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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1975
Page
2
Vital statistics list multiple births and deaths with names and addresses in Austin and surrounding areas. Entries include Blaine Arneson family births, Callahan and Liston relatives, Hogan and Thompson funeral notices, Nielsen and Perry obituaries, and memorials from families. The Associated Press notes that traffic accidents claimed 185 lives nationwide during the New Year holiday.
A one vehicle crash three miles west of Ree Heights on U S 14 killed two Minnesota men. Dary M K Jackson 35 of Fridley and Curtis P Dooley 26 of Anoka died at the scene. The 1975 South Dakota traffic toll rose to two, a level not matched by the same date last year.
A driverless car rammed the front door of Donaldson's department store in downtown St Paul on New Year’s Eve after a fight with another motorist. Police say Paul B. Griffin, 19, of Minneapolis, was pulled from his car. Griffin claimed he had set the gear in park before the collision.
Former CEA chair Dr. Walter Heller says President Ford will propose an income tax cut early this year. He favors a 15 to 20 billion dollar reduction aimed at workers and lower income groups with a corporate investment credit. He believes such a cut would boost purchasing power and help justify wage restraint around eight percent.
Livestock prices show mixed activity with hogs steady to slightly lower, cows and bulls holding, and steers and heifers around steady to higher. Cattle and calves totals reach 4,400 with varied bids. hogs see slow trading while sows and boars move depends on weight. Sheep remain fully steady as buyers evaluate 90 to 115 lb lambs and feeder lambs near 34 to 35 dollars.
A 10-year-old boy, Robert Clemenson of Pine City, was killed when a snowmobile struck a cable at the Pine County Fairgrounds on New Year's Day. His brother Rick, 11, sustained head injuries and was hospitalized in Rush City. It marked Minnesota's seventh winter snowmobile fatality.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange quotes at 11 30 am show March corn at 3 45 up 3 4 with cash at 3 21 to 3 24. January soybeans rise to 7 08 up 11 Dull spring wheat at 5 21 and winter wheat at 4 60 2 up 2 while oats edge higher to 1 66 34. Durum futures not yet open with bank and Hormel quotes listed.
The second murder trial of Edward R. Clark, 36, of Ferndale Michigan, has been postponed from next Monday to early March, court sources said today.
Isaac Hammond created the first United States book jackets in Charleston South Carolina in 1890 marking an early printing industry milestone.
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