West Formally Closes Collapsed Disarmament Conference
The Western powers end the collapsed disarmament talks after a walkout by the Soviet bloc led by Valerian Zorin. Western delegates sent records to the UN Security Council and General Assembly while Naszkowski declared actions after his departure illegal. The U.N. will consider disarmament at the 1960 General Assembly opening September 20.
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Michael Goldsmith
Geneva
U. N. Security Council
General Assembly
Valerian Zorin
Putish
Marian Naszkowski
David Ormsby-Gore
Zorin
Naszkowski
U. N. Secretariat
Soviet Union
U.N
Freeman Says Governors Obligation to Speak Up
Governor Orville Freeman of Minnesota told the Governors Conference that all state leaders must voice forceful views on national issues. He outlined four points: governors as partners with the federal government in delivering services, the complexity and growth of grants in aid, fixing squeaky points in federal state relations, and improving state finances to fund needed services.
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Glacier National Park
Mont
Orville Freeman
Minnesota
Freeman
Congress
Congo Police Use Gas on 500 Africans
In Leopoldville police used tear gas grenades to disperse about 500 demonstrators in the European quarter while a 2,000-strong African protest march moved through the capital. No injuries reported as independence ceremonies near.
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Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
Venezuela and Dominican Republic tensions rise over attack
Venezuela asserts the Dominican Republic supplied explosives used in the Betancourt assassination attempt. Foreign Minister Ignacio Luis Arcaya told ambassadors from other American states of Caracas that proof exists, though he did not disclose the full message to their governments.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Ignacio Luis Arcaya
Dominican Republic
Romulo Betancourt
Arcaya
Two Elderly Women Die in Collision Near Libertyville
In Illinois, two elderly women died from injuries after a head on crash between a car driven by Rose E. Paschke 57 Mundelein and a truck near Libertyville. Mamie Alden 72 Bertha Minnesota, died later at Libertyville hospital.
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Waukegan
Rose E. Paschke
Mundelein
Mamie Alden
Bertha, Minn
Libertyville
Paschke
Predict July 4th Traffic Toll of 370
CHICAGO AP The National Safety Council warned the United States could see about 370 traffic deaths during the Fourth of July weekend and as many as 13 000 disabling injuries. It noted 73 million motorists on the roads may travel 7.2 billion miles and urged safe driving.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Japanese Students Demonstration Fizzles At Parliament
A student protest against the US Japan security treaty and premier Nobusuke Kishi’s party drew 200 of an announced 30,000. The small turnout signals calming tensions since the treaty took effect June 22 and Kishi pledged to resign.
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Tokyo
Japan
Burke attends NATO mine warfare school inauguration
Admiral Arleigh Burke chief of U S naval operations attended the official inauguration of the NATO mine warfare school in Ostend Belgium on Monday with stands and officials present from allied navies.
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Ostend
Belgium
Arleigh Burke
U.S. Naval Operations
NATO
Guard at Pool in Iowa Saves Life of Child
A 7 year-old boy Rex Allen Rienier nearly drowned at Ottumwa municipal pool. Lifeguard Larry Howard 19 performed mouth to mouth resuscitation and revived the child who later was reported in good condition at a hospital. The boy had used a heavy rubber band as a headstrap for a face mask and gulped water during swimming.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Rex Allen Rienier
Larry Howard
Coroner Rules Mrs. Tschida Slain in Garage
The St. Paul coroner ruled Lorraine Tschida's death a murder caused by a skull fracture and carbon monoxide poisoning. Her husband Andrew Tschida, 46, is held without charge as police investigate the fume filled garage death and his changing versions of events.
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ST. Paul
Lorraine Tschida
Andrew Tschida
A. J. Henderson
Typhoon Olive Veers East Across South China Sea
Typhoon Olive shifted east as it moved over the South China Sea threatening Hong Kong only if it alters course. It crossed the northern Philippines on Sunday causing 104 deaths, over 500 missing and more than 600000 homeless. Hong Kong recovers from Mary.
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Hong Kong
Olive
South China Sea
Royal Observatory
Philippines
Synod Weighs Merger With Three Lutheran Groups
Virginia Minnesota AP reports the Suomi synod of the Lutheran Church in America considers merging with three other Lutheran groups. Delegates at the 70th annual convention voted to delay joining the World Council of Churches until next year.
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Virginia, Minn
Suomi Synod
The
Lutheran Church In America
World Council of Churches
GOP Hopefuls Rally in St. Cloud Minnesota
Top Minnesota Republican candidates spoke at a St. Cloud rally. Attorney general hopeful Gaylord Sadre accused Walter Mondale of running for office against Ezra Taft Benson. Governor candidate Elmer L. Andersen urged tax reform to attract and grow business. Mayoral and senatorial candidate P. Kenneth Peterson highlighted anti communism and inflation as national issues.
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ST. Cloud
Minn
Minnesota
Gaylord Sadre
DFL
Walter Mondale
Ezra Taft Benson
Mondale
Elmer L. Andersen
GOP
P. Kenneth Peterson
Minneapolis
Soviet Union
Montana Vote Disputed at State Democratic Convention
Delegates at Montana's state convention dispute how the 17 votes will be cast at the Democratic National Convention. Kennedy supporters claim at least 11 percent of the votes, Johnson backers say no more than five votes. Symington supporters expect about 8 percent and 5 votes for Symington, 4 for Johnson, with 3 uncommitted. Thirty-two delegates were chosen with half votes, totaling an uninstructed delegation plus national committeeman and committeewoman splitting the remaining two half-votes.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Kennedy
Johnson
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Symington
1 200 000 Men Demobilized From Red Armies
Moscow reports the first Soviet soldiers released under announced cuts are heading to construction sites factories and state and collective farms. The move signals using demobilized troops to bolster the economy while not all are returning home.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia Today
Sweethearts Found Dead After Suspected Elopement
In Naples Italy police recovered the bodies of Giuseppe Principe age 25 and Angelina Cutolo age 23 hours after they vanished from home. Their parents opposed the marriage and the lovers were last seen planning to elope. An empty insecticide bottle was found beside them in an embrace.
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Naples
Italy
Giuseppe Principe
Angelina Cutolo
Giuseppe
Angelina
Death at North Dakota construction site after scoop collapse
Edward Crowstone, 34, Cavalier, North Dakota, died when a 20 ton dirt mover scoop fell during repairs at a construction camp. The scoop, hoisted 20 feet, slipped from a snapping cable and crushed him as he worked underneath the equipment.
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Edward Crostone
Cavalier
N.D
Crowstone
Chile Church Fire Burial Toll Record in 1863
A Chile church fire on December 8, 1863, killed 2,500 people, the highest death toll in a single building disaster.
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Chile
Underground church found in salt mine near Bogota
In Colombia an underground church is reported 345 feet below the surface inside an old salt mine at Zipaquirá near Bogotá. The site draws visitors and researchers to a geological and religious curiosity carved from salt.
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Colombia
Zipaquira
Bogota
Supreme Court Links Chicago Fraud Charge
The Supreme Court ruling bans use of state-unlawful evidence in federal trials, collapsing a $100,000 mail fraud case tied to a Chicago fake charity drive. Ten defendants were indicted in 1955 on records from California authorities about Handicapped War Veterans National Organization funds. Defendants include Abraham L. Koolish and son David of Empire Associates, linked to a Sister Elizabeth Kenny foundation solicitation investigation.
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California
el Monte
Calif
Office of
Handicapped War Veterans National Organization
Abraham L. Koolish
David
Empire Associates
Koolishes
Minnesota
Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation
Durand Resigns to Lead Minnesota Transport Employers
Max Durand secretary treasurer and business agent for Teamsters Local 874 resigns to become executive secretary of the Minnesota Motor Transport Employers Assn. He will assume the post July 13.
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Rochester, Minn
Max Durand
Teamsters Union Local 874
Minnesota Motor Transport Employers Assn
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