Mystery after teen's body found in car stop near Augusta
Augusta Wisconsin police pursue a baffling tale by mechanic Jerry Holman about five men with a dead teenage boy in a dark green Packard California plate. The body, likely 14, was found under a sheet in the car's rear area after a fuel pump repair. Police search areas along Highway 12 and a state alarm yielded no body or car.
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Augusta
Wis
Roger Hahn
Jerry Holman
Holman
California
Homemaker Leaders Praise Home Demonstration Clubs
Miss Edith Bingham, area supervisor, lauds home demonstration clubs as a force for rural upbuilding at the Green County meeting. Sixty club presidents attended as plans for 1952 emerge with project work, meetings, and district officers named. officers and Miss Mamie Tillema also attend a Richland Center district event.
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Edith Bingham
Green County Home Demonstration Council
Court House
Green County
Bingham
Mamie Tillema
William May
Orlean Wahl
Woodford
Rudy Maurer
Monroe
Glen Roderick
Clarno
Franklin Stine
Awalt Lueck
Browntown
Sever Benson
Blanchardville
Frank Schiesser
New Glarus
Merlyn Loveland
Monticello
Louis Lehnherr
Juda
Victor Sorenson
Harold Wagner
Willis Riemer
Brodhead
Roe Bartlett
Attica
Robberies Reported From Vehicles and Garages
Three more cases of entries into cars and garages were reported over the weekend. Emil Ritschard of 909 11th Avenue said a tire and rim were stolen from his car. Benjamin Due of 834 11th Street reported a tire and wheel, screw jack, several wrenches, and an electric drill taken from his auto. Harry Schindler of 2414 10th Street reported a .22 rifle, a telescopic sight, three boxes of shotgun shells, and a table-model jig saw stolen from his garage.
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Emil Ritschard
11Th Avenue
Benjamin Due
11Th Street
Harry Schindler
10Th Street
Disabled Suspect Awarded 115000 by Chicago Jurors
A federal jury in Chicago awarded Tulsa man William B. Bucher 115000 in a suit against a jail warden and five police officers. Bucher, 26, claimed he was shot and badly injured after being mistaken for a robber in September 1949 and said a misled medical release led to further treatment at Bridewell hospital. Detective Krause testified he fired after Bucher reached for his pocket, while the officers sought a robbery suspect.
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Chicago
Tulsa, Okla
William B. Bucher
Philip L. Sullivan
Bucher
Joseph Goldberg
Bridewell
Robert Krause
Krause
Seven Die In Wisconsin Weekend Auto Accidents
Associated Press reports seven people died in Wisconsin accidents over the weekend. Victims include Fred Fenzke 60 of Wittenberg and Charles Kniep 70 of Milwaukee. Another fatal crash near LaCrosse claimed Cpl. Richard Richardson 20 at Camp McCoy.
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Wisconsin
Fred Fenzke
Wittenburg
Waupaca
Charles Kniep
Milwaukee
Walter J. Carter
Kendall
Monroe County
Geneva
Highway 33
LaCrosse
Kenneth Borchardt
Two Rivers
Lorenz Henry Morack
Hortonville
Frank Winkler
Fond du Lac
Rosendale
Camp McCoy
Cpl
Richard Richardson
Donald Ingwell Wins Weekly Grid Contest
Donald Ingwell of 1200 29th Avenue won last week’s Pick the Winner contest with one error. UW student Dan Teehan placed second with two mistakes, 132 points back, and Stanley Olson of Blanchardville finished third at 138 points. Ingwell correctly picked Tulane over Auburn by 13 points as Auburn won 21 to 0.
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Donald Ingwell
29Th Avenue
Dan Teehan
University of Wisconsin
Stanley Olson
Blanchardville
Ingwell
Tulane
Auburn
Allies Repulse Chinese Attacks In Kumsong Area
Allied forces repelled Chinese assaults southeast of Kumsong as rivals fought for hills on the central front. Air battles raged with jets clashing as U N and ally pilots hit enemy traffic and ground targets along the Kumchon-Sariwon corridor.
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Kumsong
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
Fifth Air Force
Sinanju-Pyongyang-Sariwon Kumchon
Parallel 38
Eighth Army
Highland Youth Killed in Crash
Pfc. Robert L. Stephenson 20, son of Mr and Mrs Reynolds Stephenson of Highland Iowa was among five killed in a head on collision on U S 80 near Tolleson Arizona. Two other servicemen from Lake Air Force Base among the dead. He was a 1949 Highland High School graduate who entered service Aug 11 1950. Surviving relatives include three sisters and a brother. McGuire funeral home Highland is handling arrangements.
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Highland
Robert L. Stephenson
Reynold Stephenson
Iowa
U. S. 80
Tolleson
Ariz
Lake Air Force Base
Pfc
Stephenson
Highland High School
Donald
Air Force
Vern Howland
Madison
Betty
Barbara
McGuire Funeral Home
Green flare rekindles search for missing coast guardsmen
A green flare spotted by an airliner over southern Lake Michigan today renewed efforts to locate two coast guardsmen missing after they searched for three duck hunters who vanished Saturday morning believed drowned in the lake.
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Lake Michigan
Mrs Lena Hanson of New Glarus Dies at 83
Mrs Lena Hanson 83 of New Glarus died at 3 15 p m Saturday in an ambulance en route to a Madison hospital from a heart attack. She lived with her daughter Mrs Wilmer Ingwell and was survived by four daughters two sons two sisters 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral services Wednesday at Yellowstone church with Rev M A Sorenson officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Six grandsons will be pallbearers and four granddaughters flower girls.
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Lena Hanson
Wilmer Ingwell
New Glarus
Madison Hospital
Ingwell
Emil von Arx
Helena Emberson
Hans and
Carrie Logan Emberson
Grant Ingwell
Harry Bishop
Blanchardville
Edwin
Bennie
Monroe
Emma Olson
Timber Lake
S. D
Henry Gilbertson
Roslin
Saether
Yellowstone Church
M. A. Sorenson
Harold
Marshall Ingwell
Herbert von Arx
Everett Ingwell
Richard
Robert Johnson
Joyce Alderman
Ruth Klassy
Vicki
Judy Ingwell
Buehler Elected Board Chairman In City Hall Session
Mayor Frank A. Buehler was elected chairman of the board of review at the organizational meeting at city hall. The first complaint is set for 10 a.m. tomorrow with appointments urged for all property owners filing by Wednesday. The board will hear cases from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. daily, with sessions possibly ending Friday. Thomas B. Schindler and H B Caradine are among those scheduled for tomorrow.
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Frank A. Buehler
Board of Review
City Hall
Floyd W. Matzke
Roger L. Elmer
G. S. Soseman
Arthur C. Benkert
Everett Keel
Buehler
Vern A. Englehorn
The
Doane Co
Thomas B. Schindler
12Th Street
H. B. Caradine
23Rd Avenue
Richard Green 84 Brodhead Dies After Long Illness
Richard Green of Brodhead died yesterday at 3 p m in St. Clare hospital after several months illness. He was born July 22, 1868 in Decatur township and lived as a farmer and carpenter in Spring Grove township before moving to Brodhead. He leaves three sons Marvin Elmer Harvey a daughter Vilas Swartz three grandchildren and three great grandchildren with a brother and sister also deceased. Services tomorrow at 2 p m at Newcomer funeral home with Rev J C Robertson officiating, burial in Greenwood cemetery. Friends may call tonight.
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Richard Green
Brodhead
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Green
Spring Grove Township
Decatur Township
Norman
Phoebe Burns Green
Reka Mavius
Green
Marvin
Elmer
Armour
S. D
Harvey
Beloit
Vilas Swartz
Newcomer Funeral Home
J. C. Robertson
Congregational Church
Rotation Plan Cleared as Collins Warns on Korea Stay
Gen J Lawton Collins, army chief of staff, said allied forces will have to stay in Korea for some time if a cease fire is arranged. He added it would be impractical to pull troops out immediately after armistice talks and that South Korea needs continued aid. In Tokyo, Anna Rosenberg announced 12 000 to 15 000 U S combat troops would be withdrawn by month’s end under a new rotation plan.
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Korea
U. N
Panmunjom
North Korea
Iron Triangle
Punchbowl
Heartbreak Ridge
Ongjin Peninsula
J. Lawton Collins
U.S. Army
Collins
Tokyo
Anna Rosenberg
U. S
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rosenberg
Medium A-Bomb Jolts Desertland
A Nevada test near Yucca flat released a 10 000 foot high mushroom cloud and was seen as far as Las Vegas Big Bear Calif and St George Utah. The 19th major US nuclear explosion produced a red glow and a Z shaped cloud with no damage. Radiation detected near Beatty Lathrop but deemed harmless to people animals and crops.
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Big Bear
Calif
St. George
Utah
Kaibab Forest
Las Vegas
Nevada
AEC
Beatty-Lathrop Wells
Yucca Flat
U. S
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
Special Weapons Command
Desert Rock
Citizenship Session Planned Here Nov 16
Naturalization proceedings will be held here Nov. 16 with Miss Lois Faubel, clerk of courts, announcing. Judge Harry S. Fox of Green County circuit court will preside. The session will likely take place in the county court room on the first floor due to the county board of supervisors meeting.
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Lois Faubel
Harry S. Fox
Green County Circuit Court
Court House
County Board of Supervisors
Convicted Slayer Saved from Chair in Connecticut
Francis C. Smith, 26, of Norton Connecticut, faced a death sentence for shooting a night watchman during a 1949 Greenwich yacht club burglary. Gov. John Lodge granted a reprieve after Edith Springer admitted she lied on the witness stand, saying Smith spread lies about her. Springer, 23, Stamford, now serves time in Alabama for receiving stolen property.
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Hartford
Conn
Francis C. Smith
Norton
John Lodge
Smith
Greenwich
Aaron Cohen
West Hartford
The
Hartford Courant
Cohen
Edith Springer
Stamford
Six State Air Alert Exercise Reports Many Flights
An air force ground observer corps drill held yesterday included local posts in a six state alert. Capt. Richard Korthals reported the Green Bay filter center led efforts while Clarno posted nine hours of daytime observation with 20 airplanes in 12 flights. Stearns outpost near Monroe did not participate.
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Air Force
Richard Korthals
Green Bay
Clarno
H. S. Ammann
Eugene Stuessv
New Glarus
Jacob Schmoker
Stuessy
Ammann
Stearns
Monroe
Second Victim Dies in Wisconsin Highway Crash
Medford Wisconsin reports Warren Griswold 17 of Goodrich in Taylor county died last night as the second victim of a highway accident near Medford on October 22.
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Medford
Wis
Warren Griswold
Goodrich
Taylor County
Here
AFL Boss Moves to Break Docks Strike in New York Harbor
A large group of non-striking stevedores entered strike-bound piers under heavy police, aiming to reopen docks while pickets blocked access. About 123 ships were idle, with stevedores in Boston joining the action and smaller flareups elsewhere. AFL ILA leader Joseph Ryan justified the move, while strikers’ chief John J. Sampson urged the president to act and proposed an impartial review body.
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New York
New York Harbor
AFL
Joseph Ryan
Pier 90
Hudson River
Queen Elizabeth
Ryan
John J. Sampson
AFL International Longshore Men’s Association
Truman
Sampton
Sampson
Wildcat
ILA
Washington
Boston
Portland
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Communists Lose In Swiss Election
Swiss parliamentary results show the Communist Party dropping to one seat in Vaud Lausanne from three four years ago two more seats won in Geneva Basel and Zurich with the national council remaining largely conservative overall.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Swiss Workers (Communist
Yuestrday
Vaud
Lausanne
Basel
Zurich
National Council
Stock List Rallies After Shaky Opening
The New York market reversed a weak start to rally in the final hour as oil and railroad stocks led gains. Total volume approached 1.8 million shares with brisk early trading fading before the late rally.
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New York
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Highway 12
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U.S
Associated Press
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Churchill
Anthony Eden
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Gen. Collins
Nevada Desert
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