Eisenhower Returns From Secret Civil Defense Drill Flight
President Eisenhower flew to a hidden command post near Washington for a fourth annual civil defense drill simulating an H-bomb attack. He visited the post briefly before returning to the White House, as 5 000 officials tested relocation and emergency procedures across 80 centers with 95 million people in implied target zones.
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Eisenhower
Washington
White House
Gettysburg
Washington, D. C
Gordon Gray
Office of Defense Mobilization
Lewis W. Berry
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Gray
Curity
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Ontario marks centennial with 80 unit parade
A 12 000 to 15 000 strong crowd witnessed Ontario Wisconsin’s three day centennial celebration culminate in an 80 unit parade through the village. The Friday to Sunday event featured a history pageant and an address by Secretary of State Zimmerman.
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Vernon County
Cashton
Monroe County
Camp McCoy
Ontario
Wisconsin Man Held For Robbery
Robert E. McDonald, 42, a former Wisconsin railroad worker, was arraigned on federal charges in the $4.30 robbery of the First National Bank of Kiester Minn last June 5. Bail set at $25,000 by U S Commissioner Billy Costa. FBI arrested him as he entered a private residence in Houston. He will be taken to St Paul Minn for trial within 10 days.
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Houston, Tex.p
Robert E. McDonald
Wisconsin
First National Bank
Kiester
Minn
U. S
Billy Costa
McDonald
FBI
Costa
St. Paul
Drowning at Shore Acres Claims Mabel Boy
An 8-year-old Mabel Minnesota boy David Peterson drowned Sunday night in the Mississippi near Shore Acres La Crescent. Fire and sheriff boats recovered the body 16 to 18 feet deep after he fell from a dock at Boyer's Landing. He was pronounced dead by Dr. Neil Norris.
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Jack Hill
Shore Acres
David Peterson
Mabel
Minn
la Crescent
Sheriff's
Mississippi
David
Boyer’s Landing
Moore’s Landing
la Crosse
Sos
E. W. Voss
Robert Scullin
Robert Stagen
Fire Department
Neil Norris
Caledonia
Jeffry Garrett
Lake Winnebago
Referee Stands by Catlin Findings in Ethics Case
Wisconsin referee Frank Bucklin reaffirmed his discipline recommendation for former Assembly speaker Mark Catlin Jr. amid affidavits claiming witness falsehoods. Bucklin said even if affidavits were proven, the report and conclusions would not change. The case concerns alleged political influence to help parole inmates from Waupun Prison.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Mark Catlin Jr
Appleton
Catlin
Supreme Court
Frank Bucklin
Bucklin
West Bend
Wisconsin Board of State Bar Commissioners
Waupun
Assembly
High Court
de Pietto
Peace Moves Tied to U S Strength, Backer Says
In Washington the House debates a 3.24 billion dollar foreign aid bill as supporters say Russia restrains violence due to free world power. Critics warn the bill expands executive control and risks amid Poland trade concerns and potential trials of U S service members abroad.
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U.S
Aid Backer
Washington
House
Russia
Gordon
D-Ill
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Kremlin
Hungary
Lee
Poland
Soviet
Greek liner impales whale on bow in mid Atlantic
Cork Ireland Captain George Georgioux reported the Greek liner New York impaled a whale on its bow during a mid Atlantic crossing. The captain shook the carcass from the 16 990 ton ship by steaming astern and the vessel sustained no damage.
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Cork
Ireland
New York
mid-Atlantic
George Georgioux
Autopsy Pending in Caledonia Pool Drowning of 9 Year Old
Freddie Schmidt 9 drowned in the Caledonia swimming pool Saturday. Sheriff says drowning attributed death. possible head injury. Lifeguard Walter Gensmer found and tried respiration. Survived by parents one brother and two sisters. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Blaschke Funeral Home and St. John's Church Calvary Cemetery burial.
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Reddie
Edward Schmidt
Caledonia
Bery Kerrigan
Walter Gensmer
Freddie
Teddie
Sue Ann
Sylvia
Blaschke
St. John's Catholic Church
T. E. Duane
Calvary Cemetery
Public Responds To Plea For Data In Hartley Case
Among more than 20 million people who received all three Salk polio vaccines, 42 developed paralytic polio, with two deaths. One death was in New Mexico last January and one case lacked full identification as polio. The data were reported by the U.S. Public Health Service on a Saturday.
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United States
Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
New Mexico
U S Approves Aid For Public Housing Project
The federal government approves a 1 125 000 long range loan to La Crosse for a 74 unit low rent public housing project at George and St James streets. The notice to Mayor Knutson came from Housing Administrator Albert M Cole confirming an annual contributions contract.
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City of
la Crosse
George and
St. James Streets
Milo G. Knutson
Albert M. Cole
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Wisconsin Weekend Road Toll Reaches Eleven Deaths
Eleven people died on Wisconsin highways over the weekend raising the 1957 toll to 403. Allan O'Brien 20 of Shawano died when his car skidded off Highway 22 near Cecil. Orin A Crockett 90 of Neillsville died after colliding while turning into a farm driveway on Highway 10 east of Neillsville. Kenneth Jacobsen 24 and Frank Oliak 38 of Kenosha died when their car hit poles and a tree on Racine County Highway FF near Rochester. Martin Fassbinder 31 of Salem died in Kenosha County when the car left Highways 75 and 43. George R Wagg 17 of rural Stoughton died when his auto struck a bridge near Stoughton.
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Wisconsin
Allan O’brien
Route 3
Shawano
Cecil
Orin A. Crockett
Neillsville
Crockett
Martin Fassbinder
Salem
Kenosha County
Allan O'Brien
Kenneth Jacobsen
Frank Oliak
Kenosha
Racine
Rochester
George R. Wagg
Stoughton
Dunn
Two Camp McCoy Soldiers Perish In Whitewater Auto Crash
Two Camp McCoy soldiers Warren G. Allen 25 of Tallahassee Alabama and Ernest E. Griffith 26 of Ft. Sheridan Illinois died after a collision on U.S. 12 west of Whitewater. Griffith was driving and lost control striking the Minneapolis motorist Willis Sample 24 as his car broad sided the other vehicle. Allen died en route to Fort Atkinson hospital. Both men served in signal units with Griffith en route to Fort Sheridan before overseas transfer.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Whitewater
U.S. Highway 12
Minneapolis
Warren G. Allen
Tallahassee
Ala
Ernest E. Griffith
Ft. Sheridan
Ill
Griffith
Allen
Ft. Atkinson
Willis Sample
La Crosse Boy Dies in Farm Shooting Accident
Six year old Darrel Trocinski of La Crosse was accidentally shot and killed by his nine year old uncle on a farm near Strum Sunday afternoon. The rifle had been left loaded in the milkhouse overlooked by family members. Funeral services are set for Ettrick with burial in Pine Cliff Cemetery.
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Strum
Wis
Darrel Trocinski
la Crosse
Darrel
Bert Trocinski
Mormon Coulee Drive
Gerald Hertzfeldt
Sharon Hertzfeldt
Clarence Hertzfeldt
Gerald
Hertzfeldt Farm
Eau Claire County
Trempealeau County
J. E. Garaghan
Hertzfeldt
Steeplejack tip received by Josephson in Hartley case
County investigator A M Josephson says about 25 tips have come in since his steeplejack theory linked to Evelyn Hartley’s abduction surfaced on radio and TV. Calls from Milwaukee to the Twin Cities cite a blue denim jacket and safety belt clue, with investigators weighing past belt orders in 1952. The Hartley case remains unsolved after prior confessions and ongoing police work.
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A. M. Josephson
Mons
Evelyn
Hartley. Josephson
Midwest
Milwaukee
Twin Cities
Josephson
Evelyn Hartley
la Crosse State College
Richard Hartley
la Crosse
AC Woman Who Arranged Own Funeral Dies
Mrs. Kate Terrell, 4, died at a Black River Falls hospital. She had prepared her own funeral details except the day and hour. Services by Rev. Cecil Gaylord will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Jensen Funeral Home Hixton with burial in Trinity Rest Cemetery. Born June 18 1863 in Pennsylvania, she came to Jackson County as an infant and was widowed.
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Alma Center
Wis
Kate Terrell
Black River Falls
Terrell
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
Cecil Gaylord
Trinity Rest Cemetery
Diablo Blaze Lights Nevada Desert Sky Atom Test
The Diablo device, once thought a dud, exploded at the Nevada test site with a stunning purple bloom over the desert. The seventh blast in the summer series produced a bright plume that appeared among the clouds and faded about a minute after detonation.
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Diablo
Nevada Desert
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