Minnesota Faces New NFO Road Blockades Disruptions
State agencies monitor violence surrounding the National Farmers Organization meat holding campaign. Highway Patrol limited to keeping highways open, with no escort duties or county sheriff directives. Governor Rolvaag debates National Guard involvement as Sibley County reports over 300 demonstrators. An escort aided a 100 mile convoy from Hancock to Howard Lake. a Delano checkpoint incident led to loss of four steers after a tailgate incident.
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Minnesota
National Farmers Organization
James Marshall
Highway Patrol
Karl Rolvaag
Sibley County
William Scott
National Guard
NFO
Hancock
Howard Lake
Lyle Zeltwanger
Delano
Hennepin County
Zeltwanger
Long Lake
U.S. 12
Today in History highlights and Midwest unrest notes
A summary of August 26 historical milestones from 1920 the 19th Amendment becoming part of the Constitution to 1945 surrender talks and 1964 political moves. It also reports Minnesota and South Dakota farm protests and confrontations, NFO demonstrations, trucker incidents near Winona Plainview and St Cloud, and a possible National Guard call in South Dakota.
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Thomas Hutchinson
Massachusetts
Robert Morris
Philadelphia
Louvain
United States
Sagami Bay
Tokyo
Philippines
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Luzon
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Wisconsin Voters Urged To Decide On Legalized Bingo
Political roundup updates Wisconsin voters on legalized bingo with endorsements and calls for referendum. Warren P. Knowles backs a vote with regulation, while Bronson La Follette pushes consumer protection study. Other notes cover NFO disturbances, immigration, and highway safety ideas ahead of primaries.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Milwaukee
Mishkot
Twelve Army Reserve Units to Leave Camp McCoy
About 12 U S Army Reserve units will depart Camp McCoy Wisconsin by motor convoy starting 5 am Saturday August 29 en route to home stations in a five state area. Convoys include 10 to 35 military vehicles and will use routes on U S 12 and 16 toward Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin and Interstate 90 and 94 toward Indiana Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
U.S. 12
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Illinois
Home Wanted by Branch Manager of First Credit Corp
Branch manager seeks to rent a modern three or four bedroom home with a garage. He will care for home and yard and asks interested parties to call Mr. Ford at 4-2473.
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First Credit Corp
Ford
Evidence on Chinese inventing gunpowder remains inconclusive
The text notes that saltpeter an essential gunpowder ingredient is first mentioned by an Arabian writer around 1200 A.D. The claim about Chinese invention lacks decisive evidence and is not conclusive.
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Archie] Gubbrud
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