Albert Lea Pilot and Girl Hurt in Hayfield Plane Crash
An Albert Lea pilot named Roger Engen, 23, suffered two broken legs and other injuries when his low flown Aeronca crashed near Hayfield. His nine year old sister-in-law Rosemary Renchis escaped serious harm. Both were taken to Owatonna hospital. Civil aviation officials will inspect the wreckage.
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Rosemary Renchis
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Renchis
Norman Thompson
Leonard Thompson
Leonard
Robert Stanton
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Harry Baker
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More Tests of A-Bomb Soon
Washington reports the United States plans additional atomic bomb tests. AEC Chairman Gordon Dean declined to reveal locations or confirm British first test moves. He indicated a British test could prompt changes in U S atomic energy law if conducted on an American proving ground.
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United States
Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
Dean
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
The
Typhoon Moves Off Luzon Into China Sea
A typhoon that struck northeastern Luzon moved into the China Sea today after most of its force was spent. Wind in the center dropped from 140 to 90 miles per hour. No casualties have been reported.
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Luzon
China Sea
Bus Driver Testifies No Lights Seen on Truck Before Crash
William Pullang the bus driver told a district court jury he saw no lights on the semi truck when his bus crashed north of Austin on February 19. He said the trailer’s lights were off at the scene, later burning when examined, and testified about fog, glasses, and bus headlight use affecting visibility.
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Austin
Norman Sollie
Pulrang
Minneapolis
Austin Cab Co
Albert
Toll of Minnesota Weekend Deaths Surges to Eleven
Violence and accidents across Minnesota over the weekend left at least 11 dead. Victims include Harold Solmonson of Lake Lillian who drowned after reaching for an oar, Raymond Soderquist of Duluth who fell into Island Lake, and Stanley Melrose of Minneapolis who died when a motor rope struck his chest aboard a boat. Other fatalities involved a kerosene ingestion by Judith Grussing of Benson, a Hibbing car crash, a train track incident near Egelston, a Meriden car crash, a Benson fall from a tree, a Minneapolis truck crash, a Paynesville child run over, and a Ramsey county boy injured by dry ice in a bottle.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
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Lake Lillian
Solmonson
Kandiyohi Lake
Raymond Soderquist
Duluth
Soderquist
Island Lake
Stanley Melrose
Minneapolis
Melrose
Sylvan Beach
Lake Mille Lacs
Melrrose
Lightning Strikes Knock Out Phones In Twin Cities
A severe storm dumped over an inch of rain in under four hours in Minneapolis and St Paul, crippling telephone service. Fire crews fought more than a dozen lightning strikes while Northwestern Bell reported about 1500 stations out of service and ten primary lines of Northern States Power Co were knocked out.
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Twin Cities
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Northern States Power Co
Britain to Send Cabinet Mission to Tehran for Oil Talks
Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison announced Britain will dispatch a cabinet mission led by Richard Stokes to Tehran to discuss an oil settlement with Iran. He cited consultations with Averell Harriman and noted some points must be cleared before departure, while stressing Britain’s readiness to meet Iranian aspirations and nationalization in principle within an agreed framework.
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Britain
Tehran
Iran
House of Commons
Richard Stokes
Lord Privy Seal
Morrison
Averell Harriman
Truman
U. S
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Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Carpenters Strike Over Contract Date In City
Carpenters went on strike today against Austin contractors over the proposed contract expiration. The union seeks April 30 while contractors push December 31 to align with other building trades. Picketing was not reported. most work halted on dwellings, while some outside projects continued.
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Austin
Austin Building Trades Union
Fireman who sang at 600 funerals buried without song
A. C. Hood, longtime Sparta Illinois fireman known for singing at more than six hundred funerals over fifty years, was buried recently after requesting no singing at his own service in Centralia Illinois.
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A. C. Hood
Sparta
Allies and Reds Agree War Will Continue Talks Go On
In Kaesong, Allied and Communist negotiators spent over three hours with no cease fire progress. They remain deadlocked on a buffer zone while hostilities are to continue during armistice talks, with Nam II confirming ongoing fighting as sessions reopen Monday.
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Kaesong
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William P. Nuckols
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South Korea
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Pyongyang
Air Allies Hit Pyongyang In Determined Korean War Raid
US warplanes blasted Pyongyang amid heavy rain in one of the war’s most determined air assaults. Marines’ Corsairs collided, an F-51 Mustang was lost, and pilots faced strong ground fire as fighting raged along Korea’s front lines.
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Korea
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Pyongyang
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Yanggu
Korea Warfront
Price Cuts to Give Consumers Break
Consumers face immediate and future relief as nationwide ads highlight retail clearance savings and wholesale and mill price cuts this week. Farm prices fell 2.3 percent in June, marking a fifth straight monthly decline, while cotton, wheat, and corn uncertainties keep textiles and food costs volatile. Rugs and carpets see sharp reductions, with some fabric dealers cutting as much as three cents a yard and rug makers trimming up to 20 percent this week.
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New York
Agricultural Department
Truman May OK Controls
Congress completed action on a compromise economic controls bill extending price and rent controls to June 30. President Truman was expected to sign it, though he might rebuke Congress for limiting powers. If not signed by Tuesday midnight, wages prices and rents controls would end.
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Truman
House
Senate
Spence
D-Ky
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Alec Cooper Hurt After Trouser Leg Caught Bike Wheel
Alec Cooper, a 90 year old cycling enthusiast from Hanver Ontario, was thrown to the pavement and sustained head injuries when his trouser leg got caught in a bicycle wheel.
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Hanver
Alec Cooper
Col Brandt Writes From Prison Camp
Two letters from Lt Col Arnold Brandt, a POW in North Korea held by Chinese Communists, arrived to his parents Mr and Mrs Claus Brandt. He said he is well treated and asks them not to worry, noting earlier reports of his missing in action were clarified by new evidence.
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Claus Brandt
North Korea
Col. Brandt
Fire Destroys Walter Young Store in Birchdale. 4 Rescued
A lightning strike Sunday leveled the Walter Young general store and service station at Birchdale, 40 miles west of International Falls. Neighbor Bud Bennett rescued Mrs. Young and her three children from a second story living area using a ladder.
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International Falls
Walter Young
Birchdale
Bud Bennett
Shooting Victim Leaves Hospital After Stillwater Case
Bacillio Espinosa of Chicago was released from St Olaf Hospital after being wounded in the June 29 Lyle shooting in which Floyd Collins was killed by Pete Alegria. Alegria is serving a life sentence in Stillwater prison.
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Chicago
St. Olaf Hospital
Espinosa
Lyle
Floyd Collins
Pete Alegria
Alegria
Stillwater
Potatoes Shipment Order to End August Fifteenth
The agriculture department will terminate the federal order regulating potato shipments from Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota and Iowa Indiana counties on August 15. The move follows a grower referendum showing 62.6 percent support among voters representing 78.1 percent of production.
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Agriculture Department
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
Indiana
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