Shrine Circus Brings Cool Fun for Kiddies and Adults
Crowds of more than 2,000 filled Marcusen Park to watch the Shrine Circus despite heat concerns. Gil G Gray led a large cast of performers including elephants llamas dogs and a lion tiger and puma act. Vendors sold cotton candy hot dogs and pop while John Harriott and circus families impressed with trainable animals.
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Marcusen Park
Shriners
Gil G. Gray
Shrine
Milt Harriott
St. Peter
John
Milt
Kough
Herriotts
Joseph Horwath
Clyde Beatty
Tiny Doll Jacobs
Schweitzer Denies Failing Vision Returns to France
Dr Albert Schweitzer 80 arrived in France from his jungle hospital saying reports of his failing eyesight were unfounded. He will spend summer at his Alsace home and return to Lambarene hospital in fall while noting he must husband his eyesight but does not fear needing glasses yet.
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Bordeaux
France
Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian
Lambarene
French Equatorial Africa
Red China Pledge Seen As Step Toward Talks
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States hopes Red China will renounce force, paving way for broad negotiations with nations including the U.S. He warned Washington will not negotiate under duress and stressed the need to discard the pistol. Geneva talks may focus on released American airmen and avoiding incidents like the Cathay Pacific crash. Formosa Quemoy Matsu status remains non negotiable.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Red China
Reds
South China Sea
White House
James Hagerty
Air Force
Far East
Swift Grants 14 Cent Pay Boost Across Packers
Swift & Co. joins Armour & Co. in giving a 14 cent wage increase to three unions covering 35 000 workers in 45 plants. AFL and CIO unions plan to push negotiations with Wilson & Co Cudahy Packing Co and other packers while Local 9 Austin votes on strike authorization tonight and seeks Hormel & Co to follow the pattern.
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Swift & Co
Armour & Co
AFL
CIO
Wilson & Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Austin
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Boy Fatally Struck by Truck Near Home
Seven year old Merlin Slindee died from injuries after entering Highway 16 from a ditch as a food truck driven by Marvin Jacobsen of Zimmerman struck him near his home 70 miles east of here. He died at St Olaf Hospital at 12 40 p m. Jacobsen said the boy did not look before entering the road. The 1953 truck skidded to the shoulder and swung around. Continued on page 14.
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Merlin Slindee
Here
St. Olaf Hospital
Merlin
Selmer Slindee
Rt. 5
Highway 16
Marvin Jacobsen
Zimmerman, Minn
Jacobsen
Austin
Spring Valley
Worker killed in Hopkins crane fall at Super-Valu project
A construction worker died and a second was seriously injured when they fell from a crane at a Hopkins penthouse addition project for a Super-Valu store. Frank C. Carrigan, 38, of St. Paul, was killed. Clarence Tormoen of Minneapolis was hospitalized with two broken arms and internal injuries.
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Minneapolis
Hopkins
Frank C. Carrigan
St. Paul
Clarence Tormoen
Repatriation Talks Recessed In Cold War Diplomacy
United States and Red China recessed 48 hours after discussing the repatriation of about 40 American civilians held by the Peiping regime and Chinese students in America. No communique was issued, next meeting set for Thursday morning. A 45 minute talk with Indian envoy V K Krishna Menon preceded the recess. Menon believed civilian repatriation could be settled without major difficulties.
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Geneva
United States
Red China
Peiping
America
U. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
V. K. Krishna Menon
Johnson
Menon
United
Heat Wave Pushes Twin Cities Fan Demand Skyward
Prolonged hot humid weather emptied wholesalers of fans and room air conditioners in the Twin Cities. Dealers rushed shipments by truck and rail to meet retailers’ needs as temperatures hit 98 in the city and 99 in Redwood Falls. Prices for room units ranged from 250 to 500 dollars with little complaint.
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Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Duluth
International Falls
Minnesota
Rochester
Redwood Falls
Freed From Red Prisons Arrive 11 Airmen In Hong Kong
American and British officials prepared to receive 11 U S airmen freed from Communist China after more than two years in detention. They left Peiping and will undergo medical checks at Fanling before a news conference in Hong Kong and onward travel to Honolulu with possible stops at Guam or Wake.
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Hong Kong
China
U. S
Fanling
Kai Tak
Honolulu
Guam
Wake
Grasshoppers Threaten Lodi Township Crops Invasion
Hoppers strip hay fields in Lodi Township as grasshoppers swarm into soybeans and corn. County Agent Donald Hasbargen reports 50 to 60 hoppers per square yard with egg hatch and ongoing spray plans to protect soybeans and field edges. He warns of rapid damage if feeding continues and urges field inspections and use of Extension Bulletin 271 approved sprays.
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Vincent Fasbender
Lodi
Donald Hasbargen
Fasbender
Adams
Hasbargen
Hasbender
New Record Set in Use of Water in City
Austin breaks water demand record as Monday use hits 6,029,000 gallons amid continuing heat. Record follows a 5,000,000 gallon mark last Wednesday, the second heat wave break this season. Forecasts call for hot humid weather with possible thundershowers in regions including Minnesota and Iowa.
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Austin
Minnesota
Iowa
Sac City
Sioux Rapids
Des Moines
Last Minute Fights Heighten Housing Bill Clash
Washington report says the House passed a housing bill seen as unsatisfactory to President Eisenhower and may prompt a veto or a special session. Republican leaders hint a special session could be called if the bill fails to meet administration aims amid looming adjournment and talks on an atomic exhibit ship bill.
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White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Knowland
California
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Washington
Mass
Rep. Martin (Mass
Sen
Calif
Talbott Resigns as Air Force Secretary Amid Ethics Probe
President Eisenhower accepted Harold E. Talbott’s resignation with praise for his service and set August 13 as the departure date. Talbott, 67, faced Senate scrutiny over an outside business connection that paid him $132,032 over 24 years. He said his actions were ethical and left the timing to the President.
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Washington
Harold E. Talbott
Air Force
Eisenhower
Talbott
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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Shrine Circus Mecca
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U. S. del
Wang
Poland
U.S
Czechoslovakia
THE
Associated Press
Ulm
Fairmont
Albert Lea
By David J. Roads
North Korea
Col
John Knox Arnold Jr
Spring
Hoppers
Lodi Township
Ronald Sitter
Erie
Terry Peterson
Sitter
Ike
Talbotts
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Defense Wilson
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