Gas Blast and Fire Kill Seven in Allentown
A gas main explosion in Allentown kills seven people including Lester S. Kraft Jr., a 29 year old camera hobbyist, and injures 23 others after a second blast at the Mountainville Hotel. The hotel owners Mrs. and Mr. George Andresack warned patrons before the building was destroyed.
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Allentown
Mountainville
Lester S. Kraft Jr
Allentown Call Chronicle
Pennsylvania
George Andresack
Andresack
Kraft
William Gruber Perry Miller
William MacLean
Walter Leitger
Harry Glass
Wenger Suffers Cardiac Attack At Home
Ralph H. Wenger president of the Commercial and Savings Bank at 803 18th Avenue was reported considerably improved today at St. Clare hospital after suffering a cardiac asthma attack at his home yesterday morning. He was taken by ambulance for treatment and observation.
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Ralph H. Wenger
18Th Avenue
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
St. Clare Hospital
Wenger
U S Mediation Chief Joins New York Newspaper Strike Talks
Joseph F Finnegan head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service joined NY negotiations to end a six day newspaper delivery strike. He met with the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union and the Publishers Association of New York City as printers threaten to halt work across the city.
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New York
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Publishers Association of
New York City
Finnegan
New York Typographical Union Local 6
Daily News
Herald Tribune
the Mirror
the Times
Journal-American
Post
World - Telegram and Sun
Long Island Daily Press
Long Island Star-Journal
Fred Burgi Dies At Minneapolis
Fred F. Burgi 66 longtime Northwestern Bank of Minneapolis executive died Sunday at Mt. Sinai hospital after two months illness. Born Monroe November 17 1892 he started at Citizens Bank and rose to cashier then vice president retiring in 1957. Survived by Marion two daughters six grandchildren and two sisters services planned in Minneapolis tomorrow.
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Fred F. Burgi
Northwestern Bank of Minneapolis
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Minneapolis
Mr. Burgi
Margaret and
Nell Burgi
The
United Telephone Co
Monroe
Ferdinand F. Burgi
Monroe Business Institute
Burgi
Citizens Bank
Minnesota Loan and Trust Co
Northwestern National
Theodore Peterson American Legion
the Legion
Community Fund
Marion
William Moor Jr
Glidden
Richard W. Miner
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Minneapo
Yuletide Store Hours Boost Monroe Christmas Trade
Monroe firms report strong Yuletide sales across cheese mail order retail and parcels. Post Office doubles daily deliveries in sections, hiring extra staff as 800 to 1000 sacks of parcel post move daily. Swiss Colony and other cheese firms praise orders and gift sales while Tree outlets report a busy weekend with over 1 000 trees sold. Local homes glow with holiday displays and a lighting contest nears.
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Monroe
Postoffice
Yuletide
Forrest L. Kubly
Swiss Colony
Kubly
Robert Goetz
Sky-Vu
Highway 69 South
Goetz
Janesville
Beloit
Freeport
Chamber of Commerce
Bomb Hoax Breaks Up Ripon High Dance
A prank caller warned of a bomb at Ripon high school dance, prompting police search with no device found. It marks the eighth Wisconsin high school bomb hoax in ten days.
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Bomb Hoax
Ripon School
Ripon
Ripon High School
Wisconsin
Brodhead to Launch Dial Telephones Wednesday Morning
Brodhead will switch to dial service at 7 a m Wednesday with no interruption for 1300 patrons. New equipment is installed in the General Telephone building on Exchange square and five digit numbers will be used. Emergency calls use 7 2114 for fire and 7 2112 for police.
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Brodhead
General Telephone Firm
Exchange Square
Brodhead Telephone Exchange
Twining
Green County
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lulu Mattison
Joseph Mayes
W. A. Smythe
W. D. Lavasseur
Brodhead Exchange
General Telephone
Portage
Orfordville
Monroe
Albany
Juda
Monticello
General Telephone of Wisconsin
General Telephone Corp
Chiang Agents Claim Mao Losing High Post
Nationalist sources predict Gen Chu Teh will replace Mao Zedong as head of the Red Chinese government. They say a face saving step would ease Mao out as head of the Communist Party to quiet mainland unrest. Predictions hinge on underground reports from Hankow noting CC CPC decisions and commune system discontent.
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Chiang
Mao
Taipei
Chu Teh
Mao Tze - Tung
Communist Party
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Hankow
China
People’s Congress
Peiping
Budget Talks Set Balance Driven By Eisenhower Plan
GOP leaders after a White House conference with President Eisenhower forecast an administration budget around 80 billion dollars for next year, with defense near this year’s level and a projected 12 billion dollar deficit for the current year. Senator Bridges led the briefing, saying the 80 billion goal targets a balanced next-year budget and preserves defense spending at about 40.8 billion. A separate liberal faction of 10 Republicans announced a push to control Senate leadership, pledging a full slate of candidates for January conference alignment.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Sen
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
GOP
Bridges
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
White House
James C. Hagerty
New Congress
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Republican Conference
Two Men Charged In Molinaro Death
Kenosha District Attorney charges Joseph F. Kuzel Jr. and Ivo Ivanic with third degree murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Kenosha tavern operator Arthur Molinaro. Kuzel is in custody in Milwaukee. Ivanic was arrested in Muskegon after being seen at the bar.
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Kenosha
Arthur Molinaro
Dist
Joseph B. Molinaro
Joseph F. Kuzel Jr
Milwaukee
Ivo Ivanic
Muskegon
Mich
Molinaro
Ivanic
Ivano
Kazel
John Lavin
Barbara Alice White
Kavel
Injuries Suffered In Two Accidents In Brodhead Area
Two separate traffic crashes in the Brodhead area during a day of slick roads left multiple injuries. Mrs. Fred Hahlen sustained fractures and scalp injuries when her car collided on Decatur road. John Schmidt's car skidded into oncoming traffic. James Cramblett suffered facial and neck injuries after his vehicle rolled on icy Mt. Hope road. Minor damages occurred in incidents on 15th avenue and 14th street and another on 17th avenue involving Sylvan Waage and Katherine Siedschlag.
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Brodhead
Fred H. Hahlen
Bank of Brodhead
Decatur Road
Frank Mauermann
Schmidt
Ray Pinnow
Pinnow
James Harvey Cramblett
Sheriff's
Mt. Hope
Gilbert Wendler
Cramblett
Elmer L. Whitehead
Juda
Floyd W. Asmus
Monroe
15Th Avenue
14Th Street
Sylvan L. Waage
14Th Avenue
Katherine K. Siedschlag
28Th Avenue
17Th Avenue
Bus collision injures five students near Bridgeport crossing
A train grinding toward an emergency stop struck a stalled school bus in Saginaw Michigan at a Bridgeport crossing. About 60 pupils rode the bus and most escaped before impact. five were hospitalized with injuries.
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Saginaw
Mich
Bridgeport
Cold Wave Continues Biting Monroe Area
Monroe endures severe cold with 13 below zero readings. Forecaster warns of only slight relief with temperatures seven below tonight and snow. Wisconsin long range forecast shows eight to 12 degrees below normal for several days, with moderation not until midweek and later.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Sledding street closures and snow removal contracts
The Board of Public Works approved barricading a list of streets for sledding from noon to 5 p m daily with substitutions possible if usage is low. Streets include 12th avenue 15th to IC spur, 15th avenue 21st to 23rd, 20th avenue 5th to 6th, 9th avenue 9th to 10th, 21st avenue 11th to 12th, 7th street 16th to 17th avenues, and 10th avenue 1642 to 15th streets. They also authorized a snow removal contract with Rees Construction Co at 6 to 7 dollars per hour depending on truck size. Open bids for a Wells building plumbing contract were set for a 5 p.m. special meeting. Explorers missing in London case: Soviet search pilot found a tent near a Belgian plane wreck in the Antarctic but four missing explorers remain unfound.
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Board of Public Works
Childrren
Sebastian Laeser Jr
12Th Avenue
15Th Street
15Th Avenue
21St Street
23Rd Street
20Th Avenue
5Th
6Th
9Th Avenue
21St Avenue
7Th Street
16Th
17Th
10Th Avenue
Rees Construction Co
Rees
London
Antarctic
NATO Vows to Stand Firm Over West Berlin Crisis
Western leaders reaffirmed resolve to maintain access to West Berlin and reject Soviet controls over Allied traffic. Dulles, Couve de Murville, and Lloyd map counterproposals after a Berlin settlement agreement, while Ulbricht argues East Germany will rely on Warsaw Pact aid if attacked.
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Paris
West Berlin
Berlin
Britain
France
United States
Euope
Dulles
Maurice Couve de Murville
Selwyn Lloyd
NATO
Nikita Khrushchev
Iue
Muussiens
West Beri
East Germany
Heinrich von Brentano
Foreign Office
Willy Brandt
Communist Party
Walter Ulbmeht
Warsaw
Poland
Ulbricht
Junge Welt
Stock Issues Edge Higher in Drab Trading Day
A small number of stock issues gained while overall trading remained mixed and dull in New York. Early afternoon activity edged ahead of Friday's slow pace but lagged behind most recent sessions. Changes were generally under a point with several favorites rising one to three points.
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New York
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U.S
Fred Burgi
Paul Dietzel
Louisiana University
Football Writers Association of America
Western
Green Bay
Coast Guard
Traverse City
Lake Michigan
Austin Strauble Field
Moscow
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