Warrant Issued For Convict In Mauch Slaying
MILWAUKEE Dist Atty William McCauley issued a first degree murder warrant against state prisoner John Joseph Watson in the Mauch slaying of Edna Mauch of Wauwatosa. A new witness, a 34 year old former inmate, said Watson confided in him during talks at the Milwaukee County House of Correction. Watson, 37, already serves 135 years for a rape case at Waupun and faced an earlier attack charge. Mrs. Mauch, 57, was killed Aug 9. her head was crushed by a cement block in a sock. The witness claimed Watson admitted the crime.
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Milwaukee
William McCauley
John Joseph Watson
Edna Mauch
Wauwatosa
McCauley
Milwaukee County House of Correction
Rudolph Glaser
Watson
Waupun
Mauch
Centennial attendance marks Ontario Baptist Church service
La Crosse clergy and church members attended the Ontario Baptist Church centennial services. Notables included Dr Gustave Edwin Anderson and Dr William J Appel from First Baptist, Rev Floyd Harbold, Rev Warren Zinn and son Calvary Baptist, Miss Ruth Schoenfeldt, Mrs Albert Palutke and Hans, Bible Baptist. Zinn and Hans Palutke spoke. Harbold played violin. Appel and Anderson gave brief remarks.
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la Crosse
Ontario Baptist Church
Gustave Edwin Anderson
Floyd Harbold
Nida Saunders
Mary Nelson
First Baptist Church
Warren Zinn
Calvary Baptist Church
William J. Appel
Ruth Schoenfeldt
Albert Palutke
Hans
Bible Baptist Church
Zinn
Hans Palutke
Harbold
Aid Debate Begins in House Over Foreign Aid
Washington AP reports the House opened debate on foreign aid with cautions against deep cuts. Rep. Thomas E. Morgan warns waste must be reduced while warning that eliminating the mutual security program could threaten the Cold War effort.
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Washington
House
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
Spraying Delayed in City Park District Overnight
Rain delay postpones insect spray by City Park Department from Black River to Indian Hill between Monitor and St. Cloud streets. Spray window now 11:30 p.m. Monday to 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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Black River
Indian Hill
Monitor
St. Cloud Streets
Weather Outlook Summary From Last Night
First and lowest temperature noted last night, second and highest recorded next day? Weather outlook indicates varying temperatures with potential precipitation across regions.
Jane Dakin Trial Enters Third Week
MAULTON AP The first degree murder trial of 17 year old Jane Dakin who has admitted rifle slayings of her parents entered its third week. Dakin pleads innocent by reason of insanity and is accused of killing her father Thomas 46 and mother Elizabeth 43 the night of December 1. A clinical psychologist testified that Dakin is of superior intellectual ability and fully oriented in time and place. Former Dist Atty William Brady testified that Dakin knew right from wrong when questioned after the double slaying. Dakin has testified she planned suicide but killed her mother instead and shot her father when he returned home from a club meeting. A tape statement showed she considered death by own action before opting to call authorities from a tavern. She has been jailed in Juneau County since the shootings.
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Maulton
Jane Dakin
Miss Dakin
Thomas
Elizabeth
Arthur Michael
Milwaukee
Juneau County
Madison
Ocean Layer Cable Ship Moves to Atlantic Route
The British prize German cargo ship, converted into a cable ship at about 2.8 million dollars, the Ocean Layer owned by Submarine Cables Ltd of London, sails from Cobh to lay a second Atlantic cable between the United States and France. The ship, formerly a cargo vessel launched in 1948, follows in the wake of a wartime conversion. Chie in South America lies 221 miles wide at its maximum and 56 miles at its narrowest point.
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Ocean Layer
Submarine Cables Ltd
London
Cobh
United States
France
Chie
South America
Chicago market report shows mixed USDA livestock and produce quotes
Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter steady with large receipts. eggs, hogs, cattle, and sows priced in varied ranges. Live poultry receipts 14,000 lbs with stable wholesale prices. Potatoes show moderate supply and steady long whites and round reds with California and Arizona quotes.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry
USDA
Chicago Livestock
U.S
California
Arizona
Winona
Swift & Company
Ike Is Siding With Business Unionist
The AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department head Albert Whitehouse claims President Eisenhower backs business interests to limit union wage negotiating power. Eisenhower denies intervening for steel companies in the wage dispute with organized labor.
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Philadelphia
Afl-Cio Industrial Union Department
Eisenhower
Albert Whitehouse
IUD
Whitehouse
Cincinnati
United Steelworkers Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Holds Up Church Group Kidnaps Girl
Ronald Grant Jr., 20, faces arraignment on armed robbery and kidnapping charges after he robbed a Brooklyn Baptist church gathering and forced Nora Staples, 17, into a car. Police pursued the vehicle to Orrington, where it hit a roadblock. the girl suffered minor injuries and Grant reportedly wounded himself weeks earlier after a marriage proposal was declined.
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Ellsworth, Maine
Ronald Grant Jr
Brooklyn Baptist Church
Here
Nora Staples
Charles Fore
Orrington
Grant
Bangor
Nora
Mauston Frozen Plant Scheme Fizzles With McKenzie Missing
Mauston Wis June 15 ends with no sign of S William McKenzie the so called president of Norscot Frozen Foods as residents face dashed hopes for a 7.5 million plant. County leaders report no solid lead and FBI and state inquiries yield no credibility while townspeople may profit from option sales and the affair winds down.
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Mauston
Wis
S. William McKenzie
Norscot Frozen Foods, Inc
Mauston Fonder
Nelson Aims To Avoid Demo Split In Primary
Gov. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin seeks to prevent a Democratic split in the April presidential primary. He favors Sen. William Proxmire as a favorite son to avert clashes between Hubert Humphrey and John Kennedy, arguing the current system limits voter choice and delegates. Nelson advocates an advisory primary including all major candidates to better reflect public will.
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Nelson
Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
River Readings From Hastings to Guttenberg Iowa
Reads water levels along river tailwaters from Hastings Minnesota to Guttenberg Iowa with dam numbers 1 through 10 showing small rises or falls over 24 hours. Also provides Tuesday sunrise 5 21 am sunset 8 50 pm and moon set 2 21 am plus heating degree days Sunday six total year seven thousand seven hundred forty three.
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Hastings
Minn
Guttenberg
Iowa
Weather Record for Lacrosse and Vicinity June Forecast
Fair and warmer this afternoon and tonight with Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer. In Wisconsin conditions mix of sun and showers, possible thunderstorms in north. Minnesota and Iowa expect mostly fair to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers later Tuesday. Five day outlook shows temperatures about four degrees above normal, with light rainfall spread through the period.
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Seattle
New York
Los Angeles
Duluth
Milwaukee
Chicago
Washington
Miami
New Orleans
Unifax
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Fatal crashes claim several lives in Wisconsin region
Traffic reports from Kenosha Watertown Milwaukee and Fond du Lac detail multiple fatal accidents. Lawrence Crossman's son Lawrence Larson 22 killed by a car in Kenosha. Taft 16 dies in Highway 109 crash near Watertown. Jacob Kaiman 57 dies in Milwaukee car collision. Rodney Davis 21 dies when his car leaves the road near Viroqua. Walter Abrahams 65 and Agnes Van Sicle 55 die in a head on collision on Highway 41 north of Fond du Lac.
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Raymond Crossman
Lawrence A. Larson
Kenosha
William L. Taft
Watertown
Highway 109
Everett Taft
Rodney Davis
Viroqua
Walter J. Abrahams
Agnes van Sicle
Chicago
Fond du Lac
Mobility Of Flying Doctors Demonstrated
A parade of forty small planes carried about 120 physicians and their families from Great Falls Montana to Alaska in a mass flight to show the mobility of the Flying Physicians Association. The event highlights mobile medical care and the association’s reach.
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Great Falls
Mont
Alaska
Flying Physicians Assn
Two Illinois Youths Admit Thefts Here
Police captured two Aurora boys ages 14 and 15 at midnight Saturday after they admitted multiple break ins in Aurora and the theft of a motor bicycle from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. They rode to Rockford Madison La Crosse sleeping in barns and an empty apartment, pawning a ring and bracelet to buy gas. They entered a Salvation Army store and a laundromat, stole clothing and cigarettes, and damaged a cigarette dispenser. They were found in the Jefferson School area crawling from a coal chute and booked for breaking and entering and operating a motor vehicle without permission. The motor bicycle was to be retrieved by police Monday.
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Aurora, Ill
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Aurora
la Crosse
Rockford
Ill
Westby
Rose St
Salvation Army
French Island
Jefferson School
Long claims brutal treatment while plotting Louisiana governorship
Senator Russell Long recounts a dramatic episode alleging he was drugged at the Baton Rouge mansion, strapped to a stretcher, loaded into an ambulance, and flown to Galveston for treatment. He says others sought to run for governor, naming Blanche Long and Lt. Gov. Frazar, while Hufft denies plans to run.
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Baton Rouge
Texas
Long
Shreveport
Ktbs-Tv
Sen
Russell Long
D-La
Blanche Long
Raymond Hufft
Louisiana
Senator Long
Huey P. Long
Gov. Long
John Sealy
Galveston
Hufft
Ochsner
New Orleans
Russell
Industrial output hits new high as May show rises
Federal Reserve Board announced May industrial output reached a fresh record, up 4 percent above the 1957 pre recession peak. The index climbed to 152 percent of the 1947-49 average with April revised to 150. Durable goods led the gain as employment rose and unemployment fell more than seasonally.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Oshkosh Man Elected State Commander of DAV
Oshkosh man William Stegeman was elected state commander of the Disabled American Veterans of Wisconsin at the close of the 31st annual convention. Elmer Loomis Jr and Albert Hanna won top auxiliary and junior posts with other officers named. delegates also passed a resolution opposing a proposed rise in veteran treatment rates at University Hospitals in Madison.
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Stegeman
Oshkosh
Disabled American Veterans of
Wisconsin
Elmer Loomis Jr
Burlington
Albert Hanna
Madison
University Hospitals
Norman R. Ackermann
Henry Berquist
Rhinelander
Charles Kettle
Hanover
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Walgreen Drugs
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Harper's Bazaar
Glamour
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Weather Bureau
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United Press
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Boston
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Lacrosse Be
Maddson
Memphis
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By Shearson, Hammill & CO
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Allis-Chalmers
Northern Pacific
American Can
No. States Power
American Motors
Olin
Pepsi-Cola
Bell & Farrell, Inc
Am. Tel
Pfizer
Anacon
Caterpillar Trac
Royal Dutch
Pig
Wiggly Bonds
Chrysler
Safeway Stores
Roehring Co
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Socony
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Royel Dutch
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Heileman
Fid. Fund
Auto Lite
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Swift
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Texas Instruments
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Gamble Skogmo
Trane
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General Dynamics
20Th Century Fox
Trane Co
General Electric Bio
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US. Steel
General Tel
1St Bank
Getty Ot
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Wis Pub. Svc
Union
Pioneer Fin
Northern Ry
Woolworth
el & G
Greyhound Ni
Central Tel
Central
McQuay, Inc
Harvester
Lake Ont
P&c
Interstate Power
Jones & Laughlin
Montgomery Ward
Tausche
Berhing
Cop
Ike
McKenzie
Lester Palmer
Norscot
Palmer
A.s
FBI
Manston
By Harvey Breuscher
Keke
Humphrey
Simmons Co
Proxmire
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Symington
Johnson
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Lyndon Johnson
C.P
Dakota
T.W
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Tremp’ Leau
Dodge
Galesville
W. Salem
Root
Houston
Jacob Kaiman
The
Tribune
Lothar Frazar
Frazar
Erage
DAV
Menasha
William
Ann Muetze
Auxiliary
Mabel Cline
Deborah Hodaley
Beloit
Terthe
Roellig’s
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