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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1963
Page
3
Twelve Phoenix girls aged 9 to 13 form a club to save Leo the lion from the Phoenix Zoo enclosure. Starting with backyard circus and art show fundraisers, they have raised hundreds and now target about $15,827.63 to cover Leo’s new outdoor enclosure and care.
The Supreme Court declined to hear two capital punishment cases from Kansas and Texas, with no reasons given. In Kansas, James Latham and George York, both teens, were sentenced for Otto Ziegler's 1961 killing after claims a TV tape of interrogations and confessions was broadcast. In Texas, Edward Hagans and his wife faced death and life terms over the deaths of two elderly women. Hagans argued a radio broadcast of their taped confessions and extensive publicity affected the trial.
The Eighth District Court of Appeals upheld Benjamin Dranow's bail jumping conviction, ruling his jury trial waiver was knowingly and intelligently given. He received 2½ years for leaving Minneapolis while bound by $85,000. Dranow, arrested in Miami, is serving seven years for tax evasion and mail fraud at Sandstone Federal Correctional Institution in Minnesota.
The Air Force launched its seventh Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base California on Monday. The test fired the most powerful ICBM and evaluated the total weapon system, a spokesman said.
A plan reportedly was under way to seek changes in Iowa lay liquor by the drink law five months after its enactment. The effort signals interest from local leaders in modifying the current alcohol sale framework in Des Moines.
HAL BOYLE reflects on memory and bygone era habits in a nostalgic column. He notes youths, courtship, travel, fashion, and social norms as markers of how times have changed from free lunches to dollar gifts, and the charm of simpler pleasures.
An ad promotes FASTEETH denture powder to improve comfort and fit. It claims alkaline non-acid formula reduces slipping while eating or speaking, avoids gummy taste, prevents souring, and helps control denture odor. Available at drug counters.
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