Stevenson Promises Ruthless Cleanup If He Wins
Adlai E. Stevenson pledged to deal ruthlessly with government corruption if elected president. He spoke in Miami and New Orleans about civil rights, ownership of submerged coastal lands, and promising to follow a pattern of action in Washington. The Florida swing drew mixed reactions amid debates on civil rights and party leadership.
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Miami
Fla
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Florida
New Orleans
Washington
Stevenson
Beauregard Square
Senate
Supreme Court
Truman
Clark Chided In Vote Scandal Probe Findings
The House judiciary subcommittee closed its Kansas City vote fraud inquiry accusing Attorney General Tom Clark of weak judgment for limiting an FBI probe. The panel cited secret testimony from former Attorney General Francis Biddle and signaled new evidence about a Chicago politician linked to a Pabst case.
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Washington
A _ House judiciary subcommittee
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Atty
Francis Biddle
Keating
Justice Department
Chicago
Department
Pabst Brewing Co
Raoul Berger
Pabst
Peoria
Ill
FBI
Missouri
Enos Axtell
Roger C. Slaughter
Axtell
Truman
Chelf
T. Lamar Caudle
Memo
Clark
Corn and Wheat Crop Estimates Raised in Government Report
The Agriculture Department's harvest report projects this year's corn at 3.2565 billion bushels and wheat at 1.2989 billion. Corn exceeds last month’s forecast by 71.3 million and wheat by 0.626 million bushels. States totals show Wisconsin corn at 124.28 million and 52 bushels per acre, Minnesota 269.331 million, Illinois 515.816 million. Oats and barley yields are listed for Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois along with tobacco and potato per acre figures for Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Costello Begins 18 Month Term At Atlanta Prison
Big time New York gambler Frank Costello began an 18 month term at the Atlanta penitentiary after arriving late Friday. He serves time for contempt of Congress.
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Costello
Atlanta
New York
Frank Costello
Grocer and Three Children Slain Near Chester Calif
Chester California reports a grocer Gard Young aged 43 and his three young daughters Sandra 3 Judy 6 and Jean 7 plus neighbor boy Michael Faile 4 were found murdered on an old logging road six miles from Chester. A fourth child was critically injured. Robbery suspected as Young carried $7100 in cash from a bank after leaving town to cash payroll checks. Local sheriff said bodies were in the car trunk and the family disappeared Friday after the bank run.
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Chester
Calif
California
Gard Young
Dorothy Elliott
Young
Westwood
M. H. Schooler
Plumas County
Sandra
Judy
Jean
Michael Faile
Rosemary Faile
Capsule pave polio immunity promise within years
Researchers in Berkeley report a potential polio vaccine capsule costing 3 to 5 dollars that could immunize individuals by delivering thousands of weakened viruses through a single pill. The approach, tested on monkeys, uses fertilized hen eggs to grow the virus. immunity may last five years or longer, with lifelong protection possible.
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Berkeley
Calif
Harold R. Cox
Lederle Laboratories
Pearl River
N. Y
University of California
New Virus Laboratory
Orangeville Fair Sets New Overall Record
The Orangeville Community Fair drew about 1300 entries across exhibits including rural school booths, needlework, crops, fruit and vegetables as crowds jammed the old school building. Winners were named in elementary contests and amateur divisions with further prize results to be announced tonight along with department and family awards.
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Orangeville
Dianne Wolf
Sylvan
Joyce Griffith
Terry Miller
Karen Obert
Sylvan Square Dancers
Pamela Koehner
Janis Hefty
Candis Kleckler
Orangeville Woman’s Club
East Side
West Side
Rock Grove
Fairfield Eub Fellowship
St John’s Church Marks 90th Anniversary
Two services mark St John’s 90th anniversary founded 1862 and rebuilt 1923. Dr Silas Bittner of Philadelphia will speak at 10 45 morning service. Rev Lynn F B Tschudy will speak at the evening worship and confirmation reunion. Pastor Rev Paul C Kehle has led since June.
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Silas Bittner
Philadelphia
Board of Pensions and Relief of the Evangelical and Reformed Church
St. John’s Church
Lynn F. B. Tschudy
New Glarus Swiss
Paul C. Kehle
Federal Debt Nears Six-Year High at $264.8 Billion
Washington reports the public debt rose 2 percent this week to 264 billion 811 million 550 thousand 399 dollars, a peak not seen in six years. The gain reflects the Treasury's latest borrowing, with the all time high at 279 billion 764 million 369 thousand 348 dollars on February 28, 1946.
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Washington
Treasury
Bloodmobile stop names recruitment and chiefs
Mrs. Ralph Stauffacher is named donor recruitment chairman for the November 5 bloodmobile stop at the armory. She will be assisted by Mrs. L. L. Helland Mrs. Hubert Rockow and Dan S. Markham. Millard Tschudy leads the November 6 drive at New Glarus.
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Ralph Stauffacher
Red Cross
F. Earl Lamboley
Stauffacher
L. L. Helland
Juda
Hubert Rockow
Browntown
Dan S. Markham
Brodhead
Millard Tschudy
New Glarus
Armory
Monticello
Albany
Monroe
First National Bank
Commercial and Savines Bank
Bloodmobile
Wis
Dwain Mings
Volunteers Service
Columbus Day Closures Hit County Offices and Banks
The Green County courthouse and two banks close Monday for Columbus Day while the post office stays open with regular mail delivery.
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Green County Court House
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
First National Bank
Operation Skywatch adopts military time reporting system
Air watch posts shift to the 24 hour clock from 0000 to 2400 hours. Times advance without repeating, with noon as 1200, 5 PM as 1700, and 2323 for late night course changes. Midnight equals 2400, no 2430 usage.
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Skywatch
Five Navy Reservists Die in Plane Crash Near New Orleans
A Navy twin engined plane carrying Marine reservists crashed into a canal near the New Orleans Naval Air Station. Five reservists were killed and a sixth was aboard at the time of the accident during weekend training.
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Navy
New Orleans
New Orleans Naval Air Station
Nixon Plans Beloit Speech in Wisconsin tour
Senator Richard Nixon Republican vice presidential candidate will tour Wisconsin on Friday October 24 making whistle stop rallies in Superior Eau Claire Madison and Beloit. He will speak at Beloit College Fieldhouse at night with an 8 30 to 9 broadcast on 31 stations.
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Madison
Richard Nixon
Wisconsin
GOP
Nixon
Superior
Minneapolis
Eau Claire
California
Beloit
Beloit College
Chicago
Fieldhouse
Two Green County Men Named for October Selective Service
Two Green County men, Duane William Grade and Lawrence William Schneider, both residents of Brodhead, have been named for the October selective service quota. They will depart from the armory at 9 30 a m Wednesday with seven others to undergo pre induction physical examinations.
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Green County
Duane William Grade
Brodhead
Lawrence William Schneider
Czechs Nab Officers in Belgrade Report
Yugoslav news agency Tanjug reported unconfirmed claims that hundreds of Czech officers were arrested as government plotters. Estimates ranged from 200 to about 600, with no verification.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tanjug
Czechoslovakia
White Horse Mountain battle shifts as Koreans defend crest
Allied forces battle on White Horse Mountain near Chorwon with persistent fighting. Ninth Division South Koreans launch Operation Iron Fist to retake the crest amid fierce Chinese assaults. Sabre jets claim multiple MiG kills as air combat erupts along the front.
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Seoul
White Horse Mountain
U.N
White Horse
Chorwon Road
South Korea
Chorwon
Iron Triangle
Yalu River
Charles A. Ames Dies at Brodhead
Charles Alfred Ames 67 native of Monroe and railroad worker died after a long illness at Anderson nursing home Brodhead. Born July 18 1885 he was son of Levi and Lucinda Layton Ames survived by wife Josephine Morton five daughters Louise Florence Bernice Rice Lake Leona Ohio Theresa Armstrong Warren Ill Lucinda Speer and son Charles Browntown Florida three sisters brothers and one deceased musician Adelbert Ames services set for Monday 2 p m at Newcomer funeral home with Rev J C Robertson officiating burial Greenwood cemetery callers welcome tomorrow night
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Florence
Bernice
Rice Lake
Leona
Ohio
Theresa Armstrong
Browntown
Lucinda Speer
Warren
Ill
Charles
Florida
Lester Davis
Brodhead
Alta Shead
Beloit
Edna Bush
Ishmie
Adelbert Ames
Monroe
Blaze in Cornfield Threatens Homes Firemen Contain
A dry cornfield in the 900 block of 17th Street caught fire this afternoon. Monroe firefighters arrived after multiple calls and quickly extinguished the flames, burning only husks from several hundred ears of corn. Cause not determined.
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17Th Street
Monroe
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