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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1956
Page
6
The Krebs couple of 1707 Fox Drive announce the birth of a daughter at St Olaf Hospital. The note extends thanks for visits, gifts, and cards during illness.
John W Thompson Hutchinson and Donna M Bulger 809 E Bridge May 23 Henry Ostby Lime Springs Iowa and Mary L Mahan Lime Springs Iowa June 8 Cedric J Turner Grand Mead ow and Janet Colleen 1105 N Fouth June 6 Neil A Pew 609 W Maple and Florine E Mariat 106% S Kenwood June 7
Harold W. Mickelson of Reedsburg Wisconsin died at noon Thursday in a hospital there after a heart attack. He was a former Austin resident. Funeral services will be held here Saturday afternoon.
Funeral services for Mrs Clar ence Busness will be held at 1 30 p m Saturday at the family residence near Corning and at 2 o clock at Red Oak Grove Lutheran Church with Rev Neal Johnson officiating Interment will be in Red Oak Grove Cemetery Friends may call at Blooming Prairie Funeral Home Thursday and Friday
Funeral services for Howard Thompson Adams are set for 1 30 p m Saturday at Little Cedar Lutheran Church Adams with Rev M L Witte officiating. Interment will follow at Little Cedar Cemetery. Friends may call at Adams Funeral Home today and at the church from 10 a m Saturday until service time.
Harold W Mickelson of Reedsburg Wisconsin will have funeral services at 4 p m Saturday at Jordan Chapel with the Rev Arthur L Swenson officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery.
Expresses sincere thanks to Dr Seery Dr Osborne nurses aides friends relatives who called or sent cards during stay at St Olaf Hospital and Worrall Methodist Hospital Special thanks to Rev Joe Matt and the Womens Missionary Society for thoughts during illness Albert Olstad Rosary Society Father Fogarty friends and neighbors are thanked as well.
Red Cross blood drive usage totals four pints on Thursday at St Olaf Hospital. This year’s cumulative donations reach 414 pints.
An ambulance transported a patient from St Olaf Hospital to Olson Rest Home at 7 18 p m on Thursday.
Albert Lea resident Darrell T. Darg paid a $5 fine in Municipal Court for operating a vehicle with an improper muffler.
Southern Minnesota police hunted for a band of robbers after two Illinois holdups and one in Iowa. A Milo Iowa branch lost 1400 dollars to a sawed off shotgun wielding gunman. A getaway car tied to James Kehler of Spring Valley Illinois was found abandoned near Indianola. The Chicago South Side crew took 18000 dollars and a Triumph Illinois lone gunman 14000 dollars. Authorities warned the suspect may travel north on highways 218 or 65 toward Austin or Albert Lea.
A geographic note states the boundary between the United States and Mexico stretches about 2,013 miles.
Knowles Dougherty announced a two year assignment in El Salvador at a YMCA world service meeting. He described East Harlem Protestant Parish work started by Union Theological Seminary students as four storefront churches. he praised living with residents, addressing whole lives, and faith driven aims. In El Salvador he will help locals raise chickens with aid under President Truman's point four program, aided by UNESCO experts and sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee.
President Eisenhower defended collective defense as a path to world order under the United Nations. He warned allies may face difficulties with Soviet allied powers and noted Asian members differ in joining security pacts while White House officials anticipate Bulganin’s letter becoming public soon.
Miss Paula Jean Hull of Austin will receive a graduate dental hygienist degree from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry at commencement exercises Saturday night. Attending will Mr and Mrs Paul Hull and Mrs Mattie Hull. She will work in a Highland Park Illinois dental office.
The Shaw Gym hosts a summer program at the Teen Canteen this Saturday night. Operated by the Austin Park and Recreation Department, the hours are 8 to 10 15 p m. The program is free for youths aged 13 to 20 in the community.
SARGEANT Minn seven teen pupils are enrolled in Evanger Church Bible School opening this week. Classes are at Sar geant School with Mrs Archie Moon Hayfield as instructor. Afternoon sessions run through June 15.
Mrs. Margaret Thompson Biddle, 54, widow of ex diplomat Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr., died in Paris of a cerebral hemorrhage after returning from the opera. She planned a birthday party for her son and had hoped to finish decorating a new home at Cap Ferrat on the Riviera.
Jerry Jim and Joe Zetah 22 year old sons of Mr and Mrs Frank Zetah of Olivia will receive bachelor of science degrees in agricultural education at the University of Minnesota commencement. They will teach vocational agriculture in Echo Minnesota Henderson Minnesota and New Ulm Holy Trinity High School.
New York Herald Tribune reports Haiti rejected a 100 million dollar loan offer from Soviet Russia. A Washington dispatch notes the loan was part of a new economic drive to expand influence in the Western Hemisphere. Russia would have sent technicians to supervise funded projects, but Haiti declined.
In New Ulm Minnesota Marvin Earl of Evan rolled his car, righted it with help, and drove on. The vehicle rested in a ditch at a slight angle and sustained only minor damage.
Moscow reports the USSR population reached about 200,200,000 in April and is growing at roughly 3 percent per year. The statement highlights a steady rise and implies ongoing demographic expansion.
A rock slide cut power to the Niagara Falls station but returned within hours as the plant drew current from alternate sources. Officials cited seepage into crevices and possible earth movement as causes while Canisius College seismograph head Dr. Austin C. McTigue noted a potential minor quake. The seismograph recorded no activity.
President Eisenhower attended the White House News Photographers Association dinner at the Sheraton Park Hotel. He enjoyed the event and entertainment, joked about golf with Bob Hope, and followed a strict 1800 calorie diet with specific menu changes for his health. Hagerty indicated no new heart issues and noted the prior illness dates.
Congress narrowed President Eisenhower's Yugoslavia aid from 30 million economic to 15 million with a larger hidden amount. The House backed committee cuts totaling about 1.109 billion from the 4.9 billion requested, rejecting a 600 million restoration effort despite Democratic and Republican leadership pressure.
Two men drowned when their boat capsized on a pond at the Henry Sedlachek farm three miles south of Vining. The victims were Fred Nauman 49 and Lester Kubik 42 both of Vining. Kubik was married with no children. Nauman was single.
Governor Freeman told the Civil Defense Advisory Committee that the program is in high gear with substantial progress. Enrollment in ground observer corps rose to 42 500, hospital expansion plans advance, and urban evacuation site planning proceeds with communities like Mankato St. Cloud and St. Peter.
Hagerty recalled that he could not explain the cause of Eisenhower's later distress and suggested uncertainty about what happened.
Red Cross blood chairman Mrs. K. K. McMillan announced the second county bloodmobile visit for Mower County. June 25 Brownsdale, June 26 Lyle Parish Center, with local Grange and club volunteers organizing recruitment. Donors are contacted for appointments and follow up reminders as centers replenish postwar shortages. Further plans for Austin to be announced.
Justice Gallaher notes 3.2 beer may be non intoxicating for some uses and intoxicating for others. Haering states the Legislature must clarify intent in each act. Dostals contend 1933 action repealed conflicting definitions, while Moore says ballrooms have right to sell 3.2 beer to adults 21 and over like other venues.
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