Substitute for 18 Year Draft Seems Likely
Senate hearing signals a substitute for lowering the draft age to 18. McFarland talks compromise options including 18 with a year of training or induction at 18 years six months. Rosenberg notes aims to meet emergency manpower needs and possible higher goals for combined forces.
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Washington
Senate
Defense Department
Department
Senate Preparedness
McFarland
D.-Ariz
Asst
Anna M. Rosenberg
Lyndon Johnson
D.-Tex
Rosenberg
Defense Marshall
Airforce
Navy
Truman
Teachers Set Strike Monday in Minneapolis
Minneapolis union teachers announced a strike to begin at 7:30 a.m. next Monday to pressure wage increases. The Board of Education seeks a court order to restrain the strike as hearings continue on related janitors’ labor actions and anti injunction questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Board of Education
Hennepin County
Paul S. Carroll
Dist
John A. Weeks
AFL Teachers Federation
Indictment Grand in VA Fraud Case In New York
A Manhattan corporation and 240 individuals were indicted for conspiring to misuse the GI bill to defraud the government of almost 300000. The case marks one of the largest federal indictments, with five principals of Garford Laboratories and the firm charged with obtaining 66000 from the VA for tuition. The principals include Ora W Grow and Cassie Grow of Queens Astoria Abelardo Martinez of The Bronx Victor Triole of Brooklyn and Vincent Puma of Brooklyn. Veterans enrolled under the VA program allegedly never attended classes with 90 percent of the indicted never knowing the school location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Asst
U. S. Atty
Miles J. Lane
Garford Laboratories, Inc
Louis I. Kaplan
Woman Dies After House Is Fumigated
Lydia Woolfe 23 of Kiester died from cyanide gas lingering after a fumigation of a bakery on the first floor. Coroner C E Wilson said the warning signs were removed and the couple did not return home until Tuesday evening. State crime bureau tests are underway. no charges filed.
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Blue Earth
Lydia Woolfe
Kiester
C. E. Wilson
Faribault County
Woolfe
Ralph
Mason City
Iowa
Wilson
Woolfes
Albert Lea
State Crime Bureau Laboratory
Navy Reserve Squadron Deploys for San Diego Training
VR 812 Navy reserve aviation squadron commanded by Lt Omar D Sedin of Faribault departs Minneapolis for two weeks of flight training at Naval Air Station San Diego California. The unit is scheduled to return January 24.
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Minneapolis
Navy Reserve
Omar. D. H. Sedin
Faribault
Naval Air Station
San Diego
Calif
Service clubs join March of Dimes drive in Austin
Austin service clubs prepare to aid the March of Dimes campaign opening Monday. Campaign chair Russell Thompson is ill and canvassers are scarce, so six of 15 Austin areas are assigned with nine handed to clubs including American Legion and Kiwanis. County action organized through Miss Suzanne Rademacher and Miss Dora Tollefson with Judge Carl Bandler to obtain materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March of Dimes Drive
Austin
Russell Thompson
Mower County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
American Legion Auxiliary
VFW
Kiwanis
Local 9
CIO
Battle for Sobaek passes in bitter Korean frontline fighting
American, French and Dutch allied forces pressed a counter assault against massive Red forces in the Wonju area on the central Korean front. Temperatures plunged below zero as infantry and airpower battered Reds at hill 247 and surrounding terrain near the Wonju corridor.
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Tokyo
Sobaek
Changjin- Hungnam
North Korea
William C. Barnard
United States
Horseshoe
Wonju
Korea
Barnard
Truck Driver to Face Court in Tanner Case
The driver of a truck involved in the Christmas night accident that killed DelMar Tanner, 19, Brownsdale, will appear in Austin municipal court. C Russell Stehley of Cresco Iowa posted 100 bond after sheriff officials served a warrant. Tanner was struck and killed by a car driven by Gene Buland, 17, Brownsdale, while reporting the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DelMar Tanner
Brownsdale
Austin
Albert Reinartz
Wallace Sieh
C. Russell Stehley
Cresco
Iowa
Stehley
Tanner
Highway Patrol
Gene Buland
Manville Reverses Trend Plans Divorce in Las Vegas
New York asbestos heir Tommy Manville announces he will seek a divorce from his eighth wife Georgina Campbell in Las Vegas Nevada. He intends to buy a ranch there and withdraw from his palatial Mamaroneck New York home.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Las Vegas
Nev
Georgina Campbell
Manville
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Fire Blasts Fatal to 3 in Chicago Office Building
Television captured a five hour blaze at 320 North La Salle Street that killed three firefighters and injured five. About 68 pieces of equipment and two fireboats fought the 76 year old brick and concrete building housing offices and warehouses for 15 companies.
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Chicago
North la Salle Street
Chicago River
Hovland Named Austin Civil Defense Aviation Chief
Glen L. Hovland was appointed Austin area chief of aviation in civil defense and the Austin municipal airport designated an area control airport. State aviation defense chief L. L. Schroeder said the airport will be the nerve center for civil defense aviation, with a local advisory council and volunteer registration to begin. Initial practice sessions for volunteers are planned by February.
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Glen L. Hovland
Austin
L. L. Schroeder
Schroeder
Nationwide search for suspected killer William E Cook Jr.
FBI linked sightings across Minnesota North Dakota and Wyoming as Austin officers chase a suspect resembling William E Cook Jr. The Oklahoma murder and kidnapping case tied to the Moser family remains unsolved with bodies missing. FBI chief says reports are being checked though nothing confirms Cook’s location.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Cook
Oklahoma
Carl Moser
Atwood
Midwest
Red Willow
Nebr
Hunt for Cook Complicated by Clues
FBI agents and local officers narrowed leads in the William E. Cook murder case by checking sightings across the north central states. Photos were shown to informants who reported possible matches to Cook driving a similar car, but most tips were deemed not to match.
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FBI
Cook
Two men bound over on check charges in district court
Two men waived preliminary hearings in municipal court and were bound over to the district court by Judge Philip Richardson. Arthur Lund of Ostrander posted $500 bond and is charged with forging six of 17 creamery checks placed in his car by mistake on Dec 30. The Le Roy Cooperative Creamery issued the checks. Gerald Linstroth of Harmony is charged with passing a worthless check at the First National Bank of Le Roy on Dec 21, with a $500 bond set.
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Philip Richardson
Arthur Lund
Ostrander
le Roy Cooperative Creamery
le Roy
Gerald Linstroth
Harmony
First National Bank of
Lindstroth
Church Raps Budget Cuts and calls out materialism
In El Paso, the Episcopal Church bishops urged members to fight godless materialism during the house of bishops closing session. They linked communism to Western civilization's threats and warned budget cuts would harm missionary salaries world relief and education offices after missing last year's funding by 600000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Episcopal Church
Church
House of Bishops
Henry Knox Sherrill
Department of Christian Education
IUE Convention Opens Weekend In Minneapolis
Dist nine CIO International Union of Electrical Workers schedules a weekend meeting in Minneapolis with delegates from Minnesota Illinois and Wisconsin. James B. Carey CIO IUE president and secretary treasurer will attend.
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Minneapolis
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
James B. Carey
Washington
IUE
CIO
UN seeks Korea cease fire as Russia abstains in vote
In Lake Success the UN contends that Russia will abstain or skip the later vote on a new cease fire appeal for Korea. Israel's Abba Eban formally introduces the resolution urging Secretary General Lie to forward the plan to Peiping for observations. The five proposed steps call for an immediate cease fire with safeguards, staged withdrawal of non Korean forces, interim Korea administration, and a future UN body including UK US USSR and China to pursue a settlement of Far Eastern issues including Formosa.
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Russia
Peiping
Assembly
Nasrallah Entezam
Iran
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
Israel
Abba Eban
Secy
Trygve Lie
Jacob A. Malik
London
Conference of
British Commonwealth
Korea
General Assembly
United Kingdom
United States
China
United Nations
Formosa
Three Friday Area Auto Collisions Reported
Three smashups were recorded by the police Friday. Mrs. H. H. Corey and Mrs. Mary Ann Raabe collided at Jay and E. Winona causing 125 and 100 dollars in damage respectively. A Brownsdale auto driven by Nina G. Day sustained 50 dollars damage on E. Water. Andrew P. Johansen suffered 30 dollars damage on his Austin route 4. A second collision at W. Maple and St. Paul involved Mrs. Milda G. Peterson and Herbert W. Bliss with 40 dollars total damage.
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Police Department
H. H. Corey
Austin Rt. 5
Mary Ann Raabe
S. Jay
Jay
E. Winona
Raabe
Corey
Nina G. Day
Brownsdale
E. Water
Andrew P. Johansen
Austin Rt. 4
Milda G. Peterson
Page
Herbert W. Bliss
Mapleview
W. Maple
St. Paul
Shattuck Carnival Planned By Faculty And Students
Ronald Mack Leod director of athletics at Shattuck School will head the general committee of faculty members and students planning the annual Winter carnival at Shattuck on Saturday February 3.
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Faribault
Ronald Mack Leod
Shattuck School
Shattuck
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Loop
Hovland
William E Cook, Jr
East Side
Main and Water
Worthington
Springfield
M. B. Rhodes
Associated Press
William E
Bill) Cook
North Central States
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