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Newspaper

Austin Daily Herald

Location

Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1966

Page

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No Go Vote Blocks Lear Siegler Pact in UAW Local

Skilled tradesmen in UAW Local 174 vetoed a two year Lear Siegler automotive contract by 44 to 26, while production workers approved 470 to 195 to end the Dec 2 strike. The vote highlights a new union rule allowing separate group refusals to block settlements.

Detroit United Auto Workers Union Lear Siegler, Inc Automotive Division UAW American Metal Products Co Lear Siegler Long Beach Calif UAW Skilled Trades Department

Space budget cut fronts Soviet push for military funding

Western and Communist sources say Moscow reduced nonmilitary space research by one third this year while boosting military spending. Cosmonauts remain grounded after 21 months, yet unmanned probes to Mars may press ahead next month. Officials cite economy strains and plan delays as reasons. A 50th anniversary Bolshevik milestone is linked to forthcoming activities.

Moscow Soviet Union Mars

Young Fonda Takes Stand in Drug Trial

Actor Peter Fonda testified he never lived in a suburban Tarzana home where police say they discovered marijuana. The prosecution says Fonda shared the house with three men. His testimony was corroborated by his wife Susan and his father Henry Fonda.

Los Angeles Peter Fonda Tarzana Fonda Superior Court Susan Actor Henry Fonda Peter Beverly Hills

Ruby's Cancer Too Advanced to Yield to Cure by Surgery

Dallas AP report says Jack Ruby's cancer has spread too widely for surgical cure. Dr. Jack Barnett cites chemotherapy as the only hope, rules out radiology, and discloses a new pleural tumor. Tests continue on Ruby, 55, linked to Oswald case.

Ruby Dallas, Tex Jack Ruby Jack Barnett Barnett Southwestern Medical School Parkland Hospital Lee Harvey Oswald Warren Commission Presi Dent Kennedy

Final Decree Appoints Fronczaks Legal Parents Of Foundling

Chester and Dora Fronczak have adopted a foundling from New Jersey as their son Paul Joseph after a Circuit Court decree. The child, found abandoned July 2, 1965, was the only one of 10,000 orphans to pass all tests suggesting he is their kidnaped son. Officials say certainty depends on arresting the kidnapper.

Chicago Chester Dora Fronczak Paul Joseph New Jersey Newark, N.J Fronezaks Michael Reese Hospital

Wreckage of Lost Radar Plane Found

Wreckage of the Air Force radar picket plane that went down on November 11 with 19 crewmen killed appears found. Film shows debris 300 feet below the surface and 125 miles east of Nantucket as Navy divers prepare to identify the debris.

Otis Air Force Base Mass Air Force Nantucket Navy

Des Moines Man 24 Dies in Hampton Area Crash

Robert L. Doyle, 24, of Des Moines, was killed when his car collided head on with a semitrailer on Highway 65 about half a mile south of Hampton. The truck driver Kenneth Benjamin of South Dakota suffered only minor injuries and was released from care.

Hampton, Town Robert L. Doyle Des Moines Hampton Highway 65 Kenneth Benjamin South Dakota

Hormel Reports Record Dollar Sales and Lower Net Earnings

Geo A Hormel Co posts record annual sales of 491.7 million for the year ended Oct 29 1966 up 11 percent from 1965 but net earnings fall to 3.51 million or 2.95 per share from 4.35 million or 3.66 per share. Hog stock and higher meat prices drive margins. annual report and proxy to be mailed January 1967. stockholders meeting set for January 31 at 8 p.m. in Austin.

Hormel Co R. F. Gray Geo. A. Hormel Co Austin

U N Members Seek Oil Embargo on Rhodesia

Three African members of the United Nations Security Council urged a complete oil embargo to Rhodesia as part of amendments to a British sanctions resolution. Mali Uganda and Nigeria also proposed adding coal and manufactured goods to the trade ban list and deploring Britain’s stance and regional support for the Smith regime.

United Nations, N.Y U.N. Security Council Rhodesia Ian Smith Mali Uganda Nigeria Britain Smith Portugal South Africa

Left Wing Government to Take Over Company

In Beirut the Syrian government cuts both Iraqi oil pipelines to Banias and Tripoli, halting deliveries as a dispute over transit royalties escalates. Damascus radio claims Iraq will seize the Western owned IPC unless demands are met, while IPC and Baghdad give no immediate comment.

Beirut Lebanon Iraq Tripoli Europe Iraq Petroleum Co Banias Syria Damascus Radio Baghdad Western IPC

Bomb Drops Short of Target Kill Civilians in Vietnam

A U S warplane dropped a bomb 1 800 yards short of its intended target killing two Vietnamese civilians and injuring another at Thon Phu Gin village 30 miles southwest of Hue. The strike follows earlier near misses near the border and a Viet Cong counterattack around Saigon after B 52 strikes on a base camp.

Saigon South Vietnam U.S Thon-Phu Gin Hue

Inmates Allowed to Send Christmas Cards in Chicago Jail

Inmates at Chicago's House of Correction may send Christmas cards for the first time since the jail opened 114 years ago. About 2,000 cards were printed featuring a wreath and lantern image with a greeting inside.

Chicago House of Correction

Eisenhower Leaves Bed Sits in Chair 25 Minutes

Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower has recovered enough from gallbladder surgery to leave bed and sit in a chair for 25 minutes at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Brig. Gen. Philip W. Mallory said Ike is up, responsive, and back in bed, with doctors hoping he may leave before Christmas but not confirming.

Washington Dwight D. Eisenhower Philip W. Mallory Walter Reed Army Hospital Fisenhower Eisenhower Mallory Walter Reed

Sophia Loren Expected to Deliver Child Next May

Italian actress Sophia Loren, seen on a Rome movie set earlier this month, is expecting a child next May, producer David L. Wolper said in Los Angeles. Loren, married to Carlo Ponti, postponed a television special Wolper was to produce.

Sophia Loren Rome David L. Wolper Los Angeles Miss Loren Carlo Ponti Wolper

Storm lashes East and Southeast with snow and wind

A developing storm spread snow sleet and freezing rain across the East and Southeast with gale force winds. Two inches of snow fell in Bluefield West Virginia and Roanoke Virginia, with warnings predicting several inches by nightfall.

Associated Press Bluefield W.va Roanoke Weather Bureau Delaware Maryland North Carolina Tennessee Pennsylvania Atlantic Charleston S.C Virginia

World experts study animal role in recurring flu epidemic

Geneva AP reports a WHO panel from nine nations probes a theory that animals especially pigs drive global flu outbreaks. They note origins in central Asia and the 1957 Yunnan outbreak, while China remains blocked from the UN. The study explores a possible man animal swap sustaining a recurring cycle.

Geneva China World Health Organization Martin Kaplan United States Organization Communist Central Asia Yunnan United Nations

Canada Airports Face Potential Strike

Ottawa reports the Canadian Air Traffic Controllers Association began a strike vote among 650 members after 26 months of failed talks with the government. A shutdown could halt operations at all major Canadian airports.

Ottawa Canada Canadian Air Traffic Controlers Association

Mink farm blaze causes $60,000 in damages near Nisswa

Fire at Vernon Darkhuff mink ranch near Nisswa caused about 60 thousand dollars in smoke damage to mink hides and equipment Monday night. In separate briefs, Henry Blondell's second degree murder trial was moved to February 7 in Litchfield, a San Diego helicopter crash left one body recovered and nine Navy men missing, and Crookston voters rejected a 2.65 million bond for a new senior high school with 1,273 against and 583 for the measure, plus 1,388 to 421 against a 325 thousand pool bond.

Nisswa, Minn Vernon Darkhuff Nisswa San Diego Calif Navy Crookston, Minn

Hanoi says four Raider planes downed

Radio Hanoi claimed four U S jet planes were shot down over Hanoi as U S raids attacked suburbs and residential areas. Hanoi said pilots were captured, but Saigon and U S officials had no confirmation.

Hanoi Tokyo Radio U.S Saigon

French Boy Is Out of Hospital

Philippe Pichon an eight year old from Saint Chamond France was released Monday from St Marys Hospital in Rochester Minn after undergoing heart surgery two weeks earlier.

Rochester, Minn Philippe Pichon Saint- Chamond France St. Mary’s Hospital

Bomber Crashes in Kentucky Kill Three Crew

An Air Force B58 bomber returning from a seven hour practice bombing run crashed into a hillside east of Hustonville Kentucky killing all three crewmen aboard.

Hustonville Air Force Here

Maddox predicts 175 legislators back in governor race

Democratic candidate Lester G. Maddox says at least 175 of Georgia’s 259 lawmakers will support him for governor. A statewide poll shows Maddox with a wide edge over Howard Callaway, though many legislators remain undecided as both men campaign in Athens.

Atlanta, Ga Lester G. Maddox Georgia Maddox Howard Callaway Athens Callaway

Prosecution May Rest in Coppolino's Murder Trial

In Freehold New Jersey the prosecution neared its end in Dr Carl Coppolino's murder trial as defense cross examines Dr Milton Helpern famed medical examiner. The victim Lt Col William E Farber died of a twice fractured larynx with heart normal at 50. exhumation and coffin damage are questioned. Marjorie Farber testified Coppolino and she were lovers and that he forced her to help kill her husband with a pillow during a hypnotic session.

Freehold N.J Carl Coppolino Milton Helpern Farber Arlington National Cemetery Cappolino Fox Run Middletown Township New Jersey Marjorie Farber Coppolino

Mad Axman Mitchell Escapes From Dartmoor Prison Work Party

Frank Mitchell 37 known as The Mad Axman escaped Monday from a Dartmoor Prison work party eight miles from the moor. He received a life sentence for robbery with violence and authorities warned he could seize a child as a hostage while at large across the Devon moorland.

Frank Mitchell Axman Britain Dartmoor Mitchell Devon London

Three Sisters Die in Maywood Fire

A blaze tore through a one story frame house in Maywood Illinois killing Jackie Sales 14 Sheron 9 and Pamela 4 daughters of Mr and Mrs James Sales A brother Thomas 13 suffered burns and smoke inhalation and was listed in fair condition at Westlake Community Hospital

Maywood, Ill Maywood Chicago Jackie Sales Sheron Pamela James Sales Thomas Westlake Community Hospital

Edison Students Protest School Cutbacks

About 100 Edison High School pupils gathered in Minneapolis to oppose Board of Education cutbacks after voters defeated a school levy referendum. They planned petitions against dropping athletics and other activities.

Minneapolis Edison High School Board of Education

Partly cloudy through Wednesday weather update

Partly cloudy through Wednesday with a low of 15 to 22 degrees and a Wednesday high in the 30s. Outlook Thursday across all zones shows mild conditions and little to no precipitation.

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