Inquiring Park Board to Call 10 Witnesses Tuesday
The city council park board inquiry committee will summon 10 witnesses and the city clerk for a full session at City Hall Tuesday at 7 p.m. The probe targets the acting park board formed about two and a half years ago under former mayor John C. Voss and seeks facts for a September 19 report to the Common Council.
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City Hall
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George F. Oaks
Common Council
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Board of Public
John C. Voss
Mayrer
Alfed L. Kuebler
Erwin Albrecht
Robert F. Jansen
Louis Heintz
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Voss
Juedes
Cold Front Sweeps Midwest and Ends Los Angeles Heat Wave
A Canadian cold front breaks a brief Midwest heat wave with snow in Cut Bank Montana and 33 degrees in the region while Chicago expected a near record low by Sunday. Separately Los Angeles ends a 10 day heat spell with a high near 83 as eight straight days hit 100 plus and the toll rises in deaths and crop losses.
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Canada
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Mont
Mercury
Chicago
Iowas
Wisconsin
Colorado
Gweat Lakes
Los Angeles
Civic Center
Longevity Detroit Artist Reveals Secret to Life
David Courlander, known for his “fantastic primitives,” celebrated his ninth birthday on Friday and shared the frank secret of long life, saying “Just keep breathing.” The unusual artist has previously startled the art world with his provocative work.
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Detroit
David Courlander
Courlander
West Seeks To Sabotage Talks Say Russ
United Nations dispatches report the Soviet delegate Arkadi Sobolev accusing the West of sabotaging disarmament talks. Tass excerpts claim Moscow rejects Western views and urges a system of inspectors at strategic points to supervise troop movements. The talks adjourned with no agreement, as Russia maintained its May 10 proposals.
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Tass
Arkadi Sobolev
United States
Britain
Canada
France
Russia
Anthony Nutting
Kremlin
Sobeler
Edgar Faure
Geneva
Sedeley
New York
Sobolev
Harold Stassen
Eisenhower
Legion Group Finds UNESCO Isnt Communist
A special American Legion committee released an 18 month study concluding UNESCO is not communist or atheistic and not a world government front. The six member panel found no facts to support charges tied to Alger Hiss or Harry Dexter White and said UNESCO documents do not show links to those figures. The report, filed May 5, will go to the Legion’s Miami convention for potential debate.
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Yixo
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Rezon Committee
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London
Harry Dexter ‘White
Treasury
Atty Gen Browzell
San Francisco
Collision Near Shawano Fatal For Two Persons
A head on crash on Wis 23 near Shawano Wisconsin killed two people. Chicago resident Else Arquisa 39 and Shawano resident Francis E. Criscone 39 died. Four others including Clement Alquisa 45 Katherine Sna r ski 33 Iron Belt Wis and Axel Swanson Portland Ore were seriously injured. The collision occurred about 45 minutes after the highway reopening following resurfacing.
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Else Arquisa
Chicago
Francis E. Criscone
Wausau
Clement Alquisa
Katherine Snariski
Iron Belt
Axel Swanson
Portland
Ore
Criscone
Convict Wounded During Riot At Reformatory Fights for Life
In Lincoln Nebraska a riot at the Nebraska Reformatory involved about 150 inmates who set fires, prompting guards to use bullets and tear gas. A 28-year-old inmate Luis Morales of San Antonio Texas was shot in the back and survived surgery. Superintendent George Morris had been dismissed fueling the unrest. Wimberly announced an investigation into the disturbance.
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Nebraska Reformatory
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Wimberly
Luis Morales
San Antonio
Tex
Morris
Chinese Reds Agree To Free 10 Americans
Geneva AP report says Communist China will release 10 Americans imprisoned or under house arrest within days after a meeting with U S ambassador Johnson. The talks yielded an agreement on repatriation of American civilians in China and Chinese citizens in the United States, with British and Indian mediation for departures.
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Wang Ping-Nan
U. S
U. Alexis Johnson
United States
Lawrence R. Buel
Dilmas T. Kanady
Levi Lovegren
Dorothy Middieton
Sara Perkins
Walter A. Rickett
Harold W. Rigney
Frederick .D. Gordon
Joseph E. Hyde
James Joyce
Formosa
United Nations
J. Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Wang
Poland
Johnson
Othey
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Adenauer and Reds Trade Heated Digs in Moscow Talks
In Moscow, West German Chancellor Adenauer and Soviet leaders exchanged sharp accusations on war ends and prisoner issues. Khrushchev denied atrocities by Soviet troops, Bulganin rejected prisoner releases, while Adenauer pressed for action and Brentano responses amid a 32 hour Semidonovka Palace session.
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Konrad Adenauer
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Adenauer
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
Marshall Nikolai ‘Bulganin
Bulgaria
Semidonovka Palace
Khrushchev
Henrich von Brentano
Bulganin
Jet Pilot Killed As Parachute Fails
A U S Air Force F86 Sabrejet pilot was killed when his parachute failed to open. The aircraft crashed into a rice paddy near Kamaki while circling for a second GCA landing during a proficiency flight from Johnson Air Base near Tokyo to Komaki Air Base near Nagoya. The second plane landed safely.
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Par East Air Force
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Komaki
Nagoya
Kamaki
Reimbursing Plan by Blue Cross Held Illegal
In Trenton New Jersey the deputy attorney general ruled that New Jersey Blue Cross cannot legally enter a reimbursing arrangement with an Illinois corporation for out-of-state medical services. Under law only insurance companies and hospital services corporations may contract to furnish hospital services, and Health Service Inc. is one of several Blue Cross entities formed to cover employers across states.
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Blue Cross
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End to End Hailey case ends with license fine
Minnie End of Hailey Idaho paid a 325 fine for fishing without a license yesterday. Probate Judge John Wright commented as she left the court this is the end of Minnie End fishing without a license.
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Idaho
Minnie End
John Wright
Thousands of Troops Join In Battle on Fires
Thousands of fresh Army troops and U S Marines from 10 states joined the Calif ornia fire fight as nine major blazes raged after a week of ruin. An arsonist was sought near Yreka with large losses reported for Klamath and Sequoia forests and the Las Padres watershed. Army and Air Force units supplemented exhausted local crews, including 500 soldiers from Fort Lewis and 500 engineers from Beale Air Force Base deployed to relieve Presidio and San Francisco firefighters.
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California
Klamath National Forest
Yreka
Sequoia National Forest
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Las Padres
Santa Barbara
Scarface Afonntain
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23Rd Infantry Regiment
Fort Lewis
Wash
City Urges Speedy State Action On Bridge Contracts
Oshkosh leaders urge the State Highway Commission to accept the local bid by C R Meyer & Sons for the Oregon Jackson bridge. They warn that delays raise costs and traffic remains halted, risking further disruption to city and county finances. The commission planned a 30 day delay to re advertise or award.
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Exmest R. Siewert
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Jackson Drive
Stewert
City Hall
Brazil Wins Draw for First U. N. Seat
UNITED NATIONS New York Brazil won the draw to occupy the first seat in the United Nations General Assembly opening on Sept 20. Brazil's delegation will be seated at the left of the front row with other countries following in English alphabetical order.
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