Coed Testifies In Tallahassee Trial Of Four White Youths
A Black university freshman testifies she was beaten and threatened by four white youths last May 2 in a wooded area after being blindfolded and having her license plate removed. She says she did not consent and cried out, while the defense questions her credibility. Jury selection continues as capital punishment is considered, with tension evident in segregated sections and among supporters outside the courtroom.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Coed
Hopkins
Voyage Continues Northward Toward Lake Michigan
The traveler notes smoother waters after De Tour on the leg to Lake Michigan. He expects clear sailing with no portages and hopes to leave behind ghost towns and bear country. He pays homage to old voyageurs for enduring rugged life while predicting a Red Banks arrival near Green Bay by Sunday.
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de Tour
Red Banks
Green Bay
Livestock Market Quotations From Swift & Company
Noon quotations cover hogs cattle and calves with Chicago mercantile prices. Hogs mostly steady to mixed, 190-320 pound ranges and price marks 13.50 to 17.40 with varied lots. Cattle and calves seen steady, feeding steers and good to choice heifers listed 25.00 to 29.25, cows 19.25 to 23.80, bulls 22.50 to 25.50. Live poultry receipts noted with no prices due to insufficient data.
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Chicago
USDA
Bologna
Spelling Bee Contends with Pronunciations and Tosses
The article recounts a spelling contest round by round featuring contestants from Ohio to New Hampshire. Judges dispute pronunciation guidance while several hopefuls, including Jeanette McGhee Betty Jo Abel Charlotte Ballard Irving Gordon Susan Kirssin and Elaine Hassell, are eliminated across rounds culminating in a close finish.
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Robert
Jeanette McGhee
Jackson
Ohio
Jeanette
Belmont Farley
Benson S. Alleman
Alleman
Betty Jo Abel
North Canton
Farley
Saralena Sherman
Topeka
Kan
Capital
Miss Sherman
Charlotte Ballard
Hazelton
Arthur J. Keeney
Betty Jo
Canton Repository
Cathy Coates
Rocky River
Irving Gordon
Marlboro
Betty Jo Abe
Cacolet
Susan Kirssin
Shippensburg
Cassation
Rodger Cunningham
Kenova
W.va
Pochade
Elaine Hassell
Dallas, Tex
Porphyry
It Suited Her
In Detroit police report, a 29 year old Mrs Mary Ross described a hot day when a stranger jumped from a pool and snatched her clothes. The thief fled wearing Mrs Ross's $20 bathing suit, prompting a police request for witnesses and clues.
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Detroit
Mary Ross
No Motion Day Cancelled in Local Circuit Court Friday
Clerk of Court Carl F. Schnick announces there will be no motion day proceedings on Friday. The next motion day is scheduled for June 19. court operations pause this week with no scheduled hearings.
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Circuit Court
Carl F. Schnick
Schnick
Missing Daughter Of Winter Pair Returns
Linda Millar, 19, returned home to Santa Barbara after a 10 day disappearance. Her parents Kenneth and Margaret Millar, noted mystery writers, praised public help. A psychiatrist said she harbored guilt over a past fatal car accident. Private detective Armand Girola reported she wandered California resorts before telephoning her mother and being found in Reno.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Linda Millar
Kenneth
Margaret Millar
University of California
Linda
Armand Girola
Aero
California
Girola
Reno
Nine Menn Farm Family Survives Minnesota Explosion
MABEL Minnesota a nine member farm family escaped unharmed Thursday when a gas hot water heater exploded in their home 32 miles west of Mabel demolishing the house. Mr and Mrs Gale Brierly slept through the blast with furniture destroyed and their 11 month old Purty Lee hurt only slightly. A small fire started and was quickly out. The home owned by Donald Deene y of Waucoma Iowa suffered major damage with windows blown out and walls collapsed.
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Mabel
Minn
Gale Brierly
Brierly
Puatty Lee
Brierly’s
Donald Deeney
Waucoma
Iowa
Good Shepherd Plans Vacation Bible School
Good Shepherd English Evangelical Lutheran Church will host a one week Vacation Bible School for children aged three to six from 9 to 11 30 am starting Monday. Directors include Rev J L Mattes with Mrs J Willard Larson overseeing refreshments and teachers listed. Registration via church office.
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Good Shepherd English Evangelical Lutheran Church
Bob Witt
Spence Pettis
Bob Morrison
Ruth Olson
Carolyne Raith
Elizabeth Raith
J. Willard Larson
J. L. Mattes
Wood Bans Parties on 80th Birthday in Chicago
Gen. Robert E. Wood, former Sears Roebuck head, banned any parties for his 80th birthday on Saturday, saying he is tired of celebrations. He spoke in Chicago noting no gatherings will be hosted or attended.
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Chicago
Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Menominee Nation Faces County Split and Land Debate
Frederic Sammond, Milwaukee lawyer, testifies for a Menominee tribal council on a plan creating a new county and governing structure. He says the reservation remains private property with 3,270 owners and disputes a federal forest park idea, while opposition witnesses criticize termination of federal trusteeship and urge caution.
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Sammond
Ernest Neconish
Neopit
Gertie Richmond
Keshena
Constance Deere
Bill Penass
John Moses
Glenn Sorge
Menominee
Frechette
Driver Thrown 100 Feet In Rural Crossing Crash
Fred Williams 22 of Eau Claire escaped with minor cuts and bruises after his car collided with a North Western passenger train at a rural crossing. Williams said he saw the train in time to brake as his car skidded 38 feet and was thrown 100 feet.
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EAU Claire
Fred Williams
North Western
Williams
Union Rejects Overture By Steel Firms
New York report on the United Steelworkers rejection of a steel industry proposal to drop the wage freeze in exchange for eight contract changes aimed at boosting efficiency. USW chief McDonald denounced it as industrial blackmail. The three year contract ends June 30 and a strike by 500,000 workers looms if no agreement is reached.
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New York
USW
David J. McDonald
McDonald
River Readings Sunrise and Sunset Times for Friday
The record lists Friday sunrise at 6:22 a.m. and sunset at 8:48 p.m. This brief item provides daily light details without additional context or events.
Federal And Texas Constitutional Law In Long Sanity Hearing
Galveston Texas AP report on governor Earl Long facing a sanity hearing amid federal and Texas constitutional law questions. Attys Levy and two appointees discuss possible voluntary continuance, representation, and hospital commitment. Mrs Long cites Life magazine piece blaming overwork and obsession with a fourth term.
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Texas
Galveston
Tex
Louisiana
Earl] K. Long
Adrian S. Levy Sr
Levy
Hugh Gibson
Long
Appeals court backs Teamsters monitors in Hoffa case
The appeals court upholds the monitors enforcement powers in the Hoffa Teamsters reform case. It notes Judge F Dickinson Letts may order compliance and could remove Hoffa from the presidency. Monitors lead by Martin F O'Donoghue meet Letts amid a conflict of interest finding against Godfrey P Schmidt.
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McNamara
New York
Teamsters
Hoffa
Appeals Court
U.S. District Court
F. Dickinson Letts
Letts
Judge Letts
Godfrey P. Schmidt
Schmidt
Daniel B
Maher Represents Monitor Group Sters In Litigation
Schmidt once represented the original plaintiffs in the compromised suit against Hoffa while Maher now represents the Team sters on the monitor group in the ongoing matter.
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Maher
Teamsters
Monitor Group
Schmidt
Hoffa
Slippery Jim Disappears From Prison Farm
James Slippery Jim Collins, 56, a local man with two prior escapes, failed to report at the state prison farm near Oregon at quitting time Tuesday. He was sentenced in La Crosse on June 13, 1956 to one to seven years for forgery and larceny. He previously fled to Chicago, where a letter to his wife led to police detentions. A local detective said he was recently denied parole by the Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare.
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Oregon
James
Slippery Jim) Collins
Collins
la Crosse
Chicago
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
Deaths James W Folcey and Elmer R Boerst
James W. Folcey 53 of 929 Market St died at a local hospital. Born Sept 9 1905 in Des Moines Iowa he is survived by wife Jeanette daughters Katherine and Florence son James in the Air Force at Altus Oklahoma mother Mrs Helen Folcey brother Francis Folcey and one grandchild. Funeral Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Cathedral with burial in Catholic Cemetery. Rosary tonight at Sletten McKee Funeral Home. Elmer R Boerst 65 of Winona died suddenly at home Tuesday. Born April 19 1894 in Bonduel Wisconsin he moved to La Crosse and later lived here. He owned Boerst Ice Cream Co until it affiliated with Land O Lakes Creameries. Survived by wife son and two daughters. Funeral 3 p.m. Friday at Fawcett Abraham Chapel Winona with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James W. Folcey
Market St
Des Moines
Iowa
Jeanette
Katherine
Florence Folcey
la Crosse
James
Air Force
Altos, Oklo
Helen Folcey
Lennox
Francis Folcey
St. Joseph Cathedral
Joseph F. Kundinger
Catholic
Sletten
McKee
Rosary
Elmer R. Boerst
Winona
Bonduel
Wis
Boerst
Boerst Ice Cream Co
Land O'Lakes Creameries
Fawcett Abraham Chapel
Woodlawn Cemetery
Weather Record Lacrosse and Vicinity Forecast
Occasional showers and thunderstorms tonight with a low of 62. Friday highs near 88 with a chance of showers. Wisconsin shows eastern and southern showers and storms tonight, cooler in the north. Friday cooler statewide except extreme south. Minnesota showers and cooler by Friday. Iowa scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight, cooler in the northwest and statewide Friday.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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