Four Convicts Die in Missouri Penitentiary Riot
A deadly riot at the Missouri State Penitentiary left four convicts dead and about 30 prisoners plus three guards injured. Estado troopers and National Guardsmen stormed the cells as damage neared five million dollars. Col. Whitecotton said the danger was past and praised the highway patrol for restoring order.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Missouri State Penitentiary
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Thomas Whitecotton
Corrections
State Capitol
Jefferson Gentry
Clarence Dietzel
Oscar Carrington
State Republicans Launch Campaigns in Wisconsin Rally
Gov. Kohler and GOP leaders opened a nine district campaign series with about 60 Seventh District candidates in Stevens Point. They pledged to present "the truth and the facts" to counter Democratic claims and highlight GOP accomplishments for the November election.
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Arthur Bystrom
Associated Press
Gov
Kohler
Stevens Point
Robert L. Pierce
Menomonie
GOP
Myron I Stair Named Census Crew Leader
Myron I Stair of Monroe was chosen to lead the 1954 Census of Agriculture crew in Green County. He will train and supervise enumerators, plan assignments, and monitor field work after reporting September 27 in Milwaukee for training. recruitment follows before the census starts October 25.
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Myron I. Stair
Monroe
Green County
Paul Binzak
Stair
Census Agriculture Field Office
Milwaukee
Ship Wrecked on Ganges Leaves 32 Missing in India
A small river sailing vessel capsized on the Ganges near Bhalgapur on Wednesday night. A passing river steamer rescued 22 people and 32 remain missing.
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India
New Delhi
Ganges
Bhalgapur
VFW Post Gifts Flags to Cub Scout Dens
More than 100 Cub Scouts and parents filled the Knights of Pythias hall for the 1954 1955 Cub Scout program kickoff. VFW Commander Alois Beer presented American flags to each den, to be used in opening ceremonies and later returned to the pack.
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VFW
Alois T. Beer
Knights of Pythias Hall
Richard H. Bahr
Gary Amans
Kenneth Ginner
Times
Commander Beer
Denner
Taps
Bahr
Donald Hull
U. S. Grant Council
Freeport
Hull
Fuller
Monroe
Wieser Suffers Shock in Mishap Near Monticello
A 57 year old New Glarus man, Arnold W Wieser, sustained shock after a two car crash two miles north of Monticello on Highway 69. His two children escaped injury. Carl A Marty of Belleville was fined 100 dollars for driving while intoxicated.
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New Glarus
Monticello
Highway 69
Arnold W. Wieser
Stauffacher Brothers
Wieser
Marty
Mary
Bobby Wieser
Justice L. A
Japanese Fisherman Dies From Bikini Blast Radiation
Aikichi Kuboyama, 40, radio operator aboard the Lucky Dragon, died in Tokyo from jaundice complications linked to radioactive ash from a U S H bomb test near Bikini Atoll. Twenty three sailors aboard the vessel were exposed. the United States offered one million dollars in damages and issued condolences. The incident sparked anti American sentiment in Japan.
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Tokyo
U. S
Bikini
Aikichi Kuboyama
Japan
United States
Washington
Kuboyama
John Allison
Mrs. Curry 29 Dies in Darlington Hospital
Mrs. Dorothy Curry aged 29 of Darlington died yesterday morning at Lafayette County Memorial hospital. She was born in St Michael Nebraska, married in 1944 to Phillip E Curry who died in a 1951 truck accident. Survived by two sons, mother, two sisters and a brother Bruce in Germany. Services at 2 pm tomorrow at Darlington Methodist church Rev James Paulson officiating burial Union cemetery. Friends may call Sharer funeral home tonight.
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Darlington
Dorothy Curry
Lafayette County Memorial Hospital
St. Michael
Bruce
Germany
Darlington Methodist Church
James Paulson
Union Cemetery
Sharer Funeral Home
Mayor and City Attorney Attend Wisconsin Municipalities Conclave
Mayor Brooks J. Dunwiddie and city attorney Arthur C. Benkett attend the League of Wisconsin Municipalities 56th annual convention in Milwaukee. City engineer Zenno A. Gorder of La Crosse will speak at 10 30 a m on highway programs. About 700 municipal officials from 440 cities and villages attend the conclave.
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Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Arthur C. Benkett
League of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Zenno A. Gorder
LaCrosse
League Highway Committee
Gorder
Monroe
League
Market Hits New High For Third Straight Day
The market advanced for the third straight day reaching another new high. Early gains were moderate with most leaders around a point and some stocks showing stronger strength.
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New York
Monroe High School elects Hurlbut as student council president
John Hurlbut was chosen president of the Monroe senior high school student council at a morning meeting. William Flannery was elected vice president, Betty Baker secretary, and Mary Anderson treasurer. Senior officers include Geraldine Adams and Rosalie Studer, with E. R. Anderson as adviser.
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John Hurlbut
Monroe Senior High School
William Flannery
Betty Baker
Mary Anderson
E. R. Anderson
Fred Schadt
Carl Lux
Patricia Miller
Schadt
Carol Koenig
Kenneth Haberman
Miss Lux
Eloise Foesch
Jack Kindschi
Miss Miller
Carol Cunningham
Cheryl Loveland
Robert Koller
Miss Adams
Geraldine Adams
Rosalie Studer
Wanda Wyss
LaVon Jones
Keith Holcomb
John Jeglum
Jean Sacker
John Bruni
Cramer Hauser
J. C. Calder
David Fahs
Marilyn Kubly
Carolyn Benkett
Janis Babler
Margaret Fisher
Charles Mowbray
Diane Fritz
David Amber
Joseph Keegan
Lauraine Kikuch
Cheryl Richards
Nancy Wagner
Diane Darling
Cecilia Grawehr
Don Martin
Robert Olson
Shirley Tuescher
James Menehan
Roger Stauffacher
Walter Wyss
Karen Albright
Bette Hartwig
Jerry Muenich
John Prien
Therese von Allmen
Fred Ainsworth
John Hammer
Grace Bidlingmaier
Nancy Foley
Ralph Niffenegger
Coralyn Rabe
Eugene Wagner
Roger Plate
Gordon Stauffacher
Jerry Figi
Gale Bissell
Eisenhower Defends Local Control at McNary Dam
President Eisenhower toured the Northwest on a four state swing and defended local participation in power projects. He called central bureaucracy a threat and praised local responsibility while dedicating the 286 million McNary Dam on the Columbia River. He urged voters to support GOP candidates without direct campaigning. He targeted Democrats and Senator Morse of Oregon in his remarks.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Mcnary Dam
Ore
Eisenhower
Congress
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Columbia River
Los Angeles
Hollywood Bowl
American Federation of Labor
Guy Cordon
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Head-on Collision Damages Two Cars in Monroe Intersection
Monroe police report a head-on crash at 8 15 a m at the intersection of 11th Street and 17th Avenue. Cars driven by Donald J Alston 17 Route 2 and John T Hauser 102414 17th Avenue sustained heavy damage to multiple front-end components including radiators bumpers and fenders.
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Donald J. Alston
Route 2
John T. Hauser
17Th Avenue
Monroe
11Th Street
Alston
Hauser
Roosevelt Jr. Named Attorney General Candidate for New York
Democrats hailed Rep Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. as the party’s nominee for state attorney general at the New York convention. The son of the late president accepted the third slot on the ticket, declining the lieutenant governor post, and was praised for lifting the slate. Syracuse set to endorse Sen Irving M. Ives for governor at the Republican state convention.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Averell Harriman
Roosevelt
Harriman
Syracuse
N. Y
Irving M. Ives
Special Session Decision Delayed on McCarthy Censure
Senate reconvening to consider McCarthy censure may take days as Republican Leader Knowland and Senate leaders await further consultations. A six member committee led by Sen. Watkins works on a report while some senators urge delaying until after the November elections.
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Washington
Knowland
California
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Mark Trice
William Knowland
Majority
Trice
Sen. Johnson
Texas
Capitol
Watkins
Utah
Sen. Bridges
Storage Tank Blast Kills 22 in Bitburg
A Bitburg official report says 22 American, French and German officials died when a U S Air Force gasoline storage tank exploded during inspection on top of the tank. The blast sent flames 1000 feet high as fire crews fought to prevent spreading to a nearby tank. casualty details and names were not immediately available.
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Bitburg
Germany
U. S. Air Force Base
Rag
Luxembourg
U. S
Milton Junction Man Named 4-H Club Agent in Green County
Norman Everson, 27, of Milton Junction, was hired by the Green County agriculture committee to serve as 4-H club agent. He will begin next Monday in the extension office, replacing Leslie F. Huber who resigned Sept. 1 for a farm planner post in Marathon County. Everson, a UW graduate with agriculture major, will pursue part time graduate studies while working. He is a veteran who served two years in Alaska and has a decade of 4-H activity experience.
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County Board Agriculture Committee
College of Agriculture
Milton Junction
Green County
Norman Everson
Agricultural Extension Office
Leslie F. Huber
Marathon County
J. B. Scherer
Everson
Alaska
University of Wisconsin
Scherer
Milton State College
Orfordville
Dulles Proposes U N Atomic Peace Plan At Meeting
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles presented a four point plan to the U N General Assembly to speed peaceful atomic energy use. The proposal calls for a World Peace and Energy Agency with global membership and a spring 1955 UN hosted scientific conference. He also announced an international reactor training school for foreign students next year and inviting foreign medical and surgical experts to participate in U S cancer hospitals using atomic energy techniques.
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United Nations
N. Y
John Foster Dulles
U. N. General Assembly
U. N
Dulles
United States
U. S
Roberts Nets 23rd Win as Phillies Rally Past Pirates
Robin Roberts earned his 23rd victory of the season, triggering a 7-6 Phillies comeback over a suspended Aug 15 game with Pittsburgh. Richie Ashburn scored on a second inning single and a sacrifice. Stan Lopata hit a three run homer in the first inning of game two as Philadelphia won 4-2.
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Philadelphia
Robin Roberts
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Richie Ashburn
Pirates
Phillies
Stan Lopata
Court-Martial Sentences Lt Col Fleming for POW Collusion
Lt Col Harry Fleming was dismissed from the service and forfeit all pay after a court-martial found him guilty of collaborating with communists while a prisoner in Korea. The 11 colonels and lieutenant colonels deliberated long before the verdict, with record reviews and potential appeals outlined to higher military courts. His civilian counsel seeks clemency, and funding for an appeal is being arranged by the Racine committee.
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Harry Fleming
Korea
Fleming
Earl Ayeroid
FT. Sheridan
INI
Judge Advocate
5Th Army
Chicago
Judge Advocate General
Department of the Army
Washington
Board of Review
Military Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
Alfred E. LaFrance
Wisconsin State Bar Association
William B. Kean
Fifth Army
LaFrance
Fred C. Dyer
Kingston W. Ehrlich
Army Reserve
Racine
Reserve Officers’ Association
Pro-West Rule In Italy Rallies Backing Scelba
Rome reports reinforce the pro west government as Scelba faces Communist calls for resignation over the Montesi affair. Allies vow support to keep the coalition, which would reach 303 of 590 Chamber votes with Liberal Social Democrat and Republican backing.
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Rome
Italy
Wilma Montesi
Mario Scelba
Scelba
Red
Christian Democrats
Montesi
Chamber of Deputies
Cheese Market Steady in Wisconsin Trade
Wisconsin cheese market Thursday shows steady demand fair to good. Offerings adequate for large styles while small styles in close clearance. Selling prices include cheddar moisture 32 to 34 percent, single daisies 34 to 36, longhorns 35 to 36, and midgets 36 to 38 percent.
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Cheese Mart Steady
Madison
Wisconsin
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Mrs. Curry
Student Council
Hurlbut
Col. Fleming
President Lands Federal
Far West
White House
Denver
Montana
Degon
Missoula
Mont
Harriman Ticket
U.N
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