Floods Drownings Injure Train in Midwest Storms
Three people drowned as floods swelled rivers across southwestern Minnesota and eastern South Dakota. A Milwaukee Road passenger train derailed into a washout near Montevideo injuring crew members while no passengers were hurt. Flooding closed highways, forced evacuations, and sent guardsmen to assist in Yankton, Marshall, and Montevideo amid rising Redwood and Red River levels.
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S.D
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Harold Johnson
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Montevideo
Minn
Aberdeen
Minneapolis
Appleton
Great Northern
Sioux City
Green Lake
Spicer
Willmar
Chippewa
Lafqui Park
Highway 29
Weather Bureau
Redwood Falls
Marshall
Riots Leave Haiti Racked as 50 Die in Violence
Weekend unrest in Port au Prince surged with looting and arson after the army ousted Provisional President Daniel Fignole. Deaths reach at least 50 with 200 wounded and fears of more as troops fire on crowds and embassies are guarded.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Daniel Fignole
Two Lousy Matches Save Fisherman Adrift Five Days
Eureka fisherman Jack Coats 32 said he survived five days adrift in a disabled 36 foot boat after drifting 200 miles south of Arena Cove into fog and heavy seas. He was rescued by the destroyer George Anderson and towed to port by a Coast Guard cutter.
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Monterey
Calif
Pacific
Jack Coats
Eureka
Coats
George Anderson
Anderson
Coast Guard
Arena Cove
San Francisco
Weather Readings From Fire Station Roof
Official U 8 readings at 8 30 show 75 degrees with clear weather and a .28 inch precipitation in the past 24 hours. Previous 24 hours low 62 high 87. Herald Building hourly readings noted.
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U. 8
Austin Boy 11 Hit by Motor Boat
An 11 year old Austin boy, Gerald Novak, was struck by a motor boat while swimming near his parents cabin at Lake Mazaska, north of Faribault. He sustained a cut left arm, was taken to Faribault hospital for treatment, and released after X rays showed no fractures.
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Faribault
Gerald Novak
Francis Novak
N. Oak
Faribault Hospital
Gunman Gets $65 at Cannon Falls Station
A youth about 18 with a .22 caliber pistol robbed a Cannon Falls filling station at 3 am after forcing attendant Anton Berg to lie on the floor. The gunman fired four shots at a safe door lock and escaped with $65. no vehicle was seen.
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Cannon Falls
Minn
Anton Berg
Berg
From LaCrosse Family Die in Cuba Bus Crash
Three Americans were killed and 11 injured in a collision near Santiago de Cuba on Sunday. The deceased are Sidney Jensen 44 Renata 33 and 14 year old Renata of La Crosse Wisconsin. Their 13 year old son Michael was seriously injured.
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Santiago de Cuba
Sidney Jensen
Renata
la Crosse
Wis
Michael
Jensen
Jensens
Mervin Petty
Shlora
Procon International
Conviction of 5 Reds Reversed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court overturned the convictions of five Communist party leaders for plotting violent overthrow and ordered new trials for nine other California officials. The ruling freed the five entirely while justices differed on the broader outcome. The decision, delivered by Justice Harlan, affects defendants sentenced in Los Angeles in 1952 to five years and $10,000 fines each.
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Supreme Court
U.S
High Court
California
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Brennan
Whittaker
Justicer
Clark
Black
Douglas
Warren
Frankfurter
Burton
Strike Halts Rochester Bus Service
Rochester faced a halt in bus service as 23 Rochester Bus Lines drivers, members of Teamsters Local 874, walked out over a wage dispute. They rejected a fact finding commission’s two year contract offer with the current pay for 88 hours over two weeks and indicated they would accept only a one year term. Picket lines formed around the company building.
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Rochester
Minn
Rochester Bus Lines
Teamsters Union
Five Injured in Mississippi River Boat Explosion
In La Crosse Wisconsin four people remain in serious condition and one in critical condition after a motor on a 12 foot boat exploded Sunday in the Mississippi River above the Dresbach dam. Victims include Irvin Diamond of Trempealeau and his family, Edward Diamond 10 months, Charles Church 11, and Irvin Diamond Jr 2. They were rescued by Eberhart Hill of Galesville and others. Witnesses said the Diamons were blown from the boat.
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Eberhart Hill
Galesville
Wis
Fall fatal to tot in Minneapolis
Bruce Lipe aged 14 months, son of Mr and Mrs William O Lipe of suburban Crystal, died Sunday from head injuries after a fall at his home Wednesday. authorities reported the accident occurred at the Crystal residence and the child was treated at a local hospital before succumbing.
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Bruce Lipe
William O. Lipe
Suburban
Crystal
Tragic drownings in Minnesota weekend deaths
A 13 year old St Paul area girl Patricia Johnson drowned during a rain and hail storm while in a boat at Carvers Lake east of St Paul. Her 17 year old cousin Bonnie Johnson was rescued. Glen Hicks a 24 year old from Rochester drowned fishing at Lake Andrew near New London.
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Larry Johnson
Glen Hicks
Johnson
Carver's Lake
St. Paul
Bonnie Johnson
Abilene
Kan
Patty
Hicks
New London
Lake Andrew
Tornado Warning Issued for Minnesota and Wisconsin Regions
The Minneapolis Weather Bureau warns of scattered severe storms with isolated tornadoes this afternoon in extreme southeastern Minnesota, west central Wisconsin, and northeast Iowa. Severe activity is centered southeast of a Hastings to Iowa border line near Albert Lea.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minneapolis Weather Bureau
Hastings
Albert Lea
Humphrey Seeks Middle East Briefing With Eisenhower
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota meets President Eisenhower Wednesday to discuss Middle East issues. This is his third scheduled appointment, after cancellations due to the President’s stomach upset and a previous conflict with his children's graduation. The meeting time was adjusted to 9:30 a.m. on June 19.
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Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Middle East
White House
Minnesota
Egypt
Israel
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bernard Shanley
Shanley
Missing Fairhaven farmer found dead near home
In Fairhaven Minnesota the body of Max T Zirk 69 was found hanging from a tree about a mile from his home ending a nearly week long search.
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Fairhaven
Minn
Max T. Zirk
House Meets to Pass the Civil Rights Bill
The House agenda includes advancing President Eisenhower's civil rights bill amid Southern opposition in the Senate. After a Friday 199 167 vote defeating a key modification, debate will be shut by 6 p m. A Senate maneuver is hoped to push the measure around the Judiciary Committee. The main fight centers on jury trial demands for violators, which supporters say would weaken the bill.
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House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Road Block Near Brainerd Nets Juvenile Liquor Violations
A late night road block at Highway 371 and County Aid Road 10 in Cass Crow Wing counties stopped cars with minors and liquor. Three juveniles paid 25 dollars each for beer possession while Minneapolis man Charles Fevig 23 received a 100 dollar fine on illegal liquor charges. One man was held for investigation linked to a hit and run as cases remained pending. Sheriff Buck Simpson and Sheriff Roy Wickland led multiple officers to curb underage drinking and accidents.
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Wing County
Justice Court
Minneapolis
Charles Fevig
Simpson
Car Hits Ditch Killing One Injuring Another Near Austin
An Owatonna woman, Irene Manthey, 46, was killed when a car headed east on County Road 13 failed to turn at Highway 218 and crashed into an east ditch eight miles north of Austin at 2 45 a m. The driver, William Werhan, 23, of Owatonna, was hospitalized in critical condition. A coroner's inquest will be held at Mayer Funeral Home. The crash raised Mower County traffic deaths to seven for the year.
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Owatonna
William D. Werhan
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Werhan
St. Olaf Hospital
Austin
H. M. Fisch
Owatonna Tool Co
Easton
al Reinartz
Mayer Funeral Home
Mower
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A. M. Schurman
Mark Meyer
Joseph Wondra
Robert McCloskey
Bert Plehal
Ralph E. Peterson
Verhan
Mayer Funeral
Brick
Mower County
Minneapolis
William Collett
Buffalo
Hormel Week Celebrated In Fremont 10th Plant Anniversary
Fremont marks Hormel Week with city events and displays honoring Geo A Hormel & Co after establishing a packing plant ten years ago. Gov Victor Anderson leads a Nebraska official delegation to a June 20 luncheon as the Hormel board is featured.
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Hormel Merch
Victor Anderson
Nebraska
Fremont
Charles Gold
Nebraska Resources Division
W. W. Lambert
College of Agriculture
University of Nebraska
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Ray Simmons Fremont
Paul Dieckman
Midland College
Cash Reynolds
Fremont Industries, Inc
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Hormel Company
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