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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1963
Page
1
An analysis by John Strohm extols American food abundance and efficiency, contrasting U S spending and labor with Russia and other nations. It argues the American farmer’s success underpins savings, liberty to spend on nonfood items, and faster daily wages translating to more goods and comforts.
The Minnesota Senate Agriculture Committee will consider two oleomargarine bills. One allows colored oleo sales and the other repeals the 10 cent tax, with the latter sent from the Tax Committee to Agriculture after opposition. Dairy farmers defend taxes. some oppose colored oleo. Other news includes abortion repeal in a state criminal code and unemployment compensation debates.
Angela Wozniak, 14, testified against her father Rep. D. D. Wozniak’s bill to raise the legal driving age from 15 to 16. She and four classmates proposed a substitute including a curfew and mandatory driver training. The lawmaker noted parental authority at home. In a separate report, Tunisia and the United States signed a $2.4 million aid accord aimed mainly at agricultural development.
In Miami, the Civil Aeronautics Board said it may take weeks to determine why a Northwest Orient plane crashed killing all 43 aboard. Edward Slattery stated the plane came apart in flight as investigators focus on the cause.
Rev. Oscar A. Anderson, 46 of Moorhead, chosen unanimously by Augsburg College’s Board of Regents as seventh president. He would succeed Leif S. Harbo, interim since Aug 1962, pending formal acceptance from Anderson and church approval from Trinity Lutheran of Moorhead.
President Kennedy referenced USIA surveys showing Fidel Castro viewed unfavorably by Latin publics. Surveys from seven nations over two years indicate low recognition among campesinos and strong anti Castro sentiment, with more than half of those polled rating him poorly.
President Kennedy pushes for a tax reduction bill, warning the economy could slip into a downturn without prompt congressional action. He vows a consensus creating a substantial tax cut over three years, while defending NATO and Western alliance ties amid European strains.
Six high ranking French army officers were arrested on suspicion of plotting to kill President Charles de Gaulle. The plan involved a rifle with a telescopic sight to strike during a visit to a military school on the Left Bank near the Eiffel Tower. A French English teacher at the school was also detained.
Washington IRS officials explain that settlements with prominent individuals are not favoritism but result from incomplete records and court-time incentives. The article notes cases with former Kentucky governor Earle Clements and gambler Frank Erickson, illustrating how settlements reduce claimed amounts due to year allocation, record gaps, and fraud findings.
Deputy Secretary Roswell L. Gilpatric announced that three U S manned Polaris submarines will shift to NATO supreme command and station in the Mediterranean around April 1. He spoke after meetings with NATO officials in Paris and with Italian and German officials in Rome and Bonn.
Anthony Provenzano was granted a $50,000 pay raise by Teamsters Local 560 in Hoboken New Jersey raising his annual salary to $95,000. The vote occurred at a closed meeting with about 400 members present and roughly 25 dissenting votes. It was the second raise Provenzano received in under two months.
Harold Wilson, 46, the new Labour leader and likely future prime minister, calls for Britain to drop nuclear arms and withdraw from the Nassau Polaris agreement with the United States. He prefers NATO linkage and says submarines should be held by the US and USSR, while pledging firm Western alliance support.
Khrushchev told reporters at a Laos reception that cooperation between the Soviet Union and Communist China is old, ongoing, and will continue until capitalism is buried. He emphasized the two nations would "do it together" when the last spadeful of earth is thrown on capitalism.
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