Fire destroys Fort Dodge Sport Bowl in downtown blaze
A major fire gutted the Fort Dodge Sport Bowl downtown on Wednesday afternoon. Owner Morris Osmead estimated damages at over 250000, noting recent remodeling and new equipment worth about 35000. Explosions occurred as lacquer fumes fed the blaze, with plate glass windows blown out and heavy smoke visible for miles. Firefighters arrived quickly from the nearby station and fought the fire for hours.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Morris Osmead
Bill Bullard
Gallagher Entitled to Increase in Retirement Pay
Former Associate Justice Frank T Gallagher may receive the same $3 500 annual pay rise given to Supreme Court justices starting July 1 Mondale said in a brief to State Auditor King The gain raises Gallagher’s annual retirement from $19 000 to $22 500 during the remainder of his elected term Gallagher retired Jan 8 at age 73 short of a full six year term ending Dec 31 1964
Burglar Captured After Shootout at Alexandria Station
A 34 year old suspect Sam McCoy was surprised during a noon raid on a service station in Alexandria Minnesota. After exchanging fire with officers he fled in a stolen car and was captured an hour later after a chase to Evansville and back. McCoy carried a .22 Magnum and a nine millimeter pistol and had cash totaling 714 dollars. He was jailed after treatment for gunshot pellets and neck wound.
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Here
Sam McCoy
North Dakota
Phyllis Nagel
Bob Chan
del Johnson
Alexandria
Lamont Moundsen
McCoy
Peking Says Khrushchev Broke Promise On Atomic Bomb Aid
The Chinese government accused Soviet Premier Khrushchev of reneging on a 1959 pledge to teach China how to build atomic bombs. In a New China News Agency statement, Beijing said Moscow cut off aid as talks with Eisenhower were underway, citing broader disputes over nuclear arms and control among Communist nations.
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Red China
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Camp David
New China News Agency
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China
United States
Moscow-Peking
East Germany
U.S
Pair Held in British Mail Theft
London police detained two men and a group including a man and two women for investigation in connection with Britain s great train robbery. About 10 000 pounds was recovered after officers stopped a Bournemouth suspect and recovered cash from two cars nearby.
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London
Britain
Bournemouth
England
Boy Drowns in Pool in Bloomington Neighborhood
A Bloomington boy aged three drowned in a neighbor’s pool while his parents visited nearby. Authorities also recovered two more bodies from Basswood Lake near Hoffman after a boat capsized in a squall. An unidentified man was found in the Mississippi River in Minneapolis after being missing for weeks.
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Bloomington
Minnesota
Jeffrey
John G. L. Lindstrom
Harry Garrick
Ely
Richard Nagwick
Philip Anderson
Hoffman
Basswood Lake
Delano Meyer
Minneapolis
Mississippi River
Mill City Firm Given Contract For State Advertising
A Minneapolis firm that managed Gov. Karl Rolvaag's campaign was awarded the contract to oversee Minnesota's $135000 advertising and promotion budget for the current fiscal year. The contract includes a 15 percent commission for White, Herzog & Nee.
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Apolis
Karl Rolvaag
William B. Barrell
Rolvaag
White, Herzog & Nee
Kennedy Returns to White House
President Kennedy arrives in Washington after a midweek trip to Massachusetts to take his wife home from the hospital.
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Washington
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Two Fatal Crashes Raise Minnesota Toll to 426
The Minnesota traffic toll rose to 426 after Wednesday fatalities in Red Wing and Bloomington. A Red Wing woman, 55, Mrs. Alvin Steffenhagen, died after her car hit a semi loaded with corn at U.S. 61 exit. The truck driver Fritz Schultz escaped with minor injuries while B. B. Kingsbury, Red Wing, was hospitalized in serious condition. A Bloomington boy, 12 year old Kevin Volk, died from injuries from a Monday bicycle collision near his home.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Red Wing
Alvin Steffenhagen
U.S. 61
B. B. Kingsbury
Kingsbury
Fritz Schultz
Goodhue
Kevin Volk
Bloomington
Byrd Doubts Congress Will OK Tax Bill This Year
Sen. Harry F. Byrd and Senate GOP leaders expressed doubt Congress will pass a tax reduction this year. Byrd linked possible civil rights filibusters and budget-cut conditions to delays, while Dirksen and Halleck cautioned action may stretch to Thanksgiving or next year. Byrd warned the Ways and Means panel may spark more attempts to tie tax cuts to deficit controls.
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Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Dirksen
Halleck
Hary F. Byrd
Gen Taylor reports to Senate committee on test ban pledge
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Joint Chiefs of Staff supported the limited test ban treaty without pressure from Pentagon superiors. He said the JCS was consulted in advance, had access to Moscow-Washington cables, and judged ratification compatible with U S security despite risks.
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Russia
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Armed Services Group
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Sen
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
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Teller
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Free World
Soviet Union
Glenn T. Seaborg
Oregon employment agency to lay off all workers
The Oregon Department of Employment cannot pay its 100 employees and begins laying them off. In Moscow, the Foreign Ministry declined to comment on a report that Lazar Kaganovich, former deputy premier, is dead.
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Salem, Ore
Oregon
Department of Employment
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Lazar Kaganovich
Playwright Odets Dies After Surgery in Hollywood
Hollywood AP reports Clifford Odets famed Broadway playwright and film director died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital following surgery for a stomach ailment. His career included influential stage works and motion picture direction.
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Hollywood
Clifford Odets
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Cuban refugees kidnapped on Caribbean island incident
Washington reports 19 Cuban refugees were seized by men from two Cuban warships and a helicopter on a British Caribbean island while U S warplanes monitored the scene. State Department disclosed the event today.
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Washington
U. S
State Department
Committee to Battle on Taxing Dividends
The House Ways and Means Committee begins a party line clash over Kennedy dividend tax plans after approving the core tax cuts. The plan would trim withholding rates and taxes by about 20 percent for many taxpayers, with full effects seen in 1965 though most changes apply to returns filed next year. Authority disputes loom as Byrd Dirksen and Halleck question year’s tax cut chances.
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House
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Treasury
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Albany residents rename Kennedy Boulevard to Murry Hill Lane
The Albany City Commission approved a petition by 22 households to rename Kennedy Boulevard, in a move seen as responding to residents who oppose a street named for the President amid civil rights policy disputes. The unanimous vote rebrands the street as Murry Hill Lane, despite a quip by Mayor Asa D. Kelley.
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Albany
Kennedy Boulevard
Asa D. Kelley
Albany City Commission
Murry Hill Lane
Court Hears Arguments on Jimenez Extradition Case
In Miami the Florida District Court of Appeals reviewed arguments by Marcos Perez Jimenez’s attorneys seeking to delay his extradition to Venezuela on embezzlement charges. The Dade County suit asks whether he should be handed to U.S. Marshals, while ex-dictator’s Miami attorney pushed for a new hearing and deposition testimony.
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Miami, Fla
Florida
Attoneys
Marcos Perez Jimen
Venezuela
Dade County
Perez Jimenez
U.S
Washington
Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
David Walters
Miami
Walters
Fifth set of twins for Australian mother shocks family
In Sydney, Janete Struthers delivered twins for the fifth time, bringing her brood to 14 children. The Struthers family, including 11 existing children, lives in a Guilford six bedroom home as husband John works as a factory greaser and the couple traces their roots to Scotland.
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Australia
John Struthers
Struthers
Janete Struthers
Fairfield Hospital
John
Scotland
James
Guilford
David
Moreen
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