Nine Killed In Braniff DC7C Crash Near Miami Airport
A Braniff DC7C bound for Panama crashed minutes after takeoff from Miami, killing nine and injuring 15. Fire and debris spread across mud and brush as rescuers, aided by helicopters, retrieved victims. witnesses described a fierce blaze and a rapid break apart of the airliner.
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Braniff
Miami
Fla.p
Braniff Airlines
Panama
Wisconsin
Miami International
Lima
Sao Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Kefauver cites 1954 win shielding public power system
Senator Kefauver warned that the 1954 Democratic Congress saved the public power system from destruction. He accused the Eisenhower administration of opposing rural power and urged continued coalitions with cooperatives. Wisconsin figures, leaders, and co op directors were noted, with Voorhis arguing monopolies fueled the recession.
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Madison
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Convention
Eisenhower
Thomson
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Wisconsin
Andrew J. McClyman
Oxford
Willis Jerome
Barron
John Sykes
Iron River
Leonard Lettner
Fountain City
Arthur N. Grimstad
Wittenburg
H. E. Grape
Holcombe
Riley Neuman
Colby
Lawrence Cole
Waterloo
Clarence
Nonstrikers' Homes Stoned Near Kohler Plant in Sheboygan
In Sheboygan Wisconsin vandals struck the homes of two Kohler Co workers who did not join the four year strike and a former employee, marking the fifth stoning since Saturday night. No injuries reported as windows and doors were damaged near Highway 141. Local aldermen debate Kohler strike as the incident prompts union leaders to condemn the attacks.
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Sheboygan
Kohler Co
Kohler
Senate
Washington, D. C
Claude Dault
Leo Behrens Jr
Henry Hartmann
Dault
Behrens
United Auto Workers Union
Hartmann
Highway 141
Allan Graskamp
Hoffa labeled betrayer of labor by Senate panel
The Senate Rackets Investigating Committee calls President James R. Hoffa of the Teamsters a betrayer of labor and dangerous to the country. It says he built a hoodlum empire within the union, and names Dave Beck as a temptable thief of union funds and Frank W. Brewster linked to a plot to control vice in Portland. The report frames corruption as pervasive in Teamsters leadership.
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Washington
Senate
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Dave Beck
Frank W. Brewster
Beck
Vice
Teamsters
Relief inadequte Man Seeks Return To Prison To Aid Family
A La Crosse ex convict asks that his probation be revoked so he can be sent back to Waupun State Prison to qualify his large family for adequate relief. Kenneth Hanson 36 seeks return to prison amid disability and multiple dependents while relief funding falls short.
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la Crosse
Waupun
Kenneth Hanson
Fanell
State Dept. of Public Welfare
Sauk County
Hanson
John Raffle
Plumber Agent Denies Banning Kohler Goods
Milwaukee Plumbers Union business agent Anthony J. King denied testifying that he ordered plumbers not to install Kohler Co fixtures. He called the accusation false amid a UAW Kohler strike probe. He blamed rival witness Richard Sharp for alleged false claims and dues trouble. The committee voted to hear next on the 1955 Perfect Circle strike.
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Washington
Anthony J. King
Milwaukee
Mitchell Field
Kohler
Sharp
St. Luke’s Hospital
King
Sen. Goldwater
R-Aziz
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
UAW
Rauh
Goldwater
Perfect Circle Co
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
Elizabeth Taylor Grieves At Mike Todd Funeral
Actress Elizabeth Taylor sobbed as she threw herself on the casket of husband Mike Todd at Waldheim Cemetery in Forest Park. Todd died in a plane crash with three others on Saturday at age 50. Burial followed Jewish rites with minimal attendance and no eulogies per Rabbi Rose. Todd’s remains were brought by train to Chicago. Todd Jr. arrived from New York. Elizabeth Taylor and relatives traveled from the West Coast for the rites.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Taylor
Mike Todd
Waldheim
Todd
Howard Taylor
Texford Kennemer
Forest Park
Chaim Goldbogen
Abraham Joseph Rose
Congregation Knesseth Israel
Elgin
Ill
Mike Todd Jr
New York
West Coast
U S To Buy Dairy Goods Before April 1
The Agriculture Department plans heavier purchases of dairy products between now and April 1 before new lower supports take effect. Processors may unload butter cheese and nonfat dry milk to the government to avoid losses as prices drop on April 1.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Thefe
Eisenhower to seek speed up in government buying
Republican leaders said the president will request a 600 million dollar acceleration in government purchases to counter the recession. They also noted a 50 percent extension of unemployment insurance benefits may be sent to Congress, with a special message possible later today. Discussions covered a 5.4 billion highway bill, and Knowland predicted Congress will pass some form of highway legislation to aid the slump.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Capitol
White House
Senate
GOP
Sen
Knowland
California
Dulles insists summit terms are too high for talks with Soviets
Secretary of State Dulles warns the United States would lose its shirt over the price Russia demands for a heads of government summit. He cites a five point price tag and says no ultimatum will be issued while Moscow pushes for lower level talks first. Officials fear Moscow notes turn a summit into a spectacle and may delay or block a meeting this fall.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Russia
Moscow
Kremlin
U. S
Eisenhower
Bulganin
$2 340 Found On Body Of Aid Recipient
Milwaukee authorities puzzled by 2340 dollars found on the body of 82 year old Miss Sarah E. Smith who had been receiving county old age assistance. She collapsed Monday afternoon as painters worked in her downtown apartment and died at Coun ty Emergency Hospital from a stroke 22 hours later.
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Milwaukee
Sarah E. Smith
Smith
Babies Transferred From Colony To Sparta Center
Fifteen mentally retarded infants, first of 65 expected, moved Monday to a renovated Wisconsin Child Center cottage in Sparta. They came from the Northern Wisconsin Colony at Chippewa Falls. others will come from Union Grove. The move frees space for waiting children and accompanies expansion funded by the State Emergency Board.
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Madison
Wisconsin Child Center
Sparta
Wilbur J. Schmidt
State Department of Public Welfare
Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Union Grove
Schmidt
Southern Colony
State Emergency Board
Held For Car Theft and Kidnapping in Wisconsin Connection
Davenport police say 18 year old David Dupey is held in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on a report of abducting 22 year old Robert Herter. Herter says Dupey forced him at knife point to drive to La Crosse then left him with $10 to get home. FBI possible interstate charges suspected.
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Davenport
Iowa
Elmer Petersen
David Dupey
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Robert Herter
Petersen
Herter
Dupey
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Adlai Stevenson Declines Comment On Presidential Run
In Chicago Adlai Stevenson gives only no comment after Sen Monroney says Stevenson will not seek another presidency. Monroney told reporters in Frankfurt Mon two months ago he spoke with Stevenson who would not consider running again and named Kennedy Gore and Humphrey as top Democratic hopefuls.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Monroney
Dokla
Stevenson
Frankfort
Germany
Adlai
Sens
Kennedy
Mass
Gore
Venn
Humphrey
Minn
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Oscar A. Wick
Foxboro
Perry T. Overlien
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Harry McGowan
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Jacob Maciosek
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Jerry Voorhis
Co - Operative League of the
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ADA
Americans For Democratic Action
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U.S
Ovida. Martin
Secretary of the Treasury
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Treasury
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Council On World Affairs
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