Riveter and wife held in Lee Crary kidnapping case
In Everett Washington a 20 year old Boeing riveter and his 21 year old wife were arrested for abducting eight year old Lee Crary. Lee was found unharmed near Lake Stevens a day after a $10 000 ransom note appeared. The couple confessed after police detained them at Collins family home. The boy returned home with his parents following a manhunt aided by FBI and Snohomish County deputies.
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Everett
Wash
Lee Crary
Lake Stevens
Here
FBI
Snohomish
Bob Twitchell
George Edward Collins Jr
Katherine
Collins
Boeing Airplane Co
Seattle
Washington
Lynndale
Edmonds
Crary
Young Crary
Lee
Ed Crary
Lynnwood
Crarys
At. Edmonds Grocery
A. W. Armistead
Armistead
Gerrard Named To Real Estate Brokers Board
Gov Vernon Thomson names M William Gerrard president of Gerrard Realty Corp La Crosse to the Wisconsin real estate brokers board. Gerrard replaces J S Miller of Madison with other members including Herbert A Ganser Milwaukee and Julius J Dinger Eau Claire. Gerrard is a 1947 UW graduate and former Radio WKTY salesman who started his firm in 1954. His firm at 712 Main St employs 13 licensed salesmen handling homes lots acreages and commercial property.
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Vernon Thomson Friday
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers Board
Senate
M. William Gerrard
Gerrard Realty Corp
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Gerrard
University of Wisconsin
A. G. Becker and Co
Chicago
Main St
W. M. Gerrard
State St
Nancy Hyde
Mary Ann
N. 23Rd St
J. S. Miller
Madison
Herbert A. Ganser
Julius J. Dinger
Eau Claire
City to extend sewer service to Shelby under contract ruling
La Crosse must extend sanitary sewer service to legally annexed Shelby under the current contract. The common council will likely accept Attorney John K Flanagan's opinion issued at a meeting led by O J Muegge. The opinion calls for council approval of any added area and allows changes to rates and terms as directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Flanagan
City of la Crosse
John Marasek
Grounds, Buildings and Utilities Committee
Common Council
Atty Flanagan
Flanagan
Marasek
Board of Public Works
George Snodgrass
Sanitary District
Shelby
Robert Frederick
Negro Students Enter Central High Amid Calm Guard
Nine African American students entered Little Rock Central High escorted by paratroopers from the 101st Division. The scene remained largely quiet with news crews present as Gov. Faubus urged calm while criticizing federal force and prompting mixed reactions from NAACP officials.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
101St Division
Edwin A. Walker
Army
Walker
White House
Eisenhower
101St Airborne Division
Sidney A. Wolff
Miami
Fla
Air Force Reserve
Wolff
Island Road Closure for Opening Day of Duck Season
Goose Island Road north of the fork will be closed to traffic for the opening day of duck season next Tuesday. County Highway Commissioner Paul Hartwig could not say how long the closure will last. About a mile of road north of the fork is under reconstruction while the other branch past the Badger State Sportsmen bird farm remains open.
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Goose Island
Paul Hartwig
Badger State Sportsmen Bird Farm
La Crescent Man Killed In Car Crash
Beiers Sr., 73, of La Crescent was killed Thursday night on Pine Creek Road near La Crescent. Constable Vetsch and Deputy Lottes spotted an unlit old model car ahead before it left the road and rolled down a 15 to 20 foot embankment. Coroner Dr. Norris and Sheriff Kerrigan investigated the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crescent
Minn
Reinhold Beiers Sr
Pine Creek
Clarence Vetsch
Wayne Lottes
Pine Creek Road
Vetsch
la Crosse Tribune
N. T. Norris
Beryl Kerrigan
Caledonia
Eisenhower sails Seawolf in Newport visit aboard an atomic sub
President Eisenhower toured the atomic submarine Seawolf off Newport after lunch with crew members. He called the experience memorable and praised the Navy and its sailors noting this marked the first time a president rode an atomic submarine Roosevelt did so earlier in 1909. He plans to return to Washington Tuesday for talks with Southern governors on school integration issues.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
United States Navy
Navy
E. P. Aurand
Bermuda
Canberra
Saratoga
Florida
Naval
Atlantic
Brenton Point
Roosevelt
Pres
Washington
Little Rock
Ark
Benson Ouster Advocated By CIC Delegates
Delegates of the Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council adopted a resolution calling for Ezra Taft Benson to be ousted as Secretary of Agriculture, labeling him the worst in history. Robert Moses argued labor’s stake in Benson as wages affect production costs for farmers. Oliver Rasmussen noted labor only seeks wage gains justified by higher living costs.
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Ezra Taft Benson
Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council
Resoluton
Benson
Robert Moses
Farmers Union
Oliver Rasmussen
Midwest District Council
The
International Woodworkers of America
Proxmire Declares Unity At CIO State Convention
Senator William Proxmire addressed about 400 delegates at the three day State Industrial Union Council CIO convention in the Mary E Sawyer Auditorium. He said he would fight for all groups within the dictates of his own conscience and asked to speak earlier than planned due to other commitments. He emphasized independence and broad support.
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Keer
Orval Faubus
Arkansans
Arkansas
Sid McMath
NAACP
Clarence A. Laws
Faubus
Central High School
William Proxmire
State Industrial Union Council- Cio
Mary E. Sawyer
Sen. Proxmire
CIO
Wisconsin Cio
Charles Schultz
Milwaukee
Proxmire
America
Bill Proxmire
John Schmitt
Brewery Workers
Walter Burke
United Steel Workers
Wisconsin
Proxmire Voices Independence at Wisconsin CIO Convention
Delegates applauded Sen. William Proxmire as he argued for independence from labor groups. He said he would represent all Wisconsin citizens and warned against merging CIO with AFL, while backing extended social security and a higher minimum wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proxmire
Labor
Sen. Proxmire
Frank Nikolay
Robert LaFollette Sucher
Organized Labor
The
CIO
American Federation of Labor
State CIO Blames AFL For Failure To Merge
Wisconsin state CIO and the State Federation of Labor failed to merge, as delegates blamed the AFL for blocking a voluntary union. Walter J. Burke led the merger committee and noted no consensus before the December deadline, while Charles Schultz defended the CIO and urged an honest settlement of jurisdiction rights.
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State Cio
AFL
CIO
Schultz
Oon Aka
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Riveter
Sive
Edward Crary
George Collins JR
Real Estate Brokers Board
Hessy
Syria
Julius
Island Road
U. S. Navy
Ske
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
CIC
Tribune
Bill
Ralph Koenig
Region 10
United Auto Workers
Wesley Clendenning
Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council Cio
State Federation of Labor
Federation
Council
Walter J. Burke
State Council
Burke
National Cio
Afl-Cio
State Federation
Green Bay
Logarhes
Oadnane
Ewes
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