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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1961
Page
1
Ten people died in Minnesota traffic accidents over the weekend, elevating the 1961 toll to 247. Reported crashes include a Milwaukee hospital employee and a July Newport incident, along with several two casualty crashes near Grey Eagle, Clearwater, Sleepy Eye, Medicine Lake, Anoka, and Lucan.
Six persons drowned in Minnesota lakes over the weekend as warm weather drew crowds to boats and beaches. Victims included a 25 year old father Larry Kepner of Morris and others across Otter Creek Park Rapids Park Rapids Calhoun Nokomis and the Minnesota River.
Hollywood report says actress Kim Novak sent a telegram with good wishes to Rafael Trujillo Jr. who followed his late father as Dominican dictator. Novak had dated Trujillo during a 1950s visit to Southern California.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $69,330,850 rise in Interior Department funding. It includes three Indian Bureau projects in North and South Dakota. The House had previously granted $753,319,000 for the year starting July 1.
Dov Freiberg testified at the Eichmann trial that Sobibor killed about one million Jews in 17 months. The 34 year old survivor, who entered Sobibor May 17 1942 and escaped October 1943, described a camp where exit meant gas chamber. He described torture and a daily death culture as the prosecution neared its final week.
President Kennedy met with Premier Khrushchev in Vienna and urged restraint on Berlin while signaling U S willingness to honor defense commitments abroad. Khrushchev pressed for a broader disarmament plan and hinted at a separate peace treaty with East Germany. The discussions left Moscow hopeful but unresolved on a nuclear test ban and possible resumption of weapon tests.
Conferees report agreement on a constitutional amendment to remove the state debt limit and allow borrowing for capital improvements with three–fifths approval. Disagreements linger over the $68 million departments bill and a $35.5 million tax plan to balance a $580 million budget.
President Kennedy told Prime Minister Macmillan in London that he will address the American people Tuesday night by radio and television. The Vienna summit with Khrushchev ended with a pledge to maintain East-West contacts but few concrete gains while Laos and Cuba drew continued cease-fire disputes at Geneva.
Minnesota lawmakers consider a plan adding a 5 percent surtax on top of the existing 10 percent. Taxpayers with a bill under 10 dollars face a minimum payment around 7.35 dollars, up to 10 dollars. Those with larger taxes stay unaffected. A 12 cent cigarette tax adds about 5.48 dollars annually for daily smokers.
In Faribault Minnesota Merlin Dierking 34 died when a single engine plane crashed on his father Walter Dierking’s farm near Nerstrand. Merlin’s 7 year old son David was seriously injured and a pet dog aboard also died. Merlin had celebrated his birthday earlier that day and had taken off from the local airport.
Three people were injured in a late Saturday two car collision three miles east of Austin on Highway 218 N. Drivers David Hjelmen 27 and Adolph Neuman 53, plus Neuman’s wife Esie 53, sustained injuries. Neuman had a broken arm and shoulder, Mrs. Neuman a broken leg and possible chest injuries, with Hjelmen suffering facial and leg cuts. Sheriff’s report notes Neuman car turned left into a truck stop, in front of Hjelmen’s northbound vehicle.
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