Toll in Wisconsin accidents rises to twenty
Associated Press reports a deadly weekend across Wisconsin with twenty lives lost. Fatalities include seven from a Sauk City head on crash, others from drownings, a tractor-van collision, a berry-picking accident, a lake drowning near Waterford, and a Barron County plane crash. Names span Mineral Point Milwaukee Sauk City Wauwatosa Fond du Lac and more.
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Wisconsin
Sauk City
Warren Barthel
Mineral Point
Mike
Judy Spratler
Milwaukee
Lowell Huerth
Methodist Hospital
Madison
Tom Barthel
Derry
Robert Reuter Jr
Huerth
Diane Timm
Aqraria
Long Lake
Waterford
Frank Kablau
Lake Michigan
Grant Park Beach
Santo Caravello Jr
Wauwatosa
Highway
Hurley
Rene Kunschke
Richmond
Shawano County
Shawano
Fred Moyer
Fond du Lac
Rene
Elder Kunschke
Moyer
Proxmire Seeks Wisconsin Governor Nomination Again
Senator William Proxmire says he will run as a Democratic candidate for governor of Wisconsin and urges May or George Forster of Madison to contest the nomination. He previously ran unsuccessfully in 1952 and 1955, losing to Governor Kohler, with 1954 a close loss by about 35,000 votes.
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Madison
William Proxmire
George Forster
Forster
Wisconsin
Democratic Party
Proxmire
Kohler
Airman Holt Discharged for Fixing Bingo Games
Airman Theodore Holt of Indianapolis has received a bad conduct discharge, loss of all pay and allowances, and a 32 month confinement in the guard house after admitting to fixing bingo games in Chateauroux France.
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Chateauroux
France
Theodore Holt
Indianapolis
Ind
Air Force
U S Airmen Describe Chinese Torture Sessions
Ten of eleven U S airmen said they endured months of brutal physical and psychological torture in Peiping aimed at forcing espionage confessions. Col John Knox Arnold Jr recounted beatings with tied hands and torture devices, claiming he signed only a generic pledge to aid nations in danger of communism.
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John Knox Arnold, Jr
Tokyo
William H. Baumer
Ewisburg
U. S
John Knox Arnold Jr
Hong Kong
Arnold
China
Silver Spring
North Korea
Peiping
Manchuria
581St
Pacific
Red China
Lewisburg
Pleasant Weekend Weather Across Great Lakes Region
Dry air eased a long hot spell with Sunday high around 78 degrees and a low near 62. Today's noon readings ranged about 74 at American Motors 77 at the treatment plant and 75 downtown. Tonight and Tuesday look partly cloudy with warmer temps. tonight's low 58 to 64 and Tuesday's high 84 to 88.
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Great Lakes
American Motors
New Munster Pastor Dies
The Rev. Joseph Michels aged 60 pastor of St. Alphonsus Catholic church New Munster died Sunday afternoon at Burlington Memorial hospital after a heart attack. Born March 2 1895 near Cross Plains Wisconsin he studied at St Martinsville St Lawrence Mt Calvary and St Francis Seminary Milwaukee where he was ordained February 2 1924. He served at St Peters Sheboygan St Marys Port Washington St Lawrence Armstrong before becoming pastor of St Alphonsus in 1941 and is survived by his brother Leo Michels Milwaukee.
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St. Alphonsus Catholic Church
New Munster
Burlington Memorial Hospital
Cross Plains
Wis
Mathias J. Michels
St. Martinsville
St. Lawrence High School
Mt. Calvary
St. Francis Seminary
Milwaukee
St. Peter’s
Sheboygan
St. Mary’s
Port Washington
St. Lawrence
Armstrong
St. Alphonsus Church
Leo Michels
Potato shortage sparks Potsdam crowd clash with police
Berlin reports a potato shortage in East Germany led to a Potsdam Babelsberg crowd confronting Communist police. The Information Bureau West stated the incident occurred Saturday as officers tried to manage the unrest.
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Berlin
East Germany
Potsdam- Babelsberg
Information Bureau West
Girl Stowaway Joycelyn Pilapil Plans Legal Return Trip
Joycelyn Pilapil, 16, from Long Beach, stowed away on HMCS Athabaskan en route from Honolulu. She says she would like to travel again legally, was found in the aft locker, and faces stowaway charges after FBI arrival and juvenile-hall placement.
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Long Beach
Calif
Joycelyn Joan Pilapil
Hawaii
Joycelyn
Hmcs Athabaskan
Honolulu
Bill
FBI
Los Angeles
Kenosha Man Drowns At Fox Lake During Dragging Search
Albert Woodard, 55, of 7325 31st Ave., a foreman at the American Motors plant, drowned Sunday afternoon when rough water flipped the boat on Fox Lake near Corpan's Landing. Two Kenosha men aboard swam, life preservers failed to reach Woodard, and dragging continued into darkness and resumed next morning with local rescue squads and the Kenosha Boy Scout Rescue Squad. Woodard, born Oct. 24, 1900, was a member of St. Mary's Church. survivors include a daughter Carol and several siblings.
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Janiece Firkus
Joseph Firkus
Plover
Pleasant Lake
Coloma
Waushara
Washington County
James Pfeifer
Andrew R. Rettler
Michael Ziegler
Hartford
Grant County
Dubuque
Iowa
Lavern Weisenberg
Potosi
Kenosha
Albert Woodard
31St Ave
American Motors
Fox Lake
Woodard
George Nimmerguth
37Th Ave
William Templin
16Th Ave
Nimmerguth
McHenry
Corpan‘s Landing
Lippincott Rd
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Carol
Adele McCartney
Oak Lawn
Tll
Esther Roubieaux
Redondo Beach
Calif
Ella Nelson
Verna Delwiche
Donald
Wallace
Francis
Jefferson
Assassination Attempt Targets South Vietnam Premier
A powerful bomb exploded near the South Viet Nam Palace of Justice in Saigon as Premier Ngo Dinh Diem and officials were driving by. The palace suffered heavy damage but police reported no casualties. Indicated terrorists linked to pro American aims carried out the attack tonight.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Palace of Justice
Ngo Dinh Diem
Body Of Woman Found In Kansas Pasture In Mystery Case
The nude body of Mrs. Wilma Allen a 34 year old socialite was found in a Johnson county pasture. She disappeared after shopping in Kansas City leading to a two state hunt for a possible sex killer. Autopsy inconclusive and no concrete sexual assault verdict yet.
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Wilma Allen
Here
William R. Allen
Missouri
Kansas
Union Station
David S. Long Jr
Clifford Erhard
Johnson County
Kan
Bobby Greenlease
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Robert C. Greenlease
Hall
Heady
Attorneys File Appeal for Dr Samuel Sheppard
Columbus Ohio attorneys for convicted wife slayer Dr Samuel H Sheppard filed notice of appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court from his life sentence Chief Justice Weygandt granted until Oct 15 to file briefs to show why the life term should be set aside The notice was signed by chief defense counsel William J Corrigan Sheppard entered Ohio Penitentiary here three weeks ago after the Court of Appeals rejected two appeals of his second degree murder conviction
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Columbus
Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Ohio Supreme Court
Carl V. Weygandt
Sheppard
William J. Corrigan
Court of Appeals
First International Atomic Energy Conference Opens
The Geneva congress on peaceful uses of atomic energy opened with forecasts of harnessing the hydrogen bomb within 20 years and solar power. US offers enriched uranium for research at set prices while Moscow plans to ship nuclear equipment to Communist states. Admiral Strauss notes readiness to sell or lease uranium. Dr. Bhabha predicts vast future power. Eisenhower pledges dedication of invention to life.
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Adm
Lewis L. Strauss
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
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Atomic Energy Commission
Homi J. Bhabha
Congress
Eisenhower
Storm Connie veers off land after near miss
Hurricane Connie, with 135 mile winds, veered north northwest 50 miles east of West Palm Beach. A trough to the east may push it away from land, easing threat to southern Florida but keeping Georgia and the Carolinas on alert. Small craft warnings issued from Cape Hatteras to Block Island and Jacksonville area boats urged to stay in port.
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Fla
Atlantic
West Palm Beach
Florida
Bahamas
Georgia
Carolinas
Cape Hatteras
Block Island
R. I
Jacksonville
Ford Announces One Million Prize for Atomic Progress
Ford Motor Co. creates a one million dollar annual prize fund to reward scientists who advance peaceful atomic uses. The award is established as a memorial to Henry Ford and Edsel Ford.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Cincinnati Times-Star Chief Denies Talbott Successor Talk
David S. Ingalls president and publisher of the Cincinnati Times-Star says there is nothing to reports he is under consideration as a possible successor to Air Force Secretary Harold Talbott.
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New York
David S. Ingalls
The
Cincinnati Times-Star
Air Force
Harold Talbott
Party at Bulganin Estate Features Foreign Dignitaries and Sports
About 156 guests including diplomats and reporters attended a informal 54 hour event at Premier Bulganin's Moscow area estate. Highlights included a boat race with U S Ambassador Bohlen and Mikoyan, fishing, deer park drive, and a Moscow Spartak win telecast amid a festive atmosphere.
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U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
A. I. Mikoyan
Bulganin
Moscow
Deer Park
Moscow Spartak
England
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Geneva
Khrushchev
Maung Ohn
Molotov
Subanhdrio
Leopoldo Bravo
Truce Team Presence Sparks Riots at Pusan and Kangnung
Dozens of injuries reported as rioting broke out around truce inspection sites in Pusan and Kangnung. Korean police accused U S soldiers of bayoneting demonstrators, a claim denied by the U S Army which cited self inflicted injuries and protest over water-line disruption.
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Michael Skwar
Minneapolis
Skwar
NEA Telephoto
Seoul
U. S
Pusan
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Eighth Army
Kim Chang Heung
National Police
Kangnung
Hialeah
Fbi Joins Search For Kansas Pasture Slayings
In Kansas City a hunt for the killer of attractive Mrs. Wilma Allen ends up drawing the Federal Bureau of Investigation into the case after her nude body was found in a Kansas pasture Sunday. In Brattleboro Vermont Mrs. Lucille Miller, 44, was given a suspended two year penitentiary sentence for advising youths to dodge the draft.
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Kansas City
Wilma Allen
Kansas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brattleboro
Lucille Miller
U. S. District Court
Air Force to Welcome Returning Fliers at Local Airports
The Air Force ruled out a mass West Coast welcome for 11 airmen returning from Chinese captivity. Following the men’s wishes, they will be flown to airports nearest their homes to be greeted by relatives.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy Plane Crashes into Lake Winnibigoshish Minnesota
A Navy plane from Washington DC crashed into Lake Winnibigoshish in northern Minnesota today. Details were not immediately available from the Naval Air Station in Minneapolis.
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Washington, D. C
Lake Winnibigoshish
Tion
Minnesota
Naval Air Station
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