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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1969
Page
1
AP reports Mariner 6 images show a meteorite scarred, desertlike Mars with huge ancient craters and no signs of life. Scientists say life, if any, would be microscopic or vegetation. Mariner 7 will follow with farther closeups.
In Calcutta police armed with iron rods ransacked the West Bengal State Assembly injuring at least 20 legislators as Speaker B K Banerjee and others fled through a window. Jyoti Basu condemned the action and warned of mobilizing youths amid the President's New Delhi visit.
Do it yourself project shows Joseph Russell MacGregor Seitz 21, MIT special student, examining the improvised intercontinental ballistic missile assembled from parts bought from private firms and sourced from dumps, scrap yards and salvage depots. AP Wirephoto.
Allied commands report scattered clashes across Vietnam with 128 enemy killed in the seventh week of lull. Heaviest fighting by South Vietnamese forces claims 77 Viet Cong killed near Rach Gia 110 miles southwest of Saigon. U.S. forces tally 18 enemy killed and adjust helicopter loss total to 2,893 with 1,254 shot down.
Columbia and the Apollo 11 crew were placed in the lunar quarantine station at Space Center Houston after splashdown. Armstong, Collins, and Aldrin attend a seminar for Apollo 12 crews while scientists test moon samples on germ-free mice.
Chief Justice G. Joseph Tauro of Massachusetts Superior Court rejects a request for an inquest into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. The request, led by District Attorney Edmund Dinis, argued jurisdiction lay with the District Court rather than the Superior Court. tauro cites jurisdictional grounds and calls Dinis iniquitous approach as bad judgment.
A 13 year old Richardson's Bridge on Highway 310 between the border and Roseau ten miles south is moving toward the Roseau River. It has shifted about three feet in the past month, endangering the link to Canada.
The Minnesota Highway Department counted the death of Fosston resident Arthur L. Johnson in a Highway 317 accident as a traffic fatality. Johnson, 28, drowned in the Snake River while hauling grain to Duluth from Park River, N D. Also added to the toll was Jamee Carlson, 27, of rural Wadena, whose July 21 death followed a truck crash north of St. Cloud. Leonard Sagvold, 37, Duquette, was not counted as a traffic fatality after a bulldozer accident on a West Duluth construction project.
President Nixon and wife Pat landed in Lahore amid heat and ceremony to begin talks with President Yahya Khan. Nixon pledged to restore friendship and mutual trust, urging Asian development and seeking resumed U.S. arms support after 1965 war strains.
A temporary restraining order blocks clearing along Turtle Creek from the IL 90 bridge to Oakland Avenue until Aug 18. Judge Daniel F. Foley set a hearing on a temporary injunction against Freeborn Mower Judicial Ditch District 24 after West Bank property owners petitioned for relief. Bonds posted, notices served, and the owners claim no prior notice of an easement or vegetation removal.
Thieves burglarized the Sargeant Post Office between 10 p.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. today, stealing about 1000 in stamps and money orders and cash. The A and G Grocery Store owned by James Jensen also broke in with the front door pried open. About 21 car tons of cigarettes and 35 in change were taken. The safe door was peeled and missing money orders not yet filled. Local sheriff and postal inspector led the investigation.
In Ann Arbor an arrest has been made in the slaying of Karen Sue Beineman one of seven young women found dead in the Ann Arbor Ypsilanti area over two years John Collins 23 of Ypsilanti is in custody and will face first degree murder charges in Ypsilanti District Court He is unemployed and resembles the motorcyclist seen with Beineman before her disappearance July 23 Her body was found in a ravine north of Ypsilanti and she was an Eastern Michigan University coed the third student from the university killed in the case
Deerwood police report three men fled from the Deerwood Sports Shop when deputies confronted them. Buckshot from a shotgun struck Russell Hanson, 26, Circle Pines, in the back. Hanson was taken to Crosby hospital then moved to the University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis in very serious condition.
A Soviet medical journal reports significant progress in leukemia treatment with several children showing complete disappearance of the disease after therapy.
United Air Lines asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for about a 6.6 percent fare increase to align short and medium haul prices with costs. Bethlehem Steel announced second hikes on some products, including hot rolled sheets and galvanized sheets, effective August 6.
House leaders failed to rush a six month surtax extension through in time to offset the expired rates. Senate approval came after hours of debate and maneuvering as Democrats push for tax reform and the House contemplates adopting the rider on the unemployment tax bill.
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