Confesses He Killed Four Near Wausau
A 37 year old American Indian, Russell Monegar, confessed to stabbing four people to death and slashing two others near Wausau Wisconsin. He was charged with four counts of first degree murder and two counts of assault with intent to kill and held without bail. The killings spanned his wife, mother in law, and two neighbors children, with additional assaults at a tavern.
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Russell Monégar
Marathon County
Wausau
Monegar
Wis
Here
Russell Monegar
Myron Mueller
F. G. Loeffler
Walter Wolf
Dist. Atty
Ronald Keberle
Mueller
Ophelia
Elizabeth Long
Irish Kohlbeck
Iris
Phillip Garvin
Wisconsin
Sandra
Lillian Carter
Mrs. Long
Garvin Boy
Corrine Kohlbeck
Wisconsin Rapids
Page Tavern
Elizabeth Page
William Slagowski
Slagowski
Veterans Administration Hospital
Milwaukee
Grover Jones
Marathon Veterans Service
Jones
Dist
Atty
Keberle
NATO Eyes Russ Moves
NATO foreign ministers warned of a new and agile Soviet policy driven by economic and cultural penetration. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and U S Secretary of State Dulles discussed Bulganin Khrushchev visits and interpreted Russian moves while alliance members debated expanding political and economic roles.
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Paris
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organizations
Moscow
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
Nikolai Bulganin
Comunist
Nikita Khrushenev
Lloyd
U. S
State Dulles
Kremlin
Russia
Bonn Urges 18 Month Draft Law for 590000 Man Army
The Bonn government urged parliament to pass an 18 month conscription law to build a 590,000 man West German army. Defense Minister Theodor Blank said the republic must raise such a force for Western defense and would still have fewer troops than most allies.
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Bonn
Germany
Theodor Blank
Bonn Republic
West Germany
Weather and Temperatures In Kenosha Area
Mostly fair and cool conditions move into Kenosha and statewide after light rain. Noon readings include 532 downtown, 50 at the sewage plant, and 54 at American Motors. Rain totals amount to .22 inch. Tonight's low in the 30s with a rise above 60 expected tomorrow. Sunrise 4 44 a m. sunset 6 53 p m.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Trainman Dies In Crossing Crash At Milwaukee Road
A Milwaukee Road Hiawatha passenger train struck a gravel truck at a grade crossing Thursday. Locomotive fireman Russell Pike, about 40, of Portage, was killed. Injured were truck driver Albert Lambert, 25, of Grand Marsh. crew member James W. Reidelbach, 31, of Wisconsin Dells. and bystander Mrs Frances Clickner, 61, of Manston, struck by gravel.
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Milwaukee Road Hiawatha
Russell Pike
Portage
Albert Lambert
Grand Marsh
James W. Reidelbach
Wisconsin Dells
Frances Clickner
Manston
Road Construction Man Is Crushed to Death
A highway construction worker named David Elrich of Sheboygan was killed instantly Thursday when crushed between unloading piling timbers from a railroad car at an overpass site east of Plymouth.
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Plymouth
David Elrich
Sheboygan
Here
Ten Nations Meet in Manila for First Regional Air Force Talks
Air force leaders from ten nations arrived in Manila for a four day informal gathering the first such event in the region.
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Manila
P. I
Air Force
Philippines
Jury Deliberations Set In Graham Airliner Bombing Case
The state rests its case against John Gilbert Graham for the murder of his mother and 43 others in a Denver area airliner bombing. Final arguments and court instructions concluded, with seven men and five women jurors to begin deliberations after the defense rested early. Graham says his FBI confession was coerced and testimony placed him in Denver on Oct. 22 with witnesses placing him there.
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Denver
John Gilbert Graham
Daisie E. King
United Air Lines
Longmont
Colo
Graham
FBI
Gloria
Roy Elson
Defense asks 13,000 for July draft to army
The Defense Department requests 13,000 men be drafted in July for assignment to the army. The Navy Marine Corps and Air Force will not draft in July. July calls exceed May and June by 1,000.
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Washington
Defense Department
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Prank On Penn Campus Triggers City Hall Confinement
A springtime prank at the University of Pennsylvania escalated into a crowd scene on Locust Street. Officers arrested more than two dozen students for disorderly conduct and breach of peace as eggs and missiles flew, with arrestees transported to City Hall for fingerprinting and arraignment.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
City Hall
Locust Street
Fraternity House Row
George B. Peters
Gene Gisburne
State Farmer Killed When Tractor Overturns
Bruce Raymond Hoeft aged 23 was killed when his tractor overturned while tilling a rented field six miles north of town. Authorities said the tractor rolled down an incline crushing the young farmer to death.
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Bruce
Raymond Hoeft
Here
House Sends Farm Bill To Senate
The House approved a new farm bill 314 to 78 sent to the Senate and rejected the president’s request for year ahead soil bank payments. The measure authorizes 14 billion dollars yearly and adds 50 million for live stock and crops, with further funds for disposals and exports.
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House
Senate
Washington
Eisenhower
Soil Bank
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Fisenhower
Rep
Hays
Ohio
Albert
Okla
Rep. McIntyre
Rmaine
State climatologist predicts cooler 1956 summer
Madison reports Paul J. Waite says the odds favor a cooler 1956 summer. He notes May and the preceding months will be cooler than normal.
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Madison
Paul J. Waite
Waite
Awe and Danger as Rocket Crashes at White Sands Test
At White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico a Navy Aerobechs rocket veered back after a booster failure during a weather hold. The 242 foot rocket landed a mile from the launch tower amid startled observers and a cloud of smoke as tension built for moments before impact.
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White Sands Proving Ground
New Mexico
Navy
U. S
Atomic test kicks off new series with nuclear flash
News from Eniwetok reports a pre dawn nuclear test as a small war head explodes with several thousand tons of TNT. In Madison Six residents begin a 48 hour hunger strike to protest Pacific H-bomb tests and send a telegram to President Eisenhower. Washington Senate Public Works approves an expanded highway program totaling 36.8 billion dollars over 13 years. Madison Democratic legislators urge immediate salary hikes for Wisconsin civil service workers and university staff.
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Eniwetok —i
United States
Pacific
Madison
Wis
Eisenhower
Washington
Senate Public Works Committee
Wisconsin Emergency Board
University of Wisconsin
Boy Kills Teacher at Seat Pleasant Junior High
A 15 year old boy opened fire at Maryland Park Junior High in Seat Pleasant killing Frazer Cameron 32 formerly of Westfield New Jersey and wounding Dan Wagner baseball coach and Robert Hicks a seventh grade teacher. The assailant fled in a car but was chased down and captured after crashing.
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Seat Pleasant
Iitm
Maryland Park
Frazer Cameron
Westfield
N. J
Dan Wagner
John Hrezo
Robert Hicks
Minneapolis St Paul Win 1959 Legion Convention Host
The American Legion national executive committee chose Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota as the host cities for the 1959 convention. This year the event will be in Los Angeles with Atlantic City slated for 1960. The 1958 site remains unnamed.
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Indianapolis
The
American Legion
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Plumbers Reach Two Year Deal In Fox River Valley
About 200 plumbers and steamfitters in the Fox River Valley returned to work after agreeing to a two year contract with contractors. The accord includes a twenty cent per hour wage boost and sets terms through the end of the period.
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Appleton
Fox River Valley
Eisenhower warns officials to expel influence peddlers
President Eisenhower angrily warned that any official who accepts political influence will be thrown out instantly. He cited two orders forbidding influence peddling and said he would fire anyone who claims privilege through friends in government. He also criticized the Air Force failure and defended his continuity in office.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Murray Chotiner
Chotiner
Richard M. Nixon
America
House
Congress
Schoe necker elected Navy League vice president
Chicago's R A Schoe necker of Milwaukee was chosen as vice president at the Navy League of the United States annual convention held here on Thursday.
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Chicago
R. A. Schoenecker
Milwaukee
Navy League of the United States
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