Bandit Steals About 100000 From Lake Geneva Bank
A lone robber wearing a flesh colored mask robbed the Bank of Lake Geneva, forcing Vice President George Allen to fill a box with cash and revealing keys to 12 banks. The thief disabled telephones, taped Allen, and fled in the cashier’s cream and green 1955 Dodge. Police widened searches across Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
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Wis
Lake Geneva
George Allen
Allen
FBI
Doned
Racine
Hingis
Wisconsin
Kenosha
U.S. 12
Ilinois
Ki Lochner
Bank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Warren Huber
Walworth County
John Cusack
Dodge
Milwaukee
Hydrogen Explosion Report From Central Siberia
Tokyo reports official confirmation that the hydrogen explosion occurred in the desolate Lake Baikal region of central Siberia. Moscow Radio defended the blast, insisting Soviet radioactivity is not harmful to Japan or nearby areas and that Russia would be first affected if dangerous dust spread.
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Baikal
Siberia
Moscow Radio
Japan
Russia
County Home Farm and Hospital Heads to Quit
Mr and Mrs FE CG Arnemann resign as superintendent and matron of Winnebago County home hospital and farm effective February 2 1956. They have served since September 15 1942 overseeing about 300 patients and 75 employees. Board chair J F Shea and members B Boyd F Jordan and Joan Geiger acknowledge resignations to allow replacements.
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FE. CG. Arnemann
Winnebago County Hospital
Home and Farm
J. F. Shea
Pickett
Boyd F. Jordan
Oshkosh
Joan Geiger
Neenah
Judge sentences Estrada after drunk driving trial
OWN JUDGE CHICAGO WF-Fred J. Estrada, 20, faced Judge Joseph J. Butler on drunken driving charges. The judge warned him that drunken drivers receive jail time and Estrada implied he had already sentenced himself with his remark.
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Chicago
Fred J. Estrada
Joseph J. Butler
Estrada
Two American GIs Arrested by East Berlin Reds
In East Berlin two U S soldiers were arrested after an altercation with a cabaret performer. East Berlin police handed them to Soviet authorities as the Reds push claims East Berlin is no longer Soviet occupied. The arrests follow rising assertions of full East Berlin jurisdiction amid four power rule discussions.
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East Berlin
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Ex Am Amend
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Distel
ADDN
ADN
Hast-West
Sommunst
Lierck
Jajo
U.S
Berlin
Russia
Memorial Honors Pearl Harbor Dead
A 10 foot lava rock memorial on Ford Island near the sunken Arizona honors Americans killed at Pearl Harbor. Navy leaders and Davenport's Charles R. Topp spoke of preparedness as cen tral to the nation while recalling Capt. Lynn Valkenberg, a coronal relative who died aboard the Arizona. The memorial notes the eternal memory of those who gave their full devotion to the country.
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Pearl Harbor
iCharles R. Topp
Davenport
Iowa
Sesub
United States
Topp
Lynn Valkenberg
Arizona
Ford Island
Topp Sau
Adm
C. B. Olsen
Ath Naval Dietiet
Menomads
Nav
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Ace Navy
Vorth Air Force
Esserta Mien G
Cisi T Harbor
Aemor
Leon Conten
Pearl Arbor
Eisenhower Finds U S Economy In Good Shape
President Eisenhower reviewed the latest economic data with top advisers in Gettysburg and reported the economy appears healthy. He discussed a proposed defense budget near 4500 and noted the resignation of Moreland Patterson from the international atomic energy agency post. The president also spent a quiet afternoon at his farm with his physician.
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CCP
Eisenhower
Rome
White House
James CL Thinerty
Hagerty
Misenhower
Congress
Archard. Sons
Gabriel Vamee
Charles Ko Wilson
Wilson
Mar
Land
Howard Mec
Ponyder
Tear Gas Used on Dixie Students at Georgia Rally
In Athens, police and troopers deployed tear gas to disperse more than 1,300 University of Georgia male students during a campus demonstration. Two students were arrested as patrol cars were pelted with rocks and effigies of a university dean were burned amid chants calling for discipline of participants.
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University of Georgia
Marvin Griffin
Georgia ‘Tech
Pittsburgh
Griffin
Tech
State Capitol
William Tate
Georna
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Charles Bloch
Aig
Russians Snub U S Offer to Sell Surplus Farm Goods
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles disclosed at a Geneva meeting on November 14 that prospects for normal trade between the United States and the Soviet Union were poor, especially in the farm surplus field, after the Russians rejected a U S offer to sell surplus American farm products.
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U.S
Washington
Tossia Bay
Ferlay
John Foster Oats
Geneva
Building Collapse Fears in Frankfurt Refugee Housing Tragedy
An eight story apartment building in Frankfurt collapsed after a pre dawn explosion. Police fear 25 to 28 refugees from communism died with 7 injured as 32 residents and visitors occupied the structure. Rescue crews from German police and US engineers searched the debris amid uncertainty over cause.
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Prankfurt
Germany
Attlee resigns as Labour Party leader in Britain
London reports reveal Clement Attlee resigns as Labour Party chief after leading socialist era reforms including welfare state expansion and nationalizations. The three way race for successor features Herbert Morrison Hugh Gaitskell and Aneurin Bevan, with Bevan seen as a left-wing challenger.
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Attlee
Attee
Britain
Labor
Nire
Pty
Aman
Herbert Morrison
Hugh Gritskell
Apeurm Bevan
Bevan
Morrison
Gaiskell
County adds six day bicycle race to county fair
Allegheny County commissioners debated the addition after county fair officers announced an extended cycling event. The fair spans five days and now features a six day bicycle race as part of the program.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Two Die In Milwaukee Area Highway Crash
A fatal two vehicle collision on Highway 100 near Milwaukee left Myron Benmss and Ariene Acker dead. Four others were injured as authorities investigated the wreck at the South Smith Street and West area intersection. Sheriff James of Milweather County led the inquiry into the accident.
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Myron Benmss
Ariene Acker
Renats
Fumie
Acker
Finerah
William Raatke
Franklin
Sur James
Milweather County
Acker. and the Way Alone On This Car, Owtestes
South Smth Street
Wits
Michaas
Outagamie County Polio Chapter Receives $16200
Appleton Wisconsin officials said the Outagamie County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis received a $16,200 check Tuesday. Chapter chair Mrs Paul V Cary said funds will cover debts from last summer's polio epidemic with hospitalization costs totaling about $9500 for victims uninsured by private hospital plans.
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Outagamie County
Appleton, Wis
National Foundation For the
Paul V. Cary
Appleton
Cary
Jet crashes into Virginia home. no deaths reported
A Navy Banshee jet crashed into a Richmond residential block around 9 30 a m. All residents escaped and two women and four children were treated for minor injuries. The pilot ejected and landed several miles away in Windsor Farms. A fire at the Dennis home was controlled in about an hour with possible jet fuel debris found among the ruins.
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Richmond
CAPJ
Chive
Ishin
Windsor Farms
Benjamin Dennis
Negra
Thomas
Walton
Dennis
Delavan Darien Approve $1.75 Million High School Bond
Citizens in Delavan and Darien voted 1 013 to 216 on Tuesday to approve a 1 750 000 bond issue for constructing a union high school for the two districts.
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Delavan
Darien
Wisconsin Merchants See Optimism in Christmas Shopping
Wisconsin merchants report a lively Christmas season with early starts and hopeful gains. Surveys from Milwaukee to Fond du Lac indicate rising or solid sales, promotions, and improved shopper activity though concerns linger about help shortages and decentralization.
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Associated Press
Jeneies Dik
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Fond du Tac
Manitowoc
Kenosha
Crosse
Lyonepulls
Daila
Mamitanor
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Wasscan
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