Bradley Cagers Admit Accepting Bribes for Fixes
Four former Bradley University stars told State's Attorney Michael A. Shore they accepted bribes totaling about 4 000 dollars to keep Bradley's score within a fixed spread in the December 7 1950 game against Oregon State, and 21 December 1949 game versus Washington State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Michael A. Shore
Bradley University
Bradley
Shore
Oregon State
Gene Melchiorre
Highland Park
William Mann
Chicago
Charles “Bud” Grover
Dundee
Aaron Preece
Canton
III
Melchiorre
City College of New York
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Cadiz farmer Herman A Lueck dies at 70
Herman A Lueck of Cadiz route 1 died last night at 10 in his farm home from a coronary occlusion after several months illness. He served 23 years on the Cadiz town board and was active in farming affairs. Born Oct 2 1880 in Jordan township, he is survived by his widow Altha Lynch and a brother William. Services Thursday at 2 pm at Shriner-Neushwan der funeral home with Rev Ralph Kofoed officiating. Burial in Cadiz cemetery.
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Herman A. Lueck
Browntown
Route 1
Cadiz Township
Mr. Lueck
Cadiz
Jordan Township
Frederick
Minnie May Lueck
Ullom School
Mmes
Pauline MacInnis
Anna Warner
Bertha Mahley
Frank
Shriner-Neushwander
Ralph Kofoed
Methodist Church
Cadiz Cemetery
Colorado Bans Whip Use in State Prisons
Colorado state institution board bans the whip in prisons after considering the punishment of six convicts. Five inmates from a recent riot, during which two guards were shot, were among those discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado
State Institution Board
Mrs Kundert 80 Dies at New Glarus Home
Mrs David Kundert sr aged 80 died in her sleep at her New Glarus residence. Born Maria Hefty in Green County, she married David Kundert in 1891 and lived on farms before moving to town. She leaves two sons David Jr and Henry, two daughters Mrs Wyss and Mrs Paff, and brother Henry Hefty. Funeral plans pending.
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New Glarus
David Kundert Sr
Henry Hefty
Maria Hefty
Henry Heftys
Switzerland
Hefty
Here
Kundert
29 New Polio Cases Reported for State
The state board of health reported twenty nine new polio cases today, bringing Wisconsin’s year total to 100 this year. The figure nearly doubles last year’s 53 cases at this time, with ten Milwaukee county cases in the city.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Milwaukee County
Illinois Bar Poll Backs Douglas Choices for Federal Judgeships
Northern Illinois lawyers favored two of Sen. Douglas recommendations for vacant federal seats. William H. King Jr. and Benjamin P. Epstein, both Chicago judges, led the poll. The president had chosen Joseph Drucker Harrington and Joseph Samuel Perry for the vacancies.
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Springfield
Illinois
Sen
Douglas
Dill
Truman
Illinois State Bar Association
Joseph Jerome Drucker
Chicago
William H. King Jr
Benjamin P. Epstein
Cook County
King
Sister Bertha to Lead St. Clare Hospital
Sister Bertha, previously at Leo House in New York City, is named superintendent of St. Clare Hospital. She arrived with Mother M. Albertonia, new superior general of the Congregation of St. Agnes. The order’s leadership change follows Mother Albertonia’s June 27 election and prior retirements and moves within the order.
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M. Bertha
Leo House
New York City
St. Clare Hospital
Bertha
M. Albertonia
Congregation of St. Agnes
Fond du Lac
Mother Albertonia
M. Angeline
M. Evarista
St. Clare
Mary Agnes
Nicaragua
Open Class Entry Deadline Extended at Green County Fair
Green County fair opens an extended deadline for open class entries. Secretary William A Brown announced new closing time is 5 p m next Saturday. Entry categories include horses cattle swine poultry farm products fruit honey dairy goods flowers and plants and other sections. Junior fair entries closed July 16.
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William A. Brown
Oil Stocks Lift Market Amid Broad Gains
Oil shares led the market higher with gains of a dollar or two per share and some bigger advances. Trading volume reached about 1,600,000 shares as activity improved over recent levels and several top gainers held near their highs.
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New York
Reds Reject Armistice Terms as Talks Resume
United Nations truce negotiators return to Kaesong for a yes or no from North Korea on the armistice. Pyongyang radio says the answer will be no as U N delegates insist talks drop the withdrawal of foreign troops.
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U. N
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Pyongyang
Pyongyang Radio
Korean Central Press
Peiping
United States
Red Radio
U. S
South Korea
Ridgway
German Experts To Visit Green County
Five German economists will visit Green county next week with A E Mercker of the United States department of agriculture. Fred Galli, manager of the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers association, is arranging the visit for August 2 and 3. The party will tour the Lake shire Marty cheese plant, the Cheese Laboratory Inc, and the Green county fair, plus other cheese interests. The foreign guests include Theo Dams, Dr Heinrich Dansmann, Dr Wolfram Dufner, E S Schlange, and Dr Martin Schwemann Sackur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
A. E. Mercker
United States Department of Agriculture
Fred Galli
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Cheese Laboratory, Inc
Theo Dams
Heinrich Dansmann
Wolfram Dufner
E. S
Two Girls Hurt In Skid Accident Near Monroe
A group of six teenagers in one car skidded off a county trunk road near the Roy Gempeler farm south east of Monroe around 11 last night. Two 18 year old girls Janette Black and Dorothy Kolb were hospitalized at St. Clare with head and arm bruises and a broken collarbone. Annette Stopka 16 was treated for shoulder injuries but not hospitalized. Driver James Soddy 18 and Dorothy Preuti 18 plus Lydia Wels 18 were not injured. The car left the roadway and landed in a ditch. the sheriff investigated and the ambulance responded.
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St. Clare
Roy Gempeler
Monroe
Janette Black
Kenneth H. Black
30Th Avenue
Dorothy Kolb
Henry Kolbs
Miss Black
Miss Kolb
Annette Stopka
16Th Avenue
James A. Soddy
Browntown
Dorothy Preuti
14Th Avenue
Lydia Wels
Route 1
Sheriff's Department
Weather Halts Deep Coast Search For Missing Korean Plane
Worsening weather hampered efforts by 16 planes and 3 Coast Guard cutters seeking a Korean airlift plane missing along the Alaska coast since Saturday with 38 aboard. The search focused on the Gulf of Alaska and peaks up to 15,000 feet, but rough conditions halted intensive operations. The last contact was 80 miles west of Juneau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Coast Guard
Gulf of Alaska
Congressman urges fund ban to free Oatis in Prague
Rep. Bray urged withholding state department funds until it makes a sincere effort to secure William N. Oatis, AP correspondent jailed in Czechoslovakia on spy charges. Bray called the trial a kangaroo court and urged Congress to push for action to win his release amid broad American outrage.
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Oatis
Washington
Bray
Ind
Congress
State Department
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Congress Probes Favors at Detroit Arsenal Center
A House subcommittee hearing revealed Brig. Gen. David J. Crawford accepted a free Washington hotel suite from ordnance contractors. He acknowledged shipping trees from Detroit to Maryland by army truck and using salvaged material to build a sailboat. Ken Heavlin testified his firm did wholesale favors for 26 arsenal employees.
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Detroit
Army
House
David J. Crawford
Arsenal and Center
Washington
Crawford
Wayside
Lebanon Steel Co
Ken Heavlin
Arsenal
New Glarus Man Hurt in Accident
Ronald Disch of New Glarus was treated at St. Clare hospital and released after a 3:27 p.m. crash on highway 69 north of Monticello near Freitag farm. His car rolled into a ditch, struck a tree, and was wrecked while Robert G. Rote of Monroe, driving parallel, clipped him. No injuries reported in a separate 3:09 p.m. two car crash on highway 59 at the Alfred Meier farm driveway where a rendering truck driven by Albert W. Boss was struck by Rudolph A. Krebs driving by Winslow, sending Krebs into a ditch.
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Ronald Disch
New Glarus
St. Clare Hospital
Highway 69
Monticello
Freitag Farm
Robert G. Rote
Monroe
Disch
Sheriff's Office
Highway 59
Alfred Meier Farm
Albert W. Boss
17Th Avenue
Rudolph A. Krebs
Winslow
Krebs
VFW Discusses Memorial Inscription at Greenwood Cemetery
A Turner hall VFW meeting debated altering the cemetery war monument lettering to honor veterans of all wars. The committee led by Joseph D. Viney Louis R. Wolleson and Theodore J. Burgy will meet an American Legion panel headed by Rev John MacMartin and seek bids. Also planned were fairgrounds stand operations.
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Greenwood Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Turner Hall
VFW
Joseph D. Viney
Louis R. Wolleson
Theodore J. Burgy
American Legion
John MacMartin
Fairgrounds
Mississippi Flood Threat Now Easing
The Mississippi neared a crest at 41.8 feet with a 41.9 forecast, easing concerns for Cape Girardeau Missouri and nearby towns. Flooding affected parts of Alton Illinois and riverfront areas in Missouri, with 250 residents displaced and key facilities like the International Shoe Co. factory and Frisco station inundated.
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Cape Girardeau
Mississippi
Kansas
Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
Reading
St. Louis
Perry County
Chester
Alton
Ill
International Shoe Co
Frisco Railroad
Missouri Utilities
Browntown Area Dairy Barn Burns
A large dairy barn milk house and silo burned to the ground at Elmer Braun farm three miles north of Browntown last night. Firemen could not save the buildings. 3000 bales of hay and other equipment destroyed. Cause under investigation. Buildings insured.
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South Wayne
Elmer’ Braun
Browntown
Cheddar List Steady in Wisconsin Market Report
The Federal State market news service reports Wisconsin American cheese market steady to firm with good demand. Selling price ranges include single daisies 40 to 40 percent, longhorns 40 to 41 percent, square prints 40 to 41 percent, and midgets 42 to 43 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Senators Debate Military Manpower and Economic Controls
Senators pressed for details on Truman’s call to raise the 3,500,000 man military goal with Lodge Morse and Morse urging immediate expansion. Truman warned the goal may be insufficient against global Soviet threats while a conference on anti-inflation powers proceeds as Parliament debates extending wage and price controls. Eisenhower and Western Europe figures shape the foreign aid push with support for an $8.5 billion package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Morse
R-Ore
Russia
Congress
Korea
Senate
House
Sparkman
Dala
Western
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic
Western Europe
Aids Foreign Fund
Hickenlooper
Rrowa
Gen
Eisenhower
Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
Crivitz Board Fires Veteran High School Principal
The new seven member Crivitz school board voted 5-2 to discharge long time principal F. J. Worachek after he refused to resign. The move follows a student strike last March when students walked out over teacher contract renewals.
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Pearl McGranahan
Worachek
Fred Deterville
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Bradley Cagers
Frank Hogan
Nick Englisis
Nick the Greek
Sollazzo
Salvatore T. Sollazzo
Hogan
Preece
Mann
Grover
Forrest Anderson
CCNY
Herman A.lueck
Jordan
East School
Times
Allied Group
Kang-Gong
Sariwon
Soldiers Grove
Louis Salmon
Hits State Department
Glarus
Lodge
President
R-Mass
Crivitz
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