Adlai Stevenson Quickly Starts Presidential Campaign
Adlai E Stevenson announced he will enter the March 20 Minnesota presidential primary and lead a fast start for the 1956 Democratic nomination. He poised to name James Finnengan as campaign manager and Hy Raskin as executive director while preparing for early primaries in Minnesota California Pennsylvania and Florida. Senator Estes Kefauver signaled a possible bid and said he would decide by mid December after party considerations and Senate duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Minnesota
Mamoth
Stevenson
Jack Bell
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
James Finnegan
Pennsylvania
Hy Raskin
Barry Bingham
Louisville
Courier-Journal and Times
Courier-Journal and Times Publishing Co
California
Florida
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Miami
Fla
Fatal shooting ruled accident in Hallock
In Hallock Minnesota Gary Lilliquist 15 was fatally struck in the heart by a bullet fired by his 13 year old brother Merlyn during target practice. Gary walked to a pickup but died on the way to Halleck hospital. The Lilliquist family farms eight miles south of town. Officials ruled the incident accidental with no inquest.
Austin area records 59 degree November warm spell
Austin Minn Nov 16 1954 residents enjoyed an unseasonably warm 59 degree noon reading and recalled a year ago snow 2 inches with 10 below zero and winds to 40 mph. County crews and city graders clear snow from roads and windbreaks while motorists contend with ice on windshields and drifting snow throughout the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Minn
Mercury
Herald
G. Everett Carlson
Adams
Grand Meadow
Dexter
Carlson
Main Street
Benson To Address Swine Institute February 3 in Austin
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson will speak at the Minnesota Iowa Swine Institute in Austin on February 3 outlining pork purchase plan effects and the farm program to Congress. Institute director P. J. Holand expects overflow crowds in the School Auditorium with extra seating in the gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Minnesota
Iowa Swine Institute
Austin
Benson
Congress
P. J. Holand
Institute
Herbert Pike
Whiting
Iowa
Russia
Willard Brittin
Springfield
National
Swine Record Assn
Clarence Meyers
Blue Earth
Robert Kline
Vinton
Robert W. Worcester
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Damon Catron
Iowa State College
Robert Spangler
Ralston - Purina
St. Louis
R. T. McCarty
Dallas
Texas
Cornell University
Swine Institute
Austin High School
Holand
Dulles to Deliver Geneva Report Friday From Washington
President Eisenhower remains indoors due to cold and rain as Secretary of State Dulles prepares a radio television address on Geneva for Friday night from Washington. Press secretary Hagerty says Dulles will report after talks with Eisenhower in Gettysburg and Washington. The morning briefing also notes plans for Mitchell to attend Durkin funeral and Gettysburg College offering its presidential office as a studio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
White House
State Dulles
Geneva
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Dulles
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Land Hughes
Howard M. Snyder
Hagerty
Secretary of Labor
Mitchell
Chicago
Martin P. Durkin
Labor
Gettysburg College
Robert Montgomery
Walter Langsam
Ike
Moderate Manila quake rattles city with no damage
A moderate earthquake struck Manila today. No injuries or property damage were reported as residents felt tremors across several districts. Authorities confirmed no aftershocks or casualties at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Dulles Blames Bulganin for Deadlock at Geneva
At Geneva Dulles blames Bulganin for the stalemate while Israel seeks U S defensive arms from Washington to counter arms Egypt is obtaining from Czechoslovakia. Abba Eban submits a list of weapons including anti tank guns and submarine chasers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Israel
Abba Eban
State Department
United States
Egypt
Eban
Herbert Hoover Jr
Dulles
Reuven Shiloah
Katriel Salmon
George V. Allen
Middle East
Hoover
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Halfway mark in 1955 USI drive reports progress
The 1955 USI drive shows $32 047 95 pledged toward a $59 998 goal with $9 940 10 received at USI headquarters including 5 421 50 from Hormel office employees. Division leaders Ernst Larson John Holmes Wayne Mason and Robert Proof posted various sums while Richard C Dougherty reported 295 from colonels. Additional reports include 410 from Jack Serman's Hormel foremen division and remaining solicitations from Hormel plant workers and Austin firms await results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USI
Hormel
Richard C. Dougherty
Holmel
Ernest Larson
John Holmes
Wayne Mason
Robert Proof
Dougherty
Jack Serman
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Austin
State moves swiftly against dynamiter in airline murder case
John Gilbert Graham, 23, a father of two, will be arraigned tomorrow on a murder charge in the dynamiting of a United Air Lines plane. The blast killed Graham’s mother and 43 others as the DC6B exploded after takeoff from Denver. The state seeks the death penalty. Graham is jailed without bond amid heightened security and threats of mob action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John Gilbert Graham
United Air Lines
Graham
U S. Atty
Donald Kelley
Bert Keating
Missing 14000 in traveler checks from Northern State Bank
Northern State Bank in Thief River Falls reports 14000 in traveler checks and 1750 in silver missing after cashier Kenneth Lindbergh disappeared Saturday. Sheriff Rambeck says a car sighting near Lindbergh's license pattern is a lead and authorities in multiple states are alerted. Lindbergh is presumed abducted with his wife under strain as she awaits word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thief River Falls
Minn
Arthur Rambeck
Northern State Bank
Kenneth Lindbergh
Rambeck
Lindbergh
Ben Fuhrman
Grand Rapids
Fuhrman
Detroit Lakes
Brownsdale to Vote on Austin School Merger
Brownsdale District 38 will hold an election on November 29 to decide consolidation with Austin District 27 after the associated district was ruled invalid. Board member Louis Meyer reported the plan to seek voter expression, with polls open from 5 to 9 p.m. and strong emphasis on high turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browsdale
Austin
Brownsdale
Brownsdale Dist
Louis Meyer
Austin Dist
Dist
A.C. Richardson
Gilbert Gargisch
Vern Pike
Arthur Schroeder
Stanley Peterson
Howard Fenner
Dulles Says Soviets Oppose German Reunification Talks
Secretary of State Dulles told the Geneva conference final session that Molotov was sent with orders not to discuss reunification of Germany. He blamed Soviet resistance on fear of losing control over Eastern Europe. The Big Four agreed to break up the meeting without setting a time for another session and issued a brief communique noting limited progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Dulles
Nikolai Bulganin
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Moscow
Europe
Eisenhower
United States
Molotov
Wallace Urges Soil Bank Plan at Iowa Gathering
DES MOINES Eighteen years after his tenure as U S secretary of agriculture Henry A Wallace recalled a call to store grain in the soil. He urged adoption of a soil bank as a practical extension of the ever normal granary and crop loan programs. He cautioned the plan must not be too little or too late and urged growing grass and legumes on diverted acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adlais
Bulletin
Senate
Adlai
Japan
Kazuko Ishijima
Hikone
Betty Plummer
600 Park
Kazuko
Betty
Ronald Seath
Rockies
Missouri Valley
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Minneapolis Weather Bureau
TA. M. Ie. Cae
Bulganin
USI Mercury
U. S. Naval Submarine Base
New London
Conn
Kevin Hanlon
Adelphi
U. S. Navy
Dynamiter
W. A. Patterson
Airlines
Keating
Daisy E. King
Mrs. King
Longmont
Colo
Gordon Dolliver
Dolliver
The
Rocky Mountain News
Northern Bank
By John M. Hightower
Wallace
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!