Prosecution Of McKeon Winds Up In Court Martial
Navy doctor testified at the court martial of S/Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon that the ex instructor was sober an hour after leading six recruits to death in a marsh. A sobriety test and a blood alcohol reading of .015 percent were discussed, with the officer saying the test was negative and McKeon’s gait appeared normal.
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Parris Island
S.C
Matthew C. McKeon
R. J. Atcheson
Navy
McKeon
Atcheson
Berman Atcheson
Memphis
Tenn
Berman
Professor and Wife Rescued From Andrea Doria Honeymoon
New York report confirms Marquette University professor Dr John Pick and his wife, Marchesa Cecilio Barbaro of Florence, were rescued from the Andrea Doria after a three month European honeymoon. Pick, editor of Renaissance, has taught as an exchange professor at the Royal University of Malta. Mrs Pick owns the Palazzo Barbaro in Florence and its Order of Malta chapel.
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New York
Marquette University
Andrea Doria
John Pick
Marchesa Cecilio Barbaro
Florence
Italy
Milwaukee
Valetta
Malta
Pick
Catholic Literature Review
Renaissance
Royal University of Malta
Barbaro
Order of Malta
Senate approves loans and grants for unemployment areas
The Senate approved a program of loans and grants to aid regions suffering chronic unemployment and industrial distress. House prospects are dim.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ocean Liner Collision Halts as 1 709 Are Rescued Four Die
Two great trans Atlantic liners the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm collided off Massachusetts in dense fog. The Doria sank after 11 hours with 1709 aboard and four later died while rescue vessels saved hundreds. The Stockholm sustained damage but helped rescue survivors including about 425 aboard the Doria.
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New York
Massachusetts
Nantucket Island
Innocent Plea By Hodge Plea For Case Withdrawn
Illinois state auditor Orville J K Hodge pleaded innocent in Sangamon County Court to embezzlement forgery and confidence games. He took full blame for the scandal and a 30 day window was granted to withdraw the plea or file motions as the 46 state indictments from a grand jury are examined.
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Springfield
Orville Jk. Hodge
Illinois
Hodge
Sangamon County
Dewit S. Crow
Arthur M. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
George P. Coutrakon
Coutralion
Chicago
Edward Epping
Southmoor Bank and Trust Co
Edward A. Hintz
Advertising linage in 1956 newspapers hits record high
New York advertising volume for the first half of 1956 rose 7.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the American Newspaper Publishers Association and Media Records Inc. The report notes gains across newspapers and advertising categories nationwide.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association and
Media Records Inc
Cool Summer Temperatures Forecast Statewide
The weather bureau notes a cooler than usual summer with forecasts of partly cloudy skies and possible thundershowers tonight and Friday. Tonight's low 64 to 69, Friday's high in the low 80s. Madison reached 87 yesterday with various cities recording mid‑80s.
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Weather Bureau
Madison
Kenosha
Duluth-Superior
Beloit-Rockford
AMC
Toaster Saves Boy as Trainmen Nab Burglars
18 year old Gordon Thornton narrowly escapes a bullet when a toaster absorbs the shot during breakfast at his Silver Lake home. Two youths, 13 and 14 from Round Lake Beach Indiana, confessed to burglaries, boarding a northbound freight and firing from a moving box car. Police captured them, recovering rifles and ammunition.
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Gordon Thornton
Silver Lake
Wilmot High
Thornton
Round Lake Beach
Gordon
Paul Thornton
Sheriff's Office
Kenneth Leiting
Racine
Silver Lake Beach
Camp Lake
Edward Habendort
Gamble
State Highway Death Toll Reaches 510
The 1956 Wisconsin highway death toll reached 510 today, up from 433 a year earlier. Adolph Sandoval, 45, a migrant worker from San Antonio, Texas, died at a Portage hospital from injuries after his car left Columbia County Highway P near Pardeeville and overturned.
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Adolph Sandoval
San Antonio
Tex
Portage Hospital
Columbia County
Pardeeville
Aid Compromise Approved on Foreign Aid Bill
The House approved by voice vote a 3.77 billion dollar foreign aid bill after debate over trimming the military share. Conference panel set the totals between 3.43 and 4.10 billion and limited future military aid to Yugoslavia, barring new military funds but allowing continued economic aid.
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Washington
House
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Congress
Conference
Senate
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
United States
Delay in Final Steel Peace Agreement Reached
A 24 hour delay pushed final agreement on the steel contract ending a 26 day strike. Meetings to present the new terms to union leaders were postponed to Friday. John A. Stephens of U S Steel and David J. McDonald of United Steelworkers gave cautious remarks as executives from 12 major producers gathered in New York for a potential settlement.
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New York
Steel
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
McDonald
Monaco Royals Return From France in Bright Sun
Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco walked hand in hand back to the palace in Monte Carlo after a visit to France, smiling under a bright sun as onlookers watched.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Grace
Prince Rainier
France
Coast Guard rushes rescue as Andrea Doria sinks after collision
At 11:22 p.m. the Andrea Doria collided with the Stockholm in dense fog off Nantucket. The Coast Guard mobilized a wide rescue effort from New York to Newport with nine boats, two flying boats, an aircraft carrier, destroyers, and lifeboats from Cape Cod to Quonset Point. As night wore on, Cape Ann and other ships evacuated passengers while the Lily and Ile de France joined the effort.
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New York
Stockholm
Ile de France
Coast Guard
He de France
Andrea
Nantucket Island
Massachusetts
New York City
Andrea Doria
Genoa
Italy
United Fruit
Cape Ann
East Moriches
Long Island
New England
Manhattan
New
New London
Boston
Newport
Cape Cod
William H. Thomas
Robert E. Hopkins
S. S. Elwdood
Senate ties GI housing bill to budget with House review
Senate repassed a military construction bill worth over two billion dollars while attaching a requirement for Congressional approval before housing funds are spent. The measure returns to the House to sign off on the housing provision and on eliminating 1644 million for Talos missile installations. President Eisenhower vetoed the earlier version over the joint committee spending condition.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
House Armed Services Committees
Madison strikers vote on three year contract offer
Union Local 1404 members of United Steelworkers will vote Sunday on a new three year contract proposal from Madison Instrument and Machine Co. The plant has been closed since June due to the walkout.
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Madison —i
Gisholt Machine Co
United Steelworkers Union
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William Thomas
National Labor Relations Board
Fossum
Kohler Co
Jackie Allen
Maple Bluff
Curtis Jacobs Jr
Oconomowoc
Allen
Jack Hessler
North Hills
Art Floberg
Lake Geneva
Emile Zola Berman
Catlin
Kohler
Appleton
Mark Catlin Jr
Walter Kohler
Wisconsin Supreme Court
State Board of Bar Commissioners
Appleton Post
Louis Fazio
John and
Jerome Mandella
Dominic Lampone
Wisconsin Republican Party
U. S. Senate
Rep
Glenn Davis
Waukesha
Sen
Alexander Wiley
Lamb
Francis Lamb
Edwin Wilkie
Wilkie
Associated Press
The
Piero Calamar
Alf Johannsson
Ministry of Merchant Marine
Nantucket
Mass
Toaster
House-Senate
York
Portland
Maine
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