Khrushchev’s Berlin Demands Restated in TV Address
Premier Khrushchev restated long standing Soviet terms on Berlin and German reunification in a televised address. He warned of a thermonuclear war if borders shift and urged a peace conference this year while insisting on a three member vetoed control commission for a nuclear test ban. He also reiterated disarmament conditions and linked them to Allied troop withdrawals and border rules.
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Khrushchev
Geneva
Control
Soviet Union
Austin Herald June 16 1961 Front Page Note
The Austin Minnesota Herald issue from Friday June 16 1961 presents local news items and community notices from the town of Austin. The page includes brief reports, announcements, and public notices typical of a mid-century local newspaper edition.
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Austin (Minn
Herald
PERA Members Appeal Rejected in Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota Supreme Court rejected the appeal of three PERA members and cleared O. M. Cusdigian, PERA secretary, of claims for expenses. The ruling, affirming a Ramsey County judge, held PERA identified with the secretary’s disbursements, making the charges tantamount to claims against the board.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Public Employer Retirement Association
PERA
O. M. Ousdigian
Ousdigian
Martin A. Nelson
Albin 8. Pearson
Ramsey County
Cusdigian
June Slezak
Mark C. Erspamer
Paul Ravenscroft
Lawrence H. Furcht
George Rooms
Pearson
William Serbine
Walter F. Mondale
Board of
Brad Henschel Completes Dual Bike Ride Dream
In Clintonville, Brad Henschel, a blind 15 year old, receives a bicycle for his birthday from his parents. With help from his 11 year old brother Dan steering a tandem, Brad learns to ride, and the system works.
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Clintonville
Wis
Brad Henschel
Brad
Gilford Henschel
Dan
Henschels
Khrushchev’s Berlin Demands Recur in Global Tense Time
The 1958 59 60 cycle repeats as Khrushchev presses for a settlement on West Berlin. He seeks troop withdrawal by Allies and control over the supply routes through East Germany, threatening action if blocked. Kennedy and Khrushchev exchanged stances in Vienna, with no yield.
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Associated Press News
Washington
Khrushchev
West Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
Berlin
Eisenhower
Camp David
United States
Britain
France
Paris
Kennedy
Vienna
Russia
Restric
Court Reduces Welder's Award in Injury Case
A Minnesota Supreme Court ruling cuts a $500000 verdict for Raymond McCrank, a Brooklyn Center welder injured in a 1959 Anoka County explosion, to $325000 unless he consents to the reduction. The case, once the state’s largest personal injury award, hinged on railroad negligence claims and a reliance on a mathematical formula.
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ST. Paul
Anoka County
Raymond McCrank
Brooklyn Center
Minnesota Supreme Court
Martin A. Nelson
Great Northern Railway Co
McCrank
Minnesota
Levi M. Hall
Hennepin County
Northwestern Railroad
Chicago
Eugene A. Berat
Minneapolis
Leonard Keyes
Anoka
Berat
Nelson
Couple Holds Joint Birthday in Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls Minnesota AP report notes Mr. and Mrs. O M Sholberg celebrate joint birthdays aged 99 and 97 while their eight Minnesota children host a day-long open house. The couple marked 75 years of marriage in January and remain active in local affairs after homesteading nearby in the 1870s and Sholberg's later carpentry work.
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Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls, Minn
0. M. Shelberg
Norway
Sholbergs
Minnesota
Sholberg
Car Runs Wild in St. Paul Kills Teenager
A car driven by Helen M. Dickison rammed pedestrians at Robert and 7th in St. Paul. Teenager Jane Ward, 17, died. sister Carol Ward, 14%, and Alfred Strandrud, 75, were critically hurt. Robert Thayer, 30, injured. Dickison and Ella McLeod, 53, held for observation. Traffic toll to 272 for the year.
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St. Paul
Jane Ward
Ancher Hospital
Carol Ward
Alfred Strandrud
Seattle
Robert Thayer
Robert and
7Th
Helen M. Dickison
Hold Wife in Car Ramming and Beating of Former Husband
Mrs Johnnie Bledsoe, 22, was charged after ramming her car into the vehicle driven by her former husband Watson J. Bledsoe and beating him with broken grille pieces. He was not seriously injured. She faced an additional charge of driving without a license, claiming she was wearing only a brassiere and panties under a raincoat at the time.
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Denver
Colo
Johnnie Bledsoe
Watson J. Bledsoe
Mobutu Rounds Up Suspects in Congo
Gen. Joseph Mobutu's soldiers rounded up about 50 suspects amid reports of a plot to overthrow President Joseph Kasavubu. The detainees were disarmed, taken to security headquarters, humiliated, slapped, and forced to stand for hours in the tropical sun.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Joseph Kasavubu
Duluth Dad Rescues Sons From Cave-In
In Duluth Minnesota a father arriving home saved his son Gregory 14 and two neighbors Richard Goppen Ger and Jay Brown both 14 after a cave roof collapsed burying them under about a ton of earth. James Sallonardo freed them within minutes using a shovel and air pockets gave breath.
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Duluth
Minn
James Sallonardo
Lallonardo
Gregory
Richard Goppenger
Jay Brown
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