated at 2000 dollars.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Railway Express Agency
Uneasy Peace In Jordan Held Holy Land Area
In Amman a fragile calm returned after six days of rioting over moves to join an Iraqi led bloc. Prime Minister Ibrahim Hashim’s government affirmed it will not join or be bound by Western backed treaties.
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Amman
Jordan
Hashim
Television Widow Claims Divorce From Pool Builder
Mrs. Annette Stoica 35 wins a divorce from Eli M Stoica Jr 38 a Los Angeles pool builder. She cites his constant TV watching including ads as the reason and notes he even liked the commercials making him a television widow.
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Los Angeles
Annette Stoica
Eli M. Stoica Jr
Eisenhower Welcomes Fourth Grandchild Mary Jean
President and Mrs. Eisenhower joyfully announce the birth of their granddaughter Mary Jean Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital. weighing seven pounds two ounces blonde hair. Mary Jean is the president’s third granddaughter with two others Barbara Anne and Susan and one grandson David. The birth occurred Wednesday at 458 p.m. EST and the couple visited the hospital to meet the child. The president expressed happiness while the family noted Barbara Eisenhower’s smooth recovery.
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Eisenhower
Mary Jean Eisenower
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Barbara Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Mary Jean
Barbara Anne
Susan
David
John
Barbara
Executive Mansion
Army Hospital
Esther Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Oregon Jackson bridge to pour first concrete in January
C R Meyer & Sons engineers say the Oregon Jackson bridge project, a $1 083 000 year long effort begun Oct 3, will see the first concrete pour into the foundation around the second week of January. The work includes replacing six old piers with four new ones and constructing cofferdams for new piers.
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C. R. Meyer & Sons Engineers
Wilson A. Milbrandt
Meyer & Sons
Milbrandt
Scheduw
Oregon Jackson Bridge
C. R. Meyer & Sons
Oshkosh Contractors
Wisconsin Highways Mostly Clear With Isolated Ice
The State Motor Vehicle Department reported overall good winter driving conditions on Wisconsin highways. Slippery spots were noted in the Janesville Monroe and Sheboygan regions and in the northern part of the state.
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Madison
State Motor Vehicle Department
Wisconsin
Janesville
Monroe
Sheboygan
United Nations weighs action after Israeli Galilee raid
The U N Security Council debated Syria’s demand for sanctions against Israel after Maj Gen Burns called the Dec 1 Galilee raid a deliberate armistice violation. Syria seeks economic penalties or expulsion, while Israel defends the strike as retaliation to Syrian attacks.
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Dead in blast at United Oil Refinery fire
A refinery blast and ensuing fire at United Oil Refining Co in Warren Pa killed one firefighter and injured four others. Firefighters were struck by bricks as they battled the blaze at 3:40 a.m. The fire was controlled by about 5:30 a.m. with two workers unaccounted for earlier escaping safely. Warren fire crews assisted refinery staff. Names of the casualties were not released.
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Pal Kite
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Wast
Aleter House
Erie
Three Die Six Injured In Iowa Fire
Davenport Iowa fire reports three children killed and six injured in an early morning blaze and explosion at a two story frame house Witnesses and fire officials describe flames and an explosion at about 840 am with victims including children aged from a few to twelve years old and a severely cut woman and an elderly man hospitalized Fire Chief Lester Schick confirms the children were upstairs at the time of the fire.
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Davenport
Iowa
Phil Axelrod
Axelrod
Lester H. Schick
Agreement to Sell Surplus Edible Oils to Argentina
An agreement for the sale of more than 24 million dollars worth of U.S. surplus edible oils to Argentina was signed in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Luis Podesta Costa and U.S. Ambassador Albert F. Nufer approved it, with payment in Argentine currency. Seventy percent of the total will be sent back to Argentina to fund development projects, with part of the remainder supporting an educational exchange program.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
America
Luis Podesta Costa
U.S
Albert F. Nufer
Paraguay Rebels Fight To Oust Stroessner in Asuncion
Reports from Formosa Argentina say rebels supported by troops and police clash with forces loyal to President Alfredo Stroessner in Asuncion. Unrest follows Stroessner’s arrest of Epifanio Mendez Fleitas, with officials and Campo Grande garrison reportedly backing the revolt as telephone links to the capital remain cut.
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Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Asuncion
Epifanio Mendez
Fleitas
Campo Grande
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el Dia
Posadas
Stroessner
Mendez
Juan JD. Peron
Peron
Buenos Aires
Philippines seeks UN Security Council expansion
Vice President and Foreign Minister Carlos P. Garcia announced that the Philippines would propose increasing the United Nations Security Council membership from 11 to more seats. He said the amendment to the UN charter would provide equitable regional representation and reflect the organization's growth from 60 to 75 nations, to be presented at the General Assembly next year.
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P.1
Carlos P. Garcia
Philippines
U.N. Security Council
Garcia
U.N
Council
General Assembly
Close Panama Canal to Reds Urges Van Pelt
MENASHA Rep. William Van Pelt of Fond du Lac urged closing the Panama Canal to Russian ships as leverage in pressuring the Reds. Speaking at a Rotary Club luncheon after a Panama inspection as a House waterways subcommittee member, he said the move would sharpen U S diplomacy and show Russia they could lose canal access any time.
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