New French Crisis Puts EDC In Peril
Paris reports a new political crisis as Premier-Designate Pierre Mendes-France seeks to form a cabinet after Laniel’s resignation. The European Defense Community pact division splits the chamber with MRP favoring a quick debate and Gaullists opposing it, threatening Mendes-France’s support.
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Paris
France
Pierre Mendes-France
Joseph Laniel
Laniel
National Assembly
Indochina
Mendes-France
Fil Committee
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Union For Republican and Social Action
URAS
de Gaulle
European Army
Hoffman Resignation Link Deepens Political Scandal
The governor announced Hoffman had died of a heart attack in New York on June 4 aged 58 and disclosed Hoffman's embezzlement scheme dating to 1927. Hoffman's daughter Ada Leonard pledged restitution and urged Meyner to clear her father's name as investigations target two unnamed figures and a blackmail claim emerges.
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Faherty
Chianese
Richman
Hoffman
New York
Ada Hoffman Leonard
Madison
Congress
Leonard
Meyner
Funloving
Saints and Sinners
South Amboy Trust Company
Washington
Harry Green
Little Silver
Green
South Amboy Bank
South Amboy Trust Co
Banking and Insurance
Warren Gafftney
Adlai Leaves Car Moments Before Crash Kills Woman
Mrs. Margaret S. Lewisohn 59, widow of a financier and art patron, died in a Hopewell Junction crash after Adlai Stevenson left her car following a Vassar College address. Police reported her chauffeur driven car was struck head on by a Brooklyn man as it traveled south on the Taconic Parkway.
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Hopewell Junction
N. Y
Margaret S. Lewisohn
Adlai Sr. Stevenson
Funeral services held for Carl Lubke in Onalaska
Funeral services for Carl Lubke were to be held at 1 p m Wednesday at Fossum Funeral Home Onalaska with burial in Onalaska Cemetery. He is survived by wife Gladys son Erick four brothers Albert Postville Iowa Max La Crosse Jack Ottawa Sr Herman Clermont Iowa and two sisters Antoinette Baker La Crosse and Anna Thompson Castalia Iowa.
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Tion Love
Onalaska
Wis
Carl Lubke
Fossum Funeral Home
Ralph Kuether
Lubke
Gladys
Erick
Albert
Postville
Iowa
Max
la Crosse
Jack
Ottawa
Holter
West Salem
Holmen
Margaret Buol
Lewis
Pearl) Chalsma
Storm
Hilda) Gilbertson
Leslie
Lorenda) Kehr
Mountain View
Calif
Orlando
Julius
Clarence
Missing New York Socialite Believed To Be In Paris
ROM E Italian police say Joanne Connelly Ortiz-Patino a New York socialite wife of Jaime Ortiz-Patino may be in Paris after vanishing from a Rome clinic June 10. He says she sought treatment for drug addiction and investigators are tracking her whereabouts. He believes she remains in Italy despite unofficial tips she may have fled to Paris.
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Rome
Joanne Connelly Ortiz-Patino
New York
Paris
Jaime Ortiz- Patino
United States
Ortiz - Patino
Italy
U S Orders British Actress To Leave
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has ordered British actress Simone Silva to depart the United States within 60 days. The action follows her controversial appearance with Robert Mitchum on the French Riviera that drew photographers into the sea.
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Los Angeles
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Simone Silva
Miss Silva
Mediterranean
Robert Mitchum
French
Riviera
Mumps Delay Chicago Tenement Fire Inquest
An inquest into a Chicago tenement fire was postponed until June 18 after an 11 year old boy who claimed he started the blaze was hospitalized with mumps. The boy Marion Gregory allegedly started the fire by dropping a cigarette onto a trash heap. his father Lewis Gregory faced multiple charges but refused to testify. Seven people died and nine were injured in the near Northwest Side blaze Friday night as detectives reported whisky bottles found in the boy's room.
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Chicago
Lewis Gregory
Frank Ferlich
Marion Gregory
Gregory
Walter McCarron
John T. O'Malley
Young Gregory
Marion
Fremont
Miss
St. Louis
McCarthy-Symington clash over staff clearance in Senate hearing
The exchange centers on staff clearance for top secret and secret information. McCarthy accuses Symington of insinuating a subversive on the staff while Symington questions file handling and emphasizes potential security risks. Symington leaves as McCarthy calls the remarks a smear and demands an oath.
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Carr
Subcommittee
Symington
FBI
McCarthy
Sen
Senate
Surplus Property Board
Air Force
Stu
Communist Party
Sen. McCarthy
Oil Company reorganizes La Crosse area operations
Standard Oil confirms a shift of accounting work to Milwaukee and Minneapolis effective April 1 1956. The move preserves sales service in La Crosse while centralizing accounting to improve efficiency and support planned expansion. The reorganization aims to cut costs amid rising competition and will take about two years to complete.
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Tral
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Byers
Market share table and commodity quotes across firms and grains
A dense OCR list shows company names with percentage ranges for stocks and bonds, followed by grain quotes for July and December wheat and corn. Entities include General Electric, Royal Dutch, Allis-Chalmers, PepsiCo, United Airlines, Studebaker, and Woolworth, with various percentage figures and grain prices like July Wheat 1.93 and Dec. Wheat 2.00. The text reflects a condensed financial page snapshot of equities and commodity futures.
Nun Discovers Fire At St. Marys Church
A nun guiding children during a Holy Communion practice detected a blaze in the west sacristy of St. Marys Catholic church. Pastor Rev Edward Buyarski valued the damage at over 10000 dollars. firemen extinguished the flames as smoke and water damaged the main church and east sacristy while volunteers moved furnishings.
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Peshtigo
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Edward Buyarski
Father Buyarski
Two Children Found After Brief La Crosse Disappearance
Two missing young girls Sally Hunt aged three and Mary Ann Hanson six months older were located after three minutes in La Crosse Tuesday afternoon. Police received the missing report at 2 10 p m and a Radio Station WLCX bulletin led to a quick response. A squad car rushed to 26 Jay Street to pick up the wanderers who lived at 914 St Avenue. North Carolina yielded 3 055 000 pounds of pecans in 1953.
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Sally Hunt
Mary Ann Hanson
WLCX
Wanderers
Jay St
St. Ave
Winona Livestock Market Report and Chicago Commodities
Winona buyers operate 8 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday and Saturday mornings 8 to noon with after hours care and pricing next day. Hog and cattle prices fall across weights with thin stock discounted. calves and lambs show mixed gains. Chicago hogs, cattle and grain prices steady to fluctuating. St Paul market slow with cattle and hogs uneven. Grasshopper Glacier note mentions dead grasshoppers in southern Montana.
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Swift & Co
Bologna
Chicago Livestock Chicago
USDA
ST. Paul
Minn
Montana
McCarthy clashes over Army Red probes and blackout orders
Carr testifies that Stevens and Adams tried to halt McCarthy's Reds in the army inquiry and criticizes tactics. McCarthy demands full access to names of guilty partisans and calls for cancelling blackout orders. St. Clair challenges Carr on alleged favors for Pvt. Schine and the Kirke Lawton matter at Fort Monmouth.
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Schine
McGuire Air Base
Carr
Adams
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ft. Monmouth
Army
Welch
Mundt
R-Sd
McCarthy
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Capitol
Mc.Carthy
Korea
Truman
Stevens
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
James D. St. Clair
Pvt. G. David Schiner
Subcommittee
Kirke B. Lawton
N. J
St. Clair
Pvt
Department OF Commerce
Rermoval
Lawton
Weather Record Carr and Adams testimony in McCarthy hearings
Testimony describes Carr and St Clair clashing over Adams remarks and possible Army influence on the Schine case. Carr says he cannot reveal Adams mind and notes Cohn’s greater interest in Schine. Weather sections forecast scattered thunder showers across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with cooler temperatures midweek.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Iowa
Northwest
River Readings Forecast Slow Mississippi Fall Wednesday
Heavy rains around Lake Pepin will check the Mississippi River fall from Alma to Trempealeau on Wednesday. Elsewhere in the district, the river will continue a slow fall.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Lake Pepin
Mississippi River
Alma
Trempealeau
Trade Act Extended By Committee
Senate Finance Committee approved the House bill extending the two year old reciprocal trade agreements act for one year. President Eisenhower had sought a three year extension with tariff cuts but settled for one year after Republican opposition. A later floor move by Democrats aims to restore the original three year proposal. The law lapsed at midnight, but past extensions covered existing agreements.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Millikin
R-Cole
Eisenhower
Congress
Finance Committee
Sen
George
Dga
Tragic drownings prompt call for lifeguard coverage at Lake Neshonoe
West Salem reporter details the drownings of Gail and Holter Holter, with sheriff and volunteer aid in recovery and revival attempts. Mitchell urges supervised facilities at Lake Neshonoe and lifeguard stations along the river. Gail Holter, 13, attended Our Saviors Lutheran Church funeral planned in West Salem.
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Sheriff's Department
West Salem
Mitchell
Gail
Lake Neshonoe
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Former Rail Employee On Probation For Misusing Tickets
Harold Mason, 29, a former Milwaukee Road employee at Appleton, is placed on two years probation by Federal Judge Robert E Tehan after pleading guilty to failing to report the sale of 12 passenger tickets worth 868.56 and diverting the funds for personal use on August 14, 1953.
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Milwaukee
Harold Mason
Milwaukee Road
Appleton
Robert E. Tehan
Mason
Japanese Uncover Ancient Tax Dodge
Officials in Tokyo and Northern Honshu uncovered a 300 year old tax dodge using two nearly identical 18 by 24 foot topographical maps from 1680. One map shows 11 villages removed to lower taxes, while the other was used by the province lord to collect taxes.
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Tokyo
Honshu
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