Thorne Testimony Inquest Into Son's Mysterious Death
Mrs. Marion Thorne testified at an inquest into Montgomery Ward Thorne's death that he came home drunk or “out of the world” once before and she detected a sickly perfume, while authorities pursue signs of narcotics and sex party activity. The case follows U S Soviet diplomatic expulsions over espionage amid tense relations between Washington and Moscow.
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Chicago
Marion Thorne
Montgomery Ward Thorne
Washington
Russia
U. S
Moscow
State Department
Thorne
Walter McCarron
Lake Forest Academy
Maureen Ragen
Postmaster Nomination Sent to Senate for Paul Safstig
Washington late bulletin reports President Eisenhower has sent to the Senate the postmaster nomination of Paul Safstig of Kenosha. Southampton dispatches quote Prime Minister Churchill saying he has done his best to align with the United States on foreign policy but cautions progress cannot be rushed and everything cannot happen at once.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Paul M. Saftig
Kenosha
Southampton
Churchill
United States
Tragic toddler struck by oil truck in Wisconsin yard
Two year old Phillis Vande Wettering died after allegedly running into an oil truck in Askeaton Wisconsin. In Knoxville Tennessee Frances Bera of Inglewood California won the fourth final day of the eighth annual Powder Puff Derby at the end of the race.
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Askeaton
Wis
Phillis Vande Wettering
Knoxville
Tenn
Frances Bera
Inglewood
Calif
New Zealand Backs China in UN Admission Debate
Foreign Minister T Clifton Webb urged admitting Communist China to the United Nations during a parliamentary debate in Auckland. New Zealand, an Anzus ally and sponsor of a regional defense pact, seeks Peiping in the UN to widen diplomatic gaps between Russia and Red China.
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Auckland
New Zealand
T. Clifton Webb
China
United Nations
New Zeland
United States
Webb
Peiping
International Organization
Russia
Red China
U S Holiday Toll Falls Short of Forecast
Final counts show the July 4th weekend safer than expected with 348 traffic deaths vs a 430 forecast by the National Safety Council. Ned H Dearborn, president of the council, calls the drop a sign of improving traffic behavior and a nationwide trend with reduced fatalities each month.
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National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Fourteenth Fourth of July Toll Reports Wisconsin Deaths
The 1953 Independence Day weekend in Wisconsin killed 17 people with six drownings and 11 traffic fatalities. Victims include Ruth Sarafan 17 of Gladstone and James Hofer 21 of Beloit. The rollover near Saxon claimed 5-year-old Robert Wahmas as well as several others in Fond du Lac and Rhinelander areas.
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Wisconsin
Robert A. Wahmas
Saxon
James Hofer
Beloit
Muscoday
Ruth Sarafan
Gladstone
Mich
Egg Harbor
Richard Palm
Patricia Terzynski
Rhinelander
Frank Cutler
Fond du Lac
Enya Bergsrud
Racine
Milwaukee
Andrew Welch
Rusk County
Rice Lake
Patrick Hughes
Marsh
McCarthy Returns From 19 Day Vacation
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin has returned to Washington after a 19 day vacation. His office says he will be back at his desk this afternoon. He told reporters the trip location was south of the Rio Grande and he enjoyed hunting fishing and talking.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Rio Grande
Rooftop Burglars Loot Radigan Restaurant of $5680
Two men scaled the rear roof at the Radigan restaurant on South Sheridan Road and robbed the dining room, cash registers, and cigarette machine of 5680 after binding two female staff. They used a nitroglycerin blast to shift the safe into the basement. Mrs Arndt and Miss Jedlund were bound but freed by 4 a.m. Investigators labeled the crime as likely professional.
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Ray Radigan
South Sheridan Rd
Edith Jedlund
Miss Jedlund
Della Arndt
Arndt
Mrs. Arndt
Sheriff's Department
William P
Evening News
Seven American GIs Held By Czech Border Police
Czech authorities offered to swap seven U S soldiers arrested Sunday for three Czech escapees. U S army HQ in Heidelberg said negotiations are direct with Czech authorities for release of six enlisted men and a captain on leave seized on the East West border while sightseeing. The border police discussed the swap at a meeting with Germans. three Czechs fled across are detained in the Weiden area.
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Baernau
Germany
U. S
U. S. Army
Heidelberg
Hans Buettner
Buettner
Weiden
Kenosha Evening News adopts Corona type for clearer pages
The Kenosha Evening News announces a new Corona typeface to improve readability, chosen after comparison with other fonts. Officials say the redesigned pages offer crisper, easier-to-read text for readers and advertisers as part of ongoing modernization.
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Kenosha Evening News
Corona
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Kenosha
Fourth of July Weather Calm with Warm Afternoon
The Kenoshans enjoyed bright skies and 80s temperatures for their Fourth of July. A noon high reached 85 downtown while Nash Motors logged 75 and the sewage treatment plant 80. Tonight brings a damp ending with showers and possible thunderstorms and cooler temperatures tomorrow.
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Kenoshans
Nash Motors
Whale Shark Tug of War Surprises Gulf Party Boat
In St. Petersburg Captain J B Mathews and crew fought a seven hour battle with a 45 foot whale shark 50 miles off John s Pass aboard the party fishing vessel Capt Rae Strickland. The shark towed the boat 18 miles before snapping the line. estimated weight 15 000 to 20 000 pounds.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
J. B. Mathews
Bae Strickland
Gulf of Mexico
Mathews
John’s Pass
Manila
Dronke
Payne
Grouper
Atlanta
Judiciary subcommittee faults Clark for not testifying
A disupte report by a House judiciary subcommittee criticized Justice Tom C. Clark for declining to testify after joining the Supreme Court. The panel found no proof of wrongdoing by Clark during his tenure as attorney general, drawing swift fire from Rep. Byron G. Rogers who called the release of the report unwarranted.
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Washington
House Judiciary
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
Clark
Byron G. Rogers
D-Colo
Keating
R-N. Y
Rogers
Truman
Subcommittee
Judiciary
Justice Department
New York Republican
Zion Motorcycle Rider Killed In Illinois Collision
Arvid Detienne, 17, of Zion Illinois, died after a motorcycle he rode collided with a second bike driven by his brother David Detienne west of Zion. Mrs Helen Voss of Racine Wisconsin escaped injury when her car was struck moments after the fatal crash. Arvid died on arrival at a hospital.
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Waukegan
Ill
Helen Voss
Racine
Wis
Arvid Detienne
Zion
Detienne
David
Arvid
Off-duty officer fires during arrest at Twilite Club
Off-duty officer Glenn Smith 31 wounds Murray Jackson 37 at the Twilite Club on South Sheridan Road while arresting him after a stabbing fracas. Jackson remains in critical condition. Great Lakes sailor Vito Stanley 29 was stabbed and treated. Police say Jackson attacked Stanley, a scuffle ensued, and Jackson attempted to grab the officer’s gun as it discharged wounding Jackson. A separate charge issued against patron O Connor Pickle 31 for allegedly delaying police aid.
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Glenn Smith
Kenoshan
Twilite Club
South Sheridan Rd
Murray Jackson
Sheridan Rd
Kenosha Hospital
Jackson
Great Lakes
Vito Stanley
Detroit
Mich
Stanley
Smith
Mathew Kirsch
Stanley G. Haukedahl
O'Connor Pickle
23Rd Ave
District Attorney's Office
Unhatched Duck Eggs aboard the Vagabond Sloop
A mallard nests six unhatched eggs on the upper sailbag nest of the 56 foot sloop Vagabond at its mooring. Owners Elliott Mason and Edward Purtell coax the hen aboard by leaving the cabin door open and let the bird guard the vessel from gulls and terns while awaiting hatching.
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Milwaukee
Mallard Duck
Vagabond
Elliott Mason
Edward Purtell
Mason
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Howard L. Feldlin
New York
Maj
Walter McKinney
Santa Cruz
Cmdr
Igor A. Amosov
Alexander P. Kovlyov
Leonid E. Pivnev
Kremlin
Feldlin
McKinney
Europe
Saftig
Red
Associated Press
New York Museum of Natural History
Karl Cronke
Newark, N. J
Karl, Jr
Rae Strickland
Tom Clark
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