Bank Teller Admits Theft for Horse Bets
Chicago police say a trusted bank teller with 20 years of service confessed to stealing 40 000 dollars from the bank to bet on horse racing. A separate report notes immigration authorities seized 14 passengers from the Polish liner Batory as it prepared to sail to England and Poland. In Kiangsi Province near Canton, Chinese Nationalists claimed to have surrounded 11 000 Communist troops near Suichwan.
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Chicago
New York
U.P
Batory
England
Poland
Canton
Suichwan
Kiangsi
Polls split on using parking meter receipts for off street lots
The Chamber of Commerce poll shows 225 votes for dedicating parking meter receipts to off street parking and traffic control versus 2 against at the halfway tally. Results reflect responses from 227 of 500 mailed ballots with a large share from manufacturing, retail, and professional firms.
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Chamber of Commerce
C. of C
Chamber
Kenoshans
Wisconsin
Janesville
Madison
Racine
Eau Claire
Henry Traxler
Leonard Howell
City of
James R. Pollock
Racine Council
County Fair Brims With Entries and Plans in Wilmot
Wilmot county fair readies for a three day event with a flood of entries led by 4-H clothing handicraft and home exhibits totaling over 200 entries. A new all steel building will house dairy and meat cattle exhibits while a tent city rises for commercial and educational displays. Horse show trophies exceed $900 with seating for about 1,500 and key officials named for judging and awards.
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E. V. Ryall
Henry Frank
The
Fair Association
Kenoshans
Kenosha
Social Security Tax Hike Plans Endorsed by House Committee
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee backed a steeper social security tax schedule rising to six and a half percent by January 1, 1970 with gradual annual increases and a 70 percent boost for current retirees. The panel aims to finalize recommendations in days as part of old age and survivors insurance reform.
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Washington
U.P
House
Ways and Means
Hawaii Expected To Seize Docks In Labor Standoff
Hawaii Governor plans to seize all strikebound docks on the 101st day of a crippling lockout. ILWU CIO promised to defy stevedoring operations and challenge the territory’s seizure law in court. The 32 cent wage dispute began May 1.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
CIO International
ILWU
Naturalist Edward McIlhenny Dies at 77 in New Iberia
Edward Avery McIlhenny, 77, noted artist naturalist and author of books on wild turkeys alligators and negro spirituals, died last night in New Iberia Louisiana.
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New Iberia
Edward Avery McIlhenny
No Driver Aboard Couple's Falling Out Leaves Auto in Lurch
Policeman Herman W. Dozier chased a moving car after it ran a red light and pulled into a nearby police station. He found a woman and a man on the street. the woman identified as Mary Kaczamarek 31, wife of Raymond 25, who said they argued and she jumped from the car. He told them about responsible driving.
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Chicago
Herman W. Dozier
60Th St
Dozier
South Park District
Billings Hospital
Mary Kaczamarek
Raymond
Kaczamarek
Wisconsin Heat Continues with Record Temps across State
The second day of blistering heat grips Wisconsin with mid 90s and higher expected before a slight cooling. Prairie du Chien hit 99 while Marquette Michigan reported 97. Two Rivers stayed relatively cool at 83 in the morning and 78 later. Overnight lows mostly in the 70s with noon shading at 90 in Kenosha.
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Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Prairie du Chien
Marquette
Mich
Two Rivers
Kenosha
City's Share Of Income Tax Above Estimate
Kenosha will receive $517 029 from the state income tax on August 15, the second allotment for the year. May’s payment was $321 350, bringing the city total to $838 378, $38 378 over the 1949 budget projection. County share is $115 939, with several southern Wisconsin counties and local towns listed for Aug 15 distributions.
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Arthur E. Wegner
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Walworth
Rock
Jefferson
Green
Kenosha County
Silver Lake
Twin Lakes
Brighton
Bristol
Paris
Pleasant Prairie
Randall
Salem
Somers
Wheatland
Hope to Control Forest Fires in Montana
A blaze near Helena, Montana, has killed 13 people and scorched 6,000 woodland acres. About 500 firefighters labored four days as A D Moir, Helena national forest supervisor, predicted full control by tomorrow though mop-up work remains.
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Helena
Mont
A. D. Moir
Helena National Forest
Moir
Husband stabbed by wife over dressing complaint
Police said Arthur Augustad, 46, told his wife Mary 42 her dressing was so bad he’d like to shampoo her with it. She stabbed him in the chest and upper arm with a kitchen knife.
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Alameda
Cal
U.P
Arthur Augustad
Mary
Tanforan Race Track Permit Tangle and White House Aid
Senate probes reveal Maj. Gen. Vaughan anger over being brushed off by housing expediter Creedon in 1947 over Tanforan San Bruno permit. Diary excerpts show links among Creedon aides Tanforan owners and officials as race‑track work neared final approval despite injunctions.
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Washington
U.P
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
Tanforan
Senate
Vaughan
James V. Hunt
John F. Maragon
Hunt
San Bruno
Cal
Housing Agency
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Frank R. Creedon
Maragon
Assemblyman's Wife Dies in Burlington Wisconsin
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Jessy Birkett 61 wife of Republican State Assemblyman Glenn Birkett in Burlington Wisconsin. The obituary notes herP name and her role as spouse of a state legislator.
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Burlington, Wis
U.P
Jessy Birkett
Glenn Birkett
Lovett Defends B-36 Contracts in 1941 Inquiry
Former War Department air assistant secretary Robert A. Lovett told the House Armed Services Committee there was absolutely no outside influence to secure the B-36 bomber in 1941. He noted the B-36 aimed to carry 10,000 pounds over 10,000 miles and that the contracting firm was Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Co. No evidence of influence from financiers or notable figures such as Floyd Odlum or Victor Emmanuel was found, and they were to testify later.
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Washington
Robert A. Lovett
Air
House Armed Services Committee
Lovett
Air Corps
U. S
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Co
Joseph B. Keenan
Floyd Odlum
Mr. Emmanuel
Odlum
Atlas Corp
Consolidated
Victor Emmanuel
Aviation Corporation
Atlas
Prague Revolts Quelled in Slovak Town
Communist weekly says Catholics defending their priest from arrest threats formed a local government after a revolt in a Slovakian town, as police suppressed the unrest in Czechoslovakia.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Senate Pushes 40 Per Cent Reduced Aid
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson signaled near agreement to cut $580 million in cash outlays for arms to Europe this year while backing the $1.45 billion arms plan. He warned that weakness in western Europe could invite Soviet pressure and said no war would be caused by design as long as the U.S. stays strong. The hearing also explored leveraging surplus weapons through contract authorizations and potential future rearmament costs, with Acheson urging prompt action.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Italy
Near East
Truman
Lie
Assembly
Paris
Trusteeship Council
UN Organization
Washington
U.P
Louis Johnson
Europe
Senate
U. S
Soviet Union
U.S
Johnson
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Harry F. Byrd
Vandenberg
Byrd
Western Union
Dean Acheson
John Foster Dulles
Chan Gurney
S. D
William F. Knowland
Cal
Acheson
Wild Man Caged In Farmer s Barn
Puzzled deputies guard a barn in La Crescent Minnesota hoping the wild man in the woods will emerge from a mountain of hay after bloodhounds trailed him for three days Sheriff Beryl Kerrigan says the shaggy figure may have escaped or died in the 85 ton haystack. Farmers report sightings and women fear theft of eggs milk and bread as the hunt continues.
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al Wieser
Kerrigan
Chiefs of Staff Return to Capital After Europe Survey
The joint chiefs of staff returned to Washington after a 10 day on the spot survey of western Europe military needs. President Truman’s airplane Independence landed at 5 32 a m CST about 20 hours after departing Vienna with top military leaders aboard.
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Washington
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