Hormel announces major plant expansion in Austin
Geo A Hormel & Co unveils an extensive modernization plan for the Austin plant including hog slaughtering and sausage production changes, new dehairing equipment, upgraded beef coolers, and a new mixed feeds plant. Lysne Construction Co. and Donovan Construction Co. awarded contracts. project aims to cut costs, improve quality, and support future pricing.
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Austin
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Hormel Company
Lysne Construction Co
Donovan Construction Co
Kennedy Says U.S. May Test Atmosphere If Necessary
President Kennedy said the United States would prepare to conduct atmospheric nuclear tests only if required to safeguard free world security and to maintain orderly development of weapons. He stressed such tests would be used sparingly and not for political reasons.
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Kennedy
United States
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U.S
Van Fleet apologizes to Stevenson over Cuba remarks
Gen James A Van Fleet apologizes to Adlai Stevenson for statements about Cuba and the United Nations ambassador saying information was erroneous and remarks were out of context He says the meeting was a closed session and no press coverage occurred while Lakeland Ledger and Tampa Tribune disputed the quotes.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Lakeland
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South Viet Nam
West Germany
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West Berlin
United States
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Florida
Cold Wave Snow Loom Over Northwest Region
The Associated Press reports a cold wave with snow and strong NW winds spreading across the Northwest by Friday. Temperatures drop to freezing or below, with Minnesota in the 20s to 30s, and blizzard conditions in western South Dakota. Travel bans advised near Rapid City while rural schools close. snowfall totals reach eight inches in Sturgis and two inches near Rapid City. Rain soaks eastern Minnesota with about half an inch in the Twin Cities.
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Weather Bureau
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South Dakota
Sturgis
Rapid City
Twin Cities
State Livestock Probes Disease on Becker County Farm
The State Livestock Sanitary Board was asked to investigate anaplasmosis a rare cattle disease on M W Winters Becker County Hereford herd Robert Westlake local veterinarian said ten cows had died from the illness He diagnosed it by laboratory analysis and warned the disease is contagious insect carried with potential fifty percent mortality though mainly found in southern and central states.
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U S Reds at Critical U N Stage
United Nations aims for interim secretary general as Soviet Union weighs secret plans for U Thant. If accepted, Security Council could meet Friday and General Assembly may elect him to fill Hammarskjold’s unfinished term, with swift action possible or delayed to early next week.
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United Nations
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U Thant
Burma
Valerian A. Zorin
Security Council
General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Council-Assembly
Rayburn’s Weight Down to 130 as Cancer Saps He
Bonham Texas AP reporting House Speaker Ian Rayburn 79 battles incurable cancer. He weighs 130 pounds now from a normal 176 and is spending remaining days among friends and neighbors in Bonham.
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Bonham, Tex
Ian Rayburn
Bonham
Texas Democrat
Hattie Claims 100 Dead in Belize Devastation
Belize and nearby islands reel from Hurricane Hattie with more than 100 dead and thousands left homeless. Wind gusts reached 200 mph as 75 percent of Belize’s buildings were destroyed or damaged, and relief crews reported looting and martial law amid the disaster.
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Honduras
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Government House
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Truman Flares At Ike Policies In Public Critique
Former President Harry S Truman accused the Eisenhower administration of wrong and unwise policies. He praised future leadership under Kennedy and recalled his own White House tenure without distressing events. The remarks came at a National Press Club luncheon marking the 13th anniversary of Truman's 1948 upset victory.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Russian Arctic nuclear blasts logged by Ottawa seismic center
Scientists at an Ottawa seismic station record two Russian nuclear blasts in the Arctic dated October 23 and October 30. The upper chart shows the Oct 23 peak and the lower chart reveals about double the intensity in the shock waves.
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Ottawa
Canada
Russia
Arctic
NEA
Fallout Cloud Nears Aleutian Islands
The Weather Bureau estimated radioactive debris from the Russian superbomb rides 30,000 foot winds over the Aleutian island chain toward Alaska. Researcher Robert List said the cloud could pass over parts of Alaska tonight and may drift over western Canada by Friday.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Aleutian Island
Alaska
Robert List
Canada
Human Wave Beaten Back by Paratroops in Viet Nam Battle
In Phuoc Thanh Province near Saigon, South Viet Nam paratroopers repelled a Viet Cong assault described as a human sea tactic. The fighting left over 100 Viet Cong dead, with paratrooper losses at about one third that figure as three rebel battalions totaling about 1,000 men attacked a smaller unit.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Phuoc Thanh
Alabama Probes Race Science for Segregation Policy
Alabama hired a lawyer and a scientist to argue white intellectual superiority over Negroes. Governor Patterson approved the plan, paying $3,000 for Dr. Wesley George to study anthropological differences. Ralph Smith said the aim is to preserve segregation and to inform future court action.
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