Kenoshan Will Head Principals
Frank Splitek of McKinley School Kenosha was elected president of the Wisconsin Elementary School Principals Association at a Friday night session in the Athearn Hotel. Edward Ehlert Manitowoc was named president-elect with Howard D. Lee Shorewood as first vice president and William Gardner Madison as second vice president. The new president will take office June 1. The association also heard resolutions urging professional standards for principals, full time supervising principals for larger schools, single school principalship, and a minimum salary of principals.
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Wisconsin Elementary School Principals Association
Edward Ehlert
Manitowoc
Helen Fersler
Green Bay
Frank Splitek
Kenosha
Presi
Howard D.lee
Shorewood
Eugene Krejcarek
Icipals Group
Miss Fersley
Krejcarek
William Gardner
Madison
McKinley School
Athearn Hotel
Howard D
Ehlert
State Department of Public Instruction
National Education Association
Dope Raids Crack Down Across Four States
Pittsburgh and four other cities in Pennsylvania New York and Ohio saw one of the largest narcotics sweeps in months as police and federal agents arrested at least 138 people. About 100 were taken in Pittsburgh and 21 in Clairton with 38 charged as peddlers. three suspects including Edward Todd remained at large.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
New York City
Steubenville
Bellaire
Clairton
Dragnet
Big
Thomas E. McGuire
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Edward Todd
United States
Hershel Smith
Alonzo Davis
McGuire
Todd
Raymond Hood
Lawrence Taliaferro
West Virginia
Graham Is Convicted Of Plane Bombing
John Gilbert Graham was found guilty of first degree murder for bombing a United Air Lines DC-6 flight on November 1 killing 44 people including his mother. The jury imposed death in the gas chamber with no recommendation. plans to appeal were announced.
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Denver
John Gilbertraham
Daisie E. King
United Air Lines
Graham
Charles Vigil
State Supreme Court
Dist
Joseph M. McDonald
McDonald
Teenager Kills Teacher and Wounds Two at Maryland School
SEAT PLEASANT Md UP A 15 year old Billy Prevatte fatally shot Frazer Cameron then critically wounded Dan Wagner and wounded seventh grade teacher Robert Hicks at Mary and Park Junior High. Police say he aimed for Principal John Hrezo after a reprimand. He fled as students panicked then was jailed on murder and assault with intent to kill charges. Wagner underwent emergency surgery and remained critical. Prevatte had recently moved from Raleigh NC where he was expelled for threatening a teacher. The incident occurred after he was told to report to the principal's office and then went home for a rifle reentering the school.
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Seat Pleasant
Billy Prevatte
Frazer Cameron
Mary and Park Junior High
Dan Wagner
Robert Hicks
Wagner
Prince Georges County Hospital
Prevatte
John Hrezo
Hrezo
Raleigh
N.C
Young Prevatte
Var
UN Chief to report on Middle East mission in New York
Dag Hammarskjold departs Rome for New York to present a detailed personal report to the UN Security Council on his month long mission to ease Arab Israel tensions. In 25 days of diplomacy he won ceasefire pledges from Israel and Egypt Jordan Syria and Lebanon.
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Rome
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Su. N
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Ih J
U.N. Security Council
Misson
Jordan
Lebanon
Lebaron
Eartlier
Israel
Damascus
Syria
Egypt
Paris
France
Motorist folds and eats speeding ticket in Temple City
Temple City California motorist Gene Arthur Johnson was jailed Friday after accepting a speeding ticket from a patrolman who then watched him fold the ticket and eat it. Johnson is jailed on related charges pending further action.
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Temple City
Calif
Gene Arthur Johnson
Johnson
U. S. Denies Funds To Segregated Airports
Southern officials said federal denial of funds for segregated airport facilities would not derail expansion. The CAA memo excludes duplicate segregated areas from aid, prompting little southern protest. Georgia Alabama and Mississippi cities will fund segregated installations, while Raleigh Durham NC faces only limited segregated facilities. Atlanta plans costed separate rest rooms offset by future federal aid, and Montgomery will fund segregated facilities while seeking $295,000 for a new admin building.
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Atlanta
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Netro
Adam Clayton
D-Ny
Raleigh-Durham
N.C
North Carolina
Ell
Arven Saunders
MRA Chiefs in Manila Arrive for East Asia Tour
Sighteen leaders of the Moral Rearmament movement arrived in the Philippines on a East Asia goodwill tour. They were led by MRA founder Dr Frank Buckman and President Frank Buckman Jr. arrived to join the delegation in Manila.
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MRA
Manila
Philippines
Frank Buck Jman
Small Bomb Fired and Giant Test Monday
Aboard USS Mt. McKinley in Eniwetok Atoll, P-Men report confidence that the B52 will have ample clearance as a hydrogen device is tested. Joint Task Force Vit outlines a May 8 Bikini Atoll air drop of a multi megaton thermonuclear bomb, codenamed Cherokee, to occur several thousand feet above sea level with Mt. McKinley observers 32 miles away.
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MT. Mckinley
Eniwetok Atoll
Joint Task Force Vit
Bikini
Runit Island
William E. Ogle
Bikini Atoll
Bikini Lavon
Ogle
America
Reds to Produce Salk Polio Vaccine
London and Moscow radio reported the Soviet Union will produce the polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk. Prof Mikhail Chumakov of the Soviet Institute for the Study of Poliomyelitis called it the USA’s major achievement in poliomyelitis science and said they are convinced of its effectiveness and will manufacture it in the Soviet Union.
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London
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
United States
Jonas Salk
Mikhail Chumakov
USA
Senate backs five year highway plan for interstates
Senate Public Works Committee approved a five year highway program totaling 36.8 billion dollars including the interstate system valued at 27.5 billion. The plan would run five years with 900 million dollars annually in federal funds. House action authorized 51.5 billion for 13 years. differences include tax hikes on fuel tires and trucks to finance the program. Dennis Chavez led the committee as chair while notes on funding sources and matching funds differed from the House bill.
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Cerain
Woody
House
Senate Public Works Committee
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Committee
Dennis Chavez
Ike Relaxes At Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower relaxed with his grandchildren Barbara and David at his Gettysburg farm in bright spring sun. He traveled there Friday with his physician Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder, while Mrs. Eisenhower arrived earlier. The White House said no weekend visitors were planned and he would return to Washington late Sunday or early Monday.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Barbara Eisenhower
David
Howard McC
Snyder
White House
Washington
NATO Brain Trust Aims to Strengthen Western Bloc
Britain backs a plan to form a three man NATO brain trust of experts to widen the alliance's political role against world Communism. Lester Pearson Gaetano Martino and Halvard Lange named for the panel to report by late summer, as ministers draft a charter of intent to boost Western policy and aid to underdeveloped countries.
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Paris
Britain
NATO
John Foster Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Dulles
Russia
Brain Trust
NATO Council
Canada
France
Italy
Norway
Belgium
Boy's piggy bank hides missing $1,000 bill
Belmont California conductor Charles Berger told police to cancel the search for the $1,000 bill he reported missing a week earlier. He said his two year old daughter Kimberlee had stuffed the bill in her piggy bank.
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Belmont
Calif
Charles Berger
Berger
Kimberlee
Anti-Racket Writer Now Totally Blind
New York Daily Mirror labor columnist Victor Riesel has lost sight in both eyes after a month long acid attack. Doctors said the 41 year old father of two suffered irreversible damage as the corrosive liquid destroyed eyelid and eyeball tissues. Police offered rewards totaling 40000 dollars as unions join in the manhunt for the assailant described as a nice looking young man, who struck after a radio broadcast condemning labor racketeers.
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NEW York
New York Daily Mirror
Victor Riese
Riesel
Mr. Riesel
Geraliamo Bonaccolto
Lindy’s
Broadway
Betty Nevins
Oshkosh considers 3.5 million bond for high school
City finance officers call a 3.5 million bond a reasonable figure for new high school facilities and urge exploring all uses for the present site. The report to the health and welfare committee notes public demand for facilities at less cost than a proposed 4.9 million bond. A two-school option and site reuse are evaluated with tax impacts shown.
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Council
Mgm
Chm
Edmund Pher
South Park
Mayvoi
Siares
Church St
Beach
Jacob Kaufmann
Chm Pher
Vt Cam
Kaufmann
Lincoln School
Reds Offer Slavs Long Term Loan
BELGRADE Yugoslavia. The Soviet Communist bloc offered Yugoslavia a long term loan of 900 million dollars for 10 years at two percent interest. A government spokesman noted that an American plan to channel US aid via the United Nations was favorably received.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United Nations
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