Bank Bandit Shoots Self After Chase
A bank robber armed with a Luger robbed the First State Bank of North St. Paul around 10:15 a.m. He was cornered and shot himself near 7th Street and Johnson Parkway about an hour later. He was taken to Anchor Hospital. officers recovered a brown canvas bag with money.
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ST. Paul
First State Bank of
North St. Paul
7Th Street
Johnson Parkway
Anchor Hospital
Kenneth Wayne Adams
St. Cloud Reformatory
Adams
Adam
Selby
State Minimum Pay Law Urged By Industrial Commission
The Minnesota Industrial Commission urged the 1957 Legislature to enact a statewide minimum wage law covering all workers, noting its current authority only for women and minors and citing Supreme Court rulings that nullified recent wage orders. The commission seeks adequate wages to protect intrastate workers.
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ST. Paul
State Industrial Commission
Minnesota
Industrial Commission
Freeman
Supreme Court
Commission
Clinton High School racial violence arrests widen
Ten more of the 16 charged in the Clinton High School integration case faced a federal judge as plans to reopen the school moved ahead. Magistrate warrants were issued for interference with court-ordered integration as six arrestees appeared, including White Citizens Council leader W. H. Till. John Kasper, already sentenced for similar acts, may have bail revoked he appeals.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High School
U.S. Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Knoxville
Mary Nell Currier
John Kasper
Taylor
Air Force Reserve to shift jets at Wold-Chamberlain
The 440th Reserve wing will replace jets with C119 troop carriers at Wold-Chamberlain Field in a gradual change through next October. Jets will be reassigned to other bases while Marine, Navy reserve units and regular Air Force jets remain unaffected. The move reduces jets at the field from 100 to 43 as the wing reverts to a troop carrier role.
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Minneapolis
Wold-Chamberlain Field
Air Force
Richard W. Miller
2456Th Air Reserve Flying Center
Miller
Wold- Chamberlain
Marine
Navy
440Th
Wold-Chamberlain
Russell F. Gustke
Clashes in Budapest as Russian forces back demonstrators
In Budapest riots erupted as pro government and nationalist demonstrators clashed on the great boulevard. Russian armored cars and tanks moved through the streets while police and Hungarian officers monitored the scene. Eyewitnesses reported deaths and multiple injuries in the confrontations.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Great Boulevard
Csepel Island
Forecast for Northern Minnesota Plunges to Twenty Five Below
The Associated Press reports a cold wave pushing temperatures to 25 below zero in northern Minnesota. Snow totals of 1 to 4 inches north of a Brain erd line and subzero readings in Bemidji International Falls and North Dakota accompany the deep freeze. Roads remain open but slick with reduced speeds advised.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Brainerd
Weather Bureau
Bemidji
International Falls
North Dakota
Kenmare
Mercury
South Dakota
Rapid City
Lemmon
S.D
Plan for Massive Air Sea Lift of Hungarian Refugees
The White House announced a large air and sea operation to relocate 21,500 Hungarian refugees. About 15,000 will travel by Air Force and Navy transport with 5,000 by ship and 1,500 by inter governmental committee action. The airlift starts within days at 200 daily, rising to 500, to move most refugees out of Austria by year end or soon after.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
White House
United States
Air Force
Navy
Hagerty
Military Air Transportation Service
U.S. Navy
Austria
Bjornson Opposed to Piecemeal Recount
Minnesota state treasurer candidate Bjornson urged a full statewide recount or none, arguing partial recounts are not provided by law. His attorney demanded Judge Leslie Anderson order a complete recount, while supporters in favor of a cross section noted potential insights, with a hearing set for Friday after a suburban Richfield recount found minor errors and no changes.
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Minneapolis
Val Bijornson
Minnesota
Republican Bijornson
Leslie Anderson
Hennepin County
Carl Cummins Jr
St. Paul
Bjornson
Hemenway
Bjornson and Hansen
Richfield
Eden Faces Pressure as Britain Votes on Suez Policy
Prime Minister Eden may resign after returning from Jamaica as Butler says Eden will be handed back to him. The House of Commons debates a confidence motion amid mixed newspaper judgments on Eden's future. Conservatives show unity but some abstain, while Jamaica overstrain fuels leadership speculation.
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London
Eden
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
Butler
Britain
Vote
Eder
Times of London
Commons
Suez Canal Zone
Jamaica
Turncoats greeted by Minnesota mother in Minneapolis
Two GI turncoats from the Korean War, Aaron Wilson of Monroe Louisiana and Arley Pate of Carbondale Jr, were met in Minneapolis by Portia Howe of Alden Minnesota mother of Richard Tenneson who defected to the Red Chinese. Wilson and Pate boarded a plane to continue home to Illinois and Louisiana.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Illinois
Louisiana
Portia Howe
Alden
Minn
Richard Tenneson
Aaron Wilson
Monroe
Arley Pate
Carbondale, Jr
Northwest Airlines
Wilson
Pate
Chicago
Tenneson
U.S
China
U.S. Supreme Court
U. S
Seattle
Hong Kong
Carbondale
Ill
Urania
Hungary Refuses U N Chief Visit as Delegation Faces Pressure
U N delegates voiced shock at Hungary's refusal to admit Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold for a Dec 16 visit to set up relief work. Budapest cited no official request and the Assembly pressed ahead with a 14 nation resolution calling for entry of observers before Dec 7.
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United Nations
N.Y. W
Budapest
U. N
Hammarskjold
Horvath
Kadar
Red
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Man Fatally Hurt at Minneapolis Train Crossing
Fritz Johnson, 63, was fatally injured Wednesday night at a Minneapolis crossing near his home. Police say he was struck by a Rock Island train or fell while trying to dodge it. he died at General Hospital shortly after the accident.
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Minneapolis
Fritz Johnson
Rock Island
Johnson
General Hospital
Austin council approves 7 mill budget hike and raises pay
City employees receive 14 cent hourly raise and enhanced hospitalization benefits effective April 1 under Austin's new budget. The package costs about 60 thousand dollars annually and adds four weeks vacation for 25 year workers. Night differential pay of nine cents per hour runs 6 am to 6 pm for police and a few others.
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Austin
Fred Miles
UAW
Trucker Drags Gas Pump After Refueling Incident
Lou L. Keck of Fort Dodge Iowa stopped for a full tank at M and S Shell in Fort Dodge. After payment he pulled away and heard a clank. a hose had snagged on the truck and left a gas pump trailing, valued at $200.
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M & S. Shell
Oakland
Lou L. Keck
Fort Dodge
Towa
U.S. Forces to Stay in Iceland at Keflavik Base
The United States and Iceland reach an agreement to continue American operation of the Keflavik strategic air base. About 4,000 U.S. personnel will remain with expanded construction prospects and job plans for Icelandic workers, amid broader NATO considerations and regional tensions.
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Washington W
United States
Iceland
Keflavik
Moscow
Washington
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Bese
Russia
Middle East
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Stillwater
Christopherson
Wold
Los Angeles
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Julesburg
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Marx Square
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Ray Hemenway
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France
C. Douglas Dillon
Augusta National Golf Club
Jim Hagerty
U.N
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