Castro Accuses Foes of Hiding Arms After Barracks Raid
Fidel Castro charged revolutionary elements with hiding weapons for attacks on his leadership after police seized guns and 80 000 cartridges from Havana's San Antonio barracks. He addressed about 30 000 supporters at Camp Columbia warning against contraband arms and rival factions as Havana celebrated his arrival.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
San Antonio
Fulgencio Batista
Camp Columbia
Castro
Evenson Circulates Papers for Election
T Roy Evenson, incumbent Eighth Ward supervisor, has taken out nomination papers for the April 7 election. He is the fourth incumbent supervisor to circulate papers. Others include Emmett Norton First Ward Joseph Vin ey Third Ward Lucius Smith Fifth Ward. Terms for all eight city supervisors will expire this spring.
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T. Roy Evenson
Eighth Ward
Takout
Emmett J. Norton
Joseph D. Viney
Lucius Smith
Robert Rundle Loses Hand in Truck Mishap
Robert J. Rundle a 57 year old truck driver for Monroe Lumber and Fuel Co. lost his right hand when a truck box fell during coal unloading at a rural Monroe farm. He underwent emergency surgery yesterday at St. Clare hospital and is reported in satisfactory condition.
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Robert J. Rundle
18Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Rundle
Monroe Lumber and Fuel Co
Monroe
Daily Progress At New Local High School Music Rooms
Supt. D J Huenink outlined progress at the new high school opening Monday. Music rooms will be completed in the gym section tomorrow and used by students next week. Gym floor work continues with three coats of sealer and sand, with bleachers and equipment delays noted for the library. Basketball use is delayed until February.
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D. J. Huenink
Huenink
Fertilizer Tank Blast Kills One in Prairie du Chien
A ammonia tank exploded at a Prairie du Chien fertilizer plant killing Raymond Phillipps 58 and injuring Joseph Matosuek 40. Police officers Donald Lyons and Frank Benish were treated for gas irritation as an 100 by 150 foot sheet metal building at Wisconsin Farmcr Cooperative was damaged. The cause and damage estimates were not available.
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Prairie DU Chien
Raymond Phillipps
Joseph Matosuek
Wisconsin Farmcr Service Cooperative
A. C. Tichenor
Honeck Enters Court Primary for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Stewart G. Honeck, who just completed his term as Wisconsin attorney general, announces his candidacy for the State Supreme Court. The 52 year old Republican opened a Milwaukee law office and has served as deputy attorney general to three current justices. The primary is March 10 with the election on April 7.
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Milwaukee
Stewart G. Honeck
State Supreme Court
E. Harold Hallows
Honeck
John W. Reynolds
Supreme Court
Martin
Broadfoot
Fairchild
Judge Delays Ruling in Costello Denaturalization Trial
Federal Judge Archie O. Dawson reserved decision in the denaturalization case against gambler Frank Costello after hear ing arguments from government and defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Costello
Archie O. Dawson
Hearing Delay Blocks Hoffa Clean-Up Monitors Bid
U S District Judge F Dickinson Letts postponed a hearing on monitors' bid for broader powers to enforce Teamsters Union reforms. An appeal to require Hoffa to allow a new convention and officer election was filed in the Court of Appeals, with attorneys vowing to seek dismissal.
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Washington
U. S
U.S. Court of Appeals
Monitors
Edward Bennett Williams
Teamsters
Court of Appeals
Martin F. O'Donoghue
Hoffa
Conservation Group Picks Janesville Man Chairman
Arthur R. MacArthur of Janesville was elected chairman of the Wisconsin Conservation Commission to succeed Leonard J. Seyberth of Eau Claire. The vote was announced in Madison.
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Janesville
Madison
Arthur R. MacArthur
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Leonard J. Seyberth
Eau Claire
Filibuster Showdown Ends With Johnson Backed Plan
The Senate rejected Clinton Anderson's bid to set its own rules at session start by a 60 to 32 vote. Johnson and allied leaders promoted a two thirds of those present rule to curb filibusters, signaling a major party compromise against the anti filibuster bloc led by Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
Anderson
Nixon
Blonde Quizzed Freed In Baby Kidnap Search
A slight blonde woman was questioned for several hours in the Lisa Rose Chionchio baby kidnapping case at St. Peter's Hospital in Brooklyn and released. Police had sought a bleached blonde seen near the hospital before the infant vanished. Two Brooklyn girls on a subway train followed a muttering woman and alerted Patrolman Thomas Sheridan.
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New York
Lisa Rose Chionchio
St. Peter’s Hospital
Brooklyn
Thomas Sheridan
Tag Day Opens as March of Dimes Drives On
The 1959 March of Dimes Tag Day begins tonight 6 to 9 and continues 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow with headquarters at Monroe Gas Co. Karen Wagner and Blythe Myers are named TAP co chairs to raise funds in schools. UW concert band, Jan 26 at high school auditorium, aims to raise 250 dollars for travel and expenses with proceeds to the polio fund. Monroe High School band assists and 85 university students are hosted by local residents. Donald Heeren, UW music scholar from Monroe, is a band member.
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Edmund C. Hamilton
Monroe Gas Co
Karen Wagner
Arthur F. Wagner
17Th Avenue
Blythe
University of Wisconsin
Monroe High School
Monroe
Donald Heeren
Earl Dockhorn Stricken at 63
Earl LeRoy Dockhorn 63 longtime Monroe resident and service officer dies at 6:45 p.m. at his home following a heart attack. He served in World War I and lost an arm in a hunting accident. Survived by wife Mary Beryl Beach and brother Leslie. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Monday at Shriner-Neushwander with military rites at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Earl LeRoy Dockhorn
Green County
19Th Street
Mr. Dockhorn
Monroe
Meythaler Electric
Keel Auto Electric
13Th Avenue
Richardson Electric Co
Dockhorn
Co. B
Sharon
Wis
Fred
Maude Clapper Dockhorn
Avalon
Rock County
Mary Beryl Beach
Fred Dockhorn
Clinton
Leslie
Shriner-Neushwander
Paul J. Gibson
Brodhead
Bethel Eub Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Ten Die as Southeast Airlines DC3 Crashes Near Kingsport
A twin engine DC3 of Southeast Airlines crashed in the Holston mountains about 20 miles east of Kingsport Tennessee. Ten aboard were reportedly killed. The wreckage lay about 300 feet from the mountain top and was found by a Tennessee Air National Guard flyer. Rescue teams rushed to the scene after the last contact was at 8 32 p m Thursday on approach to Tri Cities Airport. The flight originated in Memphis with stops at Nashville and Knoxville en route to the Tri Cities area serving Kingsport Johnson City and Bristol.
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Kingsport
Tenn
Southeast Airlines
Holston Mountains
Here
Tennessee Air National Guard
Tricit
Stock List Surges Toward New Peaks
NEW YORK The stock market surged toward a record peak in heavy trading today with gains across a broad front. Early gains persisted into the afternoon and the market moved up about two points on pivotal issues as veteran Wall Streeters cite a bandwagon following Thursday’s sharp recovery amid favorable news background.
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New York
Wall
Eisenhower Eyes Costly Farm Aid Reform in State of the Union
President Eisenhower urged more efficient use of federal funds for farmers in his State of the Union, noting farm outlays exceed five billion dollars annually with surpluses moving into government stocks. He promised a special message outlining farm aid reforms and signaled new proposals to cut price supports for major crops including wheat tobacco peanuts and possibly dairy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Capitol Hill
Ing
Benson
Mikoyan Affirms Berlin Policy Amid Tour
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan defended the Berlin settlement proposals as reasonable and denied plans to withdraw Western troops. He called his proposal a compromise and urged ongoing cooperation for lasting peace while touring U.S. cities. He spoke after a Detroit Club event and faced egg and snowball projects from Hungarian refugees outside.
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Detroit
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Berlin
U.S.S.R
Mikoyan
West Berlin
U. S
Midwest
Walker Cisler
Detroit Edison Co
Electric Utility
Hungary
Iron Curtain
Eisenhower
Chicago
Elephant Kills Trainer at Rochester Zoo Enclosure
Sally the Indian elephant, believed to have forgotten former handler Harold B. Cannon, trampled him to death after he entered Sally's enclosure at Seneca Park Zoo. Cannon, about 40, had just returned to work at the zoo three days earlier.
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Rochester
N. Y
Sally
Harold B. Cannon
Seneca Park Zoo
Firemen Quell Grease Blaze at Eugene Hotel Kitchen
Monroe firemen extinguished a grease fire in the kitchen of the Eugene hotel last night. Minor smoke damage reported as the blaze was confined to the stove. Fire Chief Josef J. Benkert said the incident produced a large amount of smoke but caused limited damage.
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Monroe
Eugene
Josef J. Benkert
Soviet Space Trip By Manned Rocket Predicted by Group
The Rand Corp forecast the Soviet Union will soon announce a successful return from a manned rocket flight. The Rand study for the House space committee also notes American ICBMs could be adapted for manned flight within five years, with Soviets having equal or greater capability.
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Washington
Soviet Union
House Space Committee
United States
Rand Corp
Air Force
Rand
House
John McCormack
D-Mass
300 Die in Spain As Dam Collapses
A dam break on Lake Sanabria sent a wall of water over Rivadelago in Zamora Spain. Only about 200 of 500 residents were believed alive. Rescue teams reached the ruins as waters receded twelve hours after the disaster. Engineers estimate over 230 million cubic feet of water cascaded down a 1700 foot drop.
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Zamora
Spain
Sanabria
Rivadelago
Riva Delago
Monacabril Hydroelectric Co
Racine Youth Held Admits Bomb Hoax
A 17 year old Racine youth admitted making a bomb hoax call from a pay phone inside St. Catherine's High School. Edward Lema, a student at the school, waived jurisdiction and was turned over for prosecution on disorderly conduct charges.
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Racine
Leroy Jenkins
Edward Lema
St. Catherine’s High School
Lema
Jenkins
Hawaii Statehood Bill Introduced in Senate
Senator James E. Murray of Montana introduced a bill in the Senate to grant statehood to Hawaii. The measure, backed by the insular affairs committee, aims to make Hawaii the 50th state.
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Hawaii
Washington
Senate
James E. Murray
Dmont
Insular Affairs Committee
State of Union Message Calls For Sane Outlaws
President Eisenhower in a 5,000 word State of the Union urged a 77 billion dollar budget, tax relief later, and warned against waste. He pressed civil rights legislation, anti corruption in labor matters, farm reform, and use of all means to protect the dollar. He promised health, science, education, city renewal, highways aid, and a stronger defense while preserving a national way of life.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New Congress
America
Senate
House
Congress
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Meythaler Toy Firm Closes Holgate Unit
Playskool Toys Inc owner Robert J. Meythaler announces closing of the Holgate Toys Statesville plant. Only two of 80 workers will transfer to Chicago or Appleton as the firm concentrates operations.
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Meythaler Toy Firm
Holgate Unit
Playskool Toys, Inc
Chicago
Robert J. Meythaler
Monroe
Statesville
N. C
Holgate Toys
Playskool
Chamber of Commerce
Holgate
Jerry Rockwell
Carl Lanning
Appleton
Meythaler
Fred Meythalers
Lois Gordon
Bruce A. Gordon
Mr. Gordon
Cold Spring Farm Noth
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