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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1964
Page
1
Pat Blair of NBCs Daniel Boone posed at the studio photo gallery to aid lonely GIs amid a shortage of pin up pictures. An Associated Press report notes Hollywood studios reduced cheesecake pictures as contracts limited starlets, reducing such studio output.
The United States Britain and West Germany press private talks on an Allied nuclear command despite France’s refusal to participate. Rusk told de Gaulle the door to joining remains open and that talks remain flexible with new meetings planned for early next year to discuss a fleet armed with Polaris missiles under U.S. control and a broader NATO option.
In Georgetown, Forbes Burnham announces a new government after Britain alters British Guiana's constitution to remove Cheddi Jagan. Burnham expects a full action by week’s end with a 5 seat majority thanks to United Force support and his 22 seats. Jagan’s PP party led in votes but PR reduced his majority. Jagan refuses to resign. A London order and Queen’s signature pave the change.
A compact archival brief notes figures labeled State Today 790 and Year Ago 74 with references to IOWA 799 and 684, indicating historical numeric contrasts and era labeling. The fragment reads like a census style recap of past values and current markers tied to Iowa.
A mass of arctic air drives temperatures below zero in Montana Minnesota North Dakota and Wisconsin. New snow piles up in Wyoming New York Michigan and Nebraska while West Yellowstone reports 24 inches of snow. Red River New Mexico records 20 below zero Hobbs hits 22 above as Immokalee Florida reaches 86.
In Huntsville Alabama civil space agency engineers built a device to test tolerance of rocket guidance instruments. The apparatus simulates bumps and grinds of flight using vibration and spinning features reminiscent of carnival rides to gauge reactions of the rocket brain components. Additional tests include a 120 foot tower to measure acceleration tolerance and an acoustical chamber to test instrument endurance to rocket blastoff noise.
Cathy and Lisa Fretthemn spent the night at Warren and Mrs MacLaren’s home at 251 4th St SW to see the grandmother’s gingerbread house with frosting snow and gumdrop tree. The Fretthem Jr. family lives at 1406 4th St SE.
Atlanta leaders react to the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Civil Rights Act public accommodations section. John Lewis calls the decision a landmark while others urge compliance and await further actions. The ruling affects Heart of Atlanta Motel Ollie’s Barbecue and sit-in cases.
A fire at the Hillside Hotel in Madison Indiana caused one death and five injuries with about 100 guests escaping through windows or ledges. Fire Chief Harold Lohrig suspects the kitchen area as the source. damages are estimated at 500000. Owner John Lucht sheltered guests during the blaze as Madison's 8000 residents faced the disaster 50 miles from Louisville.
Louisville report notes Kentucky has produced three U S Supreme Court justices on two occasions. In the 1930s Justice Reed McReynolds and Brandeis served together, and in the late 1940s to early 1950s Chief Justice Vinson with Justices Reed and Rutledge sat together.
North winds and blowing snow produced the season's first blizzard from Edmonton to Moose Jaw. Visibility dropped to about half a mile as temperatures plunged well below zero, with officials warning the worst is yet to come.
Douglas Bartsch, 41, a Dover area farmer, died Monday after his clothing was pulled into a tractor power takeoff drive shaft while he worked on a fertilizer spreader. Coroner Dr. Theodore Wellner said death appeared due to strangulation. autopsy was ordered. In New Jersey, the Supreme Court struck down the Senate’s weighted voting system in a 7-0 ruling, declaring the Nov. 16 adoption invalid.
The nuclear powered frigate Truxtun will be launched Saturday at the New York Shipbuilding Corp. yard in Camden New Jersey. It will be commanded by Cmdr D D Works of Blackpipe 5D and carry 27 officers and 452 enlisted men, joining Enterprise Long Beach and Bainbridge as the Navy's four nuclear surface ships.
Secret briefings indicate the objective date for final action is March 1966 as the Army plans to move about 150 000 Reservists into expanded National Guard units. The process begins with a troop list surveying 4000 Reserve units to identify about 2000 fitting into state guard organizations. Governors will be briefed on changes amid questions about ROTC, race segregation, and armory disposition. Rosa mond Gilder named officer in France's Order of Arts and Letters.
Liberal members cheer with the red maple leaf flag after a stormy House of Commons session. The flag’s adoption vote at 2 12 a m EST ends a lengthy debate before Senate endorsement.
In Pittsburgh AP report the AFL CIO United Steelworkers open contract talks with 11 major producers as plant level negotiations begin. The union seeks higher pay and job security with a strike possible after 120 days, while industry leaders warn against economically unacceptable demands.
Gov Karl Rolvaag urged Minnesota motorists to avoid drinking and driving during the holidays citing National Safety Council data showing most fatal holiday crashes involve alcohol. He warned the season has been marred by accidents and stressed celebrating safely.
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