Contributions Will Turn on Tree of Lights
Salvation Army Christmas appeal uses a tree atop the booth at Main St and 2nd Ave. For every 100 dollars donated by mail, a bulb on The Tree of Lights is lit. A 3200 dollar goal aims for December 23 with lights and star burning. Advisory Board members Purl Enger and others direct the effort. Enger lit three bulbs.
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Tree OF Lights
Major A! Gorton
Purl Enger
Austin Salvation Army Advisory Board
Army
Main St
2Nd Ave. N
Salvation Army
2Nd Ave
Salvation Army Advisory Board of
Austin
Graham Uzick
R. E
Doc) Cook
Merrill Rolfson
Sheldon Berg
al Gorton
Enger
Bad Insulator Causes Power Failure In Austin
A 13 000 volt feeder line on 4th St SE caused a large Austin blackout. Municipal plant superintendent Harold Lamon said a bad insulator in a high voltage cubicle likely caused the outage. Crews isolated the fault and rerouted service while a mobile substation remained in operation with no fixed completion time.
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Austin
4Th St. SE
Harold Lamon
Ice Cream Vote Fraud Trial Opens in District Court
A half gallon of ice cream is at the center of a vote fraud case opening in District Court. Harold Boeff, candidate for Dexter township supervisor, is accused of giving ice cream to a voter to influence a 13 vote loss to Earl Rolfson in the March 14 election. Judge Warren F. Plunkett will preside. The charge is a felony. John F. Mayer spoke on Public Relations at the District One meeting at the Red Cedar Inn. Eugene Larson discussed civil defense duties for funeral directors. Officers elected include W. H. Hansen secretary treasurer Loren Jorris president and John Breitlow vice president.
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Harold Boeff
Dexter Township
Boeff
Earl Rolfson
Warren F. Plunkett
John F. Mayer
Minnesota Funeral Directors Association
District One
Red Cedar Inn
Mayer
Robert Slater
University of Minnesota Mortuary Science Department
Eugene Larson
Minnesota Department of Health
W. H. Hansen
Jordan Mortuary
Austin
Loren Jorris
Spring Wally
John Breitlow
Winona
Twin City Juveniles Released to Parents
Two Twin City juveniles aged 16 and 17 were released to their parents after police held them since Monday night. They were picked up for acting suspiciously at a filling station and said they were en route to California with little money. One boy was on probation for car theft.
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Twin City
California
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Sterling
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