Tornado and Hail Hit Bloomfield Township and Austin
A small tornado struck Bloomfield Township near Spring Valley while hail and heavy rain lashed Austin areas. The storm uprooted trees damaged barns and crops, knocked out power lines, and dropped over an inch of rain in 45 minutes. Corn losses and canning disruption were reported as utilities and roads faced outages.
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Bloomfield Township
Spring Valley
Austin
Loren Terveest
Kapperf’s
Highway 63
Kumm
Todd Park
Plymouth Ave
Grove St
Storm Front Sweeps Over the Dakotas
A violent storm moving from North Dakota into Minnesota caused major damage in Fargo including an 81 mph wind peak that toppled an outdoor movie screen. A Civil Air Patrol radio antenna blew off the Fargo airport roof and ten people were hospitalized after a Highway 81 collision. The squall affected Minot, Valley City, Carrington, Jamestown and Casselton with heavy rain and downed power lines.
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Fargo
North Dakota
Minnesota
Civil Air Patrol
Republicans Host Full House for Minnesota GOP Meet
Minnesota's state Republican convention opens in Minneapolis with an anticipated 1,154 delegates and about 60 percent of alternates attending. Key events include open platform discussions, a 2:30 p.m. Thursday delegates conclave, and main sessions featuring Sen. Barry Goldwater and Charles H. Percy. Fourteen Mower County Republicans attend as delegates with roles in committees and arms.
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H. E. Westmoreland
Duluth
Resolutions Committee
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Charles H. Percy
Chicago
Committee
Mower County
Coun
Glenn Kelley
Byron Crippin
David S. Owen
James Huntting Jr
Robert Proof
Joseph Meany
Robert Thatcher
John Furman
Austin
Arthur Osmondson
James Erchenbrack
Adams
Henry Mayer
Racine
Harlow Sayles
Merrill Chesebrough
LeRoy
Walter Schnirring
Waltham
Sayles
Kelley
Resolutions
Thatcher
Mayer
State Central Committee
Propf
GOP
Memorial Day traffic toll hits 367 deaths in three days
A final tally shows 367 people killed in traffic accidents during the Memorial Day three day holiday in Chicago. The three day total falls short of the 371 record set in 1958 and the pre holiday estimate of 375. Overall deaths from traffic boating drowning and other accidents reach 579, surpassing the 504 total from 1947.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Warroad Student Killed as Car Rolls
A Warroad High School graduate student, 19, Jon Mickey Feick died when the car he rode in overturned on Springsteele Island near Warroad shortly before midnight Tuesday. Two other Warroad teens, Teddy Lockrem 18 and Percy Hodgson 17, were injured while taking Feick home after a baseball game. The state toll rose to 216 with two additional fatalities: Paul Golla 45 of Foley and Peter Bartylla 42 of Browerville, both from earlier crashes in Minnesota.
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Associated Press
Warroad
Minnesota
Jon
Mickey) Feick
Teddy Lockrem
Percy Hodgson
Feick
Minnesota Highway Department
Paul Golla
Foley
Peter Bartylla
Browerville
Golla
Bartylla
State Needs Institution for Tougher Delinquents
NASA deputy administrator Hugh L. Dryden testified before the Senate that high flying U2 planes have conducted over 200 weather flights covering about 264000 miles since 1956. He said the missions gathered data for research on aircraft development and operations and were not spying. Observations occurred worldwide with instruments on Pan American and TWA jets.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Nation
Space Agency
United States
Europe
Turkey
Japan
Hugh L. Dryden
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dryden
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
NASA
Pan American
TWA
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Who Stole Home at Fairmont Fairgrounds
Dr. Lester Webb Fairmont Parks Commission chairman notes a theft at the Martin County fair grounds diamond. Two teams found home plate and the pitcher's mound rubber missing, both secured with long spikes, after a Tuesday night game.
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Lester Webb
Fairmont Parks Commission
Martin County Fairgrounds
Children and money drive happiness in Americans study
New York AP: Americans say children and sufficient money are the main sources of happiness, with debts and housing problems as major unhappiness factors. The Michigan based survey interviewed 2,460 people for the book Americans View Their Mental Health.
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New York
U.S
University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
Joint Commission On
Mental Illness and Health
Mining Firms Seek Tax Relief From Uniform Assessments
A group of 13 iron mining firms in Duluth Minnesota asks for uniform assessment rates arguing current 100 percent true value taxation overburdens minerals while other property taxes as low as 12 percent. They paid more than half of the county's 1959 $42.7 million tax bill. The petition calls for relief and will go to local assessors and the county board of equalization in July.
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Duluth, Minn
Warren S$. Crosby
St. Louis County
Ing
Richard Hastings
Crosby
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co
Hannah Ore Mining Co
Inland Steel Co
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
W. S. Moore Co
Morton Ore Co
U.S. Steel
Oliver Iron Mining Division
Pickands Mather C., Rhode and Fryberger
St. James Mining Co
Snyder Mining Co
Susquehanna Ore. Co
Zenith Mining Co
County Board of Equalization
Fairmont Mayor enters race for Minnesota secretary of state
Fairmont, Minn. mayor John Brandenhoff 44 a theater manager announced his candidacy for Minnesota secretary of state on the Republican ticket after a Tuesday night talk with GOP state chairman Ed Viehman He noted Rochester Mayor Alex Smekta supported his bid and planned to run but declined due to business this weekend Brandenhoff will seek endorsement at the state Republican convention in Minneapolis He has served as mayor since 1956 and won a second four year term last fall.
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Brandenhoff
Ed Viehman
GOP
Rochester
Alex Smekta
Fairmont
Minneapolis
Patents Expert John Morris Dies in New York
John T. Morris aged 61, supervisor of patents and trademarks for Westinghouse Electric International, died of a heart ailment Tuesday in New York.
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New York
John T. Morris
Westinghouse Electric International Co
Reform Schools Unable to Do Job
Minnesota will not fully tackle juvenile delinquency until it has a secure facility to house hundreds of tough cases. Corrections Commissioner Will C Turnbladh said 330 youths exceed current training and parole options. He noted some are too disturbed or dangerous for existing institutions.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Will C. Turnbladh
Turnbladh
Gov. Freeman
Red Wing
Sauk Centre
Western Big 3 Ministers to Confer
Secret SEATO session follow up in Washington as Herbert Herter hosts Lloyd and Couve de Murville. Ministers will assess summit collapse and plan for possible Communist moves while SEATO nations discuss defense and economic aid.
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Big
Washington
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Christian A. Herter
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Philippines
Thailand
Pakistan
Beer and Liquor Tax Take Higher This Year
ST. PAUL AP state beer and liquor taxes collected so far this year total 471,921.48 dollars more than the same period last year. State liquor control commissioner Jack Puterbaugh reported today.
E. Enochson Dies at Home Near 103
Enoch Enochson longtime cement contractor died at 12 30 PM at his home 1101 6th St NW He would have turned 103 Aug 8 1959 Survived by five sons Paul Thomas Son 1906 Clark Guy Arnold Lon deputy sheriff 1926 1942 Esther Vandgrift and his wife died in 1902 Funeral arrangements handled by Jordan Mortuary pending
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Enoch Enochson
6Th St
Enochson
Main Street
Paul
Austin
Fairmont
Thomas
San Francisco
Clark
Guy
Arnold
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Lon
Hormel Company
Esther
Tom Vandgrift
Nampa
Idaho
Jordan Mortuary
Iowan 27 Killed in Hamilton County Farm Accident
Harris L. Haukoos, 27, died Tuesday in a farm accident in Hamilton County.
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Stanhope
Iowan
Harris L. Haukoos
Hamilton County
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Casselton
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Yamanashi
Tokyo
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Guam
Fairmont, Minn
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SEATO
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Laos
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