Fire destroys Brownsdale implement business
A Friday blaze in Brownsdale Minnesota destroyed J H Risius Motor Sales, one of the town’s largest firms, with an estimated 47000 damage. The fire, likely sparked by an overhead gas heater explosion, left concrete walls standing as smoke filled the area. Firefighters from Brownsdale and Austin battled for over four hours in freezing weather, saving little from the building including tractors and parts.
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Brownsdale
Minn
J. H. Risius Motor Sales
Don Foster
Austin
Quie proposes constitutional amendment to electoral college
Representative Albert H. Quie of Minnesota introduces a bill to change how the president and vice president are elected. The plan retains two statewide electoral votes but allocates the rest by district, aiming for more equal voter power while preserving state identities.
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Washington
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
Quie
U.S
Morrell Buys Plant From Wilson and Co
CHICAGO AP Labor policy at the Abraham plant of John Morrell and Co in Memphis is not yet developed. President W W McCallum said Beale Street employees will move this weekend to the Abraham plant purchased last week from Wilson and Co. Workers at Beale Street are United Packinghouse Workers of America members. Representation of new employees is unsettled as the plant is expected to employ 300 soon.
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Chicago
Abraham
John Morrell & Co
Memphis
W. W. McCallum
Beale Street
Abraham Land
Ilson & Co
United Packinghouse Workers of America
McCallum
Flurries Boost Snow Level With Mild Minnesota Temps
Arctic air sweeps Minnesota as flurries boost snow depth while temperatures stay mild. Austin area records an inch of snow by 6 p.m. and another half inch by 9 a.m. warming to 15 to 17 degrees at night and 17 to 26 by day. Cold fronts reach New England and New York amid widespread snow and subzero readings in Vermont and Michigan.
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Minnesota
Austin
Kmmt-Kaus
Highway 105
New York State
Arkansas
Michigan
Pellston
Mich
Alpena
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Northwest
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Midwest
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio Valley
February Road Aid Shares For Area Counties This Year
Area counties report February allocations of Federal Aid Secondary funds for 1964. Mower County receives 25 243 dollars with prior 36 291 and total 62 998 dollars, forming 65 percent of state funds. Freeborn fills 23 650 to total 56 415, Fillmore 30 670 February with 41 769 October totaling 49 057, Dodge 16 340 February and 21 866 October totaling 38 206, Steele 17 452 February and 223 287 October totaling 40 739. Minnesota state FAS total 7 566 026 for 1964. 142 percent retained for highway planning research, leaving 7 452 536 for distribution to state and counties.
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Mower County
Freeborn County
Fillmore County
Dodge County
Steele County
Minnesota
Highway Department For
Mondale Marshall Feud Sparks State Capitol Action
In Minnesota the Senate buzzed whenever appointments were mentioned as Gen. James C. Marshall accused Atty. Gen. Walter Mondale of an overstaffed office. Mondale denied the charge and agreed to appear before a house subcommittee as conservatives push for a full staff and department study. A legislative probe call followed as five conservatives introduced a resolution to form a commission.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Senate
Capitol
Marshall
Mondale
James C. Marshall
Walter F. Mondale
Senate Finance Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Val Imm
Mankato
Imm
Banks Deny All Federal Charges Leveled in Historic Indictments
Federal prosecutors charge 18 Minnesota banks, a holding company, and a clearing house with rate fixing and non competitive practices in actions linked to Sherman antitrust law. Indictments cover Minneapolis, St Paul, and Duluth banks with meetings dating from 1956 to 1961, and carry maximum fines of 50,000 per defendant.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Samuel Flatow
Justice Department
J. H. Colman
First Bank Stock Corp
U.S
Edward J
Devitt
St. Paul
Duluth
White businessman killed by crowd in Langa township
In Capetown's segregated Langa Township a white businessman, R. A. Della Torre, was hacked to death by Africans wielding panga knives Friday night while reportedly collecting money.
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Capetown
South Africa
Langa
R. A. Della Torre
Labor Official Convicted In IRS Document Theft Case
Richard T. Gosser a 62 year old United Auto Workers vice president was convicted in a case involving removal of confidential IRS files. He faces up to five years in prison and fines up to ten thousand dollars. The report also notes a California picket line at the SPCA facility over a labor dispute and a Detroit nun criticizing school dictionaries as unfair to Negroes.
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Toledo, Ohio
Richard T. Gosser
United Auto Workers
Internal Revenue Service
SPCA
South Gate
Calif
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Rebels Firing Squads Kill lngs Premier in Revolt
Rebel forces killed lngs premier amid a revolt as bargaining resumed in New York for the city nine major newspapers strike. Talks extended over four hours, with Elmer Brown optimistic about progress before his Sunday Colorado Springs departure.
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Lngs
New York
Elmer Brown
Afl-Cio International Typographical Union
Colorado Springs
Colo
Brown
Pro-Nasser Group Faces Red Threat
Beirut reports rebel forces executed Iraq's ex premier Abdel Kerim Kassem and three aides after a rapid uprising. Bodies of two lieutenants were found in the Defense Ministry ruins as curfews and border closures spread. Syria closed its border and Turkey heightened frontier alerts amid a regionwide tense warning.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Abdel Kerim Kassem
Baghdad Radio
Kassem
Kaesem
Defense
Tigris
Syria
Damascus
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Nasser
Gadel Abass
Mahdawi
People’s Court
Taha Sheikh Ahmed
Kanaan
Defense Ministry
Wasfi Taher
Abdel Kerim el- Jedda
Taher
el Jedda
Minnesota roofers wrap up state convention in Aus tin
The Minnesota roofing and sheet metal contractors conclude their state convention after opening Friday afternoon in Aus tin. Association president Fred Vogt of Minneapolis discusses the schedule with Truman Johnson and Lester Hill, co chairs of arrangements. Forums are planned and a luncheon talk on the role of small business by Fred Miller of NAM.
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Minnesota
Austin
Fred Vogt
Minneapolis
Association
Truman Johnson
Lester Hill
Fred Miller
The
National Association of Manufacturers
Creston Hospital Board reviews former manager theft case
Creston Iowa trustees of Greater Community Hospital plan to decide next week on action regarding Mary Forkner 35 who admitted using 6449 of the hospital funds. Forkner resigned Dec 31 after confessing she used patient accounts for household expenses since March 29 nine months of missing funds ranged from 44 to 481 dollars per case. No charges filed yet and the board will discuss before acting.
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Creston
Iowa
Greater Community Hospital
Mary Forkner
Earl Holloway
Holloway
Forkner
Federal Judge Signals Possible Illicit Aid to Castro
U S District Judge Ernett C Choate questioned the legality of ransom payments to Castro and the flow of aid from the United States. He warned the issue may implicate the Logan Act and asked whether the executive branch has authority to pay ransom with tax money. He gave Voorhees ten days to submit briefs and considered referring the matter to a grand jury if lacking jurisdiction.
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Castro
Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
U. S
Ernett C. Choate
Cuba
Choate
U.S
Havana
Douglas R. Voorhees
Voorhees
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Morrell
Wilson & Co
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Burlington
Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
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Syracuse
N.Y
Canada
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Dakotas
Rockies
Sparks State Capitol
Richard Fitzsimons
Appropriations Committee
Fitzsimons
S. Africa
Labor
Detroit
Mary Patricia
Oblate Sisters of Providence
Detroit Free Press
ITV
Robert F. Wagner
Walter N. Thayer
Herald Tribune Corp
Cleveland
Ohio
Plain Dealer
News and Press
Afl-Cio
Iraqui
Iraqi Defense Ministry
Baghdad
Abdel Karim Kassem
By Webb McKinley
Iowa Hospital Board
United States
Pan-Am
DCGB
Alberto Ferrer
Ferrer
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