Major Minneapolis blaze destroys one building and damages four
Brisk winds fed a late Friday fire on the Minneapolis north loop, damaging the Ford McNutt Glass warehouse and spreading to four other structures. Fire Chief Reynold Malmquist estimated losses at a minimum 1.5 million, with 200 civil defense volunteers aiding in evacuations and traffic control. Two firefighters were slightly hurt.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Loop
Reynold Malmquist
Ford-McNutt Glass Co
North 3Rd Street
Civil Defense
St. Paul
7Th Street
Malmquist
Loop
Nott
Glass
Dulles Leads Big Three Talks in Paris
Secretary of State Dulles flies from Washington to Paris to meet Premier Faure and Foreign Minister Pinay. The talks focus on Indochina unrest, Austrian peace prospects, and the future of Europe. Macmillan to join for a broader Far East briefing as Viet Nam's Bao Dai and Ngo Dinh Diem contest Monarchy versus republic.
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Paris
West Germany
Free World Alliance
Dulles
Washington
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Indochina
Europe
Harold Macmillan
Far Eastern
Formosa
South Viet Nam
Bao Dai
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Viet Nam
Chateau de Thoreau
Cannes
French Riviera
Bao
GOP Cites Job Gains Amid 1956 Campaign Stakes
Republicans trumpet a Labor and Commerce Department report showing a payroll rise and unemployment drop as a potential edge for Eisenhower in 1956. Democrats counter that the figures hide labor force growth and regional job woes, with senators both praising and criticizing administration policy and the farm program’s impact on jobs.
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Washington
Labor and Commerce Departments
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
Sen
Kuchel
Calif
Sen. Kilgore
D-Wva
Kilgore
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Hill
Alabama
Ives
Eisenhower
Hail Strikes Adams Area and Tornado Warnings
The Aus tin area saw a late Friday hail storm with about five minutes of hail in Adams and reports of hail east and southeast of Preston. Tornado warnings were cancelled by 6 p.m. as temperatures fell from 88 to 53 degrees overnight. A Temple, Texas shoe plant roof collapse killed 35 year old Mamie Bennett amid deadly tornadoes in Texas and Iowa.
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Austin
Adams
Preston
Texas
Iowa
Mamie Bennett
Temple
Tex
Violence eases as Louisville & Nashville strike nears end
Washington reports a negotiated near-end to the 55 day Louisville & Nashville Railroad strike involving 25 000 workers. An agreement reached after an all night session with the National Mediation Board sets the framework for arbitration as details remain to be finalized. The strike had paralysed rail traffic across the South and affected the coal industry amid prior violence including a fatal shooting and a train dynamiting. Negotiations resumed after the shooting stalled talks, with the dispute having started over health insurance demands from nonoperating unions and later drawing in operating crafts.
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Washington
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Francis A. O'Neil Jr
Mediation Board
South
Mayor Aldermen Clash Over Parking Meters Dispute
At a Friday City Council session, Mayor Baldy Hansen and Alderman Er nest Diederich clashed over a proposed change to the parking meter ordinance. Diederich defended police involvement in meters while Hansen called the move spiteful. The council debated whether meters should be regulated by the police or the city engineer, and no action was taken.
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Baldy Hansen
Ernest Diederich
Diederich
Johnson
Jacob
Hansen
Government halts polio vaccination pending safety study
Washington urged postponement of all polio vaccination programs as a medical panel completes a two day review of Salk vaccine manufacturing and testing. Surgeon General Scheele said findings to be considered with other information before a Sunday decision.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Public Health Service
The
Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Jonas Salk
Pittsburgh
California
Demonstration in Buenos Aires Sparks Church-State Clash
In Buenos Aires a mass Roman Catholic demonstration followed an evening Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral. Police arrested at least 40 marchers as mounted officers dispersed protesters shouting Our lives for Jesus and Argentina is Catholic. The event occurred as Congress debated measures to separate church and state and end Catholicism as the state religion.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Carlos Garcia Cuevas
Metropolitan Cathedral
Jesus
Florida Street
Theater
Corientes Street
Peron
Senate
Bride to be killed in crash near Mankato
Miss Mary Ann Kaepaun 20 of Janesville Minn. died on arrival at St Joseph Hospital Mankato after a car driven by her fiance Walter Wolff 21 Madison Lake left Highway 14 and overturned. Wolff and his sister Sheila 17 were bruised. Three were thrown from the car as they traveled toward Janesville. The couple had set a wedding for three weeks hence.
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Mankato
Mary Ann Kaepaun
Janesville
Minn
St. Joseph Hospital
Walter Wolff
Madison Lake
Sheila
Highway 14
Wolff
Miss Kaepaun
Rich Oilman’s Wife Dies at Rochester
Mrs Lyda Bunker Hunt 66 wife of Dallas Oilman H L Hunt died after a brief illness in Rochester Minnesota She was brought from Dallas on Monday for treatment after a stroke and was accompanied by two daughters and four sons aboard a chartered DC6 to St Marys Hospital Rochester now.
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Rochester
Minne
Lyda Bunker Hunt
Dallas
Tex
H. L. Hunt
Hunt
St. Mary's Hospital
Loyd B. Sands
A. G. Hill
Hassie
Nelson
William Herbert
Lamar
Truman Turns 71 With Groundbreaking For Library
Kansas City is hosting former President Harry S. Truman as he reaches 71 and plans to break ground for the 1.75 million dollar Truman Library in Independence. He notes he feels well and expects more work ahead while two thirds of the funds have been raised.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Independence
United States
Truman
Surviving Brodie Twin in Grave Condition After Hemorrhage
Rodney Brodie once became a medical milestone as the first head joined Siamese twin to survive separation. The 34 year old, living in Ferris Url, is in a coma with an unexplained brain hemorrhage at University of Illinois Research Hospital. The 1951 birth twin, Roger, died 34 days after their 1952 separation surgery.
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William Harmison
Patricia Ann
Wheeling
W. Va
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
Navy
Chicago
Rodney Brodie
University of Illinois Research Hospital
Rodney
Ferris
Roger
Sponsors of Fund Drive to Hear Hamilton
James A. Hamilton an authority on hospitalization will be the principal speaker at a dinner meeting of the St. Olaf Hospital building fund committee. The event at Queen of Angels Hall starts 6:30 p.m. with Park Dougherty announcing Hamilton’s role and credentials.
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James A. Hamilton
St. Olaf Hospital Building Fund
Queen of Angels Hall
Park Dougherty
Building Fund
University of Minnesota
Hamilton
Brighton
Mich
Dartmouth College
Yale University
The
American Hospital Assn
Association
Inter-American Hospital Assn
American Association of Hospital Consultants
American Public Health Assn
American Public Welfare Assn
American Manage
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2Nd Avenue
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Gop
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Southern
National Mediation Board
Mount Pleasant
Tenn
Kentucky
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Winona Street
Greenwich
Kansas
Fred L. Strozier
Associated Press
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