Pork's Key to 54 Beef Price Rise
Chicago NEA report says pork supplies are 20 percent lower and prices up over 20 percent, lifting beef demand and keeping prices steady or higher. Eldred of Armour predicts less pork, more piglets later, and government aid may aid consumer buying power. Conway foresees higher top grade beef and a smaller cattle slaughter this year.
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NEA Food and Markets
Chicago
United States
Harry S. Eldred
Armour &Co
NEA Service
Eldred
National Livestock Producers Association
H. M. Conway
Conway
Con
Chicago Gets Muddy Rain It's Springlike
The Associated Press reports broad spring like weather across the nation with unseasonably warm conditions in Southern California and high temperatures in Los Angeles San Gabriel and Long Beach. Frigid spots include International Falls Minnesota and the upper Mississippi Valley where subfreezing readings occurred while dust lingered in the lower Mississippi Valley.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
California
Los Angeles
International Falls
Minn
Midwest
San Gabriel
Burbank
Long Beach
Gas Tax Total Up in January
Gasoline tax collections in Minnesota for January totaled 3,369,372 dollars, a 242 percent rise from January 1953. After a 1,046,977 dollar refund for nonhighway use, net January receipts were 2,406,906 dollars, down 1.71 percent from January last year. December fuel and farm tractor shipments also rose compared with 1952.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
G. Howard Spaeth
Minnesota Girl to Get Horse From a Texan
A 18 month old dun filly named Smoky is chosen by F W Wheeler to be sent to 10 year old Andrea Michalik of Minneapolis. Wheeler selected Smoky from 100 horses and will ship her once gentle enough.
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Minnesota
Houston
Texas
Andrea Michalik
Minneapolis
Texas Secretary of State
Lone Star State
Andrea
F. W
Bert) Wheeler
Smoky
Andrew Michalik
British Ship Owners Hit U S Policy
British shipowners accuse the United States of armed guards aboard British merchant ships and shadowing by naval cutters in American waters. The Chamber of Shipping report cites McCarthy denouncements and new restrictions, while a US Navy spokesman says such actions are not believed to have occurred. Donald Anderson notes an armed guard on British ships in American waters last Oct. 15.
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London
China
United States
Washington
U.S. Navy
Chamber of Shipping of
United Kingdom
U.S
U.S.A
U. S
United Nations
New York City
Sen. Me. Carthy
U.N
Chamber of Shipping
U.S. Naval
Donald Anderson
Chamber
Three Buildings Collapse in Kansas City Killing Man
In the 500 block on Main Street three condemned two story buildings collapsed. One man was killed and another injured when they apparently slept inside the structures slated for demolition for Kansas City's new expressway.
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Kansas City
Main Street
Red Cross Fund Drive Kicks Off At Austin High
All solicitors for the Red Cross are to meet at Austin High School for a rally in the small auditorium. The main session starts at 8 p m after a 7 30 pre session for workers canvassing the business sections. Harris Romerein and Rev C Gordon Beale will speak. Miss Gertrude Banfield explains drive details and equipment. A Red Cross film will show action and services. Mrs C E Schraefel leads a Junior Red Cross panel. Merlin Vandewege notes turnout will largely determine success.
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Red Cross Fund
Austin High School
Harris Romerein
Red Cross
C. Gordon Beale
Gertrude Banfield
C. E. Schraefel
Austin
Merlin Vandewege
Union backs prepaid medical plan in Minnesota court cases
Rodney Jacobson of the Minnesota CIO Council urged unions to back legislation allowing prepaid medical plans to be incorporated under state law. The Two Harbors plan faces two St. Louis County cases involving the medical society and local government revenue tied to a new hospital project. The CIO and Minnesota AFI have contributed to support the Two Harbors Community Health Assn. in its legal battles.
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ST. Paul
Two Harbors
Minn
St. Louis
Minnesota
Rodney Jacobson
Minnesota Cio Council
Jacobson
CIO
Minnesota Afi
Graham seeks to quiet British wrath over calendar quote
A Labour MP Geoffrey de Freitas said Billy Graham will meet Labour Social Christian group colleagues in the House of Commons to calm criticism sparked by a controversial calendar ad. Graham and aides apologized for the remark claiming it targeted secularism not socialism amid Britain's anti Socialist uproar.
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London
Billy Graham
Britain
Geoffrey de Freitas
Graham
Socialist Christian
House of Commons
Assa
England
Masked Bandit Robs Castle Rock Store
Law officers looked for a masked gunman who held up M. L. Berg at his Castle Rock grocery in NORTHFIELD Minnesota. The robber wore a red bandanna and fled with 50 dollars Saturday night. Castle Rock lies about 10 miles north of NORTHFIELD.
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Northfield. Minn
M. L. Berg
Castle Rock
Here
Fluoridation Praised At Minnesota Dental Meet
Dr. Leslie M. Fitzgerald of Dubuque Iowa told the Minnesota State Dental Assn convention that one in eight Americans drinks fluoridated water and fluoride can cut dental decay in children by up to 65 percent. He said fluoridation shows no health risks and improves overall health by reducing decay while Francis J. Garvey of Chicago warned there is no proof toothpaste prevents decay. Minnesota has a high dentist-to-population ratio with one dentist per 1328 people. The convention runs through Wednesday.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Leslie M. Fitzgerald
Dubuque
Iowa
American Dental Assn
Francis J. Garvey
Chicago
ADA Council On Legislation
Fitzgerald
New York
Malenkov Seen Pursuing Meetings With Churchill and Eisenhower
Soviet and satellite officials portray Premier Malenkov as eager to meet Churchill and possibly Eisenhower. Reports cite his rising popularity at home and a pragmatic approach, with observers noting his aim to boost consumer goods and learn from American assembly lines.
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Berlin
Georgi Malenkov
Churchill
Eisenhower
Malenkov
Iron Curtain
Soviet Union
Woman, 84, Snags Foot, Found Dead Near Fence
Mrs. Carrie Schmidt, 84, wandered from home and died of exposure after her foot snagged in a barbed wire fence near South St. Paul. The coroner said she had been dead about 44 hours when found Saturday night.
Plan to overhaul Minnesota highway laws advanced
The 28 member Minnesota Highway Study Commission hears from Public Administration Service and Automotive Safety Foundation on fiscal problems and a proposed tax schedule. Key proposals urge more funds to local units, higher highway user charges, single fund for all revenue, and a statutory basis for distribution with emphasis on need and emergency grants.
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Public Administration Service of
Chicago
Automotive Safety Foundation
Washington, D.C
PAS
State Capitol
State Legion Official Dies at St. Paul
James C. Kelly 54 of St. Paul regional director of veterans rehabilitation for Minnesota American Legion since 1945 died Sunday in Ancher Hospital St. Paul He was a Minneapolis native raised in Madison Minn and served as Crookston Chamber of Commerce secretary and executive secretary of the Minnesota Good Roads Association in the late 1920s and early 1930s Survivors include a son a daughter and two grandchildren.
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ST. Paul
James C. Kelly
Veterans Rehabilitation
Minnesota Department of the American Legion
Ancher Hospital
Minneapolis
Kelly
Madison
Minn
Crookston Chamber of Commerce
Minnesota Good Roads Association
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