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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1949
Page
2
Government revenue for the 1949 fiscal year is expected to total about 39.58 billion dollars, roughly a billion below the January forecast. Declines stem from income tax cuts and layoffs, with withholding receipts about five percent under estimates and overall excise taxes modestly above 1948 levels.
Muriel Baldridge 16, of Prestonsburg, crossed a Big Sandy river bridge after friends warned her it looked spooky. Her body was found beneath the bridge, fully clothed, near her home. An 18-year-old Michigan hitchhiker was questioned but not linked to the slaying. Authorities say the killing occurred about 10 pm Monday.
The Kenosha Evening News lists subscription pricing for different regions with weekly and mail options. Rates include 10 dollars per year in local counties and 12.75 dollars for mail subscriptions, plus 25 cent per copy and 5 cent local delivery.
Actress Joanne Dru was granted a divorce yesterday from crooner Dick Haymes on grounds of extreme mental cruelty. The ruling partly clears the way for Haymes to marry Nora Edington Flynn, who is establishing Nevada residence to divorce actor Errol Flynn.
Editor notes businessmen show a spectrum from optimism to pessimism about the recession with many predicting a bottom by early 1950. Leaders from construction, steel, auto, banking, oil and retail weigh in with forecasts of duration, declines in output and profits, and wage trends while Truman defends strength of the economy amid calls for inflationary safeguards.
Police Chief C. B. Horrall retires after a grand jury probe into payoffs by Hollywood Call House Madam Brenda Allen. Assistant Chief Joseph F. Reed becomes acting chief as Mayor Bowron notes stress and denies urging retirement. Miss Allen admits weekly payments to vice officers. a policewoman posed as a prostitute to gather evidence.
House labor committee may recall Harold Christoffel to question him about Communist activities. Rep. John F. Kennedy and Rep. Samuel K. McConnell Jr. plan a joint statement. Christoffel had been convicted of perjury but the conviction was set aside by the Supreme Court for lack of quorum.
Jack Besaw, 18, of Bowler, Wisconsin, faces a preliminary hearing on assault with attempt to rape a 10 year old girl. Judge Charles B. Dillett remanded him to county jail after a $1,000 bond was not posted. The incident is alleged to have occurred Monday.
Joan Farrell, a Hammond babysitter, was cleared of blame in the scalding death of 20 month old Carol Gora and injuries to her twin brother Robert. Detective Kinseley reported Carol died after being placed in hot bath water. Robert is recovering. The investigation noted possible faucet adjustment by the twins or automatic mixing changes.
Eau Claire County Judge Merrill R. Farr settles a $50,000 libel suit against the Milwaukee Journal for $1,000 in circuit court. Judge William F. Shaughnessy approves the agreement. Farr claimed the Journal editorial harmed his reputation over the firing of Marshall Johnson in Eau Claire.
A report notes a $50 bond or fine tied to a disorderly conduct charge from last year involving a person named Johnson. The article mentions the incident occurred in the prior spring.
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