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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1962
Page
1
Some 450000 non-operating railroad workers will gain 10.28 cents an hour under a one year deal following a presidential fact finding board. Four cents retroactive to Feb 1 and 6.28 cents to May 1. Unions say compromise. carriers call it inflationary and costly.
Senate Investigations subcommittee will open hearings into the Billie Sol Estes case on June 27. Chairman John L. McClellan says as many as 100 witnesses may be called, with proceedings lasting several weeks. Estes faces federal fraud charges while state, federal agencies and two congressional committees probe his activities, including transactions with the Agriculture Department. Prior to Estes, AGVA hearings begin June 12 and may run 8 to 10 days.
Three barges broke loose on the Mississippi River at the Davenport sea wall. One barge drifted against Dam 15 roller while two unloaded barges snagged on a warning cable. Operator Wilfred Ash tried to control the situation as Carl Dahl escaped to safety on a bridge pier.
Scattered showers are forecast for Thursday and Friday across the region with no major cooling. Local temperatures are expected to remain mild as winds shift, with measurable precipitation totaling around a tenth to a quarter inch in the wetter areas.
In Melrose Minnesota an elderly man, John Goihl, 67, was severely beaten during a cafe hotel robbery attempt while manager Mrs. Joseph Dichhaus, 60, was shot twice in the abdomen. Goihl is in critical condition. Dichhaus's injuries are not serious. Two suspects, one found near Freeport and the other in Coon Rapids, are detained in Stearns County jail.
Extra police patrolled Rome after two nights of street fighting between Jews and Fascists in the Jewish quarter. Six civilians and several police were injured Monday, with two youths and five cops hurt Tuesday as tear gas dispersed crowds. The clashes occurred during the municipal election campaign.
In Berlin the Communist party newspaper Neues Deutschland acknowledged serious food shortages across East Germany amid a Moscow summit on economic woes. It cited Karl Marx Stadt meeting only about 86.8 percent of its milk target and noted shortfalls in Erfurt Halle Magdeburg and Dresden while meat production lagged in Frankfurt Oder Leipzig Potsdam Cottbus and Neubrandenburg.
Dr. Paul Schneider announced new Friday hours for the Adams Sabin polio clinic at Adams High School from 9 to 12 and 1 30 to 5 30 and 7 to 8 30 after changes. Other communities keep earlier times with clinics at Grand Meadow High School Le Roy Municipal Building and Brownsdale Rose Creek Lyle Elkton and Austin sites offering mobile and adult sessions Friday.
St Paul AP Val Bjornson announced today his plan to seek another term as state treasurer. The move confirms expectations that he would run again.
The American Medical Association says the King Anderon medical care bill is on trial not the AMA. President Kennedy challenged the AMA to set the record straight about its past stance on Social Security and asked why resolutions and declarations from 1949 and 1953 opposed or criticized Social Security.
Indian affairs commissioner Philco Nash arrived at the Grand Portage reservation for talks on better federal service. Chippewa chiefs urged more job opportunities for Indians on or near their reservations, with visits planned to Nett Lake Red Lake Leech Lake and White Earth before a Bemidji conference.
Richard Nixon swept to the California Republican gubernatorial nomination with about 70 percent of the party vote defeating conservative Joseph Shell. He faces Democratic Gov. Edmund G. Brown in what is expected to be a hard fought general election with Kennedy and Eisenhower likely campaigning for Brown and Nixon courting moderates.
The Associated Press reports primary and nominating results: Nixon leads Shell for California Republican nomination while Brown clears Democrats for a second term. Kuchel wins Republican Senate seat. Alsop chosen at Connecticut nominating convention. Whitman defeats Smith in Mississippi Democrats. Case re elected in South Dakota. Smylie earns Idaho GOP nomination. Vernon Smith leads Democratic governor race. Hawley tops for Republican oppose Church. Montgomery and Graybill win Montana primaries as Olsen and Battin face November opponents.
In southeast Iowa on Highway 34 two miles west of Mount Pleasant a car crash left Pearl Goldsberry, 90, dead and Ethel Newbecker with serious injuries including possible skull fracture a broken arm and broken collarbone.
In Saginaw, 18 miles north of Duluth, two dynamite explosions damaged property but caused no injuries. Sheriff’s deputies sought a man for questioning as residents of the George Anulock and John Kuneli as homes reported blasts around 11:35 p.m.
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