Recount Started in Richfield Over State Treasurer Vote
In Richfield, under Judge Leslie Anderson’s order, inspectors began a recount of the state treasurer race. Parties include Jack Puterbaugh for Hansen and David Donnelly for Bjornson, with Nystrom. If a statewide recount is ordered, costs estimate about 70000 dollars and bond would be required.
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Richfield
Leslie Anderson
Jack Puterbaugh
Democratic - Farmer - Labor Party
Arthur Hansen
David Donnelly
St. Paul
Val Bjornson
Donald Nystrom
Bjornson
DFL
Paul MH. Haugen
Merchants Crackdown On Petty Theft In Austin
Austin merchants back a get-tough policy against shoplifting with police support. A store owner signed a warrant for a 16 year old girl over a 25 cent bag of peanuts to stress theft seriousness and deter crime. The girl will face Juvenile Court on the theft charge.
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Austin
George Roope
Roope
Elmer Nelson in Critical Condition After Fall At Home
Elmer Nelson aged 68 remains in critical condition with a fractured skull and broken neck after he fell over a railing to the living room beneath at his home 601 North Fifth.
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Elmer Nelson
Fifth
Britain and France plan joint steps on Suez withdrawal
Britain and France reportedly reached full agreement on next actions in the Suez Canal dispute with signs of an early troop withdrawal from Egypt. Pineau and Lloyd spoke of a common evacuation position, while the U S pressed for a timetable and oil aid to Europe as a hedge against Middle East disruption.
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France
Suez
London
Suez Canal
Egypt
Lloyd
House of Commons
United States
Middle East
Eisenhower
Augusta
Washington
Europe
U. S
Alliance
Enthu
Paris
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Mideast
Bank President Held in $580000 Shortage
FBI arrested William Richard Rose, 51, president of Home National Bank of Ellenville, on Federal Reserve Act charges alleging a $580,000 shortage. He posted $25,000 bail. hearing set for Monday in New York.
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Ellenville
N. Y
FBI
Catskill
William Richard Rose
Home National Bank
Kingston
U. S
Rose
William C. Rose
Methodist Church
New York
Two U S Turncoats to Quit Red China
Aaron Wilson 24 of Urania Louisiana and Arley Pate 26 of Carbondale Illinois, two of 21 American soldiers captured in the Korean War who chose to stay in Red China, are expected to arrive at Lowu border checkpoint in Hong Kong. Immigration officials will declare them illegal immigrants, then a U.S. consulate representative will query possible citizenship forfeiture. The Army will not press charges.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Red Cross
Lowu
Aaron Wilson
Urania
Arley Pate
Carbondale
Wilson
Pate
China
Supreme Court
U S Raises FHA Loan Rates To Five Percent
Washington announced a rate hike on FHA insured home loans to 5 percent effective December 4, with the 4 percent GI loan cap unchanged. Albert M. Cole and Norman P. Mason described the move as crucial to helping homebuyers and preserving housing industry jobs.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Albert M. Cole
The
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Norman P. Mason
FHA
Veterans Administration
Rep. Ayres
Ohio
Barberton
Mason
Snow Pounds Erie as Third Blizzard in Nine Days
Erie and surrounding area faced more than 7 inches of new snow on top of a 4 inch prior layer and a 12 inch Thanksgiving snowfall as highway crews worked to clear streets after the third major snow event in nine days.
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Erie
Survivor of B47 Crash Is Picked Up
A survivor from the B47 stratojet crash in western Ontario was helicoptered to Port Arthur hospital. Maj. Robert M. Slane, 33, commander of the wrecked plane, said he saw a fellow crewman bail out. other crew were Lt. Richard J. Martin, 23, Lt. Max Workman, 29, and Lt. Donald S. Petty, 23.
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Trenton
Ont
U.S. Air Force
Ontario
Port Arthur
Royal Canadian Air Force
Robert M. Slane
Ralph Slane
Trinidad
Colo. Barksdale
Richard J. Martin
North Niantic
Conn
Max Workman
Roy
Utah
Donald S. Petty
Oklahoma City
Giant B52 crashes killing ten near Castle Air Force Base
A sweeping B52 airframe crashed during takeoff near Castle AFB California killing all ten aboard. Witnesses described a streak of fire and total disintegration with wreckage spanning several miles. The incident marks the third fatal B52 crash in California that year.
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Castle Air Force Base
California
Calif
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Merced
San Francisco
Glen Towers
Merced County
Tracy
U.N. considers further action if Hungary ignores appeal
United Nations delegates plan one more moderate bid to send U.N. observers to Hungary. A failure to comply could trigger condemnation of the Budapest government and a move to suspend Hungary from the U.N. The United States circulated a resolution urging access for observers and possible tougher steps if needed.
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Hungary
U.N
United Nations
Budapest
U. N
Hun
Gary
United States
Dag Hammarskjold
Cuba
General Assembly
U. S
Russia
Eisenhower expands Hungarian refugee program to 21,500
President Eisenhower announced the United States will admit 21,500 Hungarian refugees, far above the original 5,000 plan, due to the emergency created by refugees flooding Austria. About 6,500 will enter under the Refugee Relief Act and 15,000 as parolees, with future legislation sought to grant permanent residence. The White House said the move accelerates resettlement and may include relatives already abroad.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
United States
White House
Austria
Hungary
U.S
Congress
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Wilson
Farmers urged to join soil bank with 20 million acre goal
The Agriculture Department asked farmers to remove over 20 million acres from wheat corn cotton rice and tobacco production next year and place them in the soil bank reserve. It set minimum goals of about 20.3 million acres and a maximum of 235.365 million acres with base payments per crop and rates for participation in the 1957 acreage reserve program.
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Ture Department
Soil Bank
Raise Granted at Eddy Plant
UPWA Local 558 and Eddy Paper Corp reach a three year contract granting 20 cents per hour in raises for about 83 Eddy employees. The first eight cent raise takes effect November 5 with six cent increases in 1957 and 1958, plus an escalator clause and one extra holiday per year. A two week vacation after three years also applies.
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UPWA
Eddy Paper Corp
Lyman Halligan
Upwa Afl-Cio
Halligan
Eddy
James Svjkovsky
Local 558
Svejkovsky
Death Toll Rises to 11 in Cuban Uprising
In Santiago de Cuba on the southeast coast, Cuban forces and police combat a civilian uprising against Batista. Official tally lists 11 dead including 3 soldiers and 6 rebels, a customs worker, and a freed prisoner. Rebels attacked police stations and occupied a high school building before government troops retook some areas.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Santiago de Cuba
1041-Pound Fat Man Plans Air Freight Flight to New York
Hannibal Missouri resident Robert E Hughes claiming to be the world's heaviest man at 1041 pounds planned a trip to New York for a TV appearance. He will travel from Hannibal to St Louis in a heated chartered ambulance and then be airlifted on a four engine freighter after Civil Aeronautics Board approval.
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Hannibal
Robert E. Hughes
New York
Hughes
St. Louis
Wesley Dennis Sr
Civil Aeronautics Board
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