Milwaukee clash as pickets, police clash at Appleton Electric foundry
Milwaukee police clashed with pickets at the Appleton Electric Co foundry in South Milwaukee as a freight engine entered yard to load patterns. Six pickets were arrested including three women. Women faced disorderly conduct and resisting an officer charges. The AFL Molders Union strike began June 20 with mass walkout. The firm later discharged many of its 300 workers. A tentative settlement proposal was announced and workers will vote Tuesday.
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Milwaukee
Appleton Electric Co
AFL Molder
Hamelink Board Head Named President at Meeting
The board of education ignored its rotating presidency policy and chose Joseph Hamelink to lead the board for a new term. Hamelink, in his 12th year, previously held the post 1945 to 1949 and succeeds Mary Zicarelli. William Tyson was elected vice president to succeed Joseph Zuffa. H D Valaske was re-elected secretary.
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Board of Education
Joseph Hamelink
Hamelink
Mary Zicarelli
William Tyson
Joseph Zuffa
H. D. Valaske
Hastings
Polio Cases Reported Among US Personnel in Korea
In Seoul, Korea, two American soldiers contracted polio in the past month, three American civilians are hospitalized with the disease, and several other soldiers show symptoms. A U S Army spokesman said the situation is under control.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Army
Bandits Strike Two East Side Loan Offices
Police searched for a two man bandit team that stole 580 from four employees at First Credit Corporation and Motor Acceptance Co. on Friday. A customer thought the holdup was a joke as the lean and heavy suspects entered. The fat man warned don t talk while pressing a concealed object into a clerk s side and ordering staff to the floor.
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Madison
East Side
First Credit Corporation
Motor Acceptance Co
Charles Hansen
First Credit Corp
Ray Widmann
Motors Acceptance
Cardinal Wyszinski Recovers From Grave Illness in Vienna
Vienna reports Stefan Cardinal Wyszinski Roman Catholic primate of Poland is recovering from a grave illness after his arrest by the Communists in 1953 according to the Austrian Catholic News Service on Friday night.
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Vienna
Austria
Stefan Cardinal Wyszinski
Poland
Gang Killing Narrows to Teen Suspects in Chicago
In Chicago a 17 year old, Kenneth Sloboda, was killed by a shotgun blast after rival teen gangs clashed near a hamburger parlor. A 14 year old freshman admitted firing the shot accidentally while riding in a car with about 15 youths. Clement Macis, 17, was later seized for firing his father's shotgun from another vehicle. A separate knife fight at River View Park occurred nearby.
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Kenneth Sloboda
Clement
Cookie) Macis
Macis
Tilden Tech High School
Sleboda
de la Salle High School
Bruno Sleboda
Riverview Park
Holiday period traffic toll nears peak with 37 deaths
The Independence Day weekend saw 37 traffic fatalities from 6 p.m. Friday to mid-morning today. Total deaths from all causes reached 53, including nine drownings and seven other incidents, with a National Safety Council projection of 380 highway deaths by Monday midnight.
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Welsh Mother and Quadruplets Die in Wales
A Welsh farmer's wife, Elizabeth Roberts aged 37, died after giving birth to quadruplets who were born two months early and weighed about two pounds each. The four babies died Friday while the mother had been in critical condition since Thursday night. Mrs Roberts is survived by her husband, Robert, 42, and three daughters.
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Swansea
Wales
Elizabeth Roberts
AA Delegates Celebrate 20th AA Convention in St Louis
About 5000 recovering alcoholics gathered at Kiel Auditorium and hotels in St Louis for Alcoholics Anonymous 20th anniversary convention. Stories of past drink binges contrasted with sober years as members recalled trips, bars, and misadventures while lemonade and pop flowed.
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St. Louis
Alcoholics Anonymous
Kiel Auditorium
Nationalist Navy Alerted to Seize Soviet Tanker Graznev
Authoritative sources say the Nationalist Chinese Navy is prepared to seize the 10,000 ton Soviet tanker Graznev if it attempts to cross the Formosa Straits. The tanker was last seen off the Philippine coast and reportedly anchored near a Mindanao town after an appendectomy was performed on a crew member's waitress.
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Formosa
Graznev
Formosa Straits
Philippine
Mindanao
Paper Plant Strike Ends After 23 Days
The 23 day strike at the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Co in International Falls Minnesota ends with a wage settlement. A majority of the 1,900 employees return to work following the agreement reached on Friday.
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International Falls
Minn
Minnesota and
Ontario Paper Co
Actress Isabel Bonner Dies On Stage In Los Angeles
Veteran Broadway actress Isabel Bonner collapsed during a hospital scene in The Shrike at Carthay Circle Theater. The curtain dropped as Dane Clark attempted to help, with Stage Manager Henry Staudigl announcing refunds. Bonner, 47, likely died of a heart attack. postmortem to be held. Understudy Edith Reis Merin will fill her role.
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Isabel Bonner
Carthay Circle Theater
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Staudigl
Dane Clark
Clark
Ann
Darling
Standigl
Edith Reis Merin
King Haa kon VII Improves After Thigh Fracture
Oslo reports King Haa kon VII, aged 82, is showing steady improvement after a fall that fractured a thigh bone, according to the daily medical bulletin released today.
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Oslo
Norway
Haakon VII
Daily Medical Bulletin
Weather clears in Kenosha as clouds pass
Skies over Kenosha improved after earlier threatening clouds. Rain and locally severe thunderstorms were possible tonight. Temperatures near noon ranged from 70 at the sewage plant to 82 at American Motors and downtown, with yesterday's high 84 and low 59. Pollen count stood at 17 this morning.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Author’s Body Is Exhumed in Crowborough England
The body of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his wife was exhumed from a weed grown garden after 25 years. Gravediggers sworn to secrecy carried lead lined caskets to a London undertaker. Exhumation certificates were issued by Home Secretary Gwilym Lloyd George. Windlesham House, Doyle’s Sussex residence, is for sale.
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England
Sir Arthur Cowan-Doyle
London
Gwilym Lloyd George
Sussex
Windlesham House
Doyle
Drowns in Lodi Pool Fatality
Sandra Lee, 10, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Wolff of Town of Dane Wisconsin, drowned at Lodi municipal swimming pool Friday night in a tragic accident.
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Lodi
Wis
Sandra Lee
John Wolff
Dane
Dane County
Garden hose sinks into ground in Downey mystery
Downey California resident George Di Peso reports his plastic garden hose has slowly vanished into the lawn. Despite pulling and tying it, the hose keeps sinking deeper with no water action or underground wells found. California Tech geologist D Ian Campbell cannot explain the phenomenon and suggests digging to uncover what lies beneath. Di Peso considers a sprinkler system as neighbors stay eagerly watchful.
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di Peso
D. Ian Campbell
California Institute of Technology Geology Department
Mexicans Close Border Over Cotton Export Tax Strike
Mexican farmers blocked highways into Matamoros protesting a 22.55 percent cotton export tax. Soldiers guarded banks as American tourists faced delays while officials described the action as peaceful. Consul Culver Gidden noted planned protests at Reynosa and other towns, with riots avoided and a fiesta mood observed.
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Rio Grande
Matamoros
Culver Gidden
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Gidden
Mexicali
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Rio Bravo
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San Fernando
Carmago
Policeman Shot During Holdup Near Joliet
Policeman Donald Zier was wounded in a late night gun battle with four bandits aiming to rob a Joliet area supermarket. Bandit David Baker, 26, Davenport Iowa, suffered six shotgun wounds and was listed in critical condition. Also jailed are Larry Winfield 19 Raymond Gordon 24 both of Davenport and Edward Hart 21 Frankfort Ill. in Will County jail.
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Ill
Donald Zier
Zier
David Baker
Davenport
Iowa
Baker
Larry Winfield
Raymond Gordon
Edward Hart
Frankfort
Will County
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