Contracts Set For Two Schools In Oshkosh
Oshkosh board of education awarded general contracts for Washington and Franklin Elementary Schools with total costs near the bond amount of 890000. Change orders and deductive proposals reduce costs. bids include electrical heating and plumbing with several subcontracts. The two projects total about 923600 and involve transfer of remaining school building funds.
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Board of Education
Washington and
Franklin
City Hall
Washington and Franklin
Washington
Board of Education Action
Ben B Ganther Company
Frankin
G .R. Meyer & Sons Company
Washington School
Franklin School
D-K Electric, Inc
Paterson Heating Company
E. C. Mervill, Inc
John E. Meier Company
Plumbing
SMO
Hansen Electric Company, Inc
Washington Elementary
School Board 1
General City Action Z
Queen snubs duke over juke box at ancestral palace
London reports say Queen Elizabeth II declined an invitation to a Woburn Abbey party for Lorna Lyle as Duke of Bedford promotes paying tourists with a juke box a soda fountain a zoo and a boating pool on his centuries old estate inviting jazz bands and even nudist guests in a bid to boost visitor numbers.
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London
Elizabeth I
Today
Simon Ward
Daily Sketch
Woburn Abbey
Duke of Bedford
Lorna Lyle
Duchess of Bedford
Duke of Edinburgh
Margaret
Duchess of Kent
Duke of Kent
Alexandra
Ward
the Duke
Diablo Test Postponed In Las Vegas For Technical Reasons
The Atomic Energy Commission postponed its long delayed Diablo test shot in Las Vegas for at least 24 hours due to technical reasons.
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Las Vegas
Nev
API
Atomic Energy Commission
Tornado Strikes Bernard Vogel Farm Near Whitelaw Wisconsin
A Wisconsin tornado ripped through Manitowoc County near Whitelaw injuring a worker and damaging the Vogel farm. The funnel uprooted nine trees, broke windows, and ripped roof sections while the storm also pushed high winds and a line squall across the region.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Bernard Vogel
Whitelaw
Manitowoc County
Vogel
Andrew Ebert
Khrushchev Calls Co existence a Marriage of Convenience
Khrushchev urged Western diplomats in Prague to accept coexistence as a marriage of convenience between capitalist and Communist worlds. He said there is no other way, urged friendly ties with capitalist nations, and claimed parity with the United States.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
France
Britain
Reina del Pacifico Freed From Reef Near Hamilton Bermuda
The British cruiser Reina del Pacifico was freed from Devil's Flat Reef after a strong tug-assisted pull amid worsening weather. Divers reported a large hull dent but no holes as the liner drifted eight miles north to calmer water with 366 passengers onboard bound for England.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Devil's Flat Reef
Liverpool
Hamlton
England
Restaurateur Pernicano backs mustache insurance plan
George Pernicano, owner of a San Diego restaurant, says he is insuring his 15 inch mustache with Lloyds of London for 50 dollars amid furor over police and chief orders requiring mustache removal. He jokes the ban could spread further.
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San Diego
George Pernicano
Lloyds of London
Woman with $40 000 reaches California in La Crosse mix up
Long Beach authorities care for a woman claiming to be from La Crosse Wisconsin with nearly 540 000 in cash and securities. She gave the name Nellie Jones and wore an antique spear while saying she left for Long Beach. Police say a family dispute involving siblings in Japan led to a tragi c knife incident.
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California
la Crosse
Long Beach
Calif
Wia
Wis
Nellie
Maebashi
Japan
Jones
Annaka
Offi
Seid Kunio Koitabash
Crosse
Kiyoshi
Kunio
Kiyoshittorney
Roger Young
Archie
M. Renaick
Basmarck
N. D
Renaick
Miss Jones
Gifcers
Ings
Lear Assn
Mariel Hocue
Homie
Pear
Yous
Lake Geneva Doctor and Son Die in Tragic Double
Prominent Lake Geneva physician Dr Charles J Brady 33 and his son Jon 20 were shot to death in what authorities described as murder and self destruction after a dinner at Danish Tea Rooms. Investigators noted no motive yet and said the tragedy followed the family returning to the home where Brady’s other son Charles and the wife were nearby. Jon studied at Marquette University and officials cited the son’s four year mental illness under psychiatric care. Brady reportedly begged to die as he died en route to a hospital.
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Erwin C. Zastrow
Charles J. Brady
Jon
Zastrow
Melvin Swance
Col
Walter Hahn
Brady
Associated Press
John
Milwaukee
Sawyer
Marquette University
Charles
Alne
Lake Geneva
Victor Holburg
Kin seeks presidential appeal over Girard case
Ottawa Illinois family of GI William S Girard appeals directly to President Eisenhower to stop his transfer to Japan for trial in the fatal shooting. The 21 year old newlywed told his mother and brother he expected a fair Japanese trial and seemed calm despite the Supreme Court upholding the decision to surrender him to Japanese authorities.
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United States Supreme Court
William S$. Girard
Japan
Ottawa
Ill
William S. Girard
Eisenhower
Girard
Lous
Dorothy Girard
Supreme Court
High Court
Rooster Incident Delays Dallas Mail Carrier
A Beaumont postmaster note reports Morris A. Johnson, aged 25, temporarily sidelined after a rooster attack while delivering mail. The carrier saw the rooster during delivery but did not know it was of fighting origin or dangerous nature.
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Dallas
Beaumont
Harold Packard
Morris A. Johnson
Eisenhower approves housing bill easing FHA down payments
President Eisenhower signed a 1.99 billion housing bill authorizing FHA to cut down payments to new lows and to add mortgage funding, college housing aid, and urban renewal grants. The act doubles government lending authority while officials weigh inflation risk and budget impact. Down payment cuts range from 60 percent on a 10000 home to 25 percent on a 20000 appraisal, potentially letting non veterans and veterans buy with minimal cash.
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Federal Housing Administration
Eisenhower
FHA
Veterans Administration
Asin
Aly Seen Successor to Aga Khan
Geneva report says a sealed will envelope in a lawyer's office may reveal the Aga Khan's chosen successor and wealth. The 79 year old leader died of a heart attack at his Versoix villa and the will likely opened soon to name the heir among Aly Khan, Sadruddin, or Aly Khan's sons Karun and Amine.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Versoix
Aga Khan
Aly Khan
Sadruddin
Aly Rana
Eld Karun
Amine
Aly
Rita Hayworth
Shoot on Sight Orders Issued To Irish Police
Police on both sides of the Ireland frontier impose shoot on sight rules during Orange Day events. In Fermanagh raids arrest 20 men while De Valera sends 2000 Irish policemen to patrol the southern border. Roughly 100,000 Orangemen prepared to march as authorities deter potential protests near Londonderry and the NATO base site.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
County Fermanagh
Emaon de Valera
Republic of Ireland
The
Republic
de Valera
IRA
Sinn Fein
Prince William of Orange
James II
Londonderry
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Leonid Lyiche
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Georgi Malenkov
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