Armed Bandit Robs Downtown Loan Office
An armed robber demanded cash at Beneficial Finance Company on 6th Avenue shortly before 11 a.m. He escaped with about 750 dollars after forcing three women into a back room. Authorities described him as a 22 to 25 year old football‑type man, 6 feet 2 inches, about 210 pounds, wearing a dark blue jacket and sunglasses. Police checked hotels and depots and questioned several suspects within minutes, but none were detained.
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Beverly Julius
37Th Ave
Beneficial Finance Company
6Th Ave
Miss Julius
Arthur J. Riley
Evening News
Mary Weddel
24Th Ave
Beneficial Finance Co
Can't Eliminate Overlapping Tax
A federal commission says high government costs make it impossible to eliminate overlapping federal state and local taxes. After nearly two years of study the panel found that only a major reduction in the total tax load could lessen overlap though it did not predict when such a reduction might occur.
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Washington
Federal Commission
Amercan
Queen Elizabeth II Returns Home From Norway Visit
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh wrapped up a three day state visit to Norway and returned to Dundee, Scotland where they resumed official duties.
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Dundee
Scotland
Queen Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Norway
Promoted but to what Our schools face overcrowding and staff shortages
Nearly a million more children enter school each September threatening educational standards. President Eisenhower calls for a White House Conference on Education in November. Citizens are invited to participate in community conferences this summer and fall and to request a free booklet How Can We Discuss School Problems.
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Eisenhower
White House
West 45Th St
New York
N. Y
Search plane spots life raft of missing Marine in Pacific
A U S Marine fliers missing for three nights were believed in radio contact after a spotting from a SA16 Albatross near Tokyo. Air force and Navy planes circled the drift area with flares and ships massed the search in fog and darkness amid two rafts reported miles apart.
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Tokyo
U. S
Pacific
Air Force
Eisenhower Signs Federal Pay Raise in 14 Billion Drive
President Eisenhower signed legislation boosting pay for about 1,073,262 federal workers by 72 percent or roughly 325 dollars per year. The act completes a series of increases totaling about 14 billion dollars this session and covers 983,057 classified civil service employees and 90,205 others in various agencies with separate pay systems.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Osseo Man James Mors Dies in Eau Claire Auto Crash
Osseo resident James R. Mors 25 a June graduate of Wisconsin State College Eau Claire was killed when his car left a curve and struck a tree early today.
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Osseo
James R. Mors
Wisconsin State College
Eau Claire
Government Drops Perjury Case Against Owen Lattimore
The Brownell announcement states the 22 year effort to prosecute Owen Lattimore on perjury counts is abandoned. Courts had rejected key indictment charges about alleged false testimony before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee in 1952. Lattimore, a Johns Hopkins lecturer, faced doubts over vague accusations of following or promoting the Communist line.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Atty
Brownell
U.S District and Appeals
Lattimore
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Johns Hopkins
Luther W. Youngdahl
Youngdahl
Cour of Appeals
District of Columbia
Freight Engine Rams Two Passenger Cars in Syracuse
A New York Central freight engine rammed two passenger cars at a Syracuse station before dawn injuring the father of a child and a railroad worker. About 100 Montana school children were aboard, none injured, though shaken. the railroad reported.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York Central
Montana
New York City
Committee Endorses Reserve Bill in House Action
House Armed Services Committee approved a rewritten reserve bill by 29 to 1 with three present to expand trained reserves via voluntary youth enlistment. Key supporters included Rep. Short who argues the draft is voluntary not universal training. Chairman Vinson expects a floor fight over an anti segregation amendment.
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House
Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Rep
Short
R-Mo
GOP
Vinson
D-Ga
Powell
DNY
Bray
R-Ind
Nelson
Rme
Mollohan
D-W.va
Picketing Ban Ruled Illegal in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court declares a state law banning picketing unconstitutional. The ruling cites freedom of speech guarantees and overturns injunctions against unions picketing non union workers in two Waukesha county cases.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Waukesha County
Supreme Court
Fire Ravages Oklahoma Business District
A major blaze in El Reno Oklahoma last night burned six hours and ruined central business district block after block. Insurance estimates put damages as high as half a million dollars with two three story structures leveled and a department store gutted though its walls remained standing.
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el Reno
Okla
Oklahoma City
Milwaukee Man Killed When Car Leaves Highway
James Gordon Belot, 26, Milwaukee, was killed Monday night when he was hurled from a car that went off a curve on highway 8 five miles north of Tomahawk. The driver was not identified. The accident occurred near the curve where the vehicle left the road. Belot was pronounced dead at the scene.
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James Gordon Belot
Milwaukee
Highway 8
Here
Forty & Eight Breaks From American Legion
Forty & Eight leaders or Tulsa chief de chemin fer J Earl Simpson announce secession from the American Legion. The group cites domination by a small circle, fund control, and disputed credit for a children’s welfare drive as reasons, urging ratification at the Miami convention.
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Miami
J. Earl Simpson
Tulsa
Okla
Chef de Chemin de Fer
Forty & Eight Executive Committee
American Legion
la Societe
Legion
National Executive Committee
Forty & Eight
Children’s Welfare Fund
The
Bong Field Named In Milwaukee Area Military Base Bill
The House approved a 16.6 million dollar jet base in Kenosha and Racine counties and named it after Major Richard Bong. Senate action is expected soon with hearings possible if controversial items arise, and final approval forecast for July.
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Kenosha
Racine
Richard Bong
Poplar
Bong
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Bongfield
Senate
Alexander Wiley
Milwaukee
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Kenosha County
O'Hare Field
Chicago
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Toss Grenade at U. S. Office in Saigon
Terrorists believed to be Communists threw a hand grenade at the United States Information Office in Saigon. One Frenchman was injured when the grenade exploded.
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Saigon
China
United States Information Office
Pleasant Kenosha Weather With Cloudiness Moving In
A sunny day in Kenosha gave way to a slowly moving low pressure trough from the Dakotas. Tonight and Wednesday look partly cloudy and warmer with a low of 55 to 62 and a high of 80 to 88. Noon readings included 76 at the treatment plant 79 downtown and 85 at American Motors.
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Kenosha
Dakotas
American Motors
House Approves Two Year Draft Extension and Four Year Regular Draft
The House today passed a two year extension of the selective draft and a four year extension of the regular draft, expanding future manpower planning and signaling continued conscription policy.
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Washington
Secretary Dulles Blames Russia for Patrol Plane Shootdown
Secretary of State Dulles today accused trigger hungry Russian pilots of shooting down an American Navy patrol plane off Alaska last week in a sharply worded briefing.
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Washington
Dulles
Alaska
Steel Industry Leaders Hold Simultaneous Talks
Pittsburgh negotiators for the steel industry and CIO United Steelworkers met in parallel bargaining sessions aimed at averting a Thursday night strike deadline. In Springfield Missouri three people were killed as fireworks caused a supermarket fire. Nehru began a two day secret talks phase in Salzburg before visiting Yugoslavia Italy and Britain.
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CIO United
Salzburg
Austria
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
Yugoslavia
Italy
Britain
Tornadoes and Storms Scatter Damage Across Regions
A series of tornadoes and violent storms swept the mid continent South and East causing four deaths and over twenty injuries. In Nebraska a tornado at Hillerege housing near Scottsbluff killed a woman and a 16 year old boy and critically injured several relatives. Texas New Mexico storms killed two by lightning with property losses estimated at 100 000 to 500 000. Hail and rain caused crop damage in Greenwood township Pennsylvania with four inches of rain in one hour.
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Hillerege
Scottsbluff
Neb
Texas
New Mexico
Greenwood Township
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
V. J. Daniels
Jim Karabos
Daniels
Nick Karabos
Wyoming
Wisconsin Conservation Leaders to Meet in Wautoma
The executive council of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress will meet with the State Conservation Commission in Wautoma on July 8 to discuss agency priorities and policy.
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Madison
The
Wisconsin Conservation Congress
State Conservation Commission
Wautoma
Kenosha Evening News Vacation Essay Contest Opens
Readers may submit “My Vacation Experience” essays of up to 750 words for weekly prizes. First $5, second $2.50, third a road atlas. honorable mentions win theater tickets. Open to Kenosha residents. entries become property of the paper. judges Lee Hancock and Jerry Clark decide. The contest begins today with no fixed weekly deadline.
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Kenosha Evening News
Kenosha
58Th St
Wis
Lee Hancock
Jerry Clark
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