Mueller Sworn In as Winnebago County Judge
Herbert J. Mueller is sworn in as the successor to Judge D. E. McDonald, ending McDonald’s 47 year public service career. Atty. Franklin Moore Jr. and Asst. Dist. Atty. Jack D. Steinhilber also take oaths as new officials. The ceremony designated O. Amonson as register in probate and Harry W. Riley as public administrator. Deputy register Joyce Rowlands and stenographer Eloda M. Wilcox continue in their roles.
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Herbert J. Mueller
D.E. McDonald
Atty
William
E. Crane
Winnebago County
Winnebago County Bar Association
McDonald
Franklin Moore Jr
Jack D. Steinhilber
Attorner County Board
Dstrict
Erzay
Mueller
Army O. Amonson
William Carmuth
Harry W. Riley
Publc
Joyce Rowlands
Eloda M. Wilcox
Riley
Michael Sheridan
Yankee County
Wiliam E. Crewe
Ita
Ict
Moore
Avorner
Hilber
Allorner
Osh St
Harry Amonsoz
Oshkosh
Premier Hatoyama Ready to Visit Red China for Ties
Tokyo reports Premier Ichiro Hatoyama would travel to Red Peiping to pursue closer relations with Communist China. He expressed agreement with Masaburo Suzuki that China is a close neighbor and should have close ties, and said he would go if necessary to improve relations.
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Red Peiping
Japan
Tokyo
Asahi
Ichiro Hatoyama
Redeiping
China
Masaburo Suzuki
Hatoyama
Russians Criticize Ottawa Firemen After Embassy Blaze
Ottawa and Soviet Embassy blaze caused $250000 damage to a three story mansion. Russians accused firefighters of inefficient methods and poor equipment while Mayor Charlotte Whitton called for a parliamentary review of fire powers on diplomatic property. Chief John Foose said the fire burned about an hour before responders arrived.
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Ottawa
Charlotte Whitton
Whitton
John D. Foosie
Foose
France Votes Shake Up Government Prospects in Elections
PARIS CP. Anti tax crusader Pierre Poujade and Communist gains destabilize the regime. Communists win 52 seats to 145 total, Poujadists gain 51. Mendes France front improves but trails Faure Pinay. Gaullists nearly wiped out. Coalition or continued instability appears likely.
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Paris
Pierre Poujade
France
Pierre Mendes-France
Teft Center
Republican Front
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
National Assembly
Faure
Mendes- France
Mendes-France
Triple play crowds watch multiple games at once
Memphis fans like Evan stacked three TVs to follow the Orange Bowl Cotton Bowl and Sugar Bowl games. He used a radio for sound and tuned the most exciting contest during the overlapping telecasts.
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Memphis
Tennie Evan
Feltman
Boys Use Beer To Battle Tavern Fire In Wisconsin
In Soperton Forest County Wisconsin two boys Michael Houle 13 and Ratoh La Fountain discovered a fire Saturday night at their parents tavern. They filled mugs with draft beer and poured over the flames delaying spread until firefighters arrived. The tavern living quarters store and post office sustained about 4000 in damage.
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Soperton
Wis
Forest County
Michael Houle
Ratoh
la Fountain
Michael
Houle
Allen Houle
Fire destroys coal shed in South Beloit
WPI A fire in a coal washing shed in South Beloit caused about 75000 in damage. The Beloit Lumber and Fuel Co. owned the shed. Firemen from South Beloit Rockton Hok and Beloit Wis fought the blaze, bringing it under control in an hour, but it smoldered for hours. The damage was limited to the coal shed containing three carloads of coal.
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South Beloit
Beloit Lumber and Fuel Co
Rockton
Beloit
Wis
Congress Opens in Holiday Mood Amid Election Year Tensions
The second session of Congress opened in a holiday mood with bipartisanship in the air as gavel bangs rang in both chambers. Leaders urged unity while Democrats target investigations on government spending and corruption amid looming election-year battles on taxes, farm aid, social security, and infrastructure.
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Washington
Ith
Congress
Sam Ray
House
Richard M
Senate
Guatemala Plot Nipped by New Year Arrests
Guatemala 4?-President Carlos Castillo Armas says his government broke up a New Year's Eve plot led by lesser members of the pro-Communist regime of ousted President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman.
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Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Violence erupts at Columbus Westinghouse plant strike
In pre dawn violence at the Columbus Westinghouse Electric plant, one man died possibly of a heart attack after a beating. At least seven injured and eighty six arrested including 74 men and 12 women as police were pelted and cars overturned during a mass demonstration.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lucky Survivors Of Plane Mishap Tell Their Tale
Two airmen recount surviving a blizzard crash in rugged mountains after takeoff from Rock Springs Wyoming bound for Travis Air Force Base. A2C Kenneth Kiefer of Fort Collins and AC Delbert Fluty of Evanston built a snow shelter, tasted hardtack, lit a signal fire, and were guided to a rancher by dog barking before reaching assistance.
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Kemmerer
Wro
Wremisg
Kenneth Kiefer
Fort Collins
Colo
AC Delbert Fluty
Evanston
Ind
Riefer
Fluty
Niefer
Aeronca
Rock Springs
Weyo
Travis Air Force Base
California
Kiefer
al Kiefer
Oshkosh Man Killed Crossing Washington Boulevard
Frank Lord of 139 Deane Street Oshkosh died after being struck by a car driven by Robert Dorschner 31 of 130 Winnebago Street as he crossed Washington Boulevard about 43 feet east of Broad Street at 3 18 Saturday evening. Lord died of internal injuries at Mercy Hospital. County coroner Dr G A Steele said the death is Oshkosh third traffic fatality of 1953.
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Jay
Frerk Deniel Lord
Deane St
Mercy Hospital
Lear
Washington Boulevard
Levening
G. A. Steele
Winnebago
Lord
Robert
Dorscheer
Broad Street
Darsc Jners
Franklin Mi
Oshkosh
Dorschner
Holiday Toll in Canada During 75-Hour Christmas Weekend
A Canadian Press survey reports 59 violent deaths in Canada over the 75hour period from Friday 5 p.m. to Monday midnight. Last year 35 fatalities occurred in the same holiday span, including nine in highway and street accidents and fires. The 1955 three day Christmas weekend ended with 65 violent deaths.
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Canada
Toronto
Gxt
Holiday traffic toll falls short of NSC forecast
An nationwide safety drive credited with saving about 70 lives during New Year weekend as traffic deaths set a three day record yet remained well below earlier NSC projections. California, Texas, and New York led state counts with multiple fatalities amid wintry midlands conditions and a high-speed crash near Castaic California.
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Sfordar
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
Chicago
Cook County
Safety Council
California
Texas
New York State
New
Ilinois
Michigan
Accidents In Wisconsin Take 13 Lives
The Wisconsin New Year weekend toll reached 13 with one fire fatality and a pedestrian run over. Among the dead were Frances Livingstone Rock and her husband Gerald at a filling station explosion. Ernest Grosgleaser Loren Steigner both 17 died in a car mishap. Gov. Walter orders crackdown on driving violations over the holiday.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Jeffic
Walter
Frances Livingstone
Rock
Gerald
Ernest Grosgleaser
Loren Steigner
Fem Warren
Gas Station Blast Kills Owner's Wife in Wisconsin
A gas station in German town Washington County near West Bend exploded Saturday night. The owner’s wife burned while trying to save the mill and supplies. bricks flew 50 feet and a portable grain mill, a dump truck and tires were destroyed. The blast was heard for miles and caused about 25000 dollars in losses.
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George Brugger
Wington County
Gerald Livingston
Oper
Ision
Earthquake Strikes Los Angeles Region Near Pasadena
A quake hit the Los Angeles region near Pasadena, occurring around the Rose Bowl game time. The tremor affected an area about 50 miles east to the Schreper area, knocking out power and shattering some houses in parts of the county. No definitive casualty figures are available in the readable text.
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Los Angeles
Eos Angeles Grea
Pasadena
Duce County
Rescue 26 From Wreckage of Ship MISTERDAM UP
A radio report says 26 survivors were rescued from a tanker wreck in the Caribbean. The vessel Pedro Avilla broke up and sank. crew losses are not confirmed. Koratia will deliver survivors to Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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Roratia
Caribbean
Pedro Avilla
Lloyds Registry
Maracaibo
Venezuela
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United Press
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Eisenhower
United States
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