Taft Clings to Slim Lead in S. D. Primary
Sioux Falls report shows Taft leading Eisenhower by a narrow margin in South Dakota's presidential primary for 14 nominating delegates. With 1,868 of 1,947 precincts counted Taft 64,125 Eisenhower 63,482 and about 15,000 votes undeclared. Possible recount chatter emerged as western precincts report, Eisenhower strong in cities and towns while Taft leads in rural areas.
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Taft
S. D
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chicago
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Kefauver
Richard Russell
Georgia
Black Hills
Warren and Kefauver Sweep California Delegates
Warren wins all 70 GOP California delegates, Kefauver tops Democratic allocation. Taft led Eisenhower narrowly for president in the state primary. Returns showed Warren defeating Werder for Taft slate and Kefauver ahead overall, with Knowland leading McKinnon for Senate. Warren charged a hidden opposition spent heavily to defeat him.
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Warren
GOP
Thomas H. Werdel
Tenessee
Kefauver
Edmund G. Brown
Truman
Knowland
McKinnon
California
Werder
Brown
McWinnon
Chiang Knowland
China
Werdel
Taft
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Union Steel Heads OK Parley Bid
The White House invited union and management leaders to a Thursday morning meeting to end the steel strike. Philip Murray’s union said it will attend after the Supreme Court struck down Truman’s steel seizure order. Steel industry leaders in New York also accepted the invitation.
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Washington
White House
Philip Murray
Supreme Court
Truman
Pittsburgh
Murray
New York
Maybank proposes 120 day cooling off on strikes
Sen. Maybank of South Carolina offers an amendment to the Defense Production Act to delay strikes endangering national defense for 120 days. An emergency board would study issues and issue settlement recommendations while wage, price and rent controls run through March 1 and other controls to June 30 1953. The White House seeks talks with CIO Steelworkers and industry leaders to avert a broader steel conflict.
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Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
White House
CIO Steelworkers Union
Supreme Court
Truman
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Ohioan
Senate
Wage Stabilization Board
Idle in 725000 Strike Threatens Defense Output
Pittsburgh report notes 725000 workers idle nationwide as CIO United Steelworkers refuse to work without a contract. About 90 percent of defense steel production halted, with 650000 steelworkers plus 26000 coal miners and 35000 railroaders idled. Wage talks stalled. Fowler warns a steel shortage could hit some military projects by Friday.
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Pittsburgh
White House
CIO
United Steelworkers
Allied Industries
Philip Murray
U. S. Supreme Court
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
America
Defense
Henry H. Fowler
Ike Won't Settle for Moral Victory in Nomination Fight
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, aboard his train in Abilene, said he rejects the idea of a moral victory in the Republican presidential nomination contest. He stressed that in war you win or lose and commented on trailing Taft in the South Dakota primary. He thanked supporters and noted the honor of being considered, but dismissed moral victory as a goal.
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Abilene
Kas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Dakota
Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Mankato One-Family Army Reaches Tenth Enlistee
MINNEAPOLIS report notes Mankato’s “one-family army” added its 10th recruit, John Morson, 18, son of Nicholas and Mrs. Morson. If sisters join WACS or WAVES the family enlistment ends. Four Morson brothers remain in service, seven at one point wore uniforms. James Morson was killed in World War II.
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Minneapolis
Mankato
John Morson
Nicholas Morson
Morsons
WACS
WAVES
Morson
James
Firemen Misled by Vague Report On Farm Blaze
Firemen could not locate a fire at 8 a m today at the Fred Roberts farm in Austin Rt 2. The caller directed them nine miles south to a radio tower before they found no blaze. The small fire was in a rear area of the farm and was put out by occupants. Fire Chief John Tobar urged callers to be specific when reporting fires to avoid delays.
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Fred Roberts
Austin Rt. 2
John Tobar
County Grangers Attend Youth Camp
A dozen Mower County youth attend the 12th annual Grange Youth Camp and Conference at Norway Point Camp in St. Croix State Park, 20 miles east of Hinckley. Concord Grange representatives Betty Wilson, Darlene Jensen, and Phillip Rugg join Lansing Grange members Peggy Yanzer, Donna Yanzer, Madelyn Farnham, Shirley Smith, Raymond Luthe, Kenneth Uecher, Arleigh Anthonson, and Brownsdale's Darrell Maas, Dale Granges. Raymond Luthe of Lansing Grange will represent the Mower County Pomona District in the State Grange ping pong tournament Thursday afternoon.
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Mower County
Grange
Norway Point Camp St. Croix State Park
Hinckley
Betty Wilson
Darlene Jensen
Phillip Rugg
Concord Grange
Austin Peggy
Donna Yanzer
Madelyn Farnham
Shirley Smith
Raymond Luthe
Kenneth Uecher
Arleigh Anthonsen
Lansing Grange
Darrell Maas
Dale Grange
Brownsdale
Fluoridation Will Reach Austin Water This Week
Austin fluoridation will be completed by week’s end and water tastes unchanged says the Minnesota Department of Health. Dentists expect fewer tooth decays among children as more cities fluoridate their water. Studies show lower decay in fluoridated communities and a 58 percent drop in 17 year olds in one town after three years.
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Marcia Morrison
Austin
Minnesota Department of Health
Grand Rapids
Mich
Departments of Health
American Dental Association
Papa
Light Board Buys Gas Line for City and Outside Segment
Austin Water and Light Board reached a $65,000 agreement with Northern Natural Gas Company to buy a new 16 inch gas line tying its border station to the former site. The move includes options for outside city line or rent, with the city opting to purchase, while also placing blanket orders for reinforcing steel and sheet piling for a turbine room addition and approving a $1,473 truck purchase from User Chevrolet.
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Northern Natural Gas Company
Northern Natural
Border Station
Austin Water and Light Board
Streverling Farm
Turtle Creek
East German Shooting Wounds U S Military policeman Near Berlin
An American military policeman was shot and wounded by an East German border guard on the outskirts of Berlin while on a routine patrol. Maj. Gen. Lemuel Mathewson, the U S commander in Berlin, called the act barbaric and demanded Soviet‑controlled police be punished. A bullet hit the jeep driver in the leg and damaged the engine on Machnower Strasse near the U S sector boundary.
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Berlin
Lemuel Mathewson
U. S
Machnower Strasse
Mathewson
Brownsdale Crash Fatal to Robert Lewis
Robert Lewis, 19, of Lansing died in a Brownsdale area crash on Highway 56 near Brownsdale. Passenger Dwayne Erickson, 20, and Gerald Seavey, 18, both of Lansing, were reported in fair condition at St Olaf Hospital with multiple injuries. Investigators found no braking marks. car tore through two poles and disintegrated after striking the bridge approach. Funeral services for Lewis planned at Jordan Chapel with Rev. Lester Ward officiating.
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Robert Lewis
Lansing
Highway 56
Brownsdale
Gerald Seavey
Austin Rt. 1
Dwayne Erickson
St. Olaf Hospital
Seavey
Erickson
Studer
Lewis
B. J. Cranwell
Jerry Sweet
Albert Lea
Sweet
Cranwell
Albert Reinartz
Gerald
Clifford Seavey
Austin
Rt. 1
Dwayne
Roy Erickson
Robert E. Lewis
Jordan Chapel
Lester Ward
Blooming Prairie
Man Freed From Stillwater Prison Faces Robbery Charge
Ray Farrell, 34, freed less than a month from Stillwater prison, is charged with first degree robbery in a complaint by Hennepin County Attorney Michael Dillon. Farrell was arrested Monday after a $400 robbery at the B F Goodrich Co., 209 Washington Ave.
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Minneapolis
Ray Farrell
Stillwater
Michael Dillon
Hennepin
Farrell
B. F. Odrich Co
Washington Ave
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Clarence O. Lewis
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