BeBe Shopp Maintains Miss America Aura 18 Years Later
BeBe Shopp, Miss America 1948, visits Austin for Miss Minnesota Pageant. She juggles four children, travels as pageant emcee, volunteers as a judge, and pursues music and theater while maintaining her fame and strong stage presence.
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Pat Sargent
BeBe Shopp
Austin
Minnesota
Holiday Inn
Bayard Waring
New England
W. T. Grant
BeBe
Lynnfield
Mass
Kimberly
Laurie
Myalisa
Wendy
Hopkins
Minn
Alaska
Austin High School
Boston
Ten Days Left for Keith and Rolvaag Grandstand Bid
In Minnesota the DFL fields Gov Karl Rolvaag and Lt Gov A M Keith as contenders. Both claim about 60 percent of delegates with 67 percent needed for endorsement. The June 17 18 convention could end in first or subsequent ballots or a delayed result.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Democratic - Farmer- Labor Party
Karl Rolvaag
A.M. Keith
DFL
Rolvaag
Keith
Weather Update Cloudy with cool spell through Thursday
A cloudy, cool period continues tonight into Thursday with scattered showers. Lows 46 to 54 and highs 62 to 68, then Friday to stay below normal with little or no precipitation expected.
Medicare Risks Political Backlash If Start Is Weak
Washington AP reports Medicare could become a political liability in 1966 if its July 1 rollout falters. Officials fear hospital jams, service gaps, and few participating hospitals in the South due to civil rights noncompliance. A White House conference with 200 leaders aims to smooth the launch and curb abuses while managing expectations.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
South
Reagan Pledges to Unite GOP in Effort to Unseat Brown
Five year old James Brooke Mackay vents feelings at a London society wedding by puckering lips and blowing a razz berry when asked to pose for photos. He is a page boy in a white silk suit with a pink bow as Tracey Sutton, 3, a fellow page girl, holds his hand. The bridgegroom is his cousin. AP Wirephoto by cable from London.
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Reagan
GOP
Brown
James Brooke Mackay
Tracey Sutton
Jimmy
Cable
London
Reagan Wins California GOP Nomination in Runoff Fight
Ronald Reagan swept the California Republican nomination defeating George Christopher and Samuel Yorty and urging party unity for a November challenge to Governor Edmund G. Brown. Brown led Democrats into a runoff, as Reagan projected a tough battle ahead with Christopher conceding and backing Reagan.
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San Francisco
Ronald Reagan
California
Edmund G. Brown
Reagan
George Christopher
Los Angeles
Samuel W. Yorty
Brown
Yorty
Christopher
Austin Telegraph Office Closes as CTU Strikes
The Austin Western Union office and thousands more shut down as the CTU strike by about 20 000 workers halts non supervisory telegraph and communication services. CWA had a prior agreement with Western Union for New York area staff, while CTU seeks a 6 percent annual pay rise for two years. Pensions remain a major sticking point.
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Austin Western Union
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers Union
CTU
Communications Workers of America
CWA
New York City
New York
Minnesota Crop Scene Bright Except Red River Valley
The Minnesota State Crop Reporting Service says crop conditions are bright across the state with seeding nearly complete and crops progressing well. In the Red River Valley, seeding of wheat oats barley and flax is incomplete while about 15 percent of winter wheat and 25 percent of rye are heading. alfalfa first cutting will begin in central and southern counties soon.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Couple To Wed 60 Feet Under In Florida Cave
Lois Watson and Robert David Byrd plan a wedding 60 feet underground in a Florida cave. The ceremony will be memorable for its beauty and unusual setting, highlighting a bold, adventurous choice.
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Montezuma
Lois Watson
Robert David Byrd
Florida
Hoffa Moves to Crush Gibson Bid for Power
Washington AP Hoffa moves to prevent Harold Gibbons from winning executive vice president post at the July 4 Miami Beach convention. Hoffa forecasts Gibbons will not run or get 175 votes as Hoffa aims to install Frank Fitzsimmons as caretaker president if Hoffa goes to prison. Roy Williams and others back Fitzsimmons. Gibbons' supporters claim broad union backing.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Harold Gibbons
Hoffa
Gibbons
Miami Beach
Detroit
Frank Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Roy Williams
Central States Highway Drivers Council
Kansas City Teamsters Council
Williams
Teamsters Central Conference
St. Louis
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Minnesota
Kentucky
Connecticut
Fred Roberto
Teamsters
William Presser
Ohio Union
NATO crisis averted over 72000 French troops in Germany
In Brussels NATO foreign ministers delayed a full decision on how the 72,000 French troops will be treated in Germany. Dutch foreign minister Luns arranged further French ministerial talks after initial breakdown of compromise proposals. De Gaulle plans to pull troops from NATO command July 1 if no solution is reached.
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Brussels
Germany
Atlantic Alliance
Josef Luns
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Luns
Michael Stewart
Dean Rusk
France
Gaulle
de Gaulle
Iowa approves US 59 reconstruction design contract
The Iowa Highway Commission approved Wallace Holland Kastler and Schmitz for design of a 29.5 mile US 59 reconstruction from the Pottawattamie County line to Iowa 141 at a cost of 389,440 dollars. In Minnesota, the State Railroad and Warehouse Commission ordered Northern Pacific to discontinue Trains 55 and 56 between Staples and Duluth, keeping Trains 57 and 58.
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AMES
Mason City
U.S. 59
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Wallace, Holland, Kastler
St, Paul
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Northern Pacific Railway
Staples
Duluth
Cosmos Renames Streets to Constellations Across Cosmos
Cosmos Minnesota village plans space themed street renaming with East-West avenues linked to constellations such as Gemini Polaris and North-South streets tied to planets like Jupiter Neptune. A contest will name the two main streets as part of the scheme. Bonnie Hirsh of Crookton was eliminated from the 39th National Spelling Bee after a challenged spelling of exaggerate.
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Cosmos, Minn
Cosmos
Washington
Bonnie Hirsh
Crookton
Minn
Man in Space Aids Australian Romance
Nurse Sue Laidlaw of Perth shapes a romance around a space program. Her fiancé is a U S rescue team member who flies to Perth for each manned flight. Nine months earlier she met Douglas Glass in Perth during a Gemini 9 mission, and he has since returned to Hawaii with the rescue unit.
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Perth
Australia
Sue Laidlaw
U.S
Sue
Douglas Glass
Australian Air Force Base
Glass
Hawaii
Mississippi march continues as Meredith walk endures
Governor Johnson condemns the 225 mile march through Mississippi but pledges state protection. Five leaders press on toward Jackson amid gunfire that wounded James Meredith. Aubrey Norvell is jailed on bond while Chicago allies join the effort led by MLK and CROE head Floyd McKissick.
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Mississippi
Harnando
Miss
James H. Meredith
Paul Johnson
Jackson
Meredith
Aubrey J. Norvell
Memphis
Ers
Chicago
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Goy
Johnson
National Guard
Air Force
University of Mississippi
Hernando
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Lloyd Hand
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Nasa-Marshall Space
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Ala
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Gordon Conklin
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