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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1950
Page
8
George Butch King admits he cannot remember key events surrounding the July 10 fatal shooting of Sadie Jackson, his 49 year old girlfriend, as cross examination begins in his first degree murder trial in Madison Wisconsin.
The defendant described his memory as a blank while testifying about the night of the fatal shooting. He admitted remembering little before arrest and recalled his two confessions and ballistics exam only after spending 11 months in detention. He pleads temporary insanity citing his affair with Mrs. Jackson. Cuba is noted as the United States' largest rice customer.
Beloit Wisconsin city attorney condemns Attorney General Thomas Fairchild after a dismissal without prejudice of charges against City Manager A. D. Telfer in a racial discrimination probe tied to Beloit pools. Governor Rett Rennebohm requested the motion. Telfer denied any enforced racial segregation and said no orders to limit access were planned.
About 2,700 federal rent control workers were saved from immediate dismissal after two weeks of notices. Housing Expeditor Tighe E. Woods said the agency is nearly broke and can keep staff only until June 30 without a new extension from Congress. Workers will take voluntary payless leaves to remain on payroll through June 30.
Two football teams and two rowing clubs arrived in West Berlin as the latest refugees from Russian-occupied East Germany. One football team came from Dresden in southern Saxony. Twelve men brought their wives, and players said they objected to the communization of sport in the Soviet zone.
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission will hold a June 23 hearing in Madison to require truckers to show cause why they should not be restrained from using certain state highways on weekend summer periods. The hearing comes after a conference with trucking interests and highway officials.
The commission, empowered by law, plans a July 1 order restricting heavy trucks on certain highways. A June 23 hearing offers truckers a chance to object or seek exemptions for perishables, livestock, vegetables, ice, and newspapers, with the chairman hopeful the order takes effect before the July 4 holiday.
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