Freeman Proposes 3 New Departments in Minnesota
Gov Freeman urged the Minnesota Legislature to create three new state departments Commerce Labor and Corrections in a special reorganization message. He would rename the current Commerce department and shift functions from several agencies while consolidating authority and reducing independent boards and commissions.
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Jack B. MacKay
ST. Paul
Commerce
Labor
Gov. Freeman
Minnesota
Minnesota Supreme Court
Department of Commerce
Banking
Insurance
Securities
Department of Employment Security
State Industrial Commission
Labor Conciliator
Department of Corrections
Commissioner of Corrections
Department of Public Welfare
Youth Conservation Commission
State Parole Board
Freeman
Farm Jinx Continues as Barn Burns in Lansing Township
A barn on Albert Zerby’s farm near Austin in Lansing Township burned to the ground about 10:30 am. The loss included nine calves, 50 tons of hay and straw, and 1,000 bushels of oats, with $12,000 replacement cost for the barn. Howard Rasmussen aided in trying to contain the fire. no water was available.
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Albert Zerby
Water
Austin
Lansing Township
Zerby
Howard Rasmussen
Rasmussen
St. Mary's Hospital
Austin Rural Fire Dept
Cold Front Brings Severe Cold to Minnesota
The Associated Press reports a mid winter cold front sweeping Minnesota and the northwest. Overnight lows may dip to 25 below in northern areas and 15 below in the south as a five day stretch of below normal cold begins. International Falls fell from 7 below zero to 13 below in three hours early today.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Northwest
International Falls
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Fire at Swanson Supermarket damages Windom hall
Windom Minnesota fire caused between 50 000 and 100 000 in damage to the Swanson Supermarket and sent smoke into the adjoining American Legion hall.
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Windom
Minn
Swanson
American Legion Hall
Church Fire Destroys Pine River Tabernacle
Riverview Tabernacle in Pine River a year and a half old burned in the early hours. Loss estimated at 80000 dollars. Explosion in the furnace room believed to start the blaze. Firemen found front doors blown open as flames blocked entry. Passersby spotted the fire at 530 a.m. Pastor Rev. Harvey Swanson said the wood structure valued at 80000 dollars was a total loss except for some interior work.
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Pine River
Minni
Riverview Tabernacle
Harvey Swanson
F. H. Knigge
State Highway Patrol
Walter H. Schwanie
Jesus
Mr. Schwanie
Woodrow O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan
Myrtle Gordon
St. Charles
Warren Stuart
Missouri
St. Louis
Senator Langer’s Health Status Unchanged
Washington brief notes no marked change in the condition of Sen William Langer Republican North Dakota who has been seriously ill for two weeks with pleurisy and pneumonia indicating ongoing health concerns for the veteran lawmaker.
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Washington
William Langer
R-Nd
State Hospital Patient Attacks Cook In Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls State Hospital cook Albert Tomford, 59, is in critical condition with a fractured skull after a patient, Rino Siren, 42, struck him with a wood mixing paddle. Siren, committed from Becker County a year ago, reportedly had epileptic fits and unprovoked attack is under investigation by County Atty. Owen Thompson. Tomford awaiting surgery at Lake Region Hospital.
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County Atty
Owen Thompson
Tomford
Lake Region Hospital
Waterfront Settlement Reached Ends Five Day East Coast Dock Tieup
New York negotiators from waterfront employers and the International Longshoremen’s Association reached a pact to end the five day East Coast dock tieup subject to member ratification. The agreement covers about 45 000 workers with a three year contract including a 32 cent hourly wage increase and enhanced benefits. Ratification votes and remaining local issues in Boston Philadelphia and Wilmington are still to be resolved before full back to work occurs.
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New York
Striking International Longshoremen’s Assn
Hampton Roads
Portland
Maine
ILA
Louis Waldman
Boston
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Waldman
New York Shipping Assn
Alexander Chopin
Chopin
William V. Bradley
Bradley
Eisenhower Returns Focus to Mideast Crisis
President Eisenhower suspends vacation to stay in close touch with Washington over the Middle East. He talks by phone with Secretary of State Dulles and reviews reports, as Israel presses safeguards against Egypt. White House notes rumor questions and says no decision to return date has been set.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Middle East
Dulles
Mideast
Israel
Egypt
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
United Nations General Assembly
Abba Eban
State Dulles
Debris search continues as deaths mount at Missouri old folks home fire
Smoke and steam rise from the ruined building after a deadly fire at an old folks home in Warrenton Missouri. Seventy inmates are unaccounted for with at least 70 confirmed dead as firefighters and volunteers search the debris.
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Katie Jane
Warrenton
U.S. Drops Side Efforts for Israeli Withdrawal
President Eisenhower announced the United States would not pursue outside talks on Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Gulf of Aqaba areas. Dulles proposals for UN police and sanctions were made public, while Israel signaled potential further talks despite the shift to UN discussions in New York.
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U. N
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Dulles
Eban
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Sharm el Sheikh
Golda Meir
Israel
United States
Gulf of Agapa
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Gulf
U.N
Gaza
Sharme
Hollywood clash as Rex Harrison slaps Sinatra at party
Reports say Rex Harrison slapped Frank Sinatra twice at a party over Kay Kendall. Sinatra did not retaliate and left with friends saying Harrison may not have intended harm. Kendall and Feldman hosted the gathering where the incident occurred. Harrison is on leave from My Fair Lady amid a Mexican divorce from Lilli Palmer.
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New York
Rex Harrison
Frank Sinatra
Harrison
Kay Kendall
New York Herald Tribune
New York Daily Mirror
Hollywood
Sinatra
Kendall
Miss Kendall
Frank
Mexico
Lilli Palmer
Playwright Miller Indicted for Contempt of Congress
Arthur Miller husband of Marilyn Monroe faced two contempt of Congress charges after refusing to name colleagues he attended Communist party meetings with in 1939 and 1940. A separate indictment charged Otto Nathan of New York, Einstein estate executor, for similar refusals to answer HUAC questions.
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Washington
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Miller
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Communist Party
Otto Nathan
New York
Albert Einstein
Congress
Harmony Man Dies in Crash
Duane Allen Johnson, 23, a Harmony area farmer, died after his car left Highway 44 near Spring Grove and plunged 150 feet. Police report he apparently fell asleep at 1:30 am. a passerby found the wreck at 3 am. Johnson was the son of Ernest Johnson.
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Associated Press
Harmony
Minn
Minnesota
Duane Allen Johnson
Highway 44
Spring Grove
Johnson
Ernest Johnson
Herman Plevka
Seventh Ave
Minneapolis
John Norberg
Braham
University Hospitals
Robert Louis Maalis
Beverly
Highway 36
Twin Cities
William Mainhart
Dumont
Browns Valley
Jack Walter Bigalke
Roger Boehing
Edward Schmitz
Wheaton
Grand Jury Probe Ordered in Fire at Hospital
MINNEAPOLIS a grand jury investigation was ordered into the Christmas week fire that killed seven at Doctors Memorial Hospital. County attorney George Scott said the grand jury would be summoned next Monday to review all details and determine if neglect in leaving fire doors open was involved.
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Minneapolis
Doctors Memorial Hospital
George Scott
Hennepin
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