Satellites Cool to Communism Says Hewitt at Elk Banquet
Minneapolis Star and Tribune foreign correspondent Robert Hewett spoke at the Elk banquet in the Austin High School Cafeteria about communist Europe Asia and Africa. He contrasted life in Poland and Czechoslovakia noting voluntary farms but warned of France Algeria and De Gaulle as part of the communist challenge. He urged optimism embracing changes and preventing rigidity while stressing the free world should aim for stable government. Norman Hansen and Benny Benson were introduced and door prizes awarded by local Austin merchants.
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Robert Hewett
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
State Elk
Hewett
Austin
Europe
Asia
Africa
Poland
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Czechoslovakia
Chicago
Paris
de de Gaulle
Algeria
France
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de Gaulle
Free World
Norman Hansen
Alexandria
Benny Benson
Rochester
The
Elks
William Bandler
Best
Elkcom
Minnesota
Center
Don Sheetz
Macmillan Calls for Tighter UK US Economic Ties
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan urged closer economic ties with the United States in a nationally televised commencement address at DePauw University Greencastle Indiana. He cited too many barriers to free trade and money flow and urged interdependence as key to the 20th century. He planned talks with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles in Washington and was to join Eisenhower to Johns Hopkins University for an honorary degree and speech.
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Indianapolis
Harold Macmillan
United States
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Macmillan
India
Dulles
Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Army Chief Brucker presses 900000 man force amid cutback pressure
Secretary of the Army Brucker testified before a Senate subcommittee that the Army still regards 900000 men as the minimum, despite a 30000 reduction, and urged maintaining current strength with a 9 million dollar add on to the defense bill. He noted 15 divisions of at least 900000 needed for adequacy.
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Washington (Ap
Brucker
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Defense Department
House
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
Army
Defense McElroy
McElroy
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
County Board Lets 3 Bridge Contracts
The Mower County Board awarded three concrete bridge floor structure contracts to Elk River Concrete Products Co. for a bid of $11,554.12, the only bid submitted.
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County Board
Mower
Elk River Concrete Products Co
Weather Readings From City Fire Station Roof
The Herald notes readings from the Weather Official U S site on the roof of the fire station. High in the past 24 hours was 75 and a low of 52. At 8:30 a.m. the temperature was 56 with overcast conditions.
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U. S
Herald
House Approves Jobless Pay Funds
The House rapidly passed a bill allocating 665.7 million dollars to fund the emergency unemployment compensation law enacted last week. The voice vote followed a brief explanation and swift committee recommendation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
MacKinnon Pledges Financial Reforms in Minnesota
In St Paul AP report, George MacKinnon, 52, former congressman and district attorney, wins GOP endorsement to challenge Gov. Orville Freeman. He pledges to reform spending and fight racketeering, while proposing highway and education action and a law enforcement push. DFL calls him an old fashioned reactionary as Republicans seek a unified slate before primaries.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Orville Freeman
Democratic - Farmer - Laborites
George MacKinnon
DFL
MacKinnon
Dflers
Democratic - Farmer - Labor Party
Ray Hemenway
GOP
Tragic Farm Accident Claims Meyer Area Boy
A Meyer area 13 year old, James Burlager, was killed when a tractor tipped in the family yard while being towed by a truck driven by his brother Cyril. James attended Sacred Heart School and belonged to the Meyer Marvels 4 H Club. Funeral services are set for Sacred Heart Church Meyer with a rosary at Hatten Funeral Home Stacyville. Meyer lies five miles northwest of Stacyville in Mitchell County.
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Meyer Area
James Burlager
Ed Burlager
Meyer
James
Cyril
Sacred Heart
Austin ELCS Vote to Form Aging Home Corporation
Twenty six congregations in the Austin Circuit of the Evangelical Lutheran Church voted on forming a Lutheran corporation to plan the aging home. St Olaf and Our Savior’s voted in favor, with the full slate of Austin area churches involved. results to be tallied by week’s end. If a majority approves, a organizing meeting will set constitution by laws and elect a board, aiming to begin construction soon. The church body has funded over ten million dollars of aging homes in the past decade. The executive committee, led by Rev. Arthur Swenson, has consulted with the synod’s department of charities via Rev. John M. Mason of Minneapolis.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Our Savior’s
Lyle
LeRoy
Chester
Iowa
Adams
Spring Valley
Hayfield
Evanger Lutheran Church
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Kasson
Dodge Center
Grand Meadow
Stewartville
Department of Charities
The
Department of Charities of the
Synod
John M. Mason
Minneapolis
Arthur L. Swenson
Opie Elc
Nine Prisoners Not Handled by Russia
A string of deadly Minnesota highway crashes left two children dead, a Minneapolis woman fatally injured, and several others hospitalized. Among the victims were Ree Ann Larsen, 18 months, and Jerry Jensen, 10, in a Pelican Rapids collision. A 14 or 15 year old girl drove the Jensen car, and a 14 or 15 year old girl also drove the other involved car. The toll rose to 257 for Minnesota in 1958, four more than the previous year at this time. Other incidents included the death of Dorothy Brooks, 72, struck on a sidewalk, and Keith M. Nelson, 28, killed near Belgrade.
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Minnesota
Pellican Rapids
Ree Ann Lars N
Fargo
N.D
Jerry Jensen
Pelican Rapids
Jensen
Carol Peterson
Larsen
Ray Larsen
Dorothy Brooks
Donald Gray
Clearbrook
Minn
Leland Nygaard
Iears
Brooks
Gray
Janette
Jeffrey
Elien Gallander
Keith M. Nelson
Terre Daute
Ind
Belgrade
South St. Paul Youth Drowns in Mississippi River
In the Mississippi near South St. Paul, 18 year old Thomas Conrad disappeared after a fishing boat filled with water. Stephan Zamen and his brother Arthur tried to rescue him as they urged him to stay with the boat since he could not swim. The river was hunted for him as authorities and rescuers searched the area.
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ST. Paul
Stephan Zamen
South St. Paul
Arthur
Thomas Conrad
Mississippi River
Conrad
Tom
Stephen
Art
Strike Halts Work on Minnesota Construction Sites
Western Minnesota construction projects face near standstill as Brainerd Local 15 Bricklayers Union pickets halt work. The St Ansgar Hospital project in Moorhead and a new Detroit Lakes high school both stopped after fresh bracketing actions.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Brainerd Local 15
Bricklayers Union
St. Ansgar Hospital
Moorhead
Brainerd
Detroit Lakes
St Louis Park Youth Fatally Stabbed in Car Altercation
Minneapolis AP reports two men held without charge after a fight that started from exchanged words between occupants of two passing cars. Michael M. Lyons, 18, died from a heart wound after a stabbing early Sunday. Curtis Jensen, 22, Wayzata, and Richard Erickson, 20, St. Louis Park, are in custody.
De Gaulle Fills Cabinet Posts in Paris
Premier de Gaulle named a slate of non controversial politicians and technicians with Eugene Thomas as communications minister Roger Houdet as agriculture minister Edmond Michelet as veteran affairs minister Robert Buron as public works minister and Pierre Sandreau as construction minister with the public health post remaining open Official sources said the cabinet reshuffle reflected a cautious approach to personnel.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Eugene Thomas
Roger Houdet
Edmond Michelet
Popular Republican Movement
Robert Buron
Pierre Sandreau
Wigglesworth to retire from Congress after 1928 term
Representative Richard B. Wigglesworth of Massachusetts announces he will not seek re election in November. The longtime Republican lawmaker has served in Congress since 1928.
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Washington
Richard B. Wigglesworth
Rmass
Congress
Nine U S Army Men Held After East Germany Helicopter Crash
In Berlin, Russia declines responsibility for nine U S Army men captured by East German authorities after a helicopter from the 3rd Armored Division forced landed near the border. Moscow says East Germany holds jurisdiction over prisoners and craft. The United States seeks return of all personnel and helicopter.
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East Germany
Berlin
Russia
East Berlin
West Berlin
United States
German Democratic Republic
3Rd Armored Division
U. S
Zwickau
East German
Foreign Ministry
U. S.S. State Department
First Atomic Plane Could Be Unmanned and Radio Controlled
A GE brochure outlines the nuclear propulsion program for aircraft and discusses a potential unmanned test flight circling for months away from populated areas. It notes possible uses from bombers to missile launchers and global surveillance with long endurance and reduced fuel needs.
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AP Aviation
Washington
Defense
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