24 Aug 1955
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1955
Page
1
Rain breaks two month drought in Mower County with half inch totals at Austin Grand Meadow and Spring Valley. The showers help pastures and new seedlings though crops may still fall short with corn yields around 36 bushels per acre in places.
Ruth Marie Peterson of Mower County receives a sendoff breakfast with about 66 Farm Bureau and Austin Chamber of Commerce members. She departs for St Paul to compete for Princess Kay with her mother as chaperone.
Paris recalls about 60 000 reservists aged 23 to 24 to bolster France’s African garrisons in Algeria and Morocco. The rollout will occur over three to four months, prioritizing signal corps and engineering specialists to restore disrupted communications.
Longshoremen walk off for a second day at Manhattan West Side docks disrupting cargo and baggage handling on 14 ships including the Queen Mary. About 6,000 workers quit after Waterfront Commission pulled a longshoreman’s permit, sparking fears of a port-wide shutdown. Some workers returned at 8 am to load three liners while others stayed idle at smaller vessels.
A tenement blaze in Cleveland's east side Negro district killed six children aged from 9 weeks to six years. Victims were William Murphy Jr, Veronica, Larry, Ronald Cottrell, Lever Grove, and Perk Grove. Firemen battled the flames for about 30 minutes. cause undetermined. mother Ruby Murphy and firefighters described the deadly scene.
A semi carrying 17 tons of pig iron on US Highway 52 north of Chatfield had a front tire blowout. Driver William Henry 4 of Dubuque Iowa struggled to stay on the road before the truck left pavement, struck an earthen rock abutment and killed instantly.
The flood area sees reduced confusion as federal aid awaits. Pennsylvania ships homes for displaced camp children. Woonsocket factory workers rush to restore operations. Death toll revised to 176 with state totals. telephone service improving. Red Cross flood relief drives led by Eisenhower. CIO funds aid 30,000 homeless or jobless. damage estimates around three billion dollars across states.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Robert F. Jennings, longtime St. Marys rector in Winona, is appointed dean of Mower and Freeborn counties and pastor of St. Augustine Church by Bishop Edward Fitzgerald. He succeeds the late Msgr. McCarthy and will be installed Aug. 31.
The administration seeking 80 to 100 million dollars for flood relief without a special congressional session after White House talks with leaders. Val Peterson says needs are for water-ravaged Northeast with eight agencies surveying immediate actions. Lt. Gen. Sturgis orders mobilization of engineering personnel to clear debris and restore facilities as engineers move from Ft. Belvoir and other states.
Dr Charles P. Berkey 88 consulting geologist and former University of Minnesota faculty member died Tuesday in Palisade New Jersey friends here learned today He was noted for work in geology and ties to the university.
More than 300 children from Camps Miller Hagen and Ministerium in the Pocono flood region were evacuated to Allentown, with counselors describing a wiped out Camp Miller and waters sweeping away most bungalows. Officials had warned of rising Delaware River floods but had said camps were safe.
A U S Air Force sergeant and two other Americans were killed when a man opened fire at Camp Manston in Kent England. The gunman fled to a beach resort before being cornered and wounded in a later exchange of fire. British police named him Napoleon Green but provided few personal details.
President Eisenhower told the American Bar Association in Philadelphia that the United States seeks peace based on justice and security at the Geneva conference, but cannot accept the violations of rights by the Soviet Union. He praised John Marshall and vowed federal judges will uphold Marshall's legacy.
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