Snowfall Blankets Willmar and Minnesota Region
Snow totaling up to seven inches fell overnight across Willmar and western Minnesota as a broad snow front moved from North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa. The Weather Bureau forecast tapering snowfall by afternoon and clearing tonight with milder, sunny Saturday. Roads were slick with icy spots on several highways, and farmers welcomed snow as beneficial after a dry month.
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Associated Press
Willmar
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Minnesota Highway Department
Pine River
Wheaton
Milaca
Twin Cities
Marshall
Madison
Montevideo
Granite Falls
Windom
Minn
Little Falls
Brainerd
Glenwood
St. Cloud
Mankato
Rochester
Owatonna
Aberdeen
Erwin Wamhoff
Morrison County
Albert Lea
Faribault
Nea
Seattle Thanksgiving Deer Chase Captures City Interest
A lake crossing by five deer from Mercer Island led to a daytime chase through Seattle. Police helicopters and volunteers from the Humane Society, Game Department, and City Zoo participated with bystanders as Buzz Fiorini tranquilized and captured one deer then took it to the zoo. four deer remained at large as night fell.
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Seattle
Mercer Island
Lake Washington
Gsters
Humane Society
State Game Department
City Zoo
Buzz Fiorini
Bing Crosby
Fiorini
Minnesota Supreme Court weighs governor race final figures
The Minnesota Supreme Court surveyed the governor election amid a 2 p.m. canvassing board meeting. Richard Kyle urged acceptance of amended figures from 10 counties to favor Gov. Elmer L. Andersen by 142 votes, while Sydney Berde challenged the amendments. Chief Justice Knutson said a conference would follow Berde’s arrival to contest the changes.
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St, Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Richard Kyle
Elmer L. Andersen
Oscar R. Knutson
Sydney Berde
Karl Rolvaag
Berde
Andersen
Rolvaag
Kennedy and advisers meet on Cuban crisis Cape Cod
President Kennedy and top aides gather at the Kennedy summer home on Cape Cod to discuss the Cuban crisis over coffee. Budget Director David Bell joins to review next year’s federal spending. NSC committee members and U.N. envoy Stevenson attend. Thanksgiving scenes unfold with Kennedy family at Hyannis Port.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
David Bell
Nantucket Sound
National Security Council
Congress
Washington
Dean Rusk
George Ball
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Gen
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John J. McCloy
U.N
McGeorge Bundy
Robert F. Kennedy
Gem Theft Reported From St. Paul Home
Police reported a burglary in St. Paul in which about $4,000 in jewelry was taken from the home of Michael Edlin who said he was sleeping. The loot included a diamond ring valued at $2,500 an $850 wrist watch $300 in diamond earrings a $100 set of pearl earrings and two necklaces valued at $250.
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ST. Paul
Michael Edlin
Brooklyn Tree Stolen From Botanic Garden In Bonsai Theft
A 45 year old, two foot tall dwarfed Japanese white pine bonsai valued at 2000 dollars was stolen with its ceramic pot from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Garden officials canvassed about 200 bonsai experts before announcing the loss. The tree, donated in 1956 by Mr and Mrs Howard Phipps Jr, was one of the finest in the outdoor nursery.
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New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
George S. Avery
Tokyo
Howard Phipps Jr
Westbury
N.Y
Southerly Winds Warm Up Iowa
Southerly winds push temperatures to around 50 degrees across Iowa Friday with similar highs forecast for Saturday and Sunday during the Thanksgiving holiday. Low readings ranged from 23 degrees at Dubuque to 40 degrees at Sioux, with Thursday also showing mild readings at several sites.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Iowa
239 Die in Holiday Accidents
The Thanksgiving holiday death toll rose with hundreds more killed in traffic crashes. Highway fatalities reached about 459 in the 102 hour period, with 30 in fires and 113 in other accidents, totaling 602. Texas and Illinois incidents added to the grim tally.
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Texas
Illinois
University of Omaha
Union Pacific
Omaha
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Two Minnesota Women Die on Snow Slowed Highways
Two highway crashes across Minnesota killed four men and women including Mrs. Lena Neubauer and Roger Jandt. The state toll for the year reached 606 as slick roads and falling snow contributed to the day’s fatalities.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Metre Grove
Minn
Edward Brang
Stearns County
Brang
Lena Neubauer
Regal
Melrose
Justin O. Brenden
Alexandria
Scott County
Roger P. Jandt
New Market
Eidsvold
Twin Cities
Jandt
Oscar Anderson
Route
Brainerd
Floyd Gerling
Clarissa
Karla Torgeson
Kensington
Highway Patrol
Anderson
Minnesota 210
Bernard J. Hendricks
Motley
Donna Hendricks
Gerling
Robbinsdale
Minneapolis
John Witkowski Jr
Rita Witkowski
Ballots Questioned in Watonwan County Governor Race
DFL officials claim a box of general election ballots stored in a St James jail cell was moved and nearly dumped. Sheriff Matson and custodian Chester Nelson said the ballots were briefly outside the storage area during a cleaning. Rolvaag aides allege tampering and urge review by the State Canvassing Board.
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Associated Press
St. James
Minn
Democratic- Farmer-Labor
Watonwan County
Minnesota
Elmer L. Andersen
DFL
Karl Rolvaag
State Supreme Court
Andersen
Watonwan
Rolvaag
State Board
Dave Matson
Chester Nelson
Irving Nemerov
Paul Skjervold
Minneapolis
Nemerov
Skjervold
Matson
Nelson
Robert A. Forsythe
Chisholm
Roy Nelson
Duluth
Minnesota Gop
Walter Grayton
Soviet Union Seeks Cuban Peace Pact via U.N. Talks
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov confirms a formal agreement to end the Cuban crisis and a proposed joint declaration. U.S. negotiators balk at discussing Guantanamo withdrawal, while U Thant would verify troop withdrawals under U.N. supervision with the Soviets and Cubans present.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Kuznetsov
U.S
Pian
U Thant
United States
Cuba
Guantanamo Naval Base
Fidel Castro
U.N
Indians Brace for Long War After Cease Fire
Indian army rushes fresh troops to the Himalayas as nine days pass of a cease-fire with Red China looms. Nehru warns of a long, hard war while China consolidates gains and promises withdrawal next December at a contested border in Ladakh and the northeast.
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Henry
Bradsher
New Delhi
India
Himalayas
Red China
Nehru
Peking
Begin
Red
China
Ladakh
Red Cross
Lake Spanggua
White House Says Kennedy Macmillan Meeting Likely
In Hyannis Port Mass the White House said it is highly probable a meeting will be held soon between President Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. In New York two pro Castroites pleaded innocent in U S District Court to charges of conspiring to sabotage the United States and failing to register as Cuban agents. Bail was set at 50000 dollars for each.
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White House
Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Britain
U.S. New York
U.S. District Court Sea
United States
Cuba
Norwegian Freighter Rams Breakwall in Muskegon Channel
The Norwegian freighter Makefjell, fighting rough Lake Michigan conditions, rammed its bow into the Muskegon channel south breakwall and was described by the Coast Guard as a ground stem to stern incident today.
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Muskegon, Mich
Makefjell
Plane Crash Kills 13 Near Baltimore
A United Airlines Viscount four engine plane crashed in Homestead Maryland about 10 miles west of Baltimore. There were nine passengers and four crew aboard with no survivors reported at the scene. The Newark to Atlanta flight had a Washington stop.
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Ellicott City
United Air Lines
Homestead
Baltimore
Newark
N.J
Atlanta
Washington, D.C
United Flight No
Clark Gaither
Minnetonka Club Destroyed By Early Morning Fire
A blaze gutted about three quarters of the Minnetonka County Club in Excelsior early Thursday. Damage was estimated at 150000 to 200000 dollars. The fire started in the east wing, with cause not yet determined.
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Minneapolis i
Minnetonka County
Excelsior
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