Austin Businessmen Use Small Planes for Fast Deals
Austin business leaders rely on company and private planes to cut travel time. Hormel and American Can operate corporate aircraft, enabling short two hour to day trips to Chicago, Minneapolis, and beyond. Local pilots note growing air traffic but call for on-field maintenance facilities to support expanding use.
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Austin
Larry Vroman
American Can Company
Weyerhaeuser
R. A. Proff
Hormel Company
Miami
Okla
Chicago
Lincoln
Neb
Springfield
Kansas City
West Coast
Minneapolis
Madison
Wis
Mitchell
D. C
Fremont
Wesley Stoike
University of Minnesota
Glenn Nelson
Nelson
Howard Fenner
Flying Center Inc
Roger Svejkovsky
Dr. Stolke
Dr. Stoike
Svejkovsky
Rochester
Worthington
Oxen to Jet Age Theme Marks 81st Mower County Fair
The 81st Mower County Fair opens Monday through Sunday with a turn from oxen to the jet age. A Cherry Illinois ox team and an original covered wagon will appear, while two California skydivers jump from 13 000 feet before the grandstand. Acts include Haystack Calhoun Tex Ritter the Ozark Jubilee JoAnn Castle and James Imel, the Tournament of Thrills stock car races tractor pulling and a Miss America talent winner. Entry blanks for tractor pulling are at the administration building.
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Pete Holand
Mower County
Cherry
Ill
California
Haystack Calhoun
Tex Ritter
JoAnn Castle
James Imel
Lawrence Welk
Holand
Fairgrounds
United States
Fair Week Schedule and New Improvements Highlight Event
The fair lists daily events from exhibits opening at 5 p.m. to grandstand wrestling and a full itinerary of judging and shows across arenas. New features include street lighting, expanded Game and Fish Building, a new livestock concession, and upgraded truck lots. Byers Bros Carnival returns with popular rides and a special kiddies day on Wednesday and Friday.
Northeastern Minnesota Economic Study Panel Formed
Sen. P. J. Holand of Austin was elected chairman of the interim commission to study economic problems of northeastern Minnesota at its first meeting in the Capitol Friday. Rep. Loren S. Butter of Kinney was named vice chairman and Sen. Gordon Butler of Duluth was chosen secretary.
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P. J. Holand
Austin
Minnesota
Capitol
Loren S. Butter
Kinney
Sen
Gordon Butler
Duluth
Carroll Reis and Miss Sjodin Win Top Prizes in Fair Show
Winners in the Mower County fair photographic contest were announced. Miss Helen Sjodin won the grand prize in the slides division and first in open slides. Multiple contestants across categories earned placings, including Jo Houdek and Vera Carlstrom, with entries from Austin and Owatonna.
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Carroll Reis
Miss Sjodin
Mower County Fairgrounds
Helen Sjodin
Arlen Kunn
Austin
John Hawkins
Ann Houdek
Owatona
Dale Rosenthal
Jo Houdek
Owatonna
Hawkins
Lois Voss
Kuhn
Harold Carl
Roger Huebner
Vera Carlstrom
Carroll Ries
Harold Carlstrom
Lorraine Johnson
Frances Ries
Youth shoots fear in block as girl grabbed and pursued
Police describe a 16 or 17 year old youth 5 8 and 145 pounds wearing a blue jacket and dark shorts as he grabbed a girl on the 800 block of 4th St SW about 9:40 p m and fled. Other reports include egg damage to a car, a wrist watch theft, corn stolen from a yard, and a car stolen from Usem’s Sterling lot.
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4Th St
Donald Prindle
2Nd Ave NW
Prindle
Richard Olson
12Th St
E. G. Meister
1Th Ave
Usem
Sterling
Phone Lineman Suffers Broken Leg in Pole Accident
Sidney Fisher of Lyle, an employee of Central Iowa Telephone Co., is hospitalized with a compound fracture of the left leg after a pole snapped while he worked on the Roy Smith farm south of Adams on July 25. He is the son of Mrs. Mary Fisher of Austin.
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Sidney Fisher
Lyle
Central Iowa Telephone Co
Fisher
Mary Fisher
Austin
Roy Smith
Adams
Regional PTA Workshop Set at Ellis Junior High
Region One PTA invites all interested in PTA work to a workshop at Ellis Junior High School from 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m Wednesday. State chairmen and officers will discuss program planning bylaws procedures international aid audio visual systems high school systems PTA money makers and services for the exceptional child.
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Region One Parent Teachers Association
Ellis Junior High School
PTA
H. C. Galstad
Austin
Region One
Heritage Records Volume V Brings Old Favorites for Kids
The Austin Daily Herald promotes Volume V of Our Children's Heritage Records and Storybooks. It features Old MacDonald Had a Farm and other classics dramatized by Margie Bell. Each 40 minute record accompanies an illustrated book to aid reading and listening. Orders available by mail with a coupon on Page 10.
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MacDonald
Heritage Records
Austin Daily Herald
Grethel
Margie Bell
Our Children’s Heritage Records
Our Children’s Heritage
Austin Area Servicemen Highlight Training and Deployments
Airman 2-c David E. Rausch of Blooming Prairie completed radar repair training in Austin and will remain at Keesler for advanced instruction after high school and college. Navy personnel Edwin J. Dickman and Joe M. Renwick Jr. serve aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean, returning to the U.S. late summer after February deployment.
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David E. Rausch
Blooming Prairie
Air Force
Rausch
Keesler
Blooming Prairie High School
Winona State College
Edwin J. Dickman
July New Car Registrations at Austin Office
Robert Bandler reports 133 new car registrations in July at the Austin licensing office. Of these 133, 36 were Fords and 36 were Chevrolets, with the remaining registrations spread among other makes. The records reflect the month’s car sales activity and vehicle brand distribution.
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Robert Bandler
Austin
Winning Carriers Sweep Mapleview Sub Contest
Winning Carriers foureh Austin Billy Las tine and Greg Tollefson from Mapleview won the subscription contest. They spent Friday at Beaver Lake near Ellendale water skiing and swimming and ended the day with a barbecue lunch.
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Foureh
Austin
Billy Lastine
Greg Tollefson
Mapleview
Bea
Ellendale
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