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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1963
Page
1
Police reporter and his family could not flee the storm in Sioux Falls South Dakota on Sunday. The AP Wirephoto shows the tense moment as they remained behind in the path of the weather.
Frank Sinatra Jr the 19 year old singer was abducted from a Stateline Nevada California motel by two armed men as he prepared to perform at a nearby casino. Deputies set roadblocks around Lake Tahoe area and the FBI was called in as Sorce and Keating were identified and sought for questioning. Local law enforcement coordinating with San Francisco and Reno offices while a snowbound search stretched across California Nevada border.
New York trading opened with strength in some motors and weakness in several airlines. Studebaker jumped after news it will end U S car manufacturing and move operations to Canada. Dow edged up to 760.43 and the AP average rose 0.4 to 283.7 as rails and utilities led gains.
The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that union members may freely criticize union officers. The circuit court had barred disciplining members for slander or libel of officers under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. It involved Solomon Salzhandler, removed as financial secretary of Local 442, who won on appeal. The Justices also declined to rule on a bail challenge in the Norman Mastman case.
A White House physician rode in a police car just ahead of President Johnson during a New York visit, a new security measure adopted after President Kennedy's assassination. The Navy admiral Dr. George Burkley had previously been four cars behind the president in Dallas.
Ice and blowing snow caused a chain reaction crash in Clear Lake Sherburne County. Twenty seven cars were damaged, some heavily, and three hours were needed to clear the wreckage. No injuries were reported. The pileup began when a car hit the rear of another at Main Street and Highway 10. Clearwater Lake lies about 11 miles southeast of St. Cloud.
The season’s first crippling snowstorm moved east after blanketing Minnesota and neighboring states with blizzard conditions and leaving at least six dead. Two more fatalities raised Minnesota’s highway toll to 748 for 1963. The storm caused hundreds of accidents, knocked out power lines, and forced snowplows off roads before improving conditions this afternoon.
In Bolivia, 21 hostages including four Americans are held by Communist-led tin miners led by Vice President Juan Lechin. The union demands the release of two imprisoned leaders Irineo Pimental and Federico Escobar and warns of consequences if officials fail to act.
An eight crew Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 crashed near Elkton Maryland after a thunderstorm killing 81 aboard. Investigators and federal officials search wreckage and field sites for the cause while a morgue is set up at Elkton Armory and a report on the flight recorder is sought.
Shattered fragments from a Pan American Boeing 707 litter the ground near Elkton Maryland after an explosion and crash in flames. Clothing and debris hang from trees as investigators probe the scene of the deadly disaster.
A Pan American World Airways jet with 81 aboard crashed in flames last night near the Delaware Maryland border. AP wire photo map shows the scene with investigators beginning work at this early stage of the disaster.
Four Parsons College students and a Winterset girl die in weekend crashes across Iowa. In Des Moines a snowy multi-vehicle pileup injures a dozen, including 19 year old Drake student Jeff Nusbaum. Near Mount Ayr two-car collision kills Lloyd Pierce and Harold Smith as conditions worsen. Other fatalities occur in Waterloo and Bellevue area crashes with multiple injuries.
CAB investigators debated whether lightning caused a Maryland crash near Elkton that killed one hundred two. witnesses described flashes, some saying not lightning, while another plane faced turbulence in the same area. Meteorologists review the weather pattern for clues.
President Johnson asked Secretary Udall to have the Interior Department determine national oil policy instead of the White House. The move appears aimed at distancing himself from any perception that his Texas ties influence policy.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota endorsed the university's policies on academic freedom and faculty tenure over the weekend. It praised the University of Minnesota for encouraging free expression among students and staff without restraint, while not addressing specific critics.
Senate and House negotiators ended a long stalemate on a wide vocational education bill. The accord paves the way for final passage before Christmas of two key education measures backed by President Johnson and the late President Kennedy.
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