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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1963
Page
2
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, both expecting babies next year, attended the royal ballet at Covent Garden. They led the audience in a brief message as the performance opened, drawing media attention to the royal sisters.
A royal appearance marked by a minute ovation at the end of a new Swan Lake version. The queen, mostly retired, looked cheerful and Princess Margaret appeared radiant during the event.
Australian Defense Minister Athol Townley collapsed in his Melbourne office and was rushed to hospital. A Canberra spokesman said exhaustion from the recent federal election campaign caused the illness and that Townley was in serious but not dangerous condition.
Bing Crosby plans to move his wife and three children into a 25 room mansion near San Mateo by mid January, paying 175000 dollars. He will keep his Palm Springs estate but sell his Beverly Hills home, said business manager Basil Grillo.
Bob Hope, 60, exited Children’s Hospital after a week of treatment for a blood clot in his left eye. Doctors say the eye is healing well and Hope plans his annual Christmas Middle East tour, then rests in Palm Springs for further care.
Theodor Heuss, 79, first president of postwar West Germany, died Thursday after a long illness in Stuttgart.
In Minneapolis the motion for a new trial for T Eugene Thompson convicted of murdering his wife is set for 9 am Monday in Hennepin County District Court. If denied an appeal to the state Supreme Court is planned. Judge Rolf Fosseen will hear the motion as Hyam Segell argues for acquittal or a new trial citing hearsay evidence and jury instruction issues. Thompson has begun a life term at Stilwater prison after the first week.
Frances Fincke Hand 87 widow of federal judge Learned Hand died at her home in New York. A longtime suffragist she recalled marching for women’s voting rights with her husband. Judge Hand died August 18, 1961. Survived by three daughters.
Sheikh Mahmoud Shalout aged 70, rector of Al Azhar University and leading Moslem world religious authority, died Thursday in Cairo from a heart attack.
The Community Facilities Administration awarded Deerwood $44500 and Mahnomen $87350 for sewer projects under the accelerated public works program. The grants were announced via Senators Hubert H. Humphrey and Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota.
Famed contralto Marian Anderson, 55, announced a farewell world concert tour next year and retirement the following spring. She said post retirement plans include civil rights work and speaking to children. final Carnegie Hall concert set Easter Sunday 1965.
In the Mekong Delta a twin engine H37 helicopter failed and crashed while lifting a downed aircraft. Five Americans were aboard. three bodies recovered and one survivor in serious condition. Hours later a single engine Otter carrying four U.S. advisers and three Vietnamese crashed in the central highlands. no survivors. No names released.
SEATO accepts Thai Secretary General Pote Sarasin resignation and names deputy William Worth of Australia as acting top official. Sarasin leaves SEATO to become Thailand's minister of national development in the new cabinet.
Twenty one African nations resolved to seek South Africa’s suspension from the ILO because its apartheid policy renders it unworthy of membership. The resolution will be presented at the ILO general conference next June.
Five Saudi princes at odds with King Saud have been granted political asylum in Lebanon, signaling a royal family rift spilling into exile.
They left Saudi Arabia for the United Arab Republic last year and later moved to Beirut settling in Lebanon, which has become a refuge for many Arab politicians.
About 200 law students from Seoul National University's law college clashed with police as they attempted a prohibited protest in front of the ruling junta's headquarters. Police dispersed the crowd after a 30 minute free for all, triggered by outrage over a national examination law they say harms students.
George Gaston Bell aged 86 died Wednesday in Woodstock New York. Bell retired 30 years ago after a Broadway stage and film career spanning several decades.
Portsmouth Ohio AP four member Russian family to spend Christmas in Ports mouth in a Junior Chamber of Commerce project to promote better understanding between the Soviet and American people. They will arrive Dec 19 and stay about a week in a private home.
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