Le Mans Disaster Toll Rises To 79 At 24 Hour Race
Mass funeral planned in Le Mans cathedral as two more deaths raise fatalities from the Le Mans car crash to 79. Pierre Levegh’s Mercedes caused debris and a deadly crash during the 24 hour race centre at the track, while 70-plus injured remain hospitalized. The event continued after the disaster with Hawthorn and Bueb winning in a Jaguar at a record pace.
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LE Mans
France
Edgar Faure
Tims
Pierre Levegh
Paris
Roy Hunton
U.S
Orleans
Levegh
Mike Hawthorn
Ivor Bueb
Britain
Massive Fargo grain elevator collapses spilling 600000 bushels
A 20-tank grain terminal near Fargo, completed last August at a cost of 390000 dollars, collapsed with an explosion-like sound, dumping about 600000 bushels valued at 1200000 dollars. Owner Joseph Eichinger suspects combustion. A 16 year old and his girlfriend witnessed a blue flame at the top before the collapse. Deputy Lloyd Stensrud investigated the scene.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Joseph Eichinger
Joe Basquez
Grand Forks
U.S. 10
Herald Joins Quota Busters in Hospital Fund Drive
The Austin Daily Herald joined the Quota Busters in the $350 000 St Olaf Hospital building fund drive as the fifth Austin business firm to meet its quota. In addition to employees gifts Mr and Mrs H E Rasmussen Herald publishers sponsor the hospitality room as a memorial gift. A campaign report meeting is set for Wednesday with division chairmen urged to collect reports from workers.
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Austin Daily Herald
St. Olaf Hospital
The
Herald
H. E. Rasmussen
Herald Publishers
Truman to Speak at U N Anniversary in San Francisco
Former President Truman will address the United Nations tenth anniversary session in San Francisco on June 24. Dag Hammarskjold announced the speech after Truman declined an earlier State Department invitation for the June 2026 program.
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Truman
U. N
United Nations
N.Y
San Francisco
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
State Department
Rose Bowl Queen Marilyn Smuin Engaged to Wells Martell
Marilyn Smuin the 1955 Tournament of Roses queen announces engagement to Wells F. Martell USC dentistry student, planning marriage next year in San Gabriel California.
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San Gabriel
Calif
Marilyn Smuin
Wells F. Martell
University of Southern California School of Dentistry
Auto Toll and Fatal Wrecks Rise in Minnesota Weekend
A Winona canning worker Domingo Salazar, 20, died when his car left the highway west of Hollandale at the 251 65 junction. Two passengers Bennie Villarreal 17 and Carlos Martinez 16 were injured. In another crash near Winona 19 year old Donald Brang died and Merlin Storveen 18 was hospitalized after a head on collision. James Herman Rieke 23 died after crashing into utility poles in Gaylord. James Connelly 65 of Minneapolis died after a Friday hit and run. Authorities traced Salazar’s speed and loss of control. Johnson Stovick and Murray led the investigation.
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Owatonna Canning Co
Minneosta
Domingo D. Salazar
Hollandale
Naeve Hospital
Albert Lea
Winona City
Winona
Donald Brang
Merlin Storveen
James Herman Rieke
Delmar Rieke
Gaylord
James Connelly
Minneapolis
Salazar
Bennie Villarreal
Carlos Martinez
Owatonna
Villarreal
Martinez
Albert Lea Hospital
Jim Johnson
Johnson
Norman Stovick
Richard Murray
Author Josiah E. Greene Dies in Duluth At 44
Duluth confirms the death of novelist Josiah E. Greene aged 44 on Sunday. Greene authored one of his first two Sage novels titled The Laughing. The obituary notes his association with Duluth as a formative setting for his early work.
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Duluth
Minn
Josiah E. Greene
Minneapolis political writer Charles B. Cheney dies at 82
Charles B. Cheney, a Minneapolis political writer from 1901 to 1945, dies at a local hospital at age 82. He retired in 1945 after a long career shaping political commentary.
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Minneapolis
Charles B. Cheney
Soviets Accept Big 3 Proposal for Summit Talk
Moscow said the Soviet Union accepted a Big Four summit in Geneva on July 18. The note was made public at a Foreign Ministry news conference as U S and British officials prepared for talks. Soviet timing aligned with Konrad Adenauer’s US visit and his plans for Moscow discussions on normalization of relations.
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Moscow
Russia
Geneva
U.S
Charles E. Bohlen
Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Konrad Adenauer
United States
Adenauer
U.S.S
Nixon Inspects $4,000 Family Bomb Shelter
Vice President Nixon examined a family size H bomb shelter in Houston costing $4,000. He called it quite comfortable but said he hopes it never needs to be used. Civil defense worker John R. Christmas and his family will live in the shelter for 72 hours during a civil defense test. Nixon was in the area to address the Texas Press Association in Galveston.
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Houston
Nixon
John R. Christmas
Texas Press Assn
Galveston
First District Legion Convention in Spring Valley Sets Records
Cold weather did not dampen an enormous parade as First District American Legion members convened in Spring Valley. District Commander Hap Littlefield announced a record 11 693 members and Rochester Post added 21 new members. Ethan Allen was elected commander with Stan Sewaldsson and Thor Krome as vice commanders. The convention endorsed Dan Foley for state commander and approved raising the district dues share.
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Frank Pesons
Spring Valley
First District
American Legionnaires
Legion
Dist
Harold C
Hap
Littlefield
Austin
Rochester Post
Ethan Allen
New Richland
Stan Sewaldsson
Albert Lea
Thor Krome
Spring Grove
Richard Olson
Blooming Prairie
W. Braden
Freeborn
A. L. Fosteson
Herbert Anderson
Rochester
American Legion Hospital Association
Fosteson
35 to 45 Cent Tweak Creates Fourth Vice Commander
Willett Speaks as Associate Justice Nelson delivers banquet remarks praising U S life. George Frogner of Harmony acts as toastmaster. Larry Willett, state commander, presides as Legion continued on Page 14.
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Martin A. Nelson
United States
George Frogner
Harmony
Larry Willett
Legion
Hoyer Seeks Fourth Term In Minneapolis Election
Mayor Eric Hoyer seeks a fourth term in Minneapolis as Bruce Pomeroy, a young businessman, challenges him. Pomeroy accuses the city of being an open city while Hoyer says federal agencies have given Minneapolis a clean bill of health.
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Minneapolis
Eric Hoyer
Bruce Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Hoyer
Guaranteed Wage Plan Is Accepted By UAW and GM
The United Auto Workers won a three year contract at General Motors with an employer paid supplemental unemployment benefit plan. Walter Reuther led the bargaining after walkouts at over 40 of GM’s 119 plants during a 37 hour session. Production losses were minimal as workers returned to work.
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Glenn Engle
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Ford
Walter Reuther
UAW
Record Auto Volume Likely Seven Million Cars This Year
Detroit reports a GM CIO UAW agreement assures high output with seven million or more passenger cars expected in 1955. January through June may total about 4.3 million, with truck production near 500,000 and year end levels near prior peaks barring a major shutdown.
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Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Youth Injured in Brawl Loses in Race for Life
Sidney Monroe 21 of Rhame North Dakota died in Willmar Minnesota after a dance hall scuffle in South Dakota led to a high speed ambulance ride to Rice Hospital. Rodney Reimer 21 of Scranton North Dakota was arrested on a second degree manslaughter warrant. The incident occurred near Karien South Dakota during a 4 H benefit dance. Monroe had been discharged from the Army two weeks earlier.
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Willmar
Minn
Sidney Monroe
Rhame
N.D
South Dakota
Rice Hospital
Harvey Anderson
Kandiyohi
Rodney Reimer
Scranton
Monroe
Bowman County
Max Taylor
Reimer
Gus Haivala
Harding County
Buffalo
S.D
Bryan Monroe
Bowman Hospital
Haivala
Karien
North Dakota Line
Minneapolis
Willmar Hospital
Police arrest 430 in church clash in Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires police arrested 430 men who fled to the Episcopal Palace after riotous clashes outside the Central Plaza de Mayo. The Peronist government cracked down on church partisans as tensions rose over a long running church state dispute. eight injured, arrests of refugees, and a special congressional session announced.
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Sam Summerlin
Buenos Aires
Plaza de Mayo
Juan Peron
Argentina
Peron
Pope
Christ the King
Episcopal Palace
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LeRoy Color Guard
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Ostrander Color Guard
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Ford Motor Co
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Harlow H. Curtice
Curtice
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