Plans Outlined For South Main Street Rebuild
L W Empey district highway official outlined a project to rebuild South Main Street from 16th to Main, with work starting spring. The contract target is May 15, costing about 23000 dollars, funded 110000 federal, 77000 state, and 5200 city.
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South Main Street
L. W. Empey
Green Bay
State Highway Commission
16Th Street
Main Street
South Side Businessmen‘s Club
Security Bank
Empey
South Side Businessmen’s Club
L. W
State of Wisconsin
City of
Oshkosh
Three Killed In Air Crash Near Border
International Falls Minnesota report on a Piper Super Cruiser crash near Hale Canada that killed three people. Pilot RJ Fox and fisherman Bert Langford were identified with a third victim believed to be Mae Dutcher, all connected to Fox. Francis Einarson of the International Falls Airport located the wreckage after a search.
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International Falls
Minn
Hale
Canada
RJ Fox
Excelsior
Bert Langford
Fox
Mae Dutcher
Francis Einarson
Kettle Falls
Langford
Herb Williams
Einarson
North Wisconsin Braces as 20 Below Records Hit State
Cold spell grips the region with lows around minus 20 in Superior and Park Falls and subzero readings statewide. Wausau minus 18, La Crosse minus 15, Green Bay minus 12, Kenosha plus 18 at high, and snow with icy highways reported along the Lake Michigan coast. The State Highway Department notes scattered ice southern districts while most northern roads stay clear. A storm shuts toward Page 2 as multi inch snow falls near Kenosha.
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Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Zera
Superior
Park Falls
Wausau
la. Crosse
Green Bay
Lone Rock
Madison
Beloit
Milwaukee St
Kenosha
T. Grantsburg
G. Ealli
Claire
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Racine
State Highway Department
Kewaunee
Omro
Berlin
Mansion
Viroqua
Waukesha
Jefferson
Janesville
Plains States
Arctic Circle
Canada To Go It Alone Says Chevrier
Canada will build an all Canadian St Lawrence seaway if U S participation fails. Lionel Chevrier, speaking for Canada, said construction could start next summer pending court decisions in the United States. He added Canada would consider any firm U S proposal that does not disrupt current plans or unduly delay completion. He noted U S Congress has a favorable bill before the Senate but uncertain prospects in the House.
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Quebec
Lionel Chevrier
Canada
Iif
U.S
Canadian Electrical Association
Chevrier
United States
Congress
House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
House
Dulles urges Russia to back words with deeds for German unity
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles challenged Moscow to prove peace by allowing free elections in divided Germany. He arrived in West Berlin for the Big Four talk, saying the world would gain hope if the conference advances German reunification through electoral freedom.
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Berlin
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Germany
Dulles
West Berlin
Yempelhof
Navy Bomber Crashes Near Barber's Point. 8 Feared Dead
A Navy Neptune patrol bomber carrying eight men struck a mountainside near Schofield Barracks while on approach to Barber's Point Naval Air Station. Flames and debris covered a wide area as a Marine helicopter crashed during search but left all aboard unharmed. The wreckage location was 2 3 miles from a pineapple plantation camp with flames visible two hours later. crew size uncertain though Neptune is a 10 man aircraft.
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Honolulu
T.H
Neptune
Barber's Point
Schofield Barracks
Therescue
Marine ‘Copters
Kwajalein
Barber's Point Naval Air Station
Navy
Wahiawa
Hawaii
Flood Damage Hits Austria After Danube Rises Rapidly
Floods across Austria caused by a rapid Danube rise of six feet in 24 hours threaten village access. The thaw after last week’s avalanches killed 123 people, with high waters reported in Tyrol Salzburg and other western provinces.
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Vienna
Austria
Danube
Tyrol
Salzburg
18 Year Voting Age Approved by Senate Subcommittee
Washington reports that a Senate Judiciary subcommittee approved a proposed constitutional amendment to lower the voting age from 21 to 18. Only three Republican members were present. Democratic Kilgore and Kefauver may vote later. Supporters cite equal rights for those old enough to fight. Georgia remains the only state with a 21+ voting age.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Langer
Kefauver
Kilgore
Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Summary from AP
Partly cloudy and cold in Wisconsin with light snow in the north and mixed cloudiness in Minnesota. Low temperatures reach 5 to 15 below zero in WI and 15 below to 20 below in MN north, with highs 0 to 20 above in northern zones. Winds shift from east-northeast to east-southeast. Northwest observations note a Randall gauge reading and a temperature record from Buckstaff Observatory.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Minnesota
Northwestern
Fox River
Menasha
Rain Ends Heat Wave in Buenos Aires Record
Buenos Aires reports a break in a searing heat spell with Thursday’s temperature at 70 degrees after a peak of 94 degrees the previous day. Rain cooled the region ending the worst heat wave of the South American summer.
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Buenos Aires
Solons Seek Three Billion Dollar Budget Cut
Washington Republicans urged rapid cuts to President Eisenhower's spending requests. Rep. John Taber said slashing three billion could erase the projected 2.93 billion dollar deficit, while Senate GOP Leader Knowland期待 additional reductions as Congress prepares to map appropriation bills.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
GOP
John Taber
R-N.y
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
William F. Knowland
Plan Quiz Of U.S. Airmen Who Talked
The Air Force will begin formal inquiries in about a week into captured pilots who confessed to germ warfare under Communist pressure in Korea. Boards of inquiry may lead to courts martial for some, as military law standards for prisoners are weighed against wartime hardships.
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Washington
Air Force
Korea
Marine Corps
Army
Richmond Man Identified as Krambo Robber in St Paul Case
Murl Russell Jarvis, 30, of Richmond Indiana, identified in St Paul Minnesota as the bandit behind the Krambo Food Store robbery on Jackson Drive last September. He allegedly escaped with 20000 in checks and 4000 in cash after kidnapping the Helstroms. FBI arrested him December 21 at his Richmond home.
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Richmond
Ind
St. Paul
Minn
FBI
Krambo
Jackson Drive
Murl Russell Jarvis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Victor Helstrom
E. Irving Sr
Arlene
Helstrom
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Knapp Street
Jarvis
Alice Baier
Merritt St
Helstroms
Baier
Richard P. Hansen
Oshkosh Police Department
Paul Neubauer
Winnebago County
Cannon Falls
William A. Golz
Hansen
Lt. Hansen
Hellstroms
Mrs. Baier
Indiana State Penitentiary
Paul King
James McKewan
James McKeehn
National Tea
Hastings
Prisoners Abandoned by Indian Troops in Neutral Zone
In Panmunjom at midnight Indian troops opened the gates and left 21 American pro Communist prisoners to roam free in the neutral zone. The United Nations Command declared 21,000 anti Communist prisoners civilians, while Communist officers refused custody of the Americans and a British man. The men, led by Sgt Richard Corden, said they would not leave unless rations ran out and expected fate to be decided from Kaesong's Red forces.
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Panmunjom
United Nations Command
Bank
Hansen
Jarvis
Jhas
Richard Corden
Red
Kaesong
McCarthy backs Ike for 1956 while ruling out own bid
Wisconsin Senator Joseph R. McCarthy said he would support President Eisenhower for re election in 1956 and had no plans to run himself. He praised the Eisenhower administration as doing a tremendous job while criticizing Truman era policy and urging stronger actions against Red China and POWs.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
Eisenhower
White House
Ike
McCarthy
Eisenhow-er
Carthy
Wisconsin Republican
Cicero. As
Truman
United States
Red China
China
U.S
Pakistan Rail Crash Kills 60 Near Karachi
Pakistan railway authorities report 60 killed and 50 injured when the Pakistan Express collided with an oil tank car train 75 miles north of Karachi on Thursday. Authorities released the casualty figures and described the wreck as a major rail disaster.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Madison Fire Sees One Severely Burned In Tenement Blaze
A two story tenement housing 23 persons burned in Madison on Thursday. Firemen fought the blaze over five hours in near zero temperatures, hampered by dense smoke. Owner Henry A. Gerke suffered severe burns while trying to put out the fire. His son Robert, wife and one year old Roberta were rescued. none of them other than Mrs Gerke were injured. Heating plant explosion blamed for the blaze. William Gerke, 28, warned occupants as the building filled with smoke. Firefighters searched all rooms before retreating from the heavy smoke, finding no one else in the structure.
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Madison
Near West Side
Henry A. Gerke
Gerke
Robert
Roberta
William Lynaugh
William
De Gasperi defends Italy against press on Red threat
Rome former premier Alcide De Gasperi scolded the American and British press for exaggerating the Red threat in Italy. He predicted the European Defense Community Treaty would be ratified by the Italian Parliament, which he said has an unsuspected majority in favor.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Van Pelt Named To House Banking Group
Rep Van Pelt of Wisconsin named to the House Banking and Currency Committee by Speaker Martin He is in his second term and also serves on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee He resigned Thursday from the Administration Committee
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Washington
Martin Ur-Mass
Rep
van Pelt
R-Wis
House
Banking and Currency
House Merchant Marine and Fish‘eries
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Lester Gudden
Oshkosh Outboard Club
Carl Emmet
Highway Commission
Donald Ward
South Side Ice Yacht Club
Ward
Gudden
14Th Street
S. Main
R. W. Havemann
South Main
C. Voss
Border
Georgia
Buckstaff Observatory
Solons
Seoul
Mar
Russell Jarvis
Mamie
Groton
Conn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
International Sound
de Gasperi
U. S
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