Inquest Called in Traffic Death of Lowell Fretty
An inquest will decide if negligence occurred in the traffic death of 23 year old Lowell L. Fretty after a car left Highway 105 near Austin. Fretty died of skull fracture and chest injuries, dead on arrival at St Olaf Hospital. The coroner and sheriff investigate as a six man jury views the body and hears testimony.
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Lowell Fretty
Lowell L. Fretty
Brownsdale
George Stahl
Fretty
Highway 105
Austin
Stahl
St. Olaf Hospital
al Reinartz
Wallie Lieh
Kneal Hinders
S. River
Ten Die in Weekend Minnesota Highway Crashes
Ten people died in nine separate accidents Saturday and Sunday in Minnesota, with an eleventh fatality from earlier injuries. The toll brings the year’s highway deaths to 292, surpassing last year’s pace. A St Paul woman Mrs Roy Johnson 19 died in a fiery crash near Camp Ripley.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
St. Paul
Roy Johnson
Camp Ripley
Adams Nixes Invite to Run for Governor
Sherman Adams declined the Republican gubernatorial nomination in New Hampshire's Sept. 9 primaries saying he has a job to finish in Washington. Albert Levitt urged him to run, citing support from admirers in Hancock. Adams previously served as New Hampshire governor from 1949 to 1953.
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Adams Nixes
Hancock
N.H
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Washington
Adams
Albert Levitt
U.S
The
Virgin Islands
Eisenhower
State employment up 15 000 in May
Minnesota non farm employment rose by 15 200 from April to May but lagged May of the previous year by 20 400 or 22 percent. Commissioner Frank T. Starkey reported 889 224 workers employed in May with gains mainly in construction and transportation.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
State Commissioner of Employment Security
Frank T. Starkey
Minnesota Legislature Adopts 3-Point Anti-Recession Plan
In a swift special session, Minnesota lawmakers completed organization and passed bills aligning with Gov Freeman. Key measures expand unemployment benefits to 13 weeks beyond existing limits and offer up to six additional weeks, with two Korean bonus bill variants and two distressed area fund bills. One fund would finance public works in high unemployment areas, another targets reforestation and natural resources. A resolution urged Congress to extend unemployment benefits under federal law.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Freeman
A. I. Johnson
Benson
Odin Langen
Kennedy
Congress
Tractor Tips Kills Youth in Hayfield Area
A 15 year old Hayfield area farm boy Melvin Hanson was killed instantly Saturday afternoon when the tractor he was driving flipped while turning on Dodge County Road 5. Witnesses Larry Hanson and David Jurath saw the tragedy as coroner Dr. Ross Robertson and Sheriff Willis Fryer investigated. funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Hayfield Presbyterian Church.
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Hayfield
Minn
Hayfield Area
Melvin Hanson
Elmer Hason
Robert Tieden
Dodge County
Willis Fryer
Melvin
Larry Hanson
David Jurath
Ross Robertson
Fryer
Larry
Mark
Talmer Severson
Hayfield Presbyterian Church
Couple Drowns Near Slayton in Lake Shetek Fishing Accident
Arthur Malmigren, 59, a Minnesota state highway maintenance worker, and his wife Vi, 30, drowned in Lake Shetek during a weekend fishing trip near Slayton. Their capsized boat was found in eight feet of water about 50 yards from shore after an unmoved car prompted a Sunday search. Authorities theorize the boat tipped when someone stood up to land a fish or pull in the anchor.
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Slayton
Minn
Storden
Shetek
Arthur Malmigren
Malmigrens
Fire destroys two Currie business buildings
Fire swept through two Currie Minnesota buildings destroying Ma and Pa's Restaurant and an adjacent tavern bowling alley. A mother and her three children escaped upstairs. Loss estimated at 30000 to 40000 dollars. Four fire departments including Currie Tracy Slayton and Walnut Grove battled the blaze about three thirty this morning. Cause under investigation.
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Currie, Minn
Barbara Holbroeck
Pa's
Currie
Tracy
Slayton
Walnut Grove
Minnesota
Penn Silvernail
Nelsen Endorsed for Congress Seat in District Convention
Mankato Minnesota AP. Cher Nelsen won the 2nd District Republican endorsement on the third ballot at a special convention to fill the seat vacated by Rep. Joseph O Hara. Nelsen, resigning as state GOP chairman, carried support with Roy Schultz Malcolm McKenzie and others backing him. He noted some dissent while pledging to do the best job in government.
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Joseph O'Hara
R-Minn
Nelsen
GOP
Nelson
National Rural Electrification Administration
Orville Freeman
John McBrien
Farmington
Alf Swenson
Wilder
O'Hara
William Scott
Arlington
Sibley County
Judge Denies Stay on Little Rock Integration Suspension
U S Dist Judge Harry J. Lemley refused a request to stay his order suspending school integration at Central High in Little Rock for 2 1/2 years. NAACP attorney Wiley Branton planned an appeal while the School Board argued the stay would benefit Negro pupils only. Oral arguments lasted six minutes as spectators filled the courtroom.
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Little Rock, Ark
U.S. Dist
Harry J. Lemley
Little Rock
Central High School
Wiley Branton
National Assn
Ment
U.S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Branton
Lemsey
Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
A. F. House of
Negro Leaders Press Ike Over Little Rock School Ruling
At a White House meeting with President Eisenhower four Black leaders denounced the court order suspending Little Rock school integration as shocking to Black citizens and many Americans. A. Philip Randolph said Eisenhower did not comment on the ruling nor commit to a nine point civil rights program. The group planned broader civil rights asks beyond immediate Little Rock concerns.
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Eisenhower
Little Rock
Ark
White House
Ing
A. Philip Randolph
International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
U.S. Dist
Harry Lemley
Randolph
Attack Victim Still in Coma
In St Paul police guard 15 year old Frances Grosskreutz in a coma after a brutal beating in Highland Park. A tape recorder is at her bedside to catch her potential utterance of her attacker’s name. An 18 year old suspect questioned and released after an alibi.
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Frances Grosskreutz
William Proetz
Highland Park
Grosskreutz
Max Conrad Far From Palermo in Transatlantic Flight
Max Conrad, a 55 year old aviator from Winona Minnesota, was reported late near Palermo after long radio silence raised concern. Rome Ciampino cited a report from Cagliari Sardinia that he was well over the Mediterranean with storms delaying contact. He had earlier radioed Shannon airport he was 75 miles west of Bordeaux France at 4 07 a.m. EST and later was reported over Portugal.
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Paris
Max Conrad
Palermo
Sicily
Rome
Ciampino
Cagliari
Sardinia
Conrad
Mediterranean
Winona
Minn
Dublin
Shannon
Bordeaux
France
Portugal
Freeman proposes 3 point relief plan for jobless in Minnesota
Gov. Freeman urged a special session to enact a three part program to inject over 22 million dollars into circulation. The plan extends unemployment benefits, accelerates Korea bonus payments, and creates a 1.5 million dollar public works fund to aid areas with high unemployment.
Weather Report From Herald Weather Site
Readings from the Herald Weather Site atop the Fire Station show a high of 70 degrees in the past 34 hours and a low of 41. At 8 30 a.m. the temperature was 42 with general weather noting 24 rain.
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U. 8
Herald
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