City Voters to Decide on Buying Church Site for Parking Lot
Austin voters will decide in a special election whether the city buys the Congregational Church property on St. Paul Street for a 75 car parking lot. The $100000 purchase would be funded entirely from parking fees and meter revenue, with no tax money.
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Congregational Church
St. Paul Street
Water
Mill Streets
Ernest Diederich
Diederich
City Charter Board
Austin Medical Associaton
Secrecy Fights Over China Policy Stir Senate Row
In Washington the Eisenhower administration resisted Democratic calls for a public accounting of any U S backing for Nationalist raids on Red China. Senator Sparkman pressed for details on Formosa policy while Knowland defended keeping plans confidential until Secretary Dulles returns from Europe.
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Eisenhower
U. S
Red
China
GOP
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Europe
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
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D-Ala
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Peiping
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Congress
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Formosa
State of the Union
U. S. Seventh Fleet
United States
Wiley
R-Wis
Theophilus Killed in Action in Korea
Lt. David Theophilus, 23, son of Mr and Mrs Jack Theophilus formerly of Grand Meadow now Milwaukee, was killed in action in Korea on February 1. Grinnell College graduate 1951, Marines officer. Theophilus excelled in wrestling and football. his father Jack was a noted umpire in Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa.
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Jack Theophilus
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Korea
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Jack
Austin
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Iowa
Death by own action suspect jailed in Sanders case
James Lowry, 44, jailed on suspicion of murdering friend Joseph L. Sanders, 30, found dead with a bullet hole in the temple and a revolver in his left hand. Deputies noted discrepancies in Lowry and his wife accounts. Sanders was right handed, suggesting a possible self-inflicted shooting.
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Los Angeles
James Lowry
Joseph L. Sanders
Sanders
Lowry
Sheriff's
Jewelry worth $18,000 recovered from theft
New York police said $18,000 worth of jewelry stolen from socialite Brenda Frazier Kelly on Park Avenue last September has been returned. A woman told a jeweler the gems were family heirlooms, the jeweler bought them, then learned they were stolen and returned the valuables.
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New York
Brenda Frazier Kelly
Park Avenue
Ballots Burned in New Mexico Contested Election
In southern New Mexico three counties’ ballots were destroyed after Judge W T Scoggin ordered their destruction to repurpose boxes for school elections. Hurley aides allege irregularities in the November 4 vote affecting Dennis Chavez’s Senate win. Senate election investigators prepare to probe.
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Santa FE
N. M
GOP
U. S. Senate
Patrick Hurley
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Senate Subcommittee On Elections
Hurley
W. T. Scoggin
Las Cruces
Scoggin
Steve Alex
Wage Boosts May Have Effect on Prices Says Merchants
AP survey in 20 cities finds most goods selling below ceilings and surpluses forming buyers markets. Some raw materials like copper may push prices higher. wage control lift could prompt wage hikes raising production costs, with opinions from retailers and manufacturers across major cities.
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Associated Press
Ike Takes First Step in Junking All Controls
President Eisenhower ordered the first major decontrol move lifting wage limits and signaling a gradual end to price ceilings by April 30. The move, praised by merchants, affects meat clothing furniture and department store goods while leaving some items like milk bread and cosmetics under controls for now. Labor leaders and economists forecast mixed effects including possible price rises and renewed wage demands as other policy questions unfold.
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Eisenhower
Congress
City Police Collect $1,196 in January
Police collected 1196 during January mostly from errant motorists. Three drunk drivers paid 300, 12 careless drivers paid 250, and 312 parking violators 356. Police also made 49 arrests investigated 85 auto accidents made 259 investigation calls and found 46 doors unlocked.
Senators Approve Conant Gen Smith in Top State Roles
The Senate approved Gen Walter Bedell Smith as under secretary of state and James B Conant as high commissioner to West Germany. The moves clear the way for Conant to press German ratification of the peace contract and a six country Western Europe army treaty while Dulles is abroad. Dworshak and Case criticized Conant citing a Truman era offer and Acheson influence.
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Senate
Eisenhower
Walter Bedell Smith
James B. Conant
West Germany
John Foster Dulles
Harold E. Stassen
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United Nations
Thruston B. Morton
Carl McCardle
Conant
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
GOP
White House
Europe
Harvard University
Truman
Dean Acheson
Seek Remuneration for Local Governments
The Realtors Washington Committee seeks a financial relief plan for local governments housing tax exempt federal property. Chairman Henry G. Waltemade argues federal tax exemption shifts the cost to communities that must fund police fire protection sewerage and other services without compensation.
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Washington
Henry G. Waltemade
Blast at Neveln School Traced to Cracked Gas Pipe
A nine inch gas leak eight feet west of the Winona-Deckor intersection caused an explosion that wrecked the Neveln School addition, killing George E. Spicer and injuring seven workers. Fire officials traced gas from a storm sewer into the addition after a cracked pipe and blocked vents allowed gas to back up. Several injured remained hospitalized with fractures and burns while others were released.
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Neveln School
George E. Spicer
St. Paul
St. Olaf Hospital
John Tobar
Howard Thomas
St. Peter
Weight-Distance Levy on Truckers Proposed
A weight distance tax bill backed by Rep Harold J Anderson would tax large truckers based on miles traveled and declared maximum load. Co authors include several lawmakers. companion Senate bills are in progress. A separate dairy resolution urges extending federal butter support beyond March 31 1953 to 75 percent parity to avert price drops.
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ST. Paul
Harold J. Anderson
Minneapolis
Rep. Anderson
Anderson
A. A. Anderson
Bock
Roy M. Cummings
Beaver Creek
Carl Iverson
Ashby
Roy Schulz
Mankato
Senate
Knudgefald
Hawley
William Dahlquist
Thief River Falls
Tme
Minnesota
House of Representatives
Senate Dairy Products Committee
A. F. Oberg
Lindstrom
Oberg
Household Goods Tax Called Unfair
Albert Le a county assessment chief G E Vollum states in an opinion to Freeborn County officials that the household goods tax is unsound and unfair to most taxpayers. He argues it fails to raise enough revenue to cover administration costs after completing the county tax table.
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G. E. Vollum
Freeborn
Earl Engbritson
Irvin M. Talle
G. Howard Spaeth
Three Children Drown In N Y Sand Pit Tragedy
In Elmont New York three siblings Robert Hellenek 11 Pamela 6 and Ronnie Ruggiero 5 along with Ronnie's brother Vincent 12 were playing on a wooden float when it capsized in a 30 foot deep sand pit pond. Vincent tried to help but all four were pulled under. The pit near 30 year old commercial operation lies 100 feet by 350 feet in a rural potato area.
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Robert Frett
Yonkers
N. Y
Robert
New York Central Electric
Elmont
Robert Hellenek
Pamela
Ronnie Ruggiero
Ronnie
Vincent
Jones Dies Aged 68 After Stroke at Northwestern Hospital
J Seneca Jones 68, a University of Minnesota regent and longtime Farm Bureau aide, died in Minneapolis after a stroke at his St. Paul home. A Kansas native, he moved to Minnesota in 1912 and served 30 years as Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation secretary and led livestock groups. He helped found the Junior Livestock Show in South St. Paul.
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Farm Bureau
Minneapolis
J. Seneca Jones
University of Minnesota
Northwestern Hospital
St. Paul
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
Minnesota Livestock Breeders Association
Kansas
Minnesota
Mora
Lac Qui Parle
South St. Paul
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