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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1963
Page
15
George Baldwin, 57, of rural Rosemount, was killed when his car left Highways 3 and 49, struck a barn five miles north of Rosemount. Investigators found the road not slick. cause of the crash is undetermined. It was Minnesota’s 758th traffic death of 1963, 94 more than last year at this time.
A passerby trod a snow covered lawn at Saline County Courthouse in Salina Kansas leaving a message reading Virginia I love you Ray in the snow. Police noted the note as a pedestrian prank with no injuries or damages reported.
West Berlin and East German officials signed a Christmas travel agreement opening the wall allowing West Berliners to visit relatives in East Berlin for the season. About 400,000 West Berliners may qualify to cross into the Soviet sector under the pact, which ends a two year stalemate.
A NFU lobbyist in Washington urged backing farm price support programs to prevent recession as farm production outpaces population growth. He warned that dropping prices could trigger depressions and called for a strong federal program to save the family farm. James G Patton echoed the plea for parity payments and federal support, while Edwin Christianson framed tax cuts as a dual recovery plan to boost income and receipts.
A Newsweek poll by Louis Harris & Associates found 64 percent of 100 surveyed favor President Johnson over the five leading Republican contenders in the 1964 race. Johnson’s margin over the group averaged 64 to 36, with a 7 point rise in popularity over the past two weeks.
Voters in 10 Central Texas counties decide whether a Democrat or Republican should represent President Johnson's old district. No party labels appear on the ballot as Dems have held the post this century. Estimated turnout ranges from 35 000 to 48 000 with about 41 000 in a prior election. The winner succeeds Homer Thornberry who leaves Dec 20 for a federal judgeship in El Paso. Pickel and Dobbs address a district with no party on the ballot.
Efren and Ines Prieto relocate their five newborn sons from a shoreside shack to a sprawling house in El Paraiso Venezuela three months and thirteen days after birth. Doctors say a graduate nurse will staff the home stay and the quints thrive without a special diet.
Police jailed 115 of about 200 young Negroes who paraded in downtown Columbia to protest segregation. An officer tackled a demonstrator Timothy Smith as another was dragged into a police car. Demonstrators, mostly students, faced charges of parading without a permit and disorderly conduct.
In Kitty Hawk North Carolina the 60th anniversary tributes mark Orville and Wilbur Wright’s first flight on December 17 1903. The Air Force Thunderbird precision team led a ceremony and a finale at the dunes where the Wrights briefly lifted a lighter than air craft for the historic moment 10 feet off the ground.
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