Minister Given $1500 in Auto Crash Case
The Reverend E Nash Eskridge 66 pastor of London and Myrtle churches settled for 1500 in a district court auto accident suit against Oscar Thorson an Austin state highway employee. The incident Oct 4 1950 on highway 105 left Eskridge with back pains and a car in a ditch. Trial had begun when the parties settled ending the June term. future October cases may use a new jury panel.
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E. Nash Eskridge
London
Myrtle
Evangelical United Brethren Churches
Freeborn
Oscar Thorson
Austin
State Highway Department
River Road
Eskridge
Gap Widens in Oil Dispute
London reports a complete breakdown in oil talks between Britain and Iran after a hard line by Prime Minister Mossadegh. Britain demands new proposals or a change in government as Iran threatens to expel 350 British technicians from Abadan. The Iranian general elections next month loom as a potential turning point.
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London
Britain
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Foreign Office
Mossadegh
Abadan
Senate
Richard R. Stokes
Youngdahl Orders Action On Segregation At Reformatory
Gov Youngdahl orders Carl Jackson to halt alleged discrimination against Negro inmates at St Cloud reformatory. Clifford Rucker reports segregation in C wing and biased job placements. He urges equal vocational access and ends to separate Negro YCCs.
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ST. Paul
Youngdahl
Carl Jackson
Division of Public Institutions
St. Cloud Reformatory
Clifford Rucker
Inter-Racial Commission
Rucker
Gov. Youngdahl
YCC
Youth Conservation Commission
Miss America pageant round rewards beauty and talent
Western beauties led the second Miss America round with South Dakota's Marlene Rieb winning the bathing suit award and Colleen Kay Hutchins of Utah earning the talent trophy. Rieb, 19, 5'7" and 122 pounds, wore black. Hutchins, 25, 5'10" and 143 pounds, donned blue velvet with pearls while performing a Maxwell Anderson scene. The final prelims come tonight.
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Atlantic City
N. J
South Dakota
Marlene Margaret Rieb
Parkston
Utah
Colleen Kay Hutchins
Salt Lake City
Miss Hutchins
University of Utah
Maxwell Anderson
Elizabeth the Queen
Navy Debates Fate of Griping Sailor at Base
Bruce S. Hopping, 30, a Maplewood, New Jersey sailor, faces possible trial by general court martial after distributing handbills criticizing naval chow at the Bainbridge training center. He claims only he had the guts to speak up, while others fear retribution despite saying food is good only when served at the base.
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Bainbridge
Navy
Naval Training Center
Bruce S. Hopping
Maplewood
N. J
Hopping
Film Actress Maria Montez Dies in Paris
Paris reports the death of film actress Maria Montez from an apparent bathtub drowning. Found unconscious by her sister, firemen treated her three hours without revival. Montez, a Dominican Republic native, lived in France with husband Jean Pierre Aumont and had just toured Europe in a stage play.
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Paris
Maria Montez
Jean Pierre Aumont
France
Surenness
Miss Montez
Dominican Republic
Italy
Egypt
Luxembourg
Belgium
United States
Army perfects casualty bag for freezing temps
Washington reports a new casualty bag for wounded soldiers in temperatures as low as 50 degrees below zero. The bag is a down filled cover with a cotton-nylon oxford outer, a full zipper around, and special zippers enabling doctors to treat injuries without exposing the body. Large enough for Arctic gear and a splint, it is windproof, water repellent, and fur lined at the face opening to prevent ice from breath.
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Washington
Army
German Red Shoots GI After Crash
An American soldier was shot by a German Communist policeman after his car crashed into a barricade at the Russian zone border near Berlin. The soldier’s injury status was unknown as he was taken into the Russian zone and authorities seek his release. his name is withheld pending ID and kin notification.
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Berlin
U. S
Frisco Readers Track Middle East Peace Pact Support
Nations line up behind the U S British sponsored treaty as Russia and Czechoslovakia dissent. Indonesia joins the majority, leaving 48 of 51 nations backing the pact, with Poland to speak and Japan as a counterpoint. The signing is expected Saturday.
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John M. Hightower
San Francisco
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Indonesia
Bridges
Stefan Wierblowski
Gromyko
Gertrude Sekaninova
China
Japan
Hodes Named 8th Army Chief of Staff
Maj. Gen. Henry S. Hodes is named chief of staff of the U S eighth army at Tokyo. He had been deputy chief of staff since January 14 and succeeds Maj. Gen. Leven C. Allen who recently departed for the United States. Hodes previously commanded seventh infantry division during Inchon and Iwon amphibious operations.
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Tokyo
Henry S. Hodes
U. S
Eighth Army
Matthew M. Ridgway
Hodes
Kaesong
Leven C. Allen
United States
Seventh Infantry Division
Inchon
Iwon
Thursday Wettest Day of the Month Rain Records Set
KAUS weather records show Thursday as the wettest day of the month with .16 inches of rain. Early today rainfall measured at 11 inches before light showers and a partial clearing as the day progressed.
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KAUS
FBI Reported Anti Red Plot Targeted Gromyko
In San Francisco an overturned truck blocked lanes as Andrei Gromyko, speeding with a heavy police escort, led the Russians to a Japanese peace conference. The FBI had warned of a possible assassination attempt by White Russians en route to Bloody Bayshore highway. The incident followed the warning. no one was harmed.
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San Francisco
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
FBI
Bayshore
Gromyko
Otto Schramm
Redwood City
California Highway Patrol
Storm Hovers Off Florida
A dangerous hurricane named Easy drifted on a west-northwest track toward Florida. At 4 a.m. its eye was about 350 miles north northwest of San Juan Puerto Rico and roughly 1000 miles east northeast of Miami. Winds exceeded 140 mph with hurricane-force winds extending 100 miles north and 60 miles south. The storm had crossed more than half the distance to the Florida coast and slowed to 12 mph, forecasting up to four more days to reach the U.S. east coast.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Miami Weather Bureau
U. S
Atlantic
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Miners Slow in Return to Jobs Across Copper Fields
Denver dispatch reports that at least half the workers in copper, zinc, and lead were expected to return after a U S district court halted the strike. The largest return, about 12 000, occurred at Anaconda Copper Mining Co properties in Montana as unions held meetings to pass on orders from the international union.
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Denver
U. S
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Montana
Independent
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Wound Fatal to Youth at Sacred Heart Minnesota
Sgt. Dennis Hubert age 23, son of Mrs. Julia Hubert of Sacred Heart, died Monday from a bullet wound suffered in an accident Sunday at Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa, Florida. Funeral services were scheduled for Sacred Heart today, according to word received here.
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Sacred Heart, Minn
Dennis Hubert
Julia Hubert
Sacred Heart
Patrick Airbase
Cocoa
Fla
Senator Reveals Secret Weapons Amid Defense Boost
Sen. Young disclosed that the United States has more than one devastating new secret weapon likely ready for use if war erupts. He noted these non atomic weapons are in a high state of development as a Senate appropriations panel moved to approve a $5 billion air power defense increase, pushing the bill to over $61 billion.
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Washington
Sen. Young
R-Nd
United States
Young
Senate Appropriations Committee
Truman
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Pentagon
Allied Units Break Encirclement on Korean Front
Allied troops drove Chinese forces from two hills on the western Korean front near Yonchon and repelled encirclement of UN outposts. Two Red companies fled after Allied tank and artillery bombardment. other hills were won after hours of close combat. Casualties ran high for the Reds, with estimates around 2000, including 400 killed.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Yonchon
Imjin
Robert J. Demeres
Communist Messages Reject Allied Denials
Tokyo reports new Communist notes rejected Allied denials of neutrality zone violations at Kaesong Korea. Statements from Nam II accused UN forces of repeated penetrations and alleged South Korean troops killed Red military police in August. Armistice talks at Kaesong remained suspended for the 15th straight day amid renewed fighting on the western front.
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Yonechon
No-Man’s Land
Tokyo
Korea
Kaesong
Red
Matthew B. Ridgway
China
Peiping Radio
Nam II
C. Turner Joy
Joy
Nam
St Cloud Cafe Owner Attacked Robbed in Heist
Raymond Gaebel, cafe manager in St. Cloud, was mugged by four or five youths at 2 a.m. in the business district. He sustained head injuries and was hospitalized. The assailants seized his cash box containing an undisclosed amount.
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ST. Cloud
Raymond Gaebel
Gaebel
Prison Guard Dies After Prison Attack
Sioux Falls South Dakota prison guard E S Jaworski aged 30 died eight hours after being beaten by inmate Martin Merkle 26 who had refused to wash hall walls Merkle a September 1950 murder convict felled the guard with a ball bat in the east wing Witnesses say Merkle surrendered without resistance Warden G Norton Jameson planned to file a murder complaint Merkle was placed in solitary confinement after the incident.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
G. Norton Jameson
E. S. Jaworski
Martin Merkle
Jaworski
Merkle
Henry Potter
Dell Rapids
Jameson
Minnesota
Stillwater
Midwest Temps Dip Into Low 40s and Frost
Associated Press report notes a cool northern Midwest day with readings mostly in the low 40s, a frosty 33 in Calumet Michigan, and near freezing conditions in parts of northern Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Calumet
Mich
Wisconsin
Minnesota
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Robert Schuman
John Foster Dulles
Sen. Bridges
8Th Army
Puff
Sierra Madre
Calif
Alfred Stirton
Yanggu
St. Cloud Cafe
Ike
Mark Hatfield
Salem
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