Reward Paid to Witness in Ritchie Case
The CIO United Auto Workers paid Donald Ritchie $5,000 in reward money for his story about the union president’s attempted murder. The Detroit Times says the cash was given to Ritchie’s wife in Canadian currency shortly after his escape from police custody, with Windsor police noting the intermediary delivered the funds. The union had earlier offered up to 229,000 in total rewards tied to the Reuther shooting cases, and Ritchie, a 33 year old Canadian, remains a key witness and now a defendant in the case.
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Detroit
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Donald Ritchie
Detroit Times
Ritchie
Windsor
Big Auto Union
Walter
Victor Reuther
Wayne County
Gerald K. O’brien
Reuther
O’brien
Elizabeth
Betty
Puerto Rico House Rejects Independence Resolution
The Puerto Rico House of Representatives approved a resolution affirming Puerto Rico as a commonwealth and rejecting full independence from the United States. The 42 to 14 vote followed a 15 hour all night session prompted by President Eisenhower's UN statement on potential steps toward independence if a majority favored separation.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
House of Representatives
United States
Eisenhower
United Nations
Wisconsin cheese market shows weak demand and ample supply
Madison reports a quiet trading day with bare steady to weak demand. Prices for varieties such as single daisies, longhorns, square prints and midgets are listed from 38 1/4 to 42 1/4 cents per pound amid liberal offers and lower selling prices.
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Madison
Wisconsin
I.c.l
85 Masons Escape Death In Collapse Of Floor
In Ottumwa area a Masonic lodge collapse sent about 85 men and furnishings including a piano and a coal stove to the ground floor. Sixteen were hospitalized in Fairfield and Ottumwa with three seriously hurt after the second floor fell without warning during a meeting of 104 Masons from 14 lodges.
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Temple
Ottumwa
Iowa
Masonic Hall
Abingdon
Fairfield
Dee Leedom
Fires Destroy Illinois Buildings At Mount Carroll And Lena
A blaze at Mount Carroll destroyed the Frank funeral home and furniture store with losses above 550,000. Two residents were left homeless in Lena after a separate fire damaged the former Lena Casket Co. building. John Frank saved business records and will continue with help from family. Av ery Stouffer valued the Lena structure at 13 000.
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Frank Funeral Home
Mount Carroll
Lena Casket Co
Lena
Frank
John Frank
Louis
Frank Funeral
Chadwick
Eustis Frank
Lanark
Anna Uecher
Barbara Phillips
Undersheriff Clears Suspects in Illinois
Undersheriff Willis Mitchell and Lafayette County Sheriff Lawrence James said they were convinced that burglary suspects held in Rockford were not involved in the early year wave of robberies in Green and Lafayette counties. They visited Rockford yesterday but could not question the men, who were cleared of the local jobs. Four men were arrested Friday and charged as key figures in a northern Illinois crime wave.
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Willis E. Mitchell
Lafayette County
Lawrence James
Rockford
Green
Lafayette
Mitchell
James
Illinois
Adverse Examination Canceled in Adoption Case
The adverse examination in the Tschudy adoption case before Kenneth Orchard was postponed and will not be held. Attorney Oscar T Toebaas for Mrs. Dorothy Tschudy and Joseph D Viney said Judge Elton Morrison’s ruling allowing file inspection made the exam unnecessary.
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Tschudy
Kenneth Orchard
Dane County
Oscar T. Toebaas
Madison
Dorothy Tschudy
Joseph D. Viney
Monroe
Elton J. Morrison
Northeast Storm Death Toll Tops Sixty Across Region
The Northeast endures its worst storm in five years as weather bureaus confirm at least 60 deaths across Washington area to Rhode Island. Freezing air follows, with dangerous sleet and snow crippling travel and snowfalls tallying up to a foot in New York City and heavy accumulations in Philadelphia.
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Capitol Steps
U.S. Capitol
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
New England
Northwest
Canada
North Carolina
Georgia
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York City
Boston
Year’s Coldest Blast Drops Mercury to -7
A morning cold snap drove local temperatures to a low of minus seven while Grantsburg reached thirty below. Yesterday's high was eighteen degrees, with a steady fall starting at 1 p.m. and a rebound expected by tomorrow afternoon.
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Green County
Grantsburg
United States
Mixed Reactions At 25th National Co-op Meeting
Chicago farm leaders at the 25th annual National Council of Farmer Co-operatives meeting voiced mixed views on President Eisenhower's farm message. Midwest and coastal representatives favored flexible price supports, while Southern and Southwest leaders opposed lowering supports for cotton wheat rice and peanuts below parity. The council represents over five thousand local cooperatives in purchasing marketing and services.
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Chicago
National Council of Farmer Co-operatives
Eisenhower
Congress
Midwest
East
Far West
South
Southwest
Liaison Group To Meet Allies For Korean Peace Talks
The U N command will meet Communist liaison officers Thursday at Panmunjom to discuss resuming talks on a Korean peace conference. Kenneth Young told the Communists he would send a liaison secretary to Panmunjom to discuss conditions and timing for resumption. India proposed a secret plan to address POW repatriation after the Swedish plan was rejected. The commission adjourned awaiting details and potential parallels to Indian proposals.
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Seoul
U. N. Command
U. S. State Department
Kenneth Young
High Command
Panmunjom
U. S
Arthur Dean
United States
India
McCarthy Placed on Senate Rules Committee Power Grows
Senate Republicans voted to place Sen. McCarthy on the rules committee expanding his influence over investigations and funding. He will join debates on funds for his investigations while continuing as chairman of the operations committee and its investigations subcommittee. The move, part of a broader leadership plan, requires full Senate approval.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Rules Committee
GOP
Admiral Blandy Dies at Navy Hospital at 63
New York report announces the death of retired Admiral William H. P. Blandy at St. Albans Naval Hospital. He was 63 and gained fame for atom bomb tests against warships that reshaped the Navy.
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Admiral Blandy
Navy Hospital
New York
William H. P. Blandy
St. Albans Naval Hospital
Serum From U S Saves Austrian Boy In Time Race
An eight year old Austrian lad named Gottfried Eder was saved from bleeding to death after nine days by anti hemophil globulin serum rushed from Lansing Michigan. A delay occurred due to mishandling of an earlier shipment. The serum arrived by air force plane and was ferried by car across the Bavarian Alps after a blizzard halted helicopter transport.
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Innsbruck
Austria
United States
Gottfried Eder
Lansing
Mich
Italian Leftist To Form Cabinet
Rome Amintore Fanfani the 46 year old left wing leader of the Christine Democratic party agreed to try to form a new Italian government He conditionally accepted President Luigi Einaudis offer of the premiership after former Premier Giuseppe Pella who resigned Jan 5 turned it down Pella resigned last week after a split with other Christian Democrat leaders who felt the premiers policies were too far to the right
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Rome
Amintore Fanfani
Christine Democratic Party
Luigi Einaudi
Giuseppe Pella
Einaudi
Fanfani
Alcide de Gasperi
Pella
Ray to be Divorced Hollywood
A Mexican divorce is scheduled Thursday for 26 year old Johnny Ray and Marilyn Morrison 23 daughter of Hollywood nightclub operator Charlie Morrison. She will obtain the decree.
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Ray
Hollywood
Johnny Ray
Marilyn Morrison
Charlie Morrison
Williams blasts tax coddling in Cammarata deportation case
Sen. Williams condemned what he called gangster coddling by Treasury officials over Sam Cammarata, a Detroit bank robber who evaded taxes 1939 to 1946 after returning from deportation to Sicily. He said treasurer leniency spared prosecution and noted 1948 49 bills blocking a second deportation, with Congress members Kirwan Myers involved.
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Washington
Sen. Williams
Del
Senate Today
Williams
Sam Cammarata
Detroit
Michigan
Cammarata
Sicily
Treasury
Ohio
Treasury Department
Congress
Rep. Kirwan
Sen. Myers
Stoldt Leaves 10 Year Wisconsin Cheese Group Presidency
Stoldt resigns after over two decades as leader of the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association during a directors meeting. Ray T. Silver succeeds as president, with Robert Calvert named director to replace Stoldt.
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Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
A. H. Stoldt
Sage
Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association
al Stoldt
Stoldt
Ray Silver
Ray T. Silver
Nlaague
Fred Galli
Silver
Robert Calvert
Darlington
Green County Auto Co
H. S. Wright
Milwaukee
Mishap Wrecks Marathon Span
A car skidded on a Black Creek bridge 28 miles northwest of Wausau in sub zero cold. A 60 year span collapsed 20 feet into the creek bed and another car struck the wreckage. Daniel Jahnke 24 of Johnson escaped injury with three companions. Jack Kramm 35 of Athens suffered a broken nose and faces a Wednesday court appearance.
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Wausau
Black Creek
Here
Daniel Jahnke
Johnson
Jahnke
Jack Kramm
Athens
Kramm
Woman Bank Head Foils Phony Pistol Holdup
Miss Erna Schneider, manager of the Wales Wisconsin State Bank branch, faced two men who entered seeking a loan and flashed a fake pistol. She refused to open the inner gate and alerted authorities, causing the pair to leave without robbery. The gun appeared glassy and unreal.
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Wales
Wis
Erna Schneider
Miss Schneider
State Bank of Genesee Depot
Waukesha County
Genesee Depot
First National Board Renamed at Annual Stockholders Meeting
At the annual meeting Roy F. Burmeister reported the bank had the best year in history for business volume and earnings. Directors renamed include Emil Baumgartner Burmeister H B Caradine Rolland Etter Edmund Hamilton May L Luchsinger Lewis Moore Frank Shriner Roscoe Smith Peter Solomon. Over 1400 shares represented. Burmeister elected chairman. G E Zuercher secretary.
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First National Bank
Roy F. Burmeister
Emil F. Baumgartner
Burmeister
H. B. Caradine
Rolland R. Etter
Edmund C. Hamilton
May L. Luchsinger
Lewis A. Moore
Frank A. Shriner
Roscoe C. Smith
Peter S. Solomon
G. E. Zuercher
Fred F. Hartwig
Five Named for Jan. 21 Induction
Five county men have been named to leave for induction into the armed forces on January 21. Six others will leave for pre induction physical examinations. The inductees are Charles R. Robertson LaVerne J. Schmerse Sanford M. Garrison Argyle Roscoe W. Heimann Jamesville Beloit formerly Brodhead and John W. Smith Beloit formerly Monroe. The group will gather at the armory at 7 45 a m January 21.
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Armed Forces
Charles R. Robertson
6Th Avenue
LaVerne J. Schmerse
Sanford M. Garrison
Argyle
Roscoe W. Heimann
Janesville
Brodhead
John W. Smith
Beloit
Monroe
Armory
Queen Elizabeth opens New Zealand Parliament in Wellington
Queen Elizabeth II opened the 100 year old New Zealand Parliament in Wellington marking a historic ceremony as the monarch began her duties in the dominion.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Elizabeth II
Parley Doubts Rise On Eisenhower Farm Plan At GOP Meet
At a closed 1954 Republican Senate conference in Washington several senators voiced serious doubts about President Eisenhower's flexible price support farm plan. Senators Young McCarthy Thye Jenner criticized it as risky, while Watkins defended the administration. Millikin noted the issue aside from committee assignments.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Eisenhower
Millikin
Rcolo
Young
McCarthy
Thye
Minn
Jenner
Ind
Congress
Watkins
Utah
Benson
Knowland
Sen
R-Calif
Humphrey
D-Minn
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