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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1963
Page
5
A Bemidji fire destroyed a large warehouse at Bemidji Tank and Tower Co and damaged an adjacent building at Bemidji Motors. Fire broke out around 2 45 a m when a cigarette reportedly lit hay in a truck left in the yard, spreading to the body shop warehouse. no loss estimate given.
African foreign ministers meet in Dakar as the new Organization for African Unity holds its first council session. Senegalese foreign minister Doudou Thiam is named chairman, with the meeting recessed until Monday due to several ministers' absence in New York. President Senghor opened the conference urging unity and freedom for Africa.
The Franklin D. Roosevelt summer home on Campobello Island will open to tourists on Monday with a new guide service. Increased summer tourism follows the Roosevelt International Bridge opening linking Campobello Island and Lubec, Maine. The project aims to make the site a symbol of Canadian U.S. friendship as announced by President Kennedy and Prime Minister Pearson.
AP reports Lowell D. Skinner, a former POW held in China, will receive back pay despite a 1954 dishonorable discharge as he returns to the U.S. from Hong Kong. authorities review potential prosecution. Also, HUAC will hold a hearing on unauthorized visits to Cuba by U.S. students, and Sen. Humphrey urges civil rights legislation to avert a Washington march planned for August 28.
California's July population is estimated at 17,675,000, the largest in the nation, up 631,000 from a year earlier. The gain represents a 3.7 percent increase from last year and 1,957,796 or 122 percent above the 1960 federal census. Los Angeles County is estimated at 6,593,500, up 183,000 in the year.
President Kennedy golfers at Hyannis Port in Cape Cod after arriving from Washington. He visits Hyannisport Club for a few holes as First Lady prepares to give birth, with Carolyn and John Jr. greeting him warmly. Aides expect more golf and a Nantucket Sound cruise weather permitting.
Somali Prime Minister Abdirashid Ali Shermarche arrived in Moscow and was honored at a Kremlin dinner by Premier Khrushchev after talks with Nasser and Aly Sabry in Cairo. he continues to Asia en route.
Hollywood AP reports singer Bobby Darin was freed Friday from Mt. Sinai Hospital after two days of tests following a collapse on tour. Doctors diagnosed exhaustion and ordered six to eight weeks of rest. Darin returned home to Palm Springs, where wife Sandra Dee was expected to join him amidst their intermittent separation.
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