VFW Urges Action on WW I Vet Pensions in Minnesota
Forty-eight resolutions passed at the state VFW convention cover ism civil defense welfare and rehabilitation. The group presses the House to grant pensions to World War I veterans and backs measures to ban Communist party activity in Minnesota and punish membership.
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VFEW
House
Veterans of Foreign Wars State Convention
VFW
House of Representatives
U. S
Communist Party
Minnesota
East German shoots at West Berlin guard miss
An East German border guard fired at a West Berlin policeman patrolling the Red wall but missed. West Berlin police reported the incident occurred today during routine patrols near the border.
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E. German
W. Berlin Guard
Berlin
West Berlin
Red Wall
Noted pianist Alfred Cortot dies at 85 in Lausanne
Concert pianist Alfred Cortot, partner of Pablo Casals and Jacques Thibaud, died Friday in Lausanne Switzerland from a kidney ailment at age 85.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Alfred Cortot
Pablo Casals
Jacques Thibaud
Parade to highlight VFW convention in Austin
A 132-unit parade through downtown Austin features color guards drum and bugle corps bands dignitaries clowns and queens starting at 2 30 p m The route goes from Queen of Angels Church along 10th Street NE to Main Street and ends at the Terp ballroom parking lot The lineup includes national and state VFW officers Hamm's unit high school bands from Grand Meadow Lyle Preston Blooming Prairie Rose Creek Adams and others Judy Halvorson Austin Aquatennial Princess and Miss Austin June Stegeman with Pageant of Drums Friday night Chanute Air Force marching band Also many neighboring towns contribute units.
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Alcuin Loehr
St. Cloud
Edwin Meyer
Fairmont
Clifford Salisbury
Austin
Charles V. Stark
Minneapolis
Lowell J. Easthand
White Bear Lake
Ronald Kenitz
Gilman Goehrs
James Reid
South St. Paul
Bemidji
Department
International Falls
Hibbing
Two Harbors
Russell B. Haase
Lowell Eastland
R. B. Hande
Arthur G. Notch
Hamm Indians
St. Olaf Hospital
Donna Mae Bixly
St. Edward's School
Spamtown Lancers
Indian Head Council
Drum Corps
St. Paul
Ballantine Ascension Corps
Fergus Falls
North St. Paul
East St. Cloud
Minnewaska
Glenwood
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Queen of Angels Church
10Th St
4Th Ave
Main Street
2Nd Ave
Terp
VFW
Auxiliary
Hamm
Grand Meadow
Lyle, Preston
Blooming Prairie
Rose Creek
Adams
Judy Halvorson
June Stegeman
Chanute Air Force
Ozark Service Here Will Close Aug. 13
Ozark Airlines will shut its Austin station on August 13 under Civil Aeronautics Board orders. The carrier started Austin service January 4, 1960, and faced low monthly passenger counts, with the CAB permitting a ramp down of Austin operations while maintaining other Des Moines to Minneapolis routes. Fort Dodge, Dubuque, and Ottumwa added to Ozark routes in the same order.
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Ozark Air Lines
Austin
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ozark
Austin - Albert Lea
CAB
Des Moines
Minnesota launches dual survey of Red River flood damage
The state orders National Guard troops from Camp Ripley to survey damage to roads bridges and public installations in the Red River valley as crop prospects are discussed with county agents. Officials report planting delays heavy moisture and a push to graze soil bank lands while seeking federal approval.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Red River
Elmer L. Andersen
Camp Ripley
Duane Wilson
Crookston
Wilson
Paul S. Telmuschuch
Thief River Falls
Jack Tanner
East Grand Forks
American Crystal Sugar Co
Red River Valley
Freeman
Andersen
Clearwater
Norman
Bennington
Red Lake
Polk County
Weather Outlook with Showers and Humidity Increase
Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible through Sunday with low 55 and high 82, humidity high. Monday looks partly cloudy with temperatures slightly below normal. Local temperatures are reported with scattered patterns and moisture in the air.
YMCA Purchases Land for Austin Community Center
The Austin YMCA bought a 60 000 square foot site next to the Red Cedar Inn from Faye and Dr. Fred Rayman for 60 000 dollars. The plan includes a pool gymnasium teen center handball courts and more with future parking and tennis facilities. James R Williams credits Dr Tracy Barber Mrs Rasmussen and Jack Gower for the site purchase.
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YMCA
Austin
Faye Rayman
Fred Rayman
James R. Williams
Austin Ymca Board of Directors
1St Drive
Red Cedar Inn
Tron
Williams
Tracy Barber
H. E. Rasmussen
Jack Gower
Bloodmobile visits Lyle and Austin next week
Red Cross Bloodmobile arrives in Lyle Parish Center from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday and moves to Moose Club rooms in Austin at 206 Ird Ave NE for 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday. Negative type blood is in high demand as summer travel increases accidents.
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Lyle and
Austin
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Lyle
Moose Club
Ird Ave
Harold Lamon
Red Cross County Blood
The
Red Cross
United Fund
Gilbert vows to repay all funds after $2 million withdrawal
New York financier Edward M. Gilbert says he hopes to pay back the money and make everyone whole, though he admits uncertainty on how to do so. He flew to Rio de Janeiro to await extradition proof and denies fleeing U.S. justice while claiming he withdrew the funds to protect both E. L. Bruce Co. and himself.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Edward M. Gilbert
New York
Brazil Herald
E.L. Bruce Co
The
Rio
United States
Wall Street
E. L. Bruce Co
20 Carat Diamond Stolen From Author
Norwalk police report two men forced entry into author Harold Robbins home while he and his wife shopped. A 20-carat diamond ring and other furs and jewelry valued at about 100000 dollars were taken. The maid Bertha Newman described two armed men entering after finding she was alone.
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Norwalk
Desire for Money and Power Haunts Estes Case
A House subcommittee will hear James A. McConnell who warned Commercial Solvents in 1960 that Billie Sol Estes’s deal carried seeds of self destruction. Estes faces bankruptcy questions as creditors seek action while his debt nears $38.39 million against $20.79 million in assets.
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Geoffrey Gould Washington
House
Commercial Solvents Corp
Billie Sol Estes
James A. McConnell
Billie
cConnell
Maynard C. Wheeler
Commercial Solvents
Estes
Wheeler
Company
William S. Leonhard
Bankruptcy Faces Estes on Monday
Billie Sol Estes faces a creditors’ meeting in Dallas to settle debts totaling about 17.5 million. If rejected, a federal judge will order bankruptcy proceedings, after creditors spurned Estes plan to fund a farm youth program and limit claims to debts.
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el Paso
Tex
Billie Sol
Estes
R. FE. Thomason
Thomason
Dallas
U.S. Dist
R. Ewing Thomason
Pecos
Pro Western Cabinet Quits in South Korea
Seoul reports Premier Song Yo Chan has resigned and the military government accepted his departure along with Finance Minister Chun Byung Kyu. Other ministers signaled stepping down though only Song and Chun were named in the junta statement, with discord on economic policy cited as a factor.
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Seoul
Song Yo-Chan
South Korea
Chun Byung-Kyu
Song
Chun
Five Year Sugar Act Extension Approved by Committee
The House Agriculture Committee approved a five year extension of the Sugar Act on a 2-5 vote. The bill would raise domestic producers’ share to 60 percent and assign quotas to 15 new foreign nations. The current law expires June 30.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Rules Committee
House
Meadow Band Plans Summer Concert Schedule
Grand Meadow Minnesota senior band will give weekly concerts starting June 23 at 8 p.m. on the school grounds through the summer. They will march in the VFW parade in Austin and on June 20 participate in the Dairy Princess contest festivities in Lake City featuring Nancy Stejskal. Paul Schulz is the band instructor.
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Grand Meadow
Minn
Austin
Lake City
Nancy Stejskal
Paul Schulz
Algerians Fear Secret Army Wrecking Country by Remote Control
Algiers battles a widespread assault by the Secret Army as explosions rock city hall, Mustapha Hospital, and power dams. Six soldiers killed, dozens wounded, and authorities warn of more attacks across the territory.
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Algiers
Secret Army
Algeria
Ninth Zouave Regiment
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