06 Dec 1955
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1955
Page
1
Minnesota raises polio shot eligibility to ages 0 to 19 and allows second doses for non school program children. The Board of Health urges early action amid a forecast of a bad polio year in 1956.
Fargo postal worker John F. Hahne aged 55 was arrested by postal inspectors on charges of stealing Christmas Seal remittance checks. He waived examination, posted $500 bond, and awaits U.S. district court appearance. A warrant cited one Christmas Seal letter with a marked dollar bill. other letters on his route were for a different location.
Maj. Gen. William H. Nutter, 53, of St. Peter Minnesota, named deputy commanding general of the 5th Army in Chicago. The appointment enlarges his senior staff role at the U S military command.
New York noon trading lifted the AP average of 60 stocks by 50 cents to 182 with advances of 1 to 3 dollars in scattered issues. Du Pont rose 2 to 230.25 American Cyanamid 2.50 to 65.25 and Amerada Petroleum 1.75 to 99. Market rebound follows a 20 billion dollar loss from the slump after President Eisenhower’s illness.
MABEL Minn March Marjorie Reierson 45 Caledonia was fatally injured Monday night when she fell from a car that skidded on Highway 44 near here.
The British Foreign Office disclosed that Britain conceded the right of East Germany to control inland waterways feeding Berlin, while America and France held off on comment. Bonn ministers planned an emergency meeting to address East German demands and potential impacts on West Berlin supplies. Neues Deutschland accused Western powers of breaking four power agreements, citing currency reform and NATO affiliation as violations.
The American Dental Association head, Dr Bernard C Kingsbury, said cities that do not fluoridate their water fail the public. He called fluoridation simple inexpensive and thoroughly tested and noted 22 million people drink fluoride treated water.
The District 10 American Legion will donate a 33 passenger bus to Sandstone State Hospital on Wednesday.
Merger of the Minnesota Highway Federation and the Minnesota Good Roads Assn. forms Minnesota Good Roads Inc. Elmer V. Erickson will lead, Claude J. Hunt becomes director, as the group seeks federal highway aid to boost Minnesota's highway fund toward Gore bill levels.
In Fort Polk Louisiana Exercise Sagebrush ends as America's atomic war defense rehearsal. 32 of 140000 service members died in the war game with most fatalities from vehicle crashes and civilian traffic accidents. Two deaths under investigation and one from unknown causes.
Geo A Hormel and Co reports in its employee magazine that all workers with 26 years of service or more receive 1800 added to their accounts in the Hormel employes' profit sharing trust after the fiscal year. The total credited for long-serving staff reaches 19040, with notices to all 7336 participants forthcoming.
Prof Seitaro Koyama of Niigata University said analysis of fallout particles indicates the Soviet Union detonated a test device using natural uranium last month. He called it the most powerful nuclear weapon yet devised.
Secretary of State Dulles accused Soviet Premier Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev of stirring anti Western sentiment during their Asia tour to pressure Portugal over Goa. He said Moscow aims to provoke force in the Goa dispute and damage East West relations. India backs peaceful settlement, Nehru noted.
Secretary of Labor says organized labor has duty to speak on political issues and expects union support to favor Republican policies. Eisenhower notes rights of unions with differing views and aims to win labor vote in 1956. Harriman urges more working class political participation to boost production and living standards.
Illinois Gov Stratton releases Brownell letter saying no federal offense involved in Emmett Till case. Mississippi grand jury did not indict two white men for kidnapping the 14 year old Chicago boy after acquittal on murder charges.
President Eisenhower and top advisers reached a near final agreement on the 1956-57 defense appropriation in the neighborhood of 34 billion dollars a year. Secretary Wilson said no final figure was set for next year but expected no major change from current spending. Pentagon comptroller McNeil said the meeting nearly settled the budget and no further talks are planned before final estimates are prepared.
Lakota, N D. Glen Kelly age 39 was killed and Rudolph Dolejski of Lakota was injured Monday in a grade crossing collision with a Great Northern passenger train near Mapes. Kelly's pickup truck was demolished and Dolejsi was taken to a Michigan hospital with a fractured arm and lacerations.
President Eisenhower, first U.S. president with a pilot's license, will receive honorary life membership in the Civil Air Patrol today. The Civil Air Patrol serves as the Air Force's civilian auxiliary and marks this historic recognition for the commander in chief.
South St. Paul police questioned a taxi driver who may have aided two gunmen in a $300 heist at Curly's Dutch Room Tavern in West St. Paul. A high speed chase ended with the suspects abandoning their car. bullets were fired by an officer during the pursuit.
Election day in most Austin area villages passed with low turnout as no candidates filed in several communities and write in tallies were counted in Lyle. Hayfield and Maple View moved voting to Nov 8 under new law. LeRoy ballot includes mayor and council salaries referendum and Sunday beer advisory vote. Other villages voting today include Adams Blooming Prairie Brownsdale Dexter Elkton Grand Meadow Hollandale Rose Creek Sargeant Spring Valley Racine Taopi Waltham.
A Minnesota hearing opened before the Railroad and Warehouse Commission to permanent a 15 percent freight rate hike on intrastate shipments. The Interstate Commerce Commission made the increase permanent for interstate traffic, with coal coke sugar beets and timber products excluded by the 1953 state order.
Nine year old Billy Skipper of Muskegon Michigan, missing both legs, awaits heart surgery at University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis. Doctors have not set a date and consider cross circulatory support possible. Friends from Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Co offer blood supply for the operation.
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