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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1973
Page
2
Notices honor Mrs Anna Strobach, Kenneth J Weida and Gerald Hallman with funeral details and surviving family. Details cover Strobach Minneapolis to Eagle Lake and Oakwood Cemetery Austin graves, plus memorial verse for Riles and Hallman. local temperatures logged.
Expressions of gratitude from the Neitzel family for prayers visits and hospital care after Agusta Neitzel illness and death. Also thanks from Quamn and Switzer for cards visits and support during illness with hospital staff named.
A young robber entered a St Paul grocery at 7 p.m. and demanded money with a typed note. Owner Mary Lou Wood grabbed a butcher knife, rejected the demand, and the suspect fled without taking funds.
Johnny Weismuller once champion Olympic swimmer and film Tarzan is reported in serious condition in the cardiac unit of a Las Vegas hospital officials said today.
Kansas Senator Edmund G. Ross delivered the pivotal vote that acquitted President Andrew Johnson on impeachment charges in 1868. The ruling cleared Johnson and shaped Reconstruction era politics and power struggles in Congress.
At the Oak Leaf Restaurant a holiday party celebrated Asem Chevrolet s 50th anniversary. Retirees were pictured with company president Arlie Sherman, joined by Robert Draper Ernie Doscher Cy Maloney Pat Cawley Sherman and Fred Volkman. Highlights included historic photos and animations of the firm s growth.
Three traffic mishaps were reported to Austin police Friday with drivers reporting minor injuries. At 8 12 p m an intersection collision between Jerry Ehmke and Gary Bush caused $650 and $700 damage to their cars. A noon collision between Johnny Chiz and Dorothy Fischer caused $100 and $150 damage. A third crash at Main Street and 8th Avenue involved Avis Wilbright and Ursula Callahan with $450 and $250 damage.
Comedian Bob Hope appears at Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco to entertain 300 veterans and families. With a mini troupe he delivers his Christmas humor, drawing cheers and a standing ovation while veterans in wheelchairs and casts watch. Hope has not toured overseas for Christmas in 20 years and began his Christmas tours in 1948.
Market roundup with December 22 1973 prices in Austin for hogs and cattle. Hormel quotes for butcher hogs 190 to 230 pounds at 39.75 to 40.00. 270 to 300 pound packing hogs at 32.25 to 32.50. cattle quotes list U S Prime and Choice yearlings around 40.00. good steers and yearlings near 37.75. standards about 34.25. commercial cows 24.50 to 28.00. calves 24.75 to 30.50. heifers $1 to $2 under steers.
Former actor and singer Tommy Sands, 36, plans to marry Sheila Wallace, 24, an advertising agency secretary, on Easter Sunday in Honolulu. It will be both of their second marriages. Sands is retired from show business and tours Waikiki clubs. The couple will reside in Honolulu.
Mrs Harry S Truman has flown to Washington to spend the holidays with her daughter Mrs Clifton Daniel and the Daniel family. Rose Conway says the 88 year old former first lady dislikes flying but chose air travel due to weather and traffic. She cannot confirm return timing and may stay through New Year.
Heavy snow blankets the storm torn Northeast as Christmas travel begins. Rain and snow spread across the Pacific Northwest and the northern central Rockies with a winter storm watch in place. Flooding from upstate New York to New England prompts evacuations as cold grips the Southeast and Florida faces frost warnings while fuel stations aid growers.
The Mower County Senior Citizen Center at 408 4th st SE will be closed all day Monday and Christmas Day Tuesday. Regular hours are 9:30 a.m. weekdays and 1:30-4:30 p.m. weekends. Remaining week activities include Thursday bingo at 1:30 p.m and Friday cards at 1:30 p.m.
Rep. Sam Steiger invested 12500 to rent the 13000 seat Veterans Memorial Coliseum and hire Johnny Rodrigues and Tanya Tucker for a Phoenix fundraiser. Few supporters attended, leaving the show to cover expenses and forcing a late return from a Washington waiting room.
The Naomi Circle of Westminster Presbyterian Church and Austin Drug delivered many gifts for our residents. Mae Merrill's former Sunday School class from Rose Creek sang for her and at the Christmas Party. Holy Communion was conducted by Rev Henry Mayer and Rev Henry E Pfeifer for Lutheran and Protestant residents. The regular worship was by Rev Carl Pavey of Bethlehem Free Methodist Church. The residents Christmas Party featured Mrs Kopet on accordion and Russell Lunde reciting poetry from Rose Creek carolers.
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