Mother of Slain Boy Takes Witness Stand
In Sumner Mississippi Mamie Bradley testified at the trial of Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam that the body shipped to Chicago was her son Emmett Till. She identified the photo and a ring as hers and her late husband’s, affirming identification despite earlier doubts raised by authorities.
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Sumner, Miss
Emmett Till
Chicago
Mamie Bradley
Mississippi
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Bryant
Mrs. Bradley
Robert B. Smith
Tallahatchie River
Emmett
H. C. Strider
Tallahatchie County
Till
Smith
Moses Wright
Mose
Till’s
James Cochran
Wright
Sumner
Miss
Air Crash Kills 15 at Tripoli
A BOAC four engine Argonaut crashed while landing at Idris Airport Tripoli killing 15 people. The flight from London to Lagos carried 27 passengers and 5 crew members who escaped unharmed. Nationalities awaiting next of kin notification.
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Tripoli
Libya
Idris
British Overseas Airways Corp
London
BOAC
Lagos
Nigeria
West
New Tropical Storm Janet Forms in Atlantic
A tropical storm named Janet formed in the Atlantic beyond the West Indies and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane within hours. Reports placed winds at 50 to 65 mph about 350 miles east southeast of Martinique as it moved toward the Windward and Leeward Islands, growing in size and power.
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Miami
Atlantic
West Indies
Janet
Martinique
Windward
Two Rivers Youth Killed in Train Crossing Crash
Donald Pauze 19 of Two Rivers died when his car collided with a Chicago and North Western passenger train at a crossing south of Lannon in Waukesha County Wednesday.
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Waukesha
Donald Pauze
Two Rivers
Chicago and North Western
Lannon
Waukesha County
French General Plans Regency in Morocco Oust Sultan
Rabat Paris reports Gen. Pierre Boyer de Latour the resident general in Morocco leaves for the task of forming a regency to remove Sultan Mohammed Moulay Arafa.
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Rabat
French Morocco
Pierre Boyer de Latour
France
Morocco
Mohammed Moulay Arafa
AMC Drops El Segundo Operations
American Motors ends assembly in El Segundo California to reduce costs and focus on Wisconsin production. Kenosha lines will boost Rambler capacity by 60 percent to 1800 Nash Hudson and Rambler units daily. El Segundo plant to be sold, affecting about 500 workers in the Los Angeles area.
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American Motors
el Segundo
Calif
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Rambler
E. W. Bernitt
AMC Auto Manufacturing
Los Angeles
Electrician Killed Contacting 7200-Volt Line
Bernard Fanning, 37, an electrician, died after touching a 7200-volt power line and falling 20 feet from a moving school house. He was atop the structure clearing wires. An autopsy was ordered to determine electrocution versus fall injuries.
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Sparta
Bernard Fanning
Fanning
Marciano to defend title against four foes next June
Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano said he will defend his title next June against one of four challengers Bob Baker Nino Valdes Hurricane Jackson or Floyd Patterson. The remark came after a red mark under his left eye drew comment on his condition.
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New York
Rocky Marciano
Bob Baker
Nino Valdes
Hurricane Jackson
Floyd Patterson
Manila Typhoon Kate Intensifies Near Luzon
Typhoon Kate with winds up to 135 mph was located about 140 miles northeast of Luzon and moving toward the South China Sea, threatening coastal areas.
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Manila
Kate
Luzon
South China Sea
Economy Reading Plan Offered by the News
Kenosha Evening News subscribers can join an Economy Reading Plan starting today. They may choose four magazines from 32 national periodicals for a small daily cost in addition to their newspaper. Carrier boys promote the offer and top five salesmen win a five day trip to Washington D.C.
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Evening News
Donald Odergaard
Kenosha Evening News
Don
Alice Odergaard
32Nd St
Willard A. Arent
31St St
Kenosha
Washington, D.C
Kohler Seeks 600000 For Wisconsin Colonies
Governor Kohler announced a request to the Legislature to provide about 600000 in additional funds to improve care at the Northern and Southern Colonies for mentally deficient children. The plan includes 117 new staff for Union Grove and Chippewa Falls and operating funds for the next fiscal year. The State Welfare Department says current funding is insufficient and the emergency board approved 101000 for 89 new beds and a tranquillizing drug, while rejecting some other appeals.
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Madison
Kohler
Union Grove
Chippewa Falls
State Department of Public Welfare
State Emergency Board
Foster Porter
Bloomington
Alfred Ludvigsen
Hartland
E. C. Giessel
Porter
W. J. Schmidt
Sparta
Harvey A. Stevens
School For Girls At
Oregon
State Civil Defense Office
Ransom Threat in Oakland Case Targets Dr Marcus’s Child
A California case involving the abduction of five day old Robert Marcus drew police attention after a ransom note demanding 5000 dollars arrived for Dr Sanford Marcus. An Oakland address and a meeting at 8 am prompted a failed rendezvous, with authorities considering a hoax but continuing to investigate.
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San Francisco
Robert Marcus
Ann
Marcus
Sanford Marcus
Oakland
Calif
Skilled Worker Shortage Warned by Mitchell
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell warned the nation faces a critical shortage of skilled workers despite prosperity. He told the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies that there are not enough skilled workers to meet growing military and civilian production demands amid a 67.42 million strong workforce and only 9 million skilled workers available.
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St. Louis
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies
Weather Summary for Southern Wisconsin
White skies were generally clear in southern Wisconsin while other parts reported overcast skies and heavy ground fog. Temperatures at noon were slightly higher than yesterday. forecasts call for a few scattered showers tonight and Friday with little temperature change.
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Wisconsin
Nash
Dulles Eyes Peace Decade Warns UN Cooperation Needed
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said the world may be entering a decade of peaceful change that could end the cold war and called for cooperation with the United Nations in New York.
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United Nations
N. Y
John Foster Dulles
UN General Assembly
Far East
Red China
United States
Dulles
Assembly
Eisenhower
Russia
Geneva
Meetings Set On Teacher Pay Issue In Kenosha
Two sessions with the Kenosha school board and mediation talks with NEA and WEA proceed as KEA and KTU demand raises to 600 across the board while starting salaries for bachelor and master degree holders would rise to 3737 and 3937 respectively. A potential strike looms before the December budget. A separate UN briefing notes Dulles urging arms reduction through mutual blueprints and aerial inspection amid a thaw in Cold War tensions. Greece seeks Cyprus self decision at the UN, but committee blocks debate despite Greek push.
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Kenosha
National Education Association
Wisconsin Education Association
Kenosha Education Association
Trades and Labor Council
Kenosha Teachers Union
NEA
WEA
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Assembly
Greece
Cyprus
Anthony Nutting
Drifting Snow Closes Highways in Alberta
A storm in southern Alberta caused drifting snow and at least one death. Calgary area roads were blocked as Strathmore, about 30 miles east, left with no passage and more than 100 people stranded by snowfall reaching five feet two inches.
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Calgary
Alta
Alberta
Strathmore
Here
Newfoundland Hit By Hurricane Lone Strikes St John’s
St John’s Nfld inland city braces after hurricane Lone causes property damage but no deaths. Lone delivered 82 mile per hour gusts in mid afternoon with extensive structural harm still being assessed.
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St. John’s
Newfoundland
Lone
Lonardi Dissolves Argentine Congress in Provisional Move
General Lonardi’s provisional government declares the congress dissolved after a coup. All 34 senators were Peronists, eight opposition Radicals sat in the 166 member lower house. Peronism rapid arrests and an airwave campaign urge peace and work as Peron imagery is erased. Lonardi, 59, to be formally installed after returning from Cordoba.
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Buenos Aires
Eduardo Lonardi
Senate
Peronista Party
Radical Party
Lonardi
Juan D. Peron
Eva Peron
Peron
Guillermo Patricio Kelley
Juan Peron
Cordoba
Waukesha College Announces Enrollment Figures
Waukesha Carroll College reported enrollment for the 1955-56 school year at 678 students. The college previously set a record with 856 students in 1946.
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Waukesha
Carroll College Today
Subway melee injures two men in downtown station
A group of fourteen youths, including four girls, attacked in a downtown Chicago subway station Wednesday night. Police pursued and curbed a bus the teenagers boarded. One man sustained a broken nose in the melee.
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Chicago
Odd Little Submarine Surprises by Floating
Ed Mund Martine and associate Fred Zendar unveil the Cetacean a 42 foot self powered deep sea craft after a first flotation in Los Angeles harbor. Weighing 53 tons with diesel electric motors it aims for 10 knots on the surface seven submerged. Eight 600 watt lights and glass ports equip the craft for undersea photography with tests planned this week and sea trials in two weeks.
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Los Angeles
Edmund Martine
Martine
Fred Zendar
Los Angeles Harbor
Eva Perons Name Dropped From Argentine Province
Informants in Santa Rosa report Eva Peron province will be renamed La Pampa. The region once called Eva Peron Province was elevated years ago and named for Juan and Eva Peron. Reports say names and images of the Perons are being removed across the country.
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Buenos Aires
Eva Peron
Santa Rosa
la Pampa
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Juan
DeSapio Reelected Tammany Hall Leader in New York
Carmine G DeSapio, New York secretary of state and Democratic National Committeeman, was renominated and reelected executive committee chairman of Tammany Hall in Manhattan. The vote confirms his continued leadership of the county Democratic organization.
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New York
Carmine G DeSapio
Tammany Hall
Manhattan
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