Wisconsin reports 14 dead in weekend accidents
The Associated Press lists fourteen fatalities across Wisconsin from traffic drownings and crashes. Among the dead are 11 month old Steven Erdman and 2 year old Kenneth Krahn in a Wausau area crash, 2 year old William Bennett in Madison, and multiple drownings in Silver Lake Faust Lake and Fish Creek.
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Wisconsin
Steven Erdman
Wausau
Kenneth Krahn
Highway 51
Knowlton
Steven
Lawrence
Korea
Howard Krahn
Kenneth
Lawrence E. Lodke
William Bennett
Beloit
Madison
Myron Bennett
Kenneth Patterson
Silver Lake
Waushara
Patterson
Carol Weyers
Route 3
Rhinelander
Faust Lake
Fish Creek
Ashland
William Butterfield
Melvin
Phelps
Wis
Eagle River
Linda Schwartz
Waukesha County
Milwaukee County
Glifford Johnson
Highway 29
Sawano County
Wallace Johnson
Howard Luedtke
Augusta
Weather Outlook For Monroe Fair Day
Clear weather with mid 80s temperatures is forecast for tomorrow as Green County residents prepare entries for the Monroe fairgrounds opening Wednesday. Rain measured .19 inch. Yesterday reached 89, today 85, with a low of 69. Tonight may drop 10 to 15 degrees.
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Green County
Monroe
Sparta Polio Cases Rise in Monroe County Total
Two new polio cases in Monroe County reported over the weekend raise the county total to 11. The latest patients are an 8-year-old Tomah boy and a Sparta boy aged 3.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Tomah
Laird Urges Modernized King Hospital Facilities
Wisconsin Senator Melvin Laird urges modernization of King Veterans Home facilities in King to protect older veterans from fire hazards. He calls for improved administration and a stronger public relations program by the State Department of Veterans Affairs, saying many Wisconsin veterans are unaware of benefits or discouraged from applying.
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King
Wis
Veterans Home
State Department of Veteran Affairs
Madison
Melvin Laird
Marshfield
Laird
State Legislative Council
Wisconsin
Bandits Bought Car in Rockford
FBI and Chicago agents trace the getaway car used in the Pearl City and Kent bank robberies to Rockford. A man matching the description of one robber bought the older vehicle from a used car lot last week after it was abandoned for a later model. The sheriff said the car, first traced to a New Milford man, was sold to a dealer and then for $50 to the heavier bandit.
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Rockford
Pearl City
Kent
FBI
Chicago
Kirk S. King
Winnebago County
New Milford
Paul Witt Wins Tractor Contest at County Fair
Paul Witt of Dutch Hollow club won first place in the 4-H tractor contest at the fair grounds. Second through fourth place winners Clinton Zettler Jr Juda Alois Mayer Argus Hilltoppers and Byron Schmid New Glarus advance to a county contest Saturday on the fair grounds infield for a state berth. Other participants include Jerry Wenger York Sherwood Carlson Oak Corners Alvin A. Mueller New Glarus John Drye Allom Don F. Schneider New Glarus David Hefty New Glarus Marvin Creuzer Dutch Hollow and Rod ney Whitehead Spring Grove. Machinery supplied by five Monroe implement dealers.
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Paul Witt
Dutch Hollow Club
Clinton Zettler Jr
Juda
Alois Mayer
Argus Hilltoppers
Byron Schmid
New Glarus
Jerry Wenger
York
Sherwood Carlson
Oak Corners
Alvin A. Mueller
John Drye
Allom
Don F. Schneider
David Hefty
Marvin Creuzer
Dutch Hollow
Rodney Whitehead
Spring Grove
Monroe Implement
Giles Dow Stoughton Bank President Dies at 80
STOUGHTON Wis Giles Dow 80 longtime president of the Stoughton State Bank since 1922 died yesterday a Madison native. Funeral services will be held Wednesday.
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Stoughton
Wis
Giles Dow
Stoughton State Bank
Madison
Retired Milwaukee Judge Charles Aarons Dies
Former Circuit Court judge Charles L. Aarons, who served 20 years on the bench before retiring in 1950, died today in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Charles L. Aarons
Pace rises at fair as 98th annual opens in midweek
As the 98th annual fair nears opening day on Wednesday, activity thickens at the fairgrounds. The 105 Ranch Rodeo arrives mid-morning and Wallace Brothers midway shows join the setup, while judging begins Thursday across open classes amid swine embargoes and growing attendance for amphitheater events.
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Wallace Brothers
Darlington
Ernie Farrell
Jack Downs
Mobile
Ala
Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson Hailed at Home
Bloomington crowds greet Governor Adlai Stevenson as he accepts the Democratic presidential nomination. Thousands jam the railroad station, aerial bombs explode, and a Springfield celebration is planned. Stevenson vows to campaign actively with Sen. John Sparkman as running mate in a 60-day push beginning Labor Day.
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Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Rairoad
Springfield
Stevenson
United States
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
Frank E. McKinney
Party High Command
Air Spraying Planned Over Monroe To Fight Polio Bugs
Monroe will begin DDT and water spraying from a plane to combat polio carriers. Roy True, airfield operator, will run the program for 1750 dollars, weather permitting, spraying 35 foot swaths in early morning or evening through five to seven days. Cars should be kept under cover and washed afterward.
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Monroe
Roy True
Board of Public Works
True
Darlington
Argyle
Woodford
Orangeville
Radar Reports Flying Saucers Near Washington
Radar near Washington National Airport and Andrews Air Force Base detected four to 12 unidentified objects for six hours. Jet fighters pursued but the objects vanished. pilots reported lights and a white glow five to ten miles away. Officials note increased saucer sightings since 1947, with four to 12 objects appearing at 7 08 p m CST near Mount Vernon Virginia.
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Washington
Washington National Airport
Andrews Air Force Base
Air Force
Air Route Traffic Control Center
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Mount Vernon
Casualties Listed in Korean War Update No 614
The Defense Department identified 113 casualties in a Korean War list No 614. It reports 17 killed, 86 wounded, one missing, and nine injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Giant B-36 Bomber Flights Sighted Over Area
Early morning reports describe two giant B-36 bombers with interceptor escorts crossing the area from east to west between 6 30 and 7 a m observers logged by Clarno post at 6 32 and 6 42 a m and Chicago filter center. Off duty observers aided by phone checks kept posts alert as vapor trails marked jet and piston engines.
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Chicago
Clarno Post
South Wayne Air
Italy Claims Success In Hydrogen Bomb Task
The Giornale D Italia reports Italy exploded its first hydrogen bomb built by Ubaldo Loschi, pupil of Enrico Fermi and colleague of Bruno Pontecorvo. Observers in a protected shelter watched a great flame rise, a red glare with a green crown, and a tremendous roar.
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Giornale D'Italia
Italy
Ubaldo Loschi
Enrico Fermi
Bruno Pontecorvo
Iron Curtain
Guardsmen Begin Two Week Training at Camp Ripley
The 32nd Division of Wisconsin arrives at Camp Ripley Minnesota for two weeks of intensive national guard field training. Green County's 101 guardsmen join 7700 division members arriving by trains buses and planes. Camp Ripley hosts a large tent city and new small unit tests due to start with 5 45 a m reveille and end at 10 30 p m.
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Wisconsin
Eva Peron Homage Crashes Leave Eight Dead
Thousands gathered at the Labor Ministry as Eva Peron's body lay in state. Crowds faced long queues for a 20 second viewing, while a casualty toll grew beyond official counts. Her death, likely from cancer, ends a pivotal era in Argentina's Peronist movement.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eva Peron
Ministry of Labor
Juan Peron
Public Health Ministry
Juan D. Peron
Labor Ministry
Peron
Bier
Polio Fund Worker Now Victim Himself At Children's Center
Gar net Edwards, 10, of True West Virginia, won a January prize for raising the most for infantile paralysis. He is now a patient in Marmet Hospital for Crippled Children with the disease.
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Children’s Center
Unionists Clash At Indiana Allis-Chalmers Plant
In Terre Haute about 100 AFL International Union of Operating Engineers members clashed with CIO United Auto Workers pickets at the Allis-Chalmers plant. Five men were stabbed or beaten, two arrested for assault. Police with 60 officers dispersed the scene. one injured man, John Martin of Paris, Illinois, was listed in critical condition. The pilot plant for a $10 million Allis-Chalmers facility has halted jet engine part production due to the strike. Exact strike issues remained undisclosed as of May 7.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Allis-Chalmers
Frank Riddle
AFL International Union of Operating Engineers
CIO
United Auto Workers
Riddle
John Martin
Paris
Allis Chalmers
Egypt's Leaders Launch Cleanup After Farouk Abdication
Cairo reports a new government pledging a nationwide cleanup of bribery and corruption after King Farouk's abdication. Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib Bey and Premier Aly Maher Pasha vow to use force if needed to quell demonstrations and deter foreign interference as the cabinet assumes royal powers pending a regency for infant King Faad II. Farouk sails to Italy aboard the royal yacht Mahroussa with the child king and others.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk
Mohammed Naguib Bey
Aly Maher Pasha
Naguib
Alexandria
Italy
Faad II
Marriman
Contender For Nomination Victim of Cancer
Washington Sen. Brien McMahon 48 a Connecticut Democrat and head of the Senate Atomic Energy Committee died today of a spinal ailment after a June operation. Cancer spread from the lung to his back and pelvis. He withdrew his name from the Democratic presidential race from his Georgetown Hospital bed. He had debated Taft in pre convention activity and was a key figure in atomic energy policy.
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Washington
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Georgetown Hospital
Philip Caulfield
McMahon
Hiroshima
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Voice of Congress
Justice Department
Harlan County
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Chkhan
GOP
Aluminum Firms Now Facing Strike Threat Across Industry
Pittsburgh reports a threatened aluminum industry strike as CIO United Steelworkers walkouts press wage demands beyond those in steel. USW cites pay differentials across nine plants while steel mills push to resume full production after a 55 day walkout.
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Pittsburgh
America
CIO
United Steelworkers
Aluminum Company of America
Washington
USW
Four Robbers Beat Couple Near Wausau
Four hoodlums rushed the home of an elderly farm couple near Wausau Saturday night and savagely beat a 70 year old woman. They fled with $15 from a purse while a cloth bag containing $600 was found on the victim after admission staff at a Wausau hospital undressed her. The woman was described as in good condition but bruised and slated for X ray. the husband, 72, was examined and released.
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Wausau
Leo Zmyewski
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