Cedar River Floods Surge After 3.76-Inch Weekend Rain
Cedar River rose rapidly near Austin with the gauge near 13.1 feet as 3.76 inches of weekend rain fell. Marcusen and Chesner parks flooded and Spring Valley saw heavy inundation while crops face damage from prolonged moisture. Northern Iowa towns recorded several storms and a fatal flash flood near Cresco drowned two farmers.
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Austin
Cedar
Roger Nelson
Nelson
Marcusen Park
Chesner Park
Spring Valley
F. L. Liebenstein
Iowa
Mason City
Cresco
Francis Fitzgerald
Anton Marik
Northwood
Weather Bureau
East German food blockade sparks protests across Soviet zone
East Berlin radio reports clashes in Potsdam and other towns as police enforce a travel ban to Berlin. Rioters, hunger crowds, and arrests accompany widespread strikes and police crackdowns amid the food parcel distribution cut by the blockade.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Red Radio
West Berlin
Potsdam
The
Radio
Germany
West
Walter Ulbricht
Red
East
Fast Berlin
U. S
James B. Conant
Conant
United States
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
Soviet Zone
U N Command stages practice POW exchange in Korea
The United Nations Command held a dress rehearsal at Panmunjom for a mass homeward exchange of about 3 313 Allied POWs. 150 mock prisoners moved to Inchon while Red Cross teams prepared inspections and gifts distribution as 60 man joint teams are set to start Tuesday.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
Inchon
Reds
Red Cross
Manchurian
Red
U. N
Mungan
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S. 8Th Army
Freedom Village
Taylor
U. N. Command
Seoul
Liberty Village
Brittanica
Liquor and Beer Tax Receipts Dip in July
State Treasurer Van Bjornson reported July liquor and beer receipts declined slightly from July 1952 figures. For the first seven months of 1953 the total yield rose to 8.34 million dollars from 7.15 million dollars in the prior year, despite July showing a drop to 721,766 dollars versus 774,454 in July 1952.
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ST. Paul
van Bjornson
Bjornson
MacNider Leaves Hospital for Home
Maj. Gen. Hanford MacNider aged 63 Mason City industrialist left the hospital and rests at home after showing steady improvement following a stroke last Tuesday.
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Mason City
Hanford MacNider
MacNider
Legion Opens Minneapolis Convention With Parades and Sessions
More than 5000 Legionnaires and auxiliary members swarmed Minneapolis for a convention opening weekend. A humorous Saturday parade by the 40 et 8 group gave way to a serious Sunday procession honoring mothers wives and sisters of Americans killed in action. Memorial services followed in the Armory as business sessions began with a joint meeting planned and candidates Paul Geer and Nate Kellar contending for department commander.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
American Legion
the Legion
Armory
Paul Geer
St. Paul
Nate Kellar
Duluth
Pants explosion at Offenbach gas works injures welder
A welder at the Offenbach gas works suffered minor burns when gas seeped up his trouser leg and was ignited by his torch. Officials confirmed the incident occurred Monday and he was treated for the burns.
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Offenbach
Germany
Last Soldier Killed Hoped Truce Would Come in Time
Sgt. J. C. Har old R. Cross Jr., the last United Nations soldier killed in the Korean War, died an hour and 20 minutes before the ceasefire ended fighting. His wife Ilse Cross, who married him in Germany, received the telegram over the weekend and fainted in the arms of his brother Louis. She recalled feeling relief after news of the truce but mourned the loss as she had just heard a letter on Tuesday.
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Detroit
J. C. Harold R. Cross Jr
Sgt. Cross
Ilse
Taft Eulogy Chiefs Nation in Capitol Funeral
President Eisenhower and leaders honor Sen. Robert A. Taft at a state funeral in the Capitol rotunda. Ohio Sen. Bricker lauds Taft as a model of liberty and faith as the body lies in state and a national tribute unfolds. The service ends with burial planned in Cincinnati the following day.
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United States Capitol
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Armed Services
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
Capitol
House
Taft
John W. Bricker
Republic
New York
Marine
Bernard Braskamp
Cincinnati
Capitol Building
Taftill
Indian Hill Episcopal Church
No Change Today in Grocery Status
The 10 day grocery dispute in Austin remains unresolved with four stores closed for a week. Eva Sayers of Local 578 says no settlement signs exist and a state conciliator meeting failed to bring parties together.
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Austin
Eva Sayers
Burnquist Defends Submerged Lands Ownership From Freeman Attack
Minnesota Attorney General Burnquist rebutted Orville Freeman’s criticism of the federal law restoring state ownership of submerged oil lands. He recalled his 1948 role in forming a committee to push state title restoration and warned against claims of lost revenue. He argued the act protects state iron ore under public waters and opposes any future federal seizure without compensation.
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ST. Paul
Burnquist
Orville Freeman
Minneapolis
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
National Association of Attorneys General
Texas
Ben Shepperd
Arkansas
Minnesota
Congress
Freeman
Lake Superior
ORACLE Computer: Fastest Digital Brain Built by Argonne Oak Ridge
Argonne National Laboratory announces ORACLE Oak Ridge Automatic Computer Social Engine, the world speed record holder for multiply tasks. Built by Argonne and Oak Ridge teams, the 350000-dollar machine will be installed at Oak Ridge this fall. It multiplies 12 digit numbers about 2000 times per second and solves complex problems in 20 to 30 minutes, a feat decades faster than two mathematicians with desk calculators.
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Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oracle Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Television programs listed in the Herald Market Page
The Austin Daily Herald begins publishing a daily full list of television programs received in the area on its Market Page. Listings come from KROC TV WCCO TV and KSTP TV with KMMT TV to be added when regular schedules start. Also moving train bus and airplane schedules to the Market Page.
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Austin Daily Herald
Herald
Kroc-Tv
Wcco-Tv
Kstp-Tv
Kmmttv
Austin
Leaders Seek to End Congress by Afternoon Adjournment
Congress pressed toward a mid afternoon adjournment after a White House conf held to postpone debt limit action until next year if possible. Senate leaders Knowland and Millikin said no fall special session unless absolutely necessary as officials seek to run the government under the 275 billion debt limit. The debt stands at 272 percent billion with payroll fears cited.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Sen. Millikin
Rcolo
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
House
Secretary of Treasury
Humphrey
Dodge
Millikin
Wisconsin Boy Dies in Twin City Hospital
A Prescott Wisconsin boy Jerry Howe aged 15 died in a St Paul hospital from burns suffered at home. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ben Hovel and was burned when alcohol spilled on his clothing ignited while he was working in a seed company plant.
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ST. Paul
Prescott, Wis
Jerry Howe
Ben Hovel
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Douglas MacArthur
Ike
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