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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1963
Page
1
The AP piece portrays Washington as a city of power, beauty, and stark contrasts with monuments and slums. It notes racial change, housing and job discrimination, congressional control of local affairs, limited local voting power, and a hot muggy climate during a pivotal civil rights march.
Des Moines safety commissioner William Sueppel cautions that a kindergartner's first trip to school is uncertain and urges drivers to be extra vigilant. He advises parents to walk the route with children to identify danger points and stresses the need to obey school stop signs and speed limits.
Des Moines reports the 1963 Iowa State Fair ended after a ten day run with an estimated total attendance of 460000, a five year high despite weekend weather.
The House Interstate Commerce Committee approved a bill mandating arbitration of the work rules dispute threatening a nationwide rail strike. The Senate was to consider the measure today as markets moved ahead amid profit taking. A separate report notes the AP stock average rose .9 to 278.8 in heavy trading.
Audrey Meyer, 19, from Clarks Grove, crowned Princess Kay of the Milky Way No 10 at the Minnesota State Fair. She will lead Minnesota dairy events for a year, resigning as an Owatonna accounting clerk. Attendants Konie Backes and June Walter, and her trip to the American dairy princess contest in Miami Beach, Sept 14 17, are noted.
Conservative state legislators will be honored at a Sept. 28 dinner at the Leamington Hotel in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Elisanetta Gunn received a $31 005 check instead of the usual $5 child support from Douglass Triplett for their son Vernon. She endorsed the wrong sum, attempted to pay rent, and turned the large check over to officials who returned the correct $5. The incident left her in shock as she lost her job and relies on welfare.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania two trapped miners David Fellin aged 58 and Henry Throne aged 28 and ally Lou Bova 42 endure 13 days underground as a 65 ton drill nears two thirds of the escape hole. Rescue officials hope to lift them one by one tonight warning it may take longer than three hours.
President Kennedy agreed to a meeting next month with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to discuss follow-up steps to the limited nuclear test ban treaty. Anatoly Dobrynin quoted Khrushchev’s thanks for the pact as the talks opened, with possible Khrushchev attendance at the U.N. General Assembly.
Officials of the State Fair and NCEL unveil a plaque depicting D. K. Baldwin, longtime general manager. The ceremony near Elec City marks a major new exhibit hall 80 by 120 feet with 60 plus electrical displays near the Grandstand as the fair runs through Labor Day.
Senate moves to compel arbitration in the rail work rules dispute risking a nationwide strike with 32 000 diesel firemen jobs at stake and train crew makeup debated. The plan would appoint a seven member board to arbitrate two key issues and possibly extend settlement to wage structure if no agreement is reached within 120 days. House panel also schedules identical resolution amid stalled talks.
Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission met in St Paul to plan emergency actions if a nationwide railroad strike occurs. They discussed allowing simple truck leases and loosening rules to place more trucks in service, with emphasis on grain terminals remaining open 24 hours.
Jim Libby, 65, superintendent of grounds, explains his 400‑man sanitation crew cleans 300 acres nightly during the Minnesota State Fair. Each day ends with up to five gondola cars of debris collected. milk cartons on kids day once created the worst mess in his 45 years with the fair.
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