Pilot rides balloon to record altitude of 96000 feet
Air Force test pilot Captain J W Kittinger Jr sealed in a 43 by 7 foot pressurized capsule attached to a large plastic balloon rode to a new manned balloon altitude record of 96000 feet about 80 miles south of Minneapolis. The flight lasted 12 hours with ascent in 78 minutes and the craft remained at peak height for 1 hour 50 minutes before radio failure ended the mission. The test is part of a series exploring rocket and potential manned satellite flights.
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South ST. Paul
Minn
Air Force
J. W. Kittinger Jr
Rapid City
S. D
Navy
Fleming Field
Weaver
Kittinger
Minneapolis
Lake Michigan
Tampa
Fla
John P. Stapp
David Simons
Scientists Urge Nuclear Test Ban Plea Signed by 2000
Pasadena California April 195X two thousand American scientists signed an appeal demanding an international agreement to halt nuclear bomb testing. Nobel laureate Linus Pauling led the effort stating the danger of radiation to health and future generations. Signers include H J Muller and Joseph Erlanger with biologists chemists and medical scientists among the group.
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Pasadena
Calif
Linus Pauling
Pauling
Division of Technology
H. J. Muller
Indiana University
Joseph Erlanger
Washington University
St. Louis
ABC
Medical Horizons
Car and Train Collision Kills Four Near Wausau Wisconsin
Four young people die after a car and a Milwaukee railroad passenger train collide at a rural crossing three miles south of Wausau Wisconsin. Victims are James Katczka 22 William Schaetzl 22 Nancy Draxler 19 and Mary Carol Warren 19 all of Wausau. Draxler and Warren were Wakefield Michigan natives who worked at the same firm as Katczka Schaetzl had just been discharged from the Army.
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Wausau
Wis
Here
Wisconsin
James Katezka
William Schaetzl
Nancy Draxler
Mary Carol Warren
Wakefield
Mich
Katczka
Schaetzl
Weather Readings From Fire Station Roof
Official U S readings show 8 30 AM temperature 56 with clear weather. Previous 24 hours low 50 high 74.
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U. S
Housing Slump Noted in Region
The Ninth Federal Reserve District reports favorable soil and moisture fueling optimism while housing shows weakness. Builders face a downward adjustment in home building due to mortgage fund scarcity and tighter loan terms, yet low vacancy suggests strong demand and employment growth compared with last year.
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Minneapolis
Ninth
Federal Reserve District
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
Bank Re
Mill City Family Escapes Home Fire At 3315 19th Ave So
A couple and their 3 year old son fled their damaged residence at 3315 19th Ave South Minneapolis after smoke filled the home at 1 30 am. Fire investigators traced the fire to a cracked jar leaking paint thinner.
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Minneapolis
19Th Ave
Bradley Freeberg
Fred Freeberg Jr
Freeberg
State Responsibility to Cut Delinquency Urged
Lord Miles Lord, attorney general, told 12 Midwest state attorneys general that the home school and church must help curb juvenile delinquency but the state bears responsibility. He urged special educational counseling and recreational programs to aid mentally retarded youths and warned against relying solely on prison terms.
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Breezy Point
Minn. JP
Miles Lord
Midwest
Lord
Midwest Regional Conference of Attorneys General
Khrushchev on TV predicts Soviet system will prevail
Nikita Khrushchev spoke on CBS Face the Nation promising the Soviet system will win globally, and that future American grandchildren will live under socialism. He favored peaceful competition with the United States, urged disarmament proposals, and called for cultural exchange while signaling no desire for war.
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New York
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
United States
Khrushchev
Columbia Broadcasting System
America
Wisconsin Governor to Call Special Senate Election
Gov Vernon W Thomson announced a special election will be held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sen Joseph R McCarthy. He did not set exact primary or general dates but expected them within weeks. Likely candidates include Kohler Knowles Davis Reuss and Proxmire.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Vernon W. Thomson
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Signs of Economic Lowdown Seen by Panel
Washington economists and businessmen told Congress that the broad economic advance shows slow signs but no reversal. They urged a cautious approach to substantial income tax cuts given current conditions and high government costs as two weeks of hearings on fiscal policy begin.
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Washington
Congress
Senate House
Whirling Crank Kills Farm Tot in Minnesota
Pamela Evers age 2 years 10 months died after a farm implement crank whirled while she played with her brother Keith on a grain elevator at a farm near Wykoff Minnesota. She was taken to St Marys Hospital in Rochester where she died.
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Wykoff
Minn
Pamela Evers
Pamela
Keith
Ervin Evers
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota Teen-age Road-e-o entrant named
James Carr aged 17 from Hutchinson will represent Minnesota in the national Teen-age Road-e-o driving contest.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
James Carr
Hutchinson
Supreme Court finds Du Pont violated antitrust laws over GM control
The Supreme Court ruled 4 to 2 that Du Pont Co. violated antitrust laws by influencing General Motors through 23 percent stock ownership and interlocking governance. Justice Brennan authored the decision with dissents by Burton and Frankfurter. Clark and Harlan abstained. Whitaker did not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
The
du Pont Co
General Motors Corp
Brennan
Burton
Frankfater
Clark
Harlan
Whittaker
du Pont
Chicago
U. S. Dist
Walter J. LaBay
Justice Department
LaBuy
State Highway Department Reorganized to Boost Efficiency
Gov Freeman and L P Zimmerman announce a reorganization of the State Highway Department to improve planning and execution of the expanded highway program. John H Swanberg is named chief engineer, M J Hoffmann becomes liaison to private engineers, with new program engineer and administrative assistant posts and nine district engineers. The changes aim for better long term planning and decentralization.
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ST. Paul
State Highway Department
Gov. Freeman
L. P. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
John H. Swanberg
M. J. Hoffmann
Department
Swanberg
Farouk Wins Libel Suit Against Elsa Maxwell
A Paris court ordered Elsa Maxwell to pay 300000 francs to Egypt's ex King Farouk for libel in her memoirs and fined her 50000 francs. The judge also fined the translator and two French publishers 50000 francs each. Farouk sought five million francs in damages. Neither Maxwell nor Farouk attended the hearing.
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Paris
Elsa Maxwell
Egypt
Farouk
Miss Maxwell
U. S
Holiday Traffic Toll Reaches Seven in Minnesota
Seven people died in Minnesota during the Memorial Day weekend from traffic accidents. The toll, counted from Wednesday to Sunday night, aligns with holiday period fatalities and brings 1957 to 238 deaths, up from 175 a year earlier. Victims include William Catra, 46, New Prague. Joseph Fierst, . John McGinnis, 84, Littlefork band leader. Donald R. Hawn, 29, Hibbing. and Laurell Herberg, 22, near Almeland.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
William Catra
New Prague
Rice County
Joseph Fierst
Faribault
Fierst
John McGinnis
Littlefork
Canada
Manitou Reserve
Indus
Minn
Donald R. Hawn
Hibbing
Laurell Herberg
Almeland
Taylors Falls
Eisenhower seeks 149.5 million for Post Office to avert mail cuts
President Eisenhower asks Congress for a supplemental 149.5 million dollars for the Post Office Department to avoid substantial mail service cuts starting July 1. White House aides note the need to restore prior cuts and cover a larger workload than anticipated, with 1.4 billion more pieces of mail expected next year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Post Office Department
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Summerfield
House
Senate
Post Office
Percival Brundage
Brundage
Picnic Burns Fatal to Red Wing Woman
A 33 year old Red Wing woman Mrs. John Aslakson died in hospital from burns suffered May 16 when a can of alcohol used to start a charcoal fire for a family picnic exploded. She leaves two children.
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Red Wing, Minn
Red Wing
John Aslakson
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Thomson
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