Camp McCoy Soldier Robbed and Left in Ditch
Sgt. Wyman T. Harris of Camp McCoy awoke in a ditch near Valley Junction Wisconsin after being beaten and robbed of about 95 dollars. He identified his assailants as unknown and gave a hazy account, while Deputy Oss investigated the incident as it unfolded from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
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Camp McCoy
Tomah
Wis
Valley Junction
Sth
Wyman T. Harris
82Nd Engineers
Carl Mikolajczyk
Valley Club
Allen Oss
Sgt. Harris
Oss
Weet Harris
Harris
Surgeons to Try to Separate Head Joined Siamese Twins
Surgeons in London plan to separate Siamese twin boys born to a London mother nearly four months ago. The twins are joined at the top of the head as part of triplets, with a normal third boy at home. Parents Reginald Thackeray and Kathleen Thackeray, identified publicly for the first time, are bank manager and homemaker. The operation date depends on tissue condition to minimize risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reginald Thackeray
Kathleen
Eight indicted in Terre Haute gambling ring probe
Federal grand jury indicts eight men in a three million dollar betting syndicate linked to football and World Series wagering. The case centers on a Terre Haute headquarters raided last November with a trial expected in U S District Court in Terre Haute, arraignment set for September.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Ind
Treasury
Tabbert
U. S. District Court
Chicago
Leo Shaffer
Jules Horwick
Congress
Shaffer
Horwick
Winnipeg
Edgar M. Wyatt
Charles L
Buck) Sumner
Marion County
Joey Jacobs
Philip Share
Irwin Gordon
Las Vegas
Nev
James Tanner
Detroit
Ralph Tucker
Indiana
Frank Riddle
Riddle
Tucker
William E. Jenner
H. L. Hunt
Dallas
U.S. and Nationalists Stage Joint Maneuvers Over Formosa Off China
U S and Nationalist air forces conducted joint defense exercises off Formosa as Red Chinese batteries pounded Quemoy for the sixth day. Nationalist intelligence warned of an imminent invasion while Peiping warned defenders to withdraw and said the island is doomed.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Quemoy
Red Land
Defense Ministry
Tokyo
Peiping
Red China
Red Chinese Army
Fukien
Taiwan
Forger Wanted In 5 States Is Arrested
The FBI reports Ralph Russell Renninger, 56, a furnace installer living in Elgin Illinois under the alias James John Kane, was arrested on a Rochester Minnesota warrant for transporting a fraudulent check across state lines. He is also wanted on worthless check charges in Kenosha Wisconsin Minneapolis Minnesota DeKalb Illinois Cleveland Ohio Lock Haven Pennsylvania and Albany New York.
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Chicago
FBI
Elgin
Ill
Wisconsin
Ralph Russell Renninger
James John Kane
Renninger
Rochester
Minn
Eau Claire
Wis
Kenosha
Minneapolis
DeKalb, Ill
Cleveland
Lock Haven
Albany
N. Y
Flames Devour Crashed Northwest DC6B After 61 Escape
A Northwest Orient Airlines DC6B with 61 aboard crashed near Minneapolis after takeoff. Most escaped through a hole in the fuselage before flames engulfed the aircraft. At least 49 were hospitalized including all four crew. among the injured were Rep. Don Magnuson and several army personnel en route to Fort Lewis.
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Cornfield
Northwest Airlines
Wold-Chamberlain Field
Minneapolis
Northwest Orient Airlines
Don Magnuson
Fort Lewis
Wash
Magnuson
Sen
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
An Airlines
James Wilkinson
Seattle
W. J. McGinnis
A. R. Mielke
Marge Gallagher
Northwestern Hospital
New York State
Roger W. Blaisdell
Wellsville
N.Y
Alaska
Dr. Blaisdell
Milwaukee
Eileen Conrad
Northwest
A. D. Conrad
New Berlin
Waukesha County
Bremerton
Conrad
Joseph J. Jerich
West Allis
Teamster Violence In Circus World Probed
Senate Rackets Committee turns to circuses and carnivals to expose Teamster violence amid 1956 disputes. Hearings focus on St Louis area activities and the role of Harold Gibbons amid testimony from Ringling Brothers and others. Robert Baker, Gibbons aide, is hospitalized after a heart attack while under questioning.
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Washington (Ap
Senate Rackets Committee
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Big Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
St. Louis
Harold Gibbons
Gibbons
Robert
Barney) Baker
Baker
Washington
St. Louis Area
J. Joseph Ferrera
John L. McClellan
Barney Dandridge
Police Captain Lyle Gilbert Dies At 54
Lyle S. Gilbert 54 of 322 S 20th St traffic captain in La Crosse Police Department died of a heart attack at home Wednesday. He served 29 years with the department. Funeral at 8:30 a m Saturday at Blaschke Funeral Home and 9 a m at St Josephs Cathedral. Burial in Catholic Cemetery. Survived by wife Katherine two sons Robert L Coronado Calif and Donald B La Mesa Calif and father Ward Gilbert Portland Ore. He was born March 13 1904 in Janesville and joined the force Sept 24 1929 promoted to sergeant July 1 1940 and traffic captain April 9 1948. He trained at Northwestern University and served on wartime tire rationing boards including La Crosse County War Price and Rationing Board. took leave for four years during the program.
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Lyle S. Gilbert
S. 20Th St
la Crosse
Police Department
Blaschke
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Louis Paquette
Gilbert
Katherine
Robert L
Coronado
Calif
Donald B
la Mesa
Ward Gilbert
Portland
Ore
Janesville
Melrose
Northwestern University
City Hall
la Crosse County
Capt
Judge Extends Rail Strike Ban in Chicago Case
A federal judge extended until midnight September 6 the restraining order against about 1600 members of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers working for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Judge Joseph Sam Perry said the case is too serious to be rushed. The original order would have expired at 7 am today.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
U. S
Joseph Sam Perry
Afl-Cio
U S Judge Issues School Injunction in Charlottesville
Charlottesville officials face a temporary injunction barring the school board from reassigning any pupils to city schools. Judge George M. Coles issued the order today, with similar action in Norfolk and set to run through October 15.
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Charlottesville
George M. Coles
Norfolk
Supreme Court
Arkansas Senate Advances Faubus School Closure Bill
The Arkansas Senate sent to Governor Faubus a bill to close public schools if forcible integration occurs. Gov Faubus signature expected.
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Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas Senate
Orval E. Faubus
Historic U.S. Arkansas showdown over Central High integration
The Little Rock School Board faces the NAACP in a Supreme Court session on whether Central High will integrate for the Sept 8 opening or if a delay is allowed. Judge Lemley had delayed integration for two years. the 8th Circuit granted a 30 day postponement. Chief Justice Warren convened the special session to consider the request.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Little Rock, Ark
National Assn
Advancement of
Colored People
Central High School
U.S
J. Lee Rankin
Justice Department
Central High
Federal Dist
Harry J. Lemley
Hope, Ark
8Th Circuit
Little Rock
NAACP
Earl Warren
Wisconsin Labor Campaign Forms For Right to Work Referendum
A Green Bay lawyer filed articles creating the Wisconsin Labor Committee for Right to Work Inc. to promote a statewide referendum on right to work. The group includes retired and active labor members and aims to persuade legislators and voters, with GOP figures split on the issue and Gov. Thomson wary of new laws.
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Madison
Wisconsin Labor Committee For Right To Work, Inc
Green Bay
Secretary of State’s Office
Fred Fisler
Wisconsin
J. C. Docter
W. H. Lance
Jerome Bersh
Sheboygan Falls
Alice Tracy
Sheboygan
Kohler Co
A.e
Thomson
Hurricane Watch Ordered In East
A hurricane watch was issued for southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island as Daisy moved north in the Atlantic. At 11 a.m. EST Daisy was 110 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, with gale warnings from Provincetown to Morehead City and tides two feet higher along the North Carolina coast.
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Miami
Fla
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Atlantic
Daisy
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Weather Bureau
Provincetown
Mass
Morehead City
North Carolina
Supreme Court urged no delay in school desegregation at Central High
The Supreme Court opened a session with government and the NAACP urging immediate integration at Little Rock Central High School. The case tests whether desegregation should resume now or be postponed for years, amid competing views from the White House, Rankin, and the district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
National Assn
Little Rock Central High School
Central High
High
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Rankin
Hagerty
Little Rock
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Wold-Chamberlain
E. C. Wiegand
Sandusky
Ohio
Vincent Christian Farm
Wold - Chamberlain Field
Circus World
Tribune
Lyle Gilbert
Arkansas
Senate
Faubus
By John Wyngaard
la Crosse Tribune
East
Vansgetes
L Community News Daily
Eawes
Ennee
Hal Boyle
Enews
Ewer
Executive Branch
Charles Wilson
Wisconsin Crime Laboratory
North West Peace Officers Assn
Sparta
Sheriff C. Johnson
Wilson
Robert Hurley
al Young
Black River Falls
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