France to Join Users as London Dates Third Suez Talks
Paris accepted joining the Suez Canal Users Association with a pledge to safeguard international administration while seeking to preserve French-British solidarity. London set October 1 for a third ambassadorial level Suez conference to implement SCUA action. President Nasser visited Riyadh for a three power Arab summit amid canal tensions.
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London
Nasser
SCUA
Paris
Christian Pineau
Nassar
Lloyd
Cairo
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Shukri Kuwaily
Syria
King Saud
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
Menon
Egypt
West
Medics Urge Wider Salk Polio Vaccine Use
Dr Hart E Van Riper of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis urged broader polio vaccine acceptance at a Friday talk in Madison. He noted polio cases are down about 50 percent this year and no paralytic cases have occurred in people with the full three shot Salk series.
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Madison
Hart E. van Riper
New York
National Foundation For
van Riper
Teld
Dane County
University of Wisconsin Medical
Autumn Weather Brings Rain Showers This Afternoon
The day starts warm with a wet outlook as showers move in this afternoon and tonight. Officials forecast clearing skies tomorrow with temperatures dropping to the low 40s tonight and rising to the mid 60s to 70 Sunday. Morning city readings reported 78 downtown, 77 at American Motors, and 76 at the sewage plant with an overnight low of 36. Friday at the plant reached 67 to 37. Pollen stood at 7 for the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Sunrise was 5 38 a.m. and sunset 5 49 p.m.
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Mercury
American Motors Corp
Witness Admits He Is a Vicious Liar
New York jurors heard Harvey Matusow admit he had been a vicious liar for 27 years during cross examination in his perjury trial. He is accused of giving false testimony in the 1952 Smith Act trial of 13 communist defendants. Government witnesses testified he was cautioned to tell the truth when he testified at that trial.
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New York
Harvey Matusow
Matusow
Parson Pleads Innocent To La Crosse Murder
Clarence Parson, 56, an Ohio prison escapee, pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the strangulation death of Mrs. Winifred Kendhammer, 45, found Aug 25 on French Island. Parson said he struggled with her the night before and left her alive.
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la Crosse
Clarence Parson
Ohio
Winifred Kendhammer
French Island
Parson
Wisconsin finances under fire in Proxmire address
William Proxmire, Democratic candidate for governor, told Manitowoc that Wisconsin faces financial difficulties with no Republican remedy. He warned the 1957 legislature must raise 50 to 100 million dollars in new revenue or cut state services, arguing rapid industrial growth alone cannot meet obligations.
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William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Manitowoc
Racine Youth Killed in County Crash
Robert Skolweck an 18 year old Racine resident was killed when the car he rode in veered off Somers Road west of Highway 41 rolled over and struck trees. Kenneth Skolweck 20 the driver and Michael Shaughnessy 18 were injured. The crash left Skolweck with a broken neck and multiple skull fractures. The incident occurred after a night at Leo's Corner tavern. Sheriff reported it as the 13th traffic death on county roads this year.
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Racine
Kenosha
Robert Skolweck
Skolweck
Kenneth
Somers Rd
Hy. 41
William Raven
Kenneth Skolweck
Michael Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Hardy Schmalfeldt
Mason
Raven
Washington Park High School
Boyd Clothing
Peter R. Skolweck
Richard
Cheboygan
Mich
Louis Tasquin
Dagger
St. Rose Church
James Marshall
Pole expedition members vote in November elections
The Defense Department announced that 166 members of Operation Deep Freeze in the south polar wastelands will receive absentee ballots for the November elections. Ballots will be flown to the crew around Oct. 15 and returned by Nov. 1 to the U S Embassy in New Zealand for forwarding to state secretaries. Led by Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd, the party has been at Little America and McMurdo Sound for over a year without regular mail service.
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Washington
South Polar
Defense Department
Special Air Courier
U. S
New Zealand
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
McMurdo Sound
Wisconsin Center Building Construction Starts
Madison plans begin Sept 29 on a $2,400,000 Wisconsin Center Building project led by the University of Wisconsin. The work aims to expand campus facilities and support university programs, with anticipated for new spaces and services.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Center
Prison camp detains Nicos Kranidiotis in Cyprus
Police in Nicosia detain Nicos Kranidiotis secretary of the Ethnarchy as a full prisoner at a Cypriot prison camp. He was held for more than two weeks and served a detention order after a Sept. 5 raid on Ethnarchy offices. He faces questions on possible anti British underground activities.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Nicos Kranidiotis
The
Ethnarchy
Council
Kranidiotis
Elk Point Faces Sinking After Glacial Drift Sinks Town Core
Elk Point South Dakota residents brace as foundations fail and buildings crumble. Officials blame a 12 000 year old glacial drift pushing sand gravel and mud 90 feet deep causing the town to sink. Major J J Murphy seeks federal help while Gov Fossio hunts in Wyoming. damage estimated at 1 million dollars.
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J. J. Murphy
Missouri Valley
Dakotas
Elk Point
Produce Buyer Saves 4 Lives
A cabbage buyer from Tennessee identified as Leland Miller rescued four Mexican children trapped in a burning trailer on the James Iverson farm Hy 31 Somers Road. Miller and a Nashville companion alerted others. Somers volunteers and Kenosha deputies fought the blaze which destroyed the trailer. children uninjured, owner notes loss of a TV set, refrigerator, stove.
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Tennessee
Leland Miller
James Iverson
Hy. 31
Somers Rd
Miller
Nashville
Iverson
Somers
Miguel Carreon
Rt. 4
Sheriff's Department
Nicolay urged to quit bid for attorney general
Milwaukee attorney Nicolay, supported by William Proxmire as an independent, was urged by State Sen. Leland McParland to withdraw from the race. McParland warned the party would discard him after defeat and that an independent run would hurt Nicolay’s prospects. Nicolay formerly served as U S Attorney for Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Frank Nikolay
William Proxmire
Leland S. McParland
Cudahy
Democratic State Central Committee
Nikolay
Abbotsford
U. S
Western District
Wisconsin
Third Mate Faces More Questioning in Stockholm Collision
New York reports the third mate of the liner Stockholm, Ernest Carstens-Johansen, 26, to be cross-examined as hearings resume into the collision with the Andrea Doria. He testified that the Stockholm was about three miles off its intended course for nearly an hour before the crash.
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New York
Stockholm
Ernest Carstens- Johansen
Plan Smith Club in Racine Forms for Congress
The Plan Smith Club of Racine announces a Smith for Congress organization across five counties in Wisconsin's 1st District. It will back the re-election bid of Representative Lawrence Smith of Racine.
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Racine
Wis
Jack Burgess
Smith For Congress
Lawrence Smith
i-Wis
Mom Slays Sad Son in Fla. Tragedy
Police held Julia Musiak 29 on murder charges after fatally wounding her 10 year old son Stanley in Fort Myers Florida He said to die and spoke of not fitting in society She admitted planning and attempting poisoning prior to the shooting.
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Fort Myers
Fla. —P
Julia Musiak
Stanley Frederick Musiak
Burn Underhill
Stan
Somoza Wounded in Nicaragua Assassination Bid
President Anastasio Somoza was shot three times by an unidentified gunman in Leon as he and his wife entered the workers' house for a state celebration. He was taken to San Vicente hospital with non serious injuries. The assassin was killed by bodyguards and a bystander wounded. The government declared a state of siege and began investigations.
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Leon
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
San Vicente Hospital
Liberal Party
Princess Margaret Begins Five-Week East Africa Tour
Princess Margaret arrives in Mombasa Kenya to start a five-week tour of British East Africa. The visit marks the royal engagement with regional leaders and highlights colonial era ties.
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Mombasa
Kenya
Margaret
British East Africa
Young Kenosha Wife Wins Series Trip
A 17 year old Kenosha housewife won a Clark Oil essay contest awarding a New York World Series trip for her and her husband. Mrs Earl L Rosenfeldt will attend a Milwaukee dinner with Braves Manager Fred Haney and Clark executives. The winner wrote on driving safety urging alertness, courtesy, and road rules.
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Kenosha
New York
Earl L. Rosenfeldt
32Nd Ave
Clark Oil and Refining Corp
Milwaukee
Braves
Fred Haney
Clark
Stanley Haukedahl
Rosenfeldt
Joseph Furdek
33Rd Ave
Rail workers threaten strike over fare hike on Kenosha line
About 300 members from four non operating unions plan a 4 01 a m Monday walkout on the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railway to press wage demands. They seek 164 percent cents an hour more, opposed to a 5 cent offer, with costs cited at 116000 yearly versus 35000 for the smaller raise.
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Chicago
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway
Milwaukee
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Mass Polish Trials Begin Next Week
London in Radio Warsaw reports mass trials of Poles arrested in the food and freedom riots in Poznan will start next week. The uprising on June 28 in Poznan left 53 dead and over 300 wounded as Polish troops and tanks ended several days of fighting witnessed by Western visitors at the Poznan International Trade Fair.
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London
Warsaw
Poznan
Brink's Trial Enters Extra Session With Key Witness
The Brink's trial resumes with star government witness Joseph O'Keefe under cross examination. O'Keefe testifies he led masked robbers into Brink's Inc and helped steal $1,218,211 from money vaults six years ago.
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Boston
Brink's
Joseph
Specs
O’keefe
Brink's Inc
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