Wisconsin Officials Seek New Approach to Highway Death Toll
Gov Vernon Thomson and state safety leaders met in Madison to coordinate highway safety. A 12 member committee will be appointed to oversee efforts. The group discussed tolerance for speeding and public education measures such as safety pledge cards with license plates and school driver training reforms.
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Madison
Vernon Thomson
Thomson
Lawrence Beier
Ac-State
Robert Sorenson
Racine County Safety Council
Wisconsin
Sorenson
Harold L. Plummer
State Highway Commission
Aten
Eee
Charles Weisse
All-State Insurance Co
California
Michigan
George BE. Watson
Public Instruction
Stewart Wright
Americas Automobile Assn
Ailes Sweeney
Beck
Stoegbauer Named Oshkosh Fire Chief After Geffers Resigns
Otto Stoegbauer Jr 46, deputy chief and head of the fire prevention bureau, was appointed Oshkosh fire chief by the police and fire board. The unanimous decision follows Chief Bernard Geffers' resignation and takes effect in May. Stoegbauer aims to maintain current policies and continue Hooda job.
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Otto.Stoegbauer Jr
Oshkosh
Police and Fire Board
Lavith
Bernard Geffers
Stoeghauer
R Hood
Civilians Killed in Algiers Region Reach 2212
Nationalist rebels have killed 2212 civilians in the Algiers region since the insurrection began November 1, 1954, French officials reported. Of the victims 432 were Europeans, and 1782 were wounded including 835 Europeans.
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Algiers
Algeria
Delay in Bermuda Talks On Europe Defense Policy
In Bermuda British and American leaders face disagreement over how to defend Western Europe against communism, delaying a joint policy statement. The talks focus on troop withdrawals from Germany and tighter coordination of nuclear and missile forces. Officials say no final decisions were reached, and the policy draft may not be public until Sunday. President Eisenhower plans to leave Sunday after a visit to Kindley Field, with no final plans for his return. The Middle East portion remains unsettled as Day Hammarskjold’s Cairo report is awaited.
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Tucker
Bermuda
Western
Europe
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Germany
United States
Hisenhower
Macmillan
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Washington
U.S. Air Force Base
Kindley Field
U.S. Navy
Canberra
Middle East
Ting
H.s
Day
Hammarskjold
Cairo
Twins Two Pairs Get Bicycle Licenses At Once
Policemen on the evening shift note a rare coincidence as Arden and Arnold Farvour and Richard and Robert Cartwright, twin brothers, visit headquarters together to secure bicycle license numbers. The four received successive numbers 49445 and 2647.
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Arden
Arnold Farvour
Alfred Farvour
Seventh St
Richard
Robert Cartwright
Earl Cartwright
Oakland Ave
Robert Elifoth
Robert J. Nicholl
Jel
Arnold Ferrour
Robert
Disgruntled flyer cites airport power failure claim
A woman told the Civil Aeronautics Board she was delayed by a power plant failure, but she observed that all airport lights were on, suggesting the claim was untrue. She argued the delay was not caused by the supposed outage.
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Washington IP
Civil Aeronautics Board
San Francisco quakes cause millions in damage and fires
A 4.25 magnitude temblor struck San Francisco at 12 13 a m causing a three alarm apartment fire and gas line rupture. Officials estimate millions in damage across the Bay Area with injuries and evacuations in Daly City.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
Bak Snene
Wade A
Tadio
Beck Case Probes To Extend To Other Deals
A Senate Rackets Committee spokesman said Beck may face questions about the $270000 in union funds and other transactions between Beck's Teamsters group and companies he controls. Beck plans to appear with financial records. Hoffa and Brewster were present at a Teamster policy meeting defending against smear tactics as hearings wind up.
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Washington
Senate
Teamster
Dave Beck
Hubert
F.kennedy
Beck
Beck. S
Kennedy
St. Louis
Teamster National Warehouse
James ‘R. Hoffa
Western
Frank W. Brewster
Hoffa
Brewster
Congress
Rackets Committee
Vatican shortens pre Communion fasting period by pope
Pope Pius XI revised long standing rules governing fasting before Communion. The fast is cut from midnight to three hours before mass to one hour for non alcoholic beverages, with evening Masses now permitted on weekdays and Sundays and feast days.
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Vatican City
Wisconsin Men Identified Among Missing Pacific Plane Crew
Three Wisconsin men were named among 67 Americans aboard a four engine C97 transport plane lost over the Pacific. Ronald C. Lice soil Blanchardville Army Pyi Narc Collins Genoa City Donald P. Collins Navy Electronics Technician Wayne S. Schmitz Saint Cloud Navy Seaman Apprentice and Arthur A. Schmitz cashier Saint Cloud are listed among the missing. The search spanned 70,000 miles of ocean with planes from Alaska Hawaii Guam Okinawa and Japan but yielded no trace.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Pacific Ocean
Army
Ronald
Millard
Lee
Blanchardville
Navy Electronics
Techniciah
Donald P. Collins
Benjamin K. Collins
Genoa ‘City
Navy
Wayne 5. Schmitz
Arthur A. Schmitz
Saint Cloud
State Bank of St. Cloud
Collins
Donald
Tokyo
Millard Lee
Japan
California
Pacific
Johnson Air Base Air Rescue
Cress
Alaska
Hawaii
Guam
Okinawa
Ki Tea
Air Force
Far East Air Force
U.S. Miliary Air Transport Service
Stratocruiser
Wake Island
Enravne
Travis
Temblors Rock Home Of Newsman Temblors Rock Home Of Newsman
United Press correspondent Neal Corbett recounts nearby earthquake damage in the San Francisco Bay area. He describes a violent shaking that toppled furniture, shattered dishes, and forced his family from their home on the San Andreas Fault.
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Neal Corbett
United Press
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
San Andreas
United Press Office
Nancy
Lori
Night Earthquakes Rattle Neighborhood and Echoing Fears
A series of minor tremors shook the area causing a water reservoir to strain its seams and prompting evacuation of about 1300 residents. A witness recounts shattered windows, a bleeding injury, and families ducking back indoors as aftershocks continued into the night. Nancy remained calm while Lori sobbed at the sight of glass and a store window breaking. The writeer notes kissing his family goodbye again at 9 30 last night amid ongoing tremors.
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Lake Merced
County
San Francisco
Daly City
San -Andreas
Sant Francisco
Red’ Sox
San “Francisco Seals
Scenic Coast Highway
Pacific
California
Here
West Coast
Sunset District
Nancy
Lori
Winter Storm Slams Western U S Plains and Midwest
A weather report notes heavy storms and up to eight inches of snow in parts of Nebraska as winter grips the western and central Plains. Springlike warmth returns elsewhere with temperatures rising from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and rainfall easing along the middle Atlantic coast.
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United Press
Inter
Union
Plains
Nebraska
Rockies
Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic
Navy Will Commission Seawolf Sub March 30
The Navy plans to commission the nuclear Seawolf, the United States second nuclear submarine, on March 30 in Groton Connecticut. The 300-ton vessel, launched July 21, 1955, has been at-sea trials since last summer with Cmdr Richard B. Laning set to assume command. Rear Adm. Milton E. Mies will perform the commissioning ceremony. The keel of a second nuclear submarine, the Halibut, will be laid April 11 at Mare Island Vallejo California, as the Navy’s first nuclear powered guided missile submarine construction begins.
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Washington
Grotea
Conn
Milton E. Mies
3Rd Naval ‘District
New York
Ssawolf
Richard B. Laning
Amherst
Navy
Mare Isard Naval Shipyard
Vallejo
Call
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Green Bay
Otto Storgrauer JR
Stoegbauer Is
Stoegbauer
West End
Angul Vy Stanlby Giau
Pont
Temblors Rock
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