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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1963
Page
1
The Bar None Ranch at Anoka attended the wedding of their program director and Sherri Zook at First Methodist Church. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. Dr. William G. Law with 42 ranch boys present.
U S Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, returning from Yugoslavia, offers Tito fifty million dollars in aid to rebuild Skopje after a devastating quake. The package includes a grant and a long term loan financed by surplus farm product sales and dinar reserves.
Mrs. George Brandt 81 of Osage Iowa died Sunday from burns suffered in a gas burner blast at her farmhouse 22 miles south of Osage. The LP heater exploded as she lit it in the basement, causing a fire she put out before evacuation. Survived by husband Lloyd, a Milwaukee-born son, one grandson, brother Charles Ehlke Teeterville, and sister Mrs Ed Heman Osage. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Champion Funeral Home in charge.
Hood, a 20 year old Gadsden resident and one of two Negro students admitted under a federal court order, withdraws from the University of Alabama citing physical and mental health concerns. The withdrawal may end his brief college career and leaves Vivian Malone as the remaining Negro student on campus.
Washington sources say Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman faces cabinet ouster amid farm program setbacks after the Wheat referendum. The same reports note his Soviet tour as evidence Kennedy may keep him, while seeking new export markets for U.S. farm goods and surpluses.
Trading was heavy as a wide range of selected issues were bought in a rising stock market early this afternoon.
An Air Inter domestic flight from Lille to Lyon crashed near Lyon, France, with seven confirmed dead and several others feared killed. Early reports say the plane may have struck a pylon and hit a house, though details remain unconfirmed.
Owatonna girl dies of injuries from weekend Minnesota crash. Mary Alice Henry 16 died in Rochester hospital after her car crossed the divider on Interstate 355 near Medford. Four other teens were injured. two from the other car also hurt. A tire blowout is named as the likely cause. Steven Dilley 17 of Castle Rock died when his truck hit a ditch and pole while avoiding a dog. Minnesota road toll for the year rises to 418.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to ratify the limited nuclear test ban treaty. He argued it would slow the arms race without harming U S security, and stressed that East German signing does not imply U S recognition of the regime. Teller later opposed stopping atmospheric testing in a closed Senate session.
Indiana congressman Charles A. Halleck, House GOP leader, attracts informal backing for the 1964 Republican presidential bid. Backers say he is a widely known national figure, though Halleck himself declines comment and remains “available” for a fight if victory nears.
Mrs. Geraldine Rasmussen, a Austin businesswoman and former manager of the Austin Daily Herald, was injured about 11 a.m. crossing Main Street at Ist Drive NW when struck by a car driven by Howard A. Hofner. She suffered multiple bruises and a hand laceration. hospitalized at St. Olaf in satisfactory condition. Hofner said another car approaching from the north forced him to turn left, and he did not see Rasmussen in time. No car damage reported.
A group of Sherpa climbers touring northwest Wyoming included Nawang Gombu who summited Everest last spring with the first Americans to reach the peak. Asked what he thought atop the world he replied that he wondered how to get down.
Police in San Diego captured 33 year old Larry Lopez after apartment residents reported a noise. Lopez was found trapped with his head under a window that slammed down on him. He was booked on burglary and jailed for drunkenness.
Gary Josephson ten, son of Clyde and Mrs. Josephson, 209 12th St SE, suffered first to third degree burns on arms legs face and body when gas exploded while he and neighbors played with matches and gasoline at Sutton Park. He smothered flames by jumping into Dobbins Creek and was taken to hospital in fair condition.
John F Kennedy Jr and Caroline visited their mother at Otis Air Force Base while Mrs Kennedy recovers after the premature birth of Patrick Bouvier Kennedy who lived 39 hours. President Kennedy plans to return to Washington after Mass and a brief family airlift.
Leo E. Drescher, 53, of Mankato Minnesota was killed when a small foreign car driven by his wife struck a tree on State Highway 301 one mile south of Murfreesboro Arkansas. Mrs Drescher 50 and Edward Drescher Rochester Minnesota were hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2 1 decision, sidesteps ruling on Prince Edward County’s right to close public schools to avoid integration until Virginia Supreme Court weighs in. The majority says Virginia court must decide if the state school system is a state entity under the Commonwealth’s control.
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