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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
2
Bandits herded 45 men into an abandoned farmhouse near La Victoria and knifed them to death one by one. Two survivors. The victims included 30 road workers in three trucks and 15 men on a bus. The ambush occurred on a country road 60 miles northwest of Bogota.
Public memorials were arranged in Washington for Philip L. Graham 48 president and CEO of the Washington Post Co who shot himself last Saturday. The Rt Rev Angus Dun will officiate at the National Cathedral service. Graham a Terry South Dakota native and Post associate publisher in 1946 and publisher six months later.
The OAS called an emergency council meeting for 3 p.m. to discuss Haiti exile invasion. Haiti ambassador Fern D Baguidy said about 500 exile soldiers landed on the north coast early Monday and claimed the exiles came from the Dominican Republic as the council weighs provisional actions to protect hemispheric peace.
First Lt. William Christensen 25 of Beresford South Dakota was in serious condition in a Duluth hospital after diving from a dock into shallow Island Lake near Moose Lake. His head struck bottom and he sustained a possible neck fracture. Christensen, on leave from St. Bonifacius near Minneapolis, showed slight improvement.
A wartime appeal urges support for the USO to keep soldiers connected with home. It highlights that outreach eases loneliness for those away from family, framing soldiers as an investment in freedom and urging donations via local United Fund or Community Chest programs.
Senate Democratic leader Mansfield says President Kennedy plans to send the nuclear test ban treaty to the Senate likely Thursday with hearings set to begin Monday. State, Defense, and Atomic Energy Commission witnesses will testify in order as the Foreign Relations Committee reviews the pact. House leaders report the tax bill moving quickly in the Ways and Means Committee.
Reports from New York papers say Henry Ford II and Christina Austin have been seen together frequently. Ford and his wife Anne Ford announced a separation after 23 years of marriage. Ford was traveling to Europe. Mrs. Ford declined comment and was unavailable.
Gov. William L. Guy set a special election for October 22 in eastern North Dakota to fill the late Rep. Hjalmar Nygaard seat. Guy declined to run and noted urgency to avoid a vacancy while issues in agriculture and water resource development loom. The state has two House seats with Rep. Don Short representing the western district.
Harold Bo Conrad twelve wins American Soap Box Derby at Akron Ohio. He arrives in Duluth at 6 15 p m to a hero welcome with band honor guard and parade. Mayor George D Johnson and civic leaders attend as Arrow Chevrolet and local newspapers present awards and a 500 dollar savings bond.
Sidney Silodor, 56, a renowned contract bridge player, died Sunday at Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia. He ranked third on the American Contract Bridge League life masters list, behind Oswald Jacoby and Charles Goren.
Mitchell County 4 H and FFA entries filled four expanded tents as the 1963 junior show at Mitchell Fair closed with gains. Allan Hein Osage won the champion market pig and pen of three. Stacyville exhibitors won breed champions in dairy classes and 4 H members led the judging contest.
In Bonn and Washington, officials debate East Germany's status under the nuclear test ban accord. U S objections to seating the East German regime at treaty conferences rise as Senate ratification hearings loom. West Germany hesitates, fearing loss of unified representation and prestige if the rival regime participates.
Gov Har old Hughes will observe Swift Strike III at North Field DC with the 133rd Aircraft Control and Warning Flight from Fort Dodge led by Lt Col El Roy Novak. Also, Des Moines OKs 1964 budget 23.3 million lowering homeowner taxes slightly next year. Grace M West named managing secretary of the State Board of Cosmetology Examiners. Fire damages Mineola elevator. losses estimated 50k to 55k. Local property taxes rise 5.1 percent, Iowa Taxpayers Association reports. Jerone Max Schmaedicke electrocuted on high voltage line in Underwood.
Washington AP The Agriculture Economics Service reports unit costs for farming items are up about 2 percent this year. Rising costs lower the parity ratio, the balance between prices farmers receive and prices they pay. Production item costs excluding interest taxes and wages rise faster than family living costs.
Dr Claude M McFall 83 founder of the UCLA Medical School and anatomy professor at George Washington University died after a long illness in Inglewood California Sunday.
Carter William Slifer, 23, of Quick, near Council Bluffs, died after his car left Highway 6 and plunged into a ditch. He died about thirty minutes after the accident.
Premier Janos Kadar discussed improving American Hungarian ties with W Averell Harriman while Harriman was in Moscow for nuclear test ban talks. Kadar noted that American leaders do not favor Hungary as they once did, but current sober policies are emerging.
Washington AP report says a Senate leadership survey finds only 55 senators would vote now to end a Southern filibuster against President Kennedy's civil rights bill, 12 short of a two thirds requirement. Modifications to the public accommodations section may be needed to gain more Republican and border state Democratic backing.
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