Area Accidents Injure Two Men in Weekend Mishaps
Police dealt with six traffic incidents over the weekend. Monroe state trooper Nathan F. Burgy was injured in a Rock County crash after swerving to avoid a prior two car sideswipe near Brodhead. Burgy, treated at St. Clare, had head cuts and minor bruises. A Durand youth, Kenneth Gilbertson, 15, suffered a broken leg and two broken teeth when his motorcycle crashed near the state line, after being forced off the road. He was charged with careless driving and no license and was to appear in Justice Court.
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Monroe
Durand
Nathan F. Burgy
Rock County
Burgy
St. Clare Hospital
Brodhead
Kenneth Gilbertson
Gilbertson
Justice Court
Harold Green
Ronald Pagel
Orangeville
Julian
President veto blocks five percent federal pay raise
President Eisenhower vetoed a 5 percent pay increase for about 1.5 million federal workers. He said the measure creates uncertainty and ignores administration postal rate recommendations. He cited a $112 million cost to the Post Office and a department operating in a large deficit.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Post Office Department
Throng Attends KC Shrine Softball Benefit Program
Nearly 2,500 people packed Recreation Park for the seventh annual Softball game between Shriners and Knights of Columbus to aid crippled and underprivileged children. The event featured bands, clowns, and a nine inning baseball game alongside festivities led by Mayor Brooks J. Dunwiddie who cited over $10,000 raised in seven years.
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Stewart F. Kingston
Shrine Clown
Thomas Krueger
Brodhead
Shriners
Knights of Columbus
Thomas
Ben Krueger
Larry Lindgren
Recreation Park
Bedlam
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
William L. Rollins
Monroe Park
Co. K
Donald Clark
The
Stanley Wraight
Green County Shrine Club
Jolly Moosattes
Moose Kitchen
Wiebel Sisters
Frank D
Eagle Eye
Kantro
Bruce M
Blum
LaVerne C
Gallitz
I KC
Louis H. Kohli
Hawthorne
Robert H. Rieder
Park Band
Allan F. Barnard
Shrine
Warren M. Gerhart
Edwin R. Schuetzer
N. Johnson
Merman J. Schmitz
Donald Cun
Ningham
Monroe Huber Brewers
Milwaukee Firemen
John Walter
Milwaukee
Monroe
Jim Hill
Daniel Courtney
John Winzenreidh
Monticello
Gene Mason
Shrine-Kc
Local Breeders Show Brown Swiss at Wisconsin State Fair
Brown Swiss breeders from Green County attend the Wisconsin State Fair with ten herds in open class judging. Howard Voegeli of Monticello shows 15 head including top butterfat cow W. B. Tex Jane Paula. Alfred Meier brings 10 head while noting his champion bull stayed home. Other exhibitors include Mrs Edna Schmid and Arbor Marsh of Brodhead.
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Green County
Howard Voegeli
Monticello
Jacob A. Voegeli
W. B. Tex-Jane Paula
Alfred
Shorty) Meier
Edna Schmid
Highway 81 West
Arbor Marsh
Brodhead
Stock Prices Led by Aircraft Stocks in A Strong Market
In New York, aircraft industry shares surged while the broader market lagged in early afternoon trading. Montgomery Ward jumped on proxy fight prospects, with Republic Aviation, Boeing, Douglas Aircraft, Bell Aircraft, General Dynamics, Vanadium, Homestake Mining, New York Central, and United Air Lines all higher.
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New York
Montgomery Ward
Republic Aviation
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
Bell’ Aircraft
General Dynamics
Vanadium
Homestake Mining
New York Central
United Air Lines
Eisenhower Promised Help on Dixon-Yates Contract
Democratic national chairman Stephen Mitchell urged delaying or withdrawing the 107 million dollar private power plant deal in the TVA area. He argued that if the project is flawed, delay for scrutiny or cancel the contract is wiser. Walter von Treschow pressed a rival plan costing 90 to 100 million, saying his group faced limited access to the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Chicago
Stephen Mitchell
TVA
Mitchell
Dixon-Yates
Park Forest
Memphis Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Walter von Treschow
New York
Atomic Energy Commission
von Tresckow
Red spy within Bonn government exposed in East German defection
Reports say Deputy Karl Franz Schmidt Wittmack of the secret European security committee fled to East Germany and sought asylum for his wife and daughter in Red Germany. His defection follows Dr Otto John’s recent switch, signaling a crisis of confidence for Adenauer. Schmidt Wittmack allegedly knew many regime agents and advised on top secret data.
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Bonn
Parliament Committee On European Security
East Germany
Karl Franz Schmidt-Wittmack
Red Germany
Otto John
Adenauer
Schmidt-Witmack
State Accidents Take Eight Lives
The Associated Press reports weekend Wisconsin accidents killed eight people. Names include Joanne Luettgen, 23, Milwaukee mother. Glenn Esser, 17, Bloomingon. Walter Carmody, 42, and son Michael. Raymond Johnson, 19, Rockford. and Edward A. Brunmeier, 51. Several others injured in crashes on highways near Beloit and Waukesha.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Joanne Luettgen
Beechwood
Sheboygan County
Glenn Esser
Bloomington
Grant County
Waukesha
Walter Carmody
Michael
Steve
Raymond Johnson
Rockford
Highway 81
Beloit
Edward A. Brunmeier
Church Parley Drafts Joint Policies For World Council
Delegates from 60 denominations at Evanston begin drafting six reports to guide 170 million Christians. The draft covers international affairs and social questions, including attitudes toward communism and capitalism, and the church’s role in economic life and aiding refugees. The inter-church aid department highlighted massive refugee needs with a cast of 50 narrating the plight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Ill
General Assembly of the World
Council of Churches
Council
Department of Inter-Church Aid and Service
Secret McCarthy Army Findings Reported By Mundt Panel
Mundt led Republican majority of four on the Senate investigations subcommittee announced a verdict in the McCarthy Army dispute. Findings and recommendations totaling about 3,500 words signed by Mundt and Sens. Potter Dirksen and Dworshak, with potential supplementary views. Democrats expected to file a separate minority piece. Public release planned after August 30. CBS plans air appeal to broadcast hearings.
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Washingimn
den. Munat
R-Sd
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Mundt
Sens
Potter
R-Mich
Dirksen
RMI
Dworshak
R'Idaho
Lone
Subcommittee
J. Mark Trice
Senate
Trice
McCarthy
Sen
Watkins
Utah
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Frank Stanton
CBS
Stanton
Guardsmen Return Home After Camp McCoy Trek
Co. K Wisconsin National Guard troops arrived at 1 10 p m from a two week encampment at Camp McCoy with the 32nd Division. Families met the trucks at the Armory as equipment was unloaded quickly. Maj. Gen. Jim Hill called the encampment our best in history and praised top recruits Pvt. George Hess Jr. and the 724th Engineer Battalion drill squad. The Wisconsin National Guard Association urged reactivation of Camp McCoy as a regular Army base for national defense and state welfare.
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Co. K
Camp McCoy
W. J. Kohlhagen
Stanton P. Steuri
Steari
Canada
Black River Falls
Barton Voegels
Bar
Kohlhagen
Wisconsin National Guardsmen
32Nd Division
Jim Dan Hill
Joe Golden
Madison
32Nd
George L. Hess Jr
Berlin
Hill
Hess
Cpl
Harold Koester
Medford
Wisconsin National Guard Association
Wisconsin
Youth Day at Wisconsin State Fair Highlights Pageant
Milwaukee reports Youth Day opens with cattle judging and poultry swine and sheep judging Sunday. Attendance lagged as 121052 entered versus 146472 last year, while milk shortage prompted fair officials to push sales. Don Wilkinson notes daily milk use rising to 834 gallons Sunday. The Future Homemakers of America presented Our American Heritage with 100 members from 40 state high schools.
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Milwaukee
Wiconsin State Fair
America
Don Wilkinson
Department of Agriculture
Future Homemakers of America
Senate Official Shoots Wife Then Kills Self
Washington police report Joseph C. Ellis 45, paymaster for the Senate, shot his wife Elizabeth in their Northwest Side home and then killed himself. Their son Joseph 17 said his father, worn by long Senate sessions, overworked himself. Both were taken to Emergency hospital. Ellis died of a head wound, his wife struck in the face.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph C. Ellis
Joseph
Ellis
Elizabeth
Northwest
Farm Worker Pleads Guilty in Beloit Kidnapping Case
An itinerant farm worker from Harper Woods Michigan Joseph McElroy 34 pled guilty in federal court to a charge of kidnapping two Beloit children on May 11 Judge Patrick Stone ordered an investigation before pronouncing sentence. McElroy is charged with taking a seven year old girl and her three year old brother from Beloit to Rockford.
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Beloit
Madison
Harper Woods
Mich
Joseph McElroy
Patrick Stone
McElroy
Rockford
Mendes-France in London Talks on European Defense Plan
French Premier Mendes-France met with PM Churchill at Chartwell for over three hours to press for salvage of the European Defense Community. Churchill pledged support while Bonn Conventions and NATO issues were raised as France faces a critical vote in the National Assembly. Adenauer and Dulles signaled West Germany’s demand for full sovereignty amid Brussels failure to unite the six nations.
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London
Pierre Mendes-France
Churchill
Pierre-Mendes
Chartwell
Anthony Eden
French National Assembly
Giggin Hill
Airy
EDU
Bonn
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
Biggin Hill
Airfield
Brussels
Germany
NATO
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Great Britain
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Mendes-France
Santa Fe Chief Crash Kills Four
One of the four victims was Edward S. Monty of Phelps Wisconsin en route to Honolulu to rejoin his wife. The speeding Chicago to Los Angeles train derailed east of the community ten miles east of Ft Madison damaging cars and refrigerator bars. At least 53 persons were injured according to railroad authorities.
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Lomax
Edward S. Monty
Phelps
Wis
Honolulu
Chicago
Los Angeles
Ft. Madison
DIES IN TRUCK CRASH NEAR BENSENVILLE ILL
A Wisconsin man Orville Gall of Saukville died when his gasoline truck collided with another vehicle on Route 83 near Bensenville. The fatal crash occurred today and the deceased was identified tentatively.
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Bensenville
Ill
Wisconsin
Orville Gall
Saukville
Wis
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