Vernon County Native Son Honored in Marker Dedication
A wayside marker dedicated to Jeremiah Rusk, Wisconsin governor, congressman, and first Secretary of Agriculture, honors his life on the farm where he lived. Gov Vernon Thomson praised his valor and faith, with descendants and regional officials attending the ceremony in Viroqua, Wisconsin.
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Jeremiah M. Rusk
Wisconsin
Congress
Agriculture
Vernon Thomson
Susan Bell
Berlie Moore
Vernon County
County Historical Museum
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Viroqua
Wis
Jeremiah Rusk
Ohio
Assembly
Benjamin Harrison
Milwaukee
America
Halvor Allness
Vernon County Historical Museum
Vic Bakke
Paul Haugh
Per*y Sandwick
Vernon County Board of Supervisors
Raymond Sivesind
State Historical Society
Russell L. Williams
State Highway Commission
Eldon Farmer
First Methodist Church
Turmoil grows as Turkey faces economic and political strain
In Istanbul, tensions rise amid protests and police crackdowns as Adnan Menderes and Ismet Inonu vie for power. Economically troubled Turkey sees aid talks, currency devaluation, credit restrictions, and rising prices as allies push support while opposition accuses the regime of bankrupting the nation.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Middle East
Adnan Mendares
Democrats
People’s Republican Party
Ismet Inonusy
United States
Menceres
Nuri
Iraq
Baghdad
Fumes From Stove Kill Woman In Kewaunee County Farm Home
Mrs. Betty Jane Bertrand, 20, was found dead in bed and her husband Leonard, 21, was reported in critical condition after carbon monoxide fumes from a coal burning kitchen range at their Norman town home. Coroner Victor Cherovsky said the husband collapsed after waking to lock the door.
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Kewaunee (Ap
Kewaunee
Betty Jane Bertrand
Norman
Leonard
Algoma Memorial Hospital
Bertrand
Joseph Tadish
Toll 663 After Three Weekend Traffic Deaths
Three weekend fatalities push Wisconsin road toll to 663 this year. Peter J. Watermelen of Green Bay, 76, died after being struck while crossing near home, leaving Green Bay with four pedestrian deaths this year. Mrs. Earl Baehr, 33, of Withee, perished in a Taylor County head on crash that sent seven to hospitals. Ray Telso, 39, Iron River, died from injuries after a car ran off a curve in Bayfield County. Telso was a stock car driver and died in an Ashland hospital.
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Wisconsin
Peter J. Watermelen
Green Bay
Watermelon
Earl Baehr
Withee
Taylor County
Medford
Ray Telso
Iron River
Bayfield County
Telso
Ashland
Banfe Flies Around The World In 50 Days
New York AP Charles F. Banfe Jr. completed a 22,000 mile globe circling flight in 50 days aboard a Mooney single seater. He began Sept 6 from Idlewild and landed in Idlewild amid rain. He faced 14 forced landings and 12 unscheduled cities after a Corsica crash. Banfe, 39, from Palo Alto, on vacation from Pan American, flies with bare feet for sensitivity.
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New York
Charles F. Banfe Jr
Banfe
Palo Alto
Calif
Idlewild
Pan American World Airways
Pacific
Parolee Recalled After Rodeo Visit With Mother
Richard E. Lowrey 21 of San Antonio, on parole for burglary, was arrested at a Huntsville prison rodeo after showing parole approval. Officials later revoked his parole following a supervisor's check. His mother, Mrs. J E Lowrey, said he had been employed as a radio TV repairman and had been visiting with former pals.
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Tex
Richard E. Lowrey
San Antonio
Prison Records Bureau
J. R. Roberts
Vincent O'Leary
Lowrey
O'Leary
J. E. Lowrey
Disturbance Traps 22 Miners In Bishop Mine No. 34
At Bishop Virginia, 22 miners were trapped after a local disturbance in the Bishop mine No. 34. Rescue teams worked from a 200 foot elevator descent to reach the far section as 166 other workers evacuated without injury.
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Bishop, Va
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Bishop Mine
Roland C. Luther
Luther
Bishop Works
Virginia-West Virginia
Bishop
Bluefield
W. Va
Eisenhower seeks momentum in final campaign week
The final week of the 1958 campaign opens with President Eisenhower set for airport remarks in Charleston West Virginia and a Pittsburgh televised speech as GOP leaders claim renewed vigor. AP checks show no sharp voter shifts, with momentum leaning toward Democrats in many states though momentum may have slowed. Nixon plans stumping in Michigan as he predicts continued Republican effort.
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Midwest
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California
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Michigan
Minneapolis
Lee
Private schools prepare to admit displaced White students in Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas the private school system plans orientation for about 250 juniors with the Little Rock Private School Corp and 350 students across sophomores to seniors at the new Baptist High School. Classes start Tuesday as the group replaces three white public high schools closed by Gov. Faubus to avoid integration.
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Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
Corporation School
Orval Faubus
Baptist High School
Black smoke signals Vatican pope ballot stalemate
In Rome the papal conclave failed to elect after eight ballots over two days as black smoke again poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney signaling no pope. Vatican radio and crowds noted the delay while cardinals prepared to resume voting.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Sigismondo Chigi
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Callori di Vignale
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St. Peter's Basilica
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Apostolic Palace
Reds Fire Sporadically On Odd-Numbered War Day
In the Quemoys a new odd-even day war pattern sees Communist fire sporadically on odd days and exempt on even days near air strips and docking areas. Nationalist and Amoy harbor activity report 1500 soldiers building fortifications opposite Quemoy while 560 more grounds works appear near Peichiao Peninsula.
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Taipei
China
Reds
Tatan
Quemoy
Matsu
Quemoys
Peichiao
Amoy Harbor
United States
George Yeh
Yeh
Washington
Fomosa Strait
Court Orders Review of TV Channel Case
The Supreme Court ordered the lower court to review the FCC award of Orlando channel 9 to Mid-Florida Television Corp after confirming impropriety concerns. Justices 7 2 with Justices Clark and Harlan dissenting, the ruling sends the DC Circuit to reconsider amid ex parte claims and FCC investigations tied to WORZ and a Miami channel contest.
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Supreme Court Today
TV Channel 9
Orlando
Fla
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District of Columbia
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High Court
Court of Appeals
Clark
Harlan
Mid-Florida Television
Worz, Inc
Supreme Court
J. Lee Rankin
Rankin
Commission
Mack
House Committee
Channel 10
Miami
Milwaukee ex-convict admits slayings in police briefing
Roy Victor Olson, 23, said to police he stabbed two men to death in Seattle and near Sacramento. He waived extradition to California, told reporters he felt no remorse, and asked to face the gas chamber. He is held on $20,000 bond in Milwaukee awaiting transfer.
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California
Roy Victor Olson
Sacramento
Olson
Wallace Armstrong
Armstrong
John Weiler
Seattle
Weiler
Ogden Miles
Miles
Kbet-Tv
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