Duluth Woman Survives 19 Day Mountain Ordeal
Minnesota housewife Mrs. Dalton LeMasurier survived on a snow bound Duluth area mountaintop for 19 days after a plane crash that killed her husband radio executive. Found without shoes in frigid conditions near the wreckage, she said it is a blessing to be alive and survived on three pieces of chocolate and vitamin pills.
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Minnesota
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Rescued Wife Recalls Ferris Mountain Crash Ordeal
Mrs. LeMasurier survived on Ferris Mountain after a light plane crash near Duluth on May 11. She described crawling from the wreckage as a gas tank exploded and a snowbound night endured. Her husband Dalton LeMasurier, president of KDAL, died days after the crash, while the couple’s children and rescuers aided search efforts.
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Pasadena
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Ferris Mountain
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New Laws Urged to Curb Lobbying and Campaign Funds
A bipartisan Senate committee urged broader disclosure of lobbying and campaign financing with a Legislative Activities Disclosure Act and a Political Activities Disclosure Act. The panel backed stricter reporting and penalties, but split on applying reforms to primaries, and eyed stronger caps on individual campaign contributions.
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Legion District Meet Planned in Austin With 2000 Attendees
American Legion Post 91 gears up for the 37th First District convention June 7 to 9 in Austin. More than 2000 members and auxiliary visitors are expected with a 6 30 p m banquet on June 8 and a 11 a m Sunday memorial service at Paramount Theater.
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St. Charles
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Weather Readings From Fire Station Roof
Official U S readings taken at 8 30 today show 60 degrees with overcast skies and a trace of precipitation. Previous 24 hours ranged from 58 to 77 degrees with no notable weather events reported.
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Untitled Local Schedule Fragments
Fragmentary OCR reveals a timetable with times and names, including a 70 12 Midnight marker and Friday entries. Other lines reference a 63 OA and a Thursday note, but details are unclear due to garbled text.
Chicken Pox Almost KO's TV Program
Port land Mason, 8, daughter of actor James Mason, performed on Playhouse 90 despite early chicken pox. Luana Wood, sister of Natalie Wood, was to replace her but also fell ill. Pamela Mason, Port land’s mother, rushed her to bed after the broadcast.
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Portland
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Memorial Day Jet Collision Kills Navy Pilot
A Navy Panther jet collision over a Minneapolis cemetery killed Cmdr. Newell Olson and injured nine residents. One plane crashed into a home, setting fires and causing a crater in a vacant lot. the other pilot parachuted to safety. A Navy board will investigate the incident.
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Chamberlain Field
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Britain moves to ease China trade and strains U S relations
Washington reports a new strain in U S Britain ties as Britain lowers controls on trade with Communist China. Senators Knowland and Fulbright criticize U S policy toward China while the State Department says Washington will keep its total embargo on trade with Red China and hopes damage remains temporary.
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Pool Roof Collapses Harming Swimmers in Livingston
Nine seven swimmers escaped serious injury when the indoor pool roof collapsed in Livingston Montana on Thursday. Three bathers were hurt but none in critical condition with scores of others suffering cuts and bruises.
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Hibbing Teen Killed in Memorial Weekend Motorcycle Crash
Hibbing Minnesota reports its first Memorial weekend death after an 18 year old, Leonard Venditto of Hibbing, was fatally injured in a motorcycle crash near the city Thursday night.
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Car Hits House Injuring Three in Austin
A car struck a house in Austin early Thursday injuring three. The report notes holiday accidents and pages 10 coverage. A separate crash 18 miles north left Peter Ferris 17 dead after the vehicle hit a bridge abutment and Ferris was thrown into the Sturgeon River. Venditta survived in good condition. The state traffic toll for 1995 rose to 232.
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Memorial Day Traffic Toll Falls Short Of Projections
Traffic fatalities over the Memorial Day period totaled 94, with 37 drownings and 35 other deaths, bringing the toll to 166 as the 30 hour counting window ended. The National Safety Council had anticipated at least 120 highway deaths, while noting the period produced similar totals to nonholiday days.
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Associated Press
DROWNS IN RIVER AS RESCUE MISSED BY INCHES
Roger Allen Zavoral an 18 year old from Thief River Falls drowned in the Red Lake River Thursday after a passing motorboat narrowly failed to reach him as he swam from the Tindolph Park pool his friends Larry Fosberg and Hurley Lund watched him slip away a barge moored in the pool and a motorboat captain Ollie Mossestad tried to grab him but contact was missed and rescue efforts were unsuccessful his body was recovered about 20 minutes later he left behind his father Albert Zavoral of Hollywood California and his foster parents Oscar and Mrs Johnson of rural Thief River Falls who had cared for him the past nine years.
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Indian Envoy to Address Minneapolis Foreign Policy Luncheon
Gov Freeman announced acceptance by G L Mehta ambassador from India to the United States. Mehta will speak at a luncheon hosted by the governor and Mrs Freeman tied to the foreign policy conference at the Leamington Hotel in Minneapolis on June 8.
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United States
Leamington Hotel
Mineapolis
Memorial Day jet crash at Sunset Cemetery scarred city
Four of nine injured in a Memorial Day crash remained in poor condition while others were released. Lt. John Forsmark and Olson were involved as a low-flying helicopter dispersed poppies during a Veterans of Foreign Wars ceremony. Olson died, his body found in the street with a tangled parachute.
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Khrushchev Claims Soviet H-Bomb Too Big to Test
The Soviet union reportedly told Polish journalists that a 40 megaton hydrogen bomb could not be tested even in the Arctic. Khrushchev allegedly said the device could melt the polar icecap and raise ocean levels, flooding major cities like London and New York.
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