Broadway Ends 41 Year Blackout With Happy Opening Night
Broadway celebrants hailed the end of a 41 year stage blackout as 19 productions returned after 12 days. Actors and producers won wage increases and the first actors pensions in theater history while box office revenues surged. Manhattan nightlife revived as crowds filled theaters, restaurants, bars, and taxis. Actor Lee Tracy summed up the mood with a single word, happy.
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Two Boys Die to Up Toll in Traffic
A traffic toll in Minnesota rises to 246 after two boys die from Monday night crashes. Robert MacNair, 11, from Hammond Indiana, died in International Falls after his father and sister were seriously hurt. Robert Cuddihy Jr., 2, Fridley Minnesota, died after falling from a car in Minneapolis.
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Allen Captured Three Hours After Rochester Escape
Robert Jessie Allen 22 who had escaped from the Rochester mental hospital was captured in Winona about 11 10 a m by the sheriff three hours after his escape. He led officers on a ten block chase in a stolen red shirted motorcycle and after crashing his car he pulled a knife at Patrolman Klingerman missing him. He was subdued by Klingerman Captain Mattice and Patrolman Weber and taken to the hospital for sedation. In court he said I just had to go when asked why. He was fined 50 dollars or 50 days for driving after revocation and careless driving and referred to the mental hospital for treatment.
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Fred Vogel
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Holand demands two way probe of highway staff
Senator P J Holand calls for a two way investigation of the Minnesota Highway Department legal staff. He urges a special impartial Bar Association committee to probe land condemnation and right of way actions and asks highway attorneys to testify before the Legislative Interim Commission on Highways to outline findings of a prior inquiry and address rumors of favoritism.
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Governor Urges Congress Pass Medical Care for the Aged
In keynote at the Institute on Aging, Gov. Orville Freeman urges Congress to fund medical care for the aged, endorsing the Forand bill approach and calling private plans insufficient for adequate coverage. He argues care should be a right under the social security framework.
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Plane with 12 Aboard Overdue in Alaska
Pacific Northern Airlines reports a four engine Constellation carrying about 12 people is overdue on a Cordova to Anchorage flight. The plane departed Cordova at 6 16 a m and was due in Anchorage about an hour later. No pilot trouble report has been received.
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Bandit Satisfied With Service In Boulder Robbery
A robber entered a Boulder supermarket cash area and directed cashier Opal Switzer to place large bills into a box. Manager Claude Meyers said the bandit left with the box after confirming he had been "taken care of" and noting the service.
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Kvale Dies at 64 Former Minnesota Congressman
Paul John Kvale former Minnesota Democratic congressman from the 7th District died in a Minneapolis veterans hospital after years with tuberculosis. He served four terms from 1929 to 1939, succeeding his father O J Kvale who perished in a Battle Lake cabin fire in 1929.
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Spanish War Veterans Elect Leaders in Faribault Meeting
Niles Williams of St. Paul was named commander of the Minnesota Department of Spanish American War Veterans at the Faribault encampment. Gertrude Kohner of Winona was elected auxiliary president. About 75 veterans aged around 84 attended. the organization met in Faribault for the sixth time in 50 years.
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Winona
LaMotta Admits Faking 1947 Box Bout Under Oath
Jake La Motta testified before the Senate Antitrust subcommittee that he threw the 1947 knockout loss to Billy Fox for money offering up to 100000 dollars. He said he later fought for the title and noted his long boxing career and injuries.
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State Man Hospital Recompense Award Upheld
The State Industrial Commission upheld a weekly compensation of 45 dollars for Leo Nathe of Sauk Centre after a compound leg fracture while cutting trees on St Michael's hospital grounds in Sauk Centre. The award was against the Franciscans of Little Falls who operate the hospital, who claimed Nathe was an independent contractor.
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Farm Boss Works Longer Than Help
Washington AP reports that farm operators average 10.6 hours per day while hired hands average 9.3 hours on June 1. Among states the longest day was 10.6 hours in North Dakota and the shortest 7.9 in West Virginia.
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Display of Affection for Ike Stuns Manila Crowd
A massive 142 million Filipinos welcomed President Eisenhower with joyous cheers in Manila. Confetti rained as crowds pressed to reach the open car while security deployed tear gas to control the surge.
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Eisenhower in Manila Welcomed by Large Welcoming Crowd
President Eisenhower returns to the Philippines and waves from an open car with President Garcia beside him. Heat and humidity affect the scene as Manila residents, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, line streets to greet the U S leader with smiles and flags.
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Oil Explosion Hits Pennsylvania Valvoline Refinery
An explosion in a large tank at the Valvoline Refinery Co in Freedom Pennsylvania touched off a fire that burned thousands of gallons of oil. Firefighters built dikes along Route 88 as eight tanks remained a risk amid a thunderstorm believed to have sparked the blast. There were no injuries reported and traffic was halted.
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Convict Kopetka Given 35 Years in Wife Slaying
Charles Kopetka, 43, of St. Paul, was sentenced to 7 to 30 years for third degree murder in the Christmas Day knife slaying of his wife and up to five years for second degree assault on his mother-in-law, Mrs. Cora Opsal. The terms run concurrently for the double slayings at Opsal's home.
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Weather Outlook Sees Mild Temps Through Midweek
Mostly fair conditions continue with cooler spell on Wednesday. Lows near 50 to 60 tonight and highs in the 70s Wednesday. Thursday expect little temperature change and no meaningful precipitation.
Plane crash injures two near St. Cloud Minnesota
Two men were hurt when their light plane, after developing engine trouble, struck a tree during an attempted forced landing east of St. Cloud. Francis Foster of Cambridge is in serious condition with concussion and multiple injuries. Gerald Foster of Minneapolis has cuts and bruises. The Mora departure was at 8 50 p m the crash occurred about four thousand feet up three miles east of Foley.
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Four Minnesota Justices Seek Re-Election as Group
Chief Justice Roger L. Dell and three associates announce plans to file for re-election. Justices Thomas Gallagher Martin Nelson and Oscar Knutson join Dell, signaling a joint filing when the elections office opens on Wednesday. Dell is 62 and has served since 1952, becoming chief in 1953. Gallagher, 62, has held the seat since 1942. Knutson, 60, joined the court in 1948, and Nelson, 61, joined in 1953.
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Elderly Sioux Falls Couple Killed in Canton Smashup
A car and a seed corn truck collided at the intersection of highways 77 and 18 nine miles west of Canton. Joseph Portz and his wife, both in their 70s, were killed. Truck driver Jerry Pointer, 23, Avoca Neb., was hospitalized for shock.
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