Brink's Holdup Mystery Breaks With FBI Capture
Boston gunman Joseph J. O Keefe, 44, nabbed by the FBI as one of the masked Brink's robbers of 1 219 000 on Jan 17 1950. affidavits tie him to the crime and reveal loot moves to his sister's house and later to Stoughton Massachusetts. O Keefe fights contempt charges as the case unfolds.
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Boston
Joseph J
Specs
O'Keefe
FBI
Brink
O’keefe
John B. Greene
Joseph J. O’keefe
Mary A. Hooley
Stoughton
Mass
Mary
Pennsylvania
Mary O'Keefe
Agent Greene
Paul Hooley
County Bar Elects Arthur C. Benkett
Arthur C. Benkett of Monroe was named president of the Green County Bar Association at a dinner meeting. James F. Fitzgibbons retires as president. Joseph L. Stencei of Brodhead becomes vice president. Franz W. Brand elected secretary-treasurer. Hilton E. Kirchner spoke on income tax filing. guests included R. Finley Barry and out of town members Derning Stencel Willi Voegeli.
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Arthur C. Benkett
Monroe
Green County Bar Association
Swiss Wheel
James F. Fitzgibbons
Joseph L. Stencei
Brodhead
Benkett
Franz W. Brand
Roger L. Elmer
Hilton E. Kirchner
Internal Revenue
R. Finley Barry
Argyle
John P. Derning
Stencel
Edward Willi
New Glarus
Paul E. Voegeli
Monticello
Cheese Market Off In Plymouth Trade
Plymouth Wisconsin cheese market reports a steady to weak tone with small styles down about a half cent and cheddars unchanged. Listings show multiple car lots with pasteurized singles and longhorns at varied prices and bids unfilled on several offers.
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Plymouth
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Beloit native to join Point Four assignment in Israel
Don L. Carroll of Kensington Maryland a Bureau of Mines technologist native of Beloit Wisconsin will leave about December 26 for a two year assignment in Israel under the Point Four program.
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Israel
Washington
Don L. Carroll
Kensington
Bureau of Mines
Carroll
Beloit
Wis
Season's Greetings in Monroe Business Community
A green paper supplement from the Evening Times presents holiday greetings from Monroe firms and organizations to friends and past customers. Additional supplements will follow in the coming days carrying similar Yuletide messages from community members and local patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Times
Monroe
Lattimore Denies Perjury Charge in Capitol Area Court
Owen Lattimore loudly pleaded not guilty to a seven count perjury indictment based on his denial of Communist sympathies. Judge James Kirkland set trial for early March and allowed motions by Feb 16 while bond stood at 2000 dollars. The Johns Hopkins lecturer, once labeled by Sen McCarthy as a top Soviet espionage agent, strongly denied the accusation.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Thurmond Arnold
U. S
James R. Kirkland
Treasury
Edward F. Hummer
Justice Department
District of Columbia
Maryland
Kirkland
Arnold
Department of Justice
State Department
Johns Hopkins University
Sen. McCarthy
Illinois Twins Clinging to Life After Head to Head Surgery
The Brodie twins Rodney Dee and Roger Lee of Moline remain in critical condition at the University of Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute after a historic head to head separation operation. Rodney is conscious but unstable while Roger is in very precarious condition with impaired brain circulation and ongoing transfusions. Doctors described only one sagittal sinus as the shared vein and noted the surgeons faced a swift decision to allocate the vital vein. The twins’ parents waited at the hospital as the fate of Roger’s prognosis remained uncertain.
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Chicago
Rodney Dee
Roger Lee Brodie
University of Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute
Roger
Rodney
The
University
Erick Oldberg
Department of Neurology
Oldberg
Royt Brodie
Moline
William Rockow Dies at 72 After Heart Condition
William F. Rockow 72 died at his home 608 16th avenue at 4 AM from a coronary occlusion after years of heart trouble. Born in Germany August 16 1880 he lived in Winslow Monroe Freeport and finally Monroe. He married Marie Preston in 1910 after a first marriage to Mae Huebner. He worked as a salesman and later for Town and Country staff and several stores. Surviving are four brothers and two sisters. Funeral services Sunday at 1 PM at Shriner Neushhwan der funeral home with Rev. Ralph K Kofoed. Burial in Rock Lily cemetery Winslow.
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William F. Rockow
16Th Avenue
Germany
William
Louise Martin Rockow
America
Winslow
Mae Huebner
Mr. Rockow
Gustave
Awalt
Frank
John
August Miller
Charles Hoersch
Casper
Wye
Shriner-Neushhwander
Ralph K. Kofoed
Rock Lily
Former White House visitor Maragon is Freed
John Maragon once frequented the White House and was jailed for five percent perjury and related fraud counts. He served nearly all of a 24 month sentence for lying to a Senate subcommittee about a Texas bank account and payroll connections while on a State Department mission.
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Petersburg
John Maragon
Kansas City
White House
Federal Reformatory
Senate
Maragon
Texas
State Department
Greece
Council at Superior Defies Teachers Union
Superior city council defies a threatened teachers strike by ordering the school board to cut 76 000 from its 1 521 029 budget. Local 202 secretary O A Zienan warned teachers would not return on Jan 10 if salary demands remained unmet.
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O. A. Zienan
Gromyko Wiley Exchange in United Nations Row
Russia's Andrei Gromyko accused Senator Alexander Wiley of spreading slander in the United Nations. Wiley blasted Gromyko as launching a three ring circus and insult to the United States. He said he could take personal attacks and urged the committee to curb such exchanges.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Alexander Wiley
Soviet Union
Special
Wiley
Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gromyko
United States
Christmas Party Tickets Distributed by Kiwanis and Chamber
Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce distributed tickets for a Monroe Christmas party at the Monroe theaters. The event starts Monday at 1 30 p m with a two and a half hour show and ends with a personal gift from Santa Claus for all grade school students in city village rural and parochial schools.
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Monroe
Monroe Kiwanis Club
The
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Eisenhower Names Aides to Wilson Defense Team
President elect Eisenhower announced four civilian heads for the armed services under Secretary of Defense designate Charles E. Wilson. They are Roger M. Kyes as deputy secretary. Robert Ten Broeck Stevens as Secretary of the Army. Robert Bernard Anderson as Secretary of the Navy. and Harold L. Talbott as Secretary of the Air Force. All must be approved by the Senate. Anderson is noted as a Democrat for Eisenhower.
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New York
Eisenhower
Armed Services
Charles E. Wilson
Roger M. Kyes
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
General Motors
Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
South Plainfield
N. J
General Electric Corp
General Foods
Jackson Mills
J. P. Stevens and Co
Navy
Robert Bernard Anderson
Vernon
Tex
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Air Force
Harold L. Talbott
North American Aviation Co
Chrysler Corp. Finance Committee
Talbott
Senate
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Anderson
Congress
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
House
Taft Seeks Floor Leadership Amid Senate Power Shuffle
Senator Taft announced his plan to run for floor leader in the new Republican controlled Senate starting January 3. He said he had assurances from Senator Bridges that he preferred temporary president of the Senate and from Senator Knowland that he would not seek floor leader.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Taft
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Knowland
Calif
Verona Water Commissioner Killed in Ditch Accident
Verona village water commissioner Barthol Zurbuchen, 55, died after a frozen earth slab struck him in a 10 foot water main trench as workers poured fill. Firefighters and rescuers tried to revive him. he left a wife, six sons and daughters, and many relatives. Funeral services are set at the Verona Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev. Zame Pautz officiating.
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Verona
Christian Zurbuchen
Barbara Zurbuchen
Mt. Vernon
Dane Couny
Traffic Accident Survey Highlights Monroe Intersections
A 1952 police survey shows the intersection of 18th Avenue and 11th Street leading with five vehicle mishaps. In all, 324 city accidents were logged, with 50 on the square. Other top hotspots include 22nd Avenue and 8th Street and several cross streets, while 18th Street had no recorded crashes.
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Monroe
18Th Avenue
11Th Street
22Nd Avenue
8Th Street
16Th Avenue
14Th Street
17Th Avenue
17Th Street
20Th Avenue
6Th Street
9Th Street
18Th Street
10Th Avenue
19Th Street
13Th Avenue
5Th Avenue
25Th Avenue
7Th Street
11Th Avenue
7Th Avenue
14Th Avenue
13Th Street
23Rd Avenue
12Th Street
10Th Street
15Th Avenue
Recreation
Times Carrier Boys Start Out Tomorrow With Yule Greetings
The Evening Times carrier boys on fourteen routes in Monroe Monticello and Juda begin their holiday deliveries tomorrow morning presenting subscribers with a free calendar. The calendar gift rewards faithful service and reminds readers of the paper’s carrier network.
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Carrier Boys
Evening Times
Monroe
Monticello
Juda
Postmaster Plans for Dec 26 Postal Service Change
Postmaster John J. Burkhard outlines the December 26 order from the Post Office Department declaring a government holiday. Rural deliveries will halt, city delivery may occur Christmas Day, and post offices must provide reasonable service. The star routes and highway post office run on schedule. Gift cheese mailing remains high with a tapering trend, while Donny and Pfund warehouse processes record cheese shipments.
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John J. Burkhard
Post Office Department
Truman
Burkhard
Burkhad
Donny and Pfund
Milwaukee TV Station Denies Tower Reports
WTMJ TV officials said the new 1,017 foot tower will not be operational by January 1 and denied rumors it would be ready to boost fringe reception by New Year. They also denied plans to build booster towers at any location.
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Milwaukee
Wtmj-Tv
Rep Davis Returns From Overseas Air Base Tour
Rep Glenn Davis returned aboard the liner Independence Thursday from a tour of Air Force installations and bases being built in England France Germany and North Africa.
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Davis
New York
Glenn Davis
Independence
England
France
Germany
North Africa
Vacation Break Shifts for Monroe City Schools
Monroe city students begin a 16 day vacation with dismissals at 3 p m. today and a return on January 5. St Victor's also resumes January 5 after final classes Monday. The Youth Center and skating rink announce Christmas hours including a party tonight and a Christ mas dance at Lincoln gym on December 29.
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Monroe City
St. Victor’s
Joe E. Miller
Lincoln School
Lewis Calvit
Sleet Expected In Area Tonight
The Weather Bureau warns of freezing rain or sleet and glazing this afternoon and tonight in the southern and eastern central portion of the state south of LaCrosse to Wausau. Local police and traffic departments have been alerted to dangerous driving conditions as a low pressure system moves from the southwest. The storm, centered in eastern Oklahoma earlier, spreads freezing drizzle into western Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
South
East Central
LaCrosse
Wausau
State Motor Vehicle Department
Oklahoma
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Wunsch Named Madison Psychiatrist at Green Bay Reformatory
Dr. Charles A. Wunsch, 32, was appointed to direct psychiatric services at the state reformatory in Green Bay, a move announced today by the Department of Public Welfare.
Truman Defends Foreign Policy Amid China Setback
President Truman defended seven years of U S foreign policy and said the Soviets cannot gain by force. He admitted some errors but argued the balance sheet shows gains, citing Korea and Europe while noting China’s fall was a costly loss. He warned against impatience and stressed U N strength and unity.
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Washington
Truman
White House
China
National War College
Armed Services
Korea
U. S
United Nations
Asia
Western Europe
Greece
Turkey
Free Germany
Japan
Wisconsin Band Near Rose Bowl Fund Goal
The Wisconsin Alumni Association reports the band needs 3,000 dollars to reach its 50,000 dollar Rose Bowl fund. The group plans to depart for Pasadena in December.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Alumni Association
Pasadena
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County Bar
Ilinois
William Rockow
Council At Superior
Wiley Exchange
Kiwanis
Chamber
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rep. Martin
New House
Leslie C. Arends
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Wilson
Bridges, Knowl
Out
Ralph Klubertanz
Edgerton
Harold
Donald
Robert
Kenneth
Mt. Horeb
Richard
Marine Corps
Santa Ana
Ed Mann
Harold Dahlk
Lloyd English
Bakersfield
Fred Eilers
Detroit
Arthur
Emil
Wilbert
Merrimac
Herbert
Clarence
Calvin
Huldrick
Garfield
Pewaukee
Ted
Gesme
Zame Pautz
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