Full Day of Fun for Austin’s Centennial Birthday
Austin celebrates its centennial with a free all day program by the Centennial Corp. on July 4. The city invites residents and visitors to join in the largest birthday party Minnesota has seen, with activities for every age and free admission.
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Austin
Austin Centennial Corp
Minnesota
Civil Air Patrol
Leverich
East Side Lake
United States
Jerry Maloney
Pat Guy and Co
Jet Crash Kills North Dakota Pilot in Minnesota Field
Lt. Richard J. Froeschle 22 of Moorhead died when his F940 Starfire jet crashed in a muddy corn field near Lester Prairie Minnesota after reporting a flame out. The crash occurred about an hour after takeoff from Fargo with three other pilots en route to Camp Williams Wisconsin for training. Cornell reported Froeschle’s warning before losing sight of the aircraft which struck a power line and a road before landing in the field.
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Lester Prairie
Minn
Minnesota
North Dakota Air National Guard
Richard J. Froeschle
Moorhead
Froeschle
Air Force
North Dakota Agricultural College
Fargo
178Th
Camp Williams
Tomah
Wis
Darrell Cornell
Cornell
Nineteen Britons Die in Cyprus Forest Fire
Nineteen British soldiers died in a forest fire during a manhunt in the Troodos Mountains. Eighteen were injured as wind shifted the flames toward their positions and vehicles. About 2,000 troops had been pursuing George Grivas leading EOKA.
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Cyprus
Nicosia
Troodes
George Grivas
EOKA
Dighenis
Crop Sprayer Killed in North Dakota Farm Crash
Berton Ervin Whitmire thirty from Carlsbad New Mexico died when his crop spraying plane nose-dived and crashed about 57 miles southeast of Cando on the Ludwig Swenson farm. He died in Towner County Memorial Hospital two hours later leaving a widow and two children.
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Cando
N.D
Berton Ervin Whitmire
Carlsbad
N.M
Whitmire
Ludwig Swenson
Towner County
Towner County Memorial Hospital
Nixon and Dulles Visit Ike On Hospital Stay
Vice President Nixon met with President Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital and said there was no discussion of political plans. Dulles joined for a brief chat. Hagerty noted Ike weighs 162 pounds, seven pounds less than admission.
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Richard Nixon
John Foster Dulles
James Hagerty
Eisenhower
Dulles
Nixon
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Three Die In Stevens County Auto Crashes
Three men died in Stevens County over the weekend in separate crashes. Ervie Loher and Allie Karpinski, both 60s, were killed in a collision near Alberta with a Mor Ris group of six youths. Woodrow Wisdom, 28, was killed when a pickup overturned east of Morris on Highway 28.
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Morris, Minn
Stevens County
Minnesota
Ervie Loher
Allie Karpinski
Alberta
Here
Loder
Karpinski
Woodrow Wisdom
Connerville
Okla
Morris
Wisdom
David Hansen
Pryor
Donald Behl
Convicted Judge Put on Probation in Minnesota
Former Probate Judge Ben P. Constantine was placed on indeterminate probation for misappropriating a $1,250 check. District Judge Rol Barron stayed a 10 year sentence, ordered repayment to Vincent A. Tini within six months, and placed Constantine under parole board jurisdiction.
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Duluth
Minn
Ben P. Constantine
Rol Barron
Wadena
Constantine
Vincent A. Tini
Eveleth
Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation
Tini
Barron
State Parole Board
Five year old dies in jet crash at Wold Field
Cassandra Kieffer, 5, dies at Veterans Hospital after surviving a June 9 jet crash that killed six others. Four children remain critically injured among nine total patients including Navy nurses and medical corpsmen aiding treatment at Minneapolis facilities.
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Wold
Minneapolis
Cassandra Kieffer
Veterans Hospital
Wold-Chamberlain Field
Kieffer
Jeffrey
Jennifer
Lynn Greening
Stephen Clark
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Ilinois
Olympic Cage Team Will Play Here Now
Soggy southern Minnesota faced renewed rain and flooding after weekend downpours that caused bridge washouts and property damage. One child, George Vikla, 8, was killed by lightning during a thunderstorm near Faribault. Forecasters warned of more thundershowers with heavy rain likely in southern Minnesota over the next five days.
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Minnesota
George M. Vikla
Wheatland Township
Faribault
Vikla
Martin Vikla
Weather Bureau
Lyon County
Balaton
New Ulm
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Mankato
Lake Crystal
Raymond Newell
Austin to host Olympic basketball warmup game date set
Todd Back From N Y With Date reports that Austin will host an Olympic basketball warmup game on November 4. Todd represented Austin at a New York meeting with Olympic Basketball Committee chair Harry Henshel and manager James Coogan. The Austin Chamber of Commerce led the invitation and a banquet will honor Burdette Haldorson and other team members.
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W. D
Bill
Todd
New York
Austin
Bill) Todd
Olympic Basketball Committee
Harry Henshel
James Coogan
Henshel
Chamber of Commerce
Burdette Haldorson
Chuck Darling
Bill Houghland
Bob Jengerard
Jim Walsh
Carl Cain
K. C. Jones
Bill Russell
Bill Evans
Gib Ford
Ron Tomsic
Dick Boushka
Melbourne
Australia
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Haldorson
Burdie
Colorado University
C. E. Belshaw
S. Greenwich
Four Austinites survive plane crash near Plankington South Dakota
Dr A J Schaub and his wife son and Kenneth Dvorak escaped injury when Navion crashed a mile west of Plankington on Highway 16 after trying to land in a small field. Plane stayed upright and no traffic on highway. Damaged about $1000 per state patrol.
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Austin
Plankington
S. C
A. J. Schaub
W. Oakland
Jim
Kenneth Dvorak
W. Bridge
Schaub
Highway 16
Dr. Schaub
Anna Schaub
Roger
Delton Schultz
Mitchell
S. D
Weekend Rain Delivers Spotty Moisture Across County
Rainfall varied widely from .85 inches in Austin to 1.75 inches in Grand Meadow ending a week long heat spell. Towns such as Spring Valley and LeRoy reported scattered showers while others saw little to no rain. No crop or building damage reported. a sprinkler ban remains in effect 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
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Austin
Grand Meadow
Mower County
Spring Valley
West Station
LeRoy
Blooming Prairie
Hayfield
Ellendale
Fairbault
Bemidji Woman, 20, Killed in North Dakota Crash
Two people died in weekend highway accidents in North Dakota raising the year toll to 50. Victims were Mrs Barbara Forde 20 of Bemidji Minnesota and Miland White Eagle 57 of Cannon Ball North Dakota in separate crashes.
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North Dakota
Barbara Forde
Bemidji
Minn
Miland White Eagle
Cannon Bail
N.D
University Student Beats Son to Death in Dorm
EAST LANSING Mich Police said a Japanese Hawaiian student at Michigan State University beat his 7 year old son to death in their campus barracks apartment Sunday night because the child put up a fuss about going to sleep.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Grocer and Burglar Duel in Early Morning Shootout
In Minneapolis at 1229 S Eighth St early today a burglar and grocer exchanged fire after the intruder tampered with a cash register. The burglar fled with about five dollars in coins, both sides exhausting ammunition in the brief gun duel.
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Minneapolis
George Weinberger
S. Eighth St
Weinberger
City Traffic Accidents Report 1955 1956 Fatalities and Loss
Traffic data shows 381 fatalities and 485 injuries from 1955 1956 incidents. Damages amount to 55057 dollars in 1955 and 65852 dollars in 1956 across all reported accidents.
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