Jury acquits Hoffa in Detroit wiretap case
New York AP Hoffa and two codefendants Owen Brennan and Bernard Spindel were acquitted by a federal jury of conspiring to wiretap the Detroit Teamsters headquarters in 1953. The verdict followed seven hours of deliberation amid cheers in court. Hoffa later spoke to his family at Detroit’s Willow Run Airport. He remains under perjury indictment in New York.
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New York
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Union
Detroit
Hoffa
Owen B. Brennan
Detroit Teamsters
Bernard Spindel
U.S. Senate
Teamsters Union
LaGuardia Field
Willow Run
Barbara
Jimmy
Seattle
Max Conrad
Palermo
Conrad
Winona
Minn
Unifax
Outboard Overturns In Collision On Mississippi River
No injuries reported after a collision between two 16 foot boats outside Pettibone Park on the Mississippi River. Charles Hewitt and Pat McKeever operated the vessels. Hewitt's boat carried two 16 horsepower motors and McKeever's boat a 50 horsepower motor with several passengers aboard.
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Mississippi
Pettibone Park
Charles Hewitt
Hewitt St
Hewitt
McKeever
Youths receive consecutive five year terms in burglary case
Sylvester Lorenz, 19, and Robert Baldwin, 19, confessed planning to rob Western Fruit Co. and the Village Market. Lorenz received two five year sentences for the Village Market burglary and the August four youths robbery, to run concurrently with a six month concurrent sentence for willful destruction of property. Baldwin, already sentenced to five years for Village Market burglary, remains jailed as probation revocation is pursued, while another five year term awaits at Green Bay.
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Western Fruit Co
N. Front St
Lincoln Neprud
Sylvester C. Lorenz
Jackson
Green Bay State Reformatory
Winona
Lorenz
Riverside Park
Eugene A. Toepel
Robert L. Baldwin
New Albin
Iowa
Baldwin
Green Bay
Dist
George Thompson
State Dept. of Public Welfare
Polaris Given Strenuous Test
A lightning swift Polaris experimental rocket roared skyward today in a strenuous test of its guidance and control systems at Cape Canaveral.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Three To Receive 4 H Club Honors
Wisconsin 4 H Club Week convocation at the University of Wisconsin will award citations to three individuals for outstanding service to 4 H clubs. Honorees include Guy L Noble of Chicago Della P Louis of Madison and Arthur F Stapel of Appleton. Approximately 1 000 4 H members attend as Gov. Thomson urged youth to seize opportunities through preparation and hard work.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Noble
National Committee On Boys and
Loui
Praire Farmer Magazine
Stapel
Fox Cooperative Wholesale Organization
Gov. Thomson
Russia Open to Using Seismograph Network for Test Detection
Western officials said Russia signaled willingness to deploy its 70 seismograph stations in an international program to detect secret nuclear tests. The United States and allies prepare a technical conference in Geneva to develop methods and systems for detecting tests, with political questions to be handled separately.
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Russia
U. S
China
United States
State Department
Yugoslavia
Nagy
Kadar
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
Army Brass Inspects 32nd Division Training at Camp McCoy
A team of twelve officers from Fifth Army Headquarters led by Lt. Gen. William H. Arnold inspected the 32nd Division’s training at Camp McCoy. Anti aircraft units began practice firing at Camp Haven north of Sheboygan. The 132nd Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion squads from Racine West Bend Milwaukee and Two Rivers joined 2 500 Guardsmen advancing through basic combat training.
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Camp Mccoy
Fifth Army
Chicago
32Nd Division
William H. Arnold
Camp Haven
Sheboygan
132Nd
Racine
West Bend
Milwaukee
Two Rivers
Vanguard Firing Scrubbed Again
The Navy scrubbed another Vanguard rocket test today marking another delay for America’s premier satellite launcher. The temperamental launch vehicle faced issues delaying the planned ascent and signaling continued testing ahead.
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Vanguard
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
America
Ten Compete For Posts At Girls Nation
At Badger Girls State ten candidates compete for two posts in the Girls Nation election. National sessions run in Washington from July 26 to August 1. Candidates include Mary Stascioitti, Joanne Belfiori, Joyce Kinney, Marcia Meengs, Carolyn Gabrielsen, Ruth Ann Harrington, Laurie Hutchinson, Wednelyn Roth, Karen Bennett, Pauline Johnson. Girls State is cosponsored by the Wisconsin American Legion auxiliary and the UW extension division. The group held a legislative session at the capitol with Federalist and Nationalist party divisions.
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Madison
Badger
Girls Nation
Washington
Mary Stasciotti
Kenosha
Joanne Belfiori
River Falls
Joyce Kinney
Hammond
Marcia Meengs
Waupun
Carolyn Gabrielsen
Eau Claire
Ruth Ann Harrington
Oshkosh
Laurie Hutchinson
la Crosse
Wednelyn Roth
Milwaukee
Karen Bennett
Evansville
Pauline Johnson
Ellsworth
Girls State
Wisconsin American Legion Auxiliary
University of Wisconsin Extension Division
De Gaulle Talks With Norstad On NATO Ties
In Paris Premier Charles de Gaulle met Gen. Lauris Norstad supreme Allied commander in Europe to discuss France's role in Western defense. He also had a meeting with NATO Secretary General Paul-Henri Spaak, underscoring France’s ties to the alliance.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Lauris Norstad
Inurope
France
NATO
Paul - Henri Spaak
U.S
de Gaulle
Father learns son safe after Thespian voyage
Black River Falls Wisconsin father confirms his son Thomas Jones 24 aboard the yacht Thespian with John Calvert on a world cruise. Radio contact reported all aboard safe as the engine stalled near Formosa and a return to Japan was planned while Jones faces a July 12 US return after years in the Far East.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Sea of Japan
Thomas Jones
Lawrence Jones
Tom
John Calvert
Calvert
Jones
Keeling
Formosa
John Lithman
Honolulu
Hawaii
Lithman
Thespian
Japan
Young Jones
U. S
United States
Far East
May living costs hit new peak but rise slows
The May consumer price index rose one-tenth of a percent to 123.6 with an 3.3 percent year over year gain. Pay raises linked to the index will affect about 850,000 workers in steel, aluminum, can manufacturing, and meat packing, plus 100,000 in aviation and transit sectors. Medical care and transportation costs drove the modest May increase.
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Labor Department
Detroit
Blue Cross
San Francisco
Kansas City
Hersey E. Riley
AMA Examines Drug Reactions and Slow-Start Treatments
In San Francisco the American Medical Association held a panel on adverse reactions to medicines used for other ailments. Experts urged a go slow approach and noted tranquilizers may help selected patients but can cause complications including behavior changes nerve poisoning and metabolism shifts. Skin reactions from various drugs were highlighted as common and can arise from old vitamins too.
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American Medical Assn
I. Tee
Leo E. Hollister
Veterans Administration Hospital
Palo Alto
Progress Edition Available For 15 Cents In La Crosse
The La Crosse Tribune announces a special Progress edition priced at 15 cents. Copies remain available and can be ordered in person or by phone through the Circulation Department at La Crosse Tribune Dial 2-8040.
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la Crosse Tribune
Delay probes over Goldfine reports and SEC actions
Washington AP report on why the SEC forced Bernard Goldfine’s firm to file reports after a minority stockholder accused misusing funds. Testimony discussed 1948 1954 filings, questions of informal settlements versus prosecutions, and links to White House aide Sherman Adams.
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SEC
East Boston
No Attack Seen On US Canadian Embassies
Soviet authorities installed two more guards outside the Canadian Embassy in Moscow amid reports of possible retaliation for the Ottawa attack. Demonstrations against Soviet embassies elsewhere had occurred but there was no clear sign of a planned protest against the Canadian or American embassies, despite past incidents in Copenhagen Bonn Ottawa and New York.
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Moscow
Ottawa
U.S
Copenhagen
Bonn
New York
Imre Nagy
Hans Kroll
A. V. Zakharov
Hungary
Pravda
United States
Britain
Nagy
Vienna
Janos Kadar
Tito
Republican Leaders Say No Threat Of Reprisal Against Burke
Senate Republican Leader Knowland and House GOP Chief Martin said President Eisenhower and Secretary McElroy did not intend any reprisal against Admiral Burke for opposing parts of the defense reorganization. They spoke after a White House meeting, saying Eisenhower believes no reprimand was intended and both leaders hold Burke in high regard.
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Ike. McElroy
Lican
Eisenhower
Defense McElroy
Arleigh Burke
Senate
William F. Knowland
California
House
GOP
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
McElroy
Secretary of Defense
Naval Operations
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Knowland
White House
McElroy-Burke
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