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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1965
Page
2
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey opens a news conference at his new office in the Federal building in Minneapolis. He sits at a fresh desk as reporters cover the event and promote the move amid the scene aboard.
Former Rep. Frank Boykin of Alabama, pardoned by President Johnson, hopes to recover the $40,000 fine paid after a 1963 conviction for conspiracy to defraud the United States. The pardon clears his record and restores civil rights, with Johnson signing it the prior Friday.
S R Barua, 53, found guilty of hoarding essentials during Lal Bahadur Shastri's Burma visit, was sentenced to four years but released after a leniency ruling to foster India Burma ties.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy says President Johnson should consult Congress before further American forces are committed in Viet Nam. He would have serious reservations about bombing Viet Cong routes in Cambodia or Laos but supports destroying North Viet Nam support networks.
Civil rights groups intensify a boycott of white Fayette merchants to press desegregation. 40 pickets march in a near empty town as Charles Evers forms patrols to deter Klan attacks and monitor shoppers. Authorities impose a beer sale ban to curb potential violence as Evers extends no-buying campaign.
In London the House of Commons backed Harold Wilson 299 to 272 as Conservative support split over Rhodesia policy. Wilson announced plans to meet Soviet leaders in Moscow in February, while a Conservative motion to curb sanctions on Rhodesia failed 299 272 amid abstentions and Liberals backing the government.
In Berlin two U.S. men, Moses Reese Herrin and Frederick Matthews, were sentenced to eight years in an East German prison on nine counts of helping East Germans flee to West Berlin. A Tennessee girl, Mary Helen Battle, is detained in East Berlin on suspicion of aiding flight from the East German republic.
Prof Adolphe Kuenzi president of the Federation of Protestant Churches in Switzerland died at 67 after being struck by an automobile in Bern. The death was announced today by Swiss church officials.
Minnesota now owns 353 million dollars in corporate stocks and bonds with dividends this year well above expectations. Board secretary Robert Blixt said retirement funds yield 4.33 percent and the permanent school fund 4.24 percent, with higher corporate dividends likely to raise 1964 levels.
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