3M fights New Jersey towns over mining a mountain
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing sues two Somerset County villages in a dispute over zoning for a proposed diabase quarry in the Sourland Range. 3M sought to mine the rock for roofing material, planning to quarry in Hillsborough and process in Montgomery, where new ordinances initially favored the project before Hillsborough voters repealed the zoning change.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co
St. Paul
New Jersey
Sourland Range
Montgomery
Hillsborough
Somerset County
Residents challenge revised ordinance permitting diabetes operations
Residents filed two separate suits to overturn the revised ordinance, arguing it is invalid and constitutes spot zoning and health hazards from mining in the area. Both communities plan to appeal to the U S Supreme Court if needed.
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Ery
United States Supreme Court
Bear Sits in Car With Mechanic on Desolate Arizona Road
In Egar Arizona Charley Patterson, a mechanic, finds a bear perched in the front seat of his stalled car after filling the gas tank. Startled, he drives toward town while noting the bear seemed like a large dog and he chained it to the door on the far side.
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Egar, Ariz
Charley Patterson
Patterson
McFarland Enters Arizona Governor Race
Former U.S. Senator Ernest W. McFarland has entered the Democratic race for Arizona governor. McFarland served in the Senate from 1940 to 1952 and was Senate majority leader before losing a bid for a third term to Republican Barry Goldwater.
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Florence, Ariz
U.S
Ernest W. McFarland
Arizona
McFarland
Senate
Sen
Goldwater
Ariz
Best Twins Prove to Be Best Students
In Peoria at Our Lady Academy the Best twins Janet and Janice led the graduating class. Janet earned valedictorian honors while Janice stood as salutatorian.
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Peoria
Ill
Janet
Janice
Our Lady Academy
Giving Birds the Air Headache Across Cities
Chicago report on efforts by the American Public Works Assn to deter pigeons and starlings. Methods include distress calls in Fiji Islands experiments, tape recordings at State College, and varied city measures like chemical sprays and pigeon slides on city halls.
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Chicago
Ill
American Public Works Assn
Starlings
State College, Pa
St. Louis
City Hall
Publisher of Models Freed
Walter Thornton, publisher of a model catalogue in New York, is freed of grand larceny, conspiracy, and larceny charges after Queens County Judge Peter T. Farrell dismisses counts tied to about 600000 dollars in parental fees for children’s modeling photos. The judge calls Thornton’s methods sharp and reprehensible but finds no law broken.
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New York
Walter Thornton
Queens County
Peter T. Farrell
Thornton
Farrell
Vandals Damage West Side Elementary Under Construction
Youthful vandals were charged with more than $1,000 in damage to a West Side elementary school under construction during the Memorial Day weekend. Police reported smashed glass tile walls oak panel doors attacked with axes windows broken and electrical gear including fluorescent lights and 18 clocks put out of commission.
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ST. Paul
West Side
Missing ransom mystery in Greenlease case linked to drugs
The Globe-Democrat reports Bonnie Brown Heady hinted to a federal officer that she and Carl Hall knew what happened to $300,000 of the Greenlease ransom. Hall allegedly admitted drug stimulation aided the kidnapping and killing of Bobby Greenlease. half the $600,000 ransom remains missing.
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ST. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Bonnie Brown
Carl Austin Hall
Greenlease
House Appropriations Committee
Washington
Hall
Bobby Greenlease
Kansas City
George P. Larrick
Food and Drug
Chicago vies for 1956 party conventions
City leaders and Mayor Martin Kennelly planned a briefing to map a bid to host the 1956 Republican and Democratic national conventions in Chicago, aiming to attract major political events and bolster civic prestige.
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Chicago
Martin Kennelly
George Washington as Burgesses Member in Williamsburg
George Washington served in the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg, Virginia, for a span of 16 years.
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George Washington
House of Burgesses Meeting
Williamsburg
Trend to Cut REA Funds Is Opposed
The Senate prepared a roll call on an amendment to add 35 million dollars to REA loan funds within a billion dollar agriculture bill. Supporters, led by Sen. Douglas and Sen. Morse, argued the move would counter a trend of REA funding cuts. Morse said the issue is important in many states and he would prefer 75 million.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Douglas
Morse
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Heady
Larrick
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