Farm Home Burns in Winchester Loss Tops Twenty Five Thousand
A Winchester farm home on the Vernon Mathison property two miles southwest of town burned Friday afternoon in wind gusts. Neighbors alerted rural and Winneconne fire departments as flames drove through the 33 year old structure, destroying furnishings and heirlooms while the barn and other buildings were spared. The Mathisons and their four children evacuated to a trailer. firemen and neighbors battled the blaze into the night, with the cause still unknown and the loss partly covered by insurance.
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Vernon Mathison
Mathison
Rt. 1
Larsen
Winchester
Here
Com
Neenah
Claxton - Winchester
Winneconne Fire Department
John Reese
Magsaysay Elevates Secretary to Cabinet Rank
President Ramon Magsaysay on Friday elevated the presidential press secretary to cabinet rank. J. Cruz, the current press secretary, thus became the 16th member of the cabinet. The move followed a petition by the National Press Club of the Philippines.
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Magsaysay
Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
J. Cruz
National Press Club of the Philippines
Surplus Food Share Planned for Louisiana Needy
The government plans to distribute 1% train carloads of surplus food to about 76,000 rural Louisianans, with total recipients potentially reaching 100,000 by the first distribution week starting Jan. 23. Dried milk, flour and cheese will ship from Dallas, with rice storage in Crowley and Lake Charles to be used.
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Louisiana
Crical
Red River
Grant
Meichiteches
Calcasieu
St. Lendéry
Robert Henson
Welfare Department
Com
Edward P. Dameron
SEATO Military Heads Gather for Australia Meeting
U S and SEATO military leaders from eight nations will meet in Melbourne January 16 to 21 to craft new defense plans for the Asia Pacific area. The Australian talks precede the SEATO foreign ministers conference in Karachi in March and will feed recommendations to Dulles and Manila Pact ministers.
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United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Australia
Melbourne
SEATO
Karachi
Pakistan
Secretar Dulles
Thailand
Philippines
New Zealand
Britain
France
Delles
Eastland to Seek Citations for Contempt of Congress
Senator Eastland says he will move to cite newspaper employees for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions under the threat of invoking the Fifth Amendment. He noted no new Times employees are known to be called before the Internal Security subcommittee as it wraps up hearings on communism in the press.
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Washington
Red
Eastland
Three in Net Pueblo
Three individuals faced probation investigations after pleading guilty to separate theft charges. The court records indicate ongoing scrutiny of their alleged offenses and potential related implications for their futures.
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Pueblo
Cox Jai
Smerni
Sam Ang
Ali
Eden Under Fire From Own Party Over Leadership
Conservative elements within the party pressure Prime Minister Anthony Eden as he prepares for Washington talks with President Eisenhower and ahead of Rome elections. The intra party sniping dates back to before his premiership, citing failures in foreign policy including the Suez crisis, Jordan alignment, and domestic tax measures. The A. Eden gag rule and budget debates fuel discontent as the government faces pressure on leadership and policy.
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Conserire
Anthony Eden
Diplomet
Winston
Churchill
Conservaiive Party
Eden
Eisenhow
Washington
Rome
Pariy
Russia
Servention
More Salk Polio Vaccine Released Across U.S. States
The Public Health Service released 1,017,531 shots of Salk polio vaccine to states and territories for public agencies and commercial outlets. It also reallocated 40,599 unused doses from Louisiana, bringing total releases since April to 30,979,362 as the program entered its 11th allocation.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Louisiana
Red Formosa Attack Unwise Says Quarles
Sam Rayburn, 74, speaker of the House, is honored in Washington as a birthday cake is presented. A Texas Democrat and longtime congressman since March 4, 1973, attends a celebration with rustic decor amid commemorations.
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Formosa
Quarles
Sam Rayburn
House of Representatives
Washington
Texas Democrat
Rongers
House
Texas
Loyalty Board Clears William Taylor of Controversy
William Taylor 48, a sector head in the International Monetary Fund's Middle East department, was cleared by the Loyalty Board after new evidence. Board chairman Henry S. Waldman said links to others should not have been made. Taylor, who has American citizenship since 1950, has denied any Communist involvement despite past scrutiny. Page 5.
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Mikey Henry Taylor
Eptes Auy
Gen. Brownell
Elizabeta Beriley
Byron N. Scott
International Monetary Fund
Henry S. Waldman
Taylor
The
Monetary Fund
Middle East
T. Paul Fairbank
Unil
Truman
Treasury Departments
Harry Dex Texter White
the Treasury
Brownell
White
House Committee On
Camelingtel i
Esrer
Arist Courie
Tavior
Senate
FBI
Ing
Treasury Department
Communist Party
U S Not Boosting Jet Bomber Fleet
United States will keep about B52 jets for some time amid Russia's stated jet bomber advances. Officials say current and planned orders will replace older bombers, with Strategic Air Command's intercontinental force at 11 B36 wings. Boeing plants in Seattle and Wichita build the B52, a 600 mph bomber with a 6000 mile range and in-flight refueling capability.
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Russia
Offici
Congress
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Intercontinental
Seattle Wash
Wichita, Kan
Boeing
Dreamland Ballroom Fire Levels Sheboygan Hall
A pre-dawn blaze at the Dreamland Ballroom in Sheboygan Town destroyed the two story frame building, leaving only a chimney. Estimated damage ranges up to 35 thousand dollars. Owners Henry and wife escaped in nightclothes as 40 to 50 volunteers fought the fire. No injuries reported.
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Sheboygan
Henry Hoeselhoefer
Hoeselhoefer
Jap Industrialist Dies Ren Jesen Ca F atiaex
Jap industrialist dies at age 40 in unclear circumstances as a fragmentary obituary appears with garbled phrases and incomplete name details. Readers see scattered references to death and age but lack verifiable specifics or location.
Air Power Buoys Formosa Stand Against Reds
U S Air Force Secretary Donald Quarles warned it would be unwise for the Communist air buildup to attack Formosa. He said the free world air power is strong enough to deter aggression and that the United States will not match Communist airpower in Asia. Nationalist Chinese officials reiterated firm opposition to peace talks with the Communists as rumors of negotiations circulated in London and Macau.
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Formosa
U. S
Donald A. Quarles
Quarles
United States
Asia
Lhat
Far East
London
Macau
Artier
Army Travel Ban Bans Travel for Secrets Custodians
Washington reports officers and enlisted men with knowledge of secret intelligence are ordered not to travel to Soviet bloc regions and sensitive areas to avoid Communist brainwashing. The rule targets those handling current values about intelligence and activities and covers Russia Finland and other far eastern zones with limited urban exemptions. No specific incident prompted the directive, which a small number of officials described as precautionary.
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Washington
Russia
Soviet Bloc
Finland
Wandsmar
Matsa
Cambon.a
Dassies
Labor Mobs Move in Santiago Under State of Siege
In Santiago, President Carlos Ibanez activated about 25,000 troops to quell anti government labor pressure amid a nationwide inflation program. Labor mobs backed strikes and pay demands with no reported violence as authorities banished at least 25 union leaders to Pisagua for alleged democracy defense law violations.
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Santiago
Caiie
Joe Gey
ICUT
Carlos Ibanez
Ibanez
Pisagua
Siberia
Chile
Thanez
Ich
Conomic Consultants
Girl Dies as Car Goes Off Highway in Wisconsin
Florence Everson, 12, of Boscobel, Wis, was killed when the car she rode in went off a 10-foot embankment on Grant County Highway M east of Boscobel. Her mother, Elmer Everson, a 2 schoolteacher, was in the car and apparently fell asleep at the wheel. The accident occurred near Grant County Highway M east of here.
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Boscobel. Wis
Florence Everson
Boscobel
Grant iCounty Highway
Here
Elmer Everson
Accu
Ratify Extension of Brazil State of Siege
Brazil deputies voted Friday to extend the state of siege, authorizing continued special powers as security concerns and political tensions persist in Rio de Janeiro region amid rising unrest and government action.
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Brazil
RIG DE Fineiro
UPI
Crazed worker guns bride in siege near Nidrie Ontario
Ontario police say Mike Timoshenko fired over 100 rounds at officers during a siege at Nidrie, 75 miles from Kenora. He held his bride of nine months in a shack as cold, heavy snow hampered the search, and the couple were later found walking along the mainline tracks with no resistance.
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Ashy
Tsissection
Nid' Drie
Kenora
Timoshenko
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