Refugee gunman in coma after Union police shooting
Michael Fekecs, a Hungarian refugee accused of murdering six, lies in a coma at Elizabeth General Hospital after a gun battle ending the manhunt on a Union dirt road. He is linked to the killings of two Highland Park police and four others at Dr Clarke’s North Brunswick estate in January.
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Fekecs
Walter Leamy
Highland Park
Middlesex County
Edward J. Dolan
North Brunswick
Elizabeth General Hospital
Dolan
Francis Clarke
Clarke
Newark
Kennedy Hopeful of First Ballot Win at Democratic Convention
Democrats name their presidential candidate today with Sen. John F Kennedy of Massachusetts riding a crest his backers believe will give him a first ballot victory. Delegates near the 761 needed for the nomination are in reach but opponents vow to place their favorites on the ballot. The convention approved a strong civil rights platform despite Southern opposition, and Lyndon B Johnson’s name is likely to be pushed in later ballots.
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Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kennedy
Dixie
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
James T. Blair Jr
Missouri
Herald
White House
Commission
Trans- Lawrence
Workers Ratify On Sale Accord in Twin City Liquor Strike
About 87 bartenders and waitresses ratified a strike settlement after talks led by William Sampson, with Local 573’s Larry Hunter and attorney Kermit Hoversten. Pickets lift by Friday. strike began June 16 during the Eagle convention with 12 on sale liquor stores picketed.
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William Sampson
Larry Hunter
International Representive
St. Paul
Austin
Kermit Hoversten
State Eagle
Carlson Named Manager for Red Cedar Inn in Austin
R W Carlson, linked to Knutson Hotel Corp in North Dakota, will guide Austin’s Red Cedar Inn at opening in October. The 38 year old moves his family to Austin this summer after a career at the Frederick Martin Hotel Moorhead and a two year stay in Minot. Carlson, a Wahpeton Science College graduate and eight year Navy veteran, chairs the North Dakota Hotel Assn and holds Elks Kiwanis and American Legion memberships.
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Knutson Hotel Corp
North Dakota
Austin
Red Cedar Inn
Carlson
Com Carl
Austin Community Hotel-Motel Board of
Frederick Martin
Moorhead
Minot
New Red Cedar Inn
Elks, Kiwanis
American Legion
Wahpeton Science College
Navy
Bemidji
North Dakota Hotel Assn
Democratic Platform Adopted After Southern Fight in Los Angeles
The Democratic National Convention approved a 15 000 word platform in Los Angeles, backing federal civil rights injunctions, expanded education and housing aid, farm support, a $1.25 federal minimum wage, and a stronger military while criticizing the Eisenhower administration. The Southern bloc failed to strike the civil rights plank as Gov. Leroy Collins declared the full platform adopted amid cheers and jeers.
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White House
Leroy Collins
Collins
Eisenhower
America
U.N. plans limited Congo mission without troops
Dag Hammarskjold sketches a civilian admin team to aid Congo stabilisation. U.N. observers would serve as army instructors and police advisers in civilian clothes, with no immediate military deployment and no participation by nations with Congo interests. The United States opposed bringing in troops, citing cold war risks.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Palestine
Congo
Hammarskjold
Security Council
Jose Correa
Ecuador
Council
Britain
France
United States
Soviet Union
Leopoldville
Ralph J. Bunchel
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Israel
Thumbnail platform sketch from Democratic National Convention
Od—A thumbnail sketch of the major planks adopted by the Democratic National Convention. Foreign policy aims to restore strength to lead the free world toward peace with a stronger military and economy. Other planks cover defense, world trade, growth, agriculture, housing, medical care, education, resources, urban problems, civil rights, minimum wage, fiscal policy, and taxes.
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Rights of Man
U.S
Los Angeles
World Trade
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Weather Outlook With Cooler Trend Through Thursday
Occasional cloudiness and cooler temperatures through Thursday include a low tonight near 55 and a high of the upper 70s. Light northerly winds reduce humidity with Friday showing no precipitation and a slight warming.
Democratic platform calls for equal access across society
Special to the Herald columnist David Lawrence argues the Democratic platform's call for equal access to voting, schooling, housing, jobs, and public facilities could require private employers and schools to adopt race and religion based hiring and admission policies. He questions constitutional grounds for compelling private sector compliance and notes broadened civil rights commission powers.
Truman May Attend Dems Convention
Former President Harry S Truman said he is considering attending the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. His decision hinges on his sister Mary Jane Truman’s possible gall bladder surgery today.
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
Los Angeles
Mary Jane Truman
Truman
Macmillan Seeks Assurance on U S Flight Missions
London Prime Minister Harold Macmillan is poised to ask President Eisenhower for a firm promise that Britain will be consulted before American planes fly missions beyond local training flights from bases in Britain.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Eisenhower
Britain
Belgian Paras Seize Leopoldville Airport in Fighting
Belgian parachutists patrolled Leopoldville streets and reportedly gained control of the airport after clashes with mutinous Congolese soldiers. Belgian radio reported one casualty near the airport and a European injured in the leg amid the escape corridor for white residents.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopoldville
Ike Opposes U S Troops to Aid Congo
Washington reports say the United States will provide technicians and financial support to a United Nations force in the Congo but will not send American troops. President Eisenhower at Newport Rhode Island rejected Congo's call for 3,000 troops while signaling US readiness to back UN action with planes ships and funds.
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U.S
Congo
Washington
United States
United Nations
African Congo
White House
Eisenhower
Newport
R. I
U. N
U.N
Freeman to Nominate Kennedy at Democratic Convention
Governor Orville L Freeman of Minnesota said he was chosen to place Senator John F Kennedy's name in nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. The announcement was made in a bulletin from AP.
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Los Angeles
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
John F. Kennedy
91 Year Old Woman Dies in Minnesota Car Crash
A 91 year old Mankato woman died in a Minneapolis hospital from injuries after a rain storm car crash. The toll for Minnesota traffic deaths reached 315 with another fatality from a Lac qui Parle County farmer in a truck collision near Dawson. Other recent names added include Annie Christoferson and Ewald Schmeckel with prior crash deaths.
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Mankate, Minn
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Rena Holden
Lac Qui Parle County
Harold E. Nelson
Boyd
John Salting
Dawson
Highway Department
Annie Christoferson
Moose Lake
Anoka Stats Hospital
Ewald Schmeckel
Hector
Fairfax
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