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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1952
Page
3
West German officials launch a nationwide safety drive after official tolls show more than 14 000 deaths and 366 000 injuries annually. Transport Minister Hans Seebohm urges motorists to curb fatalities as registrations surge to 2.6 million vehicles and 51 000 new drivers are licensed in one month.
Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyheter published a Helsinki datelined report claiming nine Hungarian Olympic athletes refused to return home. Multiple checks by the paper and the Associated Press found no confirmation or basis for the story, prompting removal from editions.
The White House announced Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois will attend a cabinet meeting in Washington next Tuesday. President Truman invited Stevenson. it was not clear if Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Sen. John Sparkman would attend. the nature of luncheon discussions was not specified.
A travel memory piece follows a father and his nearly 13 year old daughter Mary touring Washington. Mary asks about speeches, landmarks, and history seen on TV, then muses on a hypothetical Civil War with nuclear weapons and notes the Capitol Lincoln Lincoln Museum and Mount Vernon. The piece reflects on how war fears shape a child’s education and wonder.
Army engineers allocate 119300 for flood control surveys in Minnesota. Major portions cover the Minnesota river at Mankato area 20000 and north Mankato 10000 while Red river allocations total 24200 with 14200 for Crookston. Mississippi valley work accounts for 30000 with Winona 20000. remaining in St Paul area. Also funded are Zumbro at Rochester 3000 Knutson dam Leech Lake 12100 Ruffey brook Lost river 6300 Roseau river 3700. Senator Thye announced the allotments Tuesday night.
A typhoon with winds near 60 mph approaches Japan from the Marianas. The Japanese Central Meteorological Observatory warned it would strike Honshu early tomorrow if the current course and speed of about 19 mph persist.
A 19 year-old American mother of two at Fuerstenfeldbruck Air Base pleaded innocent to first degree murder of her husband Staff Sergeant Dan P. Wage. Arraigned in U.S. District Court in Munich, Martha Joan Wage of Red Wing Minnesota faced trial after a July 26 shooting in their quarters. The defense cites an accidental shot during a confrontation. the husband allegedly claimed to return with a German girl. Wage’s hometown Baldwin Wisconsin is listed.
Two 17 year old high school girls in Lakewood California used leftover house paint to create life sized Hawaiian murals on their garage. The artists Jeanette Wallace and Pat Brehm have received compliments and a neighbor has hired them to do murals on three sides of his patio.
In Korea two South Korean soldiers use a water wheel and a trip hammer to rap a picture of Stalin each time the wheel turns. The device amuses troops of the U S Seventh Infantry Division while scaring communism with a humorous counterpoint.
Communist staff officers in Munsan accused the United Nations Command of shelling the Panmunjom truce talks site on August 2, but a U N staff officer said there was no evidence. Korean truce negotiations are in recess until Monday.
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower schedules conferences with Taft backers Gov Len B Jordan of Idaho and George T Hansen Utah national committeeman to unite GOP front Also talks with two national committee women Ethel Heffelfinger and Bertha Adkins Nixon to join Denver meetings as campaign plans continue through late August
Joe Stilwell Jr., son of the late Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, was named commander of the 23rd Regiment of the U S Second Division in Seoul. The 40 year old West Point graduate from Columbus, Ga. and Falls Church, Va. has served 23 years in the Army. Maj. Mark Boatner of Wilson, La., will be regimental intelligence officer, linking two fighting families as Stilwell serves as his father's intelligence officer.
Tokyo reports U S Ambassador Robert D Murphy will fly to Hokkaido tomorrow to address prefectural and municipal officials and the Hokkaido branch of the United Nations Association.
Tokyo reports head of Japan's public security agency warns of signs of an active Communist underground seeking to overthrow the government. Itaru Seki notes 55,000 former registered Communists may form the nucleus of a clandestine movement while the Subversive Activities Prevention Act waits for stronger court evidence. He expects vigilance by 2,000 agents but offers no immediate crackdown.
Winona city council reiterated opposition to building a municipal swimming pool citing immediate budget pressures and lack of drowning mitigation. The council notes the nearby Lake Winona dredging project and planned attention to lake swimming facilities.
Prince George, British Columbia. Francois Peter Dennis, 38, a Pinchi Creek Indian, is charged with murder by speedboat in the death of fellow tribesman William Austin, 54. The killing occurred on Stuart Lake last Saturday, witnessed by Austin’s wife and two children. Police say the men argued and Dennis rammed Austin’s boat, forcing him into the water as he swam.
Representatives from Minnesota Division of Game and Fish met with Ontario and Manitoba officials on Oak Island in Lake of the Woods to discuss commercial fishing laws and regulations. Minnesota attendees included Frank D. Blair Hjalmar O Swenson Dr John B Moyle and Charles Burrows from the fisheries bureau.
A Dedham Massachusetts physician John P Maynard invented adhesive and medicated plaster in 1848 by dissolving gun cotton in sulfuric ether to create a skin brushing fluid covered with cotton strips.
Cairo premier Aly Maher announced transfers in Egypt’s diplomatic service. Ambassador Abdel Fattah Amr is moved to another post with changes under consideration. No replacement named for London, while reports link Mahmoud Fawzi to London and Adly Andranos to the U.N. post in Greece.
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