City Prepares Memorial Day Observances In Oshkosh
Oshkosh prepares for Memorial Day with public ceremonies and quiet reflection as the nation honors war dead. Weather forecasts warn of possible rain but ceremonies in the city will proceed with military and religious observances to respect those who died defending the United States.
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Oshkosh
United States of
Sea
Giessel
Gordon R. Bender
First Evangelical United Brethren/Revenue Church
Northwestern urges pre-9 am submissions for holiday edition
The Daily Northwestern will publish on Memorial Day with usual news coverage. Readers are urged to submit sports social or other items by 9 a.m. so late breaking items can be included.
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Northwestern
Wisconsin Lawmaker Doubts Income Tax Rate Will Hold
State Representative William Draheim of Neenah says there is no good chance Wisconsin can keep its current income tax rate for two years. He comments during a Tuesday session as discussions on tax policy continue.
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William Draheim
R-Neenah
Wisconsin
Carpenters Strike Looms in Fox Valley
A Fox Valley union spokesman warned a 1500 member carpenters strike could start June 1 if wage contracts remain unsettled. Oshkosh locals meet Saturday to review reports and discuss details as talks with contractors stall and potential spillover effects on state budgets loom.
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Carpenters’ Strike
Fox Valley
Fox Valley Carpenters
Oshkosh
Second Shot In A-Series is Called Off
LAS VEGAS NEV Atome Energy Commission scientists postponed the second plastic test in the 20 shot A tests series for 24 hours after a weather evaluation meeting. The first detonation in the United States most extensive nuclear test series occurred two weeks earlier. Chugo Koito of Kyodo News said the test was disappointing yet terrible, and called for an immediate halt to all A and H bombs.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atome Energy Commission
AEC
United States
Chugo Koito
Kyodo
Polio-Crippled pair tops Mount Vernon high honors
Mount Vernon Illinois honors ceremony honors two polio crippled students Rosalie Anslinger aged 18 and Marvin Malone 17 who completed four years of high school by telephone. They earned top grades with Rosalie averaging A s and one B while Marvin led the boys with the highest grades in a class of 232. They attended the ceremony in wheel chair and stretcher and plan to graduate with their class Friday.
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Mount Vernon, Til
Mount Vernon High School
Rosalie Anslinger
Marvin Malone
Aly
Rosalie
Marvin
Shelr
Warm Springs
AEC
Gov Thomson signs several minor bills in Wisconsin
Governor Thomson announced the signing of several minor laws. Measures include granting courts power to place a child in immediate custody for welfare, allowing tavern operation in a brewery hotel, tax exemption for stock received in exchanges, and repeal of Milwaukee Class C liquor licenses.
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Madison
Thomson
Milwaukee
End of dance leads to stage mishap near Philadelphia
Dancer Jean Williams in a theater near Philadelphia fractured her leg when a four second blackout caused a fall into the orchestra pit during the second act. The incident followed the misremembered good luck ritual and halted the performance briefly.
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Philadelphia
Jean Williams
Sean
Rally Pushes to Restore Cuts in Defense Budget
Washington report says administration allies urged a House vote to restore about 344 million dollars to Eisenhower's slashed defense budget. House GOP leaders aimed for a final vote tonight amid a split amid Democratic opposition and a 145-113 nonrecord defeat on an advertising issue. The defense bill totals 33.541 billion for fiscal 1958, with the president seeking 2.587 billion more.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Hisenhower
Beery Ee
GOP
Bil
Senate
Farm — Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Congress
Congressional
House Ways & Means Committee
Bakery Workers
White House
Republicans Settle Squabble on Action in Assembly
Republicans in caucus agreed to close ranks and kill most of the more than a dozen spending bills on the calendar. They decided to pass three money measures covering the Conservation Department recreation advertising state airport aids and the operation of WHA TV. The plan followed a split over three minor cuts from the Joint Finance Committee to the Thomson budget.
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Madison
Assembly
Elmer Nitschke
Beaver Dam
Joint Finance Committee
Gay
Thomson
Wha-Tv
GOP
Assemblyman
Grady
Port Washington
Assembly Advances Budget Bills Then Adjourns
The Assembly approved an $89,000 WHA TV appropriation and a $225,000 state airport aid bill before adjourning. Republicans planned to kill more than $10 million in other money measures, including a wild animal bounty bill defeated despite defense by Assemblyman Zellinger. Nitschke pledged to rally Republicans to defeat remaining money bills as the Senate passed a public advertising funds restoration.
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WHA -Tv
Senate
Zellinger
R- Phillips
State Department of Public Welfare
Nitschke
Beaver Dam
Republican Party Caucus
Humphrey Resigns Treasury Post. Anderson Named Successor
George M. Humphrey resigns as U S Treasury secretary and Robert B. Anderson, former deputy secretary of defense, is chosen to replace him. The retirement marks a cabinet shakeup as Anderson steps into the key finance role.
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Washington
George M. Humphrey
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B.anderson
Defense
Dulles urges rapid progress to keep East West disarmament talks alive
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles pressed for speed in the East West disarmament talks and German reunification discussions. He warned progress must come quickly or the disarmament race will stall, and noted the European role, especially Germany, in any first step plan. He also cited impasse with Allies over trade with Red China and indicated no final agreement yet.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Humphrey
White House
Parmament
Secretary of the Treasury
Eisenhower
Sassiar Dulles
Russia
Algo
Soviet Union
Europe
Germany
West
Konrad Adenauer
Ews
Eisenhower nominates Anderson for top fiscal post in U S government
President Eisenhower sent a Senate nomination for Anderson a Texas Democrat who has been secretary of the Navy and deputy defense secretary to head the government top fiscal post. He notes Humphrey’s resignation date is unsettled and will be set by circumstances after key problems are addressed.
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Senate
Anderson
Navy
Defense
Humphrey
Congress
Memorial Day Weather Forecast Warns Of Scattered Showers
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts generally fair and mild Memorial Day across the nation with possible showers or thundershowers in scattered areas from the Mississippi Valley to the Sierra and Cascade Mountains. Warmer in the east with 90s along the Gulf Coast and Southwest. 60s in Great Lakes and northern Maine.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Sierra
Cascade Mountains
Florida
New York
Ohio
Tennessee
Gulf Coast
Southwest
Great Lakes
Maine
Walsh strides from home to diploma four years of travel
Edward Walsh spent four years and 40000 miles traveling to and from Trinity High School, a 24 mile distance from his home. He plans to enroll at the University of Louisville about ten miles farther from home.
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Louisville
Edward Walsh
Trinity High School
University of Louisville
Cuban Troops Press Rebels in Rain-Swept Cuban Mountains
In Oriente province Cuban forces chased newly landed rebels amid rainswept mountains after saboteurs struck Havana. Reports say 16 casualties on the rebel side in a clash near Rio Grande while another battle near El Avero left unknown counts. Fidel Castro alleged led the rebels. Havana power lines were dynamited injuring four and plunging the city into darkness.
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Havana
Cuba
Oriente
Rio Grande
Corinthia
Mayari' On
Tne
el Aveto
Andres Domingo Morales del Castillo
Vedado
Morales del Castillo
Unrepentant sailor kills officer and wounds two
In San Francisco a 21 year old sailor Jimmie Henderson aboard a Navy transport killed Ens Arthur Morris and wounded Ens Richard Morrison during a seven hour rampage. He held Seaman Lakey hostage on the ship's bridge before surrendering.
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San Francisco
Jimmie L. Henderrson
Marin City
Calif
Ens
Arthur L. Morris
Stow
Ohio
Morris
Henderson
Richard V. Morrison
Grand Rapids
Mich
Harrison
Oak Knoll Naval Hospital
R. W. Lakey
Springfield
Ore
Steffes
House
Senate
Den
Waupun
Navy
Jimmy Henderson
Treasure Island
33 Percent Cut in USIA Funds Endorsed
The House approved a 33 percent reduction in requested United States Information Agency funds and sent the measure to the Senate for final approval. The plan also imposes a ban on the agency competing with private news, film, or picture services.
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Washington
House
United States Information Agency
Senate
Slayer of Wife Declared Sane by Milwaukee Judge
Charles R. Conaty a 41 year old Milwaukee man who beat his wife to death with a claw hammer five years ago was declared sane by Municipal Judge Wawhart T Sfaffac on Tuesday.
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Milwaukee
Charles R.conaty
Wawhart T Sfaffac
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