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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1963
Page
2
Soviet and East German sources report Premier Khrushchev wants to move part of his 30 000 troops to East Germany along the Soviet Chinese frontier to push a Berlin settlement. Western diplomats doubt the timing and view the idea as propaganda from non German Communists.
North Viet Nam leader Ho Chi Minh told Hanoi that peace could be restored in South Vietnam only if the United States withdraws its arms and troops. He blamed U.S. interventionists for the conflict in the region.
Hong Kong AP reports Lowell D. Skinner of Akron Ohio a former U S Army corporal who refused repatriation after Korea and spent nine years in Red China left for home under the alias Braun, changing planes in Tokyo according to an airline source.
Typhoon Bess pounds the southern Japanese coast with high tides and rain as it moves toward Kyushu and Shikoku. The U S joint typhoon warning center on Guam reports winds near 115 mph and a northwest drift, with the center expected 52 miles southeast of Kagoshima by Friday afternoon.
Typhoon Bess winds tore through a three story hotel near Fukuyama on the Inland Sea. Police said four people were killed one is missing and eight injured. The 61 guests aboard were all Japanese with no foreign visitors.
The city of Claremont leases the sole vacant business-block lot for 1 dollar annually to create a resting area for shoppers. The site is weeded with flowers and benches and named Malcolm's Meadow after City Manager Richard Malcolm.
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson announced that American and Canadian negotiators have pretty well agreed on a draft to arm Canadian weapons with U.S. nuclear warheads. He plans to discuss the draft with his cabinet next week.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk concluded a sightseeing visit in Leningrad and then accompanied by Anders Gromyko to the Black Sea to meet Premier Khrushchev at his vacation home in Gagra. He traveled with special adviser Llewellyn Thompson and ambassador Foy Kohler.
Police and army troops sought ex dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla on a charge of plotting a forcible comeback while President Guillermo Leon Valencia was in Venezuela. The government said the plot was thwarted as Valencia and Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt pledged to defend Latin American democracies.
Thirty two demonstrators including air force personnel from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base were arrested in a 300 Negroes led protest in Goldsboro. Airman Leroy G Brown faced a property damage charge after a bottle was thrown at a car windshield. Others were charged with trespassing for trying to enter a segregated restaurant and a separate theater incident.
Rep Howard W. Smith of Virginia, 80, was reported much improved after a digestive upset at the Capitol. The House Rules Committee chairman appeared to have a mild food poisoning attack, was not hospitalized, and stayed in bed at his Alexandria home.
In Jackson Mississippi Lt Gov Paul Johnson and former Gov J P Coleman duel for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination runoff on August 27 with backers of Charles Sullivan being courted. Sullivan placed third as Coleman leads in the first primary and Phillips awaits the general election.
Roy Schafer 37 former legislative secretary to Gov. Lawrence, president of the national Young Democrats during Kennedy’s election, is found dead in a Laurel Mountain plane wreck near Ligonier Pennsylvania. Passenger Philp Asher 33 survived. he works as an engineer for WSSW in Pittsburgh. The overdue flight was from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg.
Fidel Castro attended his mother's funeral at Marcane near Mayari in Oriente Province, Havana Radio said. Senora Lina Ruz de Castro died unexpectedly Tuesday at a daughter's home in Havana.
Former French Premier Robert Schuman, 77, a leading exponent of European unity, was reported considerably improved today after a serious illness that included a lung infection and circulatory ailment.
Northwest Airlines has three new 707-320B jets grounded as 32 pilots refuse to fly them without a pay raise. NWA says 18 pilots in the Twin Cities and 14 in Seattle are involved, delaying operations while AP A negotiations on a new contract stretch for 18 months. Two additional jets are on order.
Football fans have a full week of exhibitions across the NFL and AFL starting tonight with the Cowboys at the Rams in Los Angeles. Saturday features five NFL matchups including Baltimore-Philadelphia in Hershey and Minnesota-San Francisco in Portland with AFL games across Shreveport and Kansas City. The AFL slate continues Sunday and midweek with Boston, Denver, Houston, and Oakland in action, following recent exhibition results where San Diego beat Kansas City, Denver beat Houston, and Oakland edged Boston.
In London thieves raided the home of Marks and Spencer director Michael Sieff while the family vacationed, seizing furs paintings and silver valued at about $56,000. Seven paintings were taken, including works by Corot and Pissarro.
Minnesota Attorney General Walter Mondale calls for swift setup and extension of the public defender system and intensified police training in constitutional rights. He says respect for minority rights hinges on respect for all citizens and stresses attorney access for indigents.
Richard R. Massengale of Blooming Grove died at a feed store after accepting birthday wishes for his 93rd birthday. He felt ill and collapsed on a bench. coworkers found him shortly after.
Wallace I Morse 75 former Armour & Co official dies when his car ran off U S 69 ten miles north of Excelsior Springs Missouri and rolled over. Patrol says he may have suffered a heart attack. He was alone and had lived in Mankato Minnesota as a longtime Armour executive and later retired in Leesburg Florida.
Ronald Buffo, 15, fell to the bottom of an abandoned 65 foot mine east of Pittsburg California. Two friends lowered him with a rope until it broke. PG&E linemen descended to rescue him after several hours. He suffered minor injuries and described seeing a small hole above.
The Hill Cumorah pageant staged by the Latter-day Saints Church was presented for four consecutive evenings in Palmyra New York on August 7 8 9 and 10.
Stockholm Wisconsin man Sylvester Bidwell aged 61 died in a Willmar hospital from injuries after a bulldozer toppled a tree on Highway 71 north of Willmar. He was removing the tree when it fell, causing chest and shoulder injuries.
Ottawa announces Robert A. D Ford will become Canadian ambassador to the Soviet Union replacing Arnold C. Smith who returns to Ottawa as assistant undersecretary for external affairs. Ford is 45 and currently Canadian ambassador to the United Arab Republic.
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