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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1955
Page
3
A Senate labor subcommittee recommends raising the interstate commerce minimum wage to $1 an hour, ten cents above Eisenhower's proposal. The current rate is 75 cents.
In Buenos Aires a group of Roman Catholic priests prepared a pulpit statement warning that aiding laws restricting church rights could lead to excommunication. The move follows Peron era clashes, arrests of clergy and lay Catholics, and government pushes on divorce, church tax exemptions, school funding, and a church state separation constitution.
Gen Earle E Part ridge traveled from Tokyo to assume command of the U S Continental Air Defense Command with Ent Air Base Colorado as headquarters. He passed Far East Air Forces to Gen Laurence Kuter just before departing.
President Eisenhower enjoyed his new twin engine plane on a Gettysburg trip and received gifts for his farm including a Berkshire sow and three Black Angus cattle. The 85 mile journey took 32 minutes there and 22 back. A Black Angus cow, a calf, and a heifer were also given by donors.
Senate subcommittee probing big scale purchases for the armed forces pauses hearings until Tuesday. It may press witnesses on bribe allegations surrounding a $2 million white sailors caps contract to Harry Lev of Chicago.
San Diego police testified to glassy eyes at arrest of James T. Smith but the municipal court jury believed his account that only one eye showed glass and acquitted him. The jury found the other eye evidence mistaken, freeing Smith.
America, a Jesuit weekly, compliments Billy Graham a Southern Baptist praising his intellect zeal and ability to draw crowds in Europe. The article notes Protestants seek God not spectacle and commends Graham for recalling God to a secularized world.
A trainer aircraft crashed near Parral Chile today resulting in the deaths of the pilot and two occupants. Rescue teams reported the incident as a fatal air show or training crash with authorities initiating investigations.
Thousands of Britons are jobless as a seven day rail strike halts industry. Government and unions push peace talks while Eden prepares to broadcast a warning and emergency powers loom. Police bolster London traffic as trains plummet from 35,000 daily to a fraction. Strikers seek a weekly raise of 1.12 dollars atop 27.30 base pay.
Police search for a thief who entered the Des Moines Art Center and escaped with a gold and enamel medallion valued at 750 dollars. Night Watchman J D Williams spotted the intruder as he crawled from a window but could not stop him. A smaller object was taken while a rare Goya portrait worth 130000 dollars remained untouched nearby.
Gov Leo Hoegh delays naming three Iowa Toll Road Authority appointees as a list of ten candidates grows. The authority will oversee Davenport Des Moines Council Bluffs turnpike construction and operation with two Republicans and one Democrat required.
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