Police Tie Negro Prisoner to Rape Slaying
Milwaukee prosecutors planned to question a 37 year old Wisconsin State Prison inmate linked by blood type to the attacker of Edna Mauch and a New Berlin case. A masked, pillow-guarded attack and a recently born AB or B blood type connect the cases, with alibi doubts and a cooperating witness arising.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Wisconsin State
Edna
Milwaukee County
William McCauley
Waukesha County
George Lawler
Waupun
New Berlin
Alvin Basting
Wauwatosa
Berlin
Advisability of Boost In Gasoline Tax Discussed
Virginia officials weigh a penny per gallon gas tax increase to attract federal interstate funds. Former Gov. Stanley urged action to secure federal money. lawmakers pressed for an early stand before the 1960 session. The hearing covered road allocations for Salem Bristol Staunton and Lynchburg districts.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Highway Commission
Commission
Roanoke
Thomas B. Stanley
Highway Commission
Stanley
William M. Tuck
General Assembly
William F. Stone
Martinsville
Del
Albert L. Philpott
Bassett
Philpott
Stone
Salem
Bristol
Staunton
Lynchburg
University unrest erupts as fire and vandalism sweep quad
Police report 16 students staged an early morning demonstration near Mad Bowl and the intermur al athletic field. They burned an old car, dumped debris on the flames, and torched straw around newly planted grass before marching to the rotunda and pelting passing cars with eggs and beer cans.
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Mad Bowl
Thomas Jefferson
In Memoriam for Mary E Larrick Remembered by Daughter
In memory of Mrs Mary E Larrick who died May 22 1956. A poem recalls their times together with reading the Bible St John 14 and shared prayers in one room. Signed by her daughter Mrs Agnes Luttrell Browntown Virginia dated May 22 2011.
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Mary E. Larrick
Mother
Agnes Luttrell
Browntown
Virginia
Mitchell urges Congress to aid hard hit areas
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell urged Congress to enact an aid program to spur new industries in hard hit areas and to push governors to seek improvements in state unemployment compensation laws. He cited 65 million employed and 3.6 million idle in April amid a general recovery and noted concentrated unemployment in New York, Pennsylvania, California, Michigan, and Illinois. Spring hiring is expected to rise to midsummer.
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Washington
Labor Department
James P. Mitchell
Congress
Eisenhower
Mitchell
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Michigan
Illinois
300 Strikers Arrested in Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires, about 300 strikers were arrested after rioters and police fought in the city center. Indonesian President Sukarno was caught in the melee as the crowd around his open car demanded antigovernment slogans. Two people died when a balcony collapsed onto the street during the unrest.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Sukarno
Indonesia
Almond Pledges Interest In Industrial Expansion
Richmond Gov J Lindsay Almond Jr says creation of a statewide development credit corporation should be private enterprise driven. He urged 600 business and civic officials at his first economic and industrial development conference to back the effort and allow government to refrain from taking over what private enterprise can do.
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Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Almond
Virginia Sees Tax System Not Detering Industry
Governor Almond argues Virginia tax policy is not hostile to business and notes Dominion is in sound condition. An Atlanta industrial expert warns that school closures could hurt a community seeking new industry. H McKinley Conway of Industrial Development and Manufacturers Record comments on potential effects of school integration on Southern industry. Verdon E. Kemp, Richmond, reports on a conference sponsored by the State Chamber of Commerce and Conservation and Economic Development Department to attract industry.
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Virginia
Dominion
Almond
Atlanta
H. McKinley Conway
Industrial Development and Manufacturers Record Magazine
The
State Chamber of Com
Merce
State Department of Conservation and Economic Development
Conway
South
Verdon E. Kemp
Richmond
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Briggs & Stratton
Cammer Tire Company
Seiberling Tires
S. Braddock St
Sears
Allstate
Aed
Spence
Planning Commission
Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
Branson P. Myers
James W. Golladay
Best
Loudoun St
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