Preston Man Faces Charge in Drunken Assault Case
Elmer Slifka, 24, pleaded guilty to second degree assault in Justice A. H. Langum's Preston court and is bound over to district court with $2000 bail. He disarmed Mabel village marshal Lester Sinclair, forced him to strip, and caused a string of threats and gun incidents after returning home drunk. Sheriff Walter Kruegel described Slifka as enraged, with a pistol firing shots and endangering others. Slifka was arrested at 3 a.m. after the episode.
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Preston
Elmer Slifka
Mabel
A. H. Langum
Slifka
Walter Kruegel
Fillmore County
Krueger
Raymond Ford
Ford
Martha
Lester Sinclair
Mabel Marshal
Sinclair
Donald Cook
Kruegel
Cresco
Two Men Arrested in Minneapolis Molester Case
Police arrested two men suspected of molesting in north Minneapolis amid a spate of reports in the area. A 15 year old girl reported being threatened on her way home from high school and Adalon Lindberg said a man threatened her from a car near her Brooklyn Center home. Dozens of squad cars aided the search, but leads remained scarce as one suspect, 61, with prior offenses, and a second man were taken into custody near a welfare home.
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Minneapolis
Adalon Lindberg
Brooklyn Center
Harriet House
Women’s Welfare League
Volunteer Firemen Turn Pig Herders at Spring Valley
Spring Valley volunteer firemen aided after a South St. Paul Transfer truck slid into a ditch on Highway 16 and 63 at 2 a.m. Fifty eight hogs were driven down the road to the Spring Valley stock yards. ten pigs died when the semi overturned. Firemen assisted the driver in moving surviving pigs to a different trailer bound for Waterloo.
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Spring Valley
South St. Paul
Waterloo
Lava Flows Unstoppably From Mount Etna Evaporates Towns
Mt Etna erupts with continuous lava flows spanning the slopes threatening Renazzo and Milo in Sicily. A convoy of 120 trucks evacuated over 2000 residents as explosions from craters above shook the region. Scientists report many new and old vents belching lava smoke and ash. eruption has lasted 12 days with no halt expected for days.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Renazzo
Milo
Soo Canal Begins Winter Closure Delays Continue
The Soo canal near Sault Ste Marie Mich starts winter shutdown 15 to 20 days later than usual. Water is pumped from Poe lock to begin closure with 13 800 000 gallons drained. MacArthur lock to be drained next week while Davis or Sabin locks stay open for boat traffic between Lakes Superior and Huron.
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Soo Canal
Great Lakes
Soo
Poe
Lakes Superior
Huron
C. E. Auney
MacArthur
Auney
Davis
Sabin
Beavers Delay Pipe in Lakefront Area
CORRY Pennsylvania beavers block a lakefront section delaying a natural gas pipeline. Engineers used dynamite to bias the dam work while beavers flooded nearby pasture lands and farms. no trapping attempted, farmers may take action.
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Beavers
Corry
Europeans Use Lignite to Make Briquets by Drying and Pressing
Europeans dry lignite fuel and press the remaining material into briquets as a method to produce usable fuel. The process emphasizes reduction of moisture and compaction to create portable, burnable blocks.
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North Korea
Pyongyang
Eighth Army
Sibyon
Hungham
Wonsan
Changijin Reservoir
Preston Man
Chenille
Mississippi River
WOLFS
Minnesota
Mien Wolf & Sons
Sault ST. Marie, Mich
Alue
Cook
N. Main
DIAL
Mouton
Billy the Kid
Children’s Cowboy
Wine & Navy
Nate
East Mill Street
General Merchandise
the Farmer’s and Workingman’s Store
Nate Chesin
Prop
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