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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1956
Page
1
Flooding across northern California forces about 500 residents from Visalia area as state of emergency is declared in Tulare County. National Guard units moved to affected regions while Los Angeles endures heavy rains and highways face closures.
Westinghouse Electric Corp halted seizure proceedings against strikers International Electrical Workers Local 176 today. Company president Guilom Price was to testify in Superior Court in Freehold about the strike. the firm said settling the dispute without continuing the action was in the best interests. The IUE called the move an effort to avoid public scrutiny.
Officers at the Gikkosh Public Library board were re elected at the annual meeting held at the main library. George Hotchkiss serves as president since 1952 and has been on the board since 1955. Arthur H Grueneaard remains vice president since 196. Other named members include Natelie Huhn Carlton Pormraning Joan A Moore Ernest Schierf Mrs Carl E Steiger and Ald Herbert Pit Perry Tivler is ex officio superintendent of schools.
A misread interview note shows an interviewer changing a common dodge used with job hunters. The line "All we have left is a job milkingfaite snakes" appears as a garbled phrase while testing persistence. The exchange ends with the respondent asking about location and pay, signaling continued interest.
President Eisenhower and key advisers study a personal letter from Soviet Premier Bulganin urging a revival of the Geneva spirit of friendship. The letter calls for renewed East West talks, European security, German disarmament, and easing world tensions, with no public release yet. officials deem it a friendly step toward peace.
A break on a main natural gas line near Waterford Racine County caused Public Service Company to switch to propane supply. The leak prompted highway closures and an emergency response as crews repaired the eight foot deep line four miles north of Waterford.
Wausau and Stevens Point were ranked among top North American leaders in fire safety programs for 1955 by the National Fire Protection Association. Philadelphia led U S cities and Kentville, Nova Scotia led Canada.
In Chicago a gun-armed teen killed veteran police officer Lyons Kelleher at the Boulevard Hotel as part of a surge in juvenile gang violence. The shooting followed a night of street stabbings and clashes. another teen surrendered to police amid a police manhunt for the assailant.
President Eisenhower's special address outlines aims for medical research including mental health and cancer, private plan protections against catastrophic illness, potential private sector risk pooling with possible federal reinsurance renewal, a five year federal grant training program for nurses and public health fields, and continuation of the Salk polio vaccine program with a 39 million dollar appropriation for the coming year.
A Milwaukee man Henry Shelbrook 32 and his wife Irene 37 died when their car broke through Eagle Lake ice near Union Grove. Their bodies were recovered after more than 25 hours submerged, coroner Henry Vergademo said. Authorities fear their children were not at home when they returned from school.
More than 1,600 U S troops from the 3rd Infantry Division and their families departed Bremerhaven aboard a troopship bound for Fort Ord California. The division replacing them began arriving in Germany on the same vessel in a second swap under Operation Gyroscope.
President Coty called Socialist leader Gur Mollet to be France's next prime minister after national elections. Mollet, 51, a former English teacher, would head a left center republican front with Mendes France allies. If confirmed, Mollet may choose a cabinet including Mendes France as his foreign minister and chief lieutenant to stabilize France's chaotic politics.
President Eisenhower urged Congress to authorize a five year 250 million dollar federal program to build medical schools and research institutions and expand nationwide health funding. He called for matching funds and private cooperation to curb disease and expand medical education and research. The plan mirrors Democratic bills and aims to relieve physician shortages and accelerate cancer heart disease and mental health research.
The Senate Rules Committee restricted photographs in the Senate gym and gymnasiums in the Senate Office Building. Senator Theodore Francis Steeg of Rhode Island, a long-time patron of the swimming pool, warned that pictures taken in the gym could be a horrible example.
The driver Thelmar S. Langeser, 31, of New Lenox was cut by a facial laceration and suffered a concussion after his truck rear ended a 22 ton vehicle at the Hicksay intersection north of Oshkosh. He was taken to Merex Hospital in the Miller area with possible chest injuries. The other truck, driven by James H. Stephenson, 3, of Fond du Lac, carried a crane load and missed the impact. Robert T. Gueller, 28, of Fond du Lac, and Charles Baier, 61, of Fond du Lac also involved were not listed with injuries.
Winnipeg reports nearly 62 inches of snow this season, a new record for 73 years of bureau figures. The total surpasses the 1919 20 winter record by about a half inch, signaling an unusually heavy season.
The Air Force will retire the B52/Bs6s Superbombers and begin replacing with 352 jets. Strategic Air Command aims to begin this April with B52s moved to new roles and two thirds produced since 1949. First units receive the new jets at Loring Air Force Base Maine.
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