Indictment of Portland Police Chief After 6-Week Probe
The Portland grand jury indicted Police Chief James Purcell Jr. on incompetency and malfeasance in office after a six week probe into vice and corruption. He faces up to one year in prison and a $500 fine if convicted. The case is part of a wider roundup including the Multnomah County district attorney and several officers charged with perjury and bribes.
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Portland
Ore
James Purcell Jr
Portland Police Dept
Purcell
Multnomah County
William L. Langley
Teamsters Union
International
Clyde C. Crosby
Prs
Oregonian
Seattle
Union Accepts Terms to End Rath Dispute
In Waterloo Iowa United Packinghouse Workers members at Rath Packing Co voted unanimously to accept a settlement ending a two day plant idling. About 2 000 union members attended the session where proposals were approved. The dispute idled roughly 3 800 of 5 500 employees with over 1 500 suspended indefinitely for work stoppages the company says violated grievance procedures. The union claims further contract violations by the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
United Packinghouse Workers Union
Rath Packing Co
Merle Thompson
Probe Clears Prison Guards at Rock Quarry Prison
A two day legislative probe into Rock Quarry State Prison in Buford found no substantiation of cruelty or brutality amid reports of mass inmate mutilation. The report urges strict discipline and bans on cursing and cuffing inmates while noting 36 convict logs were damaged and five inmates mutilated in a related incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidsville
Rock Quarry
Buford
Atlanta
Missing Girl Scout Found In Chimney At Camp Cardinal
Patricia Ann Hanlon, a 13 year old Iowa City Girl Scout, was found suffocated in a chimney near Camp Cardinal five miles west of Iowa City. Coroner George Callahan said the death was accidental and occurred Thursday evening as she tried to enter the main building through the chimney to get clothes or call for a ride. Volunteers and officers who searched the campsite were nearby for hours as her body lay close to the smouldering fireplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
Here
Johnson County
George Callahan
Patricia Ann Hanlon
Camp Cardinal
Sear
Weekend Weather Across Midwest Sees Heat Burst
Warm and humid conditions sweep much of the Midwest ending a spell of comfortable 70s. Austin tops 92 as rain possibilities loom. widespread showers stretch from the Great Lakes to Texas and Georgia. Temperatures rise above 100 in several states while scattered storms bring gusts to around 70 mph in Pierre and Dodge City.
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Midwest
Mercury
Austin
Great Lakes
Dakotas
Texas
New Mexico
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
North Atlantic Coast
Iowa
Rockies
Washington
Oregon
California
Virginia
Flor
Ida
Norfolk
Neb
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Minnesota
Pierre
Dodge City
Kan
Colorado
Florida
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Lower Michigan
New York
Chicago
Miami
New Orleans
Denver
Seattle
Los Angeles
San Francisco
North
Middle Atlantic States
Mississippi
South
Michigan
Montana
Minnesota Delegates Adopt Wait and See Posture at Democratic Convention
Delegates representing 26 Minnesota votes at the Democratic convention decided to wait and see before choosing candidates for president and vice president. Kefauver’s March primary wins freed these delegates after his withdrawal. Stevenson had four primary votes. They planned in Chicago to meet Kefauver Stevenson Harriman and Humphrey individually to hear positions on farm labor civil rights and public power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Kefauver
Chicago
Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Sen
Humphrey
D-Mini
Dulles Seeks International Control to End Suez Row
Dulles outlines a plan to place the Suez Canal under international operation while protecting Egypt’s interests. He proposes a 24 nation conference to settle the dispute and ensure Egypt receives fair income from canal traffic. The plan hinges on Egyptian agreement to international management and compensation to canal shareholders. The action follows Egypt’s seizure of the canal and calls for keeping the waterway open to all nations.
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London
Egypt
John M. Hightower
Washington
State
Dulles
Suez Canal
United States
White House
Eisenhower
Nasser
Dodge Center Farmer Killed in Truck Crash
Gilbert W. Giesler 29 dies from a broken neck when a pickup rollovers on a county road two miles north of Dodge Center Minnesota. His eight year old son Jimmy suffers bruises and shock in the same crash, raising statewide traffic fatalities to 296 for the year.
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Dodge Center
Minn
Here
Gilbert W. Giesler
Gieser
Jimmy
Minnesota
Steel Signings End 35 Day U.S. Steel Strike Pact Reached
Three of steel’s big four signed strike ending pacts with the United Steelworkers Union overnight and into today. U S Steel Republic Steel Jones Laughlin and Wheeling Steel moved to contracts while Bethlehem Steel recessed talks. Over 30 firms expected to conclude deals. maintenance crews ordered back to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
George Flaccus, Jr
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Jones and Laughlin
Steel
New York
United Steelworkers Union
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Wheeling Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Republic
Bethlehem
Pittsburgh Steel
Crucible Steel
One Way Streets Plan Moves Forward in High School Area
City Council approved four one way streets Maple Moscow eastbound and Bridge Grove westbound, with Hickory also becoming northbound. Parking limits expanded on several streets and south side of Courtland Avenue parking removed. Ordinances must be drawn before changes take effect.
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Kenwood Avenue
Eighth Street
Maple
Bridge
Moscow
Grove
Hickory Street
Mill Street
Greenwich
Kenwood
Bridge Street
High
Maple Street
Elm Street
Water
Brownsdale
Courtland Avenue
St. Paul
George Roope
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Duluth Holds Final Rites for Civil War Vet Woolson
Albert Woolson 109 the last Union Army veteran of the Civil War died in a Duluth hospital. A interdenominational choir will sing at his funeral in the National Guard Armory with Lt Col Augustine P Donnelly speaking. Carillon Choral Club selected to perform. GAR records and insignia will be turned over to the Library of Congress.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
Lake Superior
Carillon Choral Club of
Augustine P. Donnelly
Fifth Army
Chicago
National Guard
Grand Army of the Republic
Library of Congress
Mower County Fair Schedule Published For 1956
The 1956 Mower County Fair schedule appears on page six with judging programs, special events and grandstand attractions. Readers are urged to clip it for reference during Fair week which starts Tuesday.
Queen Mother Elizabeth Celebrates 56th Birthday
Queen Mother Elizabeth marked her 56th birthday in Windsor England with royal celebrations. The event drew attention from royal aides and well wishers during the public observance at Windsor Castle.
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Windsor
England
Elizabeth
Catholic Guild Aids Migrant Children in Minnesota
In Hollandale and Maple Island Minnesota, the Guild of Our Lady of Guadalupe partners with Freeborn County health groups to provide monthly clinics for 1200 migrant children. Doctors nurses and students offer prenatal care, well baby services, child care classes and orthopedic help. Free milk and vaccines are provided, with a premature infant noted as improving after treatment.
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Maple Island
Minn
Hollandale
Freeborn County
Urban Neudecker
St. Mary's of Geneva Church
Newry
Guild of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Albert Lea
St. Mary's Center
Sylvia Blom
Guild
Naeve Hospital
Austin Considers 2.25 Million Bonds for Sewage Plant
Austin council moves toward issuing 2.25 million dollars in sewer bonds to build a treatment plant for packinghouse wastes. The plan aims to lift the Minnesota Board of Health ban on extensions, with Hormel & Co. negotiations pending and construction cost estimated at about 2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Minnesota Board of Health
R. A. Dunnette
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
George Dugan
Greeley and Hansen
Chicago
Hormel Company
Toltz, King and Day
Johnson Avenue
Eighth Street
State Board
Otto Boulder
Bandler
Board of Health
Baldy Hansen
Dugan
Boy 9 Uses Innertube to Save Family at Sabine River
Nine year old Mack Davis leapt into a whirlpool at the Sabine River and used an innertube to rescue his father Hubert Davis and three girls, Mary Joyce and June McLin, as their family outing turned dangerous during a visit to Vidor, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vidor
Tex
Sabine
Mack Davis
Mary
Joyce
June McLin
Hubert Davis
Houston
Mack
Davis
McLins
McKeon Cleared of Manslaughter in Creek Drowning Case
Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon was found guilty only of simple negligence for not safely guiding Recruit Platoon 71 into Ribbon Creek during a night march on April 8. He also faced a felony charge for drinking in enlisted barracks, admitted on the stand. The court acquitted him of oppression of troops. The verdict followed a six hour and forty eight minute deliberation by a seven member panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parris Island
S&s
Matthew C. McKeon
Worcester, Mass
Ribbon Creek
McKeon
Brunet
Randolph McC. Pate
Lewis B
Chesty) Puller
Add Psychiatrists to Curb Mental Ills Hoover Tells Press
Former President Herbert Hoover urged increasing psychiatrists to reduce mental illness. He cited states assigning one psychiatrist for 15 to 20 patients and freeing up about half of mentally ill patients within 12 months. Hoover, nearly 82, spoke at a San Francisco press conference.
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Hoover
San Francisco
America
Herbert Hoover
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