Oshkosh Okays 1957 Sewer Water Main Program
City Council approves a $160 766 79 contract package with Central Contracting for sewer and water mains in 1957 Oshkosh plans. Assessments totaling about $134 960 are levied on abutting properties. Ostertag Street removal preserved for future hearing. Parking site study authorized with three locations under review.
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Oshkosh
Central Contracting Corporation of
Mgr
H. S. Thorgrimsen
Oshkosh Hotel
Roe Park
Beck
Ostertag Street
Board of Public Works
Theodore Widder
Widder
Central Contracting
Nordheim
Algoma Park
Harrison Street
Gruenewald Avenue
Linwood Avenue
Linwood
Libby Street
Ashland Avenue
Smith Avenue
Jefferson Avenue
Gruenewald
Josslyn
Smith
Libby
Main Street
Viola Street
Comet Street
Geneva Street
Bacon
Geneva
Jackson
Main
Jefferson
Dakota
Sixth
Eighth
Alaska
Irh
Plymouth Avenue
Columbia Avenue
Sheridan
Columbia
Minerva
Schiller
Roosevelt
Hamilton
Fifth Street
Meadow Street
Murdock Street
Sheridan Street
Mason Street
Firm Lays Off 6305 Workers Amid Cutbacks
North American Aviation, Inc. announces layoffs of 6 305 employees due to contract cutbacks as part of a plan to release a total of 15 600 workers in coming days and weeks.
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Angeles
North American Aviation, Inc
James M Cox Dies Former Governor and Publisher
James M Cox aged 87 former Ohio governor newspaper publisher and 1920 Democratic presidential candidate died at his Dayton home Monday. He backed Franklin D Roosevelt on the ticket in 1920. his death comes as golf and journalism ties linger with caddie Scotty Reston who rose to New York Times Washington Bureau chief. Burial will be private at Woodland Cemetery followed by a memorial at Christ Episcopal Church.
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Dayton
Ohio
James M. Cox
Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
San Francisco
A Michell Palmer
William G McAdoo
Harding
Warren G. Harding
U.S
Marion
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
U.S. House of Representatives
Dayton Daily News
Darion Journal Herald
The
Springfield
Washington
James R
Scotty) Reston
Reston
New York Times
Judge Wiesenthal Faces Delay Over Unpaid Speeding Ticket
Houston judge Samuel Wiesenthal, just named to handle traffic violations, was nearly late on his first day as he tried to resolve a speeding ticket from October. He blamed four prior resets and said clerks could not locate the complaint. He did not pay the fine yesterday either.
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Houston
Tex
Samuel Wiesenthal
Wiesenthal
Senate Civil Rights Debate Faces Filibuster and Clarification
Washington reports the Senate splits over a voting rights bill as leaders push a clarifying amendment rather than compromise. Senate Republicans forecast a swift pass with a two week timetable, while plans to move the bill to the Judiciary Committee circulate after the initial vote. The measure includes a bipartisan investigations panel, a civil rights division, and federal injunction powers to protect Negro voting rights.
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Washington
Republic Os
Eisenhower
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
ID Thera Ymma
Senate
Senate Gop
Wiliam Knowland
Judiciary Committee
Knowland
White House
Everett M. Dirksen
R-T
Dirksen
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Oreson
House
Justice-D Department
Swimmer Attacked by Shark Dies Before Help Reaches Him
Atlantic Beach North Carolina reports a shark attack on Rupert Wade a World War I veteran. Lifeguard Bill Shaw spotted Wade about 600 yards offshore calling for a raft aid and two men brought him to shore. Wade died at Morehead City Hospital.
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Atlantic Beach
N.C
Wade
Jming
Bill Shaw
Tomman
Rupert Wade
Morehead
Wieguard
Coast Guard
Denly
Shaw
Morehead City
Democrats Move Quick To Push Tax Cut Plan
House Democrats move to act before the administration on tax cuts. They dismiss President Eisenhower’s request to delay cuts and plan hearings on reducing taxes. Budget Director Brundage to testify on the spending cut order and potential surplus use.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Brundage
House Appropriations Committee
Percival F. Brundage
Clarence Cannon
Cannon
Senate
Forest fires fall to record low levels in U S forests
The U S Forest Service reports fires in national forests have dropped to record low levels despite rising visitation for picnics and vacations. Officials say man made fires are about three percent below last year.
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Washington
U.S. Forest Service
House Leaders Press for Early Aid Bill Passage
Washington leaders push to wind in general debate on Eisenhower foreign aid bill of 8.24 billion. they aim for early voting on amendments Wednesday, with final passage likely and committee cuts totaling 622 million from the request. critics call the program dangerous and unnecessary amid debates over status of forces agreements.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
U.S
97 Feared Dead In Airliner Crash
A counterfeit ring recruited narcotics addicts to pass 60000 in bogus bills. Leader Jesse Cowan and 17 others were arrested. two Davidson Co. printers, Martin and Donald Bough, held on 20000 bonds. Most bills traced to Riverview Amusement Park with poor engraving and wrong ink color.
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Chicago
U.S
Secret Service
Paul J. Paterni
Loial
Secret Service Office
Jesse Cowan
R. G. Davidson Co
Paterni
Martin Bough
Donald
Amusement
Riverview
Robert G. Davidson
Ami
Cowan
Bough Brothers
Dutch KLM Constellation Crashes Into Sea Off Biak Island
A KLM Super Constellation took off from Biak in the South Pacific and crashed into the sea in flames with 68 aboard. Eleven bodies were recovered and 12 survivors rescued. one child survivor later died. Most aboard were Dutch with three British, including stewardess Miss Klein Klowenberg.
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Hollandia
New Guinea
South Pacific
Biak
Peertarit
Otsee
Manila
Djakarta
Bangkok
Rangoon
Karachi
Beirut
Rome
Lip
U.S. Navy
Solomon Islands
KLM J
Amsterdam
Holland
Funz
KLM
Britain to Build Atomic Oil Tanker Venture Formed
John Brown and Co. Ltd. and the Hawker-Siddeley group announce a joint venture with $1,800,000 capital to build an atomic oil tanker for the merchant fleet. The project is described as a considerable technical adventure, with Britain already pursuing an atomic submarine.
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London
Britain
John Brown and Co., Ltd
Hawker - Siddeley Group
Man hurt in street joke in Charlotte
Clarence Beachem a 38 year old pedestrian jumped in front of a moving car as a joke after mistaking it for his brother in law. The vehicle did not belong to his brother in law and Beachem was treated at a hospital for minor injuries.
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Charlotte
N. C. Wm
Clarence Beachem
Minor Bomb Test Damages Nearby Homes 300 Miles Away
The Diablo device test near Las Vegas triggered minor damage and broken windows as shock waves reached about 300 miles to Los Angeles and San Francisco. AEC officials confirmed no injuries and noted the blast waves traveled through the air as part of an ongoing atomic test program.
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Las' Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
E. K. Bunner
Injay
Carson City
New
New York
Navy
Partment
Los Angeles
Air Force
San Francisco
AEC
Iég
Oni
John Giennj
Airto- Jr
Ozonosphere
Los Alamitos
Calif
Naval Air Station
Fieyd
Io Bennett Field
Glenn
Albuquerque
Cmdr
Charles Demmier
Hastingson-Hudson
N.Y
New Concord
Ohio
Washington
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Nhat
California
Florida
Eisenhower
Hoffa Acquitted in Plea to Order Court Denies Verdict
Hoffa defense presented to government bribery charges while Judge Burnita Matthews denied a directed verdict of acquittal. The trial, limited to the courthouse and running six days a week, has featured three potential defenses including entrapment and illegal wiretapping. FBI agents testified about envelopes Hoffa allegedly received from investigator John Dye Cheasty on March 13, 1957, and the surrounding arrest scene at DuPont Plaza Hotel.
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Washington
U.P — Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Senate
Burnita
Matthews
Hoffa
Edward Bennett Williams
Williams
Edward P. Troxell
FBI
John Dye Cheasty
Special
DuPont Plaza
Dewey and Family Visit Denmark Starting Tour
Thomas E. Dewey former New York governor and two time Republican presidential hopeful arrived in Copenhagen with his wife and son for a short visit. They planned a few days in Denmark before continuing to Nemway for a vacation.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Thomas E. Dewey
Govenor
New York
Nemway
Macmillan Government Defeats Cyprus Censure Move
In London the MacMillan cabinet survived a Socialist censure motion over Cyprus policy. The government secured a 326 to 260 parliamentary vote of confidence with 1 member abstaining and 1 voting with the opposition.
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MacMillan
London
Cyprus
Tories
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