Tito Hosts Khrushchev Bulganin and Mikoyan End Visit
Soviet leaders wrap an eight day visit with Tito in Belgrade. They plan to stop in Sofia before Moscow. The party signs a joint declaration backing Red China on Taiwan Formosa and a seat for Peiping in the United Nations.
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Excessive Speed Blamed in Memorial Day Death Toll
Safety director Earl Larimer told Gov. Freeman that 8 of 12 highway deaths over the Memorial Day weekend were due to excessive speed. He cited six off road, one missed curve, three car crashes, and two pedestrian deaths. Authorities plan tighter enforcement and 39 more uniformed officers after June 13 training.
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Earl Larimer
Gov. Freeman
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Governor’s Office
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Uranium Stampede Starts as Deputies Guard Claims
About 200 men and several women camped near Hobo Springs California as the first wave of uranium stampeders gathered to stake claims. Sheriff Le Roy Galyen said authorities prepared for possible trouble while the Miracle Mine and surrounding properties faced mass filing and potential dispute.
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Hobo Hot Springs
Calif
Kern River
le Roy Galyen
Los Angeles
California
Regains Sight After Battle Blindness After Row
ST. FAITHS England Peter Barr a 34 year old veteran blinded during the war regained his sight after a quarrel with his wife. He struck his fist in his left palm to prove a point and suddenly saw his wife for the first time in 10 years. He said within 10 to 15 minutes he could see clearly.
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ST. Faith’s
England
Peter Barr
Barr
Triple Execution Proceeded After Last Minute Pleas Denied
San Quentin prepared for the executions of Barbara Graham and two accomplices after the California Supreme Court denied final appeals. The 32-year-old Graham died in the gas chamber at 11:42 a.m. amid a chaotic delay influenced by last minute legal maneuvers and a governor ordered halt just prior to start.
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Calif
Barbara Graham
California
Southern California
Harold V. Streeter
San Quentin Prison
State Supreme Court
High Court
al Matthews
Graham
Sante
Perkins
Chester
Two Deaths Raise Minnesota Traffic Toll
Two pedestrians died in Minneapolis and St Paul in early incidents. Joseph Grant, 81, fatally struck while crossing near his home, died two hours after at General Hospital. Wallen D Jungquist, 48, Wayzata, the car's driver, was not held. Joseph Lotz, 52, of St Paul, killed by a car driven by Ralph Volk, 29, also not held. Minnesota's 1955 toll rose to 205 that day.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Joseph Grant
General Hospital
Wallen D. Jungquist
Wayzata
Joseph E. Lotz
Ralph J. Volk
Volk
Minnesota
Ruling allows Moscow Township cartway with single beneficiary
Atty. Gen. Miles Lord ruled the Moscow Township may establish a cartway to a public road even if only one landowner benefits. The petition had five signers, but the ruling says petitioners need not all benefit and that the township board has discretion in approving the cartway.
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ST. Paul W
Miles Lord
Lord
Russell Olson
Albert Lea
Moscow
Five Patrol Cars Colored for Traffic Watch Seekers
Safety director Earl Larimer says state patrol uses five colors of cars to monitor highways and catch violators. There are 216 uniformed patrolmen, with some driving unmarked vehicles for traffic enforcement.
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Earl Larimer
Larimer
Blue Tongue Panic in Brooklyn Schoolyard
In Flatbush Brooklyn twenty five children ages five to twelve caused a traffic and medical scare when they sported blue tongues after a boy tested blue ink powder from a Navy yard can. Doctors ruled the methylene blue harmless and kept the group overnight for observation at Cumberland Hospital.
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Brooklyn
Cumberland Hospital
Navy Yard
Stassen to Address Meeting of Editors in Minnesota
Harold Stassen special assistant to the President on disarmament will address the Minnesota Associated Press meeting in Mankato on September 17. President Clifford Russell of the Mankato Free Press announced the plan saying the talk will be nonpolitical and cover disarmament and the international situation.
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Mankato
Minn
Harold Stassen
Minnesota Associated Press
Clifford Russell
Mankato Free Press
Russell
Stassen
O Berg Hospitalized After Ulcer Attack
O. W. O Berg a noted Austin civic leader and former banker was taken to St. Olaf Hospital after bleeding ulcers. He heads the Hospital Speakers Bureau in the St. Olaf Hospital fund drive and is reported in fair condition today.
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O. W. O’berg
Austin
St. Olaf Hospital
O'Berg
Premature baby revived after mortuary death declaration
In Houston a four month premature infant declared dead at a funeral home was found still alive by the attendant. The baby was rushed to a hospital where she showed improvement, weighing 2 pounds 2 ounces at birth. The event followed a death pronouncement after artificial respiration failed.
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M. C Dupree
J. Robert Corry
Robert P. Kelley
Kelley
Ford UAW talks split over unemployment top‑up plan
Ford and the UAW clashed over how much Ford would supplement unemployment payments for laid‑off workers under a new contract. Reports varied whether Ford would pay beyond 26 weeks or extend to a full year, with GM reportedly matching or surpassing some offers while GM’s stance remained officially secret.
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Ford Motor Co
CIO United Auto
Ford
Cources
UAWA
UAW
Walter Reuther
World Atomic War Inevitable, Canadian Says
Air Vice Marshal J. L. Plant asserts a worldwide atomic war seems inevitable and Western powers will meet a Russian attack. He told 300 U S and Canadian aviation writers at a dinner session during the association’s annual conference that if they fight the Russians they will beat them and any other aggressor, adding God help the aggressor.
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Toronto
J. L. Plant
Plant
U. S
Landlady Must Pay $12,000 in Libel Case
BLUE EARTH Minnesota farmer Bert Bartelt won a $12,000 verdict against his former landlady Martha Groskreutz Mountain Lake in a libel and slander suit Bartelt sought $15,000. A 3 hour verdict followed deliberations after he charged she wrote and spoke false accusations aided by two letters.
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Blue Earth
Minn
Herbert Bartelt
Minnesota Lake
Martha Groskreutz
Mountain Lake
Bartett
Groskreutz
Rescue crews doubtful more victims trapped in debris
Dallas authorities say no additional bodies likely remain in the collapse of two buildings that killed three people and injured eight. A vacant three story structure fell Wednesday night, destroying a cafe and music store as wreckers worked to clear the site. A 22 hour search for victims ended late yesterday.
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Dallas
Eisenhower Visits Gettysburg In Light-Plane Trip
President Eisenhower makes his first post election light-plane flight to Gettysburg for a visit at his nearby country home. He arrived today, continuing a pattern of informal travels.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Three-vehicle pileup on Highway 218 injures five
A late night crash near the Outdoor Theater on Highway 218 left three people hospitalized and at least three with minor injuries. Virginia Cook and William Murphy were admitted with leg and knee injuries, while others were checked and released. A 1950 Reed car burned, causing $325 damage to two other vehicles. Authorities pursue further investigation with no charges yet.
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E. Hope
William Murphy
S. Greenwich
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St. Olaf Hospital
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Deneen
Janett Hrubetz
St. Olaf
A.M. Reed
Austin
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Austin Rt. 1
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Barrnett
Reed
Highway 218
Highway Theatre
Murphy
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