Hammarskjold Opens Palestine Peace Mission in Middle East
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold began an on the ground peace mission in Israel with a meeting in Tel Aviv after landing at Lydda. He delayed departure to Cairo and planned talks with Israeli officials amid reports of continued violence and Fedayeen raids on southern settlements. The United States voiced concern and pledged support for UN efforts while Hammarskjold started from Beirut with a month long mission ahead.
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Kefauver Win Triggers 90 Percent Farm Price Supports
Rep Coya Knutson says Minnesota victory by Estes Kefauver in the presidential primary spurred Congress to restore 90 percent price supports in the farm bill. She says voters backed Kefauver for a clear farm program, and Dew points to fall farm prices as the election issue. The Eisenhower admin backs a 75 to 90 percent sliding scale.
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House GOP Plans Farm Bill Fight
Republican leaders seek a path to pass the election year farm bill. If Congress fails to reach administration favored terms, President Eisenhower may veto and keep Congress in session. Democrats aim to push an omnibus bill with a $1.2 billion soil bank and higher price supports, while Republicans dispute its adequacy.
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Farm Bill Sets Acreage Reserve To Cut Surpluses
Senate House conference members outline a two part farm bill with an acreage reserve and a conservation reserve. Farmers would join a four year program 1956 to 1959 with payments 18 to 75 per unit by crop and total annual payments up to fixed caps.
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Faribault Night Club Boss Faces 4 Counts
Jens Naseth, 47, manager and secretary of the Aragon Civic and Social Club, faced four counts after a raid by federal alcohol tax unit agents and Rice County officers. He was charged with selling liquor without a federal tax stamp and keeping gambling devices, with hearings set for April 23. The club faced two counts for wrongfully selling intoxicating liquor. Naseth posted bonds and was released.
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Henderson Dies at 84, Longtime Minnesota Law Reviser
William B. Henderson, 84, reviser of Minnesota statutes for 17 years, died of a heart attack in Minneapolis. A Dundas native and graduate of Winona Teachers College and Minnesota Law School, he was a 72 year attorney before his 1939 appointment. He completed codification of all general laws in 1945 and assisted in drafting bills and compiling annotated volumes. Funeral services are pending.
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Blast at old Congregational Church prompts fire probe
Fire Chief John Tobar and Deputy State Fire Marshal J G Thaung investigate a Monday blaze at the old Congregational Church. They rule out gas and cite smoke heat pressure as likely causes with attic origin suspected. Officials say ongoing study follows. City Council to accept church property from trustees pending insurance settlements.
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Little Jack Little Dies in Hollywood Home
Little Jack Little a 56 year old composer and band figure of the 1930s was found dead in bed at his Hollywood Florida home a maid discovered the body investigators said he had several ailments and low spirits a possible poisoning. He wrote Shanty Town and Hold Me and toured with Ray Bolger on USO duty during World War II leaving two teenage children Doris and John.
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Dodgers O Malley Breaks Ground for St Paul Stadium
Walter O Malley of the Brooklyn Dodgers turned the first shovel at the groundbreaking for a new all sports stadium near the State Fair grounds in St Paul. The 10 000 seat plant, to house the St Paul Saints, was authorized by a 39 million dollar bond issue approved in 1953 and should be ready for the 1957 baseball season.
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Eisenhower presses six point program to boost military careers
President Eisenhower urged swift congressional action on a six point plan to strengthen the armed forces by attracting more U.S. youth to military careers. He argued a career service matching civilian opportunities is essential to reduce waste and retain trained personnel.
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Two Women Escape From Shakopee Reform School
Two women inmates at the Shakopee Reformatory for women escaped from the farm where they worked late Monday. Mrs. Enger Baglien, 39, serving life for first degree murder in Polk County, and Mrs. Lillian Knowler, 23, serving up to five years from Hennepin County, fled the institution. Baglien had been at the reformatory seven years. Knowler had served two. The killings involved Baglien’s husband at their Polk County farm on June 26, 1949, with Martin Kjella and Egil Kjella implicated. Kjella holds a life term for murder and Egil Kjella a life term for second degree murder.
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Morris Hursh
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Ike Will Ask Before U. S. Troops Used
President Eisenhower signaled he would seek Congress for authority to deploy U.S. troops in the Middle East if the United Nations votes to quell aggression. He announced a major foreign policy address for April 21 and urged unwavering U.N. charter commitments and support for Dag Hammarskjold’s peace mission amid ongoing Arab-Israeli clashes.
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Eisenhower nominates Loren J. Schendel for postmaster
President Eisenhower has sent to the Senate the nomination of Loren J. Schendel of Saint Michael Minnesota for the postmaster position.
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Loren J. Schendel
Saint Michael, Minn
Dulles and Congress Discuss Middle East Tensions
Secretary of State Dulles met with 14 congressional leaders in Washington to assess the Middle East crisis and possible use of American forces while House GOP Leader Martin said no authorization request was contemplated at this time. Eisenhower remained in touch via Augusta.
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Gridiron Dinner Roasts Minnesota Leaders in Satire
At the Gridiron dinner in Minneapolis hosted by the Newspaper Guild of the Twin Cities about 640 attendees heard sharp lampooning of state figures. Atty. Gen. Miles Lord was mocked for legal knowledge while others parodied political figures in song and skit form, ending with a musical chorus on the imagined Hastings of politics and policy.
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