State High Court expands guidelines for voluntary confessions
Minnesota Supreme Court instructs lower courts to hold focused hearings on confessions to determine voluntariness. The Orthodox rule lets the trial judge decide and, if voluntary, admits the confession with weight limited by the jury. The ruling also addresses pre trial witness calls and prosecution witness lists in related matters.
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State High Court
ST. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Ronald Keiser
Hibbing
Joanne Anderson
N.S. Chanak
Keiser
Supreme Court
Guthrie Plays As You Like It With Southern Accent
Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis presents As You Like It set after the Civil War with Elizabethan lines and a You all cadence. The cast includes Len Cariou as Orlando and Ellen Geer as Rosalind with Touchstone in a one man band and Irish brogue, drawing lively audience applause.
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Minneapolis
Guthrie Theater
Minneapolis Repertory Company
Edward Payson Call
Thornton Wilder
August Strindberg
Orlando
Len Cariou
Charles James Wallace
Ellen Geer
Guthrie
Rosalind
Seventh-day Adventists Train to Be Seen as Good Soldiers
GRAND LEDGE Mich AP Seventh-day Adventist men trained as noncombatants enlist in advance for Army service. About 228 youths aged 5 30 p m to 9 30 p m attended Camp Desmond Toss named for a Medal of Honor recipient while paying 35 dollars for a two week encampment. They study sanitation saluting and guard duty under MCC Lt Titus Henderson and drill sergeants to ease integration into medical divisions. The camp began in 1934 and aims to meet Army basics without bearing arms.
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Grand Ledge
Mich
Desmond T. Doss
Viet Nam
Clark Smith
Smith
United States
Canada
Woman killed in Nebraska car truck collision near Decatur
Virginia L Gjernes of Thief River Falls Minnesota, 46, was killed and three children were injured in a Thursday crash near Decatur Nebraska. Pamela Wendt 15 Aleen Gjernes 14 and Carl Gjernes 2 were hospitalized in Onawa Iowa.
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Decatur
Neb
Virginia L. Gjernes
Thief River Walls
Minn
Here
Pamela Wendt
Gjernes
Aleen
Carl
Onawa
Iowa
Wheat crop fate hinges on rain in drought torn plains
Farmers across the Great Plains face a potential short wheat crop as drought and late freezes bite. Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma report stressed fields with stunted growth and damage from pests. rain offers a glimmer of hope, though not enough to end the drought.
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Kansas City
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Great Plains
Colorado
New Mexico
Nebraska
Washington
Texas Panhandles
Andrew B. Erhart
Garden City
Kan
Kansas State University
Agricultural Experiment Station
Erhart
Duluth Businessman Seeks DFL Nod for Lt Gov Post
A Duluth executive Lee Vann announced his availability for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor nomination for lieutenant governor. Speaking to the 63rd Legislative District DFL, he urged a joint ticket with Gov. Rolvaag and criticized Lt. Gov. Keith as disqualified for seeking the post again. He cited constitutional limits and political disagreements as core reasons.
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Duluth
DFL
Aurora, Minn
Karl Rolvaag
Democratic - Farmer - Labor Party
Rolvaag
A. M. Keith
Lee Vann
Iron Range
63Rd Legislative District
Thomas Vukelich
Fred Cina
Minnesota
Vann
Keith
Secret Detention Wall Found in Springfield Courthouse
An apparent wall in the Springfield Courthouse detention area is fake, built of cardboard and painted to blend with real walls. Police uncovered the hidden cell while a new station is planned, prompting immediate work to secure the concealed detention space.
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Springfield
Mass
Sauk Centre City Council Authority on City Bank Choices
Atty. Gen. Robert Mattson ruled that the Sauk Centre City Council can designate banks for city funds including water light and power commission money. If the council fails to act within 30 days after each fiscal year begins the city treasurer may decide.
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ST. Paul
Sauk Centre
Water, Light and Power Commission
Atty
Robert Mattson
Mattson
Lincoln School to Close. Students to Attend Davis
Lexington officials announced the closing of Abraham Lincoln School on Thursday the eve of Confederate Memorial Day. Students will move to Jefferson Davis School to continue classes.
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Lexington
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Renault Soviet and Air France China deals draw official denials
Two nationalized French firms signed deals with the Soviet Union and Red China, Renault gaining access to Moskvich expansion and Air France planning a Paris Shanghai route. Officials insist the arrangements are strictly commercial with no political aims. The announcements came ahead of Charles de Gaulle’s planned visit to Moscow.
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Rodney Angove
PARIS
Soviet Union
Red China
Foreign Ministry
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Renault
France
Russia
Paris-Shanghai
Air France
Charles de Gaull
de Gaulle
Moscow
Warsaw
China
Athens
Cairo
Karachi
Phnom Penh
Tehran
Peugeot
Fairly Cool Clear Northeast Weather Report
The Associated Press reports fairly cool and clear conditions across the Northeast with temperatures near seasonal norms elsewhere. A cool air mass extended from Pennsylvania into New York and New England, dipping into the 30s and 40s while warm southerlies from the central U.S. were due to reach the region. Showers dotted the Midwest and Pacific Northwest with light amounts, and hail fell in Billings Montana and Salmon Idaho during the night amid a six hour rainfall near one inch in Billings.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
New York State
New England
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Billings
Mont
Salmon
Idaho
Auction of Household Goods and Machinery Highlights Various Items
A large auction offers wood chairs and benches, tables, cabinets, dressers, beds, springs, cupboards, refrigerators, heaters, sewing machines, kitchen counters, desks, garden machinery, a machine shop lathe, a rubber tired water wagon, portable bunk house on wheeled trailer, saw logs, broader houses, and a pile of scrap iron and sheet metal. Sale will be on a net basis.
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Robert C. Wallace
Wallace
Long Prairie
Hewitt
Todd County
Farmers Insurance Exchange
Seventh Day Adventists
George Moses
Douglas Campbell
The
Theater
Ing
Tyrone Guthrie
Call
Forest of Arden
Touchstone
Shakespeare
Ed Flanders
MCC — Medical Cadet Corps
MCC
Titus J. Henderson
Henderson
Alexandria
Clear
Bemidji
Intl. Falls
Mankato
Ieeen
Redwood Falls
Rochester
St. Cloud
la Crosse
Madison
Mason City
Minot
Fargo
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
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Boise
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Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
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Helena
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St.p
New Orleans
New York
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City
Omaha
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Ptind
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Winnipeg
Asec Cme
Austin (Minn
Herald
Chun King Corp
Oriental Foods
State of Minnesota Department of Administration
Rochester State Hospital
State of
Department of Administration
Ray Lappegaard
Fred Denfeld
Division of Public Property
Col
Alvin Kohner
Winona, Minn
Pep Arenerccee
Bein Tias
Piel
Ford
Jim Lebens
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