14 Die in Crash Of B-36 Bomber Near Rapid City
The B 36 bomber crashed during a landing at Ellsworth AFB near Rapid City South Dakota killing at least 14 crew members and injuring three others in very critical condition. The vast aircraft burnt and exploded blocking rescue efforts and delaying next of kin notifications. A Green Bay native, T Sgt William F Ratagick 34 was among the dead.
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Rapid City
S. D
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Here
Public Information Office
Albuquerque
N. M
Newfoundland
Harold Swallow
Swallow
Alfred
Green Bay
Antone Ratagick
William F. Ratagick
Multiple Accidents Reported in Monroe City
Three crashes within two hours damaged cars at 17th avenue and 16th street. Marion Gambardilia, Harold Halverson and Walter Truethardt sustained front to rear damage. Gambardilia faces a stop sign violation charge and must appear before Sept 11. A separate collision at 9th street and 16th avenue damaged Barbara Robertson and Ruth Kryder. A third minor crash at 11th street and 14th avenue involved Glen Schwartz and John Knipschild.
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Marion Gambardilla
Glenview
Ill
Harold Halverson
12Th Street
Walter Truethardt
City Hotel
17Th Avenue
16Th Street
Gambardilia
Justice Court
Halverson
Truethardt
9Th Street
16Th Avenue
Barbara F. Robertson
22Nd Avenue
Ruth M. Kryder
20Th Avenue
Grasshoppers Follow Cricket Pest Invasion
Monroe endures a week of cricket infestation and now faces swarms of small grasshoppers in the business district. The insects jump and fly about startling pedestrians as they appear in growing numbers.
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Monroe
Browntown Plant Closure to Strike Local Economy Hard
Browntown's powdered milk plant owned by the Borden Co will close next Tuesday due to lack of markets. About 45 workers lose jobs as the building is offered for sale. Local merchants fear a sharper recession, while other industries may enter the town to fill the gap.
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Browntown
Borden Co
Times
The
Kent
Borden's
Illinois
Pet Milk Co
New Glarus
Davis
Monroe
Swiggum
President Okays Debt Limit Boost
President Eisenhower signed legislation authorizing a temporary six billion dollar increase to the national debt ceiling, up to six billion dollars more outstanding before the fiscal year end. He said the measure may prove inadequate but provides indispensable latitude for federal operations during the year.
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Denver
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
New Farm Bill Signed Steering Farm Support Changes
President Eisenhower signed a new farm bill shifting from rigid to flexible price supports in a Lowry Air Force Base ceremony. The plan uses sliding price floors for five crops with wheat at 82 1 2 percent and other crops near parity, while tobacco remains at 90 percent with quotas approved by growers.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Lowry Air Force Base Administration
White House
Greenville
Benson
Red Navy Growing a Challenge to U S Navy Chief Warns
Adm. Robert B. Carney told the American Legion National Security Commission that Soviet sea power is expanding with 15 cruisers and destroyers now moved from the Bering Sea to the Baltic. He urged the United States to stay ahead as Legionnaires arrive for the convention. Gen. Thomas D. White warned Washington may need more than 126 combat air wings if Russia keeps pressuring living standards to boost air and atomic power. Lt. Gen. Randolph McC. Pate outlined Marine Corps plans for a helicopter based assault tactic to project troops from sea transports into enemy beaches.
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Washington
Robert B. Carney
Naval Operations
Soviet Russia
United States
Carney
National Security Commission of the American Legion
Russia
Bering Sea
Baltic
Legion
Thomas D. White
Air Force
White
French Assembly debates ratification of European Defense Community
Paris reports the National Assembly begins discussion on the European Defense Community treaty after a 27 month delay. Observers expect a vote next week though moves to delay persist with aides negotiating compromise while Premier Mendes France seeks concessions.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Lodge Calls Peiping Bluff on Formosa Threat
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. said Red Chinese Premier Chou En Lai was bluffing about liberating Formosa. He questioned Red China’s chance to take the island, warning admission to the U N before Korea peace would insult collective security. Reports said Chiang Kai shek moved troops to Quemoy amid raids as Formosa braces for defense.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Quemoy
Formosa
Watkins Subpoenas Start Censure Hearings In McCarthy Probe
Washington Senator Watkins announces subpoenas for the start of public hearings by a six member bipartisan committee into censure charges against Senator McCarthy. The inquiry aims to examine 46 overlapping accusations in five major categories. Deputy U.S. marshals are serving subpoenas for first witnesses as the two Senate panels prepare concurrent reports.
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Washington
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Senate
McCarthy
Bipartisan
Watkins Committee
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
U. S
Flanders
R-Vi
United States Senate
Flanders and Sons
Morse
Ind-ore
Fulbright
D-Ark
Carey, Mineral Point, Owns Champion Heifer
Richard E. Carey of Mineral Point won a championship ribbon with Blackcap Bessie a registered Aberdeen Angus junior heifer calf at the state fair. Carey defeated four older calves to take the prize while his fat steer Blackie II, successor to last year’s disqualified animal, was set to appear later.
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Milwaukee
Richard E. Carey
Mineral Point
Chicago
Carey
Blackie II
Cass Michaels Fractures Skull After Pitch Hit
Philadelphia report states Cass Michaels of the Chicago White Sox sustained a skull fracture after being hit by a pitched ball in last night's game against the Athletics. He is in satisfactory condition at Presbyterian hospital and resting easily. Expected hospitalization of at least a week.
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Philadelphia
Cass Michaels
Chicago White Sox
Presbyterian Hospital
Athletics
Ilarion Gopadze
Michaels
Gopadze
Coast Awaits New Hurricane Carol Nearland Alert
A tropical storm named Carol sits about 275 miles east of Jacksonville with winds near 115 mph and a slow net northwest drift. The Georgia and Carolina coasts were placed under precautionary alerts as Cecil Gentry of the Miami Weather Bureau explained the storm’s becalmed position between two high pressure systems.
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Miami
Fla
Georgia
Carolina
Jacksonville
North
South Carolina
Cecil Gentry
Miami Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Carol
Gentry
Chou En-lai Buzzed by U S Jets in West Germany Incident
Report outlines a tense sequence over West Germany where U S and Soviet pilots buzzed Chou En-lai’s air liner and U S transports carrying Berlin children. Both sides claim provocative passes and diplomatic complaints follow the encounter and the MIG-15 responses.
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Berlin
China
Chou En-lai
U. S
West Germany
Chou
Moscow
Geneva
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Junior Holstein Winners Named at Wisconsin State Fair
Green County exhibitors posted strong showings in the Holstein divisions at the Junior Fair judging. Robert L. Rufi of Monroe led the junior yearling heifer class among 54 cows, with county standings placing seventh overall. Multiple county youth earned top ribbons across classes including Jr Keifer calf, Sr Keifer calf, Jr Bull calf, Sr bull calf, and yearling heifer, with notable winners from Monroe, Blanchardville, and Albany. Top junior calf honors went to Robert Draeger of Fort Atkinson and senior class honors to Richard Mayer of Slinger, while Donald Hale of Clinton captured barrow show titles in Yorkshire hogs.
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Green County
Robert L. Rufi
Route 2
Monroe
Jr. Keifercalf
Janice Nyhus
New Glarus
Patricia Paulson
Blanchardville
Grace Grenzow
Juda
James Flanagan
David Hermanson
Roger Stauffacher
Robert Draeger
Fort Atkinson
Richard Mayer
Slinger
Washington County
Rock County
Donald Hale
Clinton
Barrow
Yorkshire Hogs
Milk Truck Overturns In Highway Accident
A Dean Milk Co truck carrying dairy products from Beloit to Monroe rolled onto its side at 6 05 am on Highway 1181 three miles east of Juta. The driver Stanley E Whitehead, his brother in law Nathan Trotter and his brother Harold Whitehead were not injured. The dual wheels snapped causing the rollover. minimal damage and the truck served as an emergency vehicle for Monroe's Ambler Shields Dairy Distributing.
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Dean Milk Co
Beloit
Monroe
Stanley E. Whitehead
Nathan Trotter
Harold Whitehead
Sheriff's Department
Juta
Whitehead
Ambler- Shields Dairy Distributing Firm
Fears Huge Walkout as Brazil Set Guarded Steps
President Joao Cafe Filho's four day old government moved to head off a threatened general strike in Rio de Janeiro. The administration announced urgent measures to calm labor unrest and avert widespread walkouts across public and private sectors.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Joao Cafe Filho
Churchmen Decry Hysteria While Combating Communism
Christians from many lands at Evanston urged against anti-Communist hysteria and self righteousness. The World Council of Churches assembly approved a report warning nations may focus too much on military defense and ignore needed social reforms. It notes a clash between Christian faith and Marxist ideology and criticizes American foreign policy in part.
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Evanston
Ill
West
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Seven Die in Riots in Gulbarga Hindu Temple Flag Incident
A government report says seven people died and 19 were injured in Hyderabad State during Hindu Muslim riots triggered by hoisting a Muslim Pakistani flag over a Hindu temple in Gulbarga on Friday.
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Bombay
India
Gulbarga
Hyderabad
Sept 15 Deadline Set for Monroe Bike Licenses
Monroe Police Chief J H Schwaiger announced bike licenses arrive and go on sale at the police station Wednesday morning. Children must bring their bicycles for inspection. license 50 cents. An ordinance requires licensing with about 500 bikes in the city.
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Monroe
J. H. Schwaiger
Schwaiger
Younsters
Schwaiged
State Stores Slash Coffee Prices Again
Milwaukee reports another coffee price cut in Wisconsin with a 7 to 10 cent reduction per pound. The new price drops IGA’s lowest coffee to 99 cents per pound effective Monday and marks a 20 cent total fall from the week’s top $1.27 a pound.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
IGA
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Gerald E. Swiggum
Red Navy
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London
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Communist Party
Pesadores
Roo
Peiping
People’s Liberation Forces
Lodge
Army
MecCarthy-Army
J. Mark Trice
Sen. McClellan
Arkansas
McClellan
Sr. Keifer
Robert Brunkow
Clarence Schultz
Ned Roth
Ken Gruenberg
Roger Wyss
Otto Erzinger
Robert L. Ruff
James Oliver
Albany
Ralph Stauffacher
Ken Wyss
Rose Schmid
Argyle
Heifer
Mary Ann Frautschy
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