Six Minnesota lake beds ruled not state owned
Minnesota Supreme Court ends 14 years of litigation by ruling six Rabbit River Basin lakes are non navigable and thus belong to riparian owners. The decision affects about 21 firms and numerous corporations including mining interests and banks. The ruling means a $15 million state loss and finalizes ownership based on federal navigability tests.
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Minnesota Supreme Court
Crow Wing
Rabbit
Pascoe
Clinker
Curley
Little Rabbit
Mahnomen
Rabbit River
United States Supreme Court
Lord
Supreme Court
C. R. Mahney
Duluth
High Court
Arnold C. Forbes
Bemidji
Donald Ryan
Brainerd
Magney
Minnesota
High Tribunal
Rabbit Lake
Waseca Bond Issue Fails Again For School Space
Waseca Minnesota voters rejected a 1 950 000 school bond after three prior defeats, ending a bid to build two elementary schools and an high school addition. The district planned to use churches and public buildings for overflow classrooms while seeking future funding.
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Waseca, Minn
Meetings Scheduled on Flood Damage in Minnesota
Washington reports a series of meetings to assess flood damage in Minnesota. Sen. Thye said officials from FHA, Soil Conservation Service, SBA and Army Engineers will participate with visits planned for Marshal July 2, Ortonville July 3, and Lake Lillian July 5, with FHA chief Kermit Hansen visiting July 16-17.
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Washington
Minnesota
Sen
Thye
R-Minn
Benson
Marshal
Ortonville
Lake Lillian
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Soil Conservation Service
Small Business Administration
Army Engineers
Kermit H. Hansen
Fire Sweeps Large Golden Valley Store
Fire swept the Jensen Super Valu at 7900 Olson Highway Golden Valley early this morning. Fire officials say the blaze started in an electric motor at the rear and spread through the 100 by 125 foot structure. Golden Valley firefighters responded quickly, aided by nearby units, minimizing injuries as interior damage and stock loss occurred.
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Minneapolis
Olson Highway
Golden Valley
Dulles Attacks Red China Rejects U S Recognition
Secretary of State Dulles denounces Communist China as uncivilized and hostile. He rejects calls for major policy changes including recognition trade embargo and cultural isolation as futile, urging patience for change from within China while maintaining firm U S policy. He notes allied and neutral pressures and does not address allowing U.S. reporters to travel to Red China.
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China
United States
Europe
A-Bomb Test Fails To Detonate In Nevada Series
The AEC reports a third misfire in Nevada atomic tests. Marines are evacuated from trenches near Ground Zero after the device failed to explode. Officials cite mechanical failure and plan to disarm the 500-foot tower and reset later.
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
Ground Zero
AEC
Court Rules Free-Play Pinball Machines Legal
Minnesota Supreme Court rules free-play pinball machines are not gambling devices or lotteries. The decision upholds Judge Weeks of Hennepin County, who barred Minneapolis police from confiscating such machines at John R. McNeice’s arcade on 812 Hennepin Ave. The court noted federal rulings on cash payoffs do not apply to this case.
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Hennepin County
Thomas R. Jones
Lord
Robert W. Garrity
High Court
William P.murphy
John R. McNeice
Hennepin Ave
Garrity
United State Supreme Court
Murphy
McNeice
Tragic Gunshot Death of St Paul Bride Pauline Toth
A newly married St Paul woman Pauline Viola Toth, 20, died after a gunshot wound at her East Fourth residence following a domestic quarrel with husband Jack N Toth. He said she shot herself after his invitation to use the gun. The couple's two young children slept nearby as police investigated the incident.
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Pauline Viola Toth
East Fourth
Toth
Boy on Tricycle Killed by Truck in St Paul
Eight year old Eugene Berres, son of Mrs Alma Berres, was killed when he rode a tricycle into a street and was struck by a truck driven by Harold Lind bloom of St Paul. Police said the truck driver was not tagged.
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ST. Paul
Eugene
Alma Berres
Harold Lindbloom
Boy Struck by Baseball Dies in Minnesota Game
Francis R. Shaw, 14, died after a line drive hit him during a Babe Ruth League game in Crystal. He finished the game and then developed a severe headache on Thursday. He is survived by his parents, Francis J. Shaw and his Robbinsdale family. The Hennepin County coroner ruled the death after autopsy.
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Minneapolis
Francis R. Shaw
Suburban Crystal
Francis
Francis J. Shaw
Robbinsdale
Hennepin County
Devastated Cameron Parish Lays Bare In Hurricane Audrey Wake
In Louisiana's Cameron Parish, a sparsely populated marshland region near Calcasieu Lake and the Sabine migratory refuge bears scars from Hurricane Audrey. The parish, 40 miles south of Lake Charles and 250 miles from New Orleans, shows a fluctuating population of about 6,244 as workers endure hard times amid repeated storms.
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New Orleans
Lake Charles
Cameron Parish
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Cameron
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AP Photofax
Audrey
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Calcasieu Lake
Sabine
70 Families Evacuated in St. Paul Flood Area
National guardsmen evacuated 70 families from homes in low ground as the Mississippi River rose to 15.7 feet in the St. Paul loop and crest near 17 feet anticipated by Weather Bureau. The Crow River flood crest moved into the Mississippi near Dayton while sandbagging protected a phosphate warehouse at Cargill's Savage installation.
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Mississippi River
Mississippi
Minnesota
Crow Rivers
St. Paul Loop
Chaska
Savage
Ft. Snelling
Weather Bureau
Minneapolis
Minne
Apolis
Dayton
Cargill Inc
National Guardsmen
Ducks
South St. Paul
Cargill
Twisters Strike Rural Minnesota Farms Damaged
Two separate tornadoes struck western Minnesota on Thursday evening causing farm damage near Roseland in Kandiyohi County and near Parkers Prairie in Otter Tail County. Lloyd Bulthuis and family escaped to a basement. seven grain bins were destroyed and several buildings damaged. no injuries reported. The area saw scattered showers and a cold front with rain forecast to return later.
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Minnesota
Lloyd Bulthuis
Willmar
Kandiyohi
Roseland
Louis Damhof
John Bruggers
Henry J. Bulthuis
Roseland Reformed Church
Parkers Prairie
Otter Tail County
Norman Boehne
Morris Carlson
Alexandria
Devils Lake
N.D
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