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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1952
Page
1
A ruptured natural gas line cut off supply to about 14 000 homes and 1 050 businesses in St Joseph Missouri, plunging 80 000 residents into freezing conditions. Restoring service required manual meter shutdown and reactivation by the gas company crew.
The piece notes Aug. 26 as the break date and describes water heating and cooking problems in two incidents. Both events show a similar action pattern, though the discomfort was limited and not dangerous.
Gas restoration reaches about 100 homes with full city supply unlikely until Christmas. Residents bundled up, some using oil coal or improvised heaters while crews work 24 hour shifts to restore meters and service. Downtown hotels sold out as steam heating remains dominant in the core. Typesetting at newspapers halted by gas outage. bottled gas and temporary measures rushed to press.
Associate Justice C. R. Magney will retire from the Minnesota Supreme Court on January 12 after 36 years in public service. Named to the court in 1943, he leaves with four years remaining in his current term and plans to devote time to hunting fishing and northern Minnesota conservation. His successor’s term runs to the 1954 general election. He is survived by wife, a daughter Mrs. R. E. Miller, and two sons Charles and John R. Magney.
Chicago report on 15 month old Brodie brothers from Moline Ill who were joined at head and separated in a 12 hour 40 minute operation. Rodney remains critical while Roger is in a coma and fed intravenously as doctors note their remarkable stamina in this rare survival milestone.
Military experts pursue causes behind history's deadliest crash killing 86 aboard the U S military's largest aircraft near Larson Air Force Base. Investigators study dental records as Sen. Russell seeks a full investigation and grounding of aircraft. Captain Demas, a survivor, reports the jet lacked power on takeoff and describes the chaotic descent.
At the United Nations Assembly the Soviet move to condemn the United States over the Pongam Island killings in Korea failed 45 against 5 with Arab Asian abstentions. U S Delegate Gross denounced the proposal as propaganda and the riot as a bid to cover up aggression. Gromyko linked the riots to the Indian peace plan, accusing the U S of prolonging the Korean War.
Two Minnesota servicemen named to the color company marching in the Eisenhower inauguration parade in Washington January 20. Sgt. Clair D. Carlson of the 180th Infantry Wirt Minnesota and Sgt. Melvin Pfannenstein of the 179th Infantry McKinley South St. Cloud Minnesota will represent the state in the Far East command unit.
The Olmsted County Community Chest Fund aims to reach a $3,236 goal. Only $100 is needed to reach the goal by Christmas, reported by Mrs. Leonard Rabehl of Rochester.
Three people died in Minnesota traffic mishaps weekend. Admiral D Shull of Alwood died in a Grand Rapids collision. Delano Moffat, 19, died in a Highway 68 crash near Marshall. Sylvester Jereczek, 48, of Hudson Road, died after being struck near St Paul. A fourth Minnesotan was killed in a New Mexico crash.
Stillwater investigators led by Jarle Leirfallom say interviews with inmates will continue this week as the probe into prison affairs lengthens. About one third of willing inmates have been heard before the weekend pause. Warden Leostecht returns part time on non interviewing days. Investigators also pursue the July 18 death of LeRoy Brown, 41, ruled directly caused by gas used to subdue him in the prison hospital.
Pvt. Gerald Schunke 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Schunke of Spring Valley, was killed in action in Korea on December 13. He served with Company G, 223 Infantry Regiment after re-enlisting in September. Survived by parents, two sisters, a brother, and grandfather.
A shooting at a farm near Finlayson left a mother and daughter in critical condition at Mora hospital while a son and brother were jailed. John Carlstad, a 30 year old escapee from a Kansas mental hospital, fired a .22 caliber weapon injuring his mother Mrs P G Carlstad 56 and sister Mary 17, who was unconscious. The sheriff said John was subdued by his brother James 19 and his father after being wounded in the foot during the struggle for the revolver.
Twenty one men were seized on sealed indictments as the Kings County grand jury moved on waterfront crime. Arrests followed a statewide probe into dock rackets, led by District Attorney Hogan and the state crime commission. Michael Clemente, described as the lord of Manhattan docks, and Alexander Cosmos were named among those taken.
A party of four and a bear named Maukwa depart Leech Lake for Indianapolis in a crowded car. Frank Clemas sits in back with the 250 pound animal while efforts to restrain it fail, and the bear balks at the trip amid plans for a publicity stunt including a brass band and a courthouse steps shooting.
A congressional committee urged that Soviet Russia be arraigned at the World Court for the Katyn Forest killings of about 14 000 to 15 000 Poles. The report asks the United Nations General Assembly to pursue international action and calls for further inquiry into wartime and postwar Soviet crimes.
Yule tide spirit grips the 47th Infantry Division at Camp Rucker Alabama as soldiers prepare for a home away from home Christmas. The holiday program includes a large kids party donations from chaplain assistants and choir from Troy State Teachers College.
Light snow fell on the Korean battlefront with overcast skies and morning temps from five to eleven degrees before dawn. By noon temperatures reached about 42 degrees as light flurries continued Sunday night.
At the Albert Lea hospital annual Christmas party at the Armory six employees received service awards for an average of 32 years of service each. The honorees Mary King Mabel Peterson Hilda Romer Luella Rasmussen Gus Sime and Anna Hotsted became the first to receive such awards in the hospital’s history.
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