Four Prisoners Escape Iowa Pen By Sawing Window Bars
Fort Madison Iowa AP Four long term inmates held a guard and cellblock captain at knifepoint and escaped from the Iowa State Penitentiary in cell house 19 by sawing two bars from an outside wall window. The four, including a life term killer, slid to ground after the cut. They climbed an eight foot fence and vanished. Warden John Bennett named Lloyd Woodson Albert Boerger Elon Girdler and Robert Danes as the escapees. Lawrence Smith the night cell house captain said he saw the escape and alerted authorities. Police from three states searched the area as officials pursued the convicts who faced lengthy terms for murder robbery and breaking and entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
John Bennett
Lloyd Woodson
Quincy, Ill
Albert M. Boerger
Kansas City
Elon Girdler
Peoria
Ill
Robert Danes
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lawrence W. Smith
Janes
Smith
Boerger
Larry H. Pickard
Woodson
Girdler
Bennett
Jones
Pickard
Illinois
Missouri
Penitentiary
Keokuk
Norman Juhl
Strikes Idle 60 Teamsters in La Crosse Strike
About 60 members of La Crosse Teamsters Local 199 were out of work as a strike hit Ed Phillips and Sons and caused the closure of Selite Grocers Click Distributing and Schilling Paper Co. Union and company officials met with a wage increase dispute at stake. About 120 office workers were affected, with 1,000 in the local union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Teamsters Local 199
Ed Phillips and Sons
Mt. Vernon St
Selite Grocers, Inc
S. Front St
Click Distributing Co
Schilling Paper Co
Western Fruit Co
N. Front St
A. J. Sweet Co
Green Bay St
Teamsters
Local 199
la Crosse
Agreement Near On State Budget
Madison The Legislature’s Conference Committee on the State Budget nears a compromise plan to boost spending by about 40 million for 1959 61. The plan would let Assembly accept Republican appropriations for year two and Senate adopt Gov Gaylord Nelson’s year one figures, totaling roughly 381 million.
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Madison
Assembly
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
GOP
Joint Finance Committee
Explosion at Streckert Plywood plant kills four
Forest County sheriff reports an explosion and fire at Crandon plant just before noon. Early word lists four dead and an undetermined number injured. Rhinelander and Laona fire units were canceled as the building was too far gone.
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Crandon
Wis
Forest County Sheriff’s Office
Streckert Plywood Corp
Rhinelander
Mad Earl Long in Galveston Psychiatric Clinic
Louisiana Governor Earl Long is in a psychiatric clinic in Galveston for observation and treatment. Attending physicians say he is cooperative and not violent, with a good chance of full recovery in two to three months despite being mad as hell about his situation.
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Galveston
Tex
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Associated Press
Long
Gov. Long
Nelson To Ask Auto-Lite To Revoke Plant Closing
Governor Gaylord Nelson signed a new unemployment law to aid La Crosse workers facing the Electric Auto-Lite plant shutdown on July 3. The bill extends benefits to 34 weeks for workers with 45 weeks of work in the past year, with shorter durations for fewer weeks. The $42 weekly maximum remains through July 19, then drops to $41 with wage-linked adjustments next January.
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Nelson
Auto-Lite
la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
la Crosse
Gaylord Nelson
Bernard Thill
Aflcio Council
Leland Mulder
Holmen
Witness In Dakin Trial Tells How Jane Calmly Told Her Of Murders
MAULTON AP A 17 year old high school girl told a best friend's mother that she shot her parents after her father returned home. The statement was made minutes after the crime as the trial of Jane Dakin in Mauston moved forward. The witness described Jane as calm and later expressed she had been going crazy for years and would be imprisoned.
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Dakin
Jane
Maulton
Gunnar Johnson
Jane Dakin
Manston Court House
Mrs. Johnson
Court House
Preston McEvoy
Mauston
Billy Pagel
Dakin Home
Pagel
Miss Dakin
Arlene Ripley
Bruce Beilfuss
Thomas
Cardinal blesses Serra Club during La Crosse visit
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, Holy See official, blessed the La Crosse Serra International members in a surprise visit described as purely coincidental. Local figures noted the event as unusual while stressing Serra’s mission to promote religious vocations and knowledge of the priesthood, with 100 Serra Clubs worldwide and five in the La Crosse diocese soon.
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Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani
la Crosse
Serra International
Holy See
Congregation of the Holy Office
Rome
United States
Serra Club
Msgr
Anthony Wagener
The
John Paul
Holy Cross Seminary
Serra
Gerald Heberlein
Vatican
Eugene Murphy
Tribune
Harbor Group Buys Kenosha Bedding Plant
Kenosha AP sale of the Simmons Co plant and related property to Kenosha Harbor Development Corp was announced. The bedding factory will operate on an indefinite basis under Grant G. Simmons Jr. as the firm employs about 1,160 production workers and 300 office staff. The 43 acre site joins the new development group led by Nick Denes. Reasons cited include obsolescence, labor climate, high taxes, freight costs, and a move to decentralize to meet competition.
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la Crosse
Kenosha Harbor Development Corp
Nick Denes
Kenosha Auto Transport Co
Simmons Co
Simmons
New City Ordinance On Street Parking Rules
The city announces a parking rule directing drivers to park on the even numbered side of streets tonight to comply with the new ordinance. This measure aims to regulate curb use and improve traffic flow and safety across neighborhoods.
Law change eyed for La Crosse road aid
Madison report: city seeks state funds to extend Lang drive and George street in La Crosse. Gov Nelson cites a state law blocking road aid but possible amendments may be proposed. Mayor Knutson and Sen. Rice pledge cooperation. study to ensure uniform applicability across cities.
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Raymond Rice
la Crosse
Milo Knutson
Gerald Peterson
la Crosse 5Th Ward
George Milne
la Crosse County
Madison
Lang Drive
George Street
Raymond C. Rice
Gaylord Nelson
State Highway Department
Electric Auto-Lite Co
Nelson
Wisconsin Highway Commission
Harold Plummer
Rice
James Wimmer
John W. Reynolds
Highway Department
Governor weighs drive to save La Crosse Auto-Lite plant
Gov. Nelson, meeting La Crosse leaders, plans to fly to Toledo to urge Electric Auto-Lite Co. to reverse its plan to abandon the La Crosse plant with 1,300 jobs at stake and $7 million plus payroll. He may accelerate public works and recruit new industry if the decision stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Toledo
Electric Auto-Lite Co
Big la Crosse
la Crosse
Carley
Nelson
Eisenhower says no progress toward Geneva summit talks
President Eisenhower warned there has been no detectable progress at the Geneva talks to justify a summit. He urged the Soviet Union to show willingness to reach preliminary agreements, citing Berlin rights and other good faith steps while noting Khrushchev’s recent statements may raise East West tensions. He spoke during a White House briefing with Gromyko and the foreign ministers of Britain France and the United States. He also discussed bond rate increases and debt ceiling, and commented on the anti semitism issue in the Strauss confirmation debate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Geneva
Russia
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
White House
Andrei A
Gromyko
Britain
France
United States
Congress
Strauss
Senate
Lewis L. Strauss
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Joseph Walijewski
Santa Cruz
Bolivia
Henry Cosgrove
Vincenzo Ottaviani
John P. Treacy
Harbor Group
Kenosha
Vane
David Carley
Executive Office
la Crosse Group
Ike
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