Fire damages storage area in building at Logan and Liberty
A Monday afternoon fire damaged the vacant Marking building storage area at Logan and Liberty streets destroying ceiling, roof, and second floor storage stock. Authorities, unsure of origin, withheld loss estimates pending insurance appraisals. Fire units 1, 2, 4 and Truck 2 responded, remaining 45 minutes to an hour.
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Logan and
Liberty Streets
Tribune
Logan
IGA Market
Vern Marking
Dumont Cosmetics Co
Schomburg
Kessel
Marking
Symington Urges White House Steel Conference
Senator Stuart Symington urged President Eisenhower to summon both sides of the steel dispute to a White House conference to avert a July first walkout that could endanger the economy and national defense. He spoke after addressing AFL-CIO talks and pressed for progress toward a climate conducive to bargaining between labor and management.
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Symington
White House
Philadelphia
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Eisenhower
Stee
Afl-Cio Industrial Union Department
Dave McDonald
Steelworkers
Roger Bough
U.S. Steel Corp
Missouri
McDonald
Washington
Wisconsin 4-H urged to pursue careers in agriculture
Madison farm expert R. K. Froker, dean of the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture, told about 1,000 Wiscon sin 4-H Club delegates that two of every five U S jobs relate to agriculture. He cited farming, machinery, fertilizers, feeds, insecticides and food processing during a leadership training week on campus.
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Madison
4-H
R. K. Froker
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Coyle Brothers May Have Escaped Says Sheriff
Sheriff Annah Harlow said the gun wielding Coyle brothers from Philadelphia may have broken through a vast posse during the night. Coins found in woodland tied to the fugitives. they seized $112 in a liquor store holdup and fled into the woods near Cape Cod. Witnesses and police tracked them as a massive manhunt unfolded with FBI agents, state and local officers, and aircraft involved.
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Middlebor
Mass
Annah Harlow
Coyle Brothers
Philadelphia
Woodland
John
William
Poultney
Provincetown
Cape Cod
Coyles
Massachusetts
FBI
Massachusetts Natural Resources Commission
Air Force
Barnstable County
William Sedgwick
Roxborough
Carpenters End Six Week Ossit Church Strike Pact
Ossit Church Furniture Corp workers reach a two year contract after six weeks of strike. Local 992 Carpenters and Joiners Union members approve the agreement, securing wage increases and other benefits for about 80 employees.
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Janesville
Ossit Church Furniture Corp
Local 992
Carpenters and Joiners Union
Two MIGs Attack Navy Plane Over Sea of Japan
A U S Navy patrol plane was attacked by two MIG fighters over international waters east of Wonsan North Korea. One crewman was seriously wounded. pilot Lt Cmdr Donald Mayer and the crew managed a safe landing at Miho Air Force Base. The incident occurred during a routine training patrol based at Iwakuni Japan. Mayer, a Torrington Connecticut native and Naval Academy graduate, is married with four children.
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Washington
Sea of Japan
Defense Department
Wonsan
North Korea
Pentagon
U.S
Tokyo
U.S. Navy
Navy
Naval Hospital
Yokosuka
Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Facility
Japan
Honshu Island
Cmdr
Donald Mayer
Miho Air Force Base
Honshu
Far East
Mayer
Torrington
Conn
Naval Academy
Joseph F. Mayer
Litchfield
Iwakuni
Ex Bank Teller Is Sentenced In Shortage Case
MADISON AP A former Eau Claire bank teller Richard Marvin Duesterbeck 29 received a two year prison term after pleading guilty to misapplication of bank funds Federal Judge Patrick Stone rejected his story of trouble balancing records and fleeing to California to avoid investigation He admitted a fraudulent 5000 check and about 7000 in misapplied funds linked to his work at the American National Bank of Eau Claire.
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Madison
Eau Claire
Patrick Stone
Richard Marvin Duesterbeck
American National Bank of
Stone
Duesterbeck
Los Angeles
Judge Stone
California
U.S
George Rapp
Eight Men Indicted Over Textile Strike Violence
A Vance County grand jury indicted eight men, including four union officials, on charges of plotting dynamite violence during the Henderson textile strike. The indictments were returned Monday. Boyd Payton of Charlotte, national director of the Textile Workers Union of America, is named among the accused officials. Each defendant was released on $15,000 bond.
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Henderson
N.C
Vance County
Boyd Payton
Charlotte
Carolinas
Textile Workers Union of America
Prairie du Chien Truck Driver Trapped in Freezer
Arnold Steiner a 42 year old Prairie du Chien dairy truck driver spent 10 minutes locked inside a zero degree frozen foods compartment at Ahrens Prairie Dairy Products Co. after the door shut from the outside. coworker Lee Dobbs heard his kicks and opened the door rescuing him. Steiner was treated for frozen fingers and the company installed an inside latch Tuesday morning.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Arnold Steiner
Ahrens Prairie Dairy Products Co
Steiner
Lee Dobbs
Conferees Seek Compromise on Wheat Support Bill
Senate House conferees meet to reconcile wheat measures passed by both chambers aiming to raise support for 1960 61 crops while Secretary Benson opposes. A July 23 wheat referendum proceeds asking farmers to choose parity based or 50 percent parity with allotments amid record supplies and billions invested in wheat.
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Washington
Senate House
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
House
Benson
The
Agriculture de
Long Is Returned To Clinic As Judge Deliberates One Week
Gov Earl Long of Louisiana remains in a Texas mental clinic for at least another week while District Judge L D Godard studies the case. The judge postponed the sanity hearing and ordered Long returned to the clinic after a habeas corpus hearing. Senator Russell Long criticized the proceedings, and Gov Long lamented his confinement, saying he does not belong in an asylum and would seek treatment in New Orleans if released. Acting Gov Luther Frazar signed or vetoed Louisiana bills during Long’s absence.
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Fear K. Long
Louisiana
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Tex
L. D. Godard
Earl K. Long
New Orleans
Texas
Long
Godard
Hugh Gibson
Russell Long
D-La
Huey P. Long
Sen. Long
Gov. Long
Mrs. Long
Ochsner Hospital
Luther Frazar
National Guard
Galveston May 30, Judge Godard
Bill would trim size of 6th Judicial Area
A Senate Judiciary Committee bill proposes halving the Wisconsin 6th Circuit by moving Jackson and Trempealeau to neighboring circuits, leaving La Crosse and Vernon in the 6th. Backers include circuit judges and the committee notes work to reflect population shifts and workloads.
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Judicial Area
Madison
Lincoln Neprud
Wisconsin
6Th Circuit
Senate Judiciary Committee
Simmons to Close Kenosha Plant Despite Gov Nelson Talk
Gov Gaylord Nelson said Simmons Co will not alter its plan to close the Kenosha bedding and furniture plant. He met Chicago officials and learned the closure fits a long range plan and operations will end. Company executives Hope workers can take positions with Kenosha Harbor Development Corp. A follow up conference with Simmons is set for June 30 in New York City.
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Kenosha Harbor
Gunaca Receives Maximum Three Year Sentence
In Sheboygan Wisconsin former UAW representative John Gunaca 35 of Detroit received two concurrent prison terms of up to three years each after pleading no contest to felonious assault stemming from the 1954 Kohler strike. Judge Clarence E Rinehard called the plea a guilty plea and imposed the maximum under state law.
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Sheboygan
Wis
United Auto Workers Union
Kohler Co
John Gunaca
UAW
Wisconsin
Waupun
Gunaca
William Bersch Jr
William Bersch Sr
Sheboygan Falls
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Williams
Clarence E. Rinehard
Dist. Atty
Rinehard
Martin
Detroit
Weber
Former Mail Carrier Sentenced for Embezzlement in Madison
Charles P. Nonstad a 37 year old former La Crosse mail carrier was sentenced in Federal District Court in Madison to one year in prison for embezzling mail funds He requested probation but was denied The judge noted the Post Office tradition of delivering mail and ordered the sentence with stay until June 23 Nonstad said he had repaid about 141 55 and officials reported 152 envelopes found in his car trunk including letters to the La Crosse TB Association U S Attorney George Rapp outlined the case and restitution details
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Madison P
la Crosse
Charles P. Nonstad
Patrick Stone
Nonstad
Stone
Post Office Department
John G. Hatz Ex Bangor Official Dies at 83
John G. Hatz 83 of Bangor longtime town chairman and county supervisor died Monday after a long illness in a local hospital. He was born September 27, 1875 in Bangor and is survived by three sons two daughters a stepdaughter 17 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Christ Lutheran Church West Salem with burial in Fairview Cemetery Bangor. Friends may call Fosssum Funeral Home Bangor Wednesday evening and Thursday noon until services.
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Bangor
John G. Hatz
Town of
Hatz
John J
Clarence
Elmer Hatz
L. W
Rosina) Schild
West Salem
E. W
Allene) Rickgruber
Sparta
L. F
Maleta) Schroeder
Margaret Schroeder
Alfred Hemker
Arthur Runge
W. C. Greenwalt
Milwaukee
Mary Schroeder
Dora Fennigkoh
Christ Lutheran Church
Walter Paustian
Fairview Cemetery
Fossum Funeral Home
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Afl-Cio
Walter Reuther
Auto Workers
David J. McDonald
James B. Carey
International Electrical Workers
AFL Cio
Industrial Union Department
Reuther
Coyle
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bourne
Priscilla Jury
Wayne
N.J
Elizabeth McKay
Glen Cove
N.Y
Green Mountain
Doyles
Sedgwick
William Kane
Lee
Carpenters
Alatchon
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Blanche
Arthur Long
Guinea
Mazey
Emil Mazey
Soapy
Gov. Williams
Wiscon
Nick Vrekovic
Kohler
Vrekovic
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