Voters reject pay hikes in Blooming Spring Valley
Voters in Blooming Prairie and Spring Valley defeated salary increases for mayors and trustees. Spring Valley rejected a raise from 240 to 600 for the mayor and 180 to 400 for trustees, 209 against 85 in favor. Blooming Prairie defeated a smaller rise, 280 for mayor and 220 for trustees, by 210 to 93. Many towns reported light turnout with no mayoral contests.
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Blooming, Spring Valley
Spring Valley
Blooming Prairie
Bomb strikes Havana church as church leaders blame Communists
In Havana a bomb exploded after vesper services at Our Lady of Charity Church damaging pews and floor with no injuries among 50 worshippers. Officials blamed Communist agitators amid rising anti-Castro tension and reports of insurgent activity in western and central Cuba as harvest time nears.
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Fidel Castro
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Our Lady of Charity
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Armed Forces
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Santiago
Antonio Maceo
Spain
Gas Truck Collides With Train Killing Five In Nashua
A diesel railcar collided with a bottled gas truck at an unguarded Nashua crossing killing five people. The truck occupants, including the gas business owner and his wife with two babies, died in the wreck. Sixty plus aboard the train were treated for burns or shock. Judge Peter Woodbury of Boston was among the injured.
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Peter Woodbury
United States First District Court of Appeals
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Manchester
Robert Wrenn
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Christopher
John S. Wilder
Wrenn
Wilder
Arington
Mass
Kennedy taps Udall to be interior secretary
President elect John F Kennedy named Rep Stewart Udall of Arizona as secretary of the interior the third cabinet post filled for his new administration Udall at 40 will oversee Americas natural resources and development He will serve with Governors Ribicoff Hodges as part of Kennedys expanding cabinet lineup
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Stewart Udall
Arizona
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Arizona House
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North Carolina
Commerce
United States seeks Zorin removal from UN Security Council
In a U N debate the United States urged Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin to resign as council president during Congo talks. U S ambassador James Wadsworth argued Zorin could not fairly preside given attacks on the United Nations Hammarskjold and Congo leader Kasavubu. The move followed a Soviet demand to free Patrice Lumumba and disarm Mobutu’s forces as the council met.
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Joseph Kasavubu
Council
Wadsworth
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Soviet Union
U.N
Erian Zorin
NCC Urges Strengthening U N as Power for Peace
The National Council of Churches adopts a resolution urging U S support for strengthening the United Nations as a world peace power. Delegates from 33 denominations warn Americans may be outvoted on some issues and urge readiness for democracy abroad. The move accompanies notes on the UN’s growth to near 100 members and the need for mature public interpretation of global democracy.
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United States
United Nations
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National Council of Churches
U. S
Truman Douglass
New York
NCC
Grim Pearl Harbor remembrance marks 19th anniversary
Pearl Harbor survivors and officials recalled the 1941 surprise attack that killed 2,400 people and sank the Arizona, where 1,102 sailors perished. The ceremony underscored lessons of readiness and the cost of being unprepared.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arizona
U. S
Car Breaks Through Ice Claims Two Teens Drowning
In McGregor Minnesota two youths died when a car broke through Big Sandy Lake ice. Joan Holstein 15 Palisades and Clif ford Benedict 21 McGregor were recovered from the submerged car. John Rian 20 McGregor and Linda Holstein 14 survived after swimming to safety. Sheriff Hulin reported divers from Duluth recovered bodies from about 20 feet of water.
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Benedict
Hjalmar Hulin
Altin County
Duluth
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