Gunman Battles Police in 90 Minute Harlem Siege
A lone gunman, August Robles, 44, died in a third floor East Harlem tenement hideout after a 90 minute battle with 200 officers aided by gas and fire hoses. Crowds along streets watched as police secured the scene finding four revolvers on his body. Robles had been linked to a Brooklyn gangland slaying and had escaped twice before final capture.
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New York
August Robles
East Harlem
Desperado
112Th Street
Park Avenue
Robles
Harlem
Joseph Aronowitz
Brooklyn
State Mishaps Fatal to Eight
Eight people died in Wisconsin over the weekend as motorists faced slick roads. Bar bara Jones 18 of Eau Claire and Marilyn Linette 20 of Chippewa Falls died when their car hit a utility pole near Chippewa Falls. Theodore Bee 67 and Earl Barnes 47 of Red Wing Minnesota died when their car skidded off a slippery Bay City bridge into the Mississippi River. Ethie Parker 30 of Milwaukee died in Racine County after a rollover. Mildred Robinson 31 was killed in Madison by a hit and run. Sharon Rosenow 6 months old of Bruce injured near Rice Lake in a collision. Anna Sitter 51 of Oshkosh died when a car crashed into a ditch.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Barbara Jones
Eau Claire
Marilyn Linette
Red Wing
Minn
Bay City
Wis
Mississippi River
Theodore Bee
Earl Barnes
Milwaukee
Racine County
Ethie Parker
Mildred Robinson
Madison
Sharon Rosenow
Carl Rosenow
Bruce
Rice Lake
Anna Sitter
Oshkosh
Mardi Gras Riot Flares In New Orleans Frontier
Mardi Gras crowds rioted in the French Quarter early today as police used tear gas and night sticks to subdue the milling throngs. Veteran officers described the riot as the worst in their memory.
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New Orleans
Treasury Chief Fights Tax Cut in House Hearing
Secretary Humphrey attacked a Democratic plan for a $20 per person income tax cut and declined to say if Eisenhower would veto. He pressed behind closed doors with the Ways and Means Committee as debate grew tense over adding the cut to an administration bill delaying corporate and excise tax reductions.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pointblank
White House
Lewis Engen of Brodhead Dies at 70
Lewis S Engen 70 of Brodhead died Saturday at 2 25 pm in St Clare hospital where he had been a surgical patient since Jan 27 He was born July 26 1884 in Austin Minn to Ole and Gunhild Larson He married Lena Sveem Jan 1 1907 at East Luther Valley church They farmed in Avon Township later moving to Brodhead in 1946 Survived by wife son Orin Beloit daughter Mrs Franklin Maas Portage two sisters Mrs Amanda Paulson Brodhead Mrs Ida Gaarder Orfordville a brother Herman Minneapolis and three grandchildren Services will be tomorrow at 1 pm at West Luther Valley church with Rev Marcus Lewis officiating Burial will be in the church cemetery Friends may call at the New Comer funeral home Brodhead tonight
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Lewis S. Engen
Brodhead
St. Clare Hospital
Austin
Minn
Ole
Gunhild Larson
East Luther Valley
Lena Sveem
Avon Township
Orin
Beloit
Franklin Maas
Portage
Amanda Paulson
Ida Gaarder
Orfordville
Herman
Minneapolis
West Luther Valley Church
Marcus Lewis
Church
Newcomer Funeral Home
Booby Traps Kill 200 Troops on Tachen Islands
Min Chu Evening News reports that two booby traps on the Chinese Nationalist abandoned Tachen Islands killed at least 200 Communist troops who landed there on February 15.
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Taipei
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Min Chu Evening News
Heart Sunday Drive Raises Over $1,500 in Monroe
The 1955 Heart drive in Monroe reports more than $1,500 collected toward a $1,405 goal. About 200 workers canvassed homes yesterday, with $1,036.82 reported so far and 30 workers yet to file. Local wards contributed $305.59, $381.80, $170.50 and $178.93, plus a youth basketball game fundraiser adding 82 cents.
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Heart
Monroe
Walter J. Kubly
Heart Sunday
Don Grossen
Dave Wartenweiler
Jerry Stauffacher
Roger Brunkow
Peter and Paul Mueller
Tim Mitchell
Bob Zwygart
Dan Franklin
Dave Stauffacher
Ramshackle Inn To Open Tonight at High School Aud
A capacity crowd is expected for the senior class play Ram shackle Inn in the high school auditorium tonight at 8. The mystery comedy directed by Dale Voss and JoAnne Block runs again tomorrow night. The production features numerous student committees led by Shirley Geigel and Geri Lou Blaha handling programs and advertising.
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Leona Johnson
Susan Zettle
Eleanor Wolf
Mary Stietz
Sonja Coplien
Judith Field
Marlene Nydegger
Stock Trend Mixed Rail Issues Higher
Railroads helped the stock market advance into the early afternoon in New York. Bendix Aviation Schenley Radio Corp Du Pont American Telephone Anaconda Copper American Cyanamid Northern Pacific Loew's New York Central Pennsylvania rose, while Republic Steel General Motors Goodyear Kennecott Copper Air Reduction Johns Manville Standard Oil NJ Sinclair Oil and U S Steel fell.
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New York
Bendix Aviation
Schenley, Radio Corp
du Pont
American Telephone
Annaconda Copper
American Cyanamid
Northern Pacific
Loew’s
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Republic Steel
General Motors
Goodyear
Kennecott Copper
Air Reduction
Johns Manville
Standard Oil
Sinclair Oil
U. S. Steel
Tragic Drowning trio in Segness pond incident
In Segness England Raymond Key seven fell through thin pond ice near home Sunday. Sister Berry eighteen followed in rescue attempt and drowned. Their mother Annie Key forty also fell in while attempting to save them. All three deaths reported.
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Pond Segness
England
Raymond Key
Berry
Annie Key
Chiang's Planes Unable To Block Taishan Buildups
Nationalist air and naval forces fail to halt Communist redeployments around Taishan and Fukien as Nanchishan remains fortified. reports say the Red buildup aims to stage an invasion of Nanchishan, with evacuations and shifting forces near the Matsu and Tachien positions.
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Taishan
Taipei
Formosa
Taishan Islands
Nanchishan
Fukien Province
Matsu Islands
Defense Ministry
Taishan Group
Taishans
Air Force
Nanchison
TachLen Islands
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Defense Ministry Information Service
Matsu Island
Foochow
The
Information Service
Chekiang
Red
Fred Bradna Ringling Veteran 83 Dies
Sarasota Florida Fred Bradna 83 equestrian director emeritus for Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus known as Mr. Circus died today at his home He traveled over a million miles and appeared before about 750 million spectators before retiring in 1945 after a pole fell on him in Dallas He had been in failing health for months and spent 42 years with the circus including 29 years beside his wife Ella Bradna in the center ring
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Sarasota
Fla
Fred Bradna
Ringling Bros
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Dallas
Texas
Circus
Ella Bradna
Avalanche kills three skiers in South Tyrol
Trentino region authorities report an avalanche in the South Tyrol Mountains yesterday that killed three skiers.Rescue teams searched the area as weather hampered efforts, with snow conditions described as unstable and hazardous for outdoor travelers.
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Trenton
Italy
South Tyrol
Four Missing in West Blizzard Whirls North to Canada
A massive blizzard, among the winter's worst, swept from the Great Plains into Canada with strong winds and heavy snow. It left 12 foot drifts in Nebraska, blocked highways in four states, and caused at least 17 deaths with four missing. Police reported hundreds stranded in Manitoba while Winnipeg recorded 7 inches of snow. In the plains and mountain states, fatalities rose from traffic incidents in zero visibility. three Nebraska ministers and a South Dakota rancher were unaccounted for. Red River Valley and eastern Dakotas saw transportation paralysis and zero visibility, with Denver at 5 degrees above zero and many rescues reported in Nebraska. Wet and mixed precipitation touched portions of Minnesota, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa. The storm's band extended from eastern Texas to the eastern Great Lakes.
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The
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Canada
Nebraska
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Wyoming
Gothenburg
Wessington Springs
S. D
Dakotas
Pierre
South Dakota
Huron
Watertown
Red River
North Dakota
Denver
Minnesota
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Texas
Great Lakes
FTC adopts hands off stance in discount price fight
The Federal Trade Commission rejected a request to enforce state fair trade laws against discount houses selling near wholesale prices. FTC urged retailers to trim prices themselves and noted their decision as the first stand on fair trade laws in 42 states.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Monticello District Tourney Opens Tonight in 7:30 Play
District basketball action starts tonight as 11 teams begin the Monticello Oregon split tourney with elimination rounds at 7:30. Albany faces Juda and Blanchardville meets Monticello at Monticello while Oregon plays Brodhead and Brooklyn meets Orfordville at Oregon. New Glarus and Argyle are seeded at Monticello and may meet tonight’s winners. Belleville and Verona have byes at Oregon.
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Monticello
Oregon
Albany
Juda
Blanchardville
Brodhead
Brooklyn
Orfordville
Belleville
Verona
New Glarus
Argyle
Two Sailors Killed in Sub Battery Blast at Navy Yard
A blast and fire aboard the submarine Pompdon at San Francisco Naval Shipyard Sunday night killed two sailors and left three missing presumed dead. Four sailors were seriously injured and two civilian rescuers hospitalized from gas inhalation as a second explosion shook the forward section four hours later.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Naval Shipyard
Pompdon
Milwaukee furniture blaze scorches two firms in Milwaukee
A seven alarm fire gutted the Meyer Co furniture store and the adjacent W H Theis plumbing supplies firm in Milwaukee. Fire chief Edwin Wischer called it the worst in 34 years as more than 200 firefighters battled sub freezing temperatures. Loss pegged at 250000, with no deaths and at least two firefighters injured. The blaze began at 7 50 am near 18th street and Fond du Lac avenue. cause under investigation.
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Milwaukee
Edwin Wischer
Meyer Co
W. H
Banks and postoffice near Washington birth ay close tomorrow
City offices remain open. Postoffice lobby will stay open until p.m. during holiday schedule. Parking meters not required to accept coins. Banks including First National Commercial and Savings close tomorrow in Washington area.
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Postoffice
First National
Anydea
Washington
Birthay
Return to Madison after Reno divorce for Mrs. Proxmire
Mrs. Elsie Proxmire, who secured a Reno divorce from William Proxmire, the Democratic candidate for governor last year, has returned to Madison.
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Madison
Elsie Proxmire
William Proxmire
Plane Hit Peak, 16 Aboard Killed
New Mexico state police reported five badly burned bodies recovered at a Sandia Mountains wreck site where a Trans World Airliner with 16 aboard crashed Saturday. No survivors were possible, with identification impossible for now as rescue teams worked in subzero cold. The Martin 404 had taken off from Kirtland Field toward Santa Fe when it vanished minutes later.
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Sandia Peak
New Mexico
TWA
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Sandia Mountains
Here
Kirtland Field
I. R. Spong
Prairie Village
Kas
Baltimore
William Gibson
Air Rescue Service
Denver
Airliner Wreckage Found Near Mt Terminillo
Belgi an DC-6 with 29 aboard found on a snowy mountain peak 60 miles northeast of Rome eight days after disappearance. Pilots reported no signs of life as searchers on skis braved rugged terrain. four Americans were among the dead. Visibility cleared enabling sighting on Sassetelli crest of Mt Terminillo in the Umbrian Apennines.
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Vigna DE Valle
Italy
Rome
Mt. Terminillo
Two Airmen Crash During Hunt For Missing Pilot
LAS VEGAS NEV Wreck age of an Air Force T-28 trainer carrying two men on a search for a missing buddy was sighted high in the Charles ton Range near Harris Springs about 15 miles east of Mt Charles ton Lodge and 55 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The crew were 1st Lt George R Johnson of William AFB Ariz and 2nd Lt Henry A Hildebrand of Nellis AFB and Merrill both of Nellis AFB. They apparently crashed Saturday while seeking a missing F-86 jet piloted by Capt Carl Alexander of San Diego.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Air Force
Charleston Range
Harris Springs
Mt. Charleston Lodge
Nellis Afb
George R. Johnson
William Afb
Ariz
Superior
Wis
Henry
Flooding Leaves Several Roads Impassable In Wisconsin
Rain and thaw flooded rivers and basements across Darlington Monroe and Green County as runoff closed multiple county trunk routes. Pecatonica River crest near 13.2 feet triggered flood scare while Libations of ice jam north of Darlington created a half mile lake. County crews built barricades and patrols, with accidents but few injuries reported. Local resident Ray Burrington reported two feet of water in a basement and others up to three feet.
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Darlington
Pecatonica
Monroe
Milwaukee Road
South Wayne
Mineral Point
Lafayette County Fairgrounds
Lafayette County
Gratiot
Calamine
Green County
Attica
Brodhead
Monticello
Albany
Legler Flat
Blanchardville
County Highway Department
Ray V. Burrington
12Th Avenue
A. Charles Howe
Donald McQuade
William King
Howe
Lee Riese
McQuade
Sugar River
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Francis Crowley
Crowley
George Machette
Lena Machette
South General Hospital
Glen Burnie
Treasury
Lewis Engen
Kids Game
Reds
Nanchisan
Blizzard
Mexico
FIC
Glazners
Monroe High School
Monroe Cheese Makers
Badger
Janesville
Blaze
Hunt For Friend
Carry
Harold Mullen
Lafayette
Mullen
Vernice Garvey
Highway 11
Sheriff’s Department
Garvey
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