Six Beloit Guardsmen Injured In Juda Truck Crash
Six Beloit National Guard recruits were hurt when a convoy truck overturned into a drainage ditch near Juda during a drill bound for Yellowstone Lake. Pvt. Jerome Dotter 17 Beloit remained hospitalized with leg and shoulder injuries. Pvt. Richard Greve 17 was released. Other injured included Pvt. Milton Babcock 17 Sgt. Robert Lindemann 20 Lt. Edward Patton and driver Donald W. Hamil.
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National Guard
Beloit
Yellowstone Lake Project
Juda
Times
St. Clare
Jerome Dotter
Dotter
Richard Greve
Greve
Milton Babcock
John Hollibush
Robert Lindemann
Edward Patton
Donald W. Hamil
Lindemann
Patton
Hamil
John M. Meichtry
Brodhead
Aldo Hintz
22Nd Avenue
Schwartzenberger Hill
Monroe
Meichtry
Hintz
Emil J. Hafen
Franklin W. Boettcher
Madison
Hafen
Jackie L. Patty
Albany
Patty
Gapen Store
John Wuethrich
Rain May Postpone Old Timers Concert
The 16th annual Old Timers band concert may be postponed if weather does not clear by 4 p.m. Band director Allan F. Barnard said the show would move to next Monday at 8 p.m. A rehearsal would occur in Monroe High School’s band room if delayed.
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Allan F. Barnard
Monroe High School
Barnard
First Recorded Cancer Case Tied to Atomic Burn in Japan
The Japan News reports the first known cancer case linked to an atomic blast aftermath in Japan. The English language dispatch notes clinical attribution to radiation exposure and highlights historical context from wartime events.
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Tokyo
Japan News
Japan
Rainy weekend ends with lingering showers across state
A system kept rain in the area with 0.9 inch additional rainfall Saturday night and total 1.63 inches since Friday noon. A severe thunderstorm caused minor telephone outages but no major damage. Oats crop damaged lightly as showers and thundershowers expected tonight and tomorrow. Highs in the 80s with Milwaukee at 1.51 inches noted.
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Milwaukee
Madison
Beloit
Mrs Lengacher 74 Dies After Heart Attack in Wisconsin
Mrs. Fred Lengacher Sr., 74, of 2121 14th Street, Monroe, Wisconsin, died at 6:30 p m yesterday in St Clare hospital after a heart attack. Born April 14 1880 in Eilenbach Switzerland she married Feb 21 1902 in Switzerland. The couple moved to Monroe in 1902 and were active Swiss American figures, celebrating their 50th anniversary in 1952. She leaves her husband a daughter Mrs Edgar A Briggs a son Fred Jr five brothers a sister and four grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 1 30 p m in St John s church with burial in Greenwood cemetery. The body will be taken from Shriner Neushwander funeral home to the church at 10 a m Wednesday.
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Fred Lengacher Sr
14Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Lengacher
Anna Julia Stocker
Eilenbach
Canton Bern
Switzerland
Gottlieb
Elisa Keller Stocker
Monroe
Illinois
Bayrhoffer
Beckman
Advance
Kenyon
Minn
Baumgartner’s
Hulda Boothman
Carl Stocker
John
Alfred
Elisa Reber
St. John's Church
Paul C. Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Shriner-Neushwander
Weekend Toll in Wisconsin Tops Fifteen Dead
The Associated Press reports a deadly weekend across Wisconsin with 15 fatalities. A Soo Line train struck a car at an unguarded Highway EE crossing near Mukwonago, killing four Milwaukeeans and wounding three. other incidents include two fatal crashes on Highway 41 near Milwaukee, a head-on collision southeast of Mukwonago, lightning at a Racine golf outing killing two and injuring others, plus drownings and fatal car accidents in Shawano and Kenosha counties.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Soo Line
Highway EE
Mukwonago
Waukesha County
Gerald Nuss
Joan Bilot
Maurice Fitzgerald
Brian
Eagle Lake
Waukesha
Fitzgerald
Nuss
Vernon Hause
Fond du Lac
Milwaukee
Laura Skoczek
Josephine Frelke
Grange Avenue
Fred Gierke
Wheeling
Ill
Ethel Wamback
Chicago
Ruby Johnson
Warren
Monroe County
Racine County
Young Radiator Co
Racine
Maple Crest Country Club
Kenosha
Albert Albertini
John J. Phillips
Walter Schleck
Footville
Robert Fox
Beverly Marie Smith
Clifford Smith
Cross Lake
Kenosha County
Deluges Flood Iowa Cities Amid Powerful Weekend Rain
Heavy rains in Fort Dodge Sioux City Mason City and Des Moines widened the flood threat after a weekend with one drowning and mass evacuations. Fort Dodge Mason City and Sioux City faced the worst danger as Des Moines eased after Four Mile Creek floods.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Mason City
Iowa
Four Mile Creek
National Guardsmen
Graham Ends Sweden Crusade After Record Attendance
Evangelist Billy Graham left Stockholm after a two day crusade in the Swedish capital. About 90,000 Swedes heard him in person and several millions more listened on the state radio Saturday night in Stockholm.
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Graham
Stockholm
Sweden
U. S
Billy Graham
Alice to Set Scene for Wisconsin Finals in Monroe
Wisconsin's retiring Alice in Dairyland will visit Monroe Thursday and Friday to boost interest in the state finals. Miss Mary Ellen Jenks of Chippewa Falls will tour markets, attend a luncheon, and appear at Friday's banquet preview. Gov Kohler will host a Saturday buffet and finals ticket sales are underway with a 400-person limit.
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Wisconsin
Alice
Frank Wing
State Department of Agriculture
Mary Ellen Jenks
Chippewa Falls
Jenks
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Monroe Hotel
Walter J. Kohler
Turner Hall
Forrest Kubly
Monroe
Kempfert’s
Dairyland
Wing
State Board of Agriculture
Guatemala City Raid Threatens by Rebel Planes
Insurgent leaders announced the bombing of Coban and threatened to bomb Guatemala City as part of a three-pronged drive to disrupt rail and road links. They claimed growing support for their rebel movement while denying rumors of fighting in the capital.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Coban
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Liberation Army
Arbenz
Cogan
Esquipulas
New York
United Nations
Eduardo Castillo-Arriola
Castillo-Arriola
Guillermo Toriello
Gualan
Motagua River
Turner Addition Started by Firm Turner Addition
L. S. Wagner and Son began excavation for a new Turner hall addition in Middleton. Rubi and Leuenberger secured the electrical contract of over $18,000 after a Saturday night bid. The project awaits steel arrivals and will add a gymnasium and bowling alleys to the west of the hall.
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Turner Hall
L. S. Wagner and Son
Middleton
Rubi
Mexican military plane vanishes with 19 aboard
Mexico City officials report a Mexican Air Force transport missing with 19 people aboard including soldiers their wives and families. Search teams scour possible crash sites while authorities update the casualty status.
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Mexico City
Air Force
Hearing Set on Lake Geneva Site for New Air Force Academy
Lake Geneva Civic Association seeks an emergency restraining order against Secretary Talbott over site selection for the new Air Force academy. The suit targets Lake Geneva as one of three sites, with hearings tentatively the week of July 5. The group accuses Talbott of relying on a biased inspection and claims broad local opposition.
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Washington
Lake Geneva
Air Force Academy
Talbott
Colorado Springs
Alton
Ill
Arthur D. Condon
U. S
Matthew F. McGuire
McGuire
Condon
John McCollow
McCollow
The
Civic Association
Air Force Engineers
Truman Steps After Gall Bladder and Appendix Surgery
Former President Harry S. Truman sat up for the first time since an emergency operation to remove his gall bladder and appendix. Dr. Wallace Graham said he was recovering satisfactorily but in pain and fatigued from talking. he may leave Research Hospital in about 10 days.
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Truman
Bess Truman
Research Hospital
Kansas City
Wallace Graham
George Wallace
Independence
Harry S. Truman
Mr. Truman
Graham
Vivian Truman
Dr. Graham
Darlington Blast Victim Succumbs to Injuries
Mrs. Margerita Gertsch 65 died in a Darlington hospital after an explosion at her home thought caused by a leaking gas hot plate. Fire Chief Parkinson said burners were on and the gas cylinder empty. She leaves two sons and a daughter. funeral tomorrow at 2 in the Evangelical and Reformed church.
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Darlington
Margerita Gertsch
Carroll Parkinson
Gertsch
Parkinson
Davenport
Ronald Matley
Albert
Walter
Gratiot
Martha Ramsey
Rockford
Ronald R. Miller
Browntown
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Union Grove
Sharer Funeral Home
Dr. William Hotchkiss Dies Former Rensselaer Leader
In Scarsdale New York Dr. William Otis Hotchkiss 75 longtime president emeritus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and former Wisconsin state geologist died Sunday He had held emeritus status since last year and led the college in past years.
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Scarsdale
N. Y
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutue
Wisconsin
William Otis Hotchkiss
Rensselaer
Mundt Seeks Plan To Aid Jenkins In Verdict Writing
Sen. Mundt said the McCarthy Army hearings may extend for 20 years yet yield facts. He postponed consultative talks with the four Republicans and three Democrats and proposed bringing in special counsel Ray H. Jenkins to help draft a verdict. Jenkins said he is open to the job and will decide about running for the Senate within two weeks.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Ray H. Jenkins
Jenkins
Senate
McCarthy
Chinese Concede 30 Civilians Held
Geneva report notes 30 American civilians in prison while one civilian and several military personnel listed as detained by the U.S. are dead or missing. China says missionary W. L. Winter died in Kiangsi prison. three fliers died from injuries after parachuting from a plane over Antung. The U.S. lists 11 crewmen from naval and rescue planes as missing after crashes.
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Geneva
United States
U. S
China
W. L. Winter
Winter
Kiangsi
P. E. Voorhis
H. D. Weese
A. D. Hart, Jr
Antung
North China
Stocks Level Off After Brisk Start
New York stocks held a steady course after an initial surge. Major gains included U S Steel General Motors Chrysler Studebaker Douglas Aircraft Phelps Dodge Westinghouse Electric General Electric United Fruit Texas Pacific Railway IBM. Declines appeared in Goodyear Boeing Radio Corp Zenith AT&T and American Smelting.
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New York
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
Douglas Aircraft
Phelps Dodge
Westinghouse Electric
General Electric
United Fruit
Texas Pacific Railway
International Business
Goodyear
Boeing
Radio Corp
Zenith
American Telephone
American Smelting
Smith Returns Sees Hopes for Indochina Truce
Washington reports Undersecretary of State Walter Bedell Smith arrived from Geneva with a pledge to pursue a sincere patient effort toward an Indochina peace settlement. He blamed inflexible Communist opposition for the failure to reach a Korea settlement and outlined the US role as a friendly nonparticipating party in future negotiations.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Smith
Korea
Reds
Geneva
United Front
Pierre Mendes-France
Paris
United States
United Nations
French Batter Reds Outposts Near Hanoi in Mop Up
French forces with tanks artillery planes and gun boats attacked Viet Minh villages 18 miles northwest of Hanoi on Red River’s south bank. Vietnamese infantry aided by light tanks followed through eight villages on Vancoc Island amid air and ground bombardment as B-26s hit Viet Minh convoys near the delta edge.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River
Son Tay
Vancoc Island
Thailand Leader Sees UN Action If Crisis Deepens
Prime Minister Phibun Songkram warned that a UN response could follow if current tensions in Thailand worsen, drawing a parallel to international action seen during the Korea crisis. He stressed vigilance and regional stability as Bangkok monitors regional developments.
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Thailand
Bangkok
Phibun Songkram
United Nations
Korea
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Geneva Group
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Dr. Hotchkiss
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