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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1966
Page
1
July 15 1943 off Empeco Sicily Rommel was driven from Africa as the invasion began. Lt J Hamilton Napier led USS STAFF sweeping for moored mines to allow cruisers in for fire support. A mine exploded crippling the ship killing nine and injuring fifty as Napier led men to safety.
Detectives seized five Black Muslims including their scimitar wielding leader Farragan Muhammad in a Riverside Drive Manhattan mosque attempt to seize control from Egyptian born director Dr. Muhammad Rauf. The group, linked to Elijah Muhammad, faced charges of attempted robbery extortion coercion and unlawful entry.
Eight year old Philippe Pichon of Saint Charmond France is progressing satisfactorily after open heart surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He has moved from the intensive care unit at St Marys Hospital to a general care unit and no release date is set.
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Myron B. Gerdts, 31, of Des Moines died of suffocation after seven feet of dirt buried him in a northeast Des Moines excavation when ditch sides caved in. A fire rescue unit en route to the site collided with a car, prompting a second unit to be summoned.
Observances from state capitals to college campuses and churches marked the 25th anniversary of the Japanese attack that drew the United States into World War II. Some events referenced the ongoing Viet Nam war in focus and reflection.
Secretary McNamara said U S intelligence undercounted Soviet ocean-spanning missiles by mid 1968 while praising accuracy of current deployed missiles He noted the United States still holds a 3 to 4 to 1 ICBM advantage and cited steps like Poseidon on submarines and Minuteman II deployments.
In Morris Minnesota a 45 year old high school teacher Jake Marks was shot in the hip by a youth who fled without paying for gas. The 17 year old held in jail after an assault on station manager Bert Menner who wrestled with the assailant and was cut on the head. Menner treated and released. Marks condition unknown.
At the NFC convention in Milwaukee more than 10,000 delegates are expected over two days. Erhard Pllington of Sergeant Bluff Iowa serves as national vice president. AP wirephoto notes coverage of the boycott push at United Nations backed by African nations.
African members lobby the United Nations to press for a total economic embargo on Rhodesia with possible oil export limits. Britain seeks a soft draft resolution for selective sanctions as South Africa warns against broader action. Smith signals willingness to negotiate, while U.S. hints at measured support.
The St. Albans City Council in West Virginia voted to place hood reading Merry Christmas on parking meters from December 17 through the holiday period as a festive measure. The move covers all meters in the southern community of about 15 000 residents.
Congressman John A. Blatnik of Minnesota was hospitalized for observation after feeling tired. He had just completed a 14 day Far East trip and was in Hawaii to inspect flood control project sites. a Tripler Army Hospital spokesman said he is in good condition and expected to be released today.
District Attorney Henry Wade vows to seek the death penalty in a second trial of Jack Ruby to be held in Wichita Falls, with defense lawyers optimistic about a possible murder without malice verdict after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals designated the city as the trial site and February as a likely date. Ruby, 55, killed Lee Harvey Oswald on live television two days after Kennedy's assassination.
The UC classroom boycott ended Tuesday after regents threatened dismissal for future strikes. AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers members voted to suspend the strike conditionally as negotiations with the administration continued.
The helicopter airlift to Union Carbide Corp's strikebound mining and metal division plant in ASHTABULA Ohio ended after an agreement Tuesday between the company and United Steelworkers Local 3081 AFL-CIO. The accord halted both the airlift and mass picketing at plant entrances.
A female polar bear cub was born at Como Park Zoo on Tuesday afternoon and veterinarians plan to place it in a foster human home for early care. Zoo spokesmen say this is the first cub born there to survive. At Opalika a Tuskegee civil rights case begins as a jury of 12 white men is chosen to try an elderly white man for the killing of a Negro student.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension requests a 1.5 million dollar 1967-69 budget to buy a computer to track wanted criminals and stolen property. The proposal, sent to Gov elect Harold LeVander, plans 21 new staff beyond 37 current employees. A civic council advocates nearly double funding, citing limited technical services and many unfulfilled investigator requests.
President Johnson said Viet Nam war outlays through next June 30 will top earlier projections by 9 to 10 billion dollars. He will ask Congress for a supplemental appropriation and cautioned no tax decision has been made. Defense spending for 1967 would rise to 67 to 68 billion, up from 58.5 billion.
A car parked nine miles north of Harlan by a Western Iowa Pork Co. employee exploded after Laurence Kimmen Jr. of Defiance had left it there. No one was in the vehicle. The blast, possibly dynamite, comes amid a strike by Local 1225 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, with prior violence including a plant riot on Oct 3.
An eight car elevated train derailed near 41st Street and Indiana Ave in Chicago. Two cars left the tracks while others dangled over a parked car, injuring many as the southbound train had just finished a Loop rush. AP Wire photo.
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