Children’s Day Parade Draws Large Oshkosh Crowd
Thousands attended Oshkosh’s 24th annual Children’s Day Parade and Picnic on Sunday in South Park. About 500 entries competed for prizes, with top honors going to a goat-drawn “gamy doll” and a decorated bicycle. Proceeds benefiting the Oshkosh Swimming Pool Corporation.
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Elien Baier
John
J. Baier
Bismark PI
Dorothy
Elien
Ohio Street Civic Association
Maan Aleka
Vibel
South Park
Richard Binder
Oshkosh Swimming Pool Corporation
Fifth
Knapp Streets
Ohio Street
Ohio
Idaho
Prinic
Hans Thorgrimsen
Dorsiky
John J. Baier
Bismark
Richard Rousar
Amd
Raymond Rousar
Seventh Ave
Howard Loes
Emil Los
Knapp St
Joseph Brickham
Richard Brickham
Witlzel Ave
Donald Holdren
Air
Edward Holdren
Bay St
Thorgumsen
Conrad Ben Pitcher
Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce
John C. Voss
James Botz
C . Fiss
Dey McCray
Robert Stauffer
Theodore Widder Jr
VFW
Oshkosh High-—School
Becker
Red Leaders Arrested in East Indonesia Crackdown
Jakarta reports that Lt. Goll Ventje Samwal, a rebel commander in East Indonesia, has placed 20 Red leaders under house arrest in South Celebes as part of a crackdown on Communists.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
East
Goll Ventje Samwal
Celebes
Neatness Pays Meami Robbery Suspects Nabbed
Two armed robbers who spread napkins on the floor to avoid dirtying clothes were removed after police captured men leaving the restaurant. John L. Munhhoff 27 and Buddy S. Klein 27 were booked for investigation of armed robbery.
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Alss Brogan
Brogan
Anthony Neilon
John L. Munhhoff
Buddy S. Klein
Dulles Seeks To Avert Break In Arms Parley
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles travels from Ottawa to London to press direct talks with Russia and likely meet Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin and possibly Andrei Gromyko. The trip aims to keep the five power disarmament talks from breakdown and outline the United States open skies plan. Meanwhile a separate burglary at Meyer Sausage and Piggly Wiggly is being investigated with about 2275 dollars missing.
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London
John Foster Dulles
Canada
Russia
Dulles
Valerian Zorin
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Eisenhower
Ottawa
iPrime
John Diefenbaker
United Nations
Five-Nations
General Assembly
Oman
Cyprus
Selwyn Lloyd
Oshkosh
Sixth St
Chichan Pmaan Ins
Zorin
Gromyko
Siassen
Deta Wath
Amenea
Alles
Meyer Sausage Company
Edward A. Meyer
E. Irving
Frank Blocchi
Michigan SL
Bleechi
Vanes
Speculation on Gromyko Flight and Conference Attendance
The London Daily Mirror notes Russia demanded foreign ministers attend the conference last February and that Britain’s foreign minister began sitting in on talks in July, amid speculation that Gromyko might travel here.
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Willand Lalas
London Daily Mirror
Gromyko
Russia
Four Die In Eglin Base Plane Crash
A four-seat Cessna crashes on the Eglin Air Force Base reservation killing four people including two airmen from Eglin. Victims identified as pilot Madeline Johnson and airman William D. Brandt of Wisconsin, and Robert R. Williamson of Greenville South Carolina, plus Thomas Frank Williams of Fort Walton Beach.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla!upi
Wisconsin
Egha
Milton
Fla
Thomas Frank Williams
Fort Walton Beach
Madeline Johnson
Wiliam D. Brandt
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Robert R. Williamson
Greenville
S.C
Plans for Nike Rocket Installation Stolen in Germany
German police disclosed plans for a U S Nike rocket installation were stolen from a contractor in Landau Germany. The theft occurred at night when a watchman dozed at the office.
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Nike
Landau
Germany
I— West
iGerman
Tom
Elephant on the loose thrills Chesterton town
A 7000 pound elephant named Babe escaped and roamed Chesterton Indiana prompting a 40 person posse including residents and police to corral her. Babe wandered through streets and fields before being lassoed and returned to her owner C A Vernon to end the Sunday scare.
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Chesterton
Ind
Sleens
Indiana
Babe
Ple
Race clashes injure 29 in Chicago during Park melee
In Chicago a white youths clash with Black residents left 29 injured. Eighteen whites were treated and released at South Side hospitals after a two hour street fight that began in Calumet Park and spilled into nearby streets. Lester Johnson age 18 and John Burgess age 42 were among the injured with possible skull fracture and rib injury. Police said the melee lasted until midnight as investigations continue.
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Chicago
South
Chispuths
Ocago
Provident
Jackson Park
Lester Johnson
John Burgess
South Side
Calumet Park
William D. Reddy
Joseph McCabe
Mexico City Quake Declared 48 Year High Toll
Mexico City endures its worst earthquake in 48 years with 46 confirmed dead and about 600 injured as floods fires and landslides worsen devastation. Rescuers, Red Cross and security forces search debris while authorities report fluctuating casualty figures across Michoacan Guerrero Hidalgo and other areas.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Michoacan
Pacific Ocean
Chilpanciongo
Acapulco
Ayutla
Cuernevaca
Huamustitlan
Guerrero State
Ixmiquilpan
Hidalgo State
Red Cross and Fare Department
Wisconsin primary races shape up amid light turnout
Wisconsin voters face a low turnout in the special U S Senate primary with about 25 percent of eligible voters participating. Oshkosh polling places run 7 a m to 8 p m as nine candidates seek the McCarthy successor, while a separate Aug 27 election will decide the winner for 1959.
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Madison
Wisconsin
U. S. Senate
Joseph McCarthy
Rwis
Oshkosh
Northwestern
McCarthy
Vernon Thomson
Eisenhower
Helpful Wife Fires Gun Wounding Police Husband
In San Francisco Carol Allen discharged a service revolver injuring her husband Officer Dale Allen in what authorities labeled an accidental shooting. Supervisors expressed satisfaction with the incident being accidental and advised future gun safety.
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San Francisco
Carol Allen
Dale Allen
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