Skies Smile on Crowds in Austin with Open House Events
Sunny Sunday drew thousands to Austin events from speedboat races on East Side Lake to open houses at Hormel Institute and the airport flight breakfast hosted by the Austin Jaycees. Attendance ranged from 222 flyers to 2,700 tour participants, with visitors also at the Mower County Farmers Union picnic and regional reunions.
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Austin Jaycees
Hormel Institute
Register
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Galloway Park
State Grange
Eight Children Drown in Minnesota Water Tragedy
The Associated Press reports eight children drowned during a brutal Minnesota weekend. Victims include James Salgather 10 of Bloomington found in Bush Lake after overreaching his depth. Other drownings occurred in St Paul Russell Mankato Cloquet and Duluth areas with raft incidents and shallow Island Lake fatalities.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
James Salgather
Bloomington
Bush Lake
Leroy Salgather
James Green
Henry
St. Paul
Susan Buchert
Russell
Kathy Buchert
Mankato
Clear Lake
Manila Typhoon Olive Leaves 100 Dead and 200 Missing
Typhoon Olive battered La Manila island and northern Luzon with 80 mph winds. About 100 people were reported dead and several hundred missing as Manila city of two million faced paralysis from the storm’s floods and driving rain.
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Manila
Philippine
Luzon
China Sea
Helen Keller Turns 80 At Private Luncheon
New York honors Helen Keller on her 80th birthday with a private luncheon attended by relatives and close friends. The event marks a recent uptick in activity for Keller as she copes with the death of Polly Thompson and continues writing and public appearances.
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New York
Helen Keller
Miss Keller
Easton, Conn
Polly Thompson
Ann Sullivan Macy
Miss Thompson
Mrs. Seide
Easton
Conn
Ben-Gurion Returns to Israel After Overseas Trip
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion returned to Tel Aviv today after visits to France Belgium and the Netherlands. He arrived aboard a military aircraft and was reported in good health and spirits. Ben-Gurion had been abroad for diplomatic talks and to observe European affairs.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Eisenhower Holds Talks Ahead of TV Address on Far East Trip
President Eisenhower conferred with Vice President Nixon and Secretary Herter on international affairs and his upcoming 6:30 EST nationwide radio TV report about the 23000 mile goodwill mission. He discussed the Geneva disarmament walkout, pending bills, and safety issues after canceling the Tokyo visit.
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Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Christian A. Herter
Far East
U.S
Tokyo
Highway Deaths Up Toll to 270 in Minnesota
Two trucks collided near Albany Minnesota early today killing Delbert Froming 28 Hibbing and injuring David Butler 30 Minneapolis as Minnesota's 1960 traffic toll rose to 270. Four others died in two weekend crashes 20 miles apart including Charles Kortz 22 Litchfield Erwin Pfaff 67 Montrose and Hattie Pfaff 62 Buffalo resident Clara Westphal 82 Minneapolis. A non traffic accident killed one year old Francis Seykora in Steele County.
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Albany
Minn
Minnesota
Delbert Froming
Hibbing
Froming
David Butler
Minneapolis
Framing
Butler
Wright County
Montrose
Charles N. Kortz
Litchfield
Erwin A. Pfall
Hattie
Kortz
Buffalo
Pfalls
Clara Westphal
Lowell R. Larson
Larson
Rockford
Francis Mark Seykora
Jerome
Steele
Albert Seykora
Seykoras
Owatonna
One Dies Seven Hurt in Iowa Crash
A two car head on collision seven miles south of Stuart Iowa killed Charles Kil lam 75 Des Moines and injured seven others. J W Killam 79 Gladys Gillam 4 Larry Handley 9 Gary Handley 10 Wesley Merical 75 Lewis Williams 23 Jerry Merical 22 were hospitalized. Two more weekend fatalities reported Franklin Green 26 Missouri Valley and Gary Wood 22 Springville. Weather forecast partly cloudy with showers and cooler temperatures tonight and Tuesday.
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Stuart
Iowa
Here
Charles Leroy Killam
Des Moines
J. W. Killam
Greenfield
Gladys Gillam
Larry Handley
Gary Handley
Winterset
Wesley Merical
Redfield
Lewis Williams
Earlharm
Jerry Lee Merical Adel
Franklin Green
Missouri Valley
Highway
Logan
Gary Wood
Springville
Linn County
Waubeak
Plaque Honors Hormels at Institute Dedication
The Hormel Institute Lab opened with a $650,000 facility after a weekend dedication and 2700 open house attendees despite road disruptions. Speakers praised George A. Hormel, Jay C. Hormel, and the Hormel Foundation for advancing University of Minnesota research and national health efforts.
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Foundation
George A. and
Jay C. Hormel
University
Hormels
Institute
Hormel Institute Laboratory
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Hormel Foundation
Stanley Wenberg
Wenberg
University of Minnesota
J L. Morrill
George
Jay Hormel
Hormel Stock
Hormel Institute
Theodore C. Blegen
Graduate School
H. O. Halverson
Minnesota
Halvorson
School of Life Sciences
University of Illinois
Dean Blegen
Fay M. Hemphill
National Institutes of Health
Washington, D.C
Hormel
Corey
Hormel Company
Dean Bregan
Shrine Circus Beloved by Many Sets Sail for Today
Shrine Circus at Mower County Fairgrounds features 20 nations in the Flags of Many Countries show. Clyde Brothers Circus supports 17 crippled children’s hospitals while four capacity crowds watched in Rochester. Capt David Hoover trains elephants and Arabian Knights finale closes the program.
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Clyde Brothers Circus
Crippled Children’s Hospitals
Shriners
John Friday
The
Circus
Rochester
David Hoover
Soviet bloc walkout ends disarmament talks in Geneva
The Soviet bloc walked out of the ten nation disarmament talks as Western delegates pressed a new American plan for a world treaty. Valerian Zorin said the West refused to negotiate and the bloc would present its own proposal before the U N General Assembly. The meeting dissolved with only five Western delegations remaining.
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Valerian Zorin
Zorin
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
Poland
Marian Naszkowski
David Ormsby- Gore
U.S
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Eaton
State
Defense Department
Washington
United Nations
Communist Bloc
U. S
Center
Grandma dies in hunt for a hula hoop in Iowa
Mrs. Mary Zagorski, 53, climbed into a 20 foot backyard cistern in Burlington to retrieve a granddaughter's hula hoop. Police say she was overcome by methane gas and died, her body found at the bottom. Her husband Jan had discussed entering the cistern earlier.
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Iowa
Mary Zagorski
Jan
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