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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1963
Page
2
Mrs Ada Wymore aged 66 of Iowa City died after slipping and falling in downtown Iowa City while on her way to work. The incident occurred on a weekday morning drawing attention to safety in the pedestrian area.
An L A couple narrates how floodwater from a reservoir burst swept their car down streets six blocks to La Brea and Rodeo. Police officer R J Holoubek waded in, pulled them free, and helped form a chain to keep the car from drifting away. They spent the night at a school gym, discovering their home and belongings were lost.
The 15 year old Susan Ann Koehler of Winona died when a car struck a utility pole in Winona. The driver Norman C. Meska 32 of Winona was unhurt. Also, Robert Huston 21 of Stillwater died of exposure after his car hit a tree near Hudson Wisconsin.
Des Moines Methodist Bishop F Gerald Ensley states that God’s love extends to all people, not just Americans or whites, and urges Iowa Methodists not to turn away anyone due to color. He calls for redemption from the heart amid recent violent and racial tensions and international anxieties.
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union files suit in District Court to force the City Council to rescind Class B beer permits for two Sioux City taverns. The petition claims no hearings were held on revocation proposals and notes both taverns have prior beer and liquor violations.
Authorities search for vandals who felled a 20 foot evergreen in Grandview Park Sioux City on Thursday night cutting off the top for a possible Christmas tree. The 15 year old tree was discovered Friday by officers.
The Supreme Court reversed contempt convictions of Edward Fields and Robert Lyons of the National States Rights party, in a ruling tied to a prior Thompson case. The NAACP joined the segregationists in contesting the Alabama injunction against handbills and a rally in Fairfield, with pamphlets and Thunderbolt papers cited in the dispute.
Frigid air across the eastern two thirds of the nation produced the season’s lowest temperatures in many areas. Subzero readings were recorded in the Midwest and Northeast, with International Falls hitting 30 below and Chicago area near zero. Snow fell along the Great Lakes, Erie and Ontario, including 30 inches near Buffalo.
In central Viet Nam, the bodies of three American aviators missing after a helicopter crash were recovered on a lonely beach. They were flown to Saigon for autopsy to determine cause of death. no wreckage was sighted. The copilot, sole survivor, reported the craft hit water during landing near Quang Ngai.
A 10 year old boy Eddie Hettinger was honored for bravery after rescuing his seven siblings from a burning home. The Iowa Farm Safety Council awarded a special merit and a $50 bond to Eddie, son of Albert Dean Hettinger. The family lived near Brandon and Mount Auburn when the fire occurred last spring. He woke his brothers and sisters and carried two smallest to safety while rescuing the rest.
The article notes that Americans spent 23 percent of disposable income on food in 1932, 20 percent in 1942, and 27 percent in 1947, highlighting changes in household food expenditure over time.
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