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Died. Harold Knutson, 72, longtime Republican U.S. Representative from Minnesota (1917-49); of a heart ailment; in Wadena, Minn. Norwegian-born, he succeeded Charles A. Lindbergh, father of the flyer, in Congress, cast his first vote in 1917 against a declaration of war on Germany, was a leading isolationist before and after Pearl Harbor, stoutly fought the Democrats and all their works on almost every issue,* including the easing of immigration restrictions...
DAVID SHIRAS Wayzata, Minn...
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What a Sailor Must Learn. Cornelius Shields was born far from the sea, in St. Paul, Minn., in 1895. Fitly enough, it was a notable year in U.S. sailing history, though the year's tidings made little ripple beyond the Eastern Seaboard. It was the year in which American yachtsmen, sailing Defender, a lineal descendant of the great ocean racer America,* defeated the British challenger for the tenth straight time in the America's Cup series. It was also the year in which the premier international championship for smaller boats, the Seawanhaka Cup series, was launched. Though...
...Paul, Minn, last Feb. 11, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson laid down a basic Benson principle: "We seek a minimum of restrictions on farm production and marketing ..." Last week Secretary Benson, still firmly devoted to that principle, nevertheless moved toward more restriction. He established marketing quotas on the 1954 U.S. wheat crop...