Sisters of the Swish Lead Austin Centennial Push
The Sister of the Swish group formed May 6 now has over 80 members. They publicize Austin’s Centennial by selling $1 buttons, wearing Centennial dress, and supporting the celebration through sales in the business district.
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Austin
Brothers of the Brush
Brothers
Swish
Alice MacLaren
Gerald Maloney
Paul Walcott
Louella Nangle
Centennial Corp
Gary Underhill Signs with St. Louis Cardinals
Baseball pitcher Gary Underhill signed a professional contract with the St. Louis Cardinals at noon today, leaving for Sioux City Iowa to join the Western League team. The deal includes a substantial bonus and marks his second year with the Packers. He led Austin with a 5 0 record this season and helped place the team in a first‑place tie in the S M league.
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Gary Underhill
St. Louis
Austin Packer Southpaw
St. Louis Cardinals
Aunt Marr
Cardinal
Gary
Sioux City, Iowa
Austin
Faribault
Underhill
Packers
Austin High School
St. Cloud
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Iowa
Upper Iowa
Court Rules Mower County Hospital Plan Legal
Judge Warren Plunkett ruled that Mower County may pay hospital and medical insurance for its employees under Blue Cross Blue Shield. The decision, filed today, upholds family coverage for married employees and single coverage for singles, and finds the plan legal under Minnesota statutes and constitutional authority.
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Court Rules
Warren Plunkett
Mower County
Clerk of Court
Atty
Miles Lord
Union 867
Cio-Afl
Highway Department
Plunkett
Minnesota
Eisenhower Shows From Window As Army Band Delights Crowd
President Eisenhower moved his recovery forward by swinging his arm from a hospital window as the Army band played Army Blue. Doctors report weight at 163 pounds, up from 162 after the June operation, as he prepares to leave Walter Reed for his Gettysburg farm.
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Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
U. S. Army Band
Washington
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Gettysburg
Army Band
Sherman Adams
U.S. Army
Descendants to Attend Chauncey Leverich Centennial Unveiling
Three descendants of Chauncey Leverich plan to attend the Fourth of July centennial ceremony. Mrs Harold S Foster of Fort Worth Texas and Glenn Richards of Wilton Junction Iowa join Miss Helen L Richards of Cedar Rapids Iowa at Oakwood Cemetery for the wreath laying at the marker of the famed founder. The relatives will ride in the Centennial Parade after the unveiling.
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Chauncey Leverich
Austin
Harold S. Foster
Fort Worth
Texas
Glenn Richards
Wilton Junction
Iowa
Miss Richards
Army Works on Missile Defense in Four or Five Years
Washington reports the Army aims to field an anti missile system within four to five years to counter ICBMs armed with hydrogen warheads. Senate testimony notes progress on Nike II and IRBM programs, with Lt. Col. Sigley asserting readiness by 1960 or 1961 and officials Gav in and Medaris outlining renewed missile development efforts.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Woodrow B. Sigley
James M. Gavin
J. B. Medaris
Senate Action Sways on House Pension Bill for World War I Vets
Senate prospects dim as House passes a pension bill with a $90 monthly payout for World War I veterans. The measure, stripped of higher payments for service-disabled vets and widows, would cost about 356 million dollars in the first year and set age 65 eligibility for all WWI veterans meeting income limits.
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Washington i
Senate
House
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Olin E. Teague
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Centennial Ball Night Set With Queen Introductions
The Hormel queen candidates will be introduced at the Centennial Ball at 9 o clock tonight. Music by the Henry Charles orchestra will accompany the Terp dance floor. Centennial Buttons will admit the dancers, with many on sale at the entrance for those who have not purchased them.
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Terp
Henry Charles
Molden the Bearded Brother Turns 94 in Austin
Thomas A. Molden, 94, famed as the Beard Brother of the Brush, recalls shaving incident in 1999 that led to a home confrontation. A longtime Austin resident since 1906, he worked as a tailor for the Mayo brothers and later joined the Brothers of the Brush, planning to celebrate July 4 with the group.
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Thomas A. Molden
Alice MacLaren
Alvin Molden
Edith Heimsath
Minneapolis
Brothers of the Brush
Austin
Jimmie Miller
Roger Miller
Jimmie
Senate Votes on Foreign Aid Bill Faces Major Battles
The Senate opened voting on a 4.502 billion foreign aid bill with key fights over cutting 600 million from the 2.6 billion recommended by the Foreign Relations Committee for military assistance. House favor stood at two billion. Eisenhower had sought three billion in military aid and 1.9 billion in economic aid.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Yugoslavia
India
Knowland
Calif
Patrolmen Rush Blood to Save Patient
Two highway patrolmen delivered a rare O type RH negative blood and sped it from St. Cloud to Brainerd Minnesota for a surgical patient at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The patient improved to very satisfactory condition after the blood relay Wednesday night.
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Brainerd
Minn
St. Joseph's Hospital
St. Cloud
Howard Wichter
Little Falls
Marvin Johnson
Johnson
Father of 3 Found Frozen Inside Truck
In Baltimore a maintenance man Thomas Hock aged 34 was found dead in the refrigerated compartment of a truck after it left a local plant and was intercepted in Delaware. He died from asphyxiation due to carbon dioxide produced by dry ice after a struggle to escape.
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Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Thomas Hock
S. Bjornsen
Hock
Freight Train Hits Car: Six Die in Ohio Crash
A Pennsylvania Railroad freight collided with a car at a grade crossing near Hamilton Ohio early today. Six occupants perished: three men and three women. Conductor P. H. Conley reported the car appeared not to slow before impact. Two victims died at the scene and the sixth died later at Mercy Hospital.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
P. H. Conley
Richmond
Ind
Mercy Hospital
Last Jet Crash Survivor Dies
A 7-year-old boy, Jeffrey Kieffer, died of burns early today, becoming the 11th victim of a jet crash that destroyed several Minneapolis residences. His sister Jennifer, 2, died earlier, Cassandra, 5, died June 18, and the Kieffer family lost others nearby. six people including the pilot were killed instantly.
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Minneapolis
Jeffrey Kieffer
Navy
Jeffrey
Jennifer
Cassandra
Vincent Kieffer
Kieffer
Strike Could Idle 30 000 in Minnesota
A nationwide steel strike threat could idle up to 30 000 Minnesota workers and affect thousands more. State figures show 17 800 in iron ore mining, 6 000 with mining contractors, 4 000 in taconite, and 3 000 hauling ore, with many union members likely to honor picket lines.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
State Department of Employment Security
Shutdown Procedures Under Way
The steel industry moves toward a possible strike as 650,000 workers face a midnight deadline. U S Steel Gary Indiana and Bethlehem Sparrows Point Maryland plants slow coke ovens and blast furnaces amid stalled talks. Both sides blame each other as negotiations continue after a stalemate.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
U.S. Steel
Gary, Ind
Bethlehem
Sparrows Point
Maryland
David J. McDonald
Elevator Operators Oppose Grain Inspection Transfer
Louis C. Webster, spokesman for 800 Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Montana elevators, told a legislative interim commission that moving grain inspection and weighing from the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission to the Agriculture Department would cause confusion and duplication. He noted Minneapolis Duluth handle most grain receipts and that 85 percent originate outside Minnesota, making grain inspection a key state service.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Agriculture Department
Louis C. Webster
Minneapolis
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Webster
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Duluth
Department of State
Minnneapolis
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Scout
Charles Hardy
Roy Bates
Lars Bondhus
Wolcott
Bondhus
Marie Blanchfied
Nangle
Jay
Sisters of the Swish
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Molden
MacLaren
Oslo
Norway
Sioux City
The
Mayo
Great Northern
Duluth Massabe & Iron Range
Minneapolis Terminal Elevator Assn
Northwest Country Elevator Assn
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