Wisconsin panel OKs motor trolling on five lakes
The Wisconsin Conservation Commission, by a 5 to 1 vote, authorized a motor trolling experiment on five lakes led by Commissioner Arthur MacArthur. The plan, backed by Wisconsin Legislature, allows limited trolling on Lakes Winnebago, Shell River, Eau Claire, and others to evaluate impacts while purchasing land and funding projects including High Cliff Forest Park and Denlow Lake for conservation.
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Arthur MacArthur
Janesville
MacArthur
Department
Lakes
Winnebago
Shell
Wash’burn County
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Sauk
Konrad
Bowen Street
Bayanor Drive
Lake Winnebago
High Cliff Forest Park
Calumet County
Denlow Lake
Langlade County
Judge Acquits Woman in Drunken Driving Case
In Raleigh New Jersey 1 Judge Albert Doub acquitted a woman charged with drunken driving after a witness testified the defendant was "as sober as a judge."
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Raleigh, N. J
Albert Doub
Bank of England Cuts Interest Rate
The Bank of England reduced its rate from 7 to 6 percent easing borrowing costs across the sterling bloc. The nationalized bank had previously raised the rate to 7 percent from 5 percent last September 19 as part of anti inflation measures to protect the pound. Since then the pound has strengthened on world markets.
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London
Bank of England
World Financial
Bids Opened for 41 Interchange Projects in Wisconsin
Highway Commissioner Leon Morrissey said bids will be opened April 8 in Madison for interchanges on Highways 44 and 26 in Winnebago County and for Highways 41 and 44. A grade separation on Highways 41 and 10 in Outagamie County will also be bid, along with 1.20 miles of County Trunk W from the Waupaca County line to Winchester. Winnebago County will handle grading. the project is a 50 50 federal aid to states share with counties.
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Leon ‘Morrissey
State Highways Commission
Madison
Winnebago County
Oder One
Oshkosh
Sunset Point
Morrissey
Outagamie County
Waupaca
Winchester
Conferees Picked in Postal Rate Fight On 4-Cent Stamp
Senate names three conferees on postal rate legislation as final fate of a 4-cent letter rate hangs in the balance. Johnston Monroney and Carlson lead debates over rates and a possible pay raise for some 390,000 postal workers. The vote favored 1-cent nonlocal and 4-cent local letters with a three year limit on the stamp.
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Washington
Senate
Olin D. Johnston
Senate Post Office Committee
Monroney
Ang Carlson
Johnston
Eisenhower
Carlson
House
Venezuelan credentials presented to junta leader in Caracas
U.S. ambassador Edward J. Sparks presented his credentials in Caracas to Rear Adm. Wolfgang Larrazabal, head of Venezuela’s ruling military junta, marking a formal diplomatic recognition amid the crisis.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Edward J. Sparks
U.S
Wolfgang Larrazabal
Council OKs Sale of Bonds and Property Buy
The Common Council approved selling a 1100 bond issue for storm sewer work and backed Lincoln School area property purchase. They set the bond sale for April 16 at City Hall with bids due at 11 a.m. and asked for 15 or 20 year schedules. They refused to back a fresh start on a food handlers health ordinance, leaving an ongoing debate. Eight councilmen discussed health coverage, with some seeking broader rules and others aiming to preserve current standards. They also marked National Library Week with a Public Library tour.
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Common Council
Lincoln School
National Library Week
City Hall
Ed Gein Farm Home Destroyed By Flames In Plainfield
The House of Horrors burned to the ground four months after Gein infamy as the Plainfield fire department battled the blaze near 2 a.m. with arson suspected. Spectators gathered while investigators examined debris and a public sale looms for March 30 amid Palm Sunday protests.
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Ed Gein
Plainfield
House of Horrors
Edward Gein
Gein
John Hassier
Wausau
Arthur Schley
Bernice,Worden
Burt Carlson
Plainfields
Frank Worden
Ed Marolla
The
Plainfield Sun
Gein house fire ends what remains of eerie case
State Fire Marshall Rossiter announced an official fire investigation at Edward Gein's Plainfield home. State Crime Lab Director Wilson said little of value remained and noted funds limit processing. Governor approved a state inquiry into Waushara County crimes.
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Madison
Rossiter
Edward Gein
Plainfield
Gein
Waupun State Hospital
Marella
Milton Johnson
State Crime Lab
Charles Wilson
Ed Gein
Wilson
State Emergency Board
Waushara County
Jewels Stolen From Appleton Industrialist in Arizona
In Tucson a Wisconsin industrialist and wife reported jewelry valued at about 26000 stolen from their hotel room at the Arizona Inn while they swam. Police noted a stocky man loitering near the room. three hotels reported similar thefts that day with total value around 36000.
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Tucson, Ariz
Wisconsin
Earl E. Spansbury
Appleton
Spansbury
Thilmany Pulp ‘and Paper Co
Kaukauna
Arizona ‘Inn
Young Student Honors John Gunther With Respiratory System Display
Greensboro high school student Jerry Sawers created a science fair exhibit titled Inside John Gunther featuring the human respiratory system. The display earned admiration from the author known for Inside US A Inside Asia and related works.
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Greensboro
N. C
John Gunther
Us.a
Asia
Jerry Sawers
Shooting Claim Sparks Rackets Committee Hearing Fracas
An affidavit accusing four Kohler Co. officials of shooting a man during a 1934 riot triggered a tense Senate Rackets Committee session. Kohler counsel Lyman C. Conger called the accusation a fabrication and threatened libel action. The affidavit, read as sworn testimony by absentee witness John Deis, concerns the four-year strike at Kohler Wisconsin by the United Auto Workers Union.
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Washington
Kohler Co
Senate
Lyman C. Conger
Conger
John Deis
Leo Brelrather
UAW
Kohler
Fire kills 4. 18 women die in New York textile blaze
A flash oven explosion sparked a two hour fire at a lower Broadway textile factory. Four people died including 18 women among 36 workers. a man and a woman survived. Many jumped from windows amid panic as 200 firefighters fought the blaze. Three workers escaped on third floor. two others were rescued by ladders. An inquiry opens today at the fire marshal, with aid from federal funds for safety and land improvements.
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New York
Broadway
Rhenign
Fpante
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr
Bang
Averell Harriman
State Department
Able
Division of Safety
Cooper
Edna Murray
Monarch Underwear Corp
William K. van Pelt
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington, D. C
Winnebago County
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Conservation Commission
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Jsnkost
Barron Loung
Rib Mountain Park
Hopes Brighton
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City Health Department
Mercy Hospital
James £. Botz
Union Avenue
Singapore
Yuar
Harry K. Timms
Dey C. Mcycapital
Medan
J Cray
Oranje
United Press
Lake Tobs
Pakanbaru
Texas Pacific Oil Company
Sumatra
Ahhinese
Meidan
W.F. Nanggolan
Lake Tobo
Edgein Farm
Appleton Pai
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