Stolen Cars From Three Areas Tied by Police
Police investigate three stolen cars all of same make two 1949 models and one 1948 with Mrs Cramer Houser 1620 20th Ave alleging her car was taken from a garage and found after a crash near Stockton. Deputies chased the vehicle, driver eluded capture, further investigations connect the Beloit and Stockton thefts and assess if the Stockton car was involved with the Houser incident.
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Cramer Houser
20Th Avenue
Stockton
Monroe Board of Review Hears Six Tax Complaints
Monroe Wisconsin board members met to hear six formal complaints on 1951 assessments with one more set for today. The session, held under state law on the second Monday of July, included Mayor Brooks Dunwiddie Aldermen Elmer and Henning and Deputy Clerk Bray, with Assessor Keel and City Attorney Benkett present. Most complainants protested tax judgments claiming inequality or error.
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Monroe
Board of Review
Wisconsin
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Roger L. Elmer
Alfred H. Henning
Freda Bray
Everett Keel
Arthur C. Benkett
UW Students Rescued After Lake Mendota Sailboat Spill
Four University of Wisconsin students were rescued from Lake Mendota after their sailboat tipped. They clung to the craft for five hours until two fishermen heard cries and hauled them to shore. Police reported no ill effects from the dunking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Lake Mendota
29 Battle Dead Listed In Defense Korean War List
The Defense Department released Korean War casualty list No. 605 identifying 118 battle casualties. The report lists 29 killed in action 81 wounded one missing and two injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Skywatch volunteer effort seeks more air observers nationwide
Green County and nearby areas join a national 24 hour vigil for air defense as Air Force operation Sky Watch mobilizes volunteers in 27 states. Officials warn of shortages with only half of Ohio posts manned and Detroit and Wisconsin posts under strength. Pittsburgh and Boston show better coverage. Municipal posts urge residents to volunteer to fill gaps at local civil defense offices.
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Green County
Air Force
Truman
Ohio
Michigan
Detroit
Manchester
N. H
New England
Boston
Pittsburgh
Ralph J. Olson
Wisconsin Civil Defense
Wisconsin
Olson
Green Bay
Upper Peninsula
U N Planes Open Ground Assaults
United Nations warplanes launched heavy ground assaults on Communist front lines in a major near three front day. U S Sabre jets reportedly destroyed one MiG-15 and damaged another in MIG alley as Air Force and Marine bombers struck Yonchon Pyongyang Kumsong Punchbowl and the East Coast.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U.S
Yonchon
Pyongyang
Kumsong
Punchbow
Eva Peron Condition Still Unsatisfactory
Buenos Aires Argentina Eva Peron wife of the president remained in unsatisfactory condition according to a bulletin from the undersecretary of information. A similar report was issued Friday and a Thursday report used the same wording. A foreign source claimed a physician went to Rome to consult a Viennese cancer specialist about Mrs Perons case though this could not be confirmed. The operation last November was not stated as cancer related.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eva Peron
Rome
Italy
Shaw, Former Edgerton Athlete, Killed in Korea
Pfc. Donald D. Shaw, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Forest D Shaw of Butternut, co captain of Edgerton high school's undefeated 1949 grid team, was killed in action in Korea July 4 eight months after enlisting in November 1951. Edgerton and Monroe were members of the old Southern Ten conference.
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Donald D. Shaw
Forest D. Shaw
Butternut
Edgerton High School
Korea
Edgerton
Monroe
Church Relocates Services After Insecticide Incident
Despite two insecticide bombs, Ascension Episcopal Church moved services into the parish hall yesterday as cleanup continued.
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Ascension Episcopal Church
Stoos
Truman Suffers Virus Infection
President Truman contracted a mild viral infection and canceled appointments. He remained in his Washington residence, mostly in bed, but worked on several bills awaiting action. Aides noted a slight temperature while Maj. Gen. Wallace H. Graham ordered rest.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Joseph Short
Wallace H. Graham
Yesoo
Columbia Secretary Slain at Lab Office
New York police report a dark suited man fatally shot a Columbia University secretary as she sat reading a letter from her GI sweetheart in Korea. The killer fled after telling a professor I shot a girl in there. The slaying occurred on the ninth floor of the physics lab building, staff said.
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New York
Columbia University
Korea
Ak Age
Ge Bese Ao Fahey
Miss Fahey
Brooks Talks Illinois Plans With Eisenhower At Chicago Headquar
Former Senator C Wayland Brooks met with Dwight D Eisenhower at Blackstone Hotel in Chicago to discuss the Illinois situation for the 1952 campaign He said Illinois will back Eisenhower despite a Taft majority at the state GOP convention and warned Stevenson would not win the governorship.
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Chicago
U. S
C. Wayland Brooks
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Illinois
Adalai Stevenson
Brooks
Eisenhower
Blackstone Hotel
Nixon Prepares For All-Out Drive
Washington reports that Republican vice presidential nominee Nixon plans a post convention push to unite the party. He will study Eisenhower's views, assess campaign strategy, and then take a brief seashore vacation with his wife and two daughters while readying to lead the GOP into November.
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Washington
Ufe
Adlai Stevenson
Len Chard M. Nixon
Eo Foriiy
Chicago
Stevenson
Nixon
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fifty Feared Dead In Alaskan Hotel Fire
Early morning blaze at a Fairbanks hotel left four or more believed dead and many missing. Confusion prevented exact counts. Up to fifty guests on the third floor escaped. nine wounded hospitalized, two in critical condition.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Forrestal keel laid for largest U S aircraft carrier
Newport News shipyard hosts the keel laying ceremony for the 60 000 ton carrier Forrestal named after the navy s first secretary of defense Deputy Secretary William C Foster hails the project as a force multiplier with a flight deck over 1 040 feet and a top speed around 33 knots construction price about 218 million dollars plus 100 or more aircraft slated to join the fleet in late 1954
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Newport News
Navy
William C. Foster
Forrestal
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
United States
Ates
Midway
Cucainny
Avy
Stevenson vows governor run despite convention bid
Gov Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, at Camp Ripley Minnesota, said he would “shoot myself” if the Democratic national convention nominated him for president. He stressed he is committed to completing his Illinois governorship and program, and warned pulling out would force the state committee to select a candidate with little campaign time.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
William Eaton
Evanston
Ill
Camp Ripley
Minn
Stevenson
Democratic State Cental Committee
Taft Declines 1956 Run After GOP Loss
In Chicago Senator Robert A Taft and his wife left for Murray Bay Quebec for rest after reaffirming support for Eisenhower. He said this is the last time he will run for president at age 62 and will back the party ticket. Stassen and Nixon called during the day, Taft plans to return to Washington in a week as Russell supporters move into Taft HQ ahead of the Democratic convention.
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Brooks
Illinois
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Lodge
Senate
GOP
Bay State
John Kennedy
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Dewey
New Yorker
Chicago
Murray Bay
Que
Gen
Taft
Gov. Stassen
Minnesota
Nixon
Tafts
Washington
Canada
Senator Russell
Georgia
Higley Named Associate Chairman by Wisconsin Republicans
Milwaukee Wisconsin Republicans close ranks in the pre convention campaign naming Harvey Higley of Marinette and four other GOP leaders as associate chairmen. Higley chaired Taft delegates in the state and joins Stephen Wood Beloit Warren delegate Everett Yerly La Crosse and state Sen. Arthur Lemreot Superior, all aligned with Stassen or Taft factions.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wilbur Renk
Sun Prairie
Eisenhower Committee
Harvey Higley
Higley
Marinette
Sen. Taft
Taft
Stephen Wood
Beloit
M. Rice
Warren
Everett Yerly
la Crosse
Stassen
Arthur Lémréot
Superior
Barkleys Stock Believed Rising in Democratic Race
Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado says Alben Barkley is the man to beat for the Democratic presidential nomination. Johnson backs Georgia Senator Richard Russell while noting Stevenson is not pursuing a candidacy. Russell's Chicago visit signals strong early maneuvering before the convention. President Truman is friendly to Russell but no assured support is indicated.
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Chicago
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Alben Barkley
Johnson
Richard Russell
Georgia
Russell
Barkley
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Houston
Tex
Jacob Arvey
Arvey
Gov
Washington
Truman
Food Controls Lifted on Canned and Frozen Produce
Washington reports the government ended price controls on nearly all canned and frozen fruits and vegetables. Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall said this will push prices higher on many items. The exemption took effect July 1 with OPS estimating it covers at least 90 percent of processed produce, including juices, baby foods, potato chips, and dried products.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
OPS
Palmer Led Newspapers Career Across States
Former journalist Job S. Palmer of Dubuque died Saturday. He was once employed by daily newspapers in West Virginia Wisconsin Michigan and Illinois and was a native of Grays Lake Illinois.
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NS Dubugue
S. Palmer
Dubuque
Leaders Gave C10 Union Plan For End of Tieup
Washington OPS rejected price boost demands from three steel firms to cover higher ware costs. Weirton Pittsburgh and American Rolling Mill received letters of denial as talks stalled. CIO United Steelworkers leaders viewed the peace offer as unsatisfactory and pondered summoning their wage policy committee to decide on next steps.
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Washington
OPS
Weirton
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Local Taft Leader Urges United Drive for Eisenhower Campaign
Alvin H. Babler Green County Taft Committee chairman and an alternate First District delegate to the GOP convention pledges full support to the Republican ticket. He notes disappointment over Taft not being nominee but praises Eisenhower and urges Republicans to elect allies in Congress and state and local offices. Rudolph P. Reger Green County Republican chairman comments. Babler and Joe Viney planned an informal meeting to discuss campaign plans.
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Alvin H. Babler
Green County
Taft Committee
GOP
Republican Party
Robert Taft
Gen
Eisenhower
Congress
I Republic
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Rudolph P. Reger
Babler
Joseph D. Viney
Citizens For Eisenhower Group
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Union A Co
Oleum
Calif
Lompock
Eugene Fulton
Kelly
Houser
Skywatch
U.N
Shaw
Columbia
Lab
Summerfield
Arthur E. Summerfield
Republican National Committee
Sen
Richard Nixon
California
Ike
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Denver
Mrs. Eisenhower
Maj
John D. Eisenhower
Highland Falls
N. Y
Renk
Bulletin
Philip Murray
Murray
U. S. Steel Corp
Bellweather
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