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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1956
Page
1
The Senate advanced 115 bills in a brisk session as lawmakers push toward adjournment. Both chambers face major issues delaying a July 28 finish, with the Senate meeting two hours early and moving mostly non-controversial measures.
Southern opponents delay the Sobeloff nomination to the 4th U S Circuit Court of Appeals as the House opens debate on Eisenhower civil rights measures. They vow to use parliamentary tactics to block passage amid ongoing stalling over school segregation rulings.
The bullet riddled corpse of Peter Salanardi was found in an abandoned car in Carpentersville, Illinois, with $3,900 in his socks. Police linked the victim to a New York man wanted for assault and robbery after fingerprint match and alias use.
A thief wearing overalls stole diamonds valued at 280000 dollars from a limousine stuck in heavy traffic on a crowded London street. Police investigated the bold daylight heist as onlookers watched.
An Argentine Airlines twin engine DC-3 crashed in Córdoba southern rolling country today, killing all 18 on board. The dead include four crew members two women and a child. All died instantly when the aircraft plummeted to the ground about 43 miles from Rio Cuarto.
Ed ward A Hintz resign ed president of the Southmoor Bank and Trust Co Chicago refused to sign an immunity waiver in a grand jury probe of State Auditor Orville E Hodge. State's Attorney George Coutrakon said Hintz would not be called to testify today. Eisenhower civil rights bill clears first House test with a two day debate set after a 151 103 vote, defeating delaying tactics by Southern Democrats.
A Milwaukee Weather Bureau official says a woman telephoned shortly after noon to say she saw a tornado funnel over Little Muskego Lake southwest of Milwaukee. She did not know if the funnel reached the ground.
Bavarian leaders in Nuernberg called a special session to seek U S army action after clashes between soldiers and civilians. Two Germans were killed and a teen raped as German cities report rising violence linked to U S troops with calls for tighter discipline and base evacuations.
An 18 year old Cypriot was sentenced by a British court to hang for the killing of a British military policeman. Chrysostomos Panayi was condemned for the bombing of an MP billet last May 13 in which the police officer was killed.
Two slight earthquakes rattled Japan this morning, prompting brief tremor reports across several prefectures. No injuries or major damages were immediately confirmed, but residents felt light shaking in urban centers and coastal areas.
President Eisenhower resumed work at 8:20 a.m. in the White House after his intestinal operation on June 9. He met staff and conferred with AEC chairman Lewis W. Strauss while doctors warn his convalescence is not complete. Hagerty says one main campaign focus remains getting him elected.
Dmitri Shepilov, newly named foreign minister, told 1,300 Supreme Soviet delegates that the United States Britain and the Soviet Union should stop nuclear tests. He proposed three paths: UN framework, a tripartite agreement, or separate government declarations halting tests.
An informed source said today that Israel has asked Yugoslavia to help unravel tensions with its Arab neighbors.
The general court martial of Sgt Matthew C McKeon opened at Parris Island South Carolina with defense seeking to sever two alcohol related charges from the manslaughter case involving six recruit drownings during a moonless night march. The trial centers on past Marine drill practices and discipline methods as the broader issue.
London physician Dr. S. J. Van Pelt of the British Society of Medical Hypnotists urges bald men to relax to restore hair. He claims hope may help hair growth and notes men bottle up emotions. women shed tears more freely, and creatives like musicians and actors often have fuller heads.
Israeli state radio reports two border clashes one with Egypt and one with Jordan with no casualties. The notices follow Jordan’s walkout from an emergency United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission meeting where Jordan was censured over ambush slayings of two Israeli civilians.
A 46 year old man known as Guy Norton was pursued after leaving the Eagles club at dawn. He dropped a loot box, fled toward a car lot, vaulted a fence, and may have been captured by Patrolman William Hart about an hour and a half later. Norton is held for questioning on burglary and related charges.
The city is cloudy at noon in Kenosha but should clear tonight with Tuesday expected to be fair and pleasant. Temperatures at 12:30 p.m. were 67 at the sewage plant, 74 at American Motors, and 70 downtown, with yesterday’s high 87 and low 59.
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its 1956 season under the big top after a troubled year marked by labor disputes wind damage and weather delays. The Greatest Show on Earth will reopen April 3 in Madison Square Garden as an arena show in 1957 with an all-new mechanically controlled format planned for air conditioned arenas nationwide.
The German freighter Anne Marie, impounded after ramming a Chicago railroad bridge and failing to report the accident, was released by Chief Federal Judge Arthur Lederle. An agreement with Nickel Plate Railroad, owner of the bridge, led to the vessel's release as $10,000 in damage was cited.
Dist Atty Frederick E. Froehlich said the state may complete its case today in the first degree murder trial of Michael Mc Cormick 18. The former Kaukauna High School basketball player is charged with killing his 18 year old girlfriend Theresa Van der Horst.
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