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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1965
Page
1
The Senate Labor Committee unanimously approved a 4.7 billion higher education bill to aid needy students and help colleges handle enrollment growth. It adds provisions for education in poverty districts, would establish a national teacher corps, and faces likely Senate debate after Johnson-backed changes.
A blaze at Calvary Gospel Church in Le Claire Iowa caused extensive damage including to the organ and pews with about 35 firemen fighting the three hour blaze. One firefighter suffered a leg injury from flying glass and another from a window blast. damage estimated at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. The Rev Otis Ewbank said rebuilding plans would be discussed as the church prepares to hold services in a basement or parsonage.
President keeps up pressure on steel settlement as New England endures August snowfall. Snow-capped Mount Washington serves as backdrop while AP Wirephoto captures the scene in New Hampshire.
President Johnson presses for a settlement as AFL CIO union leaders and 10 major steel firms resume bargaining near the White House. Leaders urge long sessions until an agreement is reached, warning of broad economic and war impacts if a strike occurs.
Astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr recover weight lost during a record eight day Gemini 5 mission. Medical tests show no adverse symptoms and weight regain attributed to Navy chow aboard ship and shore meals. Also details on Gemini 6 prep with Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford and a tethered rendezvous exercise with the Agena satellite.
In New York Dr. Martin Luther King urged President Johnson to tour northern Negro ghettos to ease civil rights tensions after riots. He said the trip could release alienation and frustration among Negroes and noted most support Johnson, crediting him with doing his best.
Thousands of longshoremen in Atlantic and Gulf ports returned to work to unload 100,000 tons of cargo tied up during a 75 day strike by three deck officers unions. President Johnson announced a strike settlement, with IO M M P and American Radio Association expected to ratify four year agreements.
About 700 Swift and Co. workers at St. Paul prepared to resume duties after a short walkout sparked by a union company dispute. UPWA Local 176 president Victor Perez said 80 percent of attending members voted to return to work, with full staffing to be restored by week’s end. The pause began when pork cutting, pork packing, and beef dressing units were suspended following work stoppages during outside contractor repairs and insulation work. The dispute centered on a directive for faster production and a push to work shorthanded.
Robert Manry who crossed the Atlantic in the 132 foot Tinkerbelle sailed back to the United States aboard the Queen Mary. The Cleveland newspaperman completed the solo voyage from Falmouth Massachusetts to Falmouth England in 78 days on the way east and 542 days return. He said big boats are very pleasant.
In Saas Fee Switzerland rescuers pause as a second avalanche threatens the Mattmark power project site. About 1 000 workers worked through the disaster after the Allalin Glacier cracked and sent millions of tons of ice and rock onto the site. Officials warn it may take two months to recover all bodies and 20 workers were injured.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew claimed the United States offered a $3 million bribe to keep quiet about a CIA agent caught attempting to obtain information from a Singapore intelligence officer. He said he rejected the offer and noted a later counterproposal of $33 million for development aid. US officials denied the allegations.
Seven of the 11 Harlow children who were orphaned a month ago begin classes in Grafton North Dakota today. Their grandmother Mrs Harry Harlow says they are tickled pink to return to school in Grafton.
A brief summary noting conflicting OCR fragments about traffic fatalities in Iowa and state totals. The readable items mention ages and counts with unclear years and figures. No clear event details, locations, or dates present.
Joye R. Ericson, 60, a well known Goodhue area farmer, was killed on his farm near Red Wing around 5 30 a m. He was found in a pasture by his son Fred 17. The dehorned bull apparently battered him with its head and feet causing a crushed chest.
Fred Shannon a leading snakebite expert died from a rattle snake bite after being bitten near Klondyke Arizona. He was flown to Los Angeles for treatment at General Hospital’s neurological research lab.
The Budget Bureau approves a $2,096,616 Tamarack River watershed project in Minnesota. The federal share is $1,177,486 with local interests supplying $919,130. Senator Mondale’s office reports the action.
Paris report says President Charles de Gaulle met with U S Undersecretary George W Ball to receive a Viet Nam update. Officials deny any plan to seek French mediation and stress talks aimed at possible French involvement in settling the war.
Casey Stengel, announced Monday at the Essex House in New York, will retire as Mets manager. He plans to become a vice president and a scout for the Mets in California.
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