Defer Decision On Plea for Pay Increases
Waukesha city council postponed action on raises for sewage disposal plant workers until the final hearing on the 1954 budget next Tuesday. Frank Marbach urged a living wage, noting pay disparities with hourly workers and Milwaukee plant wages. A plan to present Dec. 8 figures and a job evaluation study was discussed, but no decision was made.
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Waukesha
Frank Marbach
C. C. Smith
Marbach
Walter Dick
Board of Public Works
BPW
Milwaukee
Ald
Harry Lemmer
Griffenhagen
Lemmer
Paul Steinert
Third Ward
Boy Burned by Barstow School Incinerator Ashes
Seven year old Michael Bartelme backed into an incinerator full of hot ashes on Barstow school grounds around 3 20 p m Monday. He suffered first and second degree burns to his left foot and both ankles. The incident was reported to the police Tuesday night.
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Waukesha
Barstow
Michael Bartelme
John Bartelme
Maryst
Wisconsin Weather Summary Forecast
Cloudy with rain in the southeast and extreme south tonight. Rain or snow possible in the northwest and rain in the southeast Thursday. Warmer in the southeast tonight, colder in the northwest Thursday. Highs 32 to 50, lows around 32. Mean 30, yesterday 36, 26. Thursday temperatures in the 30s with a late rise. event location WAUKESHA Almanac Thursday December 3 1 am.
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Wisconsin
Morals Case Continued in Oconomowoc Court
Preliminary hearing for Fred Perlin 46 of Oconomowoc started in municipal court and continued to December. He faces charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and taking indecent liberties. Bail set at 1000 dollars. Defense seeks continuance to prepare. Other cases include Donald Peardon pleading guilty to selling liquor to minors with a 200 dollar fine and Amos Hartley fined 10 dollars for disorderly conduct after a confrontation with Bernard Siegmann.
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Oconomowoc
Fred Perlin
Perlin
James D'Amato
Sonia
New Moon
Robert Schroek
Minent
Capella
Tower of Milwaukee
Alvin
Hogal Haut
G. Brendemuehl
Betelgeuse
Deneb
Brendemueh
Donald Peardon
Okauchee
Milwaukee
Amos Hartley
Dousman
Bernard Siegmann
Hartley
Ottawa
Siegimann
Ridgway Charges Reds Mistreated Prisoners
Gen. Matthew Ridgway testified before a Senate subcommittee that 13,239 U S service members faced inhuman treatment in Korea and 4,631 were repatriated. He cited documented atrocities including shootings, brutal mutilation, tortures, and maggot-infested food, as a result of Communist mistreatment.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Army
Senate
Defense Department
Ridgway
Claudius O. Wolfe
Eisenhower rules out talks on Red China UN seat
President Eisenhower said the question of admitting Red China to the United Nations is not open to negotiation at present. He declined to assess a Russian note on a Big Four meeting with the Soviets, stressing study and indispens able conditions for any potential talks. He affirmed troop reductions must avoid weakening units near hostile positions and cautioned against premature commitments before Bermuda talks with Churchill and Laniel. He also emphasized a government of our own choosing for all nations and supported Dulles' call for satellite peoples to determine their own governments.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Bermuda
China
United Nations
United States
Nto
Sir Winston
Churchill
Joseph Laniel
U.N
Russia
Berlin
Soviet Union
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
McCarthy
Driver Fined for Unregistered Truck in Waukesha Court
George Cherwink of Waukesha route 1 was fined $5 and costs in municipal court for driving without first registering his truck with the state. He admitted using the truck since July without license plates and told Judge Scott Lowry he would register or sell the vehicle.
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George Cherwink
Waukesha
Scott Lowry
Eisenhower backs duties in answer to McCarthy blast
County board weighs eight more deputies for the sheriff's department. The measure failed 32 to 17 after a quick vote, then was reconsidered amid calls for a full department study and possible spring session action. Local supervisors offered mixed views on city versus county tax benefits and staffing needs.
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Eisenhower
McCarthy
County Board
Sheriffs Department
Sheriff's Committee
Bruenig
Vernon Gaspar
Ene
Gaspar
Waukesha
Oconomowoc
Sheriff's Department
Parents Seek To Oust Teacher At Lawnsdale School
A petition signed by 90 percent of Lawnsdale district parents seeks the dismissal of Mrs. Barber, the one room school’s teacher. State officials say a formal complaint could trigger a revocation hearing. the case would move to Waukesha County supervisor for review.
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Lawnsdale
Highway 1
Milky Way Road
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
George Watson
Watson
Russell Lewis
Madison
Lewis
Waukesha County
Winston Brown
Walter Carter
Carter
Lyle Tans
Tans
Lawnsdale School
Mill Valley School
Auto Found Stolen Nash Recovered Near Bluemound Drive-In
Sheriff's deputies recovered a 1951 Nash stolen from the Milwaukee Nash Co. The car was found abandoned on Highway 16 near the Bluemound drive-in theater.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Nash
Milwaukee Nash Co
Bluemound Drive-In
Neat Package Wrapping Art Teaches Students Retail Skills
Fifty Waukesha high school students joined a six session after school course on the art of selling. The program, a joint project of the high school commercial department the vocational school and the Chamber of Commerce retail division, trains students in wrapping selling techniques and cash handling. Many will be placed by December with pay and possible fringe benefits.
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Waukesha High School
Russell Kuehm
Sted
Savage and Martin
Haliday House
Chamber of Commerce
John Lehrer
Ray Rupple
A. J. Natalizio
Floyd ‘Qo. Janney
Lehrer
Two Estates Filed In County Court In Waukesha
County court records show two Waukesha men died recently with estates valued at 25 000 or more. Ernest A Hoffman died in Florida on November 19 and Lester Andree was killed in a Pewaukee auto crash on November 21. The Hoffman estate totals about 35 000, including 25 000 in real estate, and the Andree estate is about 25 000 in personal property. Letters of administration issued to Mildred F Schuetze and Madeline Schessler, daughters of the deceased, since neither left a will.
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Waukesha
Ernest A. Hoffman
Florida
Lester Andree
Pewaukee
Hoffman
Andree
Hoffman Estate
Mildred F. Schuetze
Buena Vista
Madeline Schessler
Park budget action postponed by county board
The county board tabled action on an proposed 8000 park budget to fund a planning director for the park commission. A 32 to 18 vote placed the resolution on hold as supervisors debated employment, zoning, and future costs for county parks amid opposition over a county wide planner and zoning plan.
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County Park Commission
Luther Cavitt
Chicago
County Board
Ave
Waukesha Transit
Cavitt
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
John Lidicker
Eagletown
Konrad Rohrer
Chenequa
Village
Schlafer
Waukesha County
Lidicker
Rohrer
Eisenhower backs Dulles on communism politics for 1954
President Eisenhower said he is in full accord with John Foster Dulles and rejected McCarthy's claim that communism in government will dominate the 1954 elections. He argued the administration will rout communists under the Brownell security program and pressed unity of free nations against Soviet power.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Joseph R. McCarthy
Administration
Wisconsin
Herbert) Brownell
McCarthy
Truman
U.S
Dulles
Alderman Reports On Parking Survey Progress
Alderman Aid Gaylord Lake announced the first two hour parking survey results on Tuesday. Availability included 17 spaces in the TM turnaround lot 85 in the river lot 10 in the river lot near Sears Roebuck 31 in the Martin street lot and 14 in the Clinton street lot. He said free downtown parking for shoppers is achieved and plans to recheck Friday and Saturday. Police Chief Harold Owens and Mayor C C Smith offered no comment yet pending longer run of the system.
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Gaylord Lake
Council
River Lot
Sears-Roebuck
Martin Street
Clinton Street
Luke
Harold Owens
C. C. Smith
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Menomonee
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Frank Pritzlaff
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New Berlin
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Linden
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