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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
1
The Army announced plans to discharge 475,000 ready reservists and transfer others to the standby reserve over two months starting July 1. The move aims to remove those who object to military service while preserving those fit and available for immediate duty in war or national emergency.
EGO Calif UP1 reports Admiral Turner Joy aged 61 died Wednesday in San Diego after a career spanning chief of naval operations and head of the Naval Academy. He retired in 1954 after active duty and lived in La Jolla near San Diego Bay. Joy led during the Korean War peace talks and served under MacArthur’s command in World War I era assignments.
Britain will shut the Scapa Flow naval base in the Orkneys. A naval spokesman said the admiralty can no longer foresee sufficient use for the installations in peace or war to justify keeping them.
Washington announced broad reciprocal tariff reductions valued at 677 million dollars direct and 811 million including indirect cuts with 21 other countries as part of a four month bargaining process. The plan aims to boost free world trade while not applying to Soviet bloc imports, with phase one cuts to take effect June 30 and future reductions spread over three years. Separately, Georgian protests claimed independence posters in Tiflis amid Soviet security crackdowns.
The Defense Ministry said Nationalist warships near Matsu silenced Communist guns on the mainland in two turns. Red guns fired 91 rounds in the exchange. Nationalist ships patrolled offshore as reports said shore batteries were hit and ships possibly sunk. Senior officials noted activity around the Taiwan Strait as tensions persisted.
The Neutral Nations Truce Supervisory Commission offered to withdraw its inspection teams from South Korea and North Korea while the Communists demanded conditions. The U N Command refused and reiterated that truce teams must leave the area until terms are met. About 400 to 500 warplanes and other equipment would be removed if inspection teams depart. Maj. Gen. Robert Gard said no withdrawal date was set and that the UN discussed timing but did not confirm. The NNSC proposed provisional withdrawal yet kept the teams' legal status unchanged.
The Burlington Board of Aldermen, split six Republicans and six Democrats, has tried 609 ballots across two nights without selecting a president. The chamber remained deadlocked after 289 votes Tuesday and 320 votes Wednesday.
Prime Minister Anthony Eden announced in the Commons that Britain will carry out a limited number of megaton range hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific in the first half of 1957. The tests will be high air bursts to limit radioactive fallout. A second atomic test location near Monte Bello Islands was reportedly arriving in Australia for possible tests next week.
A powerful storm front hit Nebraska Kansas and surrounding states with tornado warnings and damaging winds. Lincoln suffered 94 mph gusts toppling power lines flooding hospitals and blacking out about 1000 homes while hail battered Pierre and debris blocked streets.
The passage asserts golf began in Holland with Fyronors and mentions an early US course in Yonkers New York in 188? It references ads and a Northwestern listing with fragments about golf gear and promotions. The text is garbled but centers on early golf origins and related ads.
Tito dismisses a Senate bid to end aid to Yugoslavia as unimportant among questions at a Kremlin reception. He says U S relations will not suffer and hints at a Washington visit if invited, heading to Leningrad for a 10 day Soviet city tour with Bulganin and Shepitov.
Edward J. O'Brien of Kensington Connecticut was arrested in Bath for taking a bath in the middle of a street intersection early in the morning. He used a washrag and a pail of water during the incident.
Three gunmen robbed gem brokers on a Greenwich Village street, taking two briefcases containing five packs of cut diamonds and four packs of uncut stones worth 211000. Victims Albert Schmitt and Eugene Epsky were bound in a cellar and gagged before the suspects fled. Police said the gems were insured and destined for five midtown firms.
Eleven people died in a factory fire at a rubber plant in Taichung Formosa. Rescue crews responded as the blaze swept through the facility, authorities said.
President Eisenhower pressed the House to restore most of a 1.4 billion cut in a 4.9 billion foreign aid package. In a letter to Republican Leader Joseph Martin he warned that a 1.1 billion cut would cripple essential overseas programs and ally support, while Martin backed a 600 million bipartisan restoration to military funds.
Oshkosh council faces repeated river-bridge openings as traffic bottlenecks grow. Officials seek to restrict water traffic during peak vehicular times from 6 45 to 7 15 a m 11 45 a m to 12 10 p m and 4 to 4 15 p m with exemptions on holidays. The plan aims to reduce gridlock at bottleneck bridges and prioritize cars, while inviting objections from local businesses and residents.
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