Kentuckys Prison Uprising Ends After Hostage and Wounds
Three hundred prisoners at Eddyville State Penitentiary surrendered unconditionally at 6:15 p.m. after a one‑day uprising. Prison officials led by Warden Jess Buchanan refused concessions, while chaplain Paul Jaggers helped secure safe conduct. Eight inmates were wounded by gunfire. two guards held briefly hostage but released.
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Eddyville
Lawrence W. Wetherby
National Guard
Jaggers
Benny Rayborn
Louisville
Fred McChesney
Buchanan
Kenosha Evening News June 27 1952 publication details
Kenosha Evening News weekly issue record lists publication date volume and issue numbers, post office entry date and publishing company details. It includes address, association memberships, and advertising representation. Subscriptions rates are shown for local and mail delivery to various regions.
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Kenosha
VFW Criticizes State Sheltering Veterans Housing Plan
Wisconsin Rapids VFW opened its 31st state encampment with sharp criticism of the Department of Veterans Affairs for slow housing loan processing. The group urged a five man advisory panel, urged tax revenues for housing, and called for more funding for veterans' services including a memorial and better absentee voting for servicemen. Officers of the women's auxiliary and VFW leaders were slated to be elected in the days ahead.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Executive Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Kohler
Richard Ira Bong
Poplar
Douglas County
GAR
King
Waupaca County
Umt
St. Lawrence Seaway
Women’s Auxiliary
Philippines Public Works Bill Sparks Controversy
The house approved a $45 million public works bill with a $500,000 discretionary grant for the president, house speaker, and senate president, and $125,000 for each congressman and senator. Critics question funding sources while elligible officials face re election.
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Manila
House
Elpidio Quirino
Senate
Wisconsin Democrats open state convention against McCarthy
Wisconsin Democrats opened their three day convention to form a party platform and rally against Senator Joseph McCarthy. Senator William Benton of Connecticut will headline with an anti McCarthy speech as delegates hear revised planks denouncing smear tactics and calling for non legislative reapportionment measures. Democrat Henry Reuss is campaigning for the nominating to oppose McCarthy in November while Republicans back Leonard Schmitt in the September primary.
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Oshkosh
U.P
Wisconsin
Joseph McCarthy
R.-Wis
William Benton
D.-Conn
Benton
McCarthy
Leonard Schmitt
Merrill Schmitt
Milwaukee
Henry Reuss
Proxmire Attacks GOP on Farm Policy
Madison dispatch reports Assemblyman William Proxmire, a Blooming Grove Democrat candidate for governor, sharply criticizes the Republican farm acts. In a radio speech he says the GOP has shown little real interest in farmers and only offers periodic assurances they are farmers' friends.
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Madison
U.P
William Proxmire
Blooming Grove
Woman who kidnapped boy says she would do it again
A 22 year old woman Mrs. Fred R. Elrod and her 25 year old husband faced federal kidnapping charges after abducting three year old Johnny Wade from Aztec New Mexico. The boy was found safe in Levelland Texas seven weeks later. The couple admitted the crime and expressed no remorse.
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Lubbock
Tex
U.P
New Mexico
Fred R. Elrod
Johnny Wade
Levelland
Aztec
N. M
Jim Wyman
Johnny
Anthem Wade
Church Leader Urges Germans to Shun Hatred
President David O. McKay of the Latter Day Saints told a Hamburg audience to avoid hatred jealousy and enmity which drive mankind to war. He urged reconciliation and peaceful conduct amid postwar tensions.
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Hamburg
Germany
David O. McKay
Latter Day Saints
Mormon) Church
Father Runs Amok Killed By Officers in Costa Mesa Shootout
In a two hour gunfight at a Santa Ana home and near Costa Mesa, Gary F. Kauffman 30 shot a woman and used his wife and child as hostages before police fatally wounded him. His two year old son Gary Jr. was wounded in the head and later stabilized at Orange County Hospital. The boy’s mother Helen Merritt remained at the hospital, described as semi hysterical.
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Costa Mesa
Calif
U.P
Gary F. Kauffman
Kauffman
James Merritt
Santa Ana
Helen
Gary Jr
Merritts
Merritt
James Jr
Orange County
Mexican divorce granted for Roberta Peters from Robert Merrill
Roberta Peters obtained a Mexican divorce from Metropolitan Opera star Robert Merrill in Juarez, Mexico. Peters alleged incompatibility after marrying March 30 and separating after two weeks. neither party attended the hearing. Earlier, lightning fatalities were reported in India's Trivandrum district.
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Juarez
Mex
Roberta Peters
Metropolitan Opera
Robert Merrill
Miss Peters
Man Drowns Trying to Save Wife in Mississippi River
Clement W. Haydon 34 of East Alton Illinois drowned in the Mississippi near Prairie du Chien after leaping from a motorboat to rescue his wife who had fallen overboard. Mrs Haydon unable to swim was saved by their 13 year old daughter Loretta as authorities continued to search for the body.
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Prairie du Chien
Clement W. Haydon
East Alton
Ill
Mississippi River
Haydon
Reuther Rules Taft Has No Chance for 1960 Bid
Walter P. Reuther leader of the United Auto Workers told NAACP delegates in Oklahoma City that a Taft platform cannot win. He urged a forthright New Deal Fair Deal campaign and pressed for FEPC and strong civil rights enforcement. He criticized Senate Rule 22 as a major roadblock to civil rights laws and urged majority rule.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Reuther
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Averell Harriman
New York
Mutual Security
NAACP
UAW
Third Party Chance Dwindles Ahead Of Conventions
Washington U P says third party movement chances are near zero on eve of nominating conventions. Democratic leaders hope civil rights policy shifts keep Southerners aligned. A Truman draft or an all out civil rights plank could spark a belt, but unlikely. Eisenhower and Taft look set for nomination with possible deadlock for a dark horse. Stassen is active in the pre convention scene.
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Truman
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Mississippi
High White
Russell
South
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Taft
Henry A. Wallace
Harold E. Stassen
Possible Republican Nominee Scenarios Mentioned
The article discusses a small chance for Earl Warren to secure the California governorship, with greater odds favoring a Taft aligned candidate such as General Douglas MacArthur or Senator Everett Dirksen. MacArthur is noted as convention keynote, while Dirksen would deliver Taft’s nominating speech.
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Earl Warren
California
Taft
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Sen
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
MacArthur
Dirksen
Milwaukee Brews Weigh Fluoridation Impact On Beer
Milwaukee brewers express concern fluoridation may affect beer quality. Health commissioner Krumbiegel presents a Brewers association letter urging delays, while the council debates fluoridation already ordered in 1950 with pipelines ready since April. Pabst seeks study of chemical effects. Miller and Schlitz do not oppose. Also a Jefferson dog food plant cooker explosion kills one, injures another man, Clarence Kriederman.
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Milwaukee
E. R. Krumbiegel
Milwaukee Brewers’ Association
Edward F. Tanghe
Water Department
Council
Utilities Committee
Wisconsin
Miller
Schlitz
Pabst
Jefferson
U.P
Clarence Kriederman
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Shinjuku
Tokyo
Osaka
Proxmire
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Calvert
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Trivandrum
India
Barber Paint Co
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FEPC
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Kenosha Glass CO
28Th Ave
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Sheridan Rd
Specia
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Pacific Mills
Levi
Pop
RAGE
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