Two Duluth Officers Charged in Interlake Theft Case
Two Duluth city policemen Daniel Gimpel and Franklin Storms were charged with grand larceny over the Aug. 9 theft of brass and copper from Interlake Iron Corp. A civilian, Robert Opheim, was charged as an accessory and released without bond. Both officers resigned after the incident.
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Duluth, Minn
Duluth
Interlake Iron Corp
Daniel R. Gimpel
Franklin C. Storms
Robert G. Opheim
Gimpel
Storms
Thomas Bujold
Ralph Moore
Walter Wiski
Indian War Dance Boosts Civil Rights
In Omaha Nebraska a war dance by Omaha tribe members dramatized the red man’s plight in white cities. Four dancers in feathers and paint performed while two others played drums. About 100 supporters gathered on downtown courthouse lawn.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha
Bride to Get Asphalt Path as Wedding Present
Philadelphia resident Helen Dougherty aged 21 will be married today and receives a civic wedding gift a paved asphalt path to the church. Her mother had worried a dirt route would hinder access to the car for the ceremony due to a water main project. The city agreed to pave the trench filled path as the present.
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Philadelphia
Helen Dougherty
Miss Dougherty
Emergency Works Program Creates 425 Jobs in Minnesota
Wayne Olson, state conservation commissioner, reports 425 jobs created by the emergency works program in northern Minnesota for the June 19 to Aug. 13 period. The effort was funded by a $500,000 legislative grant, later augmented by $208,000 in matching federal money, with work starting June 19 as authorized by the Legislative Advisory Committee.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Wayne Olson
Olson
Minnesota commission expands advisory scope and hunts for leaders
The Austin Minnesota Herald reports the 14 member legislative commission voted to create a 15 member advisor team and to enlarge the advisory council from 16 to 31 from various agencies. It notes 350 workers remain on Conservation Department projects as of Aug 13, with 108 in St Louis County and $130000 allocated. The panel will hear Edman’s report next Friday and send reps to a Rainy River pollution meeting in International Falls Aug 30.
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F. Robert Edman
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International Joint Boundary Commission
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Lake of the Woods
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Littlefork
Bing finds mother younger than Crosby believed
Bing Crosby learned his Minnesota born mother Catherine Harrigan Crosby is 90, not 93 as he previously stated. Baptismal certificates from St Michael's church in Stillwater show she was born in 1873, prompting Crosby to joke about aging.
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Minn
Singergolfer
Bing Crosby
Bing
Catherine Harrigan Crosby
Crosby
Beverly Hills
Calif
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Stillwater
Kirkpatrick Bound Over In Counterfeit Paper Money Case
Davenport youth Gary Lee Kirkpatrick, 18, is bound over to District Court after accusations he cut strips from real money to craft counterfeit notes. The case advances to formal charges and potential trial proceedings.
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Davenport
Iowa
Gary Lee Kirkpatrick
Arkansas Man Heads Soybean National Group
Hays Sullivan of Burdette Arkansas was elected president of the American Soybean Association at its 43rd annual convention. He becomes president after serving as vice president this year, replacing Charles V Simpson of Waterville Minn who will stay on the board. The group announced resolutions urging hearings on downgrading inoculated soybeans and advocating elimination of global trade barriers for soybeans and other agricultural products.
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Columbus, Ohio
Hays Sullivan
Burdette, Ark
American Soybean Association
Association
Sullivan
Charles V. Simpson
Waterville, Minn
Simpson
Court study panel formed in Des Moines
A 13 member committee to study the long court system organized Wednesday with election of Supreme Court Justice William C. Stuart of Chariton as chairman. The committee was set up by the 1968 legislature. Eugene Davis, Des Moines attorney, was named secretary.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
William C. Stuart
Chariton
Eugene Davis
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