Khrushchev and Bulganin Set for Prague Visit to Explain Purge Ouster
Moscow reports Khrushchev and Bulganin depart to explain the ouster of Malenkov Molotov and Kaganovich, linking the 1930s purges to a new de Stalinization drive. Czech meetings unfold nationwide as Prav—Rude Pravo notes separate farm and factory discussions ahead of the Soviet leaders arrival in Prague delayed a week.
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Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Czechoslovakia
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Leningrad
Georgi Malenkov
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Lazar Kaganovich
Malenko
Molotov
Shvernik
Malenkov
Léningrad
Soviet Fife
Vyacheslav MM. Molotov
Lazar
Kaganovich
Rude Pravo
Prague
Mrs Coolidge Dies at Home at 78 in Northampton
Mrs Grace Goodhue Coolidge widow of Calvin Coolidge 78 died at her home in Northampton Massachusetts after heart failure and general decline She had been in hospital twice in the past year and died at 12 50 a m with her son John at her side Burial will be in Plymouth Vermont where her husband and son Calvin Jr are interred She turned to page 2 for COOLIDGE notes
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Calvin Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Grace Goodhue Coolidge
United States
Farmington
Holiday Traffic Toll Less Than Normal Period
National Safety Council reports 712 holiday deaths from July 4 through Sunday 5 pm to midnight, with California leading and New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Michigan following. Two major crashes near Oxford Mississippi and Newhall California killed nine and zero survivors, as enforcement praised for reducing holiday danger.
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United Press
National Safety Council Today
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Texas
Michigan
Mississippi
Dearborn
Nevada
Rhodes Island
Delaware
Oxford
Miss
Newhall
Calif
Copemish
Mich
Tablerock
Wyo
Wyoming
Thieves Break Into Forsblade Home Steal $242 Goods
Police report thieves broke into Donald A. Forsblade’s apartment and, amid the break in, cooked a meal and drank six beers before fleeing with $242 worth of belongings.
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Miami
Girard Case Before High Tribunal Today
Washington government’s chief trial lawyer predicted the Supreme Court will order GI William S. Girard to be tried in Japan for killing two Japanese women. Defense and government counsel argued as eight justices met in extraordinary session to hear the explosive case. Rankin anticipated a lengthy deliberation with a July 18 verdict possible.
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Washington
Supreme Court
GI William S. Girard
Japan
Otiawa
Wii
Lesual
Girard
High Court
William 0. Douglas
Nears East
J. Lee Rankin
New York
Earl J. Carroll
Joseph S. Robinson
Rankin
Honey Creek Boy Escapes Unharmed
A 6 year old boy escaped after a gunman abducted him from the Honey Creek area near Walworth County. Scott Vrehota was forced into a car as a neighbor pursued in a separate vehicle, with the kidnapper firing multiple shots injuring Robert Hughes who chased toward Burlington. Scott was later found by his father Richard Vrehota. Police issued a manhunt with a lead suggesting Chicago, urging Midwest agencies to help.
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FI Scott Vrchota
Honey Lake
Wis
Robert Vrchota
Nathan Caciciotti
Burlington
Chicago
Tan Wasan
Airlal
Mid- West
Scott Vrehota
Vrehota
Walworth County
Honey Creek
Scott
Robert Hughes
Hughes
Burlington Hospital
Richard
Nct
Senate Civil Rights Fight Opens in Senate
Washington report on a Senate push to begin consideration of the House approved civil rights bill amid anticipated Southern filibuster threats. Early moves indicate a lengthy debate with a potential end-of-week vote on taking up the measure and broader battles over voting rights enforcement. The plan includes a special commission to study violations and a new Civil Rights Division in Justice.
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Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
Calif
Asi
House
Mxould
Justice Department
Anl
Generel
Oconto Falls Man Pleads Guilty in Fatal Stabbing
A 27-year-old unemployed Oconto Falls man pleaded guilty to first degree murder for the stabbing death of a 75-year-old woman justice of the peace on July 4. Joseph La Court waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to circuit court for arraignment before Judge Arold Murphy. STABBING on Page 2.
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Oconto
Oconto Falls
Justice of the Peace
Joseph la Court
Arold Murphy
Law Court
Too Old to Jump Fence Leads to Petunia Spat
In Oolitic Indiana Fred Walden complained to a justice that a neighbor jumped over a four-foot fence and salted his petunias. Responding, 53 year old Lily Sawyer said she is too old and stiff to jump even a three-foot fence.
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Oolitic
Ind
Fred Walden
Thomson veto explains salary boost for state officials
Governor Thomson explains his partial veto of a bill granting raises to 26 top state officials. He knocked out increases for the state health officer the tax commissioner budget director state auditor the three highway commissioners and three public service commissioners while preserving raises for others. He notes Wisconsin ranks low in size per capita income and population among states and says reconsideration will occur when lawmakers return in September.
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Madison
Thomson
Wisconsin
Bay Blaze Destroys Warehouse in Green Bay Loss Likely
A Green Bay warehouse housing paper products and pulp burned, destroying McDonald Lumber Co. property and involving Charmin Bay West and Bay Pulp companies. Initial losses are pegged at at least one million dollars, with some estimates reaching two million as contents including a copper sealed area and historic items were damaged. The city’s entire fire force was deployed to battle the blaze.
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Green Bay. Wis
McDonald Lumber Co
Charmin
Bay West
Teen Bay Pulp
Wisconsin Telephone lays cornerstone for Oshkosh central office
Wisconsin Telephone Company president Charles E. Wampler says the $3,250,000 Oshkosh central office and accounting building shows faith in the city’s future. The ceremony marked the corner stone laying across from Oshkosh High School and aligned with Oshkosh’s 73rd anniversary. The project includes dial service next year and will house monthly state subscriber statements, with two stories and aluminum paneling.
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Charles E. Wampler
The
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Contert
Oshkosh
Algoma Boulevard
Oshkosh High School
Wampler
Oshkesh
Wisconsin
Ment
Wampier
Thorgrimsen
Metzi
Harry C. Hahn
John H. Paige
Arthur Carter
Stella
Borenz
John H. Penzenstadier
Clarence
John B. Grellinger
Green Bay
James A. Daum
First Presbyterian Church
Oshkosh Industrial Development Committee
Leighton Hough
C. R. Meyer & Sons Company
Aight
Hans
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Oshkosh Exchange
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