Conflicting views mark meeting on high school plan
City Hall meeting debated site north of Murdoch Street for a 2800 student high school and remodeling Algoma Boulevard High. Cost questions dominated discussion with aldermen seeking taxpayer and parent impacts, utilities, and the choice of Walnut Street site versus South or West Sides.
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Ernest R. Siewert
Board of Education, Common Council
Citizens Advisory Committee
Siewert
Board of Education
Murdoch Street
Algoma Boulevard High School
Walnut Street
Edmund Plier
Wesley Schneider
George Oaks
Defense Chiefs to Face Senate Missile Probe Next Week
Chairman Richard B. Russell announced the Senate Armed Services Committee will secretly quiz Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson and other top officials next week on ICBM lead concerns. He cited a worry that the United States may be behind Russia in developing the intercontinental missile.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Georgia Democrat
United States
Russia
Russell
Charles E. Wilson
House Armed Services Committee
Ooo Bse
U S H Bomb Tests Planned for 1956 in Pacific
Washington reports President Eisenhower will announce new H-bomb tests in the Pacific this year. The spring tests at Eniwetok Bikini will use weapon yields estimated between 20 and 50 million tons of TNT. Joint Task Force Seven leads preparations as Strauss is said to have received final approval before Christmas.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Eisenhower
Free World
Eniwetok - Bikini
Marshall Islands
wear_ aihority
U.S
India
Joint Task Force Seven
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Gettysburg
Copy Editor Refuses to Tell If He Is Communist
New York Times copy editor Robert Shelton refused to answer Senate Internal Security subcommittee questions about his political beliefs invoking the First Amendment. Subcommittee chair James Eastland ordered him to testify under contempt of Congress threat, but Shelton stood by his stance that no newspaper is immune. He criticized the inquiry as a threat to press freedom and warned of fear in newsrooms nationwide.
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Washington
Llp
New York Times
Robert Shelton
Senate
Shelton
J.C. Sourwine
Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee
James ©. Eastland
D-Miss
Sheltom
Thomas C
Porter Clayton Knowles
Oklahoma City Woman Charged After School Fine Incident
An Oklahoma City woman faced charges after an incident connected to a school fine. Details remain limited but authorities reported the event at a local school site. The case involves city law enforcement and judicial proceedings.
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Oklahoma City
Jamés Ak
Wisconsin Panel Buys Mergers of Milwaukee Colleges
The Wisconsin Coordinating Committee on Higher Education unanimously approved two resolutions to merge Milwaukee Extension Division and Milwaukee State College into a University of Wisconsin unit by September. The move aims to align UW and state colleges’ operations with a March 1 planning deadline and a future consolidated budget. Governor Kohler called the meeting a milestone for statewide higher education coordination.
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University
University of' ‘Wisconsin
Barney Superior
Orher
Barstow
Universil
I. Tt
Milwaukee
Madison
Swhe
Charles Gelatt la Crosse
Pres Dent
Com
Walter Kohler
Wisconsin
Ogan Cleared in Mysterious Death of Wife
Madison Wisconsin Sheboygan County District Attorney David W said Thursday that Wyman Ogan was completely cleared of any connection with his wife Wyeman’s mysterious death. A detector test was used. The burned car was found on a lonely road near Adel. A gasoline can was found in the frost seat of the car. The investigation remains open with several theories under review.
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Madison
Shebtor County
David W
Wyman Ogan
Weber
Adel
Wis
Sherorgan County
Ogen
Wymaz Jr
Ifys
Ogan
Ogan. Sr
Sher Theodore Moseh
Artery Transplant Saves Milwaukee Man After Industrial Injury
In Milwaukee, a borrowed artery from the city’s blood vessel bank saved 37 year old Robert Gut Brown after an industrial accident at the International Harvester plant ruined his leg. Doctors say the graft is a temporary scaffold as new tissue grows and will eventually integrate with Brown’s system. The Milwaukee Blood Center began the vessel bank two years ago to supply healthy arteries from donors after death.
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Milwaukee
Robert Gut Brown
Brown
International Harvester
Milwaukee Blood Center
Storms Hit Pacific Northwest and Midwest Weather Shifts
United Press reports new Pacific storms bring heavy rains mud slides and hurricane force winds. A mud slide demolished a Seattle area home burying a 10 year old girl but she survived by crawling under bedclothes. Skies clear elsewhere yet cold fronts move into Wisconsin and Minnesota with record warmth in the Midwest followed by a return to winter-like highs and lows across multiple states.
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United Press
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Wasi
Nofornia
Montana
North Dakota
Mercury
Midwest
Nightlor
Scouver Island
Seawal
Tnish Columbie
Port Tren
Colorado
Texas Panhandie
Mt . Wisconsin
Canada
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Grantsburg
Wausau
Superior
eLark Falls
la Crosse
Natural Gas Bill Clears Senate Policy Panel
A controversial natural gas bill advanced by the House won Senate Democratic policy committee approval after a closed session. Sen Johnson of Texas led the panel, with opposition from some Democrats and Republicans worried it would raise consumer prices. Continuous debate focused on producer exemptions and public interest.
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Ashington
House
Senate Democratic
Senate
Sen
Johnson
Texas
Pric
Wier + jgls
State of
Wisconsin
Ctty
Milwaukee
State Motor Report Notes Good Wisconsin Roads But Slippery Spots
The State Motor report told Gay that Wisconsin highways were generally in good condition though slippery in places. Areas cited include Manitowoc Sheboygan Appleton Shawano and Rhine lander with caution urged on curves and shade.
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Gay
Wisconsin
Manitowoc
Sheboygan
Appleton
Shawano
Rhinelander
Cedarburg Man Killed In Car Crash Northwest Of Cedarburg
Arnold A Tiewesthal aged 43 of Cedarburg died Thursday night when his car skidded on Wisconsin 143 northwest of Cedarburg and crashed into a tree, authorities said.
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Cedarburg
Wis
Arnold A Tiewesthal
Congress Lines Up Behind Eisenhower on Tax Plans
Washington UP reports Congress will back President Eisenhower to keep federal spies and corporate taxes at current levels for another year. Lawmakers anticipate extending business taxes, saving three billion dollars, with excise taxes and a 52 percent corporate income tax to remain unchanged after April 1. The piece also notes debate over income tax reductions and a large five year federal school construction program.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Treasury
Fisenhower
State of the Union
United States Seeks Damages From Soviet Union for Downed Navy Plane
The U S government demanded 725060 for a destroyed Navy plane after a June 22 incident over the Bering Sea near Alaska and Siberia. Seven of eleven crew injured, no fatalities, Molotov offered half damages but denied Soviet fault, U S rejected claim of Soviet waters.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Bering Sea
Alaska
Siberia
Navy
Fal Molotov
San Francisco
U.S
Moscow
Molotov
Thief steals money from Brown in Bloomington
Police report a burglary in Bloomington where a thief removed 569 dollars from Brown's home. The bagged money was stored in a plastic bag inside a sock and found later by the burglar’s refrigerator proximity was noted. Local investigators seek tips on the suspect and exact timing.
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Bloomington
Brown
Tito and Nasser Firm on Avoiding Military Pacts
Cairo reports Berat and Yugoslavia reaffirmed their resolve to stay away from any military pacts. The official udique from the weeklong talks emphasized nonalignment and warned against entanglements with other states.
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Tito
Nasser
Cairo
Egypt
Berat
Yugoslavia
Smog Shuts London Streets Grounds Flights
Southeast England endures thick fog with dangerous smoke levels. London authorities urge residents to limit fires as police issue gas masks to patrols and hospitals report a rise in respiratory cases. Fatalities tied to reduced visibility follow crashes and delays.
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London
City of London
P. J. Lawther
William Bell, Jr
Deddington
Surrey
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