Executions Planned as Witnesses Attend Gas Chamber Deaths
About 30 witnesses were to watch the kidnappers die in the gas chamber as the upper half of a metal chamber windowed enclosure circles above. Norbert S. ONeill, a partner in a Kansas City auto dealership, was a key ransom negotiator. Prison officials said Hall and Mrs Heady would wear prison clothing at execution.
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SBS Sek VD
William B. Tatman
U.S
Kansas City
Norbert S. O'Neill
Robert Greenlease Sr
O'Neill
Hall
Mrs. Heady
U S General Warns of Possible War in Holiday Speech
Gen Thomas D White vice chief of staff of the US Air Force warned at St John s Military Academy in Delafield that the world faces a grim possibility of a great war. He described Communism as a brutal rival and urged the nation to prove greater power and speed to deter or win a conflict.
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Thomas Dresser’ White
United States Air Force
Delafield
St. John’s Military Academy
White
U. S
St. John’s
Roy. F. Farrand
Postoffice Hours Extended Before Christmas in Waukesha
Acting Postmaster Ruth Steinert announces extended hours with the post office open tonight and Friday until 9 p.m. and all day Saturday and Sunday. Mail carriers will begin today two daily deliveries to Waukesha homes. Regular hours run December 17 and 18 from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. and December 19 to 24 from 7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Steinert
Waukesha
Eisenhower Opens Three Day Conference on Progressive 1954 Program
President Eisenhower launches a three day conference with GOP leaders to push for a forward looking 1954 agenda. He outlines plans for a radio and TV report on progress and goals, a January 7 State of the Union in person, and daily statements summarizing discussions with committee chairs and leaders. The session aims to keep the party united on a productive Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Congress
GOP
Republican ‘Party
Farm Bureau Seeks Flexible Price Supports and Soil Banks
Delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation approve a plan for sliding price supports and ending 90 percent parity after 1954, with mandatory 90 percent parity in first year of marketing quotas. The resolutions panel also calls for selling surplus crops abroad, a soil fertility bank, and using CCC funds to boost world markets.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Resolutions Committee
American Farm Bureau Federation Convention
AFBF
Bureau
Ezra Taft Benson
United Press
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Seek to Invest Hospital Funds
The hospital board authorized Franklin D. Carr to request city approval to invest an additional 20000 from the depreciation fund. Previously 90000 sat in a 90 day open end savings account at 2 percent. Funds may be withdrawn on 90 days notice. The fund accrues from 1948 and funds patient care equipment and building costs. Eventually two more stories may be added to the south wing using the money. The fund was tapped for 22500 in building the new addition with federal funds to be received later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Carr
Wisconsin approves Waukesha dam plan at School Section Lake
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission in Madison approved Waukesha county’s plan to raise School Section Lake’s level from 48 to 49 feet by placing logs along the dam at Dousman in Ottawa. The agency said the water level rise would not harm conservation interests.
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Waukesha
Dousman
Ottawa
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Madison
PSC
Socialist Leads In Balloting In French Presidential Race
In Versailles the first ballot for France’s new president saw Marcel Edmond Naegelen lead among eight candidates with 160 votes, Laniel 155, and Bidault 131. The process aims for a 452 vote majority as the contest continues with more entrants and a new premier to be chosen.
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Versailles
France
Marcel- Edmond Naegelen
French National Assembly
Senate
Naegelen
Naergelen
Joseph Laniel
Georges Bidault
Vincent Auriol
Christensen files to run for 6th Ward alderman
Paul T. Christensen of 431 W Park Ave has filed nomination papers to run for the 6th Ward alderman. He is the sole announced candidate. Aldermanic seats in multiple wards including the 6th will be up in spring elections. filing deadlines were noted and Blackstone’s Sith Ward seat vacancy requires candidates to file by January 26.
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Paul T. Christensen
Park Ave
Christensen
Ald
Gaylord Luke
Esther Winn
Ald. Blackstone
Sith
Sith Ward
Man Dies After Heart Attack At Waukesha Foundry
Adolph A. Hawke a 33 year old inspector at the Spring City foundry in Waukesha died at Waukesha Memorial hospital after a heart attack suffered on the job. He served in the army earning a Purple Heart and leaves three brothers and four sisters. Services set for 9 am Saturday at St. Joseph's church with burial in St. Joseph's cemetery. vigil Friday at 8 15 pm.
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Waukesha
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Spring City
Adolph A. Hawke
West Ave
Sheriff's Department
Hawke
Spring City Credit Union
Joseph
LaVerne
Herbert
Arthur C. Kleist
Land Taken for US 41 Draws $10,935 Award to Farmer
Menomonee Falls farmer Arthur Triller received $10,935 as just compensation for about nine acres of his 69 acre farm condemned for the US 41 superhighway. An initial award of $8,500 was made in 1951. appraisals ranged from $8,000 to $66,000, with brokers and officials citing diverse values for farm vs subdivision potential.
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Menomonee Falls
Arthur Triller
County Highway Commission
Triller
Donald J. Sterlinski
Rusk County
Henry Zander
Garwin Ruby
Triey
Engle Ordered to Pay Men for Their Work
A circuit court jury ruled in Mukwonago that Sal Engle must pay Irvin Kuzba and Gerald Zweber of Dousman $1,500 each for carpentry masonry and electrical work done in 1952. The two men claimed they were unpaid after working on Engle's property. Engle counterclaimed he paid $160 monthly and provided homes, seeking $676 and $45 respectively.
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Mukiwonago
Dousman
Irvin T. Kuzba
Gerald Zweber
Sal Engle
Mukwonago
Engle
Kuzba
Zweber
Perlin faces trial on two counts in Nemahbin case
In Oconomowoc judge binds over Fred Perlin of Nemahbin lake to January term for contributing to delinquency of a minor and taking indecent liberties after a preliminary hearing. Separate municipal court actions include fines for Krakow and Brooks and zoning violations for Tinus and his wife Arlene with suspended sentences.
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Oconomowoc
Fred Perlin
Nemahbin Lake
Alvin G. Brendemuehl
Brendemuehl
Perlin
Ocon‘omowoc
Karl A. Krakow
Dousman
William M .Brooks
Nashotah
Dent
Delaheld
Brooks
Dalton
Oconormowoc
Harold Tinus
Arlene
Beria and Seven Aides to Stand Trial in Soviet Treason Case
Soviet authorities announced Lavrenti Beria and six former aides would face trial for treason and related crimes. The group is accused of organizing anti Soviet plots, terrorism, and undermining defense and economy, with Beria confessing to crimes dating to 1919.
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Beria
Moscow
Russia
Lavrenti P. Beria
Pre[pater
Revolutionary Workers’ Movement
A. Goglidze
Georgia
P. ¥. Meshik
Secret Police
Ukraine
L. E. Viedzimirsky
Stalin
Izvestia
Pravda
Woman struck by car on St Paul and Mary streets
A woman named Misa Ella Klatt, of 723 North Street, suffered bruised knees after being hit by a car driven by Eddie Gomez, 24, of 218 Mary Street. The accident happened Wednesday night as Gomez made a left turn at St Paul Avenue and Mary Street.
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Misa Ella Klatt
North St
Eddie Gomez
Mary At
St. Paul Avenue
Mary Street
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Catholic Memorial
Royanna Benjamin
Carroll College
Heinlsad
Freeman
Thomas D. White
Ike
Farm Bureau Group
Labor Party
Santa
Terri Pease
Main St
Kenneth Hartling
Madison St
United States
the Freeman
Waukesha Freeman
Dia
Nemahbin
Krakow
Acci
Brendemush
Tius
Light Manufacturing
I. V. Merkulov
Merkulov
V. G. Dekanozov
Stalin and
B. Z. Kobulov
Ussr
Communist Party
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
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