Speaker Catlin Charged With Influence Peddling
The State Board of Bar Examiners charged Assembly Speaker Mark Catlin with accepting payments tied to prison clemency efforts. Four counts allege he procured pardon and parole help for inmates Fazio De Pietto Mandella and others, with cash sums totaling at least 4,000 dollars. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered him to answer within 20 days.
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Madison
State Board of Bar Examiners
Assembly
Mark Catlin
State Supreme Court
Catlin
High Court
Appleton
U.S. Senate
Alexander Wiley
Capitol
Frank Fazio
Louis
Kenosha
Fazio
A. J. Hedding
Wisconsin
Joyce Roberts
Americo de Pietto
Waupun
Parole Board
Richard J. O’connor
Joseph J. Farro
Louis Kopacka
Louis Adam
William R. Peterson
Supreme Court
Harlan B. Rogers
Portage
Wiler
Chippewa Falls
Charles Kersten
Milwaukee
Howard Boyle
Heart Attack Fatal To Catlin Sr. Attorney and Former Assemblyman
Mark Catlin Sr. a 74 year old Republican and former state assembly member died after a heart attack in a parking lot near his law office. He was en route to the office he shared with son Assembly Speaker Mark Catlin Jr. He served in the assembly in 1921 and five years on the Wisconsin Conservation Commission. He is survived by his wife, his 97 year old mother, three sons and a daughter. He was an athlete at the University of Chicago.
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Appleton
Mark Catlin
Assembly
Mark Catlin Jr
Catlin
State Supreme Court
Wisconsin Bar Association
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Mark Jr
John
Thomas
University of Chicago
Army Reserve Training Center sites eyed in Oshkosh
Army officers and civilian personnel toured three proposed sites in Oshkosh Tuesday afternoon with Mayor Ernest R. Siewert and local officials. The survey team led by Lt. Col. Ivan Egeler will study Army Reserve strength and engineer analyses before selecting a site, with Beaver Dam and Sheboygan also considered.
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Army
Oshkosh
Army Reserve
Ernest R. Siewert
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
iCity Eng
Ivar van Akkeren
Beaver Dam
Sheboygan
Chicago
Henry Hastings
Milwaukee
Henry Hundertmark
Vincent Rothe
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Military District
Russell Williams
Reserve Officers Association
Norris Krohn
John Greenough
Ivan Egeler
Ike Seeks Memorial Day Peace Prayers Across Nation
President Eisenhower urges Americans to join in prayer on Memorial Day May 30 for enduring peace based on mercy and justice. He notes Congress 1950 resolution establishing nationwide day of prayer and designates 1 a.m. local time for humble petitions for divine help in achieving permanent peace.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Courthouse and County Officials Boost Pay in Oshkosh Vote
Franklin County supervisors adopt a new 15 page salary plan for Courthouse employees and grant raises from $5 to $55 per month plus a $30 biannual cost of living bonus. A blanket $530 monthly hike for elective county officials is approved with funds from the contingent and general funds. The board increases their own per diem after a reconsideration vote.
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Register of Deeds
Minister Not Reinstated By Lutheran Unit
The Rev. Victor K. Wrigley was not reinstated as a pastor by the Northwest Synod of the United Lutheran Church. He remains defrocked after a prior conviction for denying biblical authority. A further meeting is planned for January 1957 if he requests, and his Brookfield church has not dismissed him.
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Milwaukee
Victor K. Wrigley
Northwest Synod
United Lutheran Church
Wrigley
Gethsemane Church
Brookfield
Vikat Wrigley
A. A. ‘J Zinck
Zinek
Zinck
Redeemer Church
Writley
British Brace For Singapore Violence
In Singapore, amid collapsed independence talks in London, British residents fear bloodshed and rioting comparable to Cyprus. Chief Minister David Marshall plans to resign, risking leftist gains as talks ended over British defense control and limited self government.
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Singapore
London
Cyprus
Mediterranean
David Marshall
People’s Action Party
Marshall
Supreme Security ‘Council
Arsene Sallen
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Honduran Man Charged With Plot to Kill Costa Rican Leaders
Abraham P. Baker, a Honduran who entered Costa Rica illegally from Los Angeles, is jailed on charges of plotting to assassinate President Jose Figueres and other Costa Rican officials, according to intelligence agents.
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San Jose, C.R
Abraham P. Baker
Los Angeles
Baker
Costa Rica
Jose Figueres
Britain detonates peewee atomic bomb near Australia
A tiny British nuclear device exploded from a Monte Bello Islands tower off Western Australia at 1 5 p m local time. The blast yielded about 25 000 tons of TNT and created a five mile high mushroom cloud. Officials say the test was successful and data are being collected for evaluation.
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Australia
Britain
Guy Fawkes
Monte Bello Islands
Western Australia
Las Vegas
United States
S. W. BR. Menaul
Royal Air Force
Ministry of Supply
Woomera
Monte Bello
Rhee Scores Easy Win In Korea Voting
Seoul reports show President Syngman Rhee won a third term by a wide margin with 4,109,962 votes against Cho Bong Am’s 1,774,840. Many ballots were invalid, including 1,498,968 largely for a dead candidate P. H. Shinicky. Rhee allies claim opposition votes reflect U.S. delays in aid and international distrust.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Cho Bong Am
P. H. Shinicky
Lee Ki Poong
Lee
John M. Chang
Shinicky
Democratic Party
Cho
Liberal Party
U.S
Ottawa Convent Crash Kills Fifteen Nuns and Crew
A CF100 jet crashed into the Ville Saint Louis convent near Ottawa during a joint US Canada air defense drill killing 15 people including 11 nuns and a Navy chaplain. Rescue crews pulled 22 nuns from the burning building as neighbors aided survivors.
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Grey Nuns of the Cross
Ottawa
Richard M. Ward
RCAF
Ville St. Louis
Gloria Flora
Roy Herbert
Wet trail leads police to street-washing truck thief
Police tracked a wet pavement trail to a suspect named William Howell, 35, after he chased a truck driver and sprayed streets while fleeing. Howell was captured and detained in a psychiatric unit.
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New York
William Howell
Eisenhower leads Kefauver in Nebraska primary 2 to 1
In Omaha Eisenhower captured about 87 800 votes to Kefauver 48 290 with 1 815 of 2 127 precincts counted. The GOP vote edged toward 64 percent similar to 1952. No broad cross over by Republican farmers and few Kefauver pledged delegates were chosen.
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Omaha
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Nebraska
Tennessee
GOP
Estes
Kefauver
Fies
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Bernard J. Boyle
Herbert Hughes
Imperial
National Association of Wheat Growers
Pentagon Faces Fresh Battle Over Carriers Role
Washington sources report a new clash over Navy Forrestal class carriers and their aircraft’s strategic value. Defense officials spar over carrier power versus Air Force projections, with Gen Twining and Adm Burke backing competing views on a major retaliatory role.
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Washington
Breain
Defense
Cheries
JF. Wilson
Navy
Forrestal
Air Force
Wilson
Sahias Lac Mae
Senate
Nathan F. Twining
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
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Sax Carpenter
Rushford
Warren Mira
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