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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1966
Page
3
Federal Reserve ends policy restricting bank lending to business as money markets ease. Mortgage rates rose again in November but signs point to near peak and potential easing ahead. Commerce Secretary predicts easier credit in 1967 with more home building and lower short term borrowing costs already under 5 percent.
Lehigh University professor John Carroll writes in Secret Electronic Espionage that a nuclear powered Soviet bomber conducted three undetected flights over the United States in 1964, possibly over San Francisco New York and Hawaii. Defense officials say the claims lack basis and knowledge of any penetrations.
Pablo Casals marked his 90th birthday with hundreds at Tapia Theater in old San Juan. The celebration featured a program mainly of his own compositions and included a message from President Johnson.
Marvin G. Manternach, 22, of rural Manchester in eastern Iowa, died in Vietnam five days after arriving. He entered the Army January 10 and arrived December 19. Defense Department notice said an explosive he was burying detonated in his face December 23.
Susan Dewey a six year old leukemia patient from Grand Rapids Michigan visited Disneyland in Anaheim California with her family. She met the Three Little Pigs and a Goofy character at the gate and rode through the park in a wheelchair. Doctors say she could die within a year.
A Havana radio report says Cuba and Bulgaria will boost trade by 22 percent with Cuba exporting sugar and molasses to Bulgaria and receiving farm machinery canned foods and other industrial products in return.
An inter faith seminar at Detroit’s Central Methodist Church outlines how draft-age youths can navigate the Selective Service System. Workshops feature attorneys, clergy, and students, while a rally protesting U.S. involvement in Vietnam closes the day.
Robert W. Schumack, 38, of Richfield, collapsed during a basketball scrimmage at the Lutheran Church of the Redemption gym in Bloomington Tuesday night. He was dead on arrival at a hospital.
The National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures condemned the English language film Blow-Up by Michelangelo Antonioni, barring Catholics from viewing it. The group cited sexual content beyond acceptable limits despite praise for camera work and imagery. the Production Code Administration had refused a film seal of approval.
James Clifford Strohman, 31, of Spencer, was sentenced in Iowa District Court to up to five years after pleading guilty to going armed with intent to injure. His wife Mary Anna, 25, was previously paroled on the same charge. The couple, amid a man hunt near Davenport, allegedly stole a cot from a car on October 22 and fled with a pistol handed to Strohman. Police fired once to deter four children in the abductors’ car. A large search ensued, with Strohman captured three miles from Davenport inside a cornfield by Sheriff William Strout.
William Sutphin, one of four surviving veterans of the Indian wars, died Monday at age 93 and was to be buried in South Boston, Virginia, today.
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