President Eisenhower's plea inspires world church leaders
President Eisenhower urged 170 million Christians to lead a just lasting peace at the World Council of Churches with a call for a global day of prayer and a campaign rooted in religious ideals. Bishop Dibelius praised the speech as heartfelt and significant.
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Evanston
Ill
Eisenhower
World Council of Churches
Otto Dibelius
Northwestern University
Deering Meadow
Northwestern
William C. Martin
Dallas
National Council of Churches of Christ
USA
Kohler Okays Wisconsin Hunting Rules
Gov Kohler formally approves 1954 hunting regulations set by the Conservation Commission for Wisconsin. A seven day forked horn back season begins November 20 and seven southeastern counties will have a late pheasant partridge and squirrel season starting October 31.
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Madison
Kohler
The
Conservation Commission For Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Windfall tax funds debated for Kenosha projects
Kenosha city officials scramble to allocate a $271,609 tax windfall amid a $1,306,609 total receipts. Council president R Merrill Rhey and others urge priorities from harbor work and Seaway access to street widening and seaport plans, while cautions about lawsuits and budget restraint loom.
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B. A. Herrmann
Kenosha
Vor Tor
R. Merrill Rhey
St. Lawrence Seaway
30Th Ave
Council
Gilbert Petzke
Call for Liberation of Formosa by Communist China
Peiping radio urged the liberation of Formosa and said the Chinese people will not accept U.S. occupation or UN trusteeship. The renewed push comes after President Eisenhower warned any invasion would face the U.S. 7th Fleet.
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Tokyo
China
Formosa
Peiping
U.S
Eisenhower
Skunk Owner Traps Stray Skunk At Crystal Lake Lodge
Dave Wanless of Rustic Lodge at Crystal Lake pursued a stray skunk along a ledge outside his lodge. He captured the animal but found his own de scented pet still in the cage, leaving clothes drying nearby.
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Dave Wanless
Wanless
Crystal Lake
Thrill killers confess after victim identified at Brooklyn pier
Four Brooklyn youths aged 15 to 18 face no bail after police linked them to nine assaults. Leader Jack Koslow cried upon viewing Willard Menter’s body, later admitting the group threw him into the East River. Victim Rheinhold Ulrichson also died in the gang’s attacks.
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New York
Brooklyn
Jack Koslow
Koslow
Willard Menter
Husky Melvin Mittman
Menter
Mittman
Jerome Lieberman
Robert Trachtenberg
Rheinhold Ulrichson
Senate House panel seals social security compromise
A Washington conference committee agreed on a social security bill expanding coverage to over 10 million more people, raising benefits and taxes. It includes 3.6 million farm operators and broadens tax base to 4,200 dollars while balancing farm workers and professional exemptions. The measure moves to final congressional action.
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Washington
Senate-House
Congress
Mem Andad Meetals Mann
Eapccleg
Quick Passake
Senate
Eisenhower
Daniel A. Reed
R-N.y
House
Sen. George
D-Ga
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
George
Congress Sets Smallest Federal Budget Since Korea War
Congress voted 53.909 billion to run the federal government this year, the smallest since Korea War era. Lawmakers cut about 2.6 billion from Eisenhower’s 56.554 billion budget request, leaving total below last year’s 59.498 billion and far from postwar 101 billion in 1951. The session closed with a foreign aid bill of 5.243 billion approved by House and Senate.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
South Korea
House
Senate
Capone Kin Held for Questioning in Gioe Slaying
Frank Maritote 62, Capone's brother in law, was detained at his Chicago home and taken to the detective bureau for questioning in the Gioe gangland slaying. He was held overnight after failing to provide new leads and allegedly attacked photographers when approached.
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Chicago
al Capone
Frank Maritote
Charles
Cherry Nose) Gioe
Maritote
Detective Bureau
Federal Pay Increase Approved
The Senate voted 69 to 4 for a five percent federal pay raise affecting up to two million workers. A postal rate increase, sought by Sen Knowland to offset costs, failed 55 to 16 in the House. President Eisenhower’s veto threat loomed if postal hikes were not passed.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Knowland
Calif
House
Eisenhower
Johnson
Texas
Congress
Officer Muller Back on Job in Chicago
Chicago traffic cop Jack Muller returns to duty on the Near North Side after a dispute involving a superior court judge and his wife. Police Commissioner Timothy J. O Connors orders reinstatement and urges tact in a ticket issued August 7 to Mrs Samuel B Epstein who paid a $6 fine. Epstein alleges Muller punched her. Muller says she struck him. Judge Epstein was present in the car and also involved.
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Chicago
Jack Muller
Near North Side
Superior Court
Timothy J. O'Connor
Muller
Samuel B. Epstein
Rep Kersten briefed Eisenhower on Eastern Europe probe
Rep Kersten of Wisconsin delivered an oral summary to President Eisenhower after his Special House Committee reported findings on Communist aggression in Eastern Europe. The briefing highlighted committee conclusions and implications for U.S. policy and security.
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Washington
Kersten
Wis
Eisenhower
House Committee
Eastern
Europe
Lt Col Pleads Innocent in General Court Martial
An Army lieutenant colonel pleaded innocent before a general court martial on charges he collaborated with Communists while a prisoner of North Korea. The case unfolds at Ft. Sheridan Illinois with military authorities pursuing the allegations.
Vanishing of Joan Ross-Dilley Shocks Boston Home
Miss Joan Suzanne Ross-Dilley, 23, an internationally known tennis figure, disappeared from a Boston home Wednesday after a head injury. In Cleveland, Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard pleaded innocent at arraignment as his lawyers made no bail request.
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Boston
Joan Suzanne Ross-Dilley
Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Olson Makes 160 Pound Limit For Title Fight
World middleweight champion Carl Bobo Olson made the 160 pound limit on his second try for tonight’s title bout with Rocky Castellani after an earlier weigh in was a half pound over.
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San Francisco
Carl
Bobo) Olson
Rocky Castellani
Comedian Pat Patrick Found Dead in Station Wagon
North Hollywood police said comedian Pat Patrick, 40, who originated Ercil Twing on the Edgar Bergen radio show, was found dead yesterday in his parked station wagon. A vacuum cleaner hose connected the exhaust to the car interior, investigators reported.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Pat Patrick
Ercil Twing
Edgar Bergen
Cost Index Rises Slightly in July Driven by Food Prices
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the living cost index for July at 115.2 percent of the 1947-49 average, up for the third straight month due to drought driven food price gains. Auto and farm equipment workers with index linked contracts face a penny-an-hour raise. June index was 115.1 with declines in apparel and auto prices offset by higher fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Washington — i
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Midwest
Far West
Ft Sheridan Trial Starts For Fleming
Lt Col Harry Fleming of Racine Wisconsin faces a general court martial on charges of collaborating with the enemy while a prisoner of war in Korea. The 5th Army says he led discussion groups and prepared broadcasts praising the enemy and discrediting U S aims.
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Washington
Edward S. Dickenson
Crackers Neck
Board of Inquiry
Frank Schwable
5Th Army
Fleming
Sunchon
Korea
Gladys
Fifth Army
Col. Fleming
Pyongyang
North Korea
Pws
United Nations
United States
Kelly Comes Marching Home After Belfast Jail Term
Pomeroy Northern Ireland recounts a homecoming clash as Liam Kelly, nationalist hero and newly elected Northern Ireland Parliament member, returns from Belfast jail. police in force clash with flag-waving supporters leaving 30 injured. Kelly later sworn in from jail cell by permission of the British.
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Pomeroy
Northern Ireland
Liam Kelly
Irish Republic
Belfast
Kelly
Senate
Third official arrested over secrets for Rastrovov
Police nab a third government official on suspicion of passing state secrets to Yuri Rastrovov, the Russian spy who fled to U S asylum in January.
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Tokyo
Yuri Rastrovov
U. S
Weather forecast and statewide temperatures
Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms expected Saturday after showers tonight in the south and west. Low temperatures 62 to 68, Saturday high 76 to 84. Partly cloudy statewide with noon readings near 75 at the sewage plant, 76 at Nash Motors, and 74 downtown. Thursday's high reached 84 with a 66 low.
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Wisconsin
Nash Motors
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