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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1959
Page
3
Combat correspondent G K Hadenfield recalls Ranger units landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day. Heroes Youse and White perished defeating a German machine gun nest amid cliff barriers and minefields, illustrating types of courage under impossible odds.
The Senate approved Eisenhower choices for ambassador to Israel Ogden Reid and Civil Rights Commissioner George M. Johnson by voice vote with little opposition. Thomas Gates Jr. won approval as deputy secretary of defense. Reid, 33, former president of the New York Herald Tribune, had faced some committee opposition. Johnson, 58, a Berkeley, California lawyer and educator, was longtime dean of Howard University Law School.
President Eisenhower hinted he may ask Congress to raise the 4 percent limit on government bonds to keep U.S. debt finance competitive in a tight money market. He warned the government must bid in the market on a business basis to manage a 285 billion dollar debt and reduce interest payments. Public notes say debt ceiling could rise to 290 295 billion, with no decision yet. In Minnesota, George H. Leahy remained in critical condition after a hospital stay.
A veteran recounts the D Day Ranger assault on June 6 1944 highlighting Sgt Bob Youse and Pvt Alvin White. Separately Muskegon mother Mary Smith mourns the loss of her son Lionel aboard USS Hoel and notes six of her seven sons served in the Navy with Alfred re-enlisting in 1957.
New Orleans boxer Joe Brown wins Ring Magazine fighter of the month after defending his world lightweight title against Paolo Rosi of New York on Wednesday in a title bout.
At Bandenberg Air Force Base scientists say Discoverer III failed to reach orbit and burned up on reentry. The four mice aboard perished in the capsule, intended to be the first creatures recovered alive from orbit. The 78 foot projectile launched Wednesday.
Charlie Poliquin steers the 70 foot Lee Scout ark down the Minnesota River toward Chaska. Hazards loom at rapids and a permanent railroad trestle near Carver, while weekend rains raise water levels and a Coast Guard inspection awaits before entering Savage barge lanes. Crowds visit the ark as Poliquin eyes a 7 p.m. arrival and duties in St. Peter and Shakopee follow.
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