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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1955
Page
1
Congress adjourned after seven months with Democratic leadership pleased by foreign policy support and domestic bills. Major actions included housing polio vaccine defense production and small business loans. Unresolved items such as atomics ships highway building and farm supports loom as 1956 election year begins.
CISCO GROVE Calif A 20 year old widowed by war faces a life changing decision She loves both Daniel Schmidt missing in Korea and Alford Fine her husband of two months and new life in a Sierra town She plans to meet Schmidt when he returns from captivity and decides alone which path to take with her two year old son in tow.
Washington observers report a boisterous close to the 1955 House session with monkeyshines and a chorus in the chamber. Senate activity remained quieter as Sen Morse persisted with a long talk on federal aid to education while colleagues drifted away.
Professor Bates of Queen's University Belfast says American scientists will attempt an artificial moonlight experiment 60 miles up using sodium vapor released from high altitude rockets in New Mexico likely September 6 or 7. The plan aims to study upper atmosphere winds temperatures and chemical reactions with Britain also entering high altitude rocket research.
Shigeru Yoshida says in his memoirs that Japanese leaders altered a final U S note before Pearl Harbor to pressure hesitant officials into war. The 76 year old diplomat explains the Hull note was marked not definitive and that deletions skewed the Japanese stance. He cites this fraud as a conspiracy by military leaders guiding wartime decisions.
Bulgaria said two of its fighter planes shot down an Israeli airliner last Wednesday, killing 58 people including 12 Americans. It promised punishment and compensation, while Israeli investigators cited bullet holes and faulted Bulgarian air defenses for acting too hastily. The government broadcast via Sofia radio and the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency issued the statement.
The Weather Man says prices hit rock bottom as Dollar Days runs Thursday to Saturday. H B Lidstone Aust in Chamber of Commerce secretary urges shoppers to seek sale values on summer merchandise including slacks shirts dresses white shoes and straw hats with limited quantities in some items.
Twenty month old Sandra Kay Shropshire wandered onto railroad tracks in Mason City Iowa as a freight train approached. The locomotive and six cars passed over her but she was not struck by the wheels. She sustained a concussion and cuts and bruises and is listed in good condition at a hospital.
Iowa Packing Co and Swift & Co announced a 14 cent per hour wage increase effective Aug 1 for about 1,000 workers at Des Moines. The raise lifts common labor to 1.69 for men and 1.65 for women, with $3.98 weekly nonproduction bonuses and a $3.5 million yearly payroll rise. Delegates elected will attend a Chicago UPWA convention Aug 8 to fund future strikes.
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold met separately with U S Ambassador U Alexis Johnson and Red China’s Wang Ping-nan to discuss easing Far East tension. Talks focus on repatriating about 40 American civilians detained by Peiping and Chinese students. next meeting set for Thursday morning.
Aitkin youth Thomas Ely aged 14 was killed when a county road truck overturned 2.2 miles northeast of Madison Lake. Driver Nor bert Besek 15 sustained serious injuries and was taken to Mankato hospital after the vehicle traveled 390 feet before stopping.
The heat wave worsened with temperatures in the 90s and 100s across the nation. The Weather Bureau foresees no relief for days as August looks hotter than normal in the northern two thirds. crop damage may reach millions. At least 45 deaths attributed to extreme heat and tied readings set records in several cities.
Mrs Bayard David Waring former Miss America 1948 gave birth to an eight pound three ounce daughter named Kimberly Faith at Griffiss Air Force Base hospital in Rome New York on Tuesday The baby arrives to Beatrice BeBe Shopp Waring and her husband a first lieutenant navigator with a radar evaluation flight unit at Griffiss The couple plan to name the child Kimberly Faith
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