Wisconsin Governor Praises Education At Oshkosh Conference
Gov Vernon Thomson told about 450 Wisconsin elementary school administrators that the state ranks among the top four nationally in educational efficiency. He spoke at the Wisconsin Elementary School Principals Association 18th annual spring conference in Oshkosh at the Athearn Hotel banquet.
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Wisconsin
City
Vernon W. Thomson
Lef
Principals Association
Thomson
Oshkosh
Athearn
Frank J. Splitek
Kenosha
WESPA
Serence
Dante B. Fascell
D-Fla
Commerce
George Finances
Adl Ycore
Senate
House
Commerce Department Moves to Abolish OSI
The Commerce Department agrees in principle to abolish the Office of Strategic Information amid congressional criticism over alleged censorship of non secret government information. Senator Spessard Holland voices concern as the proposal unfolds.
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Washington W.R
Commerce Department
Sen. Spessard
L. Holland
D-1
Cannot Let Go Prisoner Refuses Magistrate Order
In Nottingham on Friday a Magistrate ordered the prisoner to remove hands from pockets. The prisoner resisted saying the police had taken his belt and suspenders, making the request impractical.
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Nottingham
England
Nottingham Court
Witness recounts bank robbery as it unfolds
Atlanta police search for two men after a drive-in bank heist nets $19 000. A bystander recalls not recognizing the crime while describing the sequence from the bank parking lot to a getaway car, and notes his mistaken view of events as a ordinary funds transfer. The witness worries about aiding lawmen by speaking to police.
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William Tucker
Atlanta
Citizens
10Th Street
Bank telJer
Tesler
12Th Street
McCarthy’s Death Prompts Early Wisconsin Senate Vote
Wisconsin and Washington officials expect a quick special election to fill the late Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s U S seat. If moves proceed, balloting could occur early in July, but Governor Vernon Thomson withholds plans until after McCarthy’s funeral. McCarthy died Thursday night in Washington of acute hepatitis.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Washington
U. S. Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
William P. Gardner
Thomson
Lakewood
United States Senate
WESPA
Oshkosh
Delford H. Lynn
Cumberland
Whitefish Bay
Bernice Ahlschwede
Lincoln School
Appleton
Edward Ehlert
McKinley School
Manitowoc
Ablschwede
Eugene Krejearek
McCarthy to Lie Beside Parents in Appleton Funeral
Funeral arrangements for Senator Joseph R. McCarthy include a state funeral with services in Washington and Wisconsin. The body arrives Monday at Green Bay via air, then escorted to Appleton for a 12 noon mass at St. Mary's and burial beside his parents Timothy and Bridget in St. Mary's Cemetery. Gov Vernon Thomson leads state officials at the Appleton rites, with escorts by state and county patrols.
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Appleton
Wis
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Washington
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Austin - Straubel
Adam Grill
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s
Father Grill
McCarthy
Shawano
Timothy
Bridget
St. Mary's
Vernon Thomson
Warren Knowles
Stewart Honeck
Warren Smyth
Assembly
Senate
Thomson
Philip Sellinger
Outagamie County
St. Matthew’s Cathedral
U.S. Senate
Frederick Brown Harris
Foundry Methodist Church
Royal Arch Masons of
Ostkosh
Tyrian Chapter
First Presbyterian Church
Ma. Berlin
East Germany
Masonic Temple
East Berlin
Ums
Dea m
Berlin
Temple
Tom Q. Ellis
Jackson Miss
General Grand Chapter
Mr. Ellis
Supreme Court
Mississippi
Guy J. Barlow
Raulf
Paine Arboretum
Arthur H. Weideman
Harry A. Guenther
Weideman
NATO Issues Warning to Soviet Threats in Bonn Talks
The 15 NATO nations warned in Bonn that any Soviet aggression will be met with massive atomic retaliation. The council underscored unity in opposing Soviet threats while pursuing disarmament and maintaining Western alliance cohesion ahead of US and European talks with Dulles and Adenauer.
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Bonn
Germany
NATO
Strigere
Setenn
Adenauer
United States
West Germany
Dulles
Eisenhower
Russia
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Konrad Adenauer
Paris
Western Europe
NATO Council
West
Foreign Office
Syria Votes in Key Elections Amid Cold War Tensions
Syria held pivotal elections to decide four of 143 parliamentary seats amid a clear left right split. Western diplomats see the vote as a gauge of Syria’s direction, with faceoffs echoing broader Middle East shifts.
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United Press
Syria
Mother and Two Children Die in Wisconsin Farm Fire
In Pleasant Valley Wisconsin a rural farm home fire early today killed a mother Mrs Glen Fotland 35 and her children Michael 18 and Susan 3 The father tried to rescue them and was hospitalized shocked neighbor Kenneth Kinderman also injured Firefighters saved the mother and two children but the girl died at the hospital and the boy died soon after hospital admission The fire origin is undetermined and about 35 firefighters battled the blaze leaving the house a shell
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Eau Claire
Pleasant Valley
Wisconsin
Glen Fotland
Michael
Susan
Kinderman
Fie
Wisconsin Senate race shapes up in 1958 with GOP optimism
In Wisconsin Republicans gauge a strong chance to fill the unexpired Senate term. Thompson may have to wait for a special election, with Kohler Knowles and Thomson leading GOP names. Democrats eye Nelson Maier Proxmire as possible entrants as primary timing pushes ballots to July.
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Wisconsin
Senate
Thomson
Philip Kuehn
Ihhairman
Walter Kohler
Kohler
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Knowles
GOP
Warren Knowles
John Byrnes
Green Bay
Alvin O'Kenski
Mercer
Melvin Laird
Marshfield
Gaylord Nelson
Madison
Henry Maier
Milwaukee
Nelson
Union Calls Off Airlines Strike Grounding Averts Halt
Washington dispatch says the International Machinists Union canceled a planned strike by Cap ital Airlines ground crews minutes before the deadline. About 20 workers were to walk out as mediators pressed for contract terms in continuous talks Friday night and into the morning.
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Washington
Capital Airlines
International Machinists Union
A. J. Hayes
U.S. 6th Fleet Leaves Middle East After Jordan Crisis
The U S 6th Fleet under Vice Admiral Brown sails toward the western Mediterranean aboard the USS Forrestal ending a five day Middle East stay. The move follows King Hussein's victory speech and is expected to pass Crete at dawn en route to the Straits of Messina. The fleet will join NATO Green Pilot exercises next week and remain within reach if a new crisis arises.
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Hussein
Jordan
United Press
Joe Morris
Amman
Arab World
Middle East
Feisel
Iraq
Saud
Saudi Arabia
6Th Fleet
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf
Egypt
U.S
James P Richards
Tunisia
Morocco
Libya
Eisenhower
Wash-ington
Syria
U S. S. Forrestal
Mediterranean
Adm
Charles R. Brown
Crete
Straits of
Messina
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Fascell
William F. Knowland
California
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Joseph Duke
Mark Trice
Alliance
Raymond A. Wheeler
U.S.A
Cairo
New York
Suez Canal
Wheeler
U.N
Kenneth Kinderman
Luther Hospital
Fotland
Communist China
Taipei
Formosa
China
Arch Masons
Allies
U. S
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