Extension of GI Loans Proposed
A three year extension of the GI home loan program was proposed to the Senate as part of an omnibus housing bill amendment. Sen. Lehman with Sen. Hill and Sparkman backed the measure applying to VA loan guarantee and direct loan programs. The bill also targets expanded FHA loan insurance and public housing units amid debate on elderly housing and credit terms.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Lehman
Hill
Ala
Sparkman
Federal Housing Administration Loan Insurance Authority
Veterans Administration
Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
R-Ind
Eisenhower
FHA
Heaney Likely to Remain DFL Leader in Minnesota
Gerald H Heaney of Duluth, a Democratic national committeeman, appears poised to win re election at the Minnesota DFL convention June 22 23. Backing from district and county conventions and reluctance of two top leaders to oppose him bolster Heaney while two potential rivals step back. First district support grows as leaders back a home district candidate. Heaney born in Goodhue County and long noted for his party leadership.
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Minneapolis
Gerald H Heaney
Duluth
Minnesota
Democratic-Farmer- Labor
DFL
Heaney
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Adlai Stevenson
St. Louis
Goodhue County
Grand Jury to Probe Slaying by Step Son
In Minneapolis a Hennepin County Grand Jury will hear evidence Tuesday in a case where 17 year old Thomas N Jacobsen admitted firing eight shots that killed his step mother Leila Jacobsen 57 and wounded grandmother Ida Jacobsen 78. The judge transferred the case to district court as an adult due to violence. Thomas will be 18 in August. His father Owen described Thomas as a good boy despite the tragedy.
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Grand Jury
Minneapolis
Hennepin County Grand Jury
George Scott
Hennepin County
Scott
Thomas N. Jacobsen
Leila Jacobsen
General Hospital
Jacobsen
Thomas Tallakson
Tallakson
Young Jacobsen
Owen
Thomas
Knutson proposes 10 billion student loan program
Rep. Coya Knutson introduces a 10 billion revolving National Student Loan Fund to aid students unable to secure financing. A three member loan board would oversee the fund with $25,000 annual pay, issuing loans covering board room tuition and nominal spending money at 3 percent interest starting after graduation.
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National Student Loan Board
National Student Loan Fund
State Senator Plans to Run Against Coya in Minnesota
ADA Minnesota. State Senator Norman Larson says he will file as a Republican for the seat held by Rep. Coya Knutson in the 9th District. Larson has served in the Legislature there for 18 years. Harold Hagen, former Knutson opponent, may enter the race again.
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Ada
Minn
Norman Larson
Coya Knutson
Harold Hagen
Knutson
Woolson 108th Civil War Vet Stable. Hospitalized in Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota hospital attendants report Albert Woolson age 108 the last Union Army veteran of the Civil War spent a good night and his condition remains unchanged. He was admitted last Friday with lung congestion but is not considered seriously ill and has been able to get about his hospital room.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Eisenhower
Congressional
All Austin Citizens Urged to Attend Centennial Meet
All Austin citizens are urged to attend the first open meeting of the Austin Centennial Corp at 8 p.m. today in Shaw Gymnasium. Mrs. Louella Nangle, president, says centennial plans for July 4 events and related activities will be explained and questions answered.
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Austin
Ray Emmerich
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Shaw
Chamber
Shaw
Brothers of the Brush
Roger Meakins
Lloyd Meakins
Highway 16
Austin Centennial Corp
Shaw Gymnasium
Louella Nangle
Nangie
Cost of Living Rises Slightly in April
The government reports a 0.2 percent rise in the living costs index for April, lifting the index to 1149 percent of the 1947 49 base. The increase triggers a one cent an hour wage boost for about a million workers under union contracts, with most auto industry workers receiving a seven cent per hour increase in June.
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Washington
Auto
The
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Interstate Duluth Bridge Plan Advances Slower Than Hope
The Interstate Bridge Commission of Minnesota and Wisconsin unanimously backed pursuing a high level bridge at Duluth Superior. Hoffmann cited delays in detailed plans awaiting clearance of the span. Plummer noted objections to location, 30 foot width, and 100 foot clearance while engineers await formal review.
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ST. Paul
Interstate Bridge Commission
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Duluth
Superior
Harold Plummer
Wisconsin Highway Department
M. J. Hoffmann
Hoffmann
Plummer
William A. Bergerom
Somerset
Wis
Joint Legislative Committee
St Paul Man Confesses to Wife's Murder Near Cottage Grove
A year after his wife vanished, Robert E. Boeseneilers confessed to killing her and burying her body near Cottage Grove. Police found blood stained clothing and bedding in the couple’s home as detectives prepared to transport him to the crime scene. No charges filed yet as the investigation proceeds.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Cottage Grove
Here
Hastings
Albert Lorenz
Boeseneilers
Jack
State workers to receive service pins at dinner
Eleven employees with a combined 225 years of service at the state department of employment security will be honored with service pins at a dinner in St. Paul tonight.
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ST. Paul
State Department of Employment Security
Symbols of sentiment on tombstone markers revived in Minnesota
Delano is seeing a trend toward personalized memorials with Bible verses and quotations on grave markers. Don Gilmer of Delano Granite Works notes strong demand before Memorial Day and cites examples for Magnus Johnson and other local figures. His firm, market leader, sells over 10,000 memorials annually.
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Don Gilmer
Delano
Delano Granite Works
Gallagher
Shean
New Bedford Mass
Alaska
Arctic
Monument
Gilmer
Husband Loses Divorce Over Pets Cruelty Claim
Frederick J. Betts of Denver won a divorce after a District Court jury found extreme and repeated cruelty tied to his wife Anenia preferring animals to him. Betts shared his home with chinchillas a parrot a cat a dog and three bowls of tropical fish.
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Denver
Frederick J. Betts
Anenia
Betts
Senator calls for investigation into Wilson on thought control
Sen. Jackson proposes a Senate subcommittee probe to determine if Secretary of Defense Wilson is enforcing thought control over rival military leaders amid interservice discord. President Eisenhower warns against loss of discipline while Symington plans to broaden inquiry into interservice missions.
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Washington
Sen
Jackson D-Wash
Senate
Wilson
Jackson
Administration
Army
Air Force
Navy
Symington
Benson Calls for Legal Analysis of Farm Bill
Washington Secretary Benson asked Agriculture Department lawyers for a detailed analysis of the new farm bill and changes he must or may make. Officials say President Eisenhower’s signature is expected. debates focus on soil bank payments and retirement of surplus land.
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Benson
Washington F
Agriculture Department
House
Department
Eisenhower
Car Misses Curve Killings in Owatonna
Lyle Wilson aged 26 of Owatonna was killed late Wednesday when a car missed a curve on US 68 north of town and overturned. Two other local men Arthur Krienke and Harry Olson were injured with Krienke hospitalized. The state traffic toll rose to 145, up from 143 a year ago.
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Owatonna
Minn
Lyle Wilson
Here
Arthur Krienke
Harry Olson
Krienke
No Invite Yet Says the Ride
A White House spokesman said there has been no invitation for the U S Joint Chiefs of Staff to visit the Soviet Union though informal talks since Geneva hint at high officials visiting Russia. An embassy note says Marshal Sokolovsky invited Gen Nathan F Twining to send a delegation to Aviation Day celebrations in Russia on June 24.
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Washington
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Union
Russia
Snyder
Joint Chiefs
Sowder
Marshal Sokolovsky
Nathan F. Twining
U. S. Air Force
Man and child die in South Dakota crash near Dell Rapids
A head on collision on a gravel county road 30 miles east of Chester, South Dakota, killed Carl Moon, 49, and a 14 month old child. Several others were injured including Dawes family members and Clifford Brude, with two teenagers and a younger child hospitalized. The deaths push the year toll to 56, two behind last year.
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Chester
Here
Carl Moon
Dell Rapids
Ralph Dawes
Sioux Falls
Dawes
Clifford Brude
Moon
Brude
South Dakota
Sale of Minneapolis Stations Authorized
The Federal Communications Commission authorized Family Broadcasting Corp to sell KEYDAM TV in Minneapolis to United Television Inc for 1 140 008. United may immediately re sell KEYD radio to Western Broadcasting Corp for 35 000. Western is led by Robert M. Purcell, now Family Broadcasting’s managing director. Principal United ownership links to WENS Pittsburgh WMTW Poland Spring and WABI Bangor.
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Washington
Concunnications Commission
Family Broadcasting Corp
Keydam- TV
Minneapolis
Minn
United Television Inc
United
KEYD
Western Broadcasting Corp
Western
Robert M. Purcell
United Television
WENS
Pittsburgh
WMTW
Poland Spring Maine
Wabi TV
Bangor
Maine
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Eugene McCarthy
Dminn
Ida Jacobsen
Coya
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Ewan Clague
Labor Statistics
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Army Corps of Engineers
U.S
Robert E. Boeseneilers
Boeseweijers
Coffman Memorial Union
University of Minnesota
Carl
Manke
Paul
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Magnus Johnson
United States
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Cassel
Carver
Colorado
Burlington, Iowa
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Armed Services Subcommittee
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
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Buehler
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National Food
Agricultural Marketing Service
Grace
Princess Grace of
Monaco
Prince Rainier
Teresa Maria
Assumption School
Madrid
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