Prison Lawyer Flanks Public Bar Exam in Cincinnati
Morris Thomas, 36, an ex New Orleans inmate, failed a public bar exam in Cincinnati after seeking to overturn a 104 year sentence for kidnapping and auto theft. He claimed constitutional rights violations and questioned his attorney and judge. His attorney denied the accusations amid cross examination.
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Cincinnati
Morris Thomas
Alcatraz
Thomas
New Orleans
United States District Court
John H. Druffel
Mell G. Underwood
Underwood
Maci C. Pott
Harry A. Abrams
Abrams
Son
U S Air Power Still Leads Twining Warns on Soviet Rise
Gen Nathan F Twining told the Boston audience that the United States remains ahead in air power but warned that Soviet aircraft production is closing the gap in both quantity and quality. He called the race for preparedness harder and noted the U S is about two years from its 137 wing goal for the Air Force in 1953.
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Boston
Nathan F. Twining
United States
Twining
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Opening Of Oshkosh Schools Delayed To Sept 12
Oshkosh officials postponed public school openings from Sept 6 to Sept 12 or later due to high polio incidence in Oshkosh and Winnebago County. Parochial schools may follow. The school board will reconvene Sept 8 to decide on further delay or proceeding with Sept 12 start.
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Oshkosh
City Health Department
J. E. Washburn
Winnebago County
Washburn
Midwest Governors To Confer On Farm Price Decline
Des Moines Gov Leo Hoegh will host a farm price conference October 4 and 5 with six Midwest governors and a seventh state represented. Attending are governors from Indiana Wisconsin Nebraska Wyoming South Dakota and Kansas. Illinois Gov Stratton cannot attend but will send a representative. North Dakota governor undecided. Hoegh has invited Secretary of Agriculture Benson or a representative.
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Des Moines
Leo Hoegh
Midwest
Hoegh
Indiana
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Wyoming
South Dakota
Kansas
Stratton
Illinois
North Dakota
Benson
Wisconsin Minnesota Weather Record Summary
Fair and cool conditions across Wisconsin and Minnesota with a gradual warmup. Tonight remains fair, with tomorrow Thursday turning fair and slightly warmer in both states.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
River Forecast update for Hastings to Guttenberg area
Mississippi River upper section shows little change with a slight rise from Dam 5 to Winona and from Genoa to Dam 10. Tailwater falls will average 4-5 feet over Thursday. Minor tributary changes expect near sunrise Thursday at 6 28 am and sunset at 6 42 pm.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Mississippi River
Winona
Genoa
Weather Bureau Forecast Brief
A weather bureau forecast provides a 107:30 am ES update with likely conditions and alerts. Details indicate a regional outlook and timing for upcoming weather events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Birth notices from various Minnesota and Wisconsin hospitals
Birth announcements list new arrivals with names of parents and birthplaces including Caledonia, Waterville, Waukon, Lansing, Harpers Ferry, Cedar Rapids, and Green Bay. Dates range August 14 to August 29 with multiple sons and daughters, noting hospital locations such as Veterans' Memorial Hospital and St. Agnes Hospital.
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James Moe
Waukon
Cletus Troendie
Lansing
Charles Dohrer
Cyril Troendle
Donald van Horn
Duane Wede
Othello Olson
Harpers Ferry
St. Agnes Hospital
Market Stocks and Grain Closing Figures Across Major Names
A compiled list shows miscellaneous stocks with varied percentages for several firms including Bell & Paraple Inc and National Tool, followed by a Tuesday closing of major New York market names such as IBM, General Electric, Sears Roebuck, and United Airlines. Grain futures ended mixed with Sept and Dec wheat and corn values listed.
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Bell & Paraple, Inc
Hamilton
Inter. Cellucot
James
National Tool
Clark Oar
Nekoosa Edw
Paragon
Koehring Co
Ray-O
Marshall Field
Montgomery Ward
Nat. Biscuit
Central
Northern Pacific
Penn. RR
Pepsi Cola
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Southern Pac
Standard Brands
Standard Oil
Ind
Stewart-Warner
Stude
Packard Oil
Swift
20Th Cent
Fox
Union Carbide
United Airlines
United Aircraft
Rubber
US. Steel
Elec. & Mfg
Fille Woolworth
Rewards total $5,000 for conviction of four hoodlums
Illinois Bell Telephone Co and the Chicago Telephone Traffic Union announced a $5,000 reward for those involved in the rape and robbery of Bell employees and a flower shop owner. Reporters Joe Morang Harry Swegle and Marion Davenport will share $500 each for information leading to arrests on April 13. Four youths received prison or youth commission sentences.
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Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Chicago Telephone Traffic Union
Joe Morang
Chicago Tribune
Harry Swegle
Chicago Daily News
City News
Marion Davenport
Golden McMath
Youth Commission
Sherman Dantzler
Lawrence Black
Lloyd Powers
Martin O'Connell
Harry Town
Land John Griffith
Thomas G.phelps
Painless Drill Tested By Navy Dentist New Device Cools Air
Dr. Robert J. Eustice reports a French device used at Bethesda naval dental school to numb jaws for drilling. In a 100 patient study 94 experienced little or no discomfort with a 98 to 33.8 degree air stream applied to mouth tissues.
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U.S. Naval Dental School
Winona Livestock Auction Market Hours and Prices Listing
The Winona livestock yard operates 8 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday and 8 am to 12 noon Saturday. Hog prices show a 25 cent plant-delivered rise. fat hogs discounted. barrows and gilts 160 to 270 pounds range 13.25 to 16.00. sows 270 to 500 pounds 12.25 to 14.75. Cattle market is 50 cents lower on bows with others steady. calves and calves and lambs also covered with price ranges across weights. Chicago market reports note hogs 7,800 salable and cattle 14,000 salable with various price levels. Chicago poultry and potatoes listed with standard USDA figures. South St. Paul figures mirror steady to higher trends for steers, heifers, cows, and vealers across weights.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock
USDA
U.S
Nebraska
South ST. Paul
Minn
Chicago Dairy and Egg Market Prices Report
Butter firm with 803,656 pounds traded. wholesale prices unchanged to 5 percent higher. Grade AA 93, A 58 92, B 55 89 C 53.5. Eggs unsettled with 7,238 cases receipts. wholesale prices unchanged to 2 lower. U S large whites 60 69.9 percent A 46.5 45. mediums 41. standards 36. dirties 26. checks 25.5. current receipts 28.5.
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Chicago
U.S
Security Hearing Reveals Loyalty Questions and Whispers
The hearing featured testimonies about suspected disloyalty and security risks. Witnesses included former Navy and government workers, with claims of favoritism and political pressure in staffing decisions and security classifications.
Ollie Weissinger Dies at 77 in Arcadia Wisconsin
Ollie Weissinger 77, a retired Eau Galle area farmer, died Friday at his Arcadia home after six years of declining health. Funeral held Monday at Holy Rosary Church Lima with Rev. Charles Wolfe. Burial in the church cemetery. Born August 11, 1878, he farmed in Eau Galle. survived by wife Hannah Zeilinger, whom he married in 1901, three daughters Irene Weisenbeck Mae Webb Helen Wilson, five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
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Arcadia
Wis
Ollie Weissinger
Eau Galle Area
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
Lima
Charles Wolfe
Church
Eau Galle
Hannah Zeilinger
John
Irene) Weisenbeck
Durand
Mae Webb
Robert
Helen) Wilson
Eau Claire
Graveside Rites for Ellen Sweeney Held in Caledonia
Graveside funeral services were held for Ellen F. Sweeney 76 of Miles City Mont at Calvary cemetery Caledonia with Rev F E Duane officiating She was born December 28 1879 in Caledonia and married James P Sweeney in 1910 Surviving are three sons a daughter and a sister In Miles City a Requiem Mass was offered at Sacred Heart and Rosary said at Blaschke Funeral Home prior notices in Elroy and Trempealeau report deaths of John P Donnelly Sharon Marie Carhart funeral plans with burial in Greenwood Cemetery West Prairie.
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Caledonia
Minn
Ellen F. Sweeney
Miles City
Mont
Calvary Cemetery
F. E. Duane
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Sweeney
Ellen Whaley
William Whaley
James P. Sweeney
Harvard J
Ambrose W
George F. Sweeney
Mary M. Crone
Margaret Wisel
Milwaukee
Wis
Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart
Blaschke
Trempealeau
Smith Funeral Home
Galesville
Sharon Marie Carhart
Carroll Carhart
W. T. Walker
Greenwood Cemetery
West Prairie
Sharon Marie
Death of Harry Blodgett in Sparta Wisconsin
Harry Blodgett 772 of Town of Wells died at a Sparta hospital Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Lamham's Mortuary conducted by Rev Joseph G. Morgan. Burial follows at Farmers' Valley Cemetery. Friends may call Lamham's Wednesday afternoon and evening.
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Elroy
Wis
John P. Donnelly
Elroy Farmer
Hillsboro
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
John Anibas
St. Teresa's Cemetery
Union Center
Mary
Anna Boyle
Wonewoc
Wilbur McConnelly
Pittsville
Zenner-Haire
Sparta
Harry ‘Blodgett
Town of Wells
Joseph G. Morgan
Congregational Church
Lamham
Farmers’ Valley
Lanham
Potter Says Williams Can Be Defeated
Michigan Senator Charles E. Potter argued that Governor G. Mennen Williams could be defeated if he seeks a fifth term in 1956. Potter noted Williams’ appeal waning amid strong Eisenhower popularity and said he would tour Michigan after Labor Day with an agriculture expert to address farmers’ concerns.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Charles E. Potter
R-Mich
Williams
Potter
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Savings Bonds Promote National Debt Management
A government message urges selling more U S Savings Bonds to Americans as part of prudent national debt management. It argues bonds benefit all, with thrift emphasized as especially advantageous for savers.
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U.S
Milwaukeeans Sought For Shooting Cop
In Los Angeles a nationwide manhunt by some 100 peace officers using a helicopter searched Lake Sherwood area for Milwaukee born brothers Michael Karabeles 28 and Spiro Karabeles 16 after traffic officer Sgt. Stewart Duncan was shot during a traffic stop. Duncan, a Marine veteran, returned fire as the brothers fled, he described them to radio before collapsing from wounds to his left arm and hand.
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Sumners
Boy Scouts
Paul E. Hadlick
Eugene Landy
Merchant Marine Academy
Navy
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Lake Sherwood
Ventura County
Here
Michael Karabeles
Spiro Karabeles
Idl
Alcatraz
Stewart Duncan
Spiro
Duncan
Mike Karabeles
First Marine Division
Federal price supports back six basic crops and more
The U S farm program backs corn cotton wheat rice tobacco and peanuts at 82 90 percent of parity with others like tung nuts honey dairy wool and mohair at 75 90 percent. Officials warn Congress election year pressure may push policy and emphasize wheat in balance while cotton and rice struggle amid foreign competition and domestic surplus.
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Agriculture Department
Commodities Credit Corporation
State
Congress
Canada
Southeast Asia
Burma
Marriage Licenses La Crosse Area Report
Roster of couples listed for marriage licensure includes Robert Arthur Stugen and Marilyn Jean Kocimski in La Crosse on September 3. Also noted are Miles J. Schmitz with Lois Ann Meyer in Caledonia Minnesota and Gunther C. Anderson with Iris M. Hawke in Portland Oregon, among others in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Robert Arthur Stugen
Yedfield St
Marilyn Jean Kocimski
Miles J. Schmitz
Lois Ann Meyer
Gunther C. Anderson
Portland
Ore
Iris M. Hawke
Brownsville
Jerald W. Clauson
Mabel
Beverly A. Trehus
Spring Grove
Paul D. Gensmer
Caledonia
Ethelyn G. Myrah
Rolf P. Jorgenson
Elizabeth J. Kerrigan
la Crescent
Polio Death Toll Mounts Across Wisconsin 1955 Outbreak
The 1955 Wisconsin polio outbreak worsened with new deaths and cases. Ten year old Thomas Anderson of Menomonee Falls died at Waukesha Memorial Hospital from bulbar polio. Barbara Pick aged two died in Milwaukee, and Mary Kellogg a 12 year old from Wisconsin Rapids also died. Outagamie County bears the heaviest burden with Bear Creek village among hard hit communities. Milwaukee reports 11 new cases at South View hospital and 36 total deaths for the year.
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Wisconsin
Waukesha County
Thomas Anderson
Menomonee Falls
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Barbara Pick
Milwaukee
Mary Kellogg
Wisconsin Rapids
Marathon County
Wausau
Wood County
Susan Harris
Robert Harris
Green Bay
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Brown County
Mercy Hospital
Oshkosh
Delores Bradley
Waukau
Charles Johnston
Omro
Winnebago County
Outagamie County
Bear Creek
Paul V. Cary
National Polio Foundation
South View Hospital
Regents Unify Milwaukee Education Plan Approved
Governor Kohler backs a four year degree granting Milwaukee unit joining Milwaukee State College and UW Extension. Regents Charles Gelatt and W D McIntyre help draft a compromise with George Watson approving, while debate over the coordinating committee’s powers continues.
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Kohler
George Watson
Milwaukee
Milwaukee State College
University of Wisconsin Extension Division
Charles Gelatt
la Crosse
University Regents
W. D. McIntyre
Eau Claire
College Regents
Watson
Coordinating Committee
Chicago Papers Police Team Nab Two Fugitives
Chicago police and newspapers cooperated to arrest two of the citys top fugitives Edward Burgess 22 and Richard Szurgot 27. Szurgot was nabbed by Sgt Joseph Meany on a street corner after newspaper pictures were published. Burgess was captured at a theater later the same day. The arrests followed tips linked to the front page photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward Burgess
Richard Szurgot
Szurgot
Joseph Meany
Burgess
Vandals Damage New Home Window at Zephyr Circle
Osborne Nolop told city police Monday night vandals broke a basement window valued about 20 dollars at the 2605 Zephyr Circle construction site. He said damage occurs nightly and has been considerable to date.
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Osborne Nolop
Zephyr Circle
Inquiry Aided By Hearing Eastland Says
The Eastland subcommittee chair says a broad inquiry into U.S. policy influences in China and Europe was aided by Tuesday’s hearing on Harry Dexter White. He promises investigations of an unidentified individual based on documents found in White’s 1948 summer home and given to him by Louis Wyman.
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Concord
N.H
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
White
Treasury
Roosevelt
Truman
U. S
International Monetary Fund
House Un-American Activities Committee
Wyman
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Office of Strategic Services
Morgenthau
Man to Testify to Save Dog From Death
Tommy Meder a Chicago businessman agreed to testify in involuntary bankruptcy proceedings to stop his Doberman from being shot. Creditors allege Meder’s Wisconsin Packing Co owes $48 489 and a U S marshal faced entry attempts by the dog while serving subpoenas. Ward the federal bankruptcy referee authorized shooting. Meder later agreed to testify September 13 and the dog would not be shot.
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Chicago
Tommy Meder
Wisconsin Packing Co
U.S
Meder
Sec Dulles To Meet With Pinay MacMillan
Secretary of State Dulles and British and French foreign ministers will meet in New York on September 27 to coordinate western positions before talks with Russia’s Molotov in October. West German foreign minister von Brentano will join on September 28 to discuss western unity ahead of the Geneva meeting set for October 27.
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Washington
Dulles
New York
Russia
V. M. Molotov
State Department
Heinrich von Brentano
Geneva
Switzerland
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Weather Record US
Department OF Commerce
Dakot
C.P
T.W
Lacrosse
Searrit
COPR
IPSS
EOW
L.a.wa
Thunder
Lakes
Sted
United Press
Bismarck
Denver Dubuque
Duluth
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Huron
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Knoxville
Madison
Memphis
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Milwaukee Minneapolis
St Louis
Gulf Coast
Florida
Texas
Caledonia, Minn
Telmer Pieper
la Verne Lager
Joseph Becker
A. Wennes
Herman Halverson
Veterans’ Memorial Hospital
Waukon, Iowa
Bryce Jasper
Waterville
Clarence Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bond du Lac, Wis
Michael Terrance
Robert M. Scheltle Jr
Rita Costello
Spring Grove, Minn
Baldwin Hanson
Helen
Storlie
Oliver Vick
Minneapolis
Vick
Whitehall, Wis
Richard Solboe
Solboe
Pigeon Falls
Amn
Motor Amn
Smeltin
Tel
Tobacco Anaconda Armour Atch
Avco
Beth
Chrysler Corwith
Edison Crane
Curtiss-Wright Douglas Aircraft
Gen
Electric
Foods
Motors Goodrich Goodyear
North
Ry. Pidt
Greyhound Illnois Central Int
Harvester Int
Nickel
Tel Kennecott
Journal
Red Ryder
Fred Harman
Winona Livestock
Chicago Poultry Chicago
California
Idasho
Oregon
George H., Roitman
Cranston
Ir.i
Beatrice Murphy Campbell
Abraham Chasanov
Navy Department
Edward R. Dixon
Government Printing Office
Raymond Blattenberger
Dixon
Igpo
Blattenberger
Senate House Committee
GPO
Ollie Weissenger
Mrs
Ellen Sweeney
Sharon Carhart
Harry Blodgett
la Verne Haldeman
Wellington
Karen Larson
Wilton
The
Associated Press
Eastland
Philip Jessup
Columbia University
Columbia
Bystroff
War Department
Lenin
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Henry Wallace
Mexico
Israel
Frank Coe
Coe
Eastland Committee
William Henry Taylor
Secret Service
San Francisco
Sec
Pinay
MacMillan
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