Missionary Freed After Five Years On Birthday Escape
American Baptist missionary Rev. Levi A. Lovegren of Cherry Grove Oregon freed by Chinese Reds after five years. He crossed into Hong Kong on his 67th birthday and was reunited with his wife. Three Catholic priests also released after over two years under house arrest. Lovegren denied charges as agent and said he faced pressure to confess.
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Hong Kong
Levi A. Lovegren
Cherry Grove
Ore
United States
Geneva
China
Frederick A. Gordon
Somerset
Ohio
Joseph £. Hyde
Lowell
Mass
James G. Joyce
Canton
Father Gordon
Father Hyde
Father Joyce
Lovegren
Chungking
Uuave
No Americans Reported Hurt in Argentina
The State Department said it spoke with the U S Embassy in Buenos Aires at 10 45 this morning and learned the capital was quiet with no reports of injuries to American citizens. The call ended a 24 hour telephonic break as cables arrived. About 3 000 Americans live in Argentina and about 2 500 are in or near Buenos Aires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
U. S
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Peron Says He Is Ready To Resign If Army Requires
Buenos Aires President Juan D. Peron stated he was prepared to resign and would defer the decision to the Argentine army. Separately, New York braced for hurricane Ione, with forecasts predicting one of the city’s worst storm events on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Peron
New York
Fatal two car crash near Green Bay claims two lives
A two car collision on the outskirts of Green Bay killed Donald M. McKay, 47, of Minneapolis, and Lula Rae Brackins Kinnard, 48, of Panama City, Florida. A third occupant was seriously injured.
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Green Bay
Donald M. McKay
Minneapolis
Lula Rae Brackins Kinnard
Panama City
Fla
Kenosha Teachers Union deadlocks pay talks with school board
The Kenosha Teachers Union executive board declares negotiations with the school board deadlocked and recommends excusing the salary committee. Letters to the board from the union and the Keno sha Education Association noted a failed compromise and possible release of publicity. The school board also plans a closed session tonight as leaders weigh action.
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Kenosha Teachers Union
Thomas Zuhlke
Kenosha Education Association
EEA
Carl Megel
American Federation of Teachers
CIO
AFL
L. V. Harlich
KTU
Joseph Hamelink
Hamelink
Trial of Two White Men Gets Started
The murder case against Roy Bryant and J W Milam opens in Sumner Mississippi over the Emmett Till death. Prosecutors say no death penalty will be sought and jurors will be all white men from Tallahatchie County where no Negro voters are registered. Till, a 14 year old Chicago Negro boy, is said to have whistled at Mrs Bryant triggering the alleged crime. The trial location is Sumner about a mile from the Tallahatchie River where Till's body was found. Mose Wright Till’s uncle comments that five minutes might have prevented the killing. Till had been traveling from Chicago for a vacation.
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Sumner
Miss
Chicago
Gerald Chatham
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Bryant
Milam
Emmett Till
Mississippi
Leflore County
Till
Tallahatchie
Tallahatchie County
Mose Wright
Edgerton
Rock County
Dane County Sheriff's Office
Perons Nine Year Rule Ends as Rebel Fleet Threatens
Juan D. Peron resigns under the guns of a rebel fleet poised off Buenos Aires amid a spreading Argentine civil war. Gen. Lucero quotes patriotism in the surrender as rebels seize Mar del Plata and threaten to shell the capital.
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Perons
Argentina
Montevideo
Uruguay
Juan D. Peron
Buenos Aires
Peron
Ihe
Cordoba
Franklin Lucero
Lucero
Plate River
Eva Peron
Polio Believed Easing in Wisconsin
Schools opened in Milwaukee Oshkosh Appleton Neenah Menasha as polio outbreak eases. Madison reports another death, 13 year old Robert Farmer of Dunlap Tennessee visiting relatives. Racine confirms second polio death, Henrietta Baumgart 34, mother of four.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Appleton
Neenah- Menasha
Madison
Robert Farmer
Dunlap
Tenn
Henrietta Baumgart
Racine
Racine County
Ackerman elected Midwest Council Young Republicans chairman
Waldo Ackerman of Springfield NL was chosen chairman by 200 party members from 14 states to lead the Midwest Council of Young Republicans in South Bend Indiana.
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South Bend
Ind
Waldo Ackerman
Springfield
Midwest Council of Young Republicans
Dane County Sheriff Pushes Statewide Roadblock System
Dane County Sheriff Franz Haas, vice president of the Wisconsin Sheriffs Association, seeks a coordinated statewide roadblock plan after FBI Milwaukee chief James B. Poster urged the idea. Haas notes his county already operates a fast setup roadblock system with weatherproof boxes, flares, signs and a shared key system, capable of sealing main roads quickly.
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Dane County
Madison
Franz Haas
Haas
Wisconsin Sheriffs’ Assn
James B. Poster
FBI
Milwaukee
Assny
Poster
Wisconsin
Waupun
Hurricane Jones Rakes NC Coast Slams Shore With Fury
Hurricane Jones roared ashore along the North Carolina coast driving violent winds, high tides and torrential rains. At Cherry Point gusts reached 107 mph as the storm moved north toward Virginia with warnings from Wilmington to Block Island and the Diamond Shoals lightship torn from its moorings.
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Hatteras
N. C
Jone
North Carolina
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
Virginia
Wilmington
Block Island
R. I
Long Island Sound
Delaware
Chesapeake Bays
Coast Guard
Diamond Shoals
Here
Mendota
Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Hurricane Hilda Hits Tampico Area In Mexico
The hurricane Hilda, with winds near 125 mph, pounded Tampico and surrounding areas as flood waters and power outages disrupted the oil port. Reports say Tampico experienced over 100 mph gusts, widespread flooding, and rising Panuco river waters threatening more damage along the lower Rio Grande Valley.
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Brownsville
Texas
Tampico
Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Hilda
Gladys
Panuco River
Weather Outlook for Kenosha Stabilizes as Heat Eases
Clouds moved in from a cool air mass expected to cap daytime highs in the low 80s across Wisconsin. Kenosha readings reached 86 at noon, with 88 at American Motors and 87 downtown. yesterday’s high was 92 and low 55. last night’s low 65. pollen count 90.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
American Motors
Guilty in Death Of Correspondent Gene Symonds
Singapore jurors convict truck driver Ong Ah too of taking part in the mob murder of United Press correspondent Gene Symonds during city riots after a bus strike. Sentenced to death by hanging. co defendant S Suppiah is acquitted. Symonds died from a fractured skull in hospital.
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Singapore
Ong Ah
United Press
Gene Symonds
S. Suppiah
Ong
Suppiah
Symonds
Family reports improvement among eight polio victims
Rockford Illinois doctors say eight of the Walsh family’s 13 polio-stricken children are improving. David aged 17 remains in an iron lung in serious condition but is showing slight improvement, hospital authorities said Sunday.
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Rockford
Karen Walsh
Four Firemen Die In St Louis Vehicle Crash
Four firemen were killed when a fire engine collided with a U S mail trailer truck in St Louis. The engine was returning to cover a two alarm fire, and was knocked 82 feet by the impact. Among the dead was John Craig, 59, nearing retirement after 34 years with the department.
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St. Louis
John Craig
Midwest weekend street and highway deaths rise
At least 47 persons died in street and highway accidents across the Midwest during the weekend. Indiana led with 14 fatalities, Illinois and Michigan each reported seven deaths.
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Chicago—i
Midwest
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Salem Resident Killed by Train
J. P. Burrell a 50 year old Salem man was killed instantly when his car rammed the second coach of an east bound Milwaukee Road passenger train on Sandhill Road west of Kansasville Racine County The engineer William Emigh West Allis said signals were working Burrell was alone in the vehicle and his car was dragged 300 feet The train was delayed about thirty minutes the crash occurred at 9 15 a m
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J. P. Burrell
Salem
Milwaukee Road
Sandhill Rd
Kansasville
Racine County
William Emigh
West Allis
Burrell
Marsh Fire Threatens Farms Across Rat River Marsh
A large blaze swept hundreds of acres in the Rat river marsh near Winchester threatening multiple farms. Gordon Hanson of the Winchester fire department said the origin is undetermined and the fire remained confined between county trunks as a light drizzle began to fall.
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Winchester
Rat River
Gordon Hanson
Winchester Fire Department
Winnebago County
Congressman's Clash Over Hot Dogs Ends With Assault
Chicago police charged Thoren R. Gentry after the ex convict punched Rep. Charles A. Boyle three times as Boyle tried to break up a dispute between Gentry and his wife Dora over hot dogs. Boyle, uninjured, aided by officers who tracked blood to Gentry's apartment where a pistol discharged and a shotgun was recovered.
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Chicago
U. S
Charles A. Boyle
D-Ill
Thoren R. Gentry
Gentry
Boyle
Rescue Pair From Wilds Near Mt Saint Helens
Charles Auger and Charles Dickens, aged 85 and 70, were rescued after a week lost in the Mt. St. Helens foothills while prospecting for uranium. Found by woodsmen and brought to Vancouver, they endured hunger and exhaustion on beans jelly and powdered milk until stretcher evacuation.
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Vancouver
Wash
Charles Auger
Tacoma
Charles Dickens
San Diego
Calif
Mt. St. Helens
Order of Odd Fellows Convening in Chicago
More than 10 000 persons are expected for the opening of the 129th annual convention of the International Order of Odd Fellows of the world in Chicago. The convention will run through Friday.
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Order of Odd Fellows
Chicago
International Order of Odd Fellows of the World
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Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Mission Board
New York Braced
Uchigan
Mississippi Delta
Mar del Plata
Eva Peron la Plata
Rio Santiago Naval School
Mendoza
Santiago
Chile
Sario
Tucuman
Santa Fe
Catamarca
Nequen
Rosario
River Plate
Puerto Belgrano
Voice of Freedom
LV2
Juan Peron
Heads Young Gop
Dane
Haas’ Department
Sheriff's Office
Sauk
North Carolina Coast
Jane
Morehead City
Cherry Point
Virginia Line
Naval Base
Rio Grande Braced
Dora
Wilds
Auger
Dickens
Alger
R. S. Berry
al Robbins
Morton
Woodland
Robbins
Berry
Robbinses
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