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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1963
Page
1
Minnesota state receipts from all sources rose to 1 039 384 962 dollars, about 117 million above last year, with disbursements also surpassing a billion. Tax gains drove the rise, led by income and inheritance taxes, while education received the largest single disbursement at 347 million and welfare and road funds totalled 340 million.
In Buffalo and suburbs a torrent drenched the area with up to 3.88 inches of rain causing widespread flooding. Public facilities faced $7 million in losses and homes and businesses $28 million. Gov Rockefeller ordered aid while many residents evacuated or stranded.
Milwaukee Road officials probe the cause of a slow speed collision between a passenger train and a switching freight near the Mississippi River bridge. Two crewmen and a passenger sustained minor injuries. Kathy Naughton aged 12 from Minneapolis and Lorenz Rettler 31 of St Paul were treated, along with Axel Slomske 66 of Minneapolis. The crash damaged both locomotives and a passenger diesel fire was fought.
ST. PAUL AP Two Minnesota students, Rachel Ann Foley of Minneapolis and Thomas E Rankin of Northfield, were awarded state Fulbright-Hays scholarships for foreign study. Foley will study language and sociology at Patna University in India, while Rankin will study philosophy at the University of Freiburg in Germany.
Public recognition will be given to the Austin Junior Drum and Eagle Corp at 7:30 pm in front of the grandstand at the Mower County Fair. The Austin corp also won the overall best Eagle drum corp in the nation, with fair officials praising the Eagle’s group alongside the Austin Lancers and Riders performing daily. Change-over occurs in livestock barns as adult exhibitors enter beef swine and sheep. Judging continues through today in the pigeon department with show quality up from last year. Visitors include Ernie Young and TV stars JoAnn Castle and Jack Imel.
President Kennedy rushed back to Boston after newborn Patrick Bouvier Kennedy born at Otis Air Force Base Hospital faced idiopathic respiratory distress. White House said condition remained serious but not on danger list. doctors optimistic though final diagnosis will take days. Jacqueline Kennedy rested well as family spurred by dramatic birth marked by 68 years since a president’s wife gave birth while in office.
The weather bureau issued a severe storm forecast for south central and southeast North Dakota portions of north central and northeast South Dakota and west central and southwest Minnesota. Scattered storms may bring large hail and damaging winds along a corridor 60 miles on either side of a line from Bismarck to Redwood Falls this evening from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. CDT.
Exile sources in the Dominican Republic report two rebel columns moving toward Cap Haitien and Gonaives, while Port au Prince government claims a crushing victory after hours of combat led by Gen. Leon Cantave. The OAS faces Dominican allegations of complicity as 32 Americans evacuate a sisal plantation citing safety concerns.
President Kennedy sends the limited nuclear test ban treaty to the Senate with a White House message urging ratification. The pact is to be signed by 56 nations, led by Britain and the Soviet Union, as 26 nations sign at the State Department in Washington. Senate hearings on questions of Soviet progress, anti-missile tech, radar disruption, and megaton-scale bombs begin with Teller's testimony and Rusk as first witness.
The U.N. Security Council urged a worldwide arms embargo on South Africa over apartheid, but observers expect Pretoria to keep its racial segregation policy. Britain and France abstained, while the United States signaled nonbinding view as Africa pressures mount for broader economic measures.
In Fergus Falls Minnesota the City Council heard flimsy claims of overzealous garbage crews. A householder reported $20 worth of white clothing hauled away from a bin near the container. Howard Sowden cited other incidents including a woman’s Christmas baking in a new can and a fur coat incinerated after being placed in a can. A shopper returned home to find groceries left on top of the can with the bag missing.
Pacific Union College students Wilson and Johnson join the Calistoga Sky Divers Club to work through school. Wilson, 37 jumps in 32 years, and Johnson, a 35 jump rookie, perform at fairs nationwide packing gear and leaping from 2 miles with chute openings and speeds up to 250 mph. They say they jump because they like it.
Geordie Hormel sells King's Wood to a Catholic order. The mansion will be used as a retreat by the order, with details to follow on the Area Page.
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