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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1964
Page
2
Houston surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey holds a piece of synthetic tubing used in heart repairs. The tubing resembles the material he employed to mend the Duke of Windsor's aorta, which was weakened by an aneurysm the size of a grape.
Minnesota Banking Commissioner John D. Chisholm said he may urge the 1965 legislature to revise the four per cent cap on bank rates. The move follows Fed order allowing higher rates on time and savings deposits and aims to protect rural state banks while preserving flexibility for the commissioner to set ceilings within federal limits.
In Trondheim a 79 year old farmer named Hans Wasmuth opened a wrong door on the Trondheim Oslo express traveling over 55 mph and fell out. The conductor noticed the open door and alerted the next station as an inspector found the man walking along the track toward the station.
Northfield Minnesota reports two students selected as Minnesota's Rhodes scholars candidates. Merle McClung, a Montevideo Harvard senior majoring in English and planning law school, and James S. Scheiner of Minneapolis, a top junior at West Point, were announced.
ST PAUL AP. State safety director Earl W Latimer called for higher penalties to deter persistent traffic violators. He cited a Minnesota man with nine convictions since 1961 and argued current laws allow repeated licenses. Latimer said proposed bills would raise grievous offense fines to 1000 dollars and impose longer jail terms to curb repeated violations.
The four year contract ending a five month dispute averts a weekend dock strike shutling ports from Maine to Texas. The ILA concedes a point by reducing standard work gangs from 20 to 17 by 1967 in exchange for an 80 cent hourly rise plus fringe benefits and pensions for widows. Ratification by 60,000 longshoremen is pending. Thomas J. Gleason led the ILA drive toward settlement.
The Minnesota State Department of Administration awarded contracts for cottage rehabilitation at Willmar State Hospital. Engelen Twin City Co. won the general contract for 45,274 dollars, Wright and Ricke Inc. captured the mechanical bid at 36,789 dollars, and Edling Electric Inc. received the electrical contract for 16,800 dollars.
Jakarta reports the Soviet Union demands cash on delivery for further arms including rockets to Indonesia. Moscow says funds are for its internal economy, while local Communists note disappointment at partners aligning with Peking. In Athens Makarios ally Cyprus presses for self determination and enosis in Nicosia demonstrations by Greek Cypriot students.
December 17, 1944. in a snowy Malmedy field outside Belgium, Corporal John A. O’Connell and about 150 members of Battery B, 285th Field Artillery were captured and murdered by German troops. He survived though his buddy Dave O’Grady died. 86 American soldiers were found shot by Germans when the town was retaken on January 13, 1945.
A Sherman Park fire in Sherwood Park near Waterloo killed Debra aged 2 and Douglas age 1 as their home burned. Their mother Barbara Wagner 23 was away at a neighbor’s house when the blaze started and sister Delores 3 was with her. Mrs. Wagner was hospitalized after collapsing at the scene and the cause of the fire was not yet determined.
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