Youths Rule Day As State Fair Opens
Springfield Aug 13 AP The Minnesota State Fair begins a 10 day program with farm sports and political events. About 1350 youths lead a parade of bands and groups to open the exposition. Gov Olta Kerner cuts the ribbon as Cavalcade of Music follows. Livestock show draws 15 067 animals and premiums total 96 156 dollars. Daily bargain admission until 10 am then 50 cents after 5 pm. Harness racing and top racing events start weekend after. Entertainment features TV stars and musical acts headlining daily. Two political days draw large crowds with Republican Sen Barry Goldwater featured and Democratic candidates including Gov Otto Kerner and Adlai Stevenson.
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Springfield
Franklin Rust
Andy Twilliams
Chad Mitchel
Ria
Osmond Brothers
Smothers Brothers
Stair
Dwight
2D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevson
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Gav. Ob
Kerner
Ouster bid for White Delegates at DNC threatened by injunctions
In Mississippi a state chancery court banned operations of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic party led by civil rights activists aiming to oust white regular Democrats from the national convention. Concurrent federal suit seeks to strike down 16 state civil rights hindering laws. Leaders warn actions could spark a floor battle at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City starting August 24.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Chancery
Stokes Robertson Jr
Naional Democratic Party
Lawrence Guyol
Freedom Democrats Executive Committee
Jay T. Patterson
Patterson
Pau B. Johnson
Guyot
Freedom Democrats
Atlantic City
Congress weighs delaying election results broadcasts
Sen. Winston J. L. Prouty urged Congress to bar publication of national election results until polls close, while Sen. Pierre Salinger called for a concurrent resolution opposing electronic vote projections until voting ends. Prouty cited constitutional authority over national elections to justify the measure.
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Washington
Winston JL. Prouty
BVE
Congress
Pierre Salinger
D-Calif
Prouty
Salinger
College Moving Rockford to New 304 Acre Campus
Rockford College will abandon its 117 year old campus this Saturday and relocate in a single day to a new 304 acre site on Rockford's eastern edge. Offices on the old campus close Friday and reopen Monday at the new location.
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Rockford
Rockford College
Girl Survives Sewer Trip In Willimantic River Rescue
Rita Racette, 13, swept into a storm drain during a flood near Willimantic after her car stalled. Three men pulled her from 75 feet underground with one man aiding from the bank. she was found safe at Springfield, Mass. home later that night. Fire crews also battled a rubbish fire at 303 W Vienna St Anna.
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Villimanti
Conn
Leo Racette
Rita
Alreal
Willimantic River
Springfield
Mass
Fix Everts Aided Break Wilson Free From Prison
An underworld group called the Freedom Fixers aided the escape of Charles Frederick Wilson, ex bookmaker and wanted man, who was serving a 30 year sentence for the Glasgow London mail train robbery. The gang scaled a prison wall at 3 am and moved through the grounds to reach Wilson’s cell, evading police and causing minor disruption.
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London
Freedom Fixers
Charles Frederick Wilson
Wilson
Britain
Lacross
Interpol
Jal
Tdem
Freedom Fixes
Herrin
Cornar
7Th Keys
Monroe
Yeither
Bill Nicholls
Conviction of Secret Agent Hailed in Chicago
U S Atty Edward V Hanrahan hailed the conviction of Secret Service agent Abraham Bolden as upholding integrity of the Secret Service Bolden the first Black agent to guard a U S president was convicted and sentenced to six years for attempting to sell government evidence in a counterfeiting case for 50000 dollars He claimed government framing him for plans to tell the Warren Commission about laxity and drunkenness among agents in 1961 at Kennedy guards Judge Joseph Sam Petry presided Bolden joined the service in 1960 and guarded the White House in Hyannis Port Massachusetts in mid 1961
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Bolden
U.S
Warren Commission
Secret Service
Kennedy
U. S
Secret Service,” Hanrahan
Jin
U.S. District Court
Joseph Sam Petry
White House
Hyannis Port
Mass
Merger Plan Approved Between Gamble Skagma and Aldens
Chicago August 13 The Gamble Skagma Inc discount store chain and Aldens Inc the nations fourth largest catalog firm have approved merger plans Gamble Skagma will survive and Aldens will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary under Gamble Skagma title and control remain with Gamble Skagma as the parent company
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Chicago
Ap! Gamble-Skagma, Inc
Aldens, Inc
Gamble Skagma
Aldens
Gamble-Skogm9
Zsa Zsa Storms City Hall Over Fire-Ravaged Property
Zsa Zsa Gabor, in a fiery protest at Los Angeles City Hall, demanded why three chimneys and an Olympic size sand-filled pool remained from her 3 million dollar hilltop mansion destroyed by a 1961 brush fire. She claims the city cleared the site after late extensions and vows to sue, alleging she lost a million and paid 500000 in taxes without aid.
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Los Angeles
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa
Zsa Zsa
City Department of Building and Safety
Ing and Safety Commission
Paul Caruso
Hreman
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