Packers Prepare for New Look Under Scheid in Southern Minnesota League
Austin Packers veteran Lou Ciola steps aside as manager in favor of Emil Scheid who returns from Mason City to pilot the Packers as they face Albert Lea Sunday at Marcusen Park. Ciola will stay on as pitcher as changes ripple through the club following a 16-6 loss to Mankato.
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Austin Packers
Minnesota
Lou Ciola
Packers
Emil Scheid
Scheid
Austin
Mason City
Albert Lea
Marcusen Park
Braves
Paul Bruns
Mankato
Austin Baseball Assn
Ciola
Ray Boettcher
Passport Refusals Upheld by U S Court of Appeals
The U S Court of Appeals upheld the State Department's authority to deny passports to individuals who refuse to sign non- Communist oaths. The ruling relates to Dr Walter Briehl of Los Angeles and Rockwell Kent of Ausable Forks New York who rejected the affidavits. Kent said he would appeal to the Supreme Court and argued the right to travel has ancient and constitutional backing.
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Washington
WU. S.S. Court of Appeals
State Department
Walter Briehl
Los Angeles
Rockwell Kent
Ausable Forks
N. Y
Kent
Associated Press
U. S. Supreme Court
Minnesota Employment Reaches May Record High
Nonfarm employment in Minnesota rose to a May record of 893 937 jobs as reported by the Department of Employment Security. Director Frank T. Starkey cited construction adding 11 200 workers and notable gains in transportation equipment manufacturers, canners, and agricultural machinery firms. Weekly pay in production reached 94.62 dollars, with general industrial pay at 83.50.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Department of Employment Security
Frank T. Starkey
Starkey
Queen and Philip Reported in Crash
STAINES England A dark green sports car and a small sedan collided last night in front of Reginald Parker's vegetable store. Parker and his wife ran out and said the sports car was driven by Prince Philip with Queen Elizabeth II as passenger. Witnesses said occupants of both vehicles escaped injury. Shortly after the accident the royal couple attended a dinner in nearby Windsor Castle.
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Staines
England
Reginald Parker
Parker
Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth II
W Castle
Five Miners Trapped 14 Hours Rescued by Auger Drill
Five miners trapped 14 hours in Betsy Mine No 3 Pocahatan Powhatan Co sought air and safety as a 230 foot auger bored through hillside rock. Rescue ended at 10:50 p m with all men uninjured and reunited with families. Names given include Kowalski Lupinski Horvath Robbins Hamilton and Sabol.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Fred Sabol
Harrisville
Hank Horvath
Glenn Robbins
Martin Kowalski
Joseph Lupinski
Mount Pleasant
Kenny Hamilton
Adena
Betsy Mine No
Powhatan Mining Co
Kowalski
Weather Readings From Fire Station Roof
Official U S readings at 8 30 today show a temperature of 62 degrees with clear weather. Overnight low was 50 and high 84 in the previous 24 hours.
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U. S
Soviets Accept in Principle U S Disarmament Proposal
London reports that the Soviet Union accepted in principle an American plan for transferring nonnuclear weapons to international control. The plan envisions lists of armaments to stockpile under international supervision, later destroyed or repurposed. Stassen proposed that major powers list their eligible weapons and proceed after joint agreement.
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London
U.S
Russia
Harold E. Stassen
U.N
Civil Service OKs Salary Adjustments
St Paul Francis W Rus sell chairman of the State Civil Service Board announced that state salaries will be generally more competitive with private industry following expansion of the pay plan by the Legislature and new job assignments approved by the board. The major objectives were to recruit more competitively reduce turnover which in 1956 totaled over 1 700 employees and improve the level of state service. The Legislature added seven salary ranges to the 38 formerly authorized by law.
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ST. Paul
Francis W. Russell
Cold Spring
State Civil Service Board
Russell
Nickerson Defends Air Power Stance at Court Martial
Col. John C. Nickerson Jr. testifies that national defense policy overemphasizes air power. He pleads guilty to lax handling of secret data and faces a possible sentence up to dismissal and 30 years. He describes a global clash with Russia and argues for a balanced force amid an ongoing trial.
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Huntsville
Ala
John C. Nickerson Jr
National Defense
Nickerson
Army
Carol
Russia
United States
U. S
Free World
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Asia
Heat and isolation fatal to Texas vacationer
The body of Clifford S. White of Houston was found near Big Bend National Park after he and his wife, missing since Tuesday, wandered off in 114 degree heat. Rangers say White walked about 10 miles seeking help after their station wagon became stuck. authorities fear Mrs. White may be alive. The couple, aged about 45, had a cabin in the Chisos Basin and had been warned not to travel in the unpatrolled border area between the park and Mexico.
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Alpine
Tex
Big Bend National Park
Clifford S. White
Houston
Russell White
Marfa
Civil Air Patrol
Alpine Park
George W. Miller
Mrs. White
White
Rio Grande
Texas
Park
Chisos Mountain
Miller
Nashville
Mississippi Flood Surges Beyond St Paul Crest Forecast
Mississippi River rises past flood stage at St Paul with expected three more feet by weekend. Weather Bureau predicts crests along the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, prompting evacuations, flooded parks, and aircraft moved to safer fields as crops sustain widespread damage.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Minnesota River
Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Carver
Minnesota
Chaska
Savage
Guttenberg
Iowa
Red Wing
Winona
la Crosse
Crow River
Hennepin County
Rockford
Dayton
Delano
Thye
R-Minn
Senate panel backs bigger military funds than House
The Senate Defense Appropriations subcommittee neared approval of a bill restoring about a billion dollars to military funds for the next fiscal year. The move, described as near cash-equivalent to House cuts, signals a victory for the Eisenhower administration.
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Washington
Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
House
Eisenhower
Subcommittee
Congress
Armed Services
Pentagon
Audrey Hurriance Strikes Texas Louisiana Border Area
Hurricane Audrey slammed the Texas Louisiana border area with winds up to 100 mph. The Port Arthur Weather Bureau noted Cameron Louisiana as the first hit at 8 a.m. CST with 65 mph winds. Thousands evacuated as tides rose up to nine feet and floods damaged coastal towns. Nine of ten deaths occurred when the fishing vessel Keturah sank amid undertow and heavy surf.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Audrey
Texas
Louisiana
Cameron
Orange
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Texas-Louisiana
Air Force police clash with demonstrators at Tachikawa base
About 60 Japanese demonstrators shout Yankee go home at Tachikawa Air Base stopping a 17 man survey team for runway extension. Four or five protesters are injured while MPs in pistols and night sticks confront the crowd. Landowners union members and leftist students led the protest, part of long running land requisition disputes since 1955.
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Tachikawa
Japan
Air Force
Tachikawa Air Base
Sunakawa
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