Soldier 68 Ends Night of Terror in Iowa
Ray Hardman 48. shot his daughter Grace 25 and neighbor Don Neer 12 in Laconia. He escaped from Marshalltown Soldiers Home, was hunted by 25 officers, and captured after crawling from a ditch. Grace died. Don Neer is in serious condition. Sheriff warned residents to stay indoors.
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Lacona
Russ Smith
Des Moines
Ray Hardman
Grace Hardman
Don Neer
C. J. Richards
Indianola
Hardman
Richards
Clyde
Iowa Soldiers Home
Marshalltown
Glen Neer
Chariton
Republicans to Run on Prosperity in 1960
Sen Thruston B Morton said Republicans will campaign on prosperity in 1960 citing an expected economic rebound. Democrats warned of corn surplus and farm belt woes while Humphrey and Douglas blamed Benson policies for price and supply issues. Morton stressed GOP achievements and a patriotic, prospering era under Republican leadership.
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Dminn
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Humphrey
Paul H. Douglas
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Richard B. Russell
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Ike Won’t Withdraw Strauss Nomination
President Eisenhower told GOP leaders he will not withdraw the nomination of Lewis L. Strauss for secretary of commerce even if Strauss requests it. Senate Republicans expect a fight, but Dirksen predicted Strauss will be confirmed as debate looms. A New York financier pulled from a government transportation study post amid the controversy.
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Eisenhower
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
New York
Pieces Found in Ontario Lake During Search for Missing Men
In Teggan Lake near Kenora Ontario search teams recovered gear including an earphone piece rubber from an airplane pontoon wood fragments and three bags of fish bait as they hunt for Maurice J. Merickel and Sylvester Niesses both Minnesotans missing eight days after a May 24 flight from Sioux Narrows toward Vermilion Bay.
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Here
Maurice J. Merickel
Wadena
Minn
Sylvester Niesses
Walker, Minn
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Vermillion Bay
Winnipeg
Sydney Lake
Berlin powderkeg warning sparks Cold War clash
In Geneva East German Foreign Minister Lothar Bolz called West Berlin a powderkeg that could ignite a world atomic conflagration. He accused Western powers of subversion, while West German ambassador Grewe accused Communists of mudslinging as talks strained toward a possible summit.
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Wilhelm Grewe
West Germany
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Andrei Gromyko
East Germany
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What Animal Is the Worst Killer It’s the Ordinary House Cat
In Albuquerque AP report a state conservation director says the common domestic house cat is the worst killer of birds and small animals. He notes many cats escape to the wild where they hunt by night harming wildlife.
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Albuquerque
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Gas truck blast kills eleven in Pennsylvania crash
A propane gas truck exploded on a busy eastern Pennsylvania highway killing eleven and injuring at least fifteen. Eyewitnesses described the tanker venting and flames racing along the road, with debris striking bystanders and firefighters. witnesses cited a rear collision by a tractor trailer, and the resulting fire consumed nearby vehicles as authorities fought the blaze.
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Pennsylvania
State Police
Melvin Clouser
Earl Klinger
Burgess H.B. Shoener
Orwigsburg
Philadelphia
Klinger
Pottsville
House Votes to Discharge Members After Tax Failure
ST PAUL AP The House voted to discharge its members from the Senate House tax conference committee after failure to agree on a tax program. A long debate on withholding preceded the vote as plans for a new conference committee were discussed.
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ST. Paul
Senate House Conference Committee
Statewide fast time daylight bill passes house
The House approved a daylight saving measure by 67 to 54 votes and sent it back to the Senate for a possible referendum at the 10 general election. Senate leaders doubt the amendment will be accepted. a conference committee is possible to resolve the amendment. The bill sets daylight time from the fourth Sunday in May to the day after Labor Day.
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Fred Cina
Senate
House
Space Monkey Able Dies During Operation
The Army reported Able, a seven pound rhesus monkey that rode a Jupiter rocket 1,500 miles into space, died during surgery at Ft. Knox to remove an implanted recording electrode. Convulsive heart action during anesthesia preceded death, which was not linked to the flight. Baker, the other monkey, survived the mission.
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Space
Army
Army Medical Research Laboratory
Ft. Knox
Able
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Baker
Youth Admits Razor Attack Was a Hoax
Eugene Mills 22 Correll Minn admitted in a signed statement that he inflicted about 15 facial cuts on himself. Sheriff George Stanton of Big Stone County said Mills confessed to the self harm amid family troubles. Witnesses Vearl Fields and Francis Mahrer observed the statement.
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Minn
Eugene Mills
Correll
George Stanton
Big Stone County
Mills
Vearl Fields
Lac Queharle
Francis Mahrer
Appleton
Stanton
Meany urges labor to declare war on discriminatory legislation
AFL-CIO President George Meany urged 2,000 delegates at the United Hatters convention to mount a “declaration of war” against what he called discriminatory labor-restrictive bills. He blamed Eisenhower officials and Congress for pressuring against wage increases, warning unions to oppose the proposed measure.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Organized Labor
Labor Movement
Congress
Meany
United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union
Weather update from The Herald on roof site
Reading at 8 30 a m shows 52 high in last 24 hours 72. Low 45. General weather clear. The Herald Building reports continuing clear conditions and light winds across city.
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