Sheppard Jury Deadlocked On Slaying Case
Cleveland jurors in the Dr. Samuel Sheppard murder trial remain deadlocked after four days of deliberation. Judge Blythin plans to confer with counsel if no verdict emerges and potential retrial could be scheduled after January 3 with a spring start.
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Cleveland
Sheppard
Edward Blythin
Samuel Sheppard
Marilyn
Richard
Stephen
Stephen Sheppard
Thomas Parrino
Criminal Court
Parrino
Blythin
Mrs Hopkins Dies at 73 After Long Illness in Madison
Mrs. Andrew Hopkins 73 of Madison died Saturday at home after a long illness. Wife of retired chairman of the University of Wisconsin agricultural journalism department she was born in Mineral Point and wed there in 1912. Survived by husband a son Robert Douglaston N Y a daughter Mrs Donald Benedict Palo Alto Calif four brothers a sister and other relatives. Services tomorrow at 2 pm in First Congregational church with Rev Alfred W Swan officiating burial in Forest Hill cemetery.
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Andrew Hopkins
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Hopkins
Bess Brewer
Mineral Point
Women’s Fellowship
First Congregational Church
Guild
Robert
Douglaston
N. Y
Donald Benedict
Palo Alto
Calif
Paul
Richard
Richmond
Ind
Frank
Philip
Milwaukee
Agnes Gold
Hollywood
Alfred W. Swan
Forest Hill Cemetery
Frautschi Funeral Home
No Damage Reported From Chimney Fire Saturday
Fire Chief H. L. Sickinger reported no damage after a chimney blaze at Henry Rufer residence 624 18th Avenue at 7 p m Saturday. Firemen removed two bushel baskets of soot and stopped flames from spreading to the house, which is owned by Etta Bender.
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H. L
Bert) Sickinger
Henry Rufer
18Th Avenue
Sickinger
Etta Bender
Former Marshfield Publisher Glenn Kraus Dies
Glenn V. Kraus, 61, co founder of Marshfield's first daily newspaper, died Saturday after a long illness. He and E. S. Bailey started the Marshfield Daily News in 1921 and ran it six years before merging with the Marshfield Herald to form the News-Herald. funeral services are Tuesday.
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Marshfield
Glenn V. Kraus
Kraus
E. S. Bailey
Soviet Threatens British Treaty Abrogation Over Paris Pact
Moscow warned it may scrap the 20 year old British Soviet mutual assistance treaty if the Paris agreements to rearm West Germany are ratified. Andrei Gromyko handed a note to Ambassador Sir William Hayter as Moscow pressed for unity with France against the German rearmament plan.
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Moscow
Russia
Paris
West Germany
William Hayter
Andrei Gromyko
Foreign Ministry
France
Hayter
London
Kremlin
Britain
House of Commons
Pierre Mendes-France
Anthony Eden
Molotov
Germany
Europe
William Smith of Janesville Dies at 74
William M. Smith 74 of Janesville died at 8 20 am today of a heart attack at his home. Born June 29 1880 in Cadiz Township he moved to Winslow area before settling in Janesville in 1932. He leaves his wife Della Hicks a daughter Mrs Floyd Babcock Beloit a step daughter Mrs LaVerne Beeck Janesville and several siblings. Services are set for Wednesday at 1 30 pm at Overton funeral home with Rev Marlin Smith officiating. Burial in Milton Lawn Memorial Park and friends may call 7 to 9 pm tomorrow.
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William M. Smith
Janesville
Verne Smith
Mmnes
Bessie Beeck
Vera Scherer
Mabel Rockow
Monroe
Mr. Smith
Cadiz Township
Winslow
Della Hicks
Warren
Floyd Babcock
Beloit
LaVerne Beeck
Jack
Byron
Lester
Madison
Lola Baker
Overton Funeral Home
Marlin Smith
Cargill Methodist Church
Milton Lawn Memorial Park
Chiang's Guns Fire On Two Red Jet Craft
Nationalist Chinese antiaircraft fired Sunday as two Red MiG-15 jets overflew Yikiang Shan Island northwest of Formosa. The northern Formosa defense line faced renewed air and artillery action at the offshore island chain base.
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Chiang
Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Yikiangshan Island
Mississippi Reapportionment Measure To Abolish Schools
Mississippi voters face a constitutional amendment seeking standby power to abolish public schools to preserve segregation. The proposal, from the Legal Educational Advisory Committee, would allow a two thirds legislature vote to shut schools and, by a majority, set local plans to close districts.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Legal Educational Advisory Committee
U. S. Supreme Court
South Carolina
Georgia
Peter Severson Succumbs at 75 in Blanchardville
Peter Olaf Severson, 75, Blanchardville, died Saturday at St. Clare hospital after a brief illness. A Nor-way native who came to the United States at age two, he settled with his parents in Green County. Survived by six daughters, three sons, five sisters, four brothers, 29 grandchildren, and six great grandchildren, services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Leather funeral home Blanchardville with Rev. S. C. Benson officiating. Burial in Graceland cemetery.
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Peter Olaf Severson
Blanchardville
St. Clare Hospital
Severson
Norway
Sever
Rachel Severson
Green County
Carrie Emberson
York Center School
York Memorial Church
Ben Hanson
Robert Stroller
Milwaukee
R. E. Miller
Platteville
Sherman Harrington
Lyons
Raymond Meade
Argyle
Richard Mucha
Manistee
Mich
Lawrence
Burnett
Sylvester
Austin
Minn
Minnie Peterson
Chris Wahl
Tillie Bonaunet
Orfordville
Arnie Bendickson
Beloit
Ben Emberson
Greenwood
Fred
Hollandale
Carl
Monroe
Riceville
Leather
S. C. Benson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Graceland Cemetery
Stock Price Advance Paced by Auto Shares
Motors led the stock market rise while steel shares weakened. In midafternoon trade gains of one to three points occurred with some advances beyond. Chrysler, General Motors, Continental Motors, Goodrich, Boeing, United Aircraft, Ralio Corp, American Cyanamid, International Paper, U S Lines, New York Central, Atlantic Coast Line and Sinclair Oil rose. American Telephone, U S Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Goodyear, Allied Chemical and Eastern Air Lines fell.
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New York
Motors
Chrysler
General Motors
Continental Motors
Goodrich
Boeing
United Aircraft
Ralio Corp
American Cyanamid
International Paper
U. S. Lines
New York Central
Atlantic Coast Line
Sinclair Oil
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Goodyear
Allied Chemical
Eastern Air Lines
Plans to Move 100 000 Germans to West Germany
The West German Red Cross begins plans to relocate more than 100,000 Germans from Communist held Poland to West Germany. Poland suspects the group could form an anti Polish and anti Communist fifth column.
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Berlin
Red Cross
Poland
West Germany
Suspect Admits Woman's Slaying in Brinkley Case
Billy Ray Willingham 19 of Florence Alabama faces first degree murder charges in Brinkley Arkansas for the December death of Mrs. Milton Fuller. Prosecutors say Willingham confessed after a psychiatric evaluation deemed him sane. He claimed hunger drove him to the Fuller home and said he struck her while she slept.
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Brinkley
Ark
Billy Ray Willingham
Milton Fuller
J. B. Reed
Reed
Florence
Ala
Arkansas
Willingham
Alabama
Fuller
Los Angeles Daily Sells to Competitor
About 450 Los Angeles newspaper workers seek new jobs after suspension of the Daily News. The Daily News building halted operations as Clinton McKinnon announces sale of the paper’s name, goodwill, circulation lists and features to Times-Mirror Co. The move leaves Los Angeles with four metropolitan papers and ends the city’s sole Democratic paper.
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Los Angeles
Daily News
Clinton McKinnon
Times-Mirror Co
Morning Times
Afternoon Mirror
Hammarskjold Plans Peiping Trip After Dec 26
U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, after a meeting with Peiping's ambassador Gen. Keng Piao in Stockholm, said he still plans to travel to Peiping sometime after December 26. Peiping Radio argued against releasing the 11 U.S. fliers held as spies, insisting they were captured by Chinese peasants and police in Chinese territory west of Antung. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. cautioned U.S. commentary ahead of Hammarskjold’s talks with Chou En-lai.
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Stockholm
Sweden
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
China
Peiping
Hammarskjold
Keng Piao
U. S
Korea
Keng
U. N
Wilder Foote
New York
Meijuao
Antung
Liaoning Province
Manchuria
United States
North Korea
Mei
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Hammarskold
Chou En-lai
East School Rink Opens for Holiday Skating
Ronald D. Johnson city recreation director reports the East School ice rink opens today for elementary students from 1 to 5 p.m during Christmas break. Hours on school days are 4 to 6 p.m. Only elementary children may skate at East, with Lincoln School pond open for others. All skates allowed on both rinks.
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Ronald D. Johnson
East School
Johnson
Lincoln School
Monroe Chamber Christmas Party Opens Theaters Early
Monroe Chamber of Commerce directors prepare for a charity film party for area grade school children tomorrow at Goetz and Chalet theaters. Doors open 1 15 p m with films at 1 30 p m a two hour program features The Pathfinder in color and nine cartoons.
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Monroe
James Fenimore Cooper
Robert Goetz
E. C. McCollow
St. Victor’s School
St. Victor’s
Monroe’s
Italian Airliner Crash Fatal to 26
Civil Aeronautics Board probes the Rome to New York DC 6 B crash near Idlewild Airport. Navy divers recover and salvage the forward section in Jamaica Bay as 26 perished, including 12 year old Rosalia d Ugo. Survivors describe efforts to save passengers and the plane's fatal impact on a pier.
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Jamaica Bay
Italian Air Lines
Idlewild
New York
Civil Aeronautics Board
Rosalia d’Ugo
Natali d’Ugo
Chicago
Rosalia
Frank Messina
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Japan Declares Self Defense Forces Legal Under New Constitution
Tokyo reports that Japan's new government declared the country's small army navy and air force legal under a constitution renouncing war and the power to wage war.
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Tokyo
Japan
Eisenhowers Plan Christmas Holiday At Augusta Retreat
President Eisenhower will fly to Augusta Georgia for a work and play vacation over Christmas and New Year with Mrs Eisenhower and her mother. They plan to return to Washington around January fifth. He will play golf at the Augusta National Club and draft three messages for Congress including the State of the Union on January sixth. The first lady may be joined by their three grandchildren. they will stay in Mamies Cabin near the tenth tee.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Augusta
White House
John Doud
Denver
Colo
Augusta National Club
Congress
James Hagerty
Mamie
Jacob Marty Sr Dies at Rice Lake
Jacob Marty Sr 82 a pioneer cheesemaker and dealer of Green County died suddenly Saturday at his Rice Lake home after a morning heart attack He learned cheesemaking in Canton Glarus Switzerland emigrated aged 19 operated multiple factories then settled in Brodhead Spring Grove Township built a large warehouse later bought by Kraft Surviving wife Bertha Brunner two sons Jacob Jr and Fred a daughter Louise Boies four grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning in Rice Lake with burial there.
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Jacob Marty Sr
Green County
Rice Lake
Mr. Marty
Canton Glarus
Switzerland
Monroe
Brodhead
Spring Grove
Kraft Interests
Marty
Martys
Lake
Bertha Brunner
Jacob Jr
Fred B
Wisconsin Rapids
Lawrence
Louise) Boies
Minneapolis
Bus Patron Robs Driver at End of Route
A bandit obtained 116 dollars Sunday night from a bus driver on the far north side. Robert L. Arthur, 25, the driver, said the holdup man approached the bus, rapped on the door, and when it opened he pointed a revolver at him.
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Milwaukee
Robert L. Arthur
Arthur
Mendes-France Wins Indochina Policy Showdown
Paris Premier Mendes-France wins a confidence vote 310 to 172 in the National Assembly over Indo China policy. He says the United States will contribute about 400 million dollars in 1955 for South Viet Nam’s economic and military buildup and cites closer U S French coordination in Indochina. The Poplar Republican Movement abstains to keep the broader foreign policy debate on track.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Mendes-France
Paul-Henri Teitgen
Poplar Republican Movement
MRP
France
Ministry of Associated States
Indochina
Assembly
United States
South
Viet Nam
U. S
Dulles
Manila
Two Chicagoans Die In Power Plant Blast
Two Commonwealth Edison Co. workers died and five were injured when a steam turbine exploded at a Stickney electric plant. The plant outage did not affect night power, but about 100 large industrial customers were asked to cut use by 25 percent. Victims were Clarence T. Jorgenson, 36, of Evergreen Park, decapitated by flying metal, and George A. Thorsen, 34, of Oak Lawn, a turbine operator.
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Chicago
Commonwealth Edison Co
Stickney
Clarence T. Jorgenson
Evergreen Park
George A. Thorsen
Oak Lawn
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Ohio State
East Los Angeles Junior College
Southern California
Woody Hayes
William Smith
Segregation Authority
Peter Severson
Los Angeles Daily
U.S
Chamber Theater Party For Children Tomorrow
Bulletin
Messina
Altaville
Sicily
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Far Rockaway
Queens
Italy
Guglielmo Algarotti
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