Kennedy and McCormack vie for Massachusetts Senate endorsement
In Springfield the Democratic state convention opens as Edward Kennedy and Edward McCormack Jr compete for the party endorsement for the U.S. Senate seat won by the President in 1952. Delegates totals and campaign attacks color the three day event with balloting planned Friday.
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Springfield
Mass
Kennedy - McCormack
U.S
Massachusetts
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Edward J. McCormack Jr
U.S. House
John W. McCormack
Senate
Kennedy
McCormack
U.S. Senate
Forsythe Sees GOP Sweep If It Works At Convention
AP dispatch from Minneapolis reports Robert A. Forsythe state GOP chairman predicts a sweeping win in November if the party stays true to its principles. The three day convention highlights include selecting a lieutenant governor candidate to run with Gov. Elmer Andersen against DFL hopefuls Sandy Keith and other incumbents.
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Minneapolis
Republican Party
Robert A. Forsythe
Elmer L. Andersen
Donald Peterson
Edina Wheelock Whitney
Carl D’aquila
Hibbing
A.M
Sandy) Keith
Rochester
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Forsythe
DFL
Duluth
Karl Rolvaag
Gov
Andersen
Walter Mondale
Joseph Donovan
Paul Rasmussen
Camping Truck Tragedy Claims 7-Year-Old Rider in Minnesota
A Wisconsin family traveling to Yellowstone Park lost Kathleen Ann Spindler, 7, in a camping light truck wreck 14 miles west of Redwood Falls, Minnesota. Mother Wilma M. Spindler, 39, and daughters Susan 13 Ceryl 16 Debra 9 survived with non serious injuries. Kathleen was riding in the truck’s rear. The incident raised Minnesota’s traffic toll for the day to 205.
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Redwood Falls
Minn
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kathleen Ann Spindler
Susan
Wilma M. Spindler
Ceryl
Debra
Baldwin
Wis
Yellowstone Park
Spindler
Estes Hearing Delayed as Fire Manuel Vote Debated
Washington AP reports a House subcommittee put off resuming Billie Sol Estes hearings to argue over firing staff attorney Robert E Manuel. In South Vietnam a U S helicopter crashed near Kontum 260 miles northeast of Saigon today and the crew burned the craft. no casualties were reported and cause unknown.
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Estes
Start Washington
House
Billie Sol Estes
Robert E. Manuel
Inside Page
Ban ME Thuot
South Viet Nam
U. S
Kontum
Saigon
Suspect's Stepmother Missing in Martinsburg Murder Case
Irene Brown reports her sister Juanita Marcella Smith missing from Robins Iowa. Smith is step-mother of Gayne G Smith 24 held in Keokuk County jail Sigourney on murder charges in the killing of five relatives at a farm near Martinsburg. Agriculture Dept places U S farm real estate at 138 billion dollars as of March 1 up 6 billion from a year ago.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Gayne G. Smith
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Martinsburg
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Irene Brown
Robins
Iowa
Linn County
Juanita Marcella Smith
Washington
Agriculture Department
U. S
Contiguous States
Drowning Tragedy Near Interstate 90 Claims Austin Teen
Kermit Nihart, 15, died after being pulled from the north side of the lake near Interstate 90. Firefighters recovered him after a capsized boat with seven youths left him and three others in the water. Efforts to revive him lasted about an hour at St Olaf Hospital before he was pronounced dead.
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Austin
East Side
Kermit Nihart
Kenneth Nihart
Highway 218 S
Nihart
George Stahl
St. Olaf Hospital
City Ambulance
Larson
Robert Nihart
Kermit
City
Father and Five Children Die in Palmyra House Fire
In Palmyra near Lebanon, Charles Franklin Neiswender 27 and his five children Natalie 6 Kathleen 5 Charles 4 Karl 3 and Terry 1 died in a cottage fire. Peggy Neiswender survived with burns and shock after urging her husband to save the children. Neiswender was found with the one-year-old in his arms, others lined behind him as flames raged. a neighbor heard an explosion.
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Palmyra
Lebanon County
Charles Franklin Neiswender
Natalie
Kathleen
Charles
Karl
Terry
Neiswender
Peggy
Lebanon
Good Samaritan
Court Rules Florida Schools May Read Bible Daily
The Florida Supreme Court upheld daily Bible reading and Lord's Prayer in public schools. In a unanimous decision the court said the state law requiring Bible readings does not violate separation of church and state.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Florida Supreme Court
Florida
National Spelling Bee Ends in Tie
Officials declared a draw as 70 contestants were eliminated after an hour of head to head spelling. Co champions named were Michael Day of Hardin Ohio and Nettie Crawford of Roswell New Mexico.
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Washington
Michael Day
Hardin, Ul
Nettie Crawford
Roswell
N. M
Suspect Seized in Bomb Blast in Duluth Area
William J. Hollinger a 34 year old garbage hauler from Saginaw was held under $2000 bond in Duluth on charges of endangering life and property with explosives. Homemade bombs were tossed into yards of John Eunelius and George Anulock after a bus driver dispute linked to Brookston school district leadership.
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Duluth
St. Louis
Eunelius
Unulock
Brookston
Joy Willeck
Cooley
Willeck
Hollinger
Saginaw
Faribault Man Back at Work After Spotlight
Two paramedics who helped in the Scott Carpenter drama returned to work after a Wednesday press conference. S. Sgt. Ray E. McClure, 32, formerly of Mt. Sterling Kentucky, and Airman 1C John Heitsch, 27, of Faribault Minnesota, were reunited with their families. Heitsch was first to reach Carpenter in a life raft by the capsule.
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Hamilton Air Force Base
Calif
Scott Carpenter
Ray E. McClure
Mt. Sterling
C. John Heitsch
Faribault
Minn
Heitsch
Carpenter
Weather forecast brief shows showers possible through Friday
Occasional showers and thunderstorms are expected with little temperature change through Friday. Lows tonight near 57 to 62. Saturday looks cool with no precipitation likely. No precipitation reported by KMMT.
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KMMT
Two Boys Drown In Separate Lake Incidents In City Area
Nihart family tragedy as Kermit Nihart 15 swims with 8 foot hole and boat entrapment leads rescue by city boat. Others include Lee Getchell 13 Austin Rt 2 David Kaus 14 Bruce Tabor 15 and Gary Larson 18 with cousins present. Funeral planned for St Olaf Lutheran Church. In Green Lake Spicer 42 year old David John Putnam found near family summer home with fatal lake incident after deck fall.
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Nihart
Lee Getchell
Austin Rt
David Kaus
3Rd Ave. NE
Bruce Tabor
4Th Ave. NE
Gary Larson
Ith St. NE
Robert Nihart
James Getchell
Kermit
Barbara
Michael
Lawrence Nihart
15Th Ave
Lula Olstad
4Th Ave. SE
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Worlein
David John Putnam
David Putnam
Green Lake
Spicer
Willmar
David Jobn
Baptists Debate Tightening Seminary Controls and Book Ban
At the Southern Baptist Convention strong support emerged for tightening doctrinal oversight of seminaries and denominational agencies. A push to ban Ralph Elliott’s "The Message of Genesis" drew fierce opposition as conservatives seek stricter controls amid charges of liberal theology.
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San Francisco
Southern Baptist Convention Today
Ralph Powell
Kansas City
Ralph Elliott
Second drowning in Mower County reported this year
The death of Kermit Nihart Wednesday marks the second drowning in Mower County this year. A week earlier Lowell Osmonson of Austin died in Rose Creek, about 40 miles south of Austin.
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Kermit Nihart
Mower County
Lowell Osmonson
Austin
Rose Creek
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Val Bjornson
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Secret Army
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Smoky) Peterson
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