Thomson and Gunaca extradition clash over fair trial
Gov. Thomson says John Gunaca can receive a fair trial in Sheboygan County while Detroit union figure negotiates behind the scenes. Michigan Gov. Williams opposes extradition, citing potential unfairness. Gunaca seeks trial in Milwaukee. Wisconsin law limits transfers to adjoining counties, but a 1910 ruling may allow exceptions if all parties consent.
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Sheboygan
Kohler Plumbing
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Milwaukee
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Ozaukee
William Platt
David Weber
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Board Chief to Explain Discount Leak to House Panel
Rep. Wright Patman demands the Federal Reserve Board chairman testify on a discount rate leak before the House Banking and Currency Committee. The Fed cut the discount rate from 2 1/4 to 2 percent, effective yesterday, hoping easier credit aids economic recovery.
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Wright Pat
Joan D-Tex
Federal Reserve Board
House Banking and Currency Committee
William Iit
Jhlvmeshuy
Patman
Brent Spence D-Ky
Associated Press
Wall Street
New York
Philadelphia
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve System
Martin
Johnson
Navy vessel seizes large heroin cache amid cross border smuggling
U S Navy reports seizing up to 300000 dollars worth of heroin aboard a ship bound for Japan. An American officer allegedly aided the operation while intelligence linked a separate seizure at Johnston Air Force Base to a Chinese suspect and a case tied to a ring operating between Hong Kong and Japan. The episode follows East German workers’ movement tensions and a 1956 factory worker pacification scheme noted by Berlin and Neues Deutschland.
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U.S. Navy
Ap|i
Berlin
East
Germany
Hong Kong
Neues Deut
Usschland
Navy
U.S. Air Force
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Tokyo
Ling Li
Tien
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Air Force
James B. Bowers
Kingsport
Tenn
Plan to Lift Diesel From Lake Bottom
North Western Railway officials plan a major recovery of a diesel locomotive and nine cars from the muddy bottom of Lake Michigan after a train dash from Manitowoc to Two Rivers. The switch engine valued at $20000 was lost early Friday and a box car followed before the rest toppled into shallow water. Police were alerted by harbor residents who heard the incident and saw the diesel submerged in about 30 feet. Different railroad views emerged on how the train traveled the seven miles.
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Manitowoc
Lake Michigan
North West
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Maniitowoc
Harbor Area
Jess Hamilton
North Western
Manitope
Choe
Cho
U.S. Army
U.S
East German Trade Bodies Recommend Abolishing Committees
East Germany's state led unions and delegates from 18 workers' committees urged that the committees be eliminated. The move signals a tightening of centralized control within the labor system as the government restructures workplace representation.
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East Germany
Officials waive $228 overdue book fine in Iowa
In Sioux City Iowa officials decided to waive a fine on an overdue book at The Social Center. The book was 45 years overdue and would have accumulated about 228 dollars in penalties.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Bridges Predict Ike Will Seek Public Works Spending Hike
Senator Styles Bridges predicts the Eisenhower administration will announce next week plans to accelerate public works spending to counter the recession. He notes possible highway reclamation boosts and other projects as Democrats push for more, while defense projects loom with 431 million in planned work and potential job gains without added cost.
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ULP
Sen
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Bridges
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Republican Policy Committee
Eisenhower
GOP
Republican
Willam F. Knowland
White House
Congress
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Defense Department
Ike
Shawcross resigns from Parliament to focus on legal work
Sir Hartley Shawcross Britain’s chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials resigns Friday night as a Labour MP. The 46 year old former attorney general and president of the Board of Trade said he wants to devote more time to legal work amid a rise in unemployment benefit payments reaching 3,268,090 for the week ending February 22, the highest since the program began in 1938.
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ST. Helens
England
Hartley Shawcross
Britain
Board of Trade
Shawcross
Proposals For Up-Dating Park Areas Considered
Park board hearings on a ten year plan for Oshkosh parks and recreation. Three standing committees for budget finance planning and liaison were approved to streamline board work. Illness delayed officer elections and a full slate is hoped for next meeting.
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Park Board
City Hall
Charles H. Galbrecht
Walter Tank
Marshall Muscavitch
Marine planes collide near Naha killing 26
Off Okinawa two U S Marine aircraft collide Friday night. 26 feared dead after in flight collision while an Egyptian airliner crashes in a sandstorm near Port Said killing eight, including an American. Rescue search continues for bodies and survivors.
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Egypt
Naha
Navy
Port Said
Army
Philippines
U.S. Naval Station
Okinawa Tower
France votes to intensify war on Algerian rebels
France's National Assembly approves Premier Gaillard's military budget of 1,900 billion francs and authorizes 21,000 more troops for Algeria. The vote, 286 to 147, underscores parliamentary unease and aims to pacify Algeria amid Tunisia dispute pressures.
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France
National Assembly
Felix Gaillard
Algeria
Gaillard
Socialist Party
Delay Seen In Kohler Test Delays Senate Probe
Washington report says a growing list of witnesses may push back the Kohler strike hearings. UAW leader Walter Reuther and Sen. Barry Goldwater clash over whether the Senate Rackets Committee should arbitrate the dispute. Mazey testified insiders fed information, while Reuther accuses Goldwater of using the probe to smear the union. The committee expects about 40 witnesses, with Emil Mazey to be questioned next as recess ends.
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Sen Goldwater
R-Ariz
Walter Reuther
Senate
Kohler Co
Reuther
United Auto Workers
Wisconsin
Goldwater
Kohrer Traiiwater
Mazey
UAW
Affan's
Robert F. Kennedy
Committee
John J. McGovern
McGovern
Michigan
Kohler
Wis
Kennedy
Emil Mazey
Battleship Wisconsin Retired From Active Duty Again
The Wisconsin, last active battleship of the U S Navy, joins the mothball fleet in a ceremony in Bayonne New Jersey The 45000 ton ship launched December 3 1943 was decommissioned 1948 and recalled 1951 for Korea It cost 110 million dollars and saw action in the Pacific during World War II and Korea
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Wisconsin
U.S. Navy
North Korea
Indiana
Seoul
Korea
South Koas
Cho Chung
United States
Leste
Gazon
Formosa
Hong Kong
Indo China
Iwodima
Japan
Cross Considered To Succeed Mack As FCC Chief
Washington report says John S. Cross a State Department official and Democrat is being considered to replace Richard A. Mack who resigned amid controversy. Cross, 53, has led the State Department telecom division since 1946 and has represented the U S at numerous international conferences on broadcasting and marine matters. He hopes the report is true but has received no formal word from the White House.
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Eisenhower
John S. Cross
State Department
Richard A. Mack
Federal Communications Commission
Cross
United States
Birmingham
Ala
South Carolina
Hureka Springs
Ark
Mack
United Press
FCC
White House
Governor appoints investigator into Brown County sheriff
Gov Thomson appoints Frank J. Larkin of Milwaukee a licensed private detective to probe allegations against Brown County Sheriff Skenandore. Larkin will work with Brown County District Attorney and review a lengthy FBI era report while Skenandore denies wrongdoing and warns of libel suits.
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Thomson
Artley' Skenandore
Brown County
Frank J. Larkin
Milwaukee
FBI
Larkin
Brown County Dist
Mack
Robert Petit
Skenan
Commerce
Francis Leanlet
FCC
Leanna
Sev
TV Channel 10
Ami
Nationall
Petitjean
Airlines
Red
Skenandore
Federal grand jury investigates Mack Whiteside financial ties
A federal grand jury probes financial transactions between Mack and Miami attorney Thurman A Whiteside. Whiteside admits he sought Mack's vote for National at the request of an airline attorney, lent money, and gave Mack an interest in two business firms after Mack joined the FCC.
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Miami
Thurman A. Whiteside
Whiteside
National
Airlines
FCC
Stalled Detroit Fire Leads to Moonshine Arrests
Detroit police smelled smoke from an east side building and saw a man and woman flee with copper tubing. Officers found a dismantled site and a gallon of moonshine whiskey in the room where the smoke issued, and they arrested the couple.
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Detroit
Trains Collide in Rio Suburb Wreck Kills 22
A three train pileup at Paciencia station north of Rio de Janeiro leaves 22 dead and more than 106 injured. Two trains collided head on due to a faulty switch, with the third train crashing into the wreckage as rescuers freed the injured. Local fire units used heavy equipment to lift derailed cars.
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Rio
Paciencia
Rio Fire Department
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