Farmland Flood Damage Put At 15 Million Dollars
The Minnesota River flood crest near New Ulm sent floodwaters over farmlands in five counties. Upstream dike breaks and road closures caused extensive crop losses and public facility needs. Rehabilitation plans and disaster aid were set as Marshall and New Ulm faced rising water.
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Associated Press
New Ulm
Minnesota
Marshall
Burdick
Philip White
Arnold Grams
Grams
Cottonwood
Civil Defense
J. Gil Gaiser
Red Cross Disaster
Gaiser
State Executive Council
Senators Fight Civil Rights Shortcut In Senate Clash
Southern senators denounce a planned bypass of the Judiciary Committee as Knowland echoes a rule to place the House civil rights bill on the Senate calendar directly. Russell and other Democrats warn the move would start a legislative lynching bee and Johnson calls the timeline uncertain. The fight marks a first Senate test of Eisenhower’s civil rights program.
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Washington
Knowland
California
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
House
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Weather readings from fire station roof show clear day
Official U S readings taken from the roof of the fire station report 8 30 am temperature 69 degrees. The low in the past 24 hours was 56 and the high 89 with clear skies continuing.
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U. S
Truman Says U S Is Losing Respect At Dinner Speech
Former President Harry S. Truman told a Harrisburg audience that the Eisenhower administration abdicated international responsibilities and lost confidence and respect among free nations. He criticized leadership in the State Department and White House and warned allies cannot trust U S foreign policy while communism advances.
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Harrisburg
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Free World
Middle East
Far East
Alliance of Free Nations
State Department
White House
U S Bases Curbs on Trade With Russia
Washington eased restrictions on exporting nonstrategic goods to Russia and allied states, adding about 200 commodities to the license free list. The Bureau of Foreign Commerce stressed the move does not alter the embargo on strategic items or shipments to Communist China.
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Washington
Russia
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Soviet Bloc
China
Fires 105 Mm at Ripley
Austin visitors tour Camp Ripley with Major Roope and Lt. Buechner. Austin Guardsmen fire 105 mm recoiless artillery for the first time at the Minnesota National Guard encampment. The group tours the 45,000 acre camp, observes heavy weapon practice, and enjoys meals with Co. H members.
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Austin
Co. H
Minnesota National Guard
Camp Ripley
Donald R. Earl
W. Bridge
Robert Langen
W. Allegheney
J.c. Hubert Wacholtz
Minnesota
135Th Infantry Regiment
Roope
National Guard
Justice Dept to Seek Supreme Court Action on GI Case
The Justice Department appealed to the Supreme Court after a district court barred surrender of GI William S. Gir to Japan for trial. The petition urged an early ruling to avoid delays and fulfill Japan related commitments, noting an appeal is pending in the US Court of Appeals. Meanwhile Japan proceeds with plans to try the 21 year old Army specialist on charges related to the January death of Mrs. Naka Sakai.
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Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
William S. Gir
U. S
High Tribunal
Brownell
Herbert Brownell
J. Lee Rankin
Justice
Defense Department
Douglas
Middle East
High Court
US Court of Appeals
United States
Japan
Rependent
Naka Sakai
Humphrey Stock Profits Draw Fire in Senate Probe
Senator Gore decried a jump in Treasury Secretary Humphrey earnings from 1953 stock holdings. Humphrey disclosed January 1953 holdings totaling about 12.6 million dollars, up 85 percent since entering the Cabinet, including M. A. Hanna Co. shares and Hanna Coal & Ore Corp. stock.
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Washington
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Treasury
M. A. Hanna Co
The
Hanna Co
Hanna Coal & Ore Corp
Guardsman Killed in Royalton Car and Truck Collision
Minnesota National Guardsman Robert G. Smith 21 of St. Paul was killed in a side swipe collision with a semitrailer truck driven by Harold W. Sangre 53 of Cokato. The crash occurred about 2 20 a m on Highway 10 in Royalton during summer training at Camp Ripley. Smith’s death raises Minnesota's traffic toll to 267 for the year, compared with 197 at the same point last year.
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Royalton
Minn
Camp Ripley
Highway 10
Robert G. Smith
Hoyt Ave
St. Paul
204Th
A.m. Harold W. Sangre
Route 1
Cokato
Smith
Minnesota
Two Planes Added to Highway Patrol
Two newly purchased state highway patrol air planes go into service with patrolmen at the controls. The Super Cubs two place planes fully radio equipped will patrol known trouble spots and begin during July Fourth holiday traffic with speed limit areas among the first aerial patrols.
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ST. Paul
Missing couple arrested for speeding in Williamsport
Christina Wennestrom, 16, daughter of a Swedish air attache, and Huw Williams, 18, a U S Senate page boy, were stopped on U S 15 near Montoursville, Pa, for 65 in a 50 zone after eloping from Washington. They later admitted a West Virginia wedding and honey moon in Canada before returning for guidance from Washington.
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U.S. Senate
Page
Washington
Christina Wennestrom
Huw Williams
Col
Stig Wennerstrom
Christina
Robert Gorman
Clifford O'Neill
U. S. 15
Montoursville
West Virginia
Canada
Leroy Foulkrod
Montoursville Barracks
U. S. State Department
Foulkrod
Col. Wennerstrom
Young Williams
Stassen proposes U S cuts to 2.4 million in wartime talk
Harold Stassen told the disarmament conference the United States would trim its armed forces to 2.4 million men if the Soviet Union makes a matching cut. He said the plan carries no political preconditions but ties to a suspension of nuclear weapon tests.
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London
Harold Stassen
United States
Russia
Summerfield
Druggist Held in Dope Raid in Minneapolis
Minneapolis drug store operator Joseph Hoffman 52 owner of Corner Drug Store 1725 Fourth Ave S was seized by police and federal narcotics agents after three men were arrested in a LaSalle Avenue apartment. Keith Searles 30 bought narcotics without a prescription. All narcotics seized and store padlocked as Hoffman and the men were held without charge.
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Minneapolis
Joseph Hoffman
Fourth Ave. S
Charles Wetherille
Keith K. Searles
LaSalle Avenue
Hoffman
Jake Sullivan
Drownings After St Louis River Boat Capsizes
Two 21 year old men Francis Anderson and Edward Koenig drowned when a 12 foot aluminum boat capsized in the St. Louis River near Duluth. A third man, David Waltenburg, with a broken leg, swam to an island using a life preserver but could not provide details. Coast Guardsmen recovered the craft and two life preservers washed up on a beach. The river flows into Duluth Harbor below the tipping point.
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Duluth
Minn
Superior
Wis
St. Louis
Francis Anderson
Edward Koenig
David Waltenburg
Coast
Father of 2 Drowns in Floodwater
William Kremin 24 and farmer near Hanley Falls drowned while wading the Yellow Medicine River in floodwaters to bring groceries to his isolated family. His son Putnam crossed earlier by boat, then crossed back and was swept away during the attempt to reach the other bank. Searchers recovered only a wrapped box of strawberries.
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Granite Falls
Minn
William Kremin
Hanley Falls
Here
Yellow Medicine River
Putnam
Jim Richeson
House Appropriations Cuts Press Postal Funding Request
The House Appropriations Committee told the Post Office Department to trim services and live within reduced funds to avoid a repeat fiscal debacle. It cuts 16 percent from an extra 149 percent million request, with implications for Star Route, second class, and Saturday services.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
House
Seenet
TV Broadcasts Banned for House Hearings
Washington House Speaker Rayburn ruled out any radio or television broadcasts of committee or subcommittee hearings in Washington or elsewhere. The move targets the Un American Activities Committee after its San Francisco hearings drew TV cameras this week. Walter Joseph Clark said the earlier ruling might not apply this Congress and sought official clarification.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
House Committee
Subcommittee
Committee On UN American Activities
San Francisco
Committee
Walter
Cpa
U N Expected to Seek Armistice Revision in Korea
Seoul sources say Allied leaders will press to scrap or revise the armistice ban on new weapons in Korea The move follows reports that North Korean and Chinese forces have illegally introduced weapons since July 1953 The push could precede arming U S divisions with newer weapons possibly ready for atomic warheads and is linked to prior hints from Defense Secretary Wilson The Joint Military Armistice Commission delayed in response to Communist requests and will meet tomorrow afternoon with public statements planned after the session.
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United Nations
U.N
Korea
North Korea
U.S
South Korea
Defense Wilson
Joint Military Armistice Commission
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Harry Patterson
Stanley Hammermeister
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Art Sprandel
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