Belleville High Officials Named
Belleville Union Free high school district approved by voters as a going concern. Officers elected: William Fahey clerk for one year, Gilbert Stues sy treasurer for two years, Walter Schindler director for three years. Board to five members. next year three more directors elected. Meeting adjourned to July 28 to plan budget and building options.
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Belleville
Belleville Union Free High
William Fahey
Belleville Village
Gilbert Stuessy
Township of
Oregon
Walter Schindler
Exeter
Plan Board
Fahey
Montrose
Brooklyn
Primrose
Riots Rock Mexico City Amid Election Turmoil
Soldiers and police blocked roads in Mexico City after political riots killed three and injured 200 with 300 more under arrest. Outbreaks occurred in other cities but seemed contained, as protests surged around anti-government candidate Miguel Henriquez Guzman versus Adolfo Ruiz Cortines.
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Mexico City
Mexico
U. S
del Prado
Miguel Henriquez Guzman
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Stock Market Drifts In Quiet Wall Street Trade
In New York a sluggish session saw prices mostly unchanged with small rises or falls. Volume neared 900000 shares, below a million for the first time since mid June as some issues edged down one to two points.
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New York
Farmer’s wife from Wisconsin sails for Olympic Games
Mrs. Hoesly, Green County’s first Olympian known as the farmer’s wife from Wisconsin, travels with the American Olympic team aboard an Olympic charter plane from New York to Helsinki. She paraded with Olympians on Broadway and will join track and field, gymnastic, boxing, wrestling and weight lifting squads. The weight lifting coach is Bob Hoffman. The gymnastics team will train 12 days after arrival. Events run July 19 to August 3.
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Mark Hoesly
Green County
Wisconsin
Helsinki
Finland
New York
Pan American Airways
Hoesly
Marie Blumer
Monroe
Broadway
Randall Island
Elizabeth
N. J
Union City
Bob Hoffman
Fairchild Opens Senate Bid In Wisconsin Democratic Drive
U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Fairchild declares for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, resigning as Wisconsin Western District federal attorney to campaign. He says the race is a crusade against McCarthy methods and cites his prior failed 1950 bid. Opponent Henry S. Reuss and party officials react with disappointment.
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Madison
U.S
Thomas E. Fairchild
U.S. Senate
Fairchild
Wisconsin
America
Sen
McCarthy
Appleton
Henry S. Reuss
Milwaukee
Verona
Dane County
Seventeen Soldiers Injured by Mortar Blast at Ft Riley
Seventeen soldiers with the Tenth Infantry Division were injured when a 4.2 mortar shell exploded prematurely about eight yards from its tube on a Ft. Riley training range late yesterday. Officials said all are expected to recover.
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FT. Riley
Kas
Tenth Infantry
MacArthur Attacks Truman Policy at Chicago Rally
General Douglas MacArthur blasted the Truman administration as a failure and warned against socialist schemes. He rallied Republicans behind Taft and Eisenhower in a blunt, hour long keynote praising air power and critiquing containment while calling for renewed U.S. strength and resolve in Korea and abroad.
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Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert Taft
MacArthur
Taft
Ohioan
Eisenhower
Truman
Korea
Board Approves Petition on Sewers and Gains New Stop Signs
The Board of Public Works voted to consult City Attorney Benkett before deciding on sewer main extensions tied to petitions by Harold Whitehead and Mrs. Willa Walter, with adjoining property owners arguing who should pay. They recommended granting Roy Brown a 550 gallon gasoline tank and pump in Payne's addition to service tractors and semis, pending City Council approval. New stop signs were ordered for immediate use during a traffic sign painting project and future needs.
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Board of Public Works
Arthur C. Benkett
Harold Whitehead
Willa Walter
Roy Brown
Payne’s
Brown
Guards Parade and Concert Planned by local units
National Guard assembly at 7 30 p m and 32nd division band concert at 8 p m Thursday in Recreation Park with Co K and medical platoon parading from the armory to the park. Allan F Barnard directs the guest program featuring Steinmetz 32nd Division March and Sousa El Capitan among other marches and selections.
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National Guard Assembly
Frank W. Koenig Jr
Monroe
Recreation Park
Co. K
Allan F. Barnard
Monroe High School
Koenig
Steinmetz
Bloom
Ferrer
Mac Davison
Barnard
Brahmstedt
Gould
Wheat Gains Extend at Chicago Board of Trade
Wheat rose early at the Chicago Board of Trade with milling and export interests shown as buyers. Corn pit activity faced limited offerings amid the session’s uptick.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Congress Quits After Billion Dollar Atom Fund Granted
The 82nd Congress adjourned after approving a nearly 1 billion dollar expansion of atomic weapons funding and over half a billion for river and harbor projects. With many members away at the GOP convention, adjournment was brief as the next session opens January 5, 1953.
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Washington
Truman
Chicago
Congress
House
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Commission
AEC
Gordon Dean
Oo House
Miss Roderick Speaks in District 4-H Contest
Miss Loletta Roderick, Clarno 4-H member and Roy Roderick’s daughter, spoke on The Automobile vs. Life at the Madison agriculture college Babock hall district contest. She did not report a first place and awaits final results for top five placement. Leslie Huber and delegates Catherine Blum, Henry Blumer, and Werner Vogel attend a state 4-H junior leaders conference in Madison.
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Loletta Roderick
Roy Roderick
Clarno
Werner Vogel
Madison
Kidnaping of West Berlin Jurist Sparks Border Chase
Dr. Walter Linse, 48, head of economics for the West Berlin Free Jurists, was abducted by three men in the American sector and driven into the Soviet zone amid gunfire. Pursuers were fired upon, nails were dumped from the car, and a tire was punctured. The crossing was allowed at the border by the Communist police. The incident follows reports French officials were held by Russians for 24 hours. Linse had compiled records on East German economic crimes.
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Berlin
Walter Linse
West Berlin
Free Jurists
The
Dr. Linse
Communist Peoples Police
Germany
Jean Renoir
Linse
Perlman Leaves Post as Aide Resigns from Solicitor General
Washington report notes Philip B. Perlman resigns as solicitor general, effective August 15, as part of a wave of Justice Department departures under Attorney General McGranery. Truman accepted the resignation with sincere regret.
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Washington
Philip B. Perlman
Truman
Perlman
Justice Department
James P. McGranery
Department
J. Howard McGrath
McGranery
Taft vows past grievances set aside if nominated
Sen. Robert A. Taft told California delegates at the Republican National Convention he would “let bygones be bygones” if he wins the nomination. He aimed at the general election, urging unity after a bitter Taft Eisenhower clash and criticizing Democrats, while avoiding Eisenhower’s name in his California speech. He urged fair inclusion of opponents’ supporters after the race ends.
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Chicago
Sen
Robert A. Taft
California
Taft
Earl Warren
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Warren
Eisenhower
Texas
Truman
Acheson
Chinese Tanks Probe U.N. Lines
Fourteen Communist tanks led a probing attack by Chinese forces against United Nations positions on the Korean Central Front. About 200 Chinese were forced back in a one hour clash with 39 reported KIA and 30 more dead the battle ended in hand to hand fighting. U N troops hit a Communist hill on the Central Front but were repulsed by 200 Chinese with automatic weapons artillery mortars and a flame thrower.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Nam River
Kumsong
Taft Delegate Attends Eisenhower Reception in Chicago
One Taft delegate, Stephen P. J. Wood of Beloit, attended a Chicago meeting where General Eisenhower greeted Wisconsin delegates. Wilbur Renk of Sun Prairie said he would try to corral the remaining Taft delegates later to meet Eisenhower.
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Chicago
Taft
General Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Stephen P. J. Wood
Beloit
Wilbur Renk
Sun Prairie
Citizens For Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Drivers Lose Permits In State Report
The State Motor Vehicle Department reported 2 879 licenses revoked for one year for major offenses while driving.
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Madison
Bridges Urges End to Quarrels to Avoid 1952 Defeat
Senate Republican Leader Styles Bridges urged the GOP to unite after a bitter primary fight between Eisenhower and Taft. He warned the party faces almost certain defeat in November if quarrels continue and called for a solid phalanx behind the convention’s presidential choice.
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Chicago
Senate
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bridges
Gen
Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Republican Party
United States
Nationals Win All Star Game In Rain Shortened Thriller
The National League defeated the American League 3 to 2 in a five inning rain soaked All Star game at Shibe Park. Jackie Robinson and Hank Sauer hit home runs as Curt Simmons started for the Nationals against Vic Raschi.
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Philadelphia
Jackie Robinson
Hank Sauer
Shibe Park
Curt Simmons
Philadelphia Phillies
Nationals
Vic Raschi
New York Yankees
Hoffman Brother 20 Dies in Madison
Madison reports the sudden death of Thomas R. Hoffman, age 20, youngest of eight brothers connected with the Hoffman House Enterprise. He managed a sauce making firm within the operation and died after a swim following a complaint of a heart strain. An autopsy is planned to determine the cause.
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Madison
Thomas R. Hoffman
Hoffman House Enterprise
Hoffman
Whitewater Register Publisher Dies at 72
Robert Coe, 72, editor and publisher of the Whitewater Register for 50 years, died in his sleep. A University of Wisconsin graduate and member of the Wisconsin Alumni Association and Wisconsin Press Association.
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Whitewater
Wis
Robert Coe
Whitewater Register
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Alumni Association
Wisconsin Press Associaon
Worker Dies in Fall at Platteville Project
Alvin Zanerow a 34 year old Watertown man was killed instantly in Platteville Wisconsin when he fell 35 feet from a scaffold into a basement stair well of the Civic Memorial building where he worked with a construction crew.
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Platteville Project
Platteville. Wis
Alvin Zanerow
Watertown
Civic Memorial
Credential Unit Begins Hearings On Seating of 68
Taft Eisenhower battle dominates GOP convention seating fights as 93 contested seats across Florida Georgia Kansas Louisiana Mississippi Missouri and Texas await credentials committee ruling. Florida’s 18 seats seated pro Taft while New York delegates shift toward Eisenhower and California backs Warren as Taft Stassen meet with delegates.
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Florida
Georgia
Kansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Texas
Ross Rizley
Guymon
Okla
Convention
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Taft
Eisenhower
New York City
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Harold Stassen
Rep
Rizley
Ohio
MacArthur
Eisenhower Calls for Harmony to Win in November
General Dwight D. Eisenhower urged GOP unity at a Chicago breakfast with the Missouri delegation. He urged Republicans to close ranks after the convention and to slug the Democrats so hard that they take twenty years to recover. He led 22 to 4 in backing over Taft in a delegate seating dispute.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Missouri
Taft
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U.S. Post
U.N
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