Bomb Explodes At Kenosha Tav ern injures no one and shocks city
A homemade bomb ripped through Carl's Tap on 60th Street pinning doors and windows at the American Motors Co foundry nearby. Grant Kelly escaped unharmed, sleeping through the blast as shattered cars and damaged offices testified to the force. Police collected bomb fragments for analysis. Continued on Page Sixteen.
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Kenoshan
American Motors Co
60Th St
Grant Kelly
Carl’s Tap
Jie
AMC
Carl DeCicco
Paul Rhode
Stage, Screen Actor Skeets Gallagher Dies
Santa Monica obituary notes stage and movie comedian Skeets Gallagher age 64 died Sunday. He was born in Terre Haute Indiana and had a long career in theater and film.
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Skeets Gallagher
Santa Monica
Calif
Prichard S
Skeets) Gallagher
Terre Haute
Ind
Auto Kills Boy on Bike in Pleasant Prairie
Five year old Terrance Johnson died after a Sunday car crash in front of his home on Pleasant Prairie town hall Rd. The vehicle driven by Harold M. Thomas 63 appeared unable to avoid the boy who rode a tricycle. Terrance died nine hours after the 3 p.m. Saturday incident at Kenosha hospital.
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Terrance Johnson
Kenosha Hospital
Terrance
Dalton Johnson
Rt. 1
Pleasant Prairie Town Hall Rd
Harold M. Thomas
30Th Ave
Thomas
Harold Bastrup
Richard Norlander
Joseph Kolbasnik
Norlander
Johnson Driveway
Cooper Rd
Walter Hinkfuss
32Nd Ave
William Raven
Kenosha
Pvt
Ronald
Bordeaux
France
Dalton Jr
Woman Drowns After Fox River Rescue Near Hy 50
Mrs. Leona M. Hester 52 of Chicago drowned after being pulled from the Fox River near Hy 50. Deputy Coroner says heart attack from shock likely. husband Arthur 54 spoke with her after rescue. She toppled after snag or fish. aided by three men before rescue squad arrival. death pronounced by Burlington physician.
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Kenosha County
Leona M. Hester
Chicago
Fox River
Eugene Schend
Arthur
Hester
Schend
Joseph Shields
43Rd St
John W. Quist
Grayslake
Ill
Bernard Cooper
Barrington
Ernest Oberhofer
Alfred Oetting
Twin Lakes
Burlington
Train Crash at Union Station Injures Dozens
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train rear ended a waiting parlor car at Union Station injuring about 23 people, including 12 passengers and 10 B&O workers. A concrete block and a runaway express prevented worse damage. A track worker, Charles Green, was hospitalized with a possible leg fracture. Investigators will determine the cause.
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Washington—Ip
Baltimore & Ohio
Union Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington Terminal Co
B&o
Terminal Company
Ohio
Wisconsin
St. Hedwig's School
Milwaukee
Charles Green
Detroit
Chicago
German Astronomer Reports Bright New Star
Hamburg astronomer Prof. Hans Haffner of Hamburg Observatory reports the discovery of a super nova several million times brighter than the sun. The new star appears nightly on the southern horizon in the snake constellation about three million light years away and is not visible to the naked eye.
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Hamburg
Germany
Hans Haffner
Hamburg Observatory Today
Haffner
Forest Fires Devastate Nova Scotia and Ontario
Unchecked fires burned across two Canadian provinces destroying over 100 buildings and consuming 15 000 acres of timberland in Ontario. In northern Ontario 67 fires raged with two small communities under threat.
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Halifax
N. S
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Tremors Hit Innsbruck Area Causes Alarm Across Austria
Seven earthquakes rattled Innsbruck Sunday, tossing vacationers from beds and toppling chimneys. No casualties were reported.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Widow of Ex Mayor Harrison Dies in Lake Forest
Edith Ogden Harrison widow of former Chicago mayor Carter H. Harrison died at 93 in Lake Forest at her daughter’s home. Harrison who served as mayor of Chicago five times was a prominent civic figure and social leader.
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Chicago
Harrison
Edith Ogden Harrison
Carter H. Harrison
Lake Forest
Poplar Dedicates Bong Memorial Gym Near School
In Poplar Wisconsin after a decade of work the town unveiled a $115000 gymnasium auditorium addition to the elementary school honoring Maj Richard Ira Bong the nations ace for all time A World War II P38 fighter plane stands in the schoolyard as Bong's mother unveils the aircraft Gen George Kenney praises Bong's record and cautions future pilots.
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Poplar
Wis
Richard Ira Bong
Bong
Burbank
Calif
Hiroshima
George Kenney
Pacific
Jealous 26 year old kills woman and himself on West Side
A Puerto Rican man, Luis Camacho, shot 22 year old Doris Alicia Justiano in a locked car on 22nd Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets then killed himself as police closed in. Witness Racine officer James Creel reported the sequence, with multiple shots fired near a doorway and a torn letter from Puerto Rico found near the victim.
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Doris
Dora
Alicia Justiano
Luis Mario Camacho
Kenosha Hospital
22Nd Ave
55Th
56Th Sts
Puerto Rico
Francisco Negron
Kenosha
Racine
James Creel
Rupert Blvd
Creel
55Th St
Gene Olson
Camacho
Olson
Sal Giovanelli
John Starr
West Side
Dora Justiano
Weather Record Highs and Rain in Wisconsin Towns
A foggy morning over Kenosha and Grantsburg saw Wisconsin towns hit a seasonal high of 90 degrees in Grantsburg. Kenosha reported 64 degrees at the sewage treatment plant with 1.03 inches of rainfall total and a 53 degree low since midnight. Noon readings were 61 at the treatment plant, 78 at American Motors, and 73 downtown. Forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional showers and storms and a turn to colder weather tonight, with Tuesday cooler and partly cloudy 62 to 68.
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Kenosha
Grantsburg
Wisconsin
American Motors
Jet Plane Disappears Over Wisconsin In Search Today
Missing F-80 jet fighter last seen when flying from Duluth Minnesota to Chicago was lost contact with another plane near a squall line over Janesville Wisconsin. Pilot Captain Buell R. Clark of Winchester Indiana reported the incident. CAP units from Illinois Milwaukee and Madison were called to assist the search.
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Chicago
Janesville
Wis
Duluth
Minn
Air Force
Illinois Civil Air Patrol
Milwaukee
Madison
CAP
National Guard
Buell R. Clark
Winchester Ind
Hearing Held For Sheppard In Cleveland Appeal
Dr Samuel H Sheppard described as a typical American boy by his attorney as Corrigan opens appeal before three judge Court of Appeals seeking a new trial. Arguments expected to exceed the allotted half day for defense and prosecution.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
William J. Corrigan
Court of Appeals
Corrigan
Rebels Clash Leaves Dozens Dead in Algeria Weekend
French forces killed at least 40 rebels across two clashes with terrorists in Algeria during the weekend, officials announced today. The operations occurred near Algiers as authorities pressed military actions against insurgents.
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Algiers
Algeria
Anastasia pleads guilty to tax evasion charges
Racketeer Albert Anastasia entered a surprise guilty plea to federal income tax evasion charges in Camden New Jersey. In Washington the Senate set Wednesday for votes on Eisenhower highway program with Lyndon B. Johnson securing unanimous agreement to limit debate.
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Camden
N. J
Albert Anastasia
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Supreme Court Tosses Contempt Convictions in W U W Case
The Supreme Court overturned the contempt of Congress convictions of Thomas Quinn a field organizer for the United Electrical Workers Union and Julius Emspak secretary treasurer of the union.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Thomas Quinn
United Electrical Workers Union
Julius Emspak
Marine Slain Wife Charged in Arlington Killing
Elizabeth Goricki, 42, was charged with murder after the fatal shooting of her husband 1st Lt. Edward Goricki, 39, in their Arlington Virginia home. She told police a dispute over cooking pork chops led to the deadly confrontation as he allegedly shoved her down cellar stairs.
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Washington
Elizabeth Goricki
Arlington
Edward Goricki
Japanese firm denies finding Shinsei Maru crew remains
The Kitanaga Company rejected reports that 300 Japanese soldiers were found in the wreck of Shinsei Maru near Saigon. The firm called the claims fantastic and said no bodies had been located.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Kitanaga Co
Bear Attack Leaves Man Treed In Grand Marais
Truman Ingersoll, 22, was bitten and booted by a mother black bear at Devil's Track Lake as cubs watched from another tree. He climbed 30 feet, struck the bear with a branch, and later drove to town where Dr. W R Smith treated a gash and sewed six stitches.
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Grand Marais
Minn
Truman Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Devil's Track Lake
Minneapolis
Scientists Review Polio Vaccine Setup
U S health officials held a two stage meeting with scientists and vaccine makers to decide changes in manufacturing standards and summer supply for polio inoculations. Inspectors reviewed plants Cutter Laboratories Parke Davis Lilly Wyeth Pitman Moore. prior Parke Davis and Lilly shipments cleared after plant checks.
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Washington
NIH
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Eli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Wyeth, Inc
Marietta
Pitman-Moore Co
Parke, Davis and Lilly
Dockers Strike Hits Five British Ports Across Kingdom
Dockers walked out in five ports paralyzing export activity. Labor accuses Prime Minister Eden's government of mishandling the crisis while the impact on the Conservatives vs Labour remains unclear. The action stems from a jurisdictional dispute between unions.
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London
Anthony Eden
Laborites
Mrs Peary, Widow of Polar Discoverer, Turns 92
Mrs. Peary of Portland Maine, widow of Robert Peary, the North Pole discoverer, celebrated her 92nd birthday and said it might be fun to go back for one more trip.
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Portland
Robert Peary
North Pole
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Nash Statesman
Watchman Gate
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Boy
TO Tal
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Carl
Stanley Haukedahl
Leo Buchmann
Arthur Riley
Sheppard
U. S. Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Leonard A. Scheele
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