Oshkosh Man Dies in Crash Near Black Wolf Church
An Oshkosh man, Charles A. Nichols, 26, died when his 1957 two door car left Hy. 175 in the Town of Black Wolf and struck a tree at 9:21 Wednesday night. Mrs. Jacqueline Berger, 28, of Oshkosh, was critically injured and in Mercy Hospital with multiple fractures and internal injuries. A passerby saw the wreck and helped summon aid.
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Charles A. Nichols
Oshkosh
Highway 175
Black Wolf
Black Wolf Church
Jacqueline M. Berger
Mercy Hospital
Winnebago County
Oregon St
Charles L. Lowry
Berger
Nichols
Ben-Gurion aims to form new five-party cabinet in Israel
Premier David Ben-Gurion began talks to form a new government after the five-party coalition cabinet resigned. President Isaac Ben-Zvi urged him to reassemble the same lineup with strict secrecy on security talks. Conflicts with Labor Unity and Mapam over cabinet unity and leaks threaten the process. The old government stays caretaker as negotiations continue.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Izhak Ben-Zvi
Ben-Zvi
Ben-Gurion
Mapai
Abduth Avodah
Labor Unity
Mapam
United Workers
Abduthavodah
West Germany
Egypt
Holmes Fined For Coal Theft In Doncaster Case
Sherlock Holmes, a 37 year old laborer from Doncaster, England, has been fined SI4 for stealing coal worth 3.80 dollars. The incident centers on a petty theft case handled locally.
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Doncaster
England
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes
New Year traffic deaths set record in one day
A one day New Year traffic toll set a record with 146 traffic deaths plus 4 fires and 19 other accidents for an overall 179 dead. NSC president Ned W. Dearborn called the toll a jolting reminder of internal threats to civilized living and urged an end to the slaughter in 1958.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned W. Dearborn
NSC
Khrushchev Loosens Tone in New Year Talks Call
Moscow reports Khrushchev urged fresh US Soviet talks to reduce world tensions in a New Year toast to Eisenhower. He pressed for direct negotiations without allied participation, while Washington favored including allies. The three Russian leaders sent similar greetings to world chiefs of staff and governments urging peaceful coexistence and cooperation. Eisenhower, returning to Washington from Gettysburg, prepared budget and State of the Union remarks, signaling focus on defense and civil rights commissions and a broader push for improved US Soviet relations in 1958.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Communist Party
U.S
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Soviet Union
United States
Bu U
Llewellyn Thompson
Nikolai Bulganin
Klementi Voroshilov
Tisenhower
WiAmerica
Withree
Washington
Geppysburg
Capital
Gettysburg
White House
Unnion
Congress
Eisenhowers
Nepraes
Russia
Sputnik May Die Quietly Today Unseen by Human Eyes
Cambridge Massachusetts reports that Sputnik, the first man made satellite launched October 4, may end its orbit soon unseen by the naked eye. Scientists warn the final plunge could occur anywhere along its orbit, with visual fireball observations critical for science.
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Sputnik
Cambridge
Mass
Asconomers
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian
Mars
Venus
Sputnik TE
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Sputnik T
Dro Whipple
Government forces crush Venezuela air force revolt
President Marcos Perez Jimenez remains in control of Venezuela after a rebellious air force garrison failed to seize power. The army said the revolt was crushed and its leaders fled. radio broadcasts reported the nation was calm as the crackdown unfolded.
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Marcos Perez Jimenez
Venezuela
Caracas
Maiquetia
Romulo Fernandez
Army Captures Rebellious Garrison in Venezuela
Caracas reports that President Marcos Perez Jimenez’s government crushed an air force revolt at Maracay by 3:30 am. Rebel leaders fled by air, scattered pockets were being mopped up, and loyal forces regained control while Caracas tightened censorship and a wartime brownout remained in effect.
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Aurelio Ferrers Tamay
Maracay
Aragua
Lis Pos
Arata
Pere
Jimenez
Caracas
Dates
ANL
Marcos Perez Jimenez
LaVida Country Club Destroyed By Fire Near Shawano
LaVida Country Club seven miles south of Shawano was destroyed by fire early Wednesday. Estimated loss is 75 dollars. Proprietor Brennan shut the club at 2 am after New Year’s Eve patrons left, then went to Chilton. Fire reported about 1 30 am by Sam Favia whose supper club sits across the road. Youths who fled claimed to see flames. Firemen arrived but could not control the blaze.
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Shawano
LaVida
Bill Brennan
Brennan
Chilton
Sam Favia
la Vida Club
Favia
Flemuts
Nine Die As Cars Collide Near Eureka
A wreck on a highway west of Eureka killed nine people including Walter Beck and his wife. The Beck family list includes Ruby Prisida Teris Marvin Newharth Krein and Larry Weidmeyer among others, with Walter’s parents Wil bert and Mary injured. Walter Beck Jr and Nenkanth Krein were among the deceased at the scene or later at a hospital.
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Eureka
Inc
Ped Ina
Here
Walter Beck Reka
Ruby
Priseida
Teris
Marvin Newharth
Krein
Larry Weidmeyer
Mureka
Baty Tateens
Beck
Wilbert, Tw
Mary
Nenkanth Krein
Weidmover
Fondy Water System Receives PSC Approval for Expansion
The Public Service Commission approved a major Fond du Lac water system expansion and a Wisconsin River power project. Fond du Lac will tap Lake Winnebago, build an intake at Peebles, and lay a 31 mile 24 inch line to the treatment plant while raising water rates by 60 200 annually initially and 389 805 after pipeline completion, targeting 1960. The commission also OKd a 75 000 kilowatt turbine at Rothschild, with fish and aquatic life protection commitments. Intrastate rates for Wisconsin for Goods Carriers Bureau up 2 percent and Little Sturgeon Telephone Cooperative gains 18 per year.
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Madison
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin River
Public Service Corp
State Public Service Commission
Winnebago
Peebles
Oshkosh
Appleton
Neerah
Menasha
State Board of Health
Rothschild
Marathon County
Wisconsin For Goods Carriers Bureau
Wases
Little
Driving Conditions Described as Good in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin State Highway Commission said driving conditions are generally clear on main roads with scattered slippery spots, mainly in sheltered areas. Fewer traveled routes showed more frequent slippery stretches, indicating variable conditions across the state.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Lun Ji
Family Held Captive On Their Yacht
A San Antonio family on a New Year’s Eve cruise in Key West faced a 14 hour gunpoint ordeal after three youths boarded their yacht Fiesta and demanded to be taken to Mexico. A note smuggled ashore led to rescue for Richard Sias, his wife Phyllis and four children. Officials weighed charges of kidnapping and piracy against the juveniles.
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Key West
Fila
Winter Park
Mexico
Richard Sias
San Antonio
Tex
Criminal Court
Thomas
Cara
Mike Moore
Phyllis
David
John
Jane
Bobby
Craig
The
Keys
Sias
Family Affair Charlottesville Birth First Baby Here
Mrs Robert Jones of Charlottesville birth to a daughter on Wednesday, the first baby born at the hospital this year. The infant’s sister and brothers are mentioned among the family.
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Charlottesville
Robert Jones
Bala
HSB
Divi
Albania Jets Force British Plane to Land
The French legation in Communist Albania reports five men and a woman aboard a British cargo plane were safe after being forced down by Red fighters. Britain seeks investigation. Albania says the DC4 Skymaster violated Albanian air space en route from Dusseldorf to Damascus with final destination Singapore.
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London
Britain
Adriatic
Tress
Damasetus
British Independent Air Travel
jLith
Dusseldorf
West Germany
Adriatic Sea
Damascus
Syria
Singapore
Tirana
Jeman River
People’s Republic of Albania
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Chuck) Nichols
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Michigan State University
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Springfield
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Jacksonville
Urbana
Illinois
Tineis State Journal
VS. Weather Bureau
State Police
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Ferrero
Famaly
Fernandes
Perex Jimenez
Muaracay
Mardeny
Terri Dee
Mura
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Vione-Seman
Albani
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