Judith Lerstad Crowned Miss Minnesota at Rochester Pageant
Judith Ann Lerstad won Miss Minnesota after placing first in talent and evening gown, earning a $1,000 scholarship and a new car. She is a 22 year old Augsburg College graduate from Bloomington pursuing public relations, with Miss Bloomington prior to the win.
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Minnesota
Rochester
Atlantic City
Judy
Susanne Pitblado
Thief River Falls
Veteran publisher James Williams dies in Ohio at 92
James H. Williams, 92, longtime Norwalk newsman and publisher, died Saturday. He wrote a column for the Norwalk Reflector Herald, a daily, for 40 years and published the former Norwalk Chronicle, a morning daily, for over 20 years.
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Norwalk, Ohio
James H. Williams
Williams
Norwalk
California Massachusetts Take Spotlight in National Elections
The political week centers on California where Nixon seeks the Republican nomination for governor amid a split with liberal and conservative camps. Massachusetts hosts the Kennedy v McCormack Senate contest at the party convention as Iowa and other states hold primaries and Republican conventions. Connally defeats Yarborough in Texas runoff. Connecticut hosts GOP conventions with nominations up for grabs.
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Richard M. Nixon
Iowa
Montana
South Dakota
Idaho
Mississippi
Connecticut
Yarborough
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Nixon
Los Angeles
Edmund G. Brown
Connally Clinches Texas Dem Nomination for Governor
Former Secretary of the Navy John Connally won the Texas Democratic runoff by 26,074 votes over Don Yarborough 564,652 to 538,578 securing the party nomination to oppose Republican Jack Cox in the November general election.
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Connally
Kennedy
Houston
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John Lodge
House
Spain
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
Prescott Bush
Dallas, Tex
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New Frontier
Yarborough
Jack Cox
Oil Company
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cox-Connally
Cox
John Tower
R-Tex
Price Daniel
Flection
Kunzig Considers Opposing Mondale for State Attorney General
Minneapolis AP report notes Robert L. Kunzig, a farm building firm associate and former Eisenhower era official, may seek GOP endorsement for attorney general and challenge Walter Mondale in November. Kunzig pledges serious consideration as Minnesota Republicans gather at the convention to hear endorsements and rally support.
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Minneapolis
Walter F. Mondale
Robert L. Kunzig
Pennsylvania
GOP
William Miller
Elmer L. Andersen
Stafford King
Val Bjornson
Atsokan Island Art Colony Sought on Rainy Lake
International Falls Minnesota and Fort Frances Ontario artists form a plan to turn Atsokan Island in Rainy Lake into an art colony. Three instructors lead summer classes with modest fees. prerequisite is basic high school art study.
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Rainy Lake
National League of American Pen Women
Washington, DC
Syd Fossum
Duluth Art Institute
Midwest
West
Ruth Johnson
University of Illinois
Ray Berg
International Falls Junior High School
Iowa Police Hunt Super-Value Holdup
Police resumed efforts to track a gunman who robbed Murray's Super-Valu in Maquoketa of 8000 dollars. The bandit wore a rubber mask, gloves, a red plaid shirt, and black trousers, and he looted the store as manager Claude Stephus closed up. He stood about 5 feet 8 inches tall and was masked during the robbery.
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Maqueoketa
Iowa
Murray
Claude Stephus
Stephus
DePauw President Humbert Dies of Heart Attack in Michigan
Russell J. Humbert 57 president of DePauw University Greencastle Ind died Saturday in Traverse City Michigan of a heart attack He was born in Barberton Ohio and had led the school since 1951.
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Traverse City, Mich
Russell J. Humbert
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Barberton
Ohio
Mexican Matador Gored in Tijuana Bullring
Mata dor Rodolfo Palafox, 23, of Mexico City, was gored and critically injured in downtown Tijuana. The first bull he faced impaled him with a horn, tossing him over its head. Surgeons at Prima Vera clinic reported abdominal rupture and pierced intestines.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Matador
Rodolfo Palafox
Mexico City
Prima Vera Clinic
Dorothy Provine Appears On TV Despite Croaking Voice
London AP reports television star Dorothy Provine suffered a throat infection that left her voice a croak yet she still performed on a scheduled Sunday night telecast. Her recorded work aired while she mouthed lines for the cameras.
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Dorothy Provine
London
Canadian dollar steadies at .9175 in New York trading
In New York today the Canadian dollar sits at .9175 per U S dollar with no change from the previous day. The quote reflects steady sentiment as traders wait for market catalysts.
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New York
Brando Cuts Foot While Chopping Wood
Actor Marlon Brando cut his foot while chopping wood with a hatchet at a private location. He was treated by a private physician. director George Englund said the gash about an inch and a half long near the big toe joint required several stitches.
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Marlon Brando
Brando
George Englund
Englund
Boy's Body Recovered From Mississippi River Near St Paul Park
Richard Hawkins, 12, of North Minneapolis, whose bicycle was found near a river dock, was recovered from the Mississippi River near St Paul Park about 20 miles downstream from where he fell in May. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Roberts and had been missing since May 21.
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Minneapolis
Richard Hawkins
Mississippi River
St. Paul Park
Richard
Thomas Roberts
North
Former Publisher Dies in New Jersey
Walter M. Dear, 8, former publisher and co owner of the Jersey Journal, died Saturday after a long illness in Jersey City New Jersey He began as a reporter in 1898 and retired in 1948 He served as treasurer vice president and president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association
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Walter M. Dear
The
Jersey Journal
Dear
Journal
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Advertising agency head W Wallace Orr dies at 56
W Wallace Orr aged 56, president of the Orr advertising agency, died Sunday. He previously served as vice president at N W Ayer Co, the well known advertising firm.
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Philadelphia
W. Wallace Orr
N. W. Ayer & Co
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