Bridegroom Falls From Airliner Door in 6000 Feet Plunge
Oren Ase Pruitt of Charlotte, 38, married Tuesday in York, N C, vanished after the door blew open 20 minutes from Charlotte en route to Asheville. Rescue crews found his body in a church graveyard six miles north of Shelby. Investigations by Piedmont Airlines, the Civil Aeronautics Administration, and a county coroner were under way as pilots and attendants described the malfunction.
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Asheville
N. C
Piedmont Airlines
Oren Ase Pruitt
Charlotte
Shelby
B. B. Slaughter
Winston - Salem
Slaughter
C. A. Murray
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Ollie Harris
W. G. McGee
Piedmont
Hormel Queen Contest draws 45 nominees at Austin plant
Forty five candidates enter the Hormel Good Food plant in Austin for Queen Hormel and princesses SPAM and Mary Kitchen. Nominations closed Wednesday with voting set for June 29 by all Hormel employees, open car parade for winners on July 4, and cash plus clothing allowances awarded to the queen and princesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hormel Queen
Hormel Good Food
Spam
Mary Kitchen
Hormel Company
Austin
Crop Spraying Plane Crash Kills Pilot in Montana
Peter Schirrick Jr. 26 of Red Lake Falls Minnesota died after a crop spraying plane crash near Big Sandy Montana. He worked for Montgomery Air Spray Service based in Havre and died in Havre Hospital after the Tuesday crash. Cause not immediately determined.
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Big Sandy
Mont
Peter Schirrick Jr
Red Lake Falls
Minn
Montana
Schirrick
Havre
Montgomery Air Spray Service
Oil Man Denies Gas Bill Lobby
Leonard F. McCollum of Continental Oil testified before Senate lobby investigators that his Natural Gas and Oil Resources Committee has spent over 1.75 million dollars to inform the public about the natural gas bill but denied lobbying Congress or making campaign contributions. He said the group formed in New York City on October 20, 1954 to counter misrepresentations and to run a nationwide education program funded by voluntary industry contributions. The committee’s work was cited amid broader questions about lobbying on the bill, which Eisenhower vetoed, with lawmakers noting ongoing inquiries into eight organizations including McCollum’s.
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Washington P
Texas
Congress
Leonard F. McCollum
Houston
Tex
Natural Gas and Oil Resources Committee
Senate
McCollum
Continental Oil Co
New York City
Eisenhower
Committee
Len McClellan
D-Ark
Lueben Named Adviser for Burma Technical Education Project
Floyd J. Lueben, director of the Austin Area Vocational School, is appointed chief adviser for a Ford Foundation Burma technical education project. He takes a two year leave of absence. Morton A. Carney will be acting director during absence.
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Floyd J. Lueben
Austin Area Vocational School
Ford Foundation
Dunwoody Institute
Burma
Lueben
Austin Board of Education
Morton A. Carney
U Than Aung
South Asia
Rangoon
Leuben
Rangoon Technical High School
Dunwoody Industrial Institute
Minneapolis
Austin
Air Force Raises B52 Goal to Six Hundred by 1959
The Air Force increases its goal by 100 to 600 B52 jet bombers by 1959. Lt. Gen. C. S. Irvine says this and voices belief of U S air power lead, as Congress considers Army rocket programs including Jupiter IRBM. Patterson notes visibility of rocket work and potential wider service reports. Vinson says briefing plans under review and timing uncertain.
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Washington P
Air Force
Driver Jailed on Liquor Charge in Duluth Pedestrian Death
Two pedestrians were struck in west Duluth with Mitchell Radosevich, 17, dying at a Duluth hospital. Driver Daniel Voorhees, 21, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and received 60 days in county jail. Police said Radosevich rode on the car hood before his death, marking Duluth’s fifth traffic fatality this year linked to liquor.
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West Duluth
Mitchell Radosevich
Rudolph W. Radosevich
Minnesota
Radosevich
Boyd E. Rickard
Daniel S. Voorhees
Voorhees
Howard Loraas
St. Louis
Richard
Duluth
Loraas
Locher
Police Department
Roope
Detroit Lakes
Mankato imposes water use bans after shortage
In Mankato Minnesota about 1000 to 1500 homes in the Hilltop area lost water for hours Wednesday night City Manager Harold Vasey announced bans on water use blamed sprinkler irrigation and air conditioners for the shortage Pumps capacity 37 million gallons daily was insufficient with 43 million drawn A fire truck aided distribution and an alternate sprinkling plan will start next week The city pool remains closed hospital in Hilltop not affected due to its own well An additional pump to be installed Saturday night and a well under construction expected September completion
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Mankato
Minn
Harold Vasey
Vasey
Tot Electrocuted by Fan in St Paul Home
Suzanne Frank of St Paul was electrocuted when her perspiring body touched an electric fan while she leaned against a radiator. Police reported a short circuit in the fan and identified her as the daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Frank of 381/2 West Seventh Street.
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St. Paul
Laura Dash
Ramsey County
Thomas Frank
Minneapolis Man Drowns At Lake Minnetonka Sunrise Point
Minneapolis man Donald Detjen 36 drowned Wednesday night off Sunrise Point near Excelsior after a boating mishap. Tonka Bay resident Robert Markind 24 heard Detjen call for help but could not start the motor while they swam together. Deputies dragged for Detjen's body as search continues. Earlier, Peter Rosenberg 14 of St Paul drowned in the Mississippi River during a group swim. his body had not been recovered.
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Minneapolis
Donald Detjen
Lake Minnetonka
Sunrise Point
Excelsior
Robert Markind
Tonka Bay
Detjen
Peter Rosenberg
St. Paul
Mississippi River
Tornado Warning Issued for Minnesota and Wisconsin
The Minneapolis airport weather station issued severe weather alerts with a threat of isolated tornadoes in southeastern and south central Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin. The warning lasts until 7:30 tonight, covering a broad area 30 to 100 miles south of Red Wood Falls to Wausau, with thunderstorms expected across southern and central Minnesota and cooler conditions later.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Redwood Falls
Minn
Wausau
Wis
Windom
Wabasha
Local youth admits setting two fires including Jones Building
O Marro, 22, confessed to County Attorney Sieh that he started the April 22 Jones Building blaze that forced 11 roomers to evacuate. He also admitted starting the old Congregational Church fire on April 9, with police using all available fire and patrol resources to handle the incidents.
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O'Marro
Jones
Lanny O’marro
Wallace
O’marro
Old Congregational Church
Bernard Wagand
Jones Building
Mill
St. Paul Streets
Ques
Old Central Presbyterian Church
State Hospital
Hastings
Locher
Baumgart
Wallace Sieh
Eisenhower Meets Adenauer in Hospital Talks on German Reunification
President Eisenhower in hospital at Walter Reed with Chancellor Adenauer and officials, urging early action to liberate 17 million Germans in the Eastern zone. Dulles called the session a very good talk and a medical miracle, with Adenauer flying to New York afterward.
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Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
Leonard Heaton
Commandmant
President Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Eisenhower
Germany
East
Ern Zone
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dulles
Ger
Heat Lingers as June Temperatures Teeter Near 100
The city endures unusual June heat with temperatures hovering around 99. At 2 pm it was 98 rising to 99 by 3 pm and holding at 99 through 5 pm. By noon Wednesday 96 was recorded and forecasts suggested no 100 degree day. Water use soars with 6,157,000 gallons pumped Wednesday compared with 2,755,000 a year ago.
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Beldon Keck
Duluth Man Killed as Grinding Wheel Explodes
A Duluth man, Paul Gisweld, 45, was killed when an abrasive grinding wheel flew apart at Arrowhead Body & Motor Service. A seven year old boy, Terry Leland, was lightly injured by flying fragments as the incident damaged the building. The coroner ruled the death accidental and an inquest will not be held.
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Duluth
Minn
Arrowhead Body & Motor Service
Paul Gisweld
Terry Leland
Giswoic
Colome Farmer Theodore Des Laurier Crushed in Farm Accident
Theodore Des Laurier a 68 year old bachelor farmer of Colome was killed Wednesday evening when a piece of farm equipment crushed him. The coroner's office will investigate the as yet undetermined details of the incident.
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Colome
Theodore Des Laurier
Cafe Strike Settled at Albert Lea
Albert Lea workers settled a four month wage dispute. The pact sets women waitresses at 75 cents per hour with a five cent raise each of the next two years. The union shop issue is to be submitted to arbitration.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Twining to Lead 9 AF Aides on Russia Airpower Visit
Gen Nathan Twining and nine Air Force officers including an operations expert for the Strategic Bomber Force will travel to Russia on June 23 to observe a Moscow air show and potentially inspect Russian aircraft industry and bases. The trip could influence future exchanges with Soviet officials and shape what a reciprocal visit might include. The group includes Brig Gen William Blanchard, Lt Gen Frank Eversest, Lt Gen Donald Putt, and Lt Gen Thomas Power, among others.
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Washington
Nathan Twining
Air Force
Strategic
Russia
Moscow
United States
Twining
Wiliam H. Blanchard
Curtis E. LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Frank F. Eversest
Donald L. Putt
Thomas S. Power
Air Research and Development Command
City Traffic Accidents and Fatalities 1955 1956
Yearly figures show 377 accidents in 1955 and 474 in 1956 with 908 fatalities. Injury counts appear as 36 and 32 for the two years, while monetary totals reach $54,122 and $64,368 respectively.
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Janet Goodrich
Invoice
Joan Grimley
Static
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LaVonne Haskin
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Colleen Klimek
Sharon Kolb
Lonapearl Korfhage
Doris Larson
Esther Lau
Pat McDonald
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Janice Nantz
Carol Nelson
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Leona L. Quindt
Florence Regner
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Margaret R. Simon
Deloris A. Smith
Barbara Sweet
Ellen Turner
Spain
Joanne Apccraft
Marion von Feldt
Vienna
Delores Walz
Dorothy Weis
Audrey Weiss
Joyce Youngdahl
Loretta E. Zabel
Larry Miller
Scranton
Anthony Bonadio
Larry
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C. S. Irvine
Special Armed Services
Irvine
Armed Services Committee
Army
Patterson
R-Conn
Vinson
D-Ga
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Associated Press
Tom van Damme
Hibbing
Chisholm
Fraser Cutoff
Patricia Fillman
Wilpen
Robert Frisk
Tot
Suzanne Frank
St. Paul Bay
Ike
Sieh
Police
Ray Locher
University
Jones’ Building
Robert Baumgart
Department of Protection and Investigation
Mamie
Mrs. Eisenhower
Henry Kellerman
State Department
Mercury
Hawaii
Joan Damon
East Palo Alto
Calif
Dudley Taylor
Redwood City
Honoulu
San Francisco
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California
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Honolulu
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