City Water Department In Default on Loan
The City Water Department is in default on a $90,000 loan with interest due since 1951. Finance committee directed Treasurer Harvey Galow to ask the water board for an accounting and to bring interest payments up to date. The loan funded a Miller's Bay project to boost treated water production in 1950. The panel noted high costs, potential additional construction, and discussed water rate impacts and supply plans including a Lakes Winnebago to Lake Butte des Morts tie-in.
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City Hall
Harvey Galow
Water Board
Leo Niemuth
Com
Iistruct
Fe Ez
Niemuth
Winnebago
Butte Des Miorts
Aid
Pir
Gallying
Herbert Pitz
Cormmittes
Robert Justike
Chm. Nie Ynuth
Water Department
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Platteville And Stout Added To College System
The Board of Regents ordered the two institutes Stout at Menomonie and Platteville added to the state college system. Effective July 2 Stout College and Platteville join in Wisconsin’s state colleges, with dissolved boards and a 13 member regents group. Swat and Platteville Tech offer teaching and engineering programs coordinated with existing colleges.
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Madison
Board of Regents of State Colleges
Stout
Meromenie
Platevile
Adi
Wisconsin
Stout College
Platteville
CoNese
College Board of Regents
Planeville Tech
State College
Plaineville
Swat
Hoover Commission urges bolder US counter spying
A Hoover Commission task force urged stronger action against Russia and other communist nations as a self-preservation measure to avert another Pearl Harbor. It called for CIA reorganization for complete, prompt intelligence on adversaries, warned of scant data on foes, and proposed security checks for federal employees every five years.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
U.S
Russia
Cena! Inelligence Agency
CIA
Free World
Red China
Joseph R. MecCarthy
Ir-Wis
Army DicCarthy
DEA
Interfnce
Mark W. Clark
Naion
Congress
Perent Hoover Commission
Roanoke Man Burned in Raid on Still Son Arrests
County Sheriff Ralph Gunn reports a man was burned during a raid on a diesel whiskey still. Gunn said he aided federal officers in the operation when a masked assailant attacked his foot with hot water, causing the injury.
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Roanoke
Als
Randolph County
Ralph
Gunn
Oshkosh and Winneconne Chambers Promote Joint Tourism Plan
Oshkosh and Winneconne chamber representatives met at Town Grill to craft closer cooperation in promoting tourism. They urged diverting overflow visitors to each other’s areas, with Oshkosh as the shopping and nightlife hub and Winneconne highlighting fishing and sports, plus joint information services and a shared marketing push for the next vacation season.
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Oshkosh
Econne
Chamber of Commerce
Ostkosh
Wes
Fisherman’s Paradise
Winneconne
Vilains
Winneronze
Farcess
Bureaa
Iain
Winnecoane
Hich
Wimneconne
Igroup
Town Grill
William Petrie
Oshkosh Chamber
Many Flee From Wives In London
Britain’s National Assistance Board chairman Sir Geoffrey Hutcherson notes a surge of vagrants at reception centers. He says a younger, different type arrives and most are fleeing from something, often from homes or authorities, and many from their wives.
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London
Delay Faces Adenauer On Arms Question
West Germany's parliament stalled Chancellor Adenauer's plan for rearmament as the volunteers bill cleared its first hurdle in the Bundestag. The measure, aiming to enlist 6,000 volunteers by March, faced sharp cross party criticism over safety safeguards and the bold claim that the Soviet zone is building a 150,000-man force for civil war.
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Germany
Korrad Fenauer
West Bursian
Geneva
Adenauer
West March
Erst
Bundestag
Adensuers Coalition Partes
Christ and Democrats
Bonn ‘Republic
Soviet Zone
Wisconsin Heatwave Severs Statewide Warm Humid Spell
The Associated Press reports a warm humid spell across Wisconsin with showers in scattered areas. Green Bay saw a heavy thunderstorm, while Grantsburg Park Falls and Hall Disie had light rain. Overnight temps ranged in the 60s with lows 58 at Hales Corners and other readings across Milwaukee, Beloit, Grantsburg, Green Bay, Madison, and La Crosse. Temperatures rose to the upper 80s locally, with a 103 high at Gila Bend Arizona noted elsewhere. Rain remained widespread across the western counties today.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Disie
Grantsburg
Park Falls
Hales Corners
Milwaukee County
Two Rivers
Milwaukee
Superior
Beloit
Grants
Red Party Backs Nehru Aims At National Congress
The Central Communist Party of India declared support for Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's policies in a move described as advancing peace and reducing international tension. The decision followed a national Congress ending Tuesday, after past election losses to Nehru's party.
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Red Party of India
Nehru
SEW Dels
India
Central Communist Party of India
Jawaiarlal Netra
Era
Wehru
Korea seeks U S approval for 680 million aid package
The National Assembly of Korea passed a motion to officially appeal to the United States for approval of a 680 million dollar economic aid package under discussion in Washington. The resolution also calls for expanded military assistance and reinforcement of UN forces in light of the Communist military buildup in North Korea.
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Seoul. Korea
Republic of Korea
National Assembly
United States
Korea
Washington
United Nations
North Korea
Eisenhower criticizes Congress for unacted agenda
President Eisenhower chided a Democrat controlled Congress for failing to pass several of his key legislative proposals while noting that the Soviet plane incident was not a policy issue. He contrasted the Congress’s inaction with his view of Soviet regret over the incident and discussed domestic politics and his possible second term amid remarks about Adams and his New England trip.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Dulles
United States
Eisenhower S2icius
Zsolia
Geneva
Lendon Johnson
Eisehower
New England
Sherman Adams
Ihief
New Hampshare
Adams
Steel workers urge top talks as crisis looms
McDonald of United Steelworkers said ample time remains to avert a nationwide steel strike as six major producers join wage negotiations. Hood of US Steel rejected a 10 cent an hour offer, while industry leaders prepare for a possible shutdown affecting about 580,000 union members. Talks to continue in Pittsburgh with a bargaining conference urged by McDonald.
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McDonald
United Steelworkers
Tcdar
Srike i Jihe
WicDonzid
DSW
U.S. Steel
Hood
Roger
Blough
U.S. Steel Board
Eugene Grace
Bethlenem Steel
Sec
Charlies’ White
Republic Steel
Adm
Ben Moree
Geadine
Genuimely
Pires
Larofis
Megonzitxs
Sedeh
Tennesst¢e Cozi & Iron
cEi
Steel
McDonald Tw
Idustry Sgures
Gordinmedt
Washington
Belisi AicDonald
Iron Age Magazine
Wausau Wins Safety Honor Second Time
Wausau receives the Watonai Safety Council grand traffic safety award for the second straight year, with Gen George C Stewart presenting a commemorative plaque. He lauded the city for a record six special achievement awards in 1954 and noted its zero traffic deaths and strong safety education programs among efforts across 870 cities in the year.
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Wausau 7
Wausau Bas
Tme
Watonai Safety Counci
George C. Stewart
Chicago
Menaber
The
Safety Council
Greng
Waxsau
Advertise Your Used Goods In Oshkosh Northwestern
Results show easy cash by advertising unwanted household items including sports gear in the Want Ad section of the Oshkosh Northwestern. The 8 day special costs 30 cents per day. phone today for placement.
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Oshkosh Northwestern
Elks Contest Awards 1955 Constitution Winner
John Edward Harriman of Appleton was named winner of the 1955 Wisconsin Elks Association state contest on the U.S. Constitution. The event recognized contestants statewide in a civic education program sponsored by the Elks.
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LA Crosse i
John Edward ‘Harriman
Appleton
U.S
Wisconsin Elks Assn
Premier Sharett and cabinet resign in Israel crisis
In Jerusalem Premier David Ben-Gurion era ally Moshe Sharett and his government resigned amid a Knesset confidence vote clash. The General Zionists refused to back Mapai over the Kasimir case, involving a judge's WWII Nazi collaboration accusation, triggering the government’s appeal.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Israei
Bioshe Sharett
Iseze Ben-Zvi
Israel Labor
Meper Perry
General Zionists
Sharett
Mapai Pari
Steve
Helicopter Crashes In Search for Fliers
In Yokosuka Japan a rescue helicopter serving a wide Pacific search for three missing Marine fliers crashed noon local time. Lt Alan Murdock McAnenr of Yonkers and 2nd Lt Davis W Bell of Wayzata were among the missing crew. Survivors include Lt Robert Suedes and Lt James Haskins. The search, hampered by seas and haze, continues for the two still unaccounted, with signals from a life raft once identified but now faded.
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Yokosuka
Japan
Pacific
Navy
Torro Bar
Freestar
David W. Bell
Minneapolis
General Adills, Inc
Josephine Kimberly
Neenah
Western Pacific
Bell
Percopter
Naval Ofhecs
Watcrmarsh
Yokosuka Navel
L.dennied
Robert Eugene Suedes
Robert W. Suedes
Bethex
Wayne Folet
Harrison Aton Follett
Fox Saew
Uieh
Anchol
James Wilard Haskiunsor
Smez
James Ruskinson
Osage
Alan Murdock McAnenr
Glenwood Gardens
Yonkers
N.Y
Margaret
Atsugi Naval Ace Station
Yokohama
Bradley C. Barnard
The
Rome Co
Sentinel
Hodgen P. Montague
Jackson
Miss
Davis W. Bell
Wayzata
Minn
Charles A. Bell
Sais
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City Water Department
Platteville and Stout
Hoover
Chamber
John Greenough
Robert Schoenwetter
Carl Biederman
E. Arthur Rehbein
John Nierman
Clarenes Wentzel
Delay
Matthew Ridgway
Army
White House
Beeming
Ridgway
Congress For
Dons
Ctin Yates
Admni
Wausau
Israel Sharett
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