Freeman Signals 1958 Crackdown on Drunk Driving
Gov Freeman told the Minnesota Sheriff's Assn that 1958 will see a strict crackdown on drunken drivers and that local pressure should not reduce charges to careless driving. He urged officers to resist deviations from law enforcement. He also addressed the Minnesota County Attorneys Assn on growing public service demands and a rising school population, predicting doubled higher education facilities by 1970.
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ST. Paul
Freeman
Minnesota
John Cahill
Bemidji
F. B. Simpson
Walker
Paul Zilggritt
Red Wing
Peter Lahr
St. Cloud
Charles Carver
Faribault
Charles Cherry
Hastings
Plane Reported Missing Found at Iowa Airport
A light single engine Aeronca Chief piloted by William Hopp 26 of Minneapolis was found at Spencer Iowa airport after failing to return from a Fort Dodge Iowa trip. Hopp landed Friday afternoon and stayed with relatives in Everly. He was expected in Minneapolis by noon today.
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Minneapolis
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Spencer
Minnesota Civil Air Patrol
William Hopp
CAP
Hopp
Continental Sign Co
Aeronca
Everly
Dick Dirksen
Dirk
CAP Alerted as Fort Dodge Plane Lands in Spencer
The Civil Air Patrol was alerted this morning about a Fort Dodge plane that landed in Spencer after going missing. Austin police contacted Glenn Hovland of Austin Aero Service during the night as seven Austin planes stood by. Capt. Arthur McAlister said the town flier had landed.
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Civil Air Patrol
Fort Dodge
Spencer
Austin
Glenn Hovland
Austin Aero Service
Towa
Arthur McAlister
Cloquet Man Killed in Head-on Collision
A Cloquet man, Leonard F. Jaska, 30, died in a head-on crash on U.S. 61 just north of Hinckley. The collision involved another vehicle, contributing to Minnesota’s traffic toll rising to 669 for the year.
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Hinckley
Minn
Minnesota
Leonard F. Jaska
U.S. 61
Here
Former Teacher Fatally Burned Starting Stove
Miss Ida C. Melaas, 79, a retired Norman County schoolteacher from Twin Valley, was fatally burned when her clothing caught fire while attempting to start her kitchen stove. She escaped to the yard but died later in Ada hospital. the house sustained no damage.
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Twin Valley
Minn
Ida C. Melaas
Norman County
Melaas
Ada
Weather readings from Herald Weather Site on Roof
Official U. 8 readings show 8 30 today 13 while low 24 hours 3 high 24 hours 38. General weather trace of 1OW.
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U. 8
Herald
Hillary Team Closes On South Pole Record Pace
Hillary's party, 240 miles from the South Pole, reports steady progress averaging 40 to 50 miles nightly and 41 miles in one recent night. Scott Base camp notes strain at 10 000 feet while British Dr. Vivian Fuchs team lags with 35 miles since Wednesday and still about 500 miles to go alongside a Russian convoy from the Soviet base.
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Hilliary
Scott Base
McMurdo Sound
Ross Sea Committee
Vivian Fuchs
Pole
Fuchs
Two Gunmen Hunted After Restaurant Slayings
Police traced kidnaping trail from a North Dakota man to South Carolina in a case that left George Kaldes and Kenneth Fisher dead in a restaurant shooting and Bernard Mainer critically hurt. FBI quoted suspects Henry Overton and Wayne Carpenter, both wanted for murder related charges and auto theft as they fled with a parked couple.
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George P. Kaldes
Kenneth Fisher
Bernard Mainer
FBI
Henry Caly Overton
Wayne Carpenter
Overton
Doris Mattingly
Army
Larry Lee Monteith
Monteith
Richmond
Alberta
Asonia G. Allman
Miss Allman
Cheraw
S.C
8050-Gallon Gas Transport Accident Near Austin
A 8050 gallon gas transport jackknifed and overturned at Brownsdale corners six miles east of Austin on Friday night. Driver Glenn Wagner escaped with minor injuries after being freed from the cab. gas leakage prompted fire and patrol crews to guard the scene overnight. A second truck from Rochester unloaded the crippled transport and spill cleanup followed at dawn.
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Brownsdale Corners
Austin
Spring Valley
Glenn Wagner
St. Olaf Hospital
Wagner
Rochester
Youth Fatally Wounds Self in Russian Roulette
In Battle Creek Michigan a 17 year old high school student, Robert Eugene Keeler, died after a self inflicted gunshot during a game of Russian roulette. He reportedly said I have nothing to lose before firing the .32 caliber revolver. He died two hours later at a hospital. His mother worked as a hospital desk clerk while police said he had been target shooting with two companions in the basement of his home.
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Battle Creek
Michi
Robert Eugene Keeler
Keeler
Theodore Keeler
Rome and Britain sign atomic collaboration accord
Rome Italy and Great Britain agreed on an accord for atomic collaboration in industrial development to advance peaceful use of nuclear energy and shared research efforts between the two nations.
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Rome
Italy
Great Britain
Sanitary Check in 13 Counties Opens in Minnesota
The Minnesota Health Department will survey lodging, food and beverage businesses in 13 southwestern counties starting January 7. Hotels motels taverns and cafes in Chippewa Cottonwood Jackson Lac qui Parle Lincoln Lyon Murray Nobles Pipestone Redwood Renville Rock and Yellow Medicine will be inspected for water and sewage systems food handling refrigeration and insect control. Up to 2 000 establishments to be visited by inspectors from Worthington Mankato Rochester St Paul. Follow-up calls planned for locations with violations.
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Chippewa
Cottonwood
Jackson
Lac Qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Yellow Medicine
Worthington
Carl Bratberg
Little Falls
Earl Moorhouse
Mankato
Emil Johnson
Rochester
William Wood
Ivan Harger
St. Paul
Robert E. Hunt
Spection Service
Department
Hunt
Missing Man Phillip Harris Searched By 250-Strong Team
In Faribault Minnesota a 250-strong hunt including parents of Phillip Harris began for the 21 year old who disappeared from the Faribault State School and Hospital two weeks earlier. Sheriff Charles Carver leads a line of uniformed men, National Guard, scouts, hospital staff, and volunteers spreading across Walcott Township as farmers report possible overnight tracks.
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Faribault, Minn
Phillip Harris
St. Paul
Faribault State School
Walcott Township
Harris
Ivan Harris
Charles Carver
Faribault and
Zumbrota National Guard
Explorer Scouts
Faribault Army Reservists
11 Dead 14 Saved in Coal Mine Explosion
Rescue workers recovered 11 miners dead after a gas explosion trapped 25 men at Mine No. 31 Pocahontas Fuel Co. on the Virginia West Virginia border. Fourteen miners escaped unharmed. operation paused for full inspections before reopening.
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Amonate
Virginia-West Virginia
Pocahontas
Virginia
Bluefield
W.va
West Virginia
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Border
Bishop
West Virginia Department of Mines
Trucker Hayride Tragedy Kills Youth in Iowa
A hayride accident near Inwood Iowa left one dead and sixteen injured among a church youth group. Victim Gilmore Van Beek 22 of Hull died from a broken neck after the stock truck rolled in a ditch. The driver Anton Kampen 17 treated for minor injuries.
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Inwood
Iowa
Young Peoples’ Church
Morris Blankenspoor
Inwood-Canton, M.D
Sioux Falls
M.D
Gilmore van Beek
Hull
Christian Reformed Church
Here
van Beek
Lincoln County
E. L. Hammerstorm
Canton
Hammerstorm
Lyon County
Anton Kampen
E. T. Baker
Kampen
Kasson Judge Fines and Jails Traffic Violator
Kathryn Roth, Kasson justice of the peace, sentenced Russell Stark of near Kasson to 50 days in jail or a 50 dollar fine for careless driving and a second 20 day term for driving after revocation. She impounded his license plates for 60 days and may bar license restoration for a year. He faces contempt charges after his outburst. Stark has prior driving convictions.
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Kasson
Minn
Kathryn Roth
Russell Stark
Stark
Mrs. Roth
Eisenhower Quiet Weekend at Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower plans a quiet weekend at the Gettysburg farm with no weekend schedules. James Hagerty says he will work on the State of the Union message due to Congress January 9. Heidi the Weimaraner traveled with the party in the motorcade as they arrived in sunny weather.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Farm
White House
James C
Hagerty
Congress
Heidi
John Meoney
Walter Tkach
John Eisenhower
Barbara Anne
Inmates Die After Drinking Anti Freeze at Reformatory
Three Wisconsin State Reformatory inmates died after a Thursday night anti freeze drinking spree. Five more inmates were admitted to hospital. two victims were named Frank Penass and Mariel Sherman. Authorities said the bottle was labeled poison and the substance was strained through bread then mixed with coffee.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin State Reformatory
Frank Penass
Keshena
Mariel Sherman
Neillsville
Mathaw Johnson
Clearwater Lake
Alhough
Presley Granted 60 Day Deferment
Elvis Presley, the Memphis singer, was granted a 60 day deferment from Army induction to finish a Paramount Pictures moving picture. The decision preserves his draft status while he completes the film project.
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Presley
Memphis
Tenn
Elvis Presley
Paramount Studios
Blast isolates two workers at Midway plant
An explosion and flash fire at the American Can Co Midway plant in St. Paul injured two workers, William Barnes and Jerome Morgel, both in critical condition. Sparks ignited fumes from a coating chemical, causing burns but minimal structural damage. Frank Linn and Gerald Fritz also reported injuries, with four others nearby unhurt.
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ST. Paul
Midway
American Can Co
Ancher Hospital
William Barnes
Roseville
Jerome Morgel
Newport
Frank Linn
Gerald Fritz
Emotional Upsets in Pregnancy May Affect Children
INDIANAPOLIS new tests indicate babies can be emotionally scarred by what happens to mothers during pregnancy. Pregnant rats made anxious produced offspring with abnormal emotion and effects appear relatively permanent. Thompson of Wesleyan described foster-mother results and possible human implications.
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Thompson
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South Carolina
Carl Elam
State Highway Patrol
Austin Police
Austin Ambulance Service
Austin Rocket Society
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Atomic Pact
Minnesota Health Department
William Fullarton
Fullarton
Ohio
AP Photofax
Sassy
Kasson Court
Indianapolis
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American Assn
the Advancement of Science
Wiliam R. Thompson
Wesleyan University
Middletown, Conn
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