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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1966
Page
2
Massachusetts tax officials spot check to ensure sellers collect the three-cent sales tax on Christmas trees. Joel Chandler Harris, noted composer, called his home the Wren's Nest after a wren nested in his mailbox, and he built another box to avoid disturbing the bird.
The Washington Post survey finds whites and Negroes split on leaders like Martin Luther King and Adam Clayton Powell. King favored by Negroes and whites for his civil rights impact, while whites view him as hindering progress. Powell draws strong negative white opinions and mixed Black views. Other leaders show varied support. Roy Wilkins, Ralph Bunche, and Thurgood Marshall receive cross-race endorsement.
About 40 Spaniards died and 12 were injured when a passenger train hit a freight train in fog. Officials blamed obscured signals. Six railway workers in the rear car were unharmed.
District Judge Edward J. Devitt will hear six defendants arguments on venue change for the American Allied Insurance Co. fraud case tied to the high risk auto policy collapse in St. Paul. The defendants Kitzer Sr and Jr of Chicago Hruban of Anoka and Buffum of New York seek transfer after prior denials amid publicity from the election campaign. The trial is set for Jan. 3.
Democratic governors at the National Governors Conference in West Virginia urged President Johnson to let them help direct the 1968 campaign. They described Johnson as a one man band and warned of party reorganization to win re election. They warned of a potential civil war if Bailey is not replaced and expect Romney to challenge Johnson if he seeks a second term.
Gen. Westmoreland meets the first troops of the 9th Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade as they land in Vietnam. U.S. forces total 372,000 with ongoing skirmishes and high aircraft losses. Catholic chaplains cancel Christmas Eve Masses due to Viet Cong threats amid a 48 hour truce pledge.
In St Louis a 17 year old youth named Edward Cissell had his left leg severed in a collision with a pole. Surgeons at Homer G Phillips Hospital reattached the limb and he was reported in satisfactory condition. The other driver, 17 year old Theodore Adams, suffered multiple injuries and remained in critical condition.
An elderly Duluth woman, Mrs. Russell G. Barnes 81, died in a hospital after a car rolled back while her husband checked the distance from the curb. The incident raises Minnesota 1966 highway fatalities to 922, with additional deaths including Raymond Simning 35 of Green Isle and James C. Rock 26 of Moose Lake, plus Mabel L. Wicker 82 of St Paul from injuries after separate crashes.
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