Moose Lodge Convention Opens in Austin Minnesota
The 29th annual Minnesota Moose convention begins in Austin with 2000 plus members arriving. State President Harold LaValla and officers from Duluth Proctor Minneapolis St. Paul arrive to preside and participate in meetings Friday through Sunday at Union Hall. Lt Gov Karl Rolvaag is set to appear Saturday as registration opens at Moose clubrooms on Mill Street.
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Minnesota
Moose Lodge
Austin
Arives
Harold LaValla
Duluth
Fred Stopnik
Proctor
LaValla
Union Hall
Roy Wing
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Mel Voliharber
St. Paul
Leo Wiedscheid
Mankato
Kenneth Schisler
Chet Doxey
Stanley Hudoba
Unarmed Guards Start Wing by Wing Search at State Penitentiary
Eight guards entered the Washington State Penitentiary to begin a cell by cell search for weapons after a two day revolt. state patrolmen and national guard troops backed the operation while prisoners were moved to the yard. Nine hostages were released after an agreement signed by state official Dr. Thomas Harris.
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Walla Walla
Wash
State Penitentiary
National Guard
Lawrence Delmore Jr
Thomas Harris
Arthur Hawman
Hawman
Harris
Charles Simon
Desert victim bequeathes $3 to divorced wife in will
Calvert S. Wilson left half his about $30 000 estate to his childhood sweetheart and the other half to his two children Brenda 14 and Tamara 11. He specified 3 dollars to his soon to be ex wife Elaine in the line for misery and named her executrix. Wilson died after a desert trip near Barstow California when a jeep failure left him exposed and two others perished.
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Burbank
Calvf
Calvert S. Wilson
Wilson
Brenda
Tamara
Algene Hoskins
Southern Pines
N.C
Barstow
Calif
Garbo Arrives in Cannes With Friend Land
Greta Garbo lands on the Riviera aboard the Constitution in sight of paparazzi. She exits in a simple outfit with George Schlee and briefly withholds her passport at the customs desk before surrendering it. Garbo has bought Villa Europe at Cap d Ail and stays at Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo during repairs.
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Cannes
France
Greta Garbo
Riviera
George Schlee
New York
Valentina
Greta Garboerica
Schlee
Miss Garbo
Europe
Cap d’Ail
Monte Carlo
The Millionaire Mood of General Motors Stock History
The piece notes that a $1,000 investment in 1908 would today equal about 5,047 GM shares after splits and dividends, worth roughly $644,754 with $338,472 in total dividends. It compares hypothetical outcomes from 1945 and the 1932 crash, explaining stock splits and ownership expansion as reasons.
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New York
General Motors
General Motors Co
New Jersey
General Motors Corp
du Pont
Old North Church Rebuilds Iconic Spire With Original Window
The Old North Church in Boston unveils a new spire exact to the original, raised after Hurricane Carol toppled the previous one on Aug 31, 1954. The restored steeple includes the lantern-hanging window from April 18, 1775, salvaged from storm wreckage and hoisted by crane as workers bolted it in place. Funds raised nationwide exceeded 150000 dollars in six months.
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Boston
Mass
Old North Church
Paul Revere
Carol
Charles Russell Peck
Street Cleaner Wins 25000 Prize Transforms Santa Fe Family
Ramon Angel, a Santa Fe street cleaner, won 25000 in a national contest. The family has spent down the windfall to about 8000 for a new three bedroom home, a car, and taxes. Guadalupe Angel endured surgery soon after the gift and Ramon was promoted to drive a steamroller.
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Santa FE
N.M. W
Ramon Angel
Ramon
Guadalupe
B. F. Goodrich
Adobe Place
Committee to Hear Wenzell Testimony in Dixon-Yates Talks
Investigating senators call for Adolphe H. Wenzell to testify on his role in Dixon Yates contract talks. President Eisenhower says the actions were entirely proper. Justice Department says FBI will be used in a fact finding capacity, not as an investigation.
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Washington
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Eisenhower
Dixon-Yates
Justice Department
FBI
Mystery of Burning Boat Hoax Stuns Coast Guard
A predawn distress report claimed the 40 foot Blue Star with 21 aboard was burning after striking an unidentified object 55 miles southeast of New York. A minute by minute radio saga followed with a submerged submarine rescue claim and dramatic calls, but search efforts yielded only a single unmarked life jacket and no confirmed debris or survivors. The tale, described by Francis Stilley of New York as a possible sea hoax, remains unresolved with officials pursuing further leads.
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New York
Coast Guard
Blue Star
Barnegat
N.J
New York Harbor
Girl Burned in Tent Camp Fire at Hayfield Farm
Seven year old Jean Gross suffered second and third degree burns while lighting a gasoline soaked camp fire in a tent on her family’s farm near Hayfield Minnesota. Her brother John, 13, rolled her on grass to extinguish flames before hospital care.
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Hayfield
Minn
Jean Gross
St. Olaf Hospital
Austin
Ed Gross
Here
Jean
John
Harold Elliot
Bridges demands full disclosure of officials named by U Nu
Senator Bridges urged U Nu to reveal the names of any Washington officials who back China’s entry to the United Nations. Nu said officials feel Red China’s UN admission is a timing issue, repeating it at a New York news conference. State Department offered no formal comment.
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Washington
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
U. S
U Nu
China
United Nations
U. N
Bridges
New York
State Department
U S Accepts Soviet Offer on Damaged Navy Plane
Washington says Moscow will pay half the damages from the June Bering Sea Neptune crash. Seven of eleven crew injured, no fatalities. Navy estimate for the plane around 14 million dollars. total bill undisclosed. State Department calls the apology an acceptable basis to settle the incident.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Bering Sea
State Department
St. Lawrence Island
U.S
Molotov
Record airlift to Japan reflects biggest troop transport move
Forty three C124 Globemaster aircraft depart Fort Campbell to shuttle 4,000 officers and men of the 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team to Ashiya Japan on an 18 000 mile two day mission. The operation swaps airborne units with Japan then returns 3 100 troops to Fort Bragg. The journey will set an all time passenger mile record. Maj Gen Chester E McCarthy leads the 18th Air Peace.
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FT. Campbell
Japan
Lawrence Abbel
Minnehaha
St. Paul
Minn
Ted
Bishop
United States
508Th Airborne
Ashiya
187Th Airborne
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Chester E. McCarthy
Portland
Ore
18Th Air Peace
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Paris
Garbo
Associated Press
Wenzell
Francis Stilley
Nancy Moran
Mitchell C. Sullivan
Talcottville, Conn
Cross
Ocean Point
Joseph Simko
Navy
Dulles
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