Nominations Name Burke to Lead Navy Chiefs
President Eisenhower nominated Rear Admiral Arleigh Burke to be chief of naval operations succeeding Admiral Robert Carney. Also named were Adm. Arthur Radford for a two year Joint Chiefs term and Gen. Nathan Twining as Air Force Chief of Staff. Ridgway to be replaced by Maxwell Taylor on July 1.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Robert B. Carney
Carney
Formosa
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Ridgway
Maxwell D. Taylor
Matthew Ridgway
Army
Taylor
Burke
Austin Man Charged With Tax Evasion
Austin businessman Maynard Moenke 45 formerly operated Purity Inn in Austin faces a federal charge for evading 13832 in taxes from 1948 to 1950. A U S court commissioner ordered a trial date not set and released him on 1000 bond amid IRS witnesses and testimony about unreported liquor and jukebox income.
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ST. Paul
Maynard Moenke
Purity Inn At
Austin
William D. Eckley
U. S
Moenke
Keith Kennedy
Austin Place
Kennedy
John Weinfurter
Johnny
Thye Humphrey Split Over Postal Pay Veto
In Washington the Senate rejected an override of President Eisenhower's postal pay veto by 54 to 39. Humphrey of Minnesota and Langer and Young of North Dakota voted to override. Case Mundt and Thye of South and Minnesota supported sustaining the veto.
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Washington
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Senate
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Langer
Young
North Dakota
Case
Mundt
Thye
Freeman Praises REA Growth in Minnesota Talk
Gov. Freeman lauded the Rural Electrification Administration before the Freeborn-Mower Cooperative Light and Power Assn, noting 96.3 percent of Minnesota farms are electrified, 83 percent via cooperatives, with coops repaying loans and boosting farm production. He contrasted 1935 private utility dominance with rapid REA progress and no tax burden.
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Gov. Freeman
Freeborn - Mower Cooperative Light and Power Assnhere
Minnesota
REA
Freeman
Showers Reach Minnesota and Iowa Parched Areas
The weatherman forecast occasional showers for extreme south and west Minnesota and for most of Iowa Thursday as a rain front moves from North Dakota. Temperatures stayed mild with 48 in Austin and 66 at noon while drought relief appears spotty. Utilities report good city water supply despite high demand.
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Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
Austin
Harold Lamon
Mower
Fillmore
Mower County
Mystery of Missing Vaccine Cleared Up
In New Haven Connecticut the missing 140 vials of Salk polio vaccine have been located. It was found 130 vials were sent to Meriden and 10 remain in New Haven. Meriden, part of 29 communities receiving vaccine from New Haven, received 345 vials instead of 215.
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New Haven
Conn
Meriden
Birthday greetings from Kremlin to Tito mark thaw
The Kremlin sent birthday greetings to Yugoslav President Tito for the first time in seven years as the West watched Russia’s efforts to win back a once vilified Communist outcast.
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London
Kremlin
Tito
Yugoslavia
Russia
Pig Refuses to Be Fall Guy for Iowa Guardsmen
Des Moines area story about a pig recruited by Clarinda Heavy Mortar company to boost April enlistment for the Des Moines unit. The pig bolted from a Centerville farm delivery at Argonne Armory, eluding capture. Guardsmen plan to request another piglet to aid recruitment.
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Pig
Iowa National Guardsmen
Des Moines
Des Moines Medical Company
168Th Infantry Regiment
Clarinda Heavy Mortar Company
Centerville
Argonne Armory
Des Moines Guardsmen
Senate Panel OKs Postal Pay Bill for 500,000 Workers
The Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee approved a new postal pay bill with average raises around 8 percent for about 500,000 postal workers. Committee members said it should be acceptable to President Eisenhower, who vetoed a prior 8.6 percent proposal. the Senate had upheld that veto. The bill won committee endorsement in a half hour session.
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Washington
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Post Ofice Committee
Austin Packs Attendance Trophy With 2342 Gate
The Austin Packers topped the 1955 Southern Minnesota League opening day attendance derby with 2342 fans as they beat Winona 6 2 in Austin. Mankato’s 3310 count was excluded since officials voided that figure for a promotional stunt. Other crowds ranged from 837 to 2070 at various cities.
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Austin Packers
Packers
Winona
Mankato
Tansy Field
Makato
Rochester
Austin
Owatonna
Albert Lea
Faribault
Fairmont
CAP Standing By in Search for Missing Jet
Civil Air Patrol units, including nine planes and 35 members from Austin, joined a search for a missing National Guard F-80 jet that disappeared Sunday on a flight from Fort Wayne to Duluth. Washington Wisconsin Illinois areas covered across a 4000 square mile east west line.
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Austin
Rochester
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
CAP
Minneapolis
Bishop Keeler in good recovery after heart ailment
The Rt. Rev. Stephen Keeler bishop of the Minnesota Episcopal diocese is reported to be doing well in his recovery from a heart ailment by his physician.
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Rome
Stephen Keeler
Minnesota Episcopal Diocese
Mundt Accuses Graft Probe Of Falsehoods In Senate
Senator Mundt denounces a “mystifying fabric of falsehoods” in the Senate graft probe into Army uniform purchases. Witnesses admit lying. one man, David Pollack, is fired for contradicting prior testimony. Levy financed payoffs to Army personnel and implicated Pollack, who admits lying but swears he never took money or visited Bonita Originals.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Army
David Pollack
Quartermaster Corps
Philadelphia
Pollack
Joseph G. Porreca
Clifton, N.J
Brooklyn
Leon M. Levy
Levy
Lebanon
Bonita Originals, Inc
New York
Marvin Rubin
Bonita
Rubin
Britons Focus on Derby as Election Hopes Fade
London reports a quiet eve of Britain's election with Prime Minister Eden's Conservatives leading in polls. Attlee's Labourites hope for high turnout and favorable weather to boost support, while betting odds favor the Tories. Some predict a large seat majority in the 630-member House.
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London
Britain
Eden
Attle
Herbert Morrison
Daily Express
Gallup
Tories
The
Express
Labor
Morgan Phillips
Accept Dates for Big 4 Talks
Paris dispatch reports President Eisenhower accepted July 18 21 as the dates for a Big Four summit to be held in an as yet undecided venue. Pinay said the US would propose Lausanne while France and Britain favored it and Vienna was rejected while Austria remains occupied. The foreign ministers will decide the location in San Francisco during the United Nations anniversary events.
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Paris
Antoine Pinay
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Britain
France
San Francisco
United Nations
Pinay
Lausanne
Switzerland
Vienna
Austria
U. S
State Dulles
Russian Delegation May Visit Des Moines State Fair
Iowa State Fair officials proposed timing a U S visit by a Russian agricultural delegation to include a tour of the Des Moines fair. The plan aims to pair agricultural exchanges with the fair’s showcase.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Salk Vaccine Declared Safe by Scheele With Exceptions
U S Surgeon General Leonard A Scheele endorses the Salk polio vaccine used in mass school inoculations. He notes confidence in all non Cutter lots after safety checks and says a final clearance check on remaining vaccine is forthcoming. Cutter lots linked to 56 paralytic cases are kept out of use as tests continue.
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Washington
U.S
Leonard A. Scheele
Cutter Laboratories
Scheele
Public Health Service
Cutter
Berkeley
Calif
US Public Health Service
Mother Is Witness to Son's Traffic Death
In St Paul a 20 month old boy ran into a street from his mother's car. He was struck and died at the hospital. The boy's mother Mrs Leona Steffen and Mrs John George rushed him to care. funeral services will be held in Austin with Mayer Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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ST. Paul
Leona Steffen
Michael George
John George
Iglehart Ave
Wife Over bored Mutiny Strikes Home
Loretta Day won a Superior Court divorce from retired Navy officer Charles B. Day after testifying that he ran the home like a ship with her barred from his den amid red white and blue pennants. She received furniture a car and 1800 in community property. Day kept the family home.
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Los Angeles
Navy
Charles B. Day
Day
Loretta
Louis H. Burke
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