Passenger train wreck in Wisconsin injures 100 plus
A Chicago and North Western Twin Cities 400 derailed near Menominee Wisconsin. Forty seven passengers required hospital care and sixty were treated for minor injuries after the 11 car train slid 20 feet down a hillside on U.S. Route 12. Fourteen Minnesotans were among the injured.
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Menomonif
Wis
Chicago and North Western Railway
Wisconsin
U.S. Highway 12
Menominee
Chicago and North Western
Sister de Pazzi
McCabe
Duluth
Clara Buckley
St. Paul
Fred Zervas
Garrison
Minn
Mae
Emma Ekholm
Olga Elofson
Sue McCabe
Marion Mary
Viola Metcalf
Della O’kieff
Sidney Shields
Lillian
Minneapolis
Henry Hodge
William H. Patterson
Stillwater
Memorial Hospital
Baldwin Clinic
Lincoln's honest tax save shown in historic letter
A rare 1861 letter shows Lincoln correcting a salary instruction to take only fifths of each month. A Lincoln scholar calls the pen stroke irrefutable proof of his integrity and notes the saved $273.97 for taxpayers. The piece includes a railroad derailment account from Minnesota with witnesses and injuries.
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Salmon P. Chase
Secretary of the Treasury
The
United States
Lincoln
Cho Bong Am Hanged for North Korean Ties
Seoul reports Cho Bong Am once a Communist and twice defeated in elections against President Syngman Rhee was executed today for working with North Korean Communists.
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Seoul
Cho Bong Am
Syngman Rhee
Red Government Forcibly Ousted From Kerala Rule
In New Delhi the central government replaces the Communist Kerala administration after a month of anti communist violence, citing inability to govern peacefully under the Indian Constitution.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Kerala
Exhibition Smash Hit in Moscow
The American exhibit dominates Moscow as crowds fill the glass pavilion and show keen interest. Soviet readers mock the fair less, while Khrushchev’s Ukraine speech draws attention and Red Star lampoons Ramac the electronic Q and A machine as tired of lying, citing dust and a strike claim.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Ukraine
Associated Press
Ramac
Red Star
Army
Electric Brain
U.S
America
West Germany Presses U S to Stand Firm in Berlin Talks
In Geneva West Germany urged the United States to resist concessions to the Soviet Union at the ongoing Big Four foreign ministers conference. Heinrich von Brentano met with Secretary of State Christian Herter to warn of a diplomatic trap over Berlin garrison withdrawal and to oppose Soviet concessions that could weaken the Western position.
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Geneva
West Germany
United States
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Heinrich von Brentano
Gromyko
Berlin
von Brentano
Herter
Nixon Returns From Siberia to Address Soviet, Americans
Vice President Nixon flies from Sverdlovsk to Moscow on a five day Soviet tour and promises a televised address to the Russian people Saturday night. He will also report to Americans after a stop in Poland. He urges peace and world leaders to settle disputes to free scientists for peaceful atomic work.
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Moscow
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Poland
United States
U.ss.r
Ural
Sverdlovsk
Hyman G. Rickover
U.S
Alexei Semenkin
Candy Lady Is a Hit by Frances Lewine Sverdlovsk
Vice President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon visited Degtyarsk copper mine workers in Sverdlovsk region, where she charmed locals as the candy lady. She urged openness and shared a gum with a frightened child while expressing hope for peaceful atomic cooperation.
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Sverdlovsk
Soviet Union
Pat Nixon
Degtyarsk
Siberia
America
Miracle survivor found in Grand Canyon search
A 16 year old Georgia youth vanished six days in the Grand Canyon after joining two Savannah men. John Manson Owens Til was recovered alive nine miles downriver near Hans Canyon. He had drinking river water and cactus pulp, then was hospitalized for observation.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz. AP
Georgia
John Manson Owens Til
Savannah
Park Service
Colorado
Owens
Hans Canyon
Helicoper
Evacuation drills halt Surf and nearby bases for Discoverer lift
In Surf California crowds evacuate as missiles are prepared from Vandenberg and Ft Arguello. Civilians ride Navy buses out to Lompoe and Vandenberg while workers stay off the job. Government covers costs, with 25 000 dollars daily loss.
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Surf
Calif
Navy
Southern Pacific
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Ft. Arguello
Discoverer
Vandenberg
Earth
Nick Juarez
Lompoe
Discoverer V
Wall Charges Early in PGA Tourney Pileup
In the Minneapolis PGA Championship round two, Art Wall Jr moved within one stroke of the leaders as birdies opened his charge. Dick Hart and Jackson Bradley slipped with bogeys while defending champ Don Finsterwald stood two under after six holes. The opening 18 holes produced a historic first-place scramble that set a wild pace for the 41st annual event.
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Minneapolis
Art Wall Jr
Wall
Minneapolis Golf Club
Dick Hart
Hinsdale
All
Jackson Bradley
Houston
Don Finsterwald
PGA
Deaf Man Owes His Life to Swift Kick in the Pants
Glen Thomas 65 and deaf was on Santa Fe tracks near Oakwood Oklahoma when a freight train engineer blew his whistle and slowed the locomotive. The fireman then delivered a sharp punt just before the engine reached him, saving his life.
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Oakwood
Okla
Glen Thomas
Thomas
Here
W. A. Gaylord
Gaylord
Illinois Man Drowns Near Bear Island Lake Resort
A Champaign man Stanley W. Ehlers 4 vacationing with his family at Bear Island Lake near Ely drowned while fishing Thursday. His body was recovered about four hours after an empty boat was found. Deputies say he may have been pulled in by a snagged line and boat force. His rod and reel with line were recovered nearby. Richard D. Madden 20 of Du bold in Rose Lake near Cotton between Duluth and Virginia.
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Champaign
Ill
Bear Island Lake
Ely
Stanley W. Ehlers
Eblers
Richard D. Madden
Dudr
Rose Lake
Cotton
Duluth
Virginia
Two youths douse boy with lighter fluid in Minneapolis
Barry Thorson, 12, had lighter fluid thrown into his face by two about 15 year olds who then set it alight with a cigarette lighter. He put out the flames, received hospital care, and was released. Police opened an investigation.
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Minneapolis
North Minneapolis
Barry Thorson
General Hospital
Barry
Thorson
Weather Update From The Herald Office Roof
Reading at 8.30 a.m. shows 61. High in last 24 hours 91. Low in last 4 hours 38. General weather clear.
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