Guardsmen Stand Firm After Strike Blockade Incident
In New Castle Indiana a National Guard sergeant fired at a car attempting to run a road blockade at the Perfect Circle Corp strike site. Three men were in the car. one shot may have hit the vehicle. Guardsmen avoided injury as the jeep of guardsmen was driven off. Civil authority over arrests is in effect under Mayor Paul McCormack. Negotiations continue with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Ind
National Guard
John S. Anderson
Perfect Circle Corp
Anderson
Kentucky
Paul McCormack
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chicago
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
National Tea Sold by Cuneo to Weston
Chicago businessman Joan F. Cuneo sold his controlling stake in National Tea Co. to Weston Ltd. of Toronto for about 22 million dollars, while retaining some stock and remaining a director. National Tea operates 743 stores in 13 states and posts annual sales near 575 million dollars, making Weston the third largest North American chain behind Atlantic and Pacific and Safeway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joan F. Cuneo
National Tea Co
Garfield Weston
Cuneo
National
Midwest
Weston Ltd
Toronto
Canada
U. S
National Tea
North America
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Safeway Stores Inc
Harley McNamara
R. V. Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Weston
Cuneo Press, Inc
Milwaukee
Hawthorne Mellody Dairies of
Boy kills rat blast. 14 year old dies in dynamite accident
Fourteen year old Eugene Molitor fired at a rat with a rifle. The bullet struck a box with 50 sticks of dynamite, exploding and destroying an abandoned house and two cars. The blast shattered windows at the Molitor home and barn. Eugene died after being taken to St. Joe hospital. Sheriff Lemieux and state crime lab pursued the cause. no witnesses reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Molitor
Finday
Eugene
St. Joe Hospital
Fond du Lac
George Lemieux
Charles “Wilson
State Crime Laboratory
Slaying Seen In Fire Deaths in Chicago Suburb
In East Chicago Heights a two room home burned and the bodies of 66 year old Ella Camp and her grandchildren Mary Frances Brock Cynthia Brock and Harry Brock were found. A six to seven inch knife blade was embedded in Mrs Camp neck. Coroner McCarron suspects multiple murder. Mrs Camp mother of local fire chief Sam Camp. The victims are all Negro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walter A. McCarron
Ella Camp
Mary Frances Brock
Cynthia Brock
Harry Brock
Jerry Kerns
International Show Launched in Chicago at 230-Pound Barrow
York shire barrow owned by Donald Hale of Clinton Wisconsin was picked junior champion barrow at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago today. Hale 20 holds an American Farmer’s degree and is a Future Farmers of America member. He also showed the reserve and grand champion barrows at the Wisconsin State Fair this year as thousands of farmers from the U S and Canada compete for top cattle sheep and hog awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hale
Clinton
Wis
Young Hale
Future Farmers of America
United States
Canada
Gunmen Rob Bank in Germantown Seizing $10,000
Two masked gunmen robbed the Bank of Germantown in Bracken County near Maysville, forcing three women employees into the vault. One guarded the door while the other emptied cash drawers and vault into a satchel, then forced the workers into the vault, which was unlocked. Sheriff Merrill Walton reported the approximate haul was $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Maysville
Bank of
Germantown
Merrill Walton
Bracken County
Banker's Body Found in Woods in Minnesota
Kenneth Lindbergh, bank cashier missing since November after a visit from a stranger, was found slain in a snowy field near Thief River Falls. Three local boys discovered the body, with evidence including a nearby hat and a missing wallet, while authorities labeled the death a murder and conducted FBI fingerprint checks.
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Clear Lake
Minn
Kenneth Lindbergh
Lindbergh
FBI
Chester Goenner
Detroit
Chicago
Goenner
Thief River Falls
Lawence Finneck
Fieck
Merle
Kenneth
Gary
River Falls
Mitchell Enters Governor's Race in Illinois
Mitchell, 52, Chicago lawyer and former Democratic national chairman, announced at a Paxton luncheon that he will seek the party’s nomination for Illinois governor. He cited backing among central Illinois Democratic leaders and recalls his past support for Kennelly, Stevenson, and Douglas, which aided his renomination as national chairman in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxton
Stephen A. Mitchell
Illinois
Mitchell
Chicago
Ford County
Joe W. Russell
Piper City
Martin H. Kennelly
Adlai E. Stevenson
Paul H. Douglas
U. S
Stevenson
Riot-torn Cyprus Put Under Military Rule
London announces a state of emergency in Cyprus granting the governor and military commander, Field Marshal Sir John Harding, wide powers. The move followed consultations with Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd as the island faced unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cyprus
Colonial Office
Mediterranean
Sir John Harding
John
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Holiday concerts and decorations mark December previews
Christmas decorations begin lining the square as officials prepare for holiday events. A December 4 city band and chorus concert on the courthouse lawn opens the season, followed by a high school brass panel concert December 5 and 7. The 93 piece senior band performs December 6 and 7 in the high school auditorium. Tickets go on sale now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T
Duke) Etter Jr
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Dewey Dwyer
Chamber of Commerce
Etter
Chamber
Delores Marti
Carl Marie van Weber
Donald Heeren
Carl Vander Cook
Fred Ainsworth
Tim Baltzer
Curtis Wagner
Nancy Burgy
Jane Reger
Carol Stauffacher
Nancy Winer
Joan Severson
Big Studer
Richard Kundert Named Fifth Courteous Driver
Richard A Kundert of 904 Mth avenue was named the fifth courteous driver in Monroe County by police yesterday. He received a $5 check and a merit certificate after being observed by Henry Hefty. Kundert, a baker and part time taxi driver, is married with a daughter Kathy Kay. The presentation took place at the bakery, as part of a 10 daySafe Driving Day effort with two countywide awards and several local recognitions already given in Brodhead New Glarus Monroe and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Kundert
Mth
Monroe
A. Charles Howe
Kundert
Henry Hefty
Karlens Bakery
Hefty
Howe
Robert H. Rieder
Sheriff's Department
Brodhead
New Glarus
Nebany
Vatican Revises Holy Week Hours for Wider Attendance
Vatican announces changes to Holy Week observances via decree approved by Pope Pius XII. Holy Thursday evening mass moved to 5 to 8 pm, Good Friday ceremony around 3 pm with possible later end by 6 pm, Holy Saturday midnight vigil extends into Easter Sunday, Lent extended to midnight Holy Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Ine Vatin
Vatican
Conegation of
Pius I
Atian’s
L’osservatore Romano
Baster
Poon
French Rifces Clash in Riff Border Clash Near Rabat
French troops conducting a cleanup operation in the troubled Riff border area clashed with fighters Friday. They called in planes and 31 artillery for support. Authorities reported 17 soldiers killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabat
French Morocco
Riff
Jury Clears Mrs Woodward in Oyster Bay Shooting Case
A Nassau County grand jury found no indictment in the killing of William Woodward, owner of Nashua, shot by his wife Ann Woodward after a party. The jurors questioned witnesses for about 10 hours and deliberated 48 minutes before delivering the label no indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
William Woodward
Ann
Woodward
Wtes
Murray Gurfein
William III
James
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Urg
Hen
Nashuanee
Duchess of Windsor
Kansas
New York
Theodore J. Curphey
Nassau County Medical Examiner
Curphey
George F. Baker
Paul Wirths
Woodward | Weacre
Wirths
Rescued Crew From Wrecked Kismet II Off Cape Breton
The Liberian freighter Kismet II ran aground on Cape Breton Island as 30 mph winds pounded the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A 21-man crew was hauled to safety by a Canadian navy helicopter using a breeches buoy after a perilous climb down a 1,000-foot cliff. A Royal Canadian Air Force bomber attempted an air drop but was impractical due to seas. The ship had sailed from Philadelphia on November 17 bound for Somerside with potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N.S
Cape Breton Island
Frida
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Sydney
Gulf
Royal Canadian Air Force
Barchemain
Philadelphia
Somerside
Peu
Holstein Bull Sale January 7 Sponsored by Local Breeders
The Green County Holstein Breeders Association hosts the annual purebred Holstein bull sale on Saturday January 7 1956 at the fairgrounds stock pavilion. Sale offerings require dams with at least 435 pounds butterfat and pedigree forms must be filed by December 12 at the county extension office. Breeders committee includes H Otto Elmer Monticello Edward Oliver Albany and John W Ruff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Holstein Breeders Association
4-H
FFA
Fairgrounds
H. Otto Elmer
Monticello
Edward Oliver
Albany
John W. Ruff
Breeders Association
Soviet claim of hydrogen bomb tests exceeds previous power
Moscow announced the most powerful hydrogen explosion to date, claiming one million tons of TNT, while Khrushchev noted a Bikini blast of 15 to 17 million tons. The report cited tests of new weapon types and called for a universal ban with international controls, urging peace and reduced armaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Bangalore
India
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
U.S
Bikini
U. S
Khrushchev
U.S. S
Geneva
United Nations
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
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Jackie IV
Lion
Keith Gresser
Pan American Airways
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Mexico
Western Union Telegraph Co
Boy
Rat
Banker
William Woodward Jr
New York City
Murray I. Gurfein
John Bruni
Homemakers
Myrtle Webb
Clarence Day
Allan F. Barnard
Dick Rufener
Nellie Doyle
Lord Jesu
Richard Kundert
Kathy Kay Kundert
Ulster Post
Rosler
Northern Ireland
Roy
Ulster Constabulary
Irish Republican Army
Hempstead
L. I
Fox
Newfoundla
Stephenville, the
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
Norwalk
Conn
The
Boston
New Haven Railroad
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