Manhunt In Racine For Greenlease Ransom Bill Suspect
Police search Racine for a man about 30 who tried to pay a 15 cent candy bill with a $20 ransom note from the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping. FBI reports 24 of the $20 bills recovered, 16 in Chicago, six elsewhere, with over 303000 still missing from the 600000 payoff.
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Racine
Wis
Greenlease
Chicago
FBI
Bobby Greenlease
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois National Bank
East St. Louis
Pact to Grant Morocco Broad Independence Under Pact
Paris reports France will raise Morocco to a modern state under a new interdependent treaty that supersedes the 1912 protectorate pact. Envoys Catroux and Yrissou meet exiled Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef in Madagascar amid calls for self rule.
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Paris
Morocco
Georges Catroux
France
Catroux
Foreign Ministry
Henri Yrissou
Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Madagascar
Exsultan
Edgar Faures
Faure
Casablanca
Rabat
City and County Prepare for Jet Airbase Project
Kenosha faces an explanatory session next Friday on the new jet base as rural areas plan for construction. Brighton town leader Urban Eppers announces Oct 3 town meeting to seek village powers to manage base impacts. Racine and Kenosha officials will meet next week on zoning and shanty town concerns near the Kenosha Racine line. Public briefing with Air Force experts set for Friday at 10 a.m. in the Wisconsin Electric Power auditorium with about 75 civic leaders invited.
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Kenosha
Urban Eppers
Brighton
Eppers
Dist. Atty
J. B. Molinaro
Racine
Kenosha-Racine
Milton Wittenberg
Chamber of Commerce
Allis Chalmers Raises Prices After UAW Contract
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co announces price increases effective Monday after signing a new contract with the CIO United Auto Workers. J W McMullen, vice president and general manager of the power equipment division, says boosts will reach about ten percent on some items in his division.
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Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
J. W. McMullen
Power Equipment
Dock Strikers Seek Support From AFL Teamsters
International Longshoremen’s Association officials meet with the Teamsters Union to drum up backing for a waterfront strike against the New York New Jersey Waterfront Commission. A Monday court deadline looms as ILA officials seek to avoid contempt while pressing governors Harriman and Meyner to intervene.
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New York
International Longshoremen’s Assn
AFL Teamsters Union
New York- New Jersey
State Supreme Court
William C. Hecht Jr
ILA
Teamsters Union
AFL
Justice Hecht
Waterfront Commission
UN Group Puzzles Over Russ Inquiry on Armament Plans
United Nations disarmament subcommittee members grappled with a Russian query from Arkady Sobolev about whether Eisenhower’s blueprint for disarmament covers conventional arms as well as nuclear weapons. Harold Stassen did not respond. Sobolev asked about U S reservations on disarmament plans before Geneva.
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United Nations
N. Y
P- UN
Eisenhower
Arkady A. Sobolev
Harold E. Stassen
Sobolev
Stassen
United States
Red China to Free All U.S. Civilians Immediate Release Set
Red China announced Americans in China are to be freed with 10 to depart immediately. The list includes Dorothy Middleton of Cicero I and other named individuals. U S Ambassador Johnson and Chinese Ambassador Wang Pingnan reached agreement on repatriation of Chinese in the United States and on facilitating exits for all who wish to return.
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Red China
Kenosha County
Dorothy Middleton
Cicero
Miss Middleton
Far East
Harold Middleton
Bristol
Middletons
Racine
Zion, Il
Geneva
China
U. S
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Pingnan
United States
State Department
Guards Wary Of Restless Inmates Riot at Nebraska Reformatory injures inmate
Lincoln Nebraska guards watched restless inmates pace cells as in mate Luis Morales 28 of San Antonio Texas lay near death from a back wound. Riot followed fires in two shops and prompted guards from the state penitentiary to push rioters back into cells. Supt M L Wimberley and Lancaster County Attorney Elmer Scheele questioned 23 inmates suspected as ringleaders.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Reformatory
Reformatory
State Penitentiary
Iron Bar
Luis Morales
San Antonio
Tex
M. L. Wimberley
Lancaster County Atty
Elmer Scheele
Wimberley
Scheele
Morales
Adenauer Atrocity Charge Sparks West German Soviet Clash
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer accused Soviet troops of atrocities in Germany after World War II, prompting a sharp rebuke from Nikita Khrushchev. Bulganin rejected German war prisoner claims and called 9,626 war criminals, while negotiations focused on prisoner releases and establishing diplomatic ties.
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West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Adenauer
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Spiridonov
Hitler
Khrushchev
Adenaur
Henrich von Brentano
NATO
West European Union
Felix von Eckhard
Iowa Faces Serious Fire Threat Des Moines Warning
Des Moines report cites Iowa Fire Marshal Zack Cook warning of a serious fire situation due to late summer heat. He says fields are fried to a crisp and urges farmers to guard against crop fires caused by tractor backfires.
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Des Moines
Iowa
P— Towa
Zack Cook
Weather shifts from Humid Heat to Chill Weekend
Kenosha faces cooler weekend after a humid heat spell. High reached 93 at the sewage treatment plant yesterday, with overnight temperatures around 60 and 68 this morning. Readings show 71 at American Motors and 69 downtown, with a forecast dropping to the low 40s tonight and not topping 60 tomorrow. Pollen counts measured 374 this morning after yesterday's 401, correcting the previous figure of 57.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Wisconsin Farm Bureau doubts right to work bill passage
Madison Wisconsin farm group leaders say a right to work bill faces slim odds in the 1955 session. Federation legislative director William Kasakaitas notes support for outlawing the union shop but predicts little chance of approval this year unless grass roots sentiment shifts. Unanimous consent or suspension rules govern bill introduction.
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Madison
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Wisconsin
William Kasakaitas
Federation
Urban League urges jobs for Negro workers at annual conference
A 1-A National Urban League resolution passed on Friday urged intensified efforts to secure jobs for Negroes and equal pay for equal work. The measure followed notes on CIO AFL merger and expected industrial expansion in the South.
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Milwaukee
National Urban League
CIO
AFL
South
Milwaukee Polio Case Count Rises Amid Gamma Globulin Plan
Associated Press reports seven new polio cases in Milwaukee with 271 city and 159 non resident total this year. Health officials say gamma globulin will be available to children ages 1 to 9 starting Monday. The outbreak has claimed one life as areas like Oshkosh Waukesha and Hartland move to reopen schools amid a noted peak passing.
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Milwaukee
E. R. Krumbiegel
Oshkosh
Waukesha
Hartland
Winnebago
Wauwatosa
West Allis
West Milwaukee
Wood County
Wisconsin Rapids
Negligence Ruled in Three Deaths Near Tomah Wisconsin
Ordinary negligence was ruled the cause of a fatal crash on U S 12 near Tomah on August 18. A coroner's jury found no charges. victims include William Pierce 28, his wife Clarabell 25, and their 14 year old sister Marjorie. The truck had stopped to turn left and the car rear ended it. signal lights were reportedly not working after the collision.
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Sparta
Wis
Tomah
U. S. 12
William Pierce
Clarabell
Marjorie
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