06 Feb 1953
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1953
Page
1
Neveln School suffered a morning blast that damaged the new addition. Nearby residents described loud bangs and frightened children, while witnesses rushed to check on students and comfort them as firefighters responded.
The source of the Neveln School explosion remains a mystery with Fire Chief John Tobar calling it likely a gas blast but lacking a specific gas type. Inspectors including Harold Lamon Emil Scheid L 8 Harbo and Arthur Christgau reviewed wreckage while awaiting the state fire marshal to arrive in Austin.
A devastating explosion at Neveln Grade School destroyed the $216,926 new wing and injured eight workers with George E. Spicer of St. Paul later dying at 1:20 pm. The blast sent terrazzo chunks across the basement while 400 pupils were escorted to safety by 11 teachers.
James Doyle 55 a clerk and messenger in Columbia University engineer John B. Dunning s office was found with an ice pick wound but autopsy ruled death from a heart attack possibly induced by the stab. Doyle robbed. only 48 cents found. Dunning calls slaying unlikely linked to atomic energy work. He lived with his wife and two sons in the Bronx.
Clifford E. Moore, 31, of Minneapolis, pleaded guilty in U S District Court to three indictments charging interstate transportation of women for prostitution. He allegedly used a plane, bus and train to move women from Minneapolis to Sioux Falls. Judge Gunnar H. Nordbye ordered a pre sentence investigation.
New York tugboat strike leaders ordered pickets pulled from most piers in compliance with a court order issued by State Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Murphy. The move ends a scuffle that halted loading and unloading at berths while unions vow to challenge the ruling in court. Capt William V Bradley of Local 333 AFL ILAs United Marine Division led the withdrawal.
Washington reports the government today revoked all controls over the use sale shipment and accumulation of tin. This move ends regulatory limits, marking a broad deregulatory shift affecting producers traders and consumers nationwide.
President Eisenhower announces immediate suspension of all wage and salary regulations and orders by the Wage Stabilization Board. Price controls on a wide range of consumer goods including meat products are lifted as the administration moves to end two years of government controls.
The Army issued a draft call for 53,000 men in April matching March levels. It brings total drafted or earmarked since September 1950 to 1,361,430, with the Army allotted 1,280,000 and the Marine Corps having taken 81,430 before halting inductions last May.
New York General Sessions Judge Louis J. Valente barred the press and public from the Jelke vice trial during testimony by the 19-year-old first witness Pat Ward citing her age. The barrier followed opening statements by both sides in the trial of 23-year-old playboy Minot Mickey Jelke.
Architectural supervisor Paul Vecker at the Nevela addition was found in the wreckage gathering information and taking safety steps after the blast. He was hospitalized shortly after 11 with severe back pain and underwent X rays at St Olaf Hospital.
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