Mayor to Name Head of Streets
Mayor Ernest R. Siewert told the Common Council at City Hall that his appointment of a street superintendent will be announced at the July 18 session. The move follows calls for a committee probe into the dismissal of a bridge foreman, Matt Paulick, who says the action was unjust and seeks a hearing before the public works committee.
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Ernest R. Siewert
Common Council
City Hall
Aldermer
Lio Bayues
Matt Paulick
General Drivers Local 126
Public Works Committee
Siewert
George Oaks
Paulick
Ald
Fred Lentz
Hubbard
Sax Hubbard
Oaks
Carl Mailahn
Herbert Wenztai
Trom
Mailabu
Clarence Luedtke
Jana
Viet Nam Forces Kill 247 and Capture 160 Rebels
In Indochina the Viet Nam army reports killing 247 Hoa Hao rebels and capturing 160 others in battles across the Seven Mountains area. The high command said additional rebels deserted to government troops and a considerable number were wounded and treated in military hospitals. No government losses or dates were disclosed.
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Saigon
Indochina
Seven Mountains
Army High Command
High Command
Train Crash Kills Mother and Five Children in Wisconsin
Five survivors from the Beloit area were hospitalized after a Milwaukee Road train struck an auto at a county crossing near Allens Grove Wisconsin. The deceased include Harriet Smith and her five children Jacqueline Debbie Skippy Larry Keith. Surviving relatives include Beatrice Smith and Betty Low Leland Susie Cheryl. The husband B Eddie Smith witnessed the crash and later reported to the Walworth county jail. The train was reportedly moving at mph. the auto was left in three pieces after the impact.
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Allens
Grove
Wis
Harriet Smith
Beloit
Jacqueline
Debbie
Skippy
Larry
Keith
Beatrice Smith
Miss Smith
Lakeland Hospital
Elsborn
Betty Low
Leland
Susie
Cheryl
Eddie Smith
Smith
Walworth County
George Sawyer
Jack Cusack
Pat Welch
Aliens Grove
Milwaukee Road
Eastern Half of Nation Swelters in Heat Wave
The eastern half of the nation endures a seventh straight day of 100 degree heat. A mass of hot, muggy air from the Dakotas to Maine keeps temperatures above 100 in New York and Pennsylvania, with no relief in sight for days. Heat prostration deaths are reported in Michigan and New York City, while various cities report extreme highs and scattered cooling fronts.
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United Fress
Caalea
Dakotas
Maine
New York Area
Pennsylvania
Michigan
New York City
Manhattan
Sheree North
Chicago
Ford Assembly
New York
Detroit
Appleton
Wis
Sounty
Hezibelt
Jersey City
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Harrisburg
Hempstead
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Wiscossim
North Dakota
Arizona
Midwest
Fraser
Cole
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Nev
Wisconsin
Superior
la Crosse
Madison
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Beloit
Eastern
Upper Michigan
Escanaba
Mrs Williams Named Head Of School Board In election
Mrs Virginia Williams, veteran board member, was elected president at the organizational meeting. She begins a fourth term and has served as vice president two terms. The vote was 4 to 3, with Radford later moving for a unanimous ballot. Also elected unanimously were William J. Colburn as secretary and Miss Elaine Pockrandi as stenographer.
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Virginia Williams
Board of Education
Brrs. Williams
Tme
Dani Hildebrand
Harry I. Miller
Willams
Milton Seefeld
Charles Radford
Williams
Radford
Seefeld
Clarence Dallman
Veryl Reed
June Coulahan
Bertha Steiger
Martha Netherland
Edna Enroe
Gladys Ames
Carol Jean Flanagan
Phiilis Campbell
Ruth Burghardt
Betty Lawson
Snowstorm Brings Heavy Widespread Cloak Over Santiago
LET'S GO SOUTH SANTIAGO, Chile The heaviest snowfall in 20 years hit this city Tuesday during a cold snap that has much of South America shivering. The mercury dropped to 33 here Tuesday. In the Andean region, snows blocked many roads temporarily. Three people are reported dead in Chile as a result of the winter.
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Santiago
Chile
South America
Andean
West Warned About Melting At Big 4 Talks
British Foreign Secretary Harold MacMillan warned the West against premature relaxation as Western strategy for the Geneva talks with the Soviet Union was outlined at the Council of Europe consultative assembly in Strasbourg. He urged maintaining broad alliance purposes despite a warming climate. The speech opened debate on Western strategy ahead of the Geneva talks beginning July 18.
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MacMillan
Council of Europe
Geneva
Soviet Union
Nehru and Tito Resume Talks in Belgrade
Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru resumes talks with President Tito in Belgrade after a day at Brioni. A joint Indian Yugoslav communique was expected to follow the discussions.
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Nehru
Tito
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Jawaharlal Nehru
Marshal's Island
Brioni
Rioting convicts hold nine prison workers in Washington
Washington State Prison officials prepared an answer to demands from rioting convicts who held nine employees as hostages. The riot began when inmates overpowered guards during intake interviews and spread across wings. Hostages included a parole officer and seven prison staff. one guard later released amid threats of violence. The rioters demanded changes in the Parole Planning Department and claimed isolation in the hole as core grievances. They had food for a week and access to multiple prison areas. officials sought a peaceful settlement without bloodshed.
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William Connell
B.W. Fain
al Rembolt
Theodore Bezzerides
W. S.storey
Jess Bentley
Bert Kenkins
Harold Benniss
Thomas Harris
Charles Simon
Harris
Eisenhower reassures on Geneva talks and Dixon-Yates
President Eisenhower told reporters that the United States will negotiate with the Russians in good faith at the Big Four Geneva meeting and that no American official claims the Soviets face weakness. He voiced hopeful yet cautious expectations for disarmament and noted Memphis will build an electric plant, potentially obviating the Dixon-Yates project. He defended Adolph Wenzel’s role and avoided commenting on a second term while a reporter cited his recent speech.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Geneva
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Memphis
Elect
Dixon-Yates
Eole
Adolph E. Wenzeil
Dixon- Yates
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Wenzeil
New York
Budget Bureau
Wenzel
Furst Boston Corp
Enxserhower
Tass drops U S. writer from payroll in Washington
Washington report says the Soviet Tass agency removed congressional reporter Jean Montgomery after a decade covering Congress. Tass chief Georgi Bolshakov notified the congressional press galleries that Montgomery’s credentials were being returned. Paramonov confirmed his and Bolshakov’s continued accreditation.
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Washington
Jean Montgomery
W Day
Tass
Miss Montgomery
Georgi i. Bolshakov
Washington Burea
Alis Montgomery
Bolshakov
Vladimir B. Paramonov
Paramonov
Kohler Counsel Accuses Mayor of Publicity Gag
Kohler officials end a 15 month UAW CIO strike when they walk out after accusing Mayor Rudolph Picetz of a publicity stunt. The meeting in the mayor’s office included union and company reps with local law enforcement as a mob of up to 1,000 gathered at the Sheboygan docks where a freighter held clay for Kohler Co. The mob beat a non strik worker, overturned a car, and damaged a neighbor’s house windows in the blackout night.
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Sheboygan
Uaw-Cio
Kohler Co
Kohler
Rudolph Picetz
Sheborgan
Bike Confined as Drunken Cyclist Gifford Robinson
Paterson New Jersey magistrate sentenced 32 year old cyclist Gifford Robinson after a Tuesday drunken driving arrest. Robinson received a suspended sentence and was ordered to leave his bicycle at headquarters.
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Paterson
Gifford Robinson
John A. Masiello
Robinson
National Talks Broken Off In Copper Strike
In Denver an estimated 30,000 workers strike against three major copper producers as national negotiations break off for now Local talks focus on grievances and vacation qualifications Most strikers belong to the International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union Ind Spokesmen say the next move will come from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Kennecott Phelps Dodge and American Smelting and Refining Co have returned to locals Only major producer still at work and negotiating is Anaconda Co with a contract not expired Sixteen smaller companies remain in operation
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Denver
International Mine
Mill & Smelter Workers Union
Ind
Union 5
Federal Mediations and Conciliation Service
Kennecott
Phelps-Dodge
American Smelting & Refining Co
Anaconda Co
Twin Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Butte Ides Morts Bridge
A twin ribbon cutting Saturday marks the dedication of the new Butte Ides Morts bridge on US Highway 41. Gov. Walter Kohler will head a river flotilla and dedicate the bridge with ceremonies at the site after a 12 30 caravan from Winnebago County Courthouse.
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Butte: Ides Morts
Chamber of Commerce Better iFoads
Winnebago County
Fox River Valley
Wisconsin Avenue
Walter J. Kohler
John Hewitt
United States
Power Squadron
Chicago
Edward Konkol
Madison
Wisconsin Good Roads Association
Oshkosh Civic Band
H. W. Arentsen
Dorothy Zipp Tich
Kohler
JosephDrexier
Harold L. Plummer
State Highway Commission
F. M. McKeough
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Leo Oberleiter
Zion Lutheran Church
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