Margin of Error Is Small for Thrill Show Drivers
Bill Ward leads the Tournament of Thrills at the Mower County Fair with 16 years on the road. The act features 28 stunts by Ward and team who risk injuries, while two clowns Wimpy and Creepy entertain as safety onlookers clear the track.
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Bill Ward
Mower County Fair
Ward
United States
Japan
Florida
al Dohney
Max Sessler
Sessler
Ward, Sessler
Billy Williams
del Eilis
Bob McKinney
Zeke Fillman
Dick Jay
Church Dawson
Rotund al Doheny
Wimpy
W. C. Field
Tommy Chapman
Dick Evans
Creepe
Three Teen Accidents in Austin Rear-End Crash
Damage bill runs about 800 dollars after a three car rear end collision on Oakland Avenue West near 10th Street in Austin. Drivers Duane Jensen 18 Darwin Banek 17 and Steven Capp 17 were involved. Bawek was injured. no tickets issued.
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Austin
Duane Lowell Jensen
3Rd Ave
Darwin G. Banek
1St Ave
Oakland Ave
10Th St
Steven J. Capp
9Th Ave
Bawek
Jensen
Elkton 4 H Youth Shows Two Grand Champions in Beef
Scotty Pattison of Dexter won grand champion honors with a Shorthorn steer and his Shorthorn heifer named grand champion in the 4 H beef show at the Mower County Fair. Martin Regan of Rose Creek earned champion showman, with reserve champions listed for Shorthorn and Angus divisions.
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Elkton
Darrell Koehler
Herald
Scotty Pattison
Dexter
Mower County Fair
Scotty
Minnesota
Max Pattison
Elkton 4 - H
Marion
Ind
Robert Lau
Austin
Billy
Joe Lux
Lau
Martin Regan
Rose Creek
Hereford
Melinda Marsden
Brownsdale
Dennis Tow
Lyle
Merel Hanson
Pattison
David Garbisch
Steve Torgerson
Richard Mange
Ostrander
Bill Marsden
Jeff Torgerson
County Sets Sept 26 Redistricting Hearing
The Mower County Board schedules a public hearing for Sept 26 at 8 p.m. to consider redistricting county commissioner districts as directed by the 1962 general election voters. Action on finalized plans may occur that night if accepted.
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Mower County
City of
Austin
Usem Chevrolet
International Harvester
Police Close Books on Theft Raccoon Was Taking Corn
Austin police closed their file on a corn theft after E C Meister reported twelve ears of sweet corn eaten from his garden. He asked patrols to watch the five foot fenced yard, but later canceled after discovering the culprit was a raccoon.
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Austin
E. C. Meister
Lth
Ave
Meister
Vandewege Accepts Post With Mankato Savings and Loan
M J Vandewege after 17 years as manager and treasurer at Home Federal Savings and Loan accepts a new role with Mankato Savings and Loan. The family moves to 1319 Warren Vandewege St Mankato. He has led civic groups including the Austin Industrial Corporation and was chair of the Mower County Red Cross and treasurer since 1960.
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M. J. Vandewege
Home Federal Savings and Loan
Mankato Savings and Loan
Vandewege
Gloria
Charlene
John
Warren Vandewege St
Mankato
Austin Industrial Corporation
Mower County Red Cross
The
Savings and Loan
Spamland Scout District Holds Evening Committee Meeting
The Spamland District Committee will meet at 8 p.m. today at the Bell Telephone building. Institutional representatives must report on their units' summer programs.
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Spamland
Bell Telephone
Sheriff Ends Teenagers Beer Party in Vacant Lansing House
Deputies raided a vacant Lansing area house at about 2:00 am and arrested seven youths aged 16 or 17. David C. Nelson, a minor from Lansing, was charged with furnishing beer to minors and pleaded innocent in Municipal Court. Trial set for Aug 9. The six other youths face Juvenile Court petitions to be declared delinquents.
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Sheriff's
Lansing
David C. Nelson
Doyle Lindahl
4 H Dairy Judging Big Event at Mower County Fair
Nolan Wright of Grand Meadow named grand champion 4-H showman for dairy judging with Ayrshire calf born at the fair. Several breed champions and showmanship winners listed from Wright, Ziemer, Sheedy, Knight, and others. Dairy entries include 121 Holsteins and 23 Guernseys among breeds. judges were Dr. A R Porter and George Leland.
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Nolan Wright
Grand Meadow
Mower County Fair
Wright
Norman Wright
Guernsey
Martha Ziemer
Waltham
Dick Grass
LeRoy
Helen Sheedy
Austin
Jersey
Keith Knight
Adams
Ayrshire
Stan Bergan
Holstein
Roger Oelkers
Brownsdale
DeWayne Logan
Racine
Wayne Schottler
John B. Kiser
Sargeant
Special-Kids Day and Pageant at the Fair
Today features a Girl Scout singing program and many arena events including tractor pulling, a thrill show, and multiple judging contests across north and south arenas. Thursday includes livestock entry, puppet shows, stage performances by Jo Ann Castle and Jack Imel, and several breed shows with Grandstand events and a Stock Car race.
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South Arena
Rabbit
Crane Pavilion
Jo Ann Castle
Jack Imel
Lawrence Welk
Minnesota
Austin
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Marie Flickinger
Heart Association
West Hall
Guernsey
Jersey
Sheep
Tex Ritter
Ayrshire
Angus and Hereford
FFA
Crane
Girl Scout
Miss Austin
Georgianna Musser
Laundry Stove Blast Wounds 81 Year Old Woman in Iowa Farm Home
Mrs. Brandt 81 suffered second and third degree burns when a two burner LP stove exploded in the basement while lighting it to heat water for laundry. She was rushed to Mitchell County Memorial Hospital in critical condition as neighbors aided and the blast shattered 21 windows. The couple planned to move to town this week. relatives from Milwaukee were visiting.
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Brandt
Here
Lloyd Brandt
Milwaukee
Three Mower County towns placed on sewage treatment alert
Grand Meadow LeRoy and Lyle are among 98 Minnesota towns warned by the Water Pollution Control Commission to provide adequate treatment and disposal facilities within 60 days. Other notices go to Bricelyn Stewartville and West Concord as part of a statewide program under the 1963 act.
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Mower County
Grand Meadow
LeRoy
Lyle
Minnesota Water Pollution Control Commission
Robert Burns
Burns
Commission
Bricelyn
Stewartville
West Concord
Water Pollution Control Commission
Minneapolis - St. Paul Sanitary District
Alden
la Crescent
State Water Pollution Control Commission
Albert Lea Township
Freeborn County
Blue Earth
Cannon Falls
North Mankato
Trimont
Burke Twins Sweep FFA Beef Titles in Blooming Prairie
Blooming Prairie twins Tom and Tony Burke won top honors in the FFA beef competition. They have six years in FFA and have previously shown grand and reserve champions at the State Fair and Mower County Fair. The article lists fellow winners including Glen Leary Caledonia and Steve Torgenson Austin across multiple classes.
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Tom and
Tony Burke
Tom
Blooming Prairie Twins
Blooming Prairie Ffa
Mower County Fair
Tom Burke
County GOP Drives for Rural Support in Mower County
Mower County Republicans staffed a rural outreach meeting at the Adam Conservation Club as part of a continued campaign to grow GOP ranks. Chair Hal Sessions noted the event aimed to sell Republicanism to rural voters who influenced a past election margin.
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Mower County
Hal Sessions
GOP
Adam Conservation Club
Rowlang
Wilson Rheinemann
Har
Hayfield Council Defers Bid Action on Police Car
The Hayfield town council postponed a decision on bids for a new police car citing the closeness of bids. The council also approved selling $30,000 in bonds as of Aug. 19 on the advice of Sprinstead and Moody, a Minneapolis bond consulting firm. Bills were ordered paid.
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Hayfield
Sprinstead and Moody
Minneapolis
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Tony
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Opsahl
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