Miners Trapped 331 Feet Underground Reach for Rescue
Rescuers drill toward three miners trapped since last Tuesday at 331 feet underground near Hazleton. David Fellin reports being cold but well as crews enlarge a 24 inch escape shaft while Louis Bova remains unreachable.
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James V. Lamb
Hazleton
David Fellin
Steve Horan
Fellin
Henry Throne
Horan
Bova
H.B. Charmbury
State Secretary of Mines
Charmbury
Sheppton
Chambury
Throne
Walworth County raid nets 12 arrests on liquor gambling charges
Madison AP reports the largest 1941 BE Division raid since then led to 12 Walworth County arrests. Among those named were Raymond Morrissy and Kenneth Payne, both local officials, plus eight tavernkeepers tied to gambling or horse race betting. A private club in Lake Geneva and a Bloomfield home also faced charges. Arraignments followed. Ward paid fines, others’ cases continued.
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Madison
State Beverage Tax Division
Walworth County
Raymond Morrissy
Delavan
Walworth
Kenneth Payne
Lake Geneva
Tax Division
Ellsworth Jones
Hurley
Jones
William L. Seymour
Alfred Petshak
LeRoy Sagert
Monica Vila Scott
Bloomfield
Barbara Towns
Elkhorn
Ward
Sagert
Yard Names 19 Fugitives in Great Train Robbery Probe
Scotland Yard lists 19 suspects in Britain's great train robbery case. Detectives face a sprawling manhunt after the Glasgow to London raid netted 7.2 million pounds. Authorities have tracked the gang’s hideout and raid planning HQ, with five arrests and about a tenth of the money recovered.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Dozens Die in Wave of Military Plane Crashes
At least 13 people are dead after a series of military aircraft accidents this week. Eleven U.S. servicemen and two civilians perished, with 17 injured and 15 aircraft destroyed. Crashes occurred Monday across states and at sea near Brittany, France, involving F100 jets, B47 bombers, a drone at Eglin, and Navy jets from the carrier Independence.
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U.S
Clayton
N.M
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Air Force
Irwin
Iowa
France
Plouarmel
Brittany
Independence
Fallout hearings resume on radiation protection guides
The Senate House Atomic Energy Committee restarts hearings on radioactive fallout with focus on dangers from any violation of the ban treaty. Rep. Melvin Price says government experts will prepare protection guides on fallout. Celebrezze notes plans to issue guides within a year.
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Washington
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Melvin Price
D-Ill
Subcommittee On Research, Development and Radiation
Price
Teller warns Russia would gain from limited test ban
Dr. Edward Teller testified that the Soviet Union aims to exploit a limited nuclear test ban to block U S knowledge of missile defense. He argued ratification would be a grave mistake and warned the treaty could hinder U S security and progress toward an effective anti missile system.
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Washington
Edward Teller
Soviet Union
United States
Teller
University of California
U.S
Ward
China
Russia
Robert S. McNamara
Khrushchev and Tito greet in Belgrade bear hug
Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrived in Belgrade and embraced Yugoslav President Tito in a symbolic reunion signaling improved relations between Moscow and Belgrade. Wives stood nearby as the leaders exchanged cordial greetings and flowers, marking a new tone after past tensions. The visit explores unity amid Cold War strains and may affect Western testing and defense outlooks.
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Khrush
Nikita Khrushchev
Belgrade
Josip Broz Tito
UPI Radiotelephoto
Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
Yugoslav
Moscow
United December States
Britain
Red Chinese
Biaffaires
Red China
West
Comecon
Stalin
Soviet Bloc
NFO Milk Switching Action Reported At County Meeting
La Crosse Wisconsin reports that NFO members in the Coulee Region are switching milk from non contract plants to those under NFO contracts. County unit leaders note a prior vote for a milk holding action if needed. Contracts aim for roughly six dollars per hundred pounds for Grade A fluid milk, with plants signing up progressively and a 60 percent production threshold before contracts take effect.
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NFO
Mindoro
Wis
National Farmers Organization
Coulee
la Crosse County
Reuben Roberts
Eau Claire
la Crosse
Jackson
Buffalo
Trempealeau
Wisconsin
NFC
Graff
Baldwin
U.S
Tito
Mondovi
Khrushchev
Businessman John Wiggert Dies At 74
John A. Wiggert 74 of 1314 Main St. died in a local hospital Tuesday morning Aug 20 He was La Crosse s last harnessmaker carrying on his father E B Wigert s work and served 11 months in World War I He is survived by Edith Sechler his wife and two sons Harry and J Clayton Wiggert along with two sisters and eight grandchildren Services for Mr Wiggert will be
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John A. Wiggert
Main St
E. B. Wiggert
la Crosse
Germany
John Wiggert
St. John’s Catholic Church
American Legion
E. B. Wiggett
Main
State
Wiggert
Pearl
Jay
Jay St
John A
Richard E
Wiggert Brothers
Richard
Harness
Harry
John Clayton Wiggert
Edith Sechler
Clara City
Minn
J. Clayton
Nighthawks Sweep Over Duluth in Heaviest Migration
Thousands of nighthawks, part of the goatsucker family, crossed Duluth Minnesota in a major migratory movement on a late summer afternoon. Witnesses tallied counts exceeding six thousand birds in the eastern city sector with a five minute cluster near tree top height during the peak between five and six pm. The spectacle aligns with the annual southward migration occurring August seventeenth to twenty first.
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Duluth
Minn
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Patrick Granahan
Williams Bay
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Arthur Boehme
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