Sports Car Crash Fatal To Woman
A Burlington May Day parade car carried Charlene O'Donnell 25 to death early Sunday. Her husband Claude Jr. 31, driver, was seriously injured and in fair condition. The crash occurred on Highway 31 near Petri fying Springs park when the car hit a bridge abutment. Charlene died on arrival at St Catherine s hospital. Both natives of Kenosha moved to Milwaukee two years ago. Charlene had worked for the city police, Claude worked at Nash Motors.
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Sheriff's Department
Roger Morin
Kenosha
Charlene O'Donnell
Hy. 31
Petrifying Springs Park
Claude, Jr
Milwaukee
Burlington
St. Catherine’s Hospital
O'Donnell
Nash Motors
City Police Department
Stevens Denies Covering Up in McCarthy Army Clash
In the eighth day of Senate hearings on the McCarthy Army row, Secretary of the Army Stevens denies sheltering anyone as Sen. McCarthy probes Maj. Irving Peress and loyalty papers. Judge Jenkins rules the Peress handling proper but not the case merits.
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Washington
Stevens
Sen. McCarthy
Senate
McCarthy
Maj
Irving Peress
Ray H. Jenkins
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Jenkins
Army
Peress
Supreme Court Rules Jackson County Jury Bias Violates Constitution
The court ruled unanimously that Jackson County Texas unlawfully excluded Mexican ancestry citizens from juries, overturning Pete Hernandez’s 1951 murder conviction of Joe Espinosa. Hernandez may be retried under a revised jury system, potentially before non Mexican jurors.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Jackson County
Texas
Earl Warren
Pete Hernandez
Joe Espinosa
Hernandez
Russian Patrols Fire Over Danish Swedish Vessels
Copenhagen reports Russian patrol boats fired over a group of Danish and Swedish fishing boats off Pillau in Danzig Bay as they fished about inside the Russian claimed 12 mile territorial waters. Captain Holger Petersen noted the incident while about 20 vessels were at sea.
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Copenhagen
Baltic
Bornholm
Pillau
Danzig Bay
Holger Petersen
Governor Kohler Urges I am an American Day Observance
Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler called for May 16 as I am an American Day and urged citizens to join local ceremonies statewide. He asked communities in Madison and across the state to participate in observances commemorating national unity and civic involvement.
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Madison
Wis
Walter Kohler
Wisconsin
French Defy Rebel Call at Dien Bien Phu Siege
Communists press surrender demand on Dien Bien Phu while French forces vow to parachute in reinforcements tonight. Foreign Legion counterattacks recapture Isable outpost as Reds hold three of four strongpoints and loom within earshot of the fortress.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
U.P
Dien Bien Phu
Foreign Legionnaires
Isabelle
U S confirms Rathnow as citizen in Okinawa ceremony
Army Sgt Gunther J Rathnow a former German World War II soldier was naturalized as a U S citizen in Naha Okinawa The first to congratulate him was Sfc Joseph L Klessen of Tarentum Pa the man who captured Rathnow in Europe on May 15 1945
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Okinawa
U.P
Gunther J. Rathnow
U. S
Sfc
Joseph L. Klessen
Tarentum
Rathnow
Europe
Judge Baker sides with sheriff guards in Copen suit over Zerk protection
FBI warnings that Oscar Zerk faced life danger led to $912 paid to off duty deputies guarding the robbery victim. Judge M Eugene Baker refused a temporary restraint, saying protection was reasonable after FBI guidance. Ex Supervisor Harry Copen challenges legality and board rules in Kenosha County case.
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FBI
Kenosha County
Harry Copen
Oscar Zerk
Copen
M. Eugene Baker
Baker
Zerk
William P. Schmitt
Sheriff's Department
John Braun
Milwaukee
Schmitt
Loizzo
Dist. Atty
Rutchik
County Board
Chippewa River Crest Lifts Lowland Flood Threat in Wisconsin
The Chippewa River rose after heavy rainfall in northwestern Wisconsin flooding low areas near Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls. Crest reached 18.9 feet at Eau Claire, then eased to 18.8 as gates closed upstream at Durand. three or four farm families marooned south of Eau Claire were evacuated by Army ducks from Camp Douglas.
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Chippewa River
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Eau Claire
Chippewa Falls
Durand
Ladysmith
Flambeau River
Chippewa
Power Company
Camp Douglas
Pepin
Wis
Madison St
Highway 53
Cornell
Rusk County
Peace conference outlines Indo China talks amid Korea deadlock
Western and Soviet led talks set a framework for an Indo China peace conference inviting Vietminh representatives while denying state recognition. Nine party attendance includes Big Four, Vietminh, and associated Indo China states as Korea stalemate continues. Dulles promotes collective security as key, Dinh stresses Vietminh non-recognition.
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China
Nguyen Quoc Dinh
Viet Nam
Indo-China
Cambodia
Laos
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Dulles
Washington
Milan
Mario Scelba
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Richard G. Casey
V. M. Molotov
Southwest Asia
Europe
Korea
Pyun Yung-Tai
Asia
United States
Dulles Faces Mixed Reactions After Geneva Trip
Congressional leaders and administration officials prepare for Dulles return from Geneva with a flood of opinions on Indo China. Knowland urges immediate coalition defense with or without Britain while Mansfield warns against limited U S action and warns of broader war risk. Judd argues for a regional effort with the French and British if possible, and Mansfield, Knowland clash over informing Congress.
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Dulles
United Action
Indo- China
United States
Southeast Asia
Senate
Knowland
California
Asia
Britain
Churchill
Geneva
U. S
Rep
Judd
R-Minn
Young GOP Angers Wiley Support Sentiments in Wisconsin
At the Wisconsin Young Republicans convention in Oshkosh, rabid McCarthy support ran four to one while Wiley faced a slim defeat for mild praise. The group backed a Bricker amendment reaction with a constitutional change and lauded Eisenhower leadership. McCarthy drew a standing cheer as he entered the convention banquet.
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Oshkosh
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Wiley
Eisenhower
Bricker
McCarthy
Milwaukee County
St. Lawrence Seaway
Sen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Eisenhower Nominates Postmasters for Milwaukee and Waukesha
President Eisenhower sent 191 postmaster nominations to the Senate including Frederick C. T. John for Milwaukee and John M. Freeman for Waukesha.
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Washington
Frederick C. T. John
Milwaukee
John M. Freeman
Waukesha
Eisenhower
Senate
Weather report from Kenosha and Wisconsin regions
A cold rainy Sunday in Kenosha dropped .45 inches of rain with a high near 50 and a low around 35 at the sewage plant. Snow flurries were seen, while Chippewa river floods forced evacuations. Northwest Wisconsin had up to four inches on the ground. Tonight remains cloudy and cool with 25 to 30 degrees. Tuesday should be partly cloudy with a high of 44 to 50.
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Kenosha
Nash Motors
Chippewa
Fire Claims Three In Minnesota One Room Home
In Redby Minnesota an overheated oil stove ignited a fire that destroyed a small 10 by 12 room dwelling. Barbara Roy four Howard Roy two and Katherine Gurneau seventeen died in the blaze. Their mother Genevieve Roy thirty five escaped with burns as high winds fueled the flames.
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Redby
Minn
U.P
Barbara Roy
Howard
Katherine Gurneau
Genevieve Roy
Premier of Jordan Quits Unexpectedly
Amman reports the resignation of Premier Fawzi el Mulki and the sudden end of his government. Tewfik Pasha Abul Huda works to assemble a new cabinet as officials cite present conditions for the move.
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Amman
Jordan
Tewfik Pasha Abul Huda
Fawzi el-Mulki
El-Mulki
Polio Vaccine Trial Begins for Kenosha Children
Kenosha begins a national polio vaccine trial with 1200 second graders in public and parochial schools receiving three injections from May t o June under supervision of local doctors led by Dr R G Welsch. The program uses vaccine provided by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and tested by Salk labs and NIH.
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Kenosha
Kenosha Hospital
State Health Department
Madison
Francis Strapp
National Foundation For
R. G. Welsch
The
National Foundation
Thomas Francis, Jr
Welsch
Grant School
J. J. Lutz
Walter Kleinpell
Leif Lokvam
Senate panel to speed McCarthy Army hearings
Washington noted Mundt of South Dakota summoned the Senate investigations subcommittee to meet this afternoon to speed hearings on the McCarthy Army dispute. In San Francisco four Communist party workers were sentenced to one to three years for harboring fugitive Red leader Robert G. Thompson. A fire at the Cramer dairy farm near Wausau left a 72-year-old hired hand missing from the 115-room main residence.
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Washington
Mundt
R-S.d
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
REDS
San Francisco
U.P
Communist Party
Robert G. Thompson
Wausau
Debate opens on Taft Hartley revision in Senate
Senate labor committee chairman Sen. H Alexander Smith of New Jersey opened the Taft Hartley revision debate with a plea for the earliest possible withdrawal of government control or interference in labor management relations.
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Washington
H. Alexander Smith
R-N.j
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Deliberate Fate Of Dickenson
An eight man military tribunal began deliberating the fate of Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson of Crackers Neck Virginia as he faces seven counts related to collaboration and informing while a prisoner of war in North Korea. Col. Richard Scarborough urged the court to find him innocent beyond reasonable doubt.
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Washington
U.P
Cpl
Edward S. Dickenson
Crackers Neck
North Korea
Richard F. Scarborough
Army
Scarborough
Dickenson
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