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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1963
Page
2
Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrived in Belgrade and was greeted by Yugoslav President Tito with a warm embrace. The two leaders clasped and kissed as their wives stood nearby, signaling a cordial restart of relations.
The article notes that U S officials including Teller and military leaders warned against ratifying the treaty citing risks to U S security. Senators Stennis Thurmond and power figures discuss censorship and safeguards amid testimony from Air Force Army Navy and Marine leaders supporting limits with caveats.
Wreckage of a Japanese airliner missing since Saturday with 19 Japanese aboard was found on a mountain top on Hachijo island about 100 miles south of Tokyo. An official Taipei agency reported guerrilla groups in Communist China may have been responsible, noting secret bases and estimated group sizes around 14 men.
West Berlin's 11,000-man Allied garrison shifted to defense positions in the Western half during a routine alert. A U.S. Army spokesman said the drill tested unit mobility and reaction capabilities across varying scenarios.
Brazzaville authorities arrest two former cabinet ministers while deposed President Youlou is questioned in a probe into millions of francs reported missing from the treasury.
Buddhist leaders in Saigon allege the South Vietnamese government plans a staged assassination of U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to smear Buddhists. They say agents would attack Lodge on arrival, be arrested, and frame a Buddhist leader. Lodge arrives August 26 to begin his post.
Fif teen groups of well trained Chinese Nationalist guerrillas landed in Formosa according to dispatches from Taipei. The report notes organized units, tactical strength, and potential impact on local security and Japanese authority in the island.
In Panmunjom the U N and Communist members of the Korean Military Armistice Commission spent over five hours trading charges. They reached only one agreement the return of a captured officer to North Korea. General Cloud pressed for the return of two American helicopter pilots but North Korea’s Maj. Gen. Chang Chung hwan refused to discuss the case.
Thousands of nighthawks, part of the annual goatsucker migration, swept over Duluth Minnesota on a Monday evening. Residents counted over 6,000 birds in the eastern city and observed about a thousand birds in five minutes. The movement, between Aug 17 and Aug 2, drew spectators from their homes to watch the spectacle.
President Kennedy considers a four to five day trip in October to see wilderness areas and dam projects from Grand Coulee to Glen Canyon. The possible itinerary includes Washington Utah Colorado Arizona with ceremonies tied to Grand Coulee Dam and Glen Canyon topping off. Interior Secretary Udall and Sen. Anderson expected to accompany Kennedy.
Members of the Seafarers International Union used a single engine plane to fly over the Upper Lakes ship Gordon C Leitch during a dockside picket in Duluth Minnesota The action followed a restraining order that halted ground demonstrations and signals a shift toward air protest with a helicopter planned. The dispute centers on hiring Canadian Maritime Union members instead of American workers.
The Agriculture Department forecasts a drop in food grain stocks for 1963-64. projected feed grain supplies start Aug 1 at 208 million tons, down 7 million from last year and 23 million below the 1960s peak. Output rises to about 147 million tons but carryover falls by 11 million tons as larger corn and sorghum crops offset demand.
Robert E. Albrecht, president of Albrecht Furs with Twin Cities stores, died Monday in a St. Paul hospital from a heart ailment. He was 62.
A remote controlled QB47 jet drone smashed into traffic on a base street at Eglin Air Force Base Florida killing Robert W. Glass of Fort Walton Beach and Dr Robert E Bunde of Hopkins Minnesota. Dorothy Phillips wife of Master Sergeant James Phillips was injured with lacerations. Both victims were connected to Minneapolis Honeywell which had tested the X20 guidance system at Eglin.
A historic KW wireless telegraph station in Key West once built by Lee De Forest is being converted into a bar. The Morse code call letters KW were heard by ships on the Great Lakes and the West Coast, signaling long ago from this station about 60 years past.
In Key West, guide Gainey Maxwell baited a hook for a customer and cast toward tarpon. A pelican swooped in before water contact, grabbed the bait and was landed, then freed of the hook and released.
Washington sources report July personal income at a record 464.3 billion dollars driven by gains in construction trade and services. The rise exceeds June and July 1962, while dividends fell slightly and factory payrolls were flat.
Mrs. Laura Kelley, 70, of Lakota North Dakota, died Monday when her car collided with a truck half a mile south of Fairdale. Ivan Kelley and his daughter Sonia of Ely Minnesota were hospitalized, while another daughter and Mrs. Ivan Kelley were uninjured. Driver H C Braaten, 70, of Fairdale, was not hurt.
Minneapolis Mayor Arthur Naftalin selected Clyne W. Olson 37 to replace Irene Williams as administrative aide starting September 1. Olson has served five years as executive secretary for the state DFL party and previously lost to Reynolds Malmquist in this year's race for city treasurer.
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