37 Die In Coal Mine Blast At Bishop On Virginia West Virginia Line
A gas explosion in the Bishop coal mine straddling Virginia and West Virginia trapped 37 miners. Rescue teams say the number of bodies counted below ground. Rescue operations shifted to the West Virginia entrance as crews fought smoke and fumes.
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Bishop
Virginia-West Virginia
Virginia
West Virginia
Pocahontas Fuel Co
R. P. Meade
Martin E. Martin
Martin
Raymond Owensby
Tazewell
Eisenhower
Rufus Trail
Trail
Radford
Horsepen
Mine 34
Bishop, Va
Israel Stands Fast in Disputed Areas
Israel refuses to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and Sharm el Sheikh area defying the UN Assembly sixth resolution. UNEF deployment approved on armistice line but Israel seeks guarantees against Arab raids and Egypt’s blockade. Egyptian and Arab reactions hint at possible sanctions and continued tensions.
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Israel
United Nations
N.Y
Gaza Strip
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
U.N. Assembly
Jerusalem
Sharm el Sheikh
Red Sea
U.N
UNEF
Gulf
Mah
Legal Betting Urged in State
ST PAUL Enactment of legislation authorizing thorough bred horse racing with pari mutuel betting in Minnesota was urged by the Governor's Tourist Advisory Commission. The study notes 24 of 48 states permit pari mutuel betting and see it as tourist attraction and tax revenue.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Governor's Tourist Advisory Commission
Freeman
House
Senate
Freeman proposes $87 basic school aid and new equalization plan
Gov. Freeman urged a $87 basic aid per pupil unit in Minnesota and a revised equalization aid formula. He called for a $6 million boost to equalization and another $6 million for higher basic aid, plus reforms on construction debt limits, junior college aid, and university support.
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Freeman
University of Minnesota Board of Regents
Minnesota Science Foundation
Minnesota Art Society
Haiti President Resigns Amid Political Crisis
Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis quit as provisional president of Haiti amid a seething pre-Lenten carnival crisis. The resignation followed radio broadcasts from two presidential candidates threatening a general strike. The army moved to restore order as seven candidates met at army headquarters and crowds cheered one attendee as he left.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Joseph Nemours
Pierre-Louis
Pierre- Louis
Caribbean
Paul Magloire
Magloire
Supreme Court
Army
Army Headquarters
Louis Dejoie
Francois Duvallier
Duvallier
Rolvaag to take five senators to Minnesota Iowa Swine Institute
Lt. Gov Karl Rolvaag named five senators as representatives to attend the Minnesota Iowa Swine Institute in Austin Thursday. The roster included Sens. P. J. Holand of Austin Harold Nelson of Owatonna W. J. Franz of Mountain Lake Rudolph Hanson of Albert Lea and C. C. Mitchell of Princeton.
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ST. Paul
Karl Rolvaag
Minnesota-Iowa Swine Institute
Austin
Senate
P. J. Holand
Harold Nelson
Owatonna
W. J. Franz
Mountain Lake
Rudolph Hanson
Albert Lea
C. C. Mitchell
Princeton
Soviet Official In Critical Condition Sparks Kremlin Speculation
Reports say a high Soviet official remains unnamed in a Moscow hospital while a German physician and Kremlin sources withhold his identity. Theories center on Deputy Premier Lazar M. Kaganovich though officials deny that he is the patient. The chief suspect has reportedly been abroad touring Siberian cement plants as the Supreme Soviet opening approaches.
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Moscow
Lazar M. Kaganovich
Kaganovich
Presidium
Siberian
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Hans Joachim Schulten
Cologne
Schulten
Dmitri Shepilov
Shepilov
Communist Party
Foreign Ministry
New York Daily News
Washington
Kremelin
Weekend burglary and vandalism report in local area
Over the weekend, jewelry store Earl's at 105 E Water was burglarized stealing 11 watches and two display cases valued at 830. A suspect is in custody with charges coming Tuesday after a concrete threw through an east window. Whittier School had break in with 6 in change stolen. Austin High School also suffered damage and theft. Vandalism reports include three broken windows at 905 W Oakland and damage at Midway Motors 910 W Oakland and a broken plate glass at 709 Lindale.
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Earl's Jewelry
E. Water
Whittier School
Austin High School
William Wend
Oakland
Richard Knauer
Midway Motors
Knauer
Marie Jahnke
Bank
Lyndale
Mason City Teens Arrested in Beer Warehouse Break-ins
Police nabbed more than a dozen Mason City youths after break-ins at a local beer distributor warehouse. Two adults arrested inside the warehouse face breaking and entering charges. others to be handed to juvenile authorities. About a dozen half-barrels of beer were taken, most recovered.
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Mason City
Iowa
Road Mishaps Take 3 Lives
A crash near Grand Rapids killed Alver J. Laine 2 Floodwood and injured others as a transporting truck rollover scatters new cars on U.S. 2. In DeGraff, Minnesota, an elderly Morris couple died when their car hit a tree on U.S. 12, raising 1957 state toll.
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Grand Rapids
Alver J. Laine
Floodwood
Minnesota
Morris
Minn
DeGraff
Laine
U.S
Marvin Mitchell
John J. Wolfe
Winnipeg
Andrew Anderson
U.S. 12
Benson
Convict in Six Mile Farm Escape After Austin Bootleg Break-In Chase
A robbing duo broke into the Coca Cola bottling plant in Austin and Fossey Implement near Mapleview before a highway pursuit ended with one escaped convict, Roscoe Lincoln, 30, captured in a farmer’s barn north of Owatonna after a snowbound six mile foot chase. Accomplice William Gran ton, 30, Dubuque, Iowa remains at large. The pursuit involved Austin police Mower County sheriff and the state patrol with key tip from Everett Bailey. Lincoln escaped from the Lincoln state prison July 16 1956 and had 11 years to serve on a forgery count. The men breached a rear door window and pried open a safe at Fossey Implement, netting about $8. continuous chase reached speeds over 100 mph and ended in a field and swampy terrain.
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Austin
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Fosse Implement Co
Mapleview
State Prison
William Granton
Dubuque
Iowa
Mower County
Bailey
Donald Mattice
Jimmy Johnson
Blooming Prairie
Johnson
Owatonna
Bixby
Steele County Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Fossey Implement Co
al Reinartz
Fossey Implement
Bob
Dean Fossey
Reinartz
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Pittsburgh
Lynchburg
Ralah
Moud Fawzi
Department of Business Development
By Jack B. MacKay
University of Minnesota
Rolvaag
East Germany
Chelyabinsk
Siberia
Coca-Cola Co
Charles Wilson
Earl Garris
Dean
Bob Fossey
Coca-Cola
THE
Associated Press
Roscoe Lincoln
Nebraska
Lincoln
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