Gypsy Queen Buried With Gold and Silver
Charlotte mourns Ruby Johnson queen of the Johnson Clan gypsies buried in a family plot as clansmen from Florida to Baltimore and others showered her coffin with gold and silver gifts. The Johnson Clan with about 500 members along the Eastern Seaboard will hold a year without a queen before selecting a successor from within the clan.
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Charlotte, N.C
Charlotte
Ruby Johnson
Montgomery
Ala
Johnson
Florida
Baltimore
California
Peron Warned to Drop Politics or Leave Spain
Argentine ex president Juan Peron faces a Spanish ultimatum to abandon politics or depart within a month. Madrid expelled his close aides after his Rio de Janeiro return attempt and police guard surrounds him at a Torremolinos hotel.
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Emilio Moya Madrid
Juan Peron
Spain
Peron
South America
Manuel Fraga
Torremolinos
Rio de Janeiro
Argentina
Madrid
Fraga
Rio
General Confederation of Labor
Isabel Martinez
Reapportionment Commission to Review Plan Jan. 9
Minnesota Governor's Reapportionment Commission will consider tentative redistricting plans on January 9. The draft shifts 5 senators and 11 representatives toward the Twin Cities and keeps some incumbents in the same districts. The plan aims to address population inequities ruled by federal courts and the Supreme Court.
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ST. Paul
Twin Cities
House
Peter Popovich
Popovich
U.S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Auerbach
Hennepin
Ramsey
Senate
Clarence Langley
Red Wing
Robert Dunlap
Rochester
Stanley Holmquist
Grove City
Franklin Kroehler
Henderson
C. C. Mitch
Preliminary Hearing Set for Stoltz in Blooming Prairie Case
Stoltz, 50, of Blooming Prairie, arrested near Austin for alleged misappropriation of Blooming Prairie Municipal Utility funds. He appeared in Owatonna Municipal Court. bond set at $1,000. preliminary hearing slated for December 30. He posted bond after spending a night in Steele County Jail.
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Owatonna
Minn
Reynold W. Stoltz
Blooming Prairie
Bernard Coufal
Steele County
Aust
David Leach
Stoltz
Austin
Leighton, Meany
Public Examiner's
Blooming Commission
Thorson
Blooming Prairie Times
Village Water, Light, Power and Building Commission
Meyers Resigns to Lead Global Rain Forest Program
University of Minnesota regents accept the resignation of Dean Will H. Meyers from the international programs office. Meyers will direct a Rockefeller and Ford Foundations sponsored project to find food and productive potential in tropical rain forest areas.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Regents
Will H. Meyers
International Programs Office
Rockefeller
Ford Foundations
Malaysia Rejects Invite To Asian Anti Communist Front
Malaysia has declined an invitation to join other Asian nations in talks on forming a militant anti Communist front amid regional Cold War tensions.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Bandits Attack Convent School In Congo
Bandits raided the Roman Catholic convent school at Luisha in the Congo, abducting a nun during the night. She was later returned to the school, according to officials of Union Min iere.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
Luisha
Union Miniere
Here
SEC Probes Fluctuating DC National Bank Stock
The Securities and Exchange Commission launched a probe into sharp price swings in District of Columbia National Bank shares. The stock rose from 20 percent bid on December 3 to 28 at times this week.
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Washington
The
Securities and Exchange Commission
District of Columbia National Bank
Kenya Declares Republic as Kenyatta Becomes President
Kenya marks the first anniversary of independence by becoming a republic Jomo Kenyatta is sworn in as the first president after serving as premier guiding the country out of colonial status in East Africa.
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Natrobs
Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
Soviet to Hold World Communist Conference Begin March First
Moscow reports the Communist Party says preparations for a world conference start March 1 while Kremlin leaders again fail to secure approval from China.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Kremlin
Red China
Tshombe in Rome amid wild demonstrations and security
Congo premier Moise Tshombe concluded a Rome visit marked by Communist led protests and rightist counter demonstrations. Police guarded Rome airport as he prepared to fly to Munich. He canceled his U N trip citing Congo diplomatic concerns.
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Rome
Congo
Moise Tshombe
Munich
Tshombe
Italy
Pope Paul VI
John F. Kennedy
United Nations
New York
U.N
Beck Leaves Prison After Parole From McNeil Island
Former Teamsters Union head Dave Beck, aged seventy, walked out on parole from McNeil Island Federal Prison Friday. He declared to reporters that he is not guilty, a claim he reiterated after his five year sentence for filing a false income tax return on behalf of a union subsidiary.
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Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
McNeil Island Federal Prison
U of M Band Seeks Invite to Washington Parade
The University of Minnesota marching band seeks private funds and an invitation to perform in the Inaugural Parade in Washington. VP Stanley J. Wenberg says public funds are off limits and about $20 000 is needed. State officials note no final selections, though inquiries from bands with private support exist. A Humphrey aide calls the 170 member band ideal.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Washington
Stanley J. Wenberg
University
Democratic Farmer - Labor Party
George Farr
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Post Office Workers to Get Day Off Christmas Weekend
Postmaster General John Gronouski announced a suspension of normal mail deliveries on Saturday December 26 to give postal staff a three day Christmas weekend at minimal government expense. Most of the 590000 postal employees would receive the holiday, with two hour window service for business firms on December 26.
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Washington
John A. Gronouski
Gronouski
Husbands and Wife Jail Over Bad Checks Spree
Mrs. Robert Curo, 18, sentenced to 90 days in jail for theft while husband, 21, remains jailed after a spree of bogus checks. The Curos were nabbed in a car bought with a fake check, with smaller checks cashed in Hawley and Detroit Lakes. Caro, Minn., fled Cass County jail earlier on a burglary charge and likely faces return there. the couple has two young children cared for by relatives.
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Detroit Lakes
Minn
Robert Curo
Ray Thorpe
Lake Park
Hawley
Thorpe
Caro
Akeley
Cass County
Walker
Pick A Present Gift Guide Reads Like Local Classifieds
Gift problem solved by reading the Pick A Present Gift Guide in the Classified Pages. Local stores offer options for every family member with simple easy suggestions.
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Nashville, Tenn
Waring
Queens
East River
U. N
Manhattan
Robert Forsythe
Karl Rolvaag
Commission
Carl Auerbach
University of Minnesota Law School
Walter Klaus
Farmington
Robert Kucera
Northfield
Harold R. Anderson
North Mankato
C. A. Johnson
Mankato
Fred Berke
Litchfield
Ernest Schafer
Buffalo Lake
M. K. Hegstrom
St. James
Gilbert Esau
Mountain Lake
Leslie L. Nelson
Slayton
Wendell Erickson
Hills
Richard Crain
Hendricks
Verne E. Long
Pipes
Sam Barr
Ortonville
Harry Peterson
Madison
Martin McGowan
Appleton
J. H. Peterson
Glenwood
Bob Dunn
Princeton
Glenn Blomquist
Onamia
Richard O‘dea
Mahtomedi
Howard L. Albertson
Stillwater
Ron Everson
Wadena
Harold N. Johnson
Park Rapids
Marvin Christianson
Halstad
L. J. Lee
Bagley
Robert A. Whitaker
Times
Vernon Krejeci
G. S. Thorson
Public Utilities Commission
Village of
SEC
Republic
George Romney
Dean Bareh
Robert S. McNamara
Army
Ernesto
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Eugene Levin
Bonn
Paul VI
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Leghorn
Pisa
Reggio Emilia
Chamber of Deputies
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Fiot
Humphrey
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Sam Scogna
Iowa
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U of M
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