New City Manager Calls for Cooperation
New Oshkosh city manager Hans S Thorgrimsen urged active cooperation from all city employees as he took office at City Hall. He pledged integrity, effort, honesty, and understanding, saying coordination with the council is key to progress. He met officials at 10 am, outlined a period of transition, and thanked acting manager Van Akkeren for steady leadership.
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RAF pilot claims 30000 foot glider altitude record
Alfred Warmin ger, a former Royal Air Force fighter pilot, said he reached 30000 feet during an hour long glider flight in Swanton Morley England, beating the previous record by 1200 feet.
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Portugal Navy Review Highlights I Battle of 100 Ships
Norfolk Va naval pageant honors Portugal on its national day with nearly 100 ships from 17 nations, including 11 NATO members. More than 200 officers will participate in flag raising ceremonies led by the Atlantic Fleet band. Admiral Jeremiah Wright will deliver the address.
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Plane Rams House Patio Four Die In Cal Drop
A light Piper Tri-Pacer crashed into a house patio in Pacoima California killing all four aboard and narrowly missing eight dinner guests. Residents watched as the plane tore through the patio roof disintegrating on impact. The Chico California victims had rented the plane that afternoon from Dennis Air Service in northern California.
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Emergency Helicopter Landing Near Oshkosh After Mechanical Issue
A two passenger Hiller helicopter diverted to a field near Consolidated station on Highway 41 west of Oshkosh after its cooling system failed. Maj John Sarko at Curtiss-Wright Field oversaw repairs and the craft took off again by 8 30 p.m. The incident, involving 1st Lt F J Kaden ter and 2nd Wisconsin National Guard, prompted sheriff deputies to respond and the aircraft returned to Milwaukee for maintenance.
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Eisenhower Up or Down Ill With Upset Stomach
Washington reports President Eisenhower is ill with a stomach upset and has canceled engagements. White House says there is no indication the issue is related to his heart attack or ileitis surgery last year. Doctors say he is progressing satisfactorily and will remain in bed as a precaution.
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Watermelon Patch Thief Uses Helicopter Lift Off
Brawley California residents witnessed a strange melon theft when farmer W J Fifield reported a helicopter landed in his watermelon patch on Saturday. A man jumped out, grabbed three melons, hopped back aboard and flew away before authorities could intervene.
Oshkosh Area Builders Approve Interim Pay Hikes
About 15 Oshkosh area building contractors signed interim wage agreements with Carpenters Local 282 offering a 23 cent per hour boost pending statewide contracts. Picket lines remain at noncontract sites as federal mediation is set for Tuesday. The union may accept 65 cents per hour over three years, down from an initial 85 cents, after a Thursday mediation failed to satisfy contractors.
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Four Dems Now in Race for Nomination
Milwaukee U W I The entry of two more Democratic candidates including Rep Clement Zablocki of Milwaukee has boosted to four the number seeking the remainder of the U S Senate term of the late Joseph McCarthy Zablocki announced from Washington that he was an active candidate and Sunday insisted he was remaining in the race for nomination in the July 30 primary The general election to select McCarthy s successor will be held Aug 27 The fourth candidate is Robert Hempelman of Elk Mound who spoke at the Eau Claire meeting describing himself as the dark horse and saying farmers taxpayers and veterans were being sold down the river A Merripro electronics salesman and World War II veteran is the father of four Turn to DEMS on Page 2
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Bomb outrage in Algiers kills ten and wounds eighty
AP reports a new bomb attack in Algiers leaving 10 dead and over 80 injured amid rising tensions with French authorities. Authorities tightened measures to protect Moslem residents after the Sunday La Corniche Casino bombing, as strikes and labor unrest spread through the capital and surrounding areas.
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Five GOP Senate hopefuls clash at Wisconsin convention
At the Wisconsin Republican state convention five Senate candidates clashed over support for Eisenhower era policies as delegates voted 2 526 to 801 against endorsing anyone. Former Gov Walter Kohler faced boos yet appealed for support while Alvin O Korski Glenn R Davis Warren P Knowles and Henry Hughes pitched their campaigns. The Rules Committee refused to permit a party endorsement, and a subsequent resolution urged legal changes to allow the governor to appoint a U S senator if a vacancy occurs.
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IOOF and Rebekahs Open Parleys in City
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows and the Rebekah Assembly opened their annual sessions today in Alliance. Grand Lodge members met at the old high school gym at 10 am while the Rebekahs gathered at 9 am in the Recreation Gym. The Patriarch Militant and its auxiliary began with a 4 am breakfast at the Raulf Hotel. A four day convention launched Sunday with a joint Masonic Temple banquet drawing about 500 registrants. James Elliot of Alliance announced that if he becomes sovereign grand master at the Miami national meeting this fall he will appoint Maj. Gen. Lyle G. Gomon of Baraboo as commanding general of the Patriarch Militant.
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Attacks in Algiers Kill Ten in Nationalist Violence
In Algiers a car bomb or riot killed ten people and injured many as attacks shift nationalist tactics to terrorize both European and Moslem communities. The violence follows a week of massacres including Melouza, signaling rising unrest in Algeria.
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Girard Twins Seek Presidential Appeal In Man Slay Case
Louis Girard, 28, and his wife Shirley, 30, arrived from Ottawa aboard the Liberty Limited seeking a personal appeal to President Eisenhower to reverse a decision allowing Japan to try Girard on a manslaughter charge. They carried 6,800 signatures on 325 petitions urging his return for trial and planned further talks with Girard’s New York attorney Earl Carroll and with Edward McCabe, the president’s associate counsel.
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Family killings followed by suicide in Toronto
Toronto dispatch reports a 36 year old Scottish immigrant, John Sinclair, killed five family members and then rammed his car into a concrete abutment to take his own life. Victims include his wife Florence 33, son 7, daughter Joy 24, and his parents Mr and Mrs James Sinclair from Saltcoats Ayrshire on holiday. Sinclair left notes then died in the crash.
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