Trapped Rapists Seize Farm Hostages In Wisconsin
Desperados Robert Winslow and Buford Sennet barricade themselves in a Peter Pamputus farm home with hostages including a Michigan co ed. Sheriff Kutsche seeks FBI help as deputies from Chippewa and Clark counties close in. A stolen car and blood stained clues surface as authorities pursue warrants and details emerge from Danecoony and Madison.
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Ray Kutsche
Marine Tyers
Secel Gaaaeen
Dene County
Edwin Wilkie
Robert Winslow
Owen
Buford Sennet
Richland Center
Peter Pamputus
Michigan
University - Wisconsin
Winslow
Clark County
Kutsche
FBI
Chippewa
Ray Thronson
Yuba
Merchall
President outlines 10 point inflation fight program
President Truman calls congress to restore rationing and wage ceilings with a 10 point plan to curb rising prices. He urges limited wage controls, price ceilings on scarce goods, extended rent control, allocation of scarce commodities, and expanded conservation as essential measures to defend Europe and the U.S. economy.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Austria
France
Italy
Marshall
Europe
Free Nations
Housing meet planned for Washington by veterans group
The American Veterans Committee announces a national housing meeting in Washington with representatives from all states and districts to lobby Congress about the plight of homeless veterans.
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Philadelphia
American Veterans Committee
Washington
Russia Gets Large Share of German Reparations
General Lucius D. Dye, American military governor, said Russia and its satellites received about 80 percent of the 90,000 tons of reparations shipped from Germany's U S zone through September in his monthly report.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Diey
Russia
Germany
U. S
Snowbound area reels from heavy damage to power and telecom
Monroe and Green counties faced widespread disruption after the first major snowfall. Power and light crews reported very heavy damage to rural lines and 40 downed poles between Monroe and Freeport. City services and buses returned to near normal as repairs continue. Long distance circuits improved but remain interrupted. Western Union and AP teletype briefly out of service.
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Monroe
Green County
United Telephone Co
Freeport
Juta
W. S. MacDonald
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
MacDonald
Herman W. Kohn
Kohn
Western Union
Janesville
Times
Associated Press
Soviet Protest Raid at Camp Beauregard Stirs Tensions
A Paris despatch says French police raided the Soviet repatriation center at Camp Beauregard France violating the French Soviet repatriation accord. The Tass report claims the incident was staged to divert attention from inner political troubles.
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Moscow
Tass
Paris
Camp Beauregard
France
City Council to Study Recreation Park Improvements
City council to review an $8,500 Recreation Park improvement proposal for 1948, amid debate with Mayor Buehler over timing and funding. The tentative city budget totals $172,503.78 for city operations, with education funding sought at $155,000 and county state tax details due later in the month.
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Park and Recreation Board
Chamber of Commerce
Recreation Park
Finance and Taxation Committee
Frank A. Buehler
Buehler
Henry Tschudy
Tschudy
Board of Education
Green County
Monroe
Paris Council Chooses De Gaulle Kin As Mayor Amid Tension
French police step up precautions as Paris hosts a city council meeting to appoint Pierre De Gaulle, brother of General, as mayor amid fears of renewed communist-linked unrest. Rumors swirl over Rama dier cabinet reshuffles and Reynaud possible inclusion or bid to form a new government.
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Paris
Marseille
Charles de Gaulle
Pierre
Paul Ramadier
Ramadier
Paul Reynaud
Third Republic
Populaire
Pay-You-Go Tax Proposed to Strengthen Charity Giving
President Truman promotes a pay-as-you-go income tax plan for church and charitable donations. He argues regular saving from each payday would build moral fibre among citizens and boost voluntary giving.
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Washington
Truman
Meyers Owned Big Aviation Firm Revealed in Testimony
LaMarre, president of the aviation electrical company, testified that in 1941 his salary appeared on the books at about 31000, but about 28000 of that was paid to Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers. He had earlier said Meyers financed the reorganization with funds from the war business. Senator Ferguson pressed the point that Meyers directed him to pay the salary to himself and handle taxes, with the remainder passing to Meyers.
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Washington
B. H., LaMarre
Aviation Electric Company
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
State Methodists Welcome New Bishop
Wisconsin Methodists gathered to welcome their new bishop Edwin Holt Hughes appointed interim administrator after the death of Bishop Ernest Richardson. Bishop Hughes, who will be 81 next month, said Wisconsin has a right to ecclesiastical unity and the area should remain intact and not become secondary.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Probe death of five in Nampa explosion at restaurant tavern
An investigation begins to determine cause after an explosion at a Nampa Idaho restaurant tavern on Saturday night killed five and injured 50. Fire Chief L T Lessinger had tentatively blamed a gas range explosion. The city council and police and fire departments planned the probe.
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Nampa
Idaho
L. T. Lessinger
Supervisors Face Busy Day Tuesday
Green county supervisors prepared for a full day as the committee on accounts reported on fees for Wisconsin General Hospital cases sheriff undersheriff and deputies accounts juvenile proceedings and justice court accounts and a Monroe town petition on school tax for the asylum property. Ole Sandley dissented on the $40 000 direct appropriation and the board may reconvene as a whole. Contingent fund of 1574 64 was adopted to cover overdrafts and the clerk and chairman were authorized to borrow for current expenses and to hire stenographers for resolutions budgets and reports.
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Court House
Green County Board of Superviors
Clarence W. Lengacher
Wisconsin General Hospital
Justice Court
Monroe
Green County
Ole Sandley
Cadiz Township
Actors Guild elects Reagan president and disavows communism
The Screen Actors Guild urged its leaders to renounce communism and elected Ronald Reagan as president. A guild resolution requires any candidate for office to sign an affidavit stating no party membership.
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Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
Ronald Reagan
Guild
Diamonds and Rubies Highlight Royal Wedding Display
Princess Elizabeth receives a necklace of pea sized diamonds and rubies from the royal collection as part of the royal wedding gifts at St James palace. Westminster abbey hosts nobles including four kings and six queens as security tightens and weather foresees possible snow on the day.
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Tom Williams
London
Elizabeth
St. Philip Mountbatten
St. James’ Palace
Queen Mary
Queen Victoria
Westminster Abbey
King Haakon of
Norway
Princess Elizabeth
Royal Lodge
Windsor
St. James’s Palace
New Clues In McLoone Death In Wisconsin Mystery
La Crosse police pursue fresh clues in the slaying of Dr. James E. McLoone a prominent physician. District Attorney John S. Coleman cites developing possibilities but will not name names. A local couple saw a car and two men near the scene while a bloody trail suggests drag from a highway parking spot. The doctor’s car and $110 remained untouched.
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la Crosse
Highway 16
McLoone
First hunting casualty of year in Chippewa County
Calvin Hall, 14, from near Pickford was seriously wounded Sunday afternoon when an accidental shooting occurred during a hunting trip in Chippewa County. He was at War Memorial Hospital in serious condition as sheriffs investigators search for the shooter among the hunting party members.
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Chippewa Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Chippewa County
Calvin Hall
Pickford
Calvin
War Memorial Hospital
Vishinsky says U.S. policy aims to save remnants of fascism
Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky told a New York dinner that American policy preserves remnants of fascism in Germany to direct it against the Soviet Union. He cited a frenzied pro war mood in the United States and criticized Dulles and De Gaulle for urging anti Soviet unity.
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New York
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
Germany
United Nations
National Council of Soviet- American Friendship
Soviet Union
Council of American-Soviet Friendship
Vishinsky
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Mrs. Louise Weidman Dies After Illness at 78
Louise Weidman 78 died of a heart condition at her daughter’s home 1202 14th street yesterday morning at 10 30. She was born May 30 1869 in Canton Bern Switzerland and moved to Monroe in 1900 after living in Lafayette county. Survived by four daughters two brothers a sister ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at St John’s church with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Louise Weidman
Herman Baumgartner
14Th Street
Weidman
Canton Bern
Switzerland
9Th Street
Emanuel and
Elizabeth Wenger Neuenschwander
Monroe
Matt Weidman
Lafayette County
Emil Stoller
Argyle
Henry Walder
Fred Lalathe
Darlington
Gottfried
Colorado
Edward
Milwaukee
Oscar Loepfe
Paul Walder
Germany
St. John’s Church
Aid Society
GUGG
Shriner - Neushhwander
Paul Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Four Nations Agree On Four Items For Big Four Peace Talks
Deputy foreign ministers from the United States Russia Great Britain and France agreed on four agenda items for the November 25 opening conference to draft German and Austrian peace treaties. The topics cover Austria provisional political organization for Germany economic principles and the procedure for treaty preparation.
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London
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
Austria
Germany
Five Hunters Dead in Minnesota Deer Season Opening
Minnesota reported five hunter deaths in the first 12 hours of the deer season. The season opened Saturday and runs until November 23, with conservation officials estimating 150000 big game licenses sold.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Conservation Department
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Neillsville
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Cleveland Heights
Badger Village
University Housing Center
Bode
Blue River
Hillsboro
Wisconsin River
Sorine Green
Richland County
Carl L. Carlson
Carlson
University of Michigan
E. A. Fischer
Vultee
San Diego
Calif
Meyers
Big Aviation Company
State Methodists
U.S
L. Weidman
Canton
Bern
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