Husband shoots wife and burns house in Wis. case
Dist Atty Frederic Eberlein said Thomas Bostwick confessed to shooting his wife Inase and pouring gasoline on her body before setting their four room home ablaze near Birnam Wood. He claimed the wife died in the fire and that he fled with their 2 year old daughter Kathleen to seek help. An autopsy found a gunshot wound to the back of the head and the body was burned.
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Shawano
Wis
Frederic Eberlein
Eberlein
Thomas Bostwick
Inase
Birnamwood
Kathleen
Bostwick
Antigo
Emmons Boy Fatally Hurt in Farm Accident
Henry Thompson five, son of Mr and Mrs Hilliard Thompson Emmons, died in a Albert Lea hospital from injuries after a wagon loaded with corn stalks passed over him. He was riding on a wagon drawn by a tractor driven by Cecil Wahlers of London when he fell beneath the wheels. Wahlers and Harvey Thompson had come from London to help fill a silo.
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Henry Thompson
Hilliard Thompson, Emmons
Albert Lea
Cecil Wahlers
London
Funeral set for Mrs. J. M. Quinn pioneer resident
Brainerd Minnesota funeral services for 99 year old Mrs. J. M. Quinn widow of a pioneer lumberman will be held Saturday at 9 am. A native of St. Paul she spent most of her life in Brainerd and leaves three daughters Mrs. Elmer Wobig of St. Paul Mrs. Emily McCabe and Margaret Quinn of Brainerd and a son J. M. Quinn of Sacramento California.
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Brainerd, Minn
J. M .Quinn
St. Paul
Quinn
Brainerd
Elmer Wobig
Emily McCabe
Margaret Quinn
J.M
Sacramento
Calif
Gunmen Hold Up Bar and Steal Cash
Two men robbed Addison's Bar at 1504 E Franklin Ave after closing. They forced the manager and two employees to reopen the bar and fled with 1 100 dollars, following an earlier Sep 3 robbery where 800 dollars was taken.
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Minneapolis
Addison’s Bar
E. Franklin Ave
Pem berton Voters Approve 200000 School Bond
Pem berton voters approve a 200000 bond to add a public school building including an auditorium gymnasium four classrooms and agriculture and industrial arts departments.
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Pemberton, Minn
Pemberton
Iowa City Delays Action on City Manager Roan Case
Iowa City officials will take no action against city manager Peter F. Roan after talks with Fort Madison participants. Roan, 43, faces charges of driving while intoxicated operating a car with an expired license and leaving the scene of a minor Sept. 15 incident in Fort Madison.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Leroy S. Mercer
Peter F. Roan
Fort Madison
Roan
First of Refugees at Home in Iowa
Sandor Urzan, 10, the first orphan admitted to the United States under the refugee relief bill, began life with Davenport foster parents Mr. and Mrs. Lee R. Dale. He was born in a Nazi labor camp where his parents died.
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Davenport
Iowa
Sandor Urzan
United States
Lee R. Dale
Popular Editor Earns 10000 Dollar Safety Award
Earl Hall of the Mason City Globe Gazette received the $10,000 Mutual of Omaha award and gold medal for leadership in organized safety activities. Selected from 300 candidates, Hall has long promoted safety campaigns since 1926 and has led Iowa safety councils and driver education efforts.
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Mason City Globe- Gazette
Mutual of Omaha
Hall
Austin Club
W. J. Skutt
Skutt
United States
Criss Award Board of Judges
Charles W. Mayo
Rochester
Iowa State Safety Council
Iowa State Board of Education
C. I. T. Safety Foundation
U. S
Iron Lung Rush Stands By For Storm Lake Boy
Emergency appeal for an iron lung was made Thursday night for 11 year old Robert Lee Rounds Jr of Dubuque. Xavier Hospital provided the unit and Illinois Central Railroad lent a truck and driver to Storm Lake where the device arrived for use if needed. by morning the boy was reported in good condition and the iron lung was placed on standby.
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Storm Lake
Iowa
Buena Vista County
Dubuque
Robert Lee Rounds Jr
Xavier Hospital
Illinois Central Railroad
Eisenhower Draws Big Crowd in Hollywood Campaign Swing
President Eisenhower electrified a California crowd at the Hollywood Bowl with a forecast of a Democratic victory bringing stagnation. He then addressed the AFL meeting in Los Angeles where a resolution criticized his administration for omission and commission. He will end the trip with a Denver base after visiting multiple states amid large turnout.
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California
Hollywood Bowl
American Federation of Labor
Los Angeles
AFL
Washington
Los Angeles International
Goodwin J. Knight
Denver
Colo
Montana
Oregon
Indianapolis
Nixon
United States
Congress
Public McCarthy Censure Report Nearing Filing
Senators winding up testimony in the McCarthy censure case said the report will be filed Monday morning and made public then. The timing of a Senate reconvening to act on the report remains undecided as leaders consider delaying until after the election. Senator Flanders voiced disappointment at the delay and possible post election session.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Watkins
Utah
Senate
Flanders
R-Vi
Knowland to Decide on Special Session on McCarthy Charges
Senate Majority Leader Knowland indicated a possible call for a special session to weigh charges against Senator McCarthy. Johnson had told Democrats were ready to consider the case, with Knowland awaiting further consultations before any announcement.
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Oakland
Calif
Senate
Knowland
Rcalif
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Johnson
D-Tex
Senators weigh private talks on censure resolution
The article notes leaders of both parties may privately canvass incumbent senators before deciding whether to bring back the Senate for a vote on Flanders' censure resolution. Flanders says he will not oppose the approach and awaits reasonable grounds for action. A special committee plans another session to finish its report by nightfall and publish Monday.
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Flanders
Sens
Knowland
California
Johnson
Texas
Senate
Dulles Urges Peaceful Use of Atomic Power
Dulles calls for peaceful development of atomic energy as a global priority. In Indochina, Nguyen Van Xuan resigns as vice premier and defense minister and urges Bao Dai to replace Premier Ngo Dinh Diem amid cabinet resignations and factional maneuvering. The army chief Gen Nguyen Van Hinh resists Diem's moves while Cao Dai and Hoa Hao leaders gain leverage. Bao Dai remains silent on crisis from the French Riviera.
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Clen Clements
Saigon
Indochina
Nguyen van Xuan
South Viet Nam
Bao Dai
Ngo Dinh Diem
Xuan
Diem
Cao Dai
Hua
Four Point Plan for Atomic Peace at United Nations
Secretary of State Dulles outlined a four point U N policy to create an international agency for peaceful atomic use with nations from all regions. The plan includes a scientific conference under U N auspices, a global reactor training school, and inviting foreign experts to work in U S cancer hospitals. Britain and seven other nations reportedly agreed to join.
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N. Y
United States
Dulles
U. S
U. N. General Assembly
Eisenhower
U. N
U.N
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Soviet Union
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
France
Canada
Australia
Belgium
Portugal
South Africa
Pleasant Fall Weather Across the Nation
A largely pleasant fall day was forecast with wet spots in the West and Southeast. Cool air from Canada and the Rockies moved east, dropping temperatures 5 to 10 degrees from Montana to Nebraska. Southerly winds ahead of the cool front raised readings in the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region. Reading temperatures were mostly mid 50s, with a Thursday range from Mt. Washington New Hampshire at 30 to Yuma Arizona at 103.
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Associated Press
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Rockies
Plains States
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Dakotas
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
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Mt. Washington
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Yuma, Ariz
Liberal Party backs Harriman in New York governor race
Averell Harriman the Democratic nominee for New York governor won the Liberal party endorsement at its convention. The party, the state’s third largest, backs Harriman in a bid seen as swinging a tight race against Republican Irving M. Ives. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. also drew praise as he campaigned for state attorney general alongside Harriman.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Harriman
U.S
Irving M. Ives
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Police disregard call for urgent help in Rochester
A woman reported a man shouting for help from a window near the high school. Police conducted a brief check and did not intervene, later learning the house across the street was the county jail and the man was an inmate charged with writing bad checks.
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Rochester
Minn
Boy Dies After Truck Mishap In Minneapolis
Five year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs William McMullen, died when he ran into the rear wheels of a truck near his northeast Minneapolis home. Driver William Miner, 45, said he did not see the child. The death raised Minnesota's traffic toll to 434 this year versus 463 last year.
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Minneapolis
Jack
William McMullen
William Miner
Tractor Collides With Train Injures Boy Driver
IOWA CITY Iowa Gary Hankins 13 son of Cecil Hankins and his wife farms near Strawberry Point was reported in fair condition after a tractor he drove crashed into a Milwaukee Road train Thursday. The tractor caught fire and Hankins suffered burns to the left leg and a skull fracture while a companion Marvin Hamlett escaped unharmed.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Gary Hankins
Cecil Hankins
Strawberry Point
Hawkins
Marvin Hamlett
Geordie Hormel II Faces Marijuana Charge Hearing
George Hormel II a 26 year old nightclub pianist and heir to the Hormel meat empire faces a preliminary hearing on marijuana possession charges on October 11 He was released on 1590 bail after arraignment in Municipal Court The arrest followed police finding 13 marijuana cigarettes in his car He said the allegations will be proven untrue and vowed to vindicate his family name
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Los Angeles
George
Geordie) Hormel II
Hormel
Leslie Caron
Mankato Chest Sets Record Budget for 1955 Campaign
Mankato Minnesota the Mankato Community Chest has set a record budget of 64834 dollars for 1955. The annual fund campaign starts in October and aims to support local service agencies with the proceeds.
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Mankato, Minn
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