Austin Boating Club Drives Record Boat Boom
Austin sees a surge in boating with 17 boats on a shakedown cruise up the Mississippi to a picnic spot. The Austin Boating Club grows, dealers report higher sales, and safety and family participation become priorities as members plan summer cruises and winter meetings.
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Lake City
Alma
Wis
Austin
Irwin McGee
Midwest Motor and Marine Supply
E. Mill
Cliff Johannsen
Don Raash
Harlan Chinnon
Furtney
R. R. Wright
R. F. Gray
Rollingstone
Outboard Boating Club of America
Minnesota 10,000 Lakes
Rochester
St. Amsgar
Demos Hit the Policies at Parley
Democrats push civil rights to the background as they attack Eisenhower era monetary policy. Patman accuses Republicans of extreme interest rate manipulation while Kennedy criticizes “grading recognition” for unemployment figures. A fundraising dinner aims to net about 150 000 dollars to cut the party deficit, now 660 000.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Rep
Patman
D-Tex
Senate House Economic Committee
Sen. Kennedy
Dmass
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
Matthew McCloskey
Appliance Motors Burned Out In San Francisco Power Fade
A Navy attack bomber disrupted two 220000 volt lines near Niles in the East Bay triggering a regional dimout. Power sagged or failed across San Francisco and 50 miles to San Jose affecting about 1,100,000 people for 20 minutes to over an hour. Navy Lt. Harry M. Berg of Berkeley quoted on the incident with an explosion report after the lines were cut.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Peninsula
Navy
East Bay
Niles
San Jose
J.g
Harry M. = berg
Berkeley
Calif
International Airport
Telephone Company
Frederick Brand
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Early Special Election Expected in Wisconsin
Wisconsin faces a looming special U S Senate election to fill the vacancy from Joseph R McCarthy s death Governor Vernon Thomson hesitates to act until after McCarthy s funeral delaying any announcement. The decision hinges on party balance and potential appointment moves amid Republican hopes in a historically Republican state.
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Wisconsin
Washington
U.S. Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Vernon Thomson
McCarthy
Senate
Weather Bureaus Report From Fire Station Roof
Official readings at 8 30 show 39 degrees with clear skies. Low in last 24 hours was 33 and high 65. General weather remains clear.
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U. S
Flood Waters Cover Bridges in Wichita Falls Texas
Wichita Falls Texas police and civil defense units evacuated at least 15 families as steady rains flooded creeks and lakes. Water rose rapidly with four inches in one hour and this flood marks the 17th day of statewide flooding after drought.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Kenneth Edmonds
Edmonds
Council audits airport management as term noted
Austin Aldermen debated airport control led by George Weiss who sought Hovland’s termination for neglecting duties. A 5-1 vote ordered a contract reminder letter from City Attorney Dunnette and Hovland to seed airport land at his expense, with a 30 day termination clause and $1,800 yearly pay. Other actions included personnel changes, wage boosts for assessors, and library fund investment.
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George Weiss
Glenn Hovland
Weiss
R. A. Dunnette
Hovland
Austin
TVOR
Baldy Hansen
Neal Weiss
Frank Dunsmore
Lloyd G. Ween
Ernest Diederich
Jerry Lund
Centennial Corporation
City Recorder
John
Chatfield Fisherman Drowns in the Mississippi
Frank A. Kruger 47 of Chatfield Minn drowned after wading into the Mississippi River near Whiteman Dam with companions Marvin Batterson and Leonard Rehbein His friend tried to rescue him but could not hold on Kruger’s body was recovered by sheriff's officers about 3 a.m in about 20 feet of water An autopsy was planned and a sharp river drop-off was noted by Sheriff George Fort
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Field
Minn
Mississippi
Frank A. Kruger
Whiteman Dam
Here
Kruger
Marvin Batterson
Leonard Rehbein
Chatfield
Batterson
Rehbein
George Fort
NATO Deties Russ Threat on A Bases
NATO reaffirmed readiness to use all means including nuclear arms to defend alliance bases in Scandinavia and Turkey. The communique urged a general disarmament framework with inspection and control measures and hinted at reunification moves for Germany while weighing future armament balance.
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Russia
Kremlin
Scandinavia
West Germany
Greece
Turkey
Mother and Two Children Die in Rural Wisconsin Fire
A rural Pleasant Valley home fire in early morning claimed the lives of a mother Mrs Glen Fotland and her children Michael 13 Susan 9. Firefighter rescue saved the mother and girl but they died at Luther Hospital. Father Glen Fotland and neighbor Kenneth Kinderman were hospitalized with shock and injuries.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Pleasant Valley
Wisconsin
Glen Fotland
Michael
Susan
Kenneth Kinderman
Luther Hospital
Fotland
Kinderman
Frost Reports Sweep Minnesota Overnight
The Associated Press notes freezing temperatures and widespread frost across Minnesota with lows from 22 at Bemidji to 33 in the Twin Cities. Skies were mostly clear in the north and west, with a forecast of highs in the 50s and another subfreezing dip expected tonight.
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Minnesota
Bemidji
International Falls
St. Cloud
Rochester
Redwood Falls
Twin Cities
Northwest
Dakotas
Fire destroys storage shed and damages downtown
A fire in an old storage shed swept a downtown section of International Falls injuring five businesses and displacing 12 people from upstairs apartments. Fire Chief Vernon McMicken placed the loss at about 75000 dollars.
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International Falls
Minn
Vernon McMicken
Youth Dies After Diving Accident in Lake Minnetonka
A 17-year-old Deephaven boy, Donald Johnson, died Friday night at Deaconess hospital from a broken neck suffered in a dive into Lake Minnetonka's channel. He struck his head on the lake bottom after missing a dropoff while diving from an eight-foot bank. A companion pulled him to shore.
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Minneapolis
Deephaven
Deaconess Hospital
Donald Johnson
Lake Minnetonka
Johnson
Rochester Girl Killed in Highway Crash
A car carrying two teenagers overturned on Highway 63 two miles north of Rochester early today. Audrey Brown, 16, of Rochester, was killed. Ernest H. Morris of Route 4 Rochester was injured. The 1957 Minnesota traffic toll rose to 185, up 70 from a year earlier.
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Rochester
Minnie
Here
Audrey Brown
Ernest H. Morris
Minnesota
Curious Comet Arend-Roland Vanishes From Sight
Pasadena scientists report the Arend-Roland comet speeding out of the solar system after displaying a headlight-like jet and a second tail pointing toward the sun. The tail jet faded as material was exhausted near its perihelion, with a return time potentially ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 years or never.
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Pasadena
Calif
Arend- Roland
Seth Nicholson
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Royal Observatory of Belgium
Brussies
Dr. Greenstein
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