Rasmussen Bid Accepted for Oshkosh Junior High School
The Oshkosh board of education accepted Peter Rasmussen & Sons bid for the Webster Stanley Junior High School general contract after reviewing six bids. Other awarded work includes heating by Roman Wenzel Co, plumbing by Roman Wenzel Co, and electrical by Haack Electric Service.
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Peter Rasmussen & Som
Board of Education
Rasmussen
Webster Stanley
Robert P. Gunz
Oshkosh
Roman Wenzel Company
Appleton
Haack Electric Service
British Chiefs Call Meetings On Bomb Tests
London reports that Prime Minister Churchill and Labour Leader Attlee ordered urgent meetings with their advisers to address Britain’s response to U S hydrogen bomb tests. Churchill will review British reports and Labor demands for intervention while Attlee plans an emergency shadow cabinet session to push for closer atomic coordination with the United States. A Labour petition seeks cancellation of H-bombs, ending atomic weapons and revising Five Eyes talks to include China.
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London
Winston Churchill
Clement Attlee
U.S
Churchill
Attlee
United States
China
House of Commons
Britain
Daily Telegraph
Accuser Claims FDR Hid Pearl Harbor Warning Details
Theobald, retired Rear Adm. Robert S., writes in U S News and World Report that Franklin D. Roosevelt sacrificed thousands by withholding advance notice of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The article targets Roosevelt’s actions and alleged knowledge of the impending raid from Hawaii military and naval leaders.
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FDR
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Robert S. Theobald
U.S. News and World Report
Theobald
Hawaii
International Soundphoto
Reds Start Big Drive At Dien Bien Phu
In Indochina the Vietminh launched a second massive assault on Dien Bien Phu as French forces, confident after early counterattacks, brace for renewed siege. Vietnamese casualties were high in the prior week, with 12,000 estimated. Vietminh reinforcements and supplies from China bolster preparations for a further assault.
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Reds
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Indochina
France
Red China
Castle Burglar Arrested in Germany Confession Emerges
An ex convict known as the Castle Burglar was detained by police in Stuttgart Germany and reportedly confessed to stealing the German crown jewels from a castle in Hechingen This report notes the crime date and describes accompanying weather and local observations from Wisconsin Minnesota and nearby regions with forecast details.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Thehenzollern
Castle
Hechingen
Haigh
North Perton
Minnesota
Perth
Lew
Must Be Ready For Any Kind Of Attack Says Ike
President Eisenhower urged united action against possible Communist conquest in Indochina and Southeast Asia. He said the nation must be prepared to meet any attack and that the administration was in full accord with Dulles on seeking united action, though no specifics were given.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Dulles
Free World
United
America
Diet approves defense pacts with United States
Japan's conservative parties push through the lower house Diet a mutual defense aid agreement with the United States. The pact backs rearmament with sea ships and aircraft to be supplied by the U S, though the upper house must still review the measure.
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Tokyo
Japan
U. S
Diet
United States
Hydrogen bomb could wipe out New York metropolitan area
At Eisenhower's news conference, AEC Chairman Strauss said the U S now has hydrogen bomb capability powerful enough to destroy the New York City metropolitan area. He described a March 1 test as a megaton range blast and noted progress toward peaceful uses of atomic power.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Strauss
Eisenhower
New York City
Strauss
Exeenutive
Pacific
Itis
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
James E. van Zandt
R-Pa
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
New York
Iwe
United States
Lions Kept Indoors As March Bows Out
Cold weather from a late week storm swept across much of the United States leaving at least 31 dead. Wisconsin recorded subfreezing readings with Park Falls at 4 and Green Bay reaching the 20s as light snow and cool highs persisted.
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United Press
Tates
New England
Upper
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Chicaro
Brookfield ‘Zoo
Middle Atlantic
Wisconsin
Green Bay
West Bend
Park Falls
Supe Tier
Grantsburg
Eau Claire
Wausau
Beirut
la Crosse
Kenosha
Lone Rock
Milwaukee
Madison
Loar Rock
Butter Prices To Tumble As Lower Supports Loom
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson held firm on reducing dairy price supports from 90 to 75 percent of parity starting at midnight. The move aims to curb surpluses and free government stocks, with forecasts of lower butter prices nationwide and a potential drop to 59 cents a pound in many areas.
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Washington
Ezra T. Benson
Congress
Benson
Hubert H.humphrey
D-Minn
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Wayne Morse
J-Ore
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
Los Angeles
Midwest
New York
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Western Europe and US ease curbs on Russian bloc trade
United States Britain and France reach a tentative agreement to reduce restrictions on exchanges with Soviet bloc economies. Officials say the accord aims to allow more peaceful goods while avoiding provocation of Communist powers. Stassen discusses trade limits as he heads to Washington and the conference draws toward a close.
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London
United States
Ritain
France
Europe
Foren Aid
Harand Toa Brae
Wash
Stassen
Eleven Die In Cheektowaga School Fire Tragedy
A fire and explosion in the annex of Cleveland Hill Elementary in Cheektowaga New York killed eleven people most of them students. At least nineteen others were burned or injured as flames rose and spread. Firemen searched the one story building for more victims and teachers were feared among the casualties.
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Cheektowaga
N.Y
Buffalo
Cleveland Hill
Dead Pilot Of C119 Crashes Into Mess Hall at Fort Bragg
At Fort Bragg North Carolina a C 119 Flying Boxcar crashed into a crowded mess hall. Seven men were killed and ten injured as flames roared from the wreck. Pilot Albert W Parks 25 of Cannelton Indiana died of his injuries. The plane failed to land on a narrow parade ground as it skidded into the hall in the Smoke Bomb area.
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Army Mess Hall
Fort Bragg
N.C
Air Force
Albert W. Parks
Cannelton Ind
AL Ratz
Parks
Eugene Rls
Donelson
Tenn
James
Sewarmi Air Force Base
Parachute Army
Mystery Woman and Dog Sought After Brooklyn Child Bite
In Brooklyn a child named Pia Schpor was bitten by a rust colored dog. Neighbors and authorities hunt for the woman who fled with the dog after the incident. Pia’s parents seek medical shots and care as the case prompts a wide search through streets and homes.
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Mystery Woman
Brooklyn
New York
Franboea
Pia Schpor
Ced
Phonse Schipan
Sarring
Mic De'ores Deck
Pia
Eisenhower to Sign Bill Cutting Federal Excise Taxes
President Eisenhower said he would sign a bill trimming excise taxes by about a billion dollars on consumer items. Reductions take effect Thursday and focus on jewelry furs cosmetics luggage handbags admission tickets long distance and local telephone charges home appliances while liquor beer wines gasoline automobiles and cigarets retain current rates. Congress approved the measure despite his objections and Wisconsin senators were not recorded in the roll call with 72 to 8 supporting the compromise.
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Washington
Llp
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Senate
Wisconsin
Wiles
McCarthy
Potter and Ferguson
Michigan
Soviet Notes Propose European Security Plan to Allies
Molotov summoned the ambassadors of the United States Britain and France and handed them a Soviet note detailing proposals for European security. The text was cabled to capitals and described as a plan to link to a North Atlantic Treaty framework, seen as a bid for a broader security arrangement.
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Moscow
V.om. Molotov
United States
Britain
France
Wester
Cates
Geneva
Ted Ee
Japan Conservatives Agree on U S Pacts
In Tokyo the ruling party signals support for limited security pacts with the United States amid a charged debate over Japan's rearmament. Prime Minister Yoshida's cabinet faces pressure but remains confident in a negotiated defense framework with U S partners.
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Japan
U. S
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