Swedish tanker ablaze after Channel collision near Ramsgate
A Swedish oil tanker Johannishus and the Panamanian freighter Buccaneer collided about 25 miles off Goodwin Sands. The Johannishus 43 crew included one woman. 21 survivors were rescued, with 20 feared lost. One dead on English shore. Fire aboard Buccaneer controlled. Ramsgate lifeboat ceased search seven hours later. Survivors described leaping through flames and smoke to escape.
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Ramsgate
England
Goodwin Sands
Here
Man Faces Life For Fake Burial Murder Plot
Albert L. Paglino convicted of first degree murder in a scheme to kill a man and fake his funeral. A Clayton Circuit Court jury sentenced him to life. Paglino caused a scare with a rogue escape attempt, later surrendering to jail officials. The case linked a 1954 tourist court fire in St Louis County to the ruse. Willie Burchett was the identified victim.
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St. Louis
Albert L. Paglino
Circuit Court
Clayton
Paglino
Rose Fills
el Centro
Calif
Willie Burchett
Milwaukee Child Attacked by Neighbor's Dog
An 18 month old girl, Margaret Maroney, was mangled by a large dog while playing in her yard. She is in fair condition at Children’s Hospital with severe head and back injuries, jaw fractures, and deep cuts. Police report the leash broke and the dog, walked by an 11 year old, ran into the children.
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Milwaukee
Children’s Hospital
Margaret Maroney
Wauwasota
Molotov Signals July 18 Date and Geneva Site Plan
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov told the French Russia has no basic objection to July 18 as the date and Geneva as the site of the top level Big Four meeting. Premier Faure and Foreign Minister Pinay hosted Molotov who was cordial through a French lunch before he sailed on the Queen Elizabeth from Cherbourg.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Geneva
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Molotov
Cherbourg
United States
Floods in Eastern Alps Cause Heavy Damage
Floods in the eastern Alps damaged several villages and crippled road and rail links between Italy and France. Police reported one death and said the Paris Rome railway was under water at several points with transit not expected to normalise before next week.
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Grenoble
France
Alps
Italy
Paris
Rome
Weather Outlook Keeps Kenosha Wet and Dreary
The forecast calls for continued cloudy skies and occasional rain in Kenosha with no relief to the steady rain. Seven straight wet days set to extend at least another day, temperatures holding in the 50s to low 60s with tonight’s low 50s to mid 50s and a Friday high near 68.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Senate Push on Draft Extensions and Reserve Measure
Senate leaders moved to act quickly on extending the peacetime draft and the doctor draft act both due to expire this month. They postponed a decision on President Eisenhower’s appeal to rescue the administration’s broad manpower reserve program. Russell invited witnesses to discuss drafts for ages 18 to 26 and physicians up to 50. Knowland said talks were underway on advancing the reserve manpower measure in the Senate after it stalled in the House due to a provision banning racial segregation in reserve and National Guard units.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Knowland
California
House
Rep
Powell
D-N. Y
Light-Fingered Thief Steals $5 From Woman in Nap
San Francisco resident Willie Mae Benson reported to police that a thief stole five one dollar bills from her purse, which she kept in her bra for safekeeping while she slept. The incident highlights a petty theft during a daytime nap.
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San Francisco
Willie Mae Benson
Wisconsin Assembly rejects compulsory car inspections bill
Wisconsin lawmakers kill a proposed compulsory vehicle safety inspection plan with a $1 fee, banning licenses without an inspection. The measure, backed by Romell, was opposed by Assembly members citing safety concerns and cost. Also defeated 57 to 34 was a bill to impose fines for tapping or wiring near TV cables to protect Rhinelander broadcaster Clarence Gilley’s investment.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
House
Marotz
Shawano
Committee On Transportation
Romell
R-Adams
Clarence Gilley
Rhinelander
Toepel
R-La Crosse
State Affairs Committee
Gilley
Huber
D-West Allis
Gerety to Head Refugee Relief
Washington Secretary of State Dulles names Pierce J. Gerety general counsel of the Civil Service Commission to direct the refugee relief program. Gerety will report to Scott McLeod with full authority over operations, taking over a job once held by Edward Corsi.
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Washington
Dulles
Pierce J. Gerety
Civil Service Commission
State Department
Gerety
Scott McLeod
Department
Edward Corsi
Dane County Woman Killed in Collision
Mrs. Anna Johnson 85 of Morrisonville Dane County was fatally injured in a head on collision on a gravel road near Deforest Wisconsin Wednesday night two cars involved authorities said
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Deforest
Wis
Anna Johnson
Morrisonville
Dane County
Here
Wisconsin VFW elects Canniff Spanish War commander
Ralph B. Canniff of Oshkosh was elected commander of the Wisconsin Department of the United Spanish War Veterans at a Wednesday night meeting in Wisconsin Dells.
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Wisconsin Dells
Ralph B. Canniff
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Department of the United Spanish War Veterans
Statewide referendum on continuation of FM radio network and UW TV
Madison Wisconsin voters would decide in 1956 if the state should continue its nine FM radio stations and the UW experimental television station under a bill introduced in the Senate. The measure, at Draheim’s request, would require discontinuation if voters choose it in a referendum. The Senate also concurred in increasing state aid to county normal schools by 30000 a year, from 400000.
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Madison
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Senate
Draheim
R-Neenah
Assemblyman Bidwell
R-Portage
Assembly
le Clair
Rtwo Rivers
The
Conservation Commission
Lake Michigan
Lynch
Green Bay
Joint
Committee On Finance
Jones
Rwausau
Ganges River Ferry Capsizes Near Allahabad
A Ganges River ferry capsized midstream ten miles above Allahabad drowning 31 women passengers and a boy. Twenty other women aboard swam ashore.
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New Delhi
India
Ganges River
Allahabad
Giddings & Lewis Debuts Numericord Brain for Machine Tools
Giddings & Lewis Machine Tool Co introduces the Numericord system that links a programmer dictated decimal commands to magnetic memory for automatic control of large machine tools. Developed with General Electric and MIT, the system reads punched tape data to steer multi function three dimensional contouring machines, promising faster, more precise production.
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Fond du Lac
Giddings & Lewis Machine Tool Co
Stout
General Electric
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
State School Move Proposal Sparks Senate Debate
Gov Kohler backs a six million dollar bill to relocate the state school for boys from Waukesha to Eagle in Waukesha county. Assemblyman Redford calls the plan a thunderbolt out of the blue. In Washington a Chicago hat maker claims advance guarantees of Air Force contract spec change approvals.
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Madison
Kohler
Waukesha
Eagle
Waukesha County
Senate
Assemblyman
Redford
Washington
Chicago
Harry Lee
Indian envoy Krishan Menon arrives in Ottawa amid easing Cold War tensions
Ottawa hosts Indian roving ambassador K. P. Krishan Menon who says Cold War strain is easing. He plans to depart Friday to New York for the United Nations session.
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Ottawa
P—V. K. Krishna Menon
Jawaharlal Nehru
Canada
New York
United Nations
Five Policemen Admit Theft in Suburban Chicago Case
Five suburban police officers were sent to the Cook County grand jury after admitting looting about $800 in merchandise from Jewel Food store in Norridge. Two River Grove officers joined three Norridge officers. all denied breaking in, claiming they found a shattered door and took cigarettes and hosiery.
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Chicago
Cook County
Norridge
River Grove
John Gutknecht
Jewel
Grand Jury
Raymond H. Peters
Herman Marchel
Richard Potempa
Clarence Herman
Frank Kurowski
Gutknecht
Ile
Helen Keller Returns From 40 000 Mile World Tour
Helen Keller, the deaf and blind author and teacher, ending a 40 000 mile tour, arrived at Idlewild Airport exhausted and glad to be home. She came with Miss Polly Thompson from Los Angeles after stops in Tokyo and visits to India, Pakistan, Burma, and the Philippines.
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New York
Helen Keller
Idlewild
Keller
Polly Thompson
Los Angeles
Tokyo
India
Pakistan
Burma
Philippines
GM and CIO negotiators confident of deal before deadline
Negotiators for General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers pressed talks under secrecy but showed confidence a contract settlement will be reached before the Sunday midnight strike deadline. A Ford dispute followed a separate agreement last week. About 25,000 GM and 5,000 Ford workers remained idle as strikes continued at several plants.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Reuther
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Linden
Trenton
N. J
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Parma
Ohio
Big Rouge
Dearborn
Mich
Kohler signs 1955 57 Wisconsin budget into law
Gov. Kohler signed the $253,183,096 $1955 57 budget and related measures into law despite earlier veto threats. The package allocates $171,495,129 for 1955 56 and $81,687,967 for 1956 57, repeals a $10.4 million state building depreciation fund, and contemplates new revenues to cover a looming gap. It also adds penalties for unsafe discarded refrigerators, raises juror pay ranges, and authorizes street work near the State office building in Madison.
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Madison
Kohler
Joint Finance Committee
Wisconsin
Two Friends Rescue Madison Skin Diver
Theodore Atkinson, 19, of Madison, tested an underwater skin divers suit on Lake Mendota when cramps struck at 10 feet depth 40 feet offshore. Friends Robert Resch 26 and Warren Rebholz 22 jumped in and pulled him to shore. He remained in good condition at a Madison hospital.
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Madison
Theodore Atkinson
Lake Mendota
Atkinson
Robert Resch
Warren Rebholz
Fail to Prevent Liner's Sailing
London efforts to spread a wildcat seamen's strike failed today as Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth sailed to New York on schedule. The ship will stop at Cherbourg to pick up passengers including Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov en route to the United States for the UN session in San Francisco in June 2026. About 800 British seamen, mainly stewards and catering staff, have struck in Liverpool and Southampton, tying up six transatlantic liners and stranding American tourists and emigrant families seeking better working conditions.
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London
Cunard Line
New York
Cherbourg
France
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
United States
United Nations
San Francisco
Liverpool
Southampton
Age Gap Sparks 10th Wedding Year in Kentucky Cabin
Louisa Kentucky headline tells of Grandma Martha Sprouse aged 88 and her husband Shorty aged 60 in their 10th year of marriage. They live in a Cat Hollow log cabin with a $33 monthly pension as their only regular income. The piece notes a nine year ago New York honeymoon trip and their simple routine.
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Louisa
Grandma” Sprouse
Shorty
New York
Grandma
Martha Mattie Lyons Large Sprouse
Shorty Delbert
Cat Hollow
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Red China
Ruben Sayers
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