New Tourist Information Booth Opened in Oshkosh
The Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce inaugurates a new Tourist Information Booth on Highway 41 at Ninth Street. Operated by the Women's Division with trained staff, the booth aims to attract visitors, provide local tips, maps, and brochures, and promote Oshkosh as a vacation spot.
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Highway 41
Ninth Street
Oshkosh
Resort ‘Division
Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin
E. A. Precour
John McCain
Jeanne Hall Senderhaut
Ninth ‘Street
Vera
Lucille Konrad
Ships Collide and Burn Off Brittany Coast Killing Nine
A American tanker Stony Point and Greek Ioannis collided in dense fog off the Brittany coast. Both burned fiercely with smoke rising to 4000 feet. nine crew were confirmed dead and four missing. Sixty four of seventy seven crew members were later reported rescued by international vessels.
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Brest
France
Brittany
Dain
Dvauiy Acyu
U.S
Stony Point
Ioannis
Lowell Dibert
St. Louis
Mich
Erik Beckmann
U. S
America
Charlestellier
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping
United States Petroleum Carriers, Inc
New York
Resort Tavern Opening Vetoed by Wisconsin Governor
Gov. Thomson vetoed a bill allowing resort area taverns to stay open until 2 am during summer vacation months. The senate sustained the veto 26 to 5, with Thomson citing highway death rates and urging law enforcement focus. To override, the Legislature would need a two thirds vote.
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Madison
Thomson
Senate
Wisconsin
Recover Body Of Rhinelander Man From Boom Lake
Authorities recovered the body of Leonard Wagner, 21, Rhinelander, from Boom Lake after his car and clothing were found at Hodag Beach. Wagner, originally of Butternut, had moved to town to work for a finance company.
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Rhinelander
Leonard Wagner
Boom Lake
Wagner
Hodag Beach
Ark
Thomson Plan Accepted in Caucus in Wisconsin Ahead
Wisconsin caucus approves Thomson tax plan moving 12 percent school aid rise funded by income tax revisions. Finance panel backs increased state support to counties and local governments while resisting surtax and boosts legislator salaries.
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Thomson
Madison
Wisconsin
Senate
Cane Todosie Verpon
Joint Finance Committee
Van Ryzin Trial Delayed by Father's Tearful Testimony
In Tacoma Washington the first degree murder trial of James Aaron Van Ryzin 23 of Appleton Wis paused as his father Clarence Van Ryzin 60 testified for his son breaking into sobs and recounting a missed fishing trip and neglect. James is charged with shooting Richard J Remynse 27 during a robbery on October 18 on a rural road outside Tacoma.
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Tacoma
Wash
James Aaron van Ryzin
Appleton
Wis
Clarence van Ryzin
van Ryzin
James
Richard J. Remynse
Government to appeal Girard case to Supreme Court
The government plans to bypass the appeals court and take the Girard case directly to the Supreme Court after District Judge McGarraghy ruled the United States must try GI William Girard in a U S military court martial. The decision, approved by President Eisenhower, hinges on American federal jurisdiction over Girard who acted as a U S guard on duty.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Girard
Supreme Court
District ‘Court
Joseph C. McGarraghy
GI William’s. Girard
Justice ‘Department
Gay
Tovask
Cision
U.S
Japan
Ottawa
Ill
Naka Sakai
McGarraghy
Eisenhower
Ilegal
United States
L Guard
Nobusuke Kishi
White House
James C. Hagerty
Kishi
Tokyo
U. S
Washington, DB. C
William Girard
Ottawa, Il
Speedy Action Forecast On Civil Rights Bill
Senate Republican Leader William F Knowland predicted bypassing the Judiciary Committee to speed action on President Eisenhowers civil rights bill after House approval. Southern opponents have blocked a similar measure in the Judiciary Committee while supporters plan a direct Senate calendar move. The House approved the bill 218 to 126 after eight days of debate. The showdown is expected to begin next month.
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Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
Judiciary Committee
Eisenhower
House
Knowlands
Senate Judiciary Committee
D-Miss
Macmillan And Stassen To Hold Talks
London reports say Prime Minister Harold Macmillan invites Harold Stassen to No 10 for direct talks amid alleged Anglo American quarrels over halting nuclear tests. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd will meet Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin as Britain objects to the U S disarmament plan.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Harold E. Stassen
Macmillan
Stassen
Selwyn Lloyd
No. 10
Downing Street
Lloyd
Britain
Eisenhower Sees Soviet Proposals as Hopeful but Limits on Tests
President Eisenhower called Russia’s disarmament proposals a hopeful sign and urged careful study. He rejected unlimited testing suspensions but said a temporary halt could be possible while pursuing a broader package disarmament accord. He also defended Harold Stassen’s role, noting he was not reprimanded for London talks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Stassen
Harold E. Stassen
London
United States
Frontier Days Nights Bring Baseball and Civic Events
Civic Association members sell land grant tokens near N Main and Ohio Streets. Tonight a deed allows bearer free entry to Oshkosh versus Freedom baseball at Sawyer Avenue Municipal Athletic Field. Thursday features Eagles Auxiliary Day in the wagons. Friday the PTA Council hosts events as the National Invitational Softball Tournament opens at Menominee Park.
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Ohio Street
Civic Association
N. Main
Oregon
Ohio Streets
Oshkosh Vs
Freedom Baseball Fame
Sawyer Avenue Municipal Athletic Field
Eagles
PTA
Menominee Park
Heat Bakes Both U. S. Coasts as Death Toll Climbs
United Press reports record heat on both coasts with relief in sight for the East from a cooling front. Heat linked to numerous deaths and floods across the Midwest and Plains, including drownings in the Miami River and a priest trio killed in Kansas.
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United Press
Midwest
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Lake Elsinore
Griffin Park
Hollywood
Plains
Dorothy Davis
Dayton
Ohio
Miami River
Miami Shores
Munjor
Kan
South Dakota
Marshall
Minn
Itood
Kansas
Beloit
Solomon
Carpenters Delay Voting On Wage Offer In Fox Valley Area
Union members in the Fox Valley District Carpenters Council delayed the vote on a proposed three year contract with a 15 cent hourly raise the first year 20 cents the third, from 2.55 to 2.70 dollars. The strike enters its third week as Fond du Lac La Menominee Green Bay and other districts face a construction slowdown while contract talks with 40 firms and 800 carpenters continue.
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Fox Valley District Carpenters Council
Lawrence” Miller
Marinette
Miller
Fox, Valley
Fond. du: Lac
Fox River Valley Contractors Association
John H. Lacey
Milwaukee
Fond’ ‘du Lac la Menominee
Mich
Green Bay
Contractors’ Association
Green Bay Packer
Plane Shot Down In 1945 Located Remains Recovered
A Marine Air Corps bomber shot down over the Philippines on Memorial Day 1945 has been located. Bodies of the crew, including Cpl. Chester D. Luberta of Pulaski, recovered and to be buried together at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, per Marine Corps notice to Bruno Luberta of De Pere.
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DE Pere
Marine Air Corps
Philippines
Chester D. Luberta
Pulaski
Bruno Luberta
Marine Corps
U. S
Ft. Logan National Cemetery
Denver
U S Soldier Sentenced for Murder of Buddhist Priest
In Otsu Japan a district court sentenced Pvt. Randall B. Boyles 24 of Kenton Delaware to 15 years in prison for assaulting and robbing a Buddhist priest last December. He threw the priest into Lake Biwa where he drowned.
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Otsu
Japan
Randall B. Boyles
Kenton
Del
Lake Biwa
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