House OKs Congress Pay Hike
Washington reports the House approved a $10 000 annual boost for members of Congress and federal judges to 25 000 and similar raises for the vice president and others. Senate likely to follow with a different plan to 22 500 for lawmakers.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
U.S
Sen. Clements
D-Ky
Judiciary Committee
Halleck
Rind
Rep
Burdick
R-Nd
Pine Bend area eyed for big Minnesota industrial district
Gov. Freeman learned national firms plan a Pine Bend district near Rosemount and Inver Grove Twps. Chicago Great Western Railway owns about 4000 acres, sold 950 for a 25 million refinery by Great Northern Oil Co. and optioned 250 for St Paul Ammonia Products Inc. A 15 million plant. Freeman calls it a major economic development showing cooperative growth in Minnesota.
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ST. Paul
Freeman
Rosemount
Inver Grove
B. R. Harris
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western Railway Co
Pine Bend
South St. Paul
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Austin Dollar Days Off to Good Start
Sunny skies helped Dollar Days begin well with broad customer interest and favorable merchant response. Forecasters warned of possible snow Friday while merchants expect continued sales Friday and Saturday with the Herald extending extra copies for Wednesday’s ads.
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The
Herald
Oslo Bank Robbery at Stoltman Exchange in Oslo Minn
Robbers broke into the Stoltman Exchange in Oslo Minnesota early today and fled with about 75 000 in negotiable bonds and securities and 15 000 in cash. Sheriff Erickson said strong boxes were scattered and only a few coins remained. Hilary Stoltman reported none of the deposits were insured, with 5000 covered by insurance. The loot involved cash securities and personal papers from deposit boxes, many left in two large bundles.
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Oslo
Minn
Stoltman
Oscar C. Erickson
Hilary Stoltman
Walter Stoltman
The
Exchange
Citizens Bank
Minnesota
Grand Forks
N.D
Washington, D. C
Ericson
Farmers Union Oil Co
Minneapolis Insurance Company
Washington, D.C
Erickson
Patty King Crowned Miss Austin II in Pageant
Patty King, 20, a music teacher from Ostrander, was crowned Miss Austin II at the Miss Austin Pageant held at the Terp Ballroom. She won the title, the trophy, and a $200 college scholarship with points from four judging events, while Barbara Burton was runner up and Pat Simpson won Miss Congenality.
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Patty King
Austin
Terp Ballroom
Barbara Burton
G. Warren Burton
Pat
Joan Knauer
Pat Simpson
Barbara
Dick Zook
Lindstrom Music Studios
Marilyn Torrey
Shaw
Minneapolis
Spring Valley High School
Austin Junior College
Ostrander
Joan
Mr. Sandman
Mary Ann Moe
Charlotte Ecklin
Pat Venema
Carol Knowlton
Pat King
Rochester
Thomas Edwards
Adrian Johnson
Owatonna
Robert Johnston
Arthur Strobel
Robert Cronin
Robert Freeze
M. J. Vandewege
Mel Siegfried
Bob White Band
Bob Smith
Ralph Felsheim
Edward Wirtz Jr
Cochai
May
Disc Marathon Ends After 58 Hours On Air
Two WNOE disc jockeys Bill Elliott and Bill Stanley ended a publicity marathon after more than 58 hours of nonstop spinning the record Shuggy Boom. They had started during a 24 hour broadcast schedule and logged 1 349 spins before surrendering to shaves showers and sleep.
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New Orleans
Shuggy
Bill Elliott
Bill Stanley
WNOE
GOP Selects San Francisco as National Convention Site
The Republican National Committee unanimously approved San Francisco as host city for the 1956 GOP national convention. The plan calls for the event at the Cow Palace starting the week of August 20, 1956, with bids also from Chicago and Philadelphia. President Eisenhower praised by Hall, who urged unified support for a second term.
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GOP
San Francisco
Washington
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Leonard Hall
Eisenhower
GOP Committee
Senhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hall
Sam Francisco
Philadelphia
Elmer Robinson
James M. Cox
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Massachusetts
South Dakota
Connecticut
Fingered financier case links to bungled kidnap plot
Police question Herman Scholz a 50 year old Whitestone driver in connection with the Serge Rubinstein murder and two unsolved bank robberies. Investigators say Scholz described a failed ransom kidnapping of Rubinstein and details of a 1948 Bank of Manhattan holdup and a 1951 Woodside Savings and Loan robbery.
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New York
Herman Scholz
Serge Rubinstein
Scholz
Rubinstein
Whitestone
Queens
Frank Costello
Bank of Manhattan
Woodside Savings and Loan Assn
Parliament approves sentences for 1953 spying case
Ankara Turkey The Turkish Parliament votes to approve the sentences handed down by a military court to two men arrested in 1953 on charges of spying for the Soviet Union.
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Ankara
Turkey
Britain to Develop Hydrogen Bombs Says White Paper
London announced a plan to develop thermonuclear weapons confirming Britain’s atomic capability. The government states it has considered implications and will proceed with development and production, joining the United States and possibly Russia as holders of hydrogen bombs.
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London
Britain
United Kingdom
United States
Russia
Dulles Urges Cease Fire and Moscow Realignment
Secretary of State Dulles urged China to renounce force for Formosa and pressed for a cease-fire discussion. He said a future Moscow leadership allied with realism could yield practical US treaties, while distinguishing Soviet government from its Communist party. He cited Malenkov’s fall and Bulganin’s rise as show of despotic disarray.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Dulles
Moscow
United States
Formosa
Red China
New York
Asia
Communist Party
New
Russa
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
British U S Rift Over Formosa Dispute Widens
London reports a sharp rift after U S Secretary Dulles rejects a British plan for General Chiang Kai-shek to pull Nationalist forces from offshore islands. British sources say officials fear the stance implies Chiang must not yield coastal positions critical to a Communist assault on Formosa.
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London
Formosa
U.S
State Dulles
China
Dulles
Chiang Kai-shek
Freeman to Hold News Conference on Taxes
Gov Freeman will hold a Friday news conference to discuss taxes and review pending legislation. Rep E J Chilgren, House Tax Committee chair, and state tax commissioner G Howard Spaeth will attend. He also criticized the House for killing a bill on party labels for legislators.
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ST. Paul 1
Freeman
E. J. Chilgren
House Tax Committee
G. Howard Spaeth
House
Communist China signs anti atomic weapons petitions in Peiping
A Tokyo broadcast said signatures against atomic weapons were gathered in Peiping with about 1 percent of residents signing within three days. The report notes widespread public involvement and civic participation in the petition campaign.
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Tokyo
China
Peiping
Swiss to Try 4 Anti Reds for Murder
Swiss government announces four anti Reds who invaded the Romanian legation and killed a chauffeur will stand trial in Switzerland. Bern rejects extradition demand from Bucharest noting legation on Swiss soil and no Romania extradition treaty. Three men surrendered arms and left after a police show of force. a fourth was arrested.
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Bern
Switzerland
Legation
Bucharest
Romania
Heffelfinger Reverses Resignation as GOP Committeewoman
Washington report says Mrs Elizabeth E Heffelfinger of Wayzata Minnesota has changed her mind about resigning as Minnesota's Republican national committeewoman. It was expected she would submit resignations at today's session but she told a reporter that Sen Thye asked her to keep the post.
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Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Sen
George
D-Ga
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Washington
Elizabeth E. Heffelfinger
Wayzata. Minn
Minnesota
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Chou En-lai
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Chou
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