McCormack Seen as Key to Narrow Civil Rights Platform
Political analysis notes John William McCormack of Boston, veteran Democrat and former Platform Committee chair, as the likely moderator to curb intraparty bickering over civil rights at the 1956 Democratic National Convention. The piece previews the looming split between Humphrey and rival factions, with McCormack wary of commenting before the Platform Committee meets.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Associated Press
Mason-Dixon Line
John William McCormack
House
Boston
McCormack
Democratic Platform Committee
Philadelphia
Mower County Fair Opens Tuesday With Thrillcade
Preparations finish for the 74th annual Mower County Fair as livestock and exhibits move onto the grounds Tuesday morning. The grandstand show starts at 2 p.m. featuring Ant Swenson Thrillcade, a longtime fair favorite, with Don Franklin Shows also operating. Wednesday brings Circle M Ranch Roadeo to the grandstand.
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Mower County
Ant Swenson
P. J. Holand
Don Franklin
Circle M. Ranch Roadeo
Five Sentenced in Mail Fraud Conviction
Seven defendants were sentenced in Waterloo Iowa after a May conviction for a million dollar mail fraud scheme tied to the National Advance Vending Co. Leo P. Reistroffer and W L Rogers each received five years in prison. Brown Bramble Norris received four three and one year respectively. Violet Sheean and G J Feldman received bench paroles. The case stemmed from coffee vending machine sales and failed promises to guarantee exclusive territories across 26 counts.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Henry N. Graven
Leo P. Reistroffer
Dubuque
National Advance Vending Co
W. L. Rogers
Granite City
Paul Kenneth Brown
Breckenridge
Tex
J. W. Bramble
Two More Killed Today Hikes Minnesota Toll
A truck driver and an 8 year old boy died in a Dakota County crash between a semi and a cattle truck. LeRoy Goodhue of Minneapolis said brake failure caused the fatal impact. A second fatal crash near St Cloud involved a gasoline transport and a freight train with explosions and derailed cars.
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St. Cloud
LeRoy Goodhue
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Goodhue
Kasson
Minn
Long Prairie
Peltz
South St. Paul
Carnival
Great Northern Railway
Anton Anderson
Bemidji
R. L. Giles
Virginia
Iron
Eldred St. Claire
Highway 19
Wesley Pechkar
Mahnomen
Stanley Bell
Winnipeg
James Stone
St. Paul
Cannon Falls
Valerie Jean DeGrote
Willmar
Clara City
Crop-Dusting Plane Crashes. Pilot Survives in Iowa
Cumming Iowa farmer Art Holmer 35 a part time crop duster escaped serious harm after his Piper Cub clipped a tail wheel on a power line and crashed while spraying a Roy Pond field southwest of Cumming. He walked away with only a skinned knuckle and credited divine aid.
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Iowa
Art Holmer
Lanyon
Holmer
Roy Pond
Here
Kefauver Nixon headline in scramble for party tickets
As the Democratic national convention nears Kefauver supporters push for a No 2 spot while Johnson potentially blocks Adlai Stevenson. Wickard warns farmers that midwestern woes persist and Farm Bureau opposes high supports. Eisenhower cites country and party in seeking a second term.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Democratic Platform Committee
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Eisenhower
Five Die in Iowa Car Crashes Including Three Teens
Five people were killed in Iowa motor vehicle accidents Sunday night. A single crash near North Liberty claimed Arlene Smyth 16 of Solon Marvin Mahacek 20 of Swisher Charles Brosh 20 of Swisher and Vincent Kofron 59 of Cedar Rapids. Linda Munson 17 of Waterloo died in a separate two car crash at a Waterloo intersection. Ernest Mouchka 17 of near Fairfax was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Associated Press
Iowa
North Liberty
Johnson County
Arlene Smyth
Swisher
Vincent A. Kofron
Cedar Rapids
Linda Munson
Waterloo
Mahacek
Brosh
Smyth
Ernest Mouchka
Fairfax
Mouchka
Iowa City
Kofron
Munson
Heavy Guard Court Opens Trial of Brink's Robbery Suspects
In Boston at a Beacon Hill courthouse the trial of eight men charged in the 1.22 million Brink's robbery began at 10 37 am with heavy security. Defendants were not present, held in a detention room above the seventh floor as 200 to 300 spectators queued for entry. Police ringed the 15 story building and escorted the defendants from Suffolk County Jail amid traffic stoppages and armed guards.
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Brink
Ae County
Beacon Hill
Suffolk County
Rath Packing resumes operations after labor dispute
Rath Packing Co in Waterloo Iowa planned to restart slaughter operations today after reaching a contract agreement with United Packinghouse Workers Local 46. The dispute had idled 3 800 of the plant’s 5 500 workers and kept the plant out of the livestock market for most of last week.
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Waterloo
Iowa i
Rath Packing Co
United Packinghouse Workers Local 46
Tension Rises as Stocks Fall on Suez Crisis Fears
In New York today persistent selling hit the stock market amid rising tension in world capitals over the Suez Canal incident. Drops ranged from $1 to $4 with international oil shares among the heaviest losers.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
International Oil
Syria Threatens Holy War Over Suez Canal Crisis
Damascus reports Mufti Abulqasor Abdin proclaims an Arab holy crusade against the West would be a religious obligation if Western aggression against Egypt occurs. Syria also says it has mobilized forces to support Egypt over the canal dispute.
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Syria
Sheik
Abulqasor Abdin
West
Egypt
Suez Canal
Canal
Paratroop unit sails as Nasser invites global talks
About 1,200 British paratroopers with full equipment sailed toward the Mediterranean amid regional support for Nasser after his seizure of the Suez Canal. Britain awaits Nasser’s reply to a 24 nation invitation for talks on international control of the canal.
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Britain
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Italy
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Suez Crisis Tension Grows As Carrier Bulwark Sails
The 22,000 ton carrier Bulwark sails from Portsmouth to the Mediterranean to bolster British force in the Egypt Suez dispute with nationalization looming. Soviet ambassador Kissel, invited to talks, signals Moscow’s cautious stance as London Paris Washington seek settlement while Iraq backs Egypt and Chamoun warns of Western breach.
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Portsmouth Naval Base
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Christian Pineau
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Mideast
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Nuri Said
Baghdad
Suez
Floods and Storms Ravage Ohio and Pennsylvania
Storms and floods swept eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania causing at least 15 deaths and millions in damage. Monongahela River crest reached 26 feet near Pittsburgh while barges sank and towns evacuated over 50 families in Canonsburg. Red Cross shelters opened in Carnegie as power outages and debris disrupted Cleveland Akron Canton and Youngstown area.
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U.S. Warships Sail From Naples Amid Suez Crisis Rumors
U S 6th Fleet warships moved from six Italian ports for redeployment maneuvers. Navy spokesmen dismissed Italian press speculation linking the sailings to the Suez crisis as unfounded saying the schedule has been in place for six weeks and the ships were to sail a month ago.
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Italy
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Mediterranean
Fire destroys Callan grain elevator in Madison
A Saturday night blaze leveled the Callan grain elevator in Madison, South Dakota. Unofficial loss reached $250,000, attributed to spontaneous combustion. Fire started around 10 p.m. on the 50-foot structure. Ed Callan was away in Canada.
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Madison
S.D
Callan
Bill Callan
Ed Callan
Canada
Exchange of Fire Near Gaza Reports Casualty-Free Skirmish
JERUSALEM an Israeli army spokesman said a brief exchange of fire occurred near the Gaza Strip in the Kissu fim area with Egyptian forces. He reported no Israeli casualties.
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Jerusalem
Isralis
Kissufim
Gaza Strip
St. Paulite Drowns in Han River in Korea
Medard F. Zweber, 26, of St. Paul Minnesota an official in the U N economic coordinator office drowned Sunday in the Han River in Seoul Korea He swam with three friends a witness said Zweber dived in surfaced once then sank
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Seoul
South Korea
Medard F. Zweber
St. Paul
Wind Rips County Fair Tents in Iowa
A line of heavy thunderstorms moved into northwest Iowa early Monday bringing rain hail and damaging winds across Storm Lake Carroll Denison and other towns. Storm Lake reported downed power lines and boats lifted from the water while Alta Buena Vista County Fair tents were shredded. Carroll and Denison saw winds up to 60 mph with trees damaged and a drive in theater screen blown down.
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Iowa
Storm Lake
Carroll
Denison
Alta
Absentee Ballot Issue Spurs Brownsdale Election Debate
Voters in Brownsdale District 38 weighed absentee ballot legality amid a second contested election day. County officials discuss merging Brownsdale with Austin. state opinion favors school district clerks issuing ballots. Several districts vote on consolidation and debt issues with Austin, Rose Creek, and Hayfield involved.
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Wallace Lieh
Stanley Peterson
Attorney General's Office
Harold Hartson
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Austin
Mower County Board of Commissioners
Rose Creek
Hayfield
Dist. 55
Pacelli High School
St. Augustine
Lansing
Sheedy School
Mower County
Mill Cillan Named State Moose Head
HIBBING Minn Chester Doxey of Minneapolis became the new president of the Minnesota Love Order of Moose today in a formal installation ceremony. The event elevated Doxey to state head of the Moose organization amid regional leadership changes.
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Hibbing, Minn
Chester Doxey
Minneapolis
Minnesota Love Order of Moose
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