Judge Quashes New Lattimore Perjury Charge
U S District Judge Luther Youngdahl dismissed a new indictment accusing Owen Lattimore of perjury for denying he followed the Communist line. He ruled the charge too vague and an invitation to jurors to speculate, upholding prior rulings and signaling possible government appeal.
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New Lattimore
Washington
U. S
Luther Youngdahl
Owen Lattimore
Youngdah
Lattimore
Youngdahl
U. S Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Latimore
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Institute of Pacific Relations
Pacific Affairs
Clarence Lunda Dies at 68 in Argyle
Clarence Lunda, 68, died yesterday at 4 p m at his home after a heart attack. He was born October 18, 1886 in Perry Township, a lifelong Argyle resident and farmer with his brother Henry. Surviving are two brothers and one sister, with services Thursday at 1:30 p m at Argyle Lutheran Church. Burial in Woodlawn cemetery.
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Argyle
Clarence Lunda
Lunda
Perry Township
Helge
Mary Larson Lunda
Postville
Henry
John
Emma L. Nelson
Edwin
Martin
Melvin
Elmer
Argyle Lutheran Church
A. P. Anderson
Woodlawn
Erickson
Gen Merrill Twining Takes Command of Marines in Seoul
Maj. Gen. Merrill B. Twining, a Monroe native and brother of Phoebe Chadwick, assumed command of the First Marine Division at Seoul. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Robert Hogaboom, who departed for Washington for reassignment. Twining was deputy commandant at the Pentagon and is brother of Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Air Force chief of staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill B. Twining
Monroe
Phoebe Chadwick
Seoul
Robert E. Hogaboom
Washington
Gen. Twining
Marine Corps
Pentagon
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Perle Guess 56 Dies in Monroe Tire Shop
Perle G Guess owner of Guess Tire and Auto Glass Co for 22 years and amateur astronomer died in his shop at 1721 12th street after a heart attack shortly after 3 p m He was born December 20 1898 in Richland County and served in World War I He leaves his wife Doris Hunt er and one niece Services will be tomorrow at 2 p m at Stuessy funeral home with burial in Greenwood cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guess Tire and Auto Glass Co
Perle G. Guess
Richland County
William
Myrtle Cavy Guess
Blue River
Guess
Methodist Church
American Legion
Amateur Astronomers Club of
Madison
Monroe
Ludlow Memorial Library
Astonomers
Roy Yanske
Avoca
Stuessy Funeral
Glen Ridnour
Greenwood Cemetery
Stock list rallies after Monday break
New York stock market rallied with spirit after Monday's severe break. Higher firms included Douglas Aircraft General Dynamics U S Steel Chrysler American Telephone Western Union American Cyanamid Union Pacific and Johns Manville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Spirit
Douglas Aircraft
General Dynamics
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
American Telephone
Western Union
American Dyanamid
Union Pacific
Johns-Manville
Boston Prison Convicts Hold Guards Hostage
Four dangerous Massachusetts State Prison inmates seized five guards at gunpoint in the Cherry Hill solitary block. Ringleader Theodore Green and Walter Balben aimed to force a car escape while hostage talks with Deputy Warden Perery S. Vance indicated the hostages were safe. Police reserves briefly lined the scene before retreating to the two story brick block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Edward Hartigan
Perery S. Vance
Vance
Walter H. Balben
Balben
Warren L. Harrington
Harrington
Theodore Teddy Green
Green
Fritz Swenson
Joseph Flahery
Flahery
Thomas D. Ryan
Gerard Kadlick
Martin S. Mulkerger
Eugene Wills
Cherry Hill
Ole L. Phillips 83 Dies of Heart Attack at Argyle
Ole L. Phillips 83 of Argyle died of a heart attack at 7 55 p m yesterday after a brief illness He was born in Hadeland Norway December 25 1871 and moved to Argyle area as a child Survivors include two sisters Bertha Olson Blanchardville and Lizzie Watkins Argyle Funeral services at Yellowstone Lutheran Church Thursday at 1 30 p m conducted by Rev M A Sorenson Burial in church cemetery Body to be taken from Erickson Funeral Home to the church at noon Thursday
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Argyle
Ole L. Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Hadeland
Norway
Lars and
Olena Olson Phillips
America
Argyle Township
Everson
Phillips
Bertha Olson
Blanchardville
Lizzie Watkins
Yellowstone Lutheran Church
M. A. Sorenson
Erickson Funeral Home
Car Dealers Back Cheese Day Support in Monroe
Members of the Monroe New Car and Truck Dealers Association voted to back the 1955 Cheese Day. A dinner meeting at the Swiss Wheel drew 12 dealerships and a committee was appointed to explore an auto show in Monroe. Donald F. Ripp Lester M. Johnson and Joseph C. Dearth named to the committee. The group planned to attend Perle G. Guess funeral services together and contributed to Heart and Polio drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Fall Injuries Fatal in Viroqua Woman’s Death
Mrs. August E. Smith 68 wife of a former Viroqua mayor and assemblyman died Monday night from injuries after a fall downstairs at a neighbor's home.
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August E. Smith
Viroqua
Dr W B Gnagi remembered by Monroe in funeral services
Wisconsin physician Dr W B Gnagi 56 a Monroe Clinic founder died Saturday in a heart seizure. Final tributes filled Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home and Greenwood Cemetery as community and medical leaders paused. Many events were postponed in respect and visitors from across the nation sent flower tributes.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
W. B. Gnagi
Shriner-Neushwander
James L. Neighbours
Universalist Church
Gnagi
John White Chadwick
William Cullen Bryant
Neighbours
Greenwood Cemetery
First National Bank Board of Directors
Board of Education
Leslie Kindschi
Perle Guess
Albertonia
Congregation of St. Agnes
Fond du Lac
Sebastian
Anaclete
Ellen
St. Agnes Hospital
St. Clare Hospital
Dr. Gnagi
Monroe Clinic
19Th Avenue
11Th Street
Troops Airlifted to Galena in Snowbird Maneuver
The final group of 1,000 Alaska based troops began airlift to the Galena area on the Yukon River as the Army launches the cold weather drill Operation Snowbird into its first phase.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Galena
Yukon River
Dairyland Bus Service Ends After Unprofitable Run
Dairyland Bus Co plans to discontinue the service between here, Janesville, and Beloit after approval by the Chamber of Commerce directors. The line has operated at a loss with low patronage despite schedule revisions and a move to Beloit to boost riders. A Public Service Commission review is pending as liquidation proceeds.
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Dairyland
Here
Janesville
Beloit
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Clinic
D. A. Crandall
Dairyland Bus Co
Chamber
Robert M. Buetow
Crandall
Kenneth Stuart
Public Service Commission
Madison
PSC
Brodhead
Buetow
Cheese Demand Steady in Madison Market
Wisconsin buyers report steady demand for American cheese with ample offerings. Prices range across varieties including cheddar and moisture bases around 32 to 35 percent, with small lots and select cuts noted.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Rev E C McCollow Ends 20 Years At St Victor’s
After twenty years as pastor of St Victor’s Catholic church Monroe, Rev E C McCollow reflects on his “school” of parishioners and students who trust him. Parishioners praise his piety dignity and humane humor at the mass.
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St. Victor's Catholic Church
E. C. McCollow
Knowland Denies Rift Over U N Failure With Ike
Senate Republican Leader Knowland says no conflict with President Eisenhower over Hammarskjold mission to Red China. He notes possible differing views but asserts no dispute after White House meeting on the U N issue. He also says no talk with the President about U S airmen imprisoned by China or Hammarskjold's visit for their release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Knowland
Dag Hammarskjold
Red
China
Eisenhower
California
White House
U. S
Hammarskjold
Schoonover Seizes Uranium Tunnel in Wisconsin
U S Marshal Ray Schoonover, armed with a federal court order, closed a Lone Rock uranium tunnel run by Kenneth Crook and seized the ore under the Food and Drug Act. The operation, which Crook claimed earned up to 200 dollars daily, was halted pending a federal hearing before Judge Patrick Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Ray Schoonover
Patrick Stone
Schoonover
Milwaukee
Brodhead Police Seek Suspects in Safe Theft
Brodhead police chief Duane Youngblood said the investigation into a safe stolen from Town Pump in Brodhead Sunday night will take several days at the Madison Crime Lab. The 250-pound vault contained about $1,000 in checks and currency. roughly $500 cash was recovered with over $500 in checks and papers scattered nearby. Police plan to discuss possible connections with Janesville police this week.
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Duane Youngblood
Brodhead
Madison
Youngblood
Janesville
Wiley's Choice Rejected by U S Justice Department
U S Senator Wiley reports the Justice Department declined to back his nomination of Charles Ashley for the Milwaukee Eastern District judgeship. Ringling defends backing Frederick Trowbridge, drawing GOP support and senatorial prerogative disputes. State GOP chair Pier ce calls Ringling's actions a calculated risk affecting Wiley.
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Washington
Wiley
Justice Department
Wisconsin
Henry Ringling
Charles Ashley
Milwaukee County Gop
Congress
District of Federal Court
Milwaukee
Robert Tehan
Trowbridge
Ringling
Baraboo
Frederick Trowbridge
Green Bay
Sen
McCarthy
Urban van Systern
Appleton
Frank van Corneilson
Senate
Ashley
GOP
Robert Pierce
Menomonie
Sen. Wiley
Nationalist Isle Lost Tachens Due For Next Assault
Communists backed by twenty warships strike Yikiangshan and claim to have liberated the island. Peiping reports say Nationalist defenders were wiped out as Chiang Kai-shek summons military leaders. Vast fires erupt on the isle amid heavy bombing and artillery shelling from Toumen.
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Tachens
Taipeh
Formosa
Yikiangshan
Peiping
Tokyo
Red Radio
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa Strait
U. S
United States
Pescadores
Toumen Island
Toumen
All Officers Renamed For Industrial Group
Monroe Industrial Development Corp officers were re-elected at a Goetz Theaters board meeting. Harold A. Blumer named president Roy M. Grant vice president and Robert Goetz secretary treasurer. The board then discussed plans and projects for the coming year.
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Monroe _ Industrial Development Corp
Goetz Theaters
Harold A. Blumer
Roy M. Grant
Robert Goetz
President Gets Data on Invasion
President Eisenhower followed reports of the Red Chinese capture of a small island from the Chinese Nationalists. The White House said he and Secretary of State Dulles had been in touch during the morning and Admiral Radford would meet with the President for an afternoon conference.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Formosa
White House
Dulles
Adm
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
James Hagerty
Radford
Bus Run Dropped Between Milwaukee and Illinois
The public service commission authorized Peoria Rockford Bus Co to abandon one of two Milwau kee to Illinois routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Public Service Commission
Peoria
Rockford Bus Co
Rockford
Milwaukee
Illinois
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Gen. Merrill Twining Takes
Perle
University of Wisconsin
Signal Corps
Valparaiso University
Indiana
Doris Hunter
Arbine Hunter
Superior
G. H. R. Kershaw
Park Falls
Perle G
Red China
First Chiang
New London
Conn
Long Island Sound
Dairyland Bus
McCollow
By Helen Zimmerli
Ike
U.N
Lone Rock
U.S
Senator Assairs Ringling
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