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Newspaper

Austin Daily Herald

Location

Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1954

Page

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Four Explosion Case Settlements End Out of Court

Four Neveln School explosion lawsuits reach out of court settlements totaling 69750 with the Austin Utilities Board City of Austin and Scheid Plumbing sharing liability. Everett Olson receives 30000, LeRoy Bakken 21000, Samuel Hoag 54000, Gladys Spicer 14750.

Neveln Austin Utilities Board City of Austin Emil Scheid Samuel C Hoag Austin Neweln Gladys Spicer St. Paul George E. Spicer Scheid Plumbing Co Utilities Board Austin Utility Board City of William Bandler Olson Hoag Warren Plunkett Patrick Fitzgerald Minneapolis Bakken Richard Converse Thomas Meany Spicer

Ice Breaks Three Survive Ice Break on Lake Pepin Near Lake City

Roy T. Anderson and his two Austin grandsons Michael 10 and Jerry Barth 4 rode in a car that broke through a pressure ridge about 206 yards offshore. Anderson freed the boys onto the roof as the car rested under 30 feet of water. Theisen of Zumbro Falls rescued them with a rope while Lake City firefighters secured the vehicle. Anderson blamed sun glare for misjudging his distance from the hole.

Lake Pepin Lake City Roy T. Anderson Hormel Estate Austin Anderson Michael Jerry Barth Donald Barth Cedar Theisen Lloyd Boss E. L. Hibbard The Lake City Graphic

CAP Searches for Moorhead Man in Plane

Civil Air Patrol planes searched the Fargo to Alexandria area for Gene Nelson Moorhead Minnesota a two seat Swift pilot who disappeared after radioing the Alexandria control tower at 5 20 p m Sunday He was due in Fargo at 6 15 p m but did not arrive Wind and snow grounded CAP planes at Hector airport as search centered near Wolverton Minnesota troopers stood by awaiting new information

Fargo N.D Civil Air Patrol Alexandria Minn Twin Cities Gene Nelson Moorhead Walter Noonan Minneapolis Board of North American Creameries Nelson Civil Aeronautics Administration CAA Fergus Falls CAP Hector Wolverton Here

Former Chief Justice Samuel B. Wilson Dies

MANKATO Minn funeral services Tuesday for Samuel B Wilson 80 former chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1923 to 1933. He died Sunday after a half century in law with the firm Wilson Blethen and Ogle. Survived by his widow and two daughters.

Mankato Minn Samuel B. Wilson Minnesota Supreme Court Wilson Wilson, Blethen and Ogle

Hemingway OK After 2 Africa Plane Mishaps

Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife survived two Africa plane accidents in Uganda without injury. They left Nairobi for Murchison Falls, then a rescue plane failed to take off and was damaged. They headed by road to Entebbe with pilot Roy Marsh.

Kampala Uganda Ernest Hemingway Central East Africa Upper Nile Nairobi Roy Marsh Kenya Murchison Falls Marsh Hemingway East African Airways Victoria Nile River Hemingways Butaba Lake Albert Entebbe East Africa

Red Skelton Suffered 30 Stitches After Glass Door Incident

Hollywood comedian Red Skelton cut his right arm when he slipped Friday night at home and shattered a shower room glass door. A CBS TV spokesman said the injury required 30 stitches and Skelton is expected for television rehearsal today.

Hollywood Red Skelton Cbs-Tv Skelton

Albuquerque Journal Mourns State Population Gap

The Albuquerque Journal laments New Mexico population growth, noting about 61 000 more residents since 1950 versus Arizona’s 15 000. The piece quips that many people “overshot,” reflecting on inter state population trends.

Albuquerque The Albuquerque Journal U. S New Mexico Arizona Journal

Hemingway's Wife Is Bemidji Native

Mary Welsh of Bemidji became Ernest Hemingway's fourth wife in 1946 after a career in journalism. She studied at Northwestern, worked as assistant society editor at the Chicago Daily News, and later joined Time and Life magazines as a war correspondent in World War II.

Bemidji, Minn W Ernest Hemingway Central East Africa Mary Welsh Bemidji Northwestern University Chicago Daily News Time Life Hemingway Noel Monks

Mercury Dips to Zero Here In January Cold Snap

Winter returns to Austin with a zero degree morning after a 40 degree high Saturday. A brief thaw gave way to forecasts of rising temperatures and scattered snow on Tuesday. Montana endures twelve straight subzero days with Great Falls at 26 below and a Utah snowstorm dropping up to 16 inches near Randolph. The Dakotas and Minnesota report subzero readings as the cold front settles in.

Austin Montana Great Falls Lewiston’s Cut Bank Utah Randolph Wyoming Line Dakotas Minnesota

Atomic Energy Man Switches to Taconite

Walter J. Williams resigns as deputy general manager of the Atomic Energy Commission to become vice president of the Taconite Contracting Corp, a subsidiary of Erie Mining Co.

Washington Walter J. Wiliams The Atomic Energy Commission Taconite Contracting Corp Erie Mining Co

Eisenhower Proposes Eight-Point Housing Plan

President Eisenhower outlines an eight point program to provide good housing in good neighborhoods. He seeks 140000 new public housing units over four years and a mix of private enterprise incentives and longer term low down payment loans for low income families. The plan includes slum elimination loans grants and modernization of the National Housing Act. He calls for minority housing efforts and a strengthened secondary mortgage market with FNMA reforms.

Washington Eisenhower Congress Federal National Mortgage Association FNMA

Coffee Sales Drop in New York After Price Hike

Two retail merchants associations report a drop of percentage in New York City coffee sales as prices rise above one dollar per pound.

New York New York City

State Traffic Toll for 1953 Weekend Update

Five persons died in Minnesota traffic accidents over the weekend. The 1954 toll rose to 45, still below the 1953 pace. Victims included Clarence Dreier of Hamburg, Azer Wiley of rural Rochester, Harold Marquardt of rural Deer Creek, William Mitchell of Ramsey County, and Einar Ingaldson of Eveleth. Einar Grinney’s death was via heart attack after a collision, not a traffic fatality.

Associated Press Minnesota Clarence Dreier Hamburg Minn Norwood Azer W Wiley Rochester Harold J. Marquardt Deer Creek Little Falls William Mitchell Ramsey County Einar W. Ingaldson Eveleth Einar F. Grinney Minneapolis Grinney Thomas J. Louden

Japs Largest Paper Marks 75th Anniversary

Tokyo based Asa Hi, Japan's largest daily with a claimed circulation, marked its 75th anniversary today by awarding cash bonuses and stock gifts to 7,000 employees.

Tokyo Asahi Japan Musilimn Daly

French British Plea for Unified Germany

Berlin reports the Big Four foreign ministers conference opened with France and Britain urging Soviet participation in uniting Germany within a Western defensive framework. Georges Bidault and Anthony Eden pressed for German unity and a peace treaty while Dulles presided as temporary chairman. Molotov countered with calls for broader regional talks and a mixed East West Reichstag solution.

Berlin Soviet Union Britain France Europe Germany Georges Bidault Anthony Eden Allied Control Authority U. S John Foster Dulles Dulles V. M. Molotov Bidault Moscow Asia China Paris Eden Bonn East Berlin

India Poland Czechoslovakia vote on Korean repatriation

The Korean repatriation commission, including India Poland and Czechoslovakia, voted 3-2 to disapprove releasing about 22,000 anti Red Korean and Chinese prisoners. Swiss and Swedish delegates backed the Allied action as India sought to record delegates views.

Panmunjom India Poland Czechoslovakia U. N. Command Commission K. S. Thimayya U. N Formosa South Korea Red Korea

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Carl Gustafson Center City Decker Winona Neveln School Roy Anderson Maeee Africa Lake Victoria Look Magazine Atomic Energy Man Topsy-Turva Leonard Armhurst E. Water John Cahi"i Jackson St. Olaf Hospital Ike Molotov Dickenson Edward 8. Dickenson Edward W. Hendrick Crackers Neck Hendrick Military District of Washington Judge Advocate General Staff Wilton B. Persons Jr Persons Army Defense Department Norman F. Sprowl Washington Command Sprowl West Virg Lberty Sprowl Agerd Asst J . A. Hannah Dickerse Hannah NBC Walter Reed Hospital Sprow
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