Basic School Plans Okayed
Washington Elementary School plans were approved by the board of education at its March meeting. The two story building will be on the old Frentz School site and combined with a new Franklin School in an $890,000 bond issue covering construction, architects fees, equipment and contingencies.
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Washington
Board of Education
Sandstedt & Knoop
Irion & Reinke
Oshkosh
Frentz
Winnebago Street
School Street
New Washington
Franklin
Auler, Dreger, Wiley & Werisch
Julius Sandstedt
Landstedt
Wintry Storm Deluges Midwest With Destruction and Death
A widespread wintry storm lashed the Midwest with up to 60 mph winds and heavy snow, causing at least four traffic deaths in the region and widespread travel misery. Minnesota and Iowa bore the brunt with six inches or more of snow and zero visibility in places, while Illinois saw tornado sightings and isolated damage. Temperatures plunged by over 30 degrees as cold air collided with warmer air, with additional reports of blowing dust in the Dakotas and storms stretching from Kentucky to Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Midwest
South Dakota
Minnesota
Ternadess
Illinois
Traif Hie
Plains
Alexandria
Brainerd
Redwood Falls
Minn
Towa
Iowa
Wino
Indiana
Whnois
Parkville
Cage
Terre Haute
North Dakota
Kentucky
Tennessee
Upper
Michigan
Parris Island
S.C
Tew Command
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Greene
Litzenberg
Military Armistice Commission
Korea
Snowy Wisconsin Roads Remain Slippery Overnight
Overnight snow and freezing rain left main roads in parts of Wisconsin slippery. Central and northwest areas reported slick conditions, especially on slow traffic routes, while other regions were clear and in good winter driving condition.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Highway Department
Medford
Wausau
Anhgo
Lajona
Black River Falls
Massion
Richland Center
U S Troops In Germany Reported With Atomic Warheads
Bonn West Germany A West German defense ministry spokesman announced U S troops in Germany are equipped with tactical atomic ammunition not hydrogen bombs The NATO council of ministers will decide when and whether such live ammunition would be used as part of the alliance defense posture.
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Bonn
Germany
UPI
West German
Defense Ministry
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council of Ministers
U.S
Auction Sale Of Bond Issue Set For Monday
City finance officers were delegated Thursday to conduct the city's auction sale of a 1.4 million dollar corporate purpose bond issue to be held at City Hall at 10 o'clock Monday morning. Proceeds fund two new elementary schools and storm sewers. Mayor Ernest Ro Siewert is expected to preside. sale conducted by City Clerk Roger Kliss, Treasurer Harvey Galow, and Comptroller Orville A. Gariman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Council
Ernest Ro Siewert
Roger Kliss
Harvey Galow
Orville A. Gariman
Havana Alerts For New Attacks On Batista Officials
Havana reports intensified threats by revolutionary squads aiming to assassinate President Batista and other regime leaders. Officials say an armed opposition, including the Directorate of Revolutionary Students, seeks to plunge the country into chaos amid ongoing revolutionary activity and recent palace attack casualties.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
J Im
Batista
Directorate of Revolutionary Students
United Press
Lincoln sergeant cured of silver allergy to fingertips
Allergen found after eight years of dry cracked fingertips at the Lincoln Air Base. Sgt Kenneth W Stevens was believed to suffer from chronic hand trouble until a specialist called in by the Air Force identified the cause as allergy to silver money.
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Lincoln, Neb
Kenneth W Stevens
Lincoln Air Base
Air Force
Stevens
Egypt renews claim to Aqaba amid warning and Gaza move
Egypt repeats its claim to the Gulf of Aqaba despite Israeli threats to shoot through any blockade. Egypt begins taking over Gaza Strip administration from UNEF, triggering Western anxiety as Nasser engages with US envoy Raymond Hare in Cairo.
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Egypt
Aqaba
Gulf of Aqaba
Golda Meir
Gaza Strip
United Nations Emergency Force
Israel
Nasser US
Raymond Hare
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Middle East
Suez Canal
Saudi Arabia
Britain
France
Australia
United States
Straits of Tian
UNEF
Tiran Straits
al Ahram
Saud
Eisenhower
Sharm el Sheikh
Sinai
Straits
Tiran
Oshkosh Catholic High School drive names Callinan head
Oshkosh business leader John G. Callinan will head the city’s central Catholic high school fund drive. The campaign aims to raise funds for a four year facility at Sawyer and Witzel Avenues with 600 to 800 expected students and ends May 19 with a parish by parish canvass. Volunteers will total about 1,500 across six churches.
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John G. Callinan
Oshkosh
Oshkosh Catholic High School
Drive Headquarters
Seeraeenee
Oshkosh Catholic High School Corporation
High St
Callinan
Catholic High School Board
Holy Name Society of
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s School
The
Building Corporation
Sawyer and Witzel Avenues
Green Bay
Foley Associates, Inc
Rochester, NC
Gerald Moffett
Leo E. DeVany
Milwaukee
Budapest Becomes Armed Camp Ahead of Anniversary Uprising
Vienna AP report notes Communist fears of a freedom revival push Budapest into an armed camp. Red Army troops and tanks ring key sites as puppet government urges daylong meetings nationwide. Underground leaflets call for peaceful demonstrations to avoid another slaughter, while Kyiv reaffirms opposition to violence.
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Vienna
Austria
Budapest
Red Army
Hapsburg
Janos Kadar
Andaetha Gaeint Banl
Federal Agencies Told to Economize
The House Appropriations Committee cut 516.993 million from Eisenhower budget requests for 18 agencies. It ordered belt tightening with fewer new cars, less travel, stabilized pay rolls, less office space, and fewer new buildings. VA and Civil Defense faced large cuts while hospital funding remained intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Civil Defense
House
Albert M. Cole
Federal
Civil Defense Administration
Civil Service Commission
Hopes Voyage Will Clear Up Eisenhower Cold
President Eisenhower sails toward Bermuda aboard the Canberra with destroyers in anti submarine formation amid a moonlit Atlantic crossing. He aims to clear his lingering cold before a unity conference with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, Canberra due March 20. By contrast in Finland a train collision left many injured or dead as trains collided in heavy snow, with Washington confirming the president is in good health.
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Eisenhower
Canberra
Atlantic
Wood
Bartoo
Virginia Capes
Bermuda
Harold Macmillan
Luala
Finland
Washington
Norfolk
James C. Hagerty
Engagement in Hershey Framed by Boston Native Chip
Robert Woods returned to Hershey Pennsylvania to announce his engagement to Audrey Stump. Audrey’s mother named Root Any cites family roots as evidence of shared values, underscoring a lifelong bond between two communities and families.
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Boston
Mass
Robert Woods
Hershey
Audrey Stump
Pame Séforé
Root
Record Setting Blimp Near End of Journey
KEY WEST Florida UP four-shave remained aloft 264 hours teen weary crew members of the ZPG-2 during a record breaking journey across the Atlantic. The cigar shaped blimp crossed Puerto Rico and coasted toward the Florida coast awaiting a 6 30 p m landing time. It had traveled from Germany to Japan previously and may eclipse the distance record by about 64 hours if it lands on schedule tonight. The lighter than air craft carries radar equipment and can serve as a long range patrol or submarine hunter.
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Keywest
Fla
North Atlantic
Azores
Portugal
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Florida
Germany
Japan
Navalsing Radar Picket Line
Air Staten
Vermouth
Mass
Reds Release Japs After Coastal Incident
A Soviet coast guard ship freed Japanese fishermen off the Luzon coast Thursday, returning a 43 ton Japanese fishing boat seized earlier. The incident involved an Otaru patrol vessel and a tied up release reported to Gay.
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Otaru
Japan
Sipenan
Gay
Charred Baby Body Found In Menasha Incinerator
The charred remains of a newborn girl were found in an incinerator behind a Menasha apartment at 515 Keyes Street. Janitor Milton Pahr discovered the body at 2:15 p.m. and authorities, including Sheriff Lowry and Coroner Steele, conducted the investigation. an autopsy labeled the birth term and suggested the child was placed in the incinerator soon after birth. Police sought residents’ information as they pursued leads.
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Menasha
Keyes St
Winnebago County
Milton Pahr
Charles L. Lowry
G. A. Steele
Asst. Dist
Jack D. Steinhilber
Laemmrich
Robert L. Schwab
Theda Clark Hospital
Explosion at A-Center Ignites Reactor Core
The AEC reported a test atomic power reactor core exploded on February 12 in Los Alamos. No injuries occurred but the power unit was destroyed. The naked core, a sphere of uranium 235 about 4 inches in diameter, was suspended in the assembly. Building damage reached twenty and radiation contamination has been cleaned by standard methods.
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Los Alamos
N. M
AEC
Celebrators Warned in Amman Over Firearm Confiscation
In Amman Jordan police warned celebrators after a night of wild shooting during national jubilation. Authorities pledged to confiscate firearms if attacks or gunfire continued, signaling strict enforcement to curb violence.
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Amman
Jordan
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Joliet, Ll
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