Storm Rips Wisconsin With High Winds Across State
A spring wind storm battered southern and eastern Wisconsin with near hurricane gusts. Milwaukee reported 80 mph winds and 14 hospitalizations. Green Bay crews rescued 20 fishermen after ice floes broke up. Madison saw 62 mph gusts and damage to a state building. Jackson and Racine also reported significant gusts and structural damage.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Howard Thompson
Green Bay
Marinette County
Marriner Kohlmann
Kohlmann
Marinette
Madison
Rock Hill Canning Co
Jackson
Washington County
Sturgeon Bay
Bayside
Thomas Fermian
Kenosha
Burlington
Racine
U S Embassy Silent On Reds Espionage Charge
In Moscow the United States Embassy avoided comment as Soviet media alleged that four U S military attaches discussed espionage. Named were Lt Col Howard L Feichlin Maj Martin J Manhoff Sgt Eugene Williams and Maj Walter McKinney on leave. The embassy and officials offered no further remarks.
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Moscow
United States
Espionaxre
Trod
Trod Wert
Howard L. Feichlin
Martin J. Manhoff
Eugene Williams
Walter McKinney
Feichlin
Army
Khabarovsk
Charles Bohlen
Bablesa
Congressmen Inspect Fort Bliss Guided Missiles
Twenty five congressmen from House Armed Services and Appropriations panels toured Fort Bliss in Texas and White Sands New Mexico to view new missiles and radar guided anti aircraft weapons. They observed the Nike Corporal and Honest John rockets and the Skysweeper radar controlled gun as part of a pre hearing and funding review.
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Fort Bliss
Tex
House
White Sands
N.M
el Paso
Rep
Dever Short
R-Mo
Armed Services Committee
C.W. Bishop
R-M
Armed Services
Bishop
White
Organ
San Andres
Tularesa Basin
Five Are Dead Three Trapped In Northwood Hotel Fire
A blaze consumed the Northwood Hotel in Crookston Minnesota early today leaving five dead and three feared trapped. Three escapees died later at city hospitals as fire crews searched the ruins for victims. Names surfaced as possible victims though immediate identifications were uncertain.
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Crookston
Minn
Northwood
Interi ‘Na
A. F. Lowl
Duluth
Betty Hedburg
Colonel Hurd
John Quam
Timan Gilling' Surd
Curly” Gregory
Russia Grants East Germany Sovereignty While Keeping Troops
Soviet union grants East Germany sovereignty after talks with Otto Grotewohl but keeps 300000 occupation troops in the eastern zone to shield the government from anti communist unrest. Moscow rebukes Western powers for stationing troops in West Germany as it claims the move pressures Allied authorities.
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Berlin
Russia
East Germany
Otto Grotewohl
Kremlin
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Toll Mounts in Indochina Including Dien Bien Phu
Reported toll shows 1311 affected by Vietminh actions in Indochina with 15 fatally wounded on the Dien Bien Phu battlefield. French forces report heavy engagement near Sontay and in Ban Ong as they press a mop-up and counterattack to secure the northwest corridor.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Sontay
Ban Ong
New York
William Z. Foster
Lq2
Communist Party
Henry W. God
Seoul
Syngmandard
Rhee
Foster
Smith
Education Drives Schools and Aid Debate
Milwaukee news reports a Wisconsin conference on school needs. National Education Association leader T M Sinnett urges public funding to ensure adequate schools and teachers, warning shortages will rise with enrollment. Local officials favor more state aid and cautious federal aid to avoid control.
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Milwaukee
T. M. Stin[nett
National Education Association
Sinnett
Foster Porter
Bloomington
Foster
Wisconsin
Congress
MacLachlan
Park Falls
Sauk City
Robert F. Straub
Straub
Wisconsin Association of School Administrators
Wisconsin Association of School Boards
Homer E. DeLong
Eau Claire
Administrators’ Association
Harold B. Mennes
Neenah
Howard Kujath
Waupun
Harold Schiotz
Ladysmith
Dale Thompson
Beloit
Harlan H. Zollner
Janesville
National School Service Insitute
Wisconsin Education Association
Cizcus
Janesvile Board of Education
Zdiner
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Summary Today
Partly cloudy conditions with a colder night in Wisconsin and increasing cloudiness with light snow in Minnesota. States expect warmer daytime temperatures Saturday with wind shifts, while Randll gauge notes slight water level changes and observatory reports record a maximum of 64 and minimum 34.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Fox River
Menasha
Rockstaff Observatory
New Violence Flares in Dock Workers Strike
Violence erupted on New York's waterfront as longshoremen clashed with unknown attackers amid a coalition fight between the ILA and the AFL ILA. Three AFL men were beaten in Brooklyn and Manhattan. a NLRB examiner urged dismissing the AFL ILA election due to mass assault and intimidation.
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New York
International Longshoremen's Assn
Ind
AFL International Longshoremen's Assn
AFL
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Afl-Ila
ILA
New York Harbor
International Longshorermen
Assn
Robert F. Wagner
Eisenhower
White House
Wagner
Department of Labor
Mrs Cordell Hull Dies on Visit in Staunton Virginia
Mrs Cordell Hull wife of the former secretary of state died in Staunton Virginia at 1:30 am while visiting her sister-in-law Irene Witz. She was 79. The death was announced by State Department spokesman Lincoln White.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Staunton
Hull
State Department
Lincoln White
Record Sum Voted For Atom H Bombs
Washington report says the House Appropriations Committee approved a record 1 061 billion dollars for hydrogen and atomic bombs for fiscal 1955 starting July 1. The Atomic Energy Commission would get every cent requested, amid emphasis on weapon variety and risk.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Appropriations
Veterans Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Housing and Home Finance Agency
General Services Administration
Mexican airliner crash near Monterrey kills all aboard
An Aeropuerto Naves Line flight crashed about 16 miles north of Monterrey killing all 18 aboard including five names of North American origin. The wreckage was found at daybreak in the Sierra de Salinas Range near Puente de Morales as the plane disappeared after Thursday night.
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Mexico City
Monterrey
Sierra de Salinas
Seek Counsel To Head Quiz Into Army Row
Washington AP report says the Senate Investigating Subcommittee aimed to name a special counsel by nightfall to lead the probe into Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s clash with the Army. Mundt McClellan and Jackson stressed the inquiry would proceed regardless of resignations by Roy M. Cohn or Army Counsel John G. Adams.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Army
Republican
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
John L. McClelan
D-Ark
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Mundt
Roy M. Cohn
Subcommittee
John G. Adams
White House
J. Mark Trice
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Cohn
Japan to Receive About 163 Million in U.S. Military Aid
Tokyo estimates U S military equipment worth roughly 163 million dollars will be sent in the new fiscal year beginning April 1. Keikichi Masuhara of the National Safety Agency said the sum has not yet been agreed with the U S Embassy.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Keikichi Masuhara
National Safety Aceneyy
Das
U. S
Eisenhower Favored as Excise Tax Cuts Win Senate Vote
The Senate approved a billion-dollar excise tax cut on furs jewelry luggage cosmetics entertainment telephone calls and travel bills while extending current rates on cigarettes liquor beer wine gasoline autos and auto parts for another year. The measure now goes to a conference committee for final adjustments and is expected for the President's signature next week. Senators Wiley and McCarthy joined the majority in supporting the bill and opposed reductions on autos and some electronics.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ike
Chamber
Eisenhower
Congress
Hisenhower
Washington U
Wisconsin
Wiley
McCarthy
Joe Adonis Convicted Of Perjury In Senate Inquiry
Joe Adonis was convicted in U.S. District Court on perjury charges for lying about his U.S. citizenship to investigators in December 1950. He remains free on a $10,000 bond pending sentencing, with a possible five-year prison term and $10,000 fine, and plans to appeal.
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Washington
Joe Adonis
U.S. District Court
Senate
United States
Adonis
New Jersey
Bergen County
Italy
Os US
Distret
Rhee Would Accept Presidency for Life
South Korea leader Syngman Rhee indicated he would accept a lifelong presidency if the constitution were changed and the people elected him again. He stated the current constitutional terms should be altered to permit continued rule.
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Rhee
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
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