Austin School Board approves pay raises after long debate
After several rejected motions the Austin School Board approved administrative salary increases for two assistant principals Donald Holden and Lowell Gillett. Holden and Gillett were set at 9 250 though some members argued for 9 400, while most other raises were 4 percent. The board debated fairness quorum and informal meetings before final action.
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Dick Joyce
Austin School Board
Donald Holden
Austin Junior High
Lowell Gillett
Ellis Junior High School
Chester Litz
Lemmen
Johnson and Dougherty
Litz
Austin Youths Cleared in Fairmont Death Probe
Musegades said Francis Lonergan and Dale Noell, both teens, apparently cleared of murder implication in Roy Brockman’s Sunday death. Police tied to forged checks, a .22 rifle found in their car, and a route from Minnesota toward Mexico amid questions about their involvement.
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Austin
Malvern
Ark
Roy Brockmann
Fairmont
Minn
Dale Noell
Musegades
Francis Lonergan
Fairmont Sentinel
Roy Brockman
Musegates
Minnesota
Arkansas
Tion
Moscow
John Doe
Sheriff's
Albert Lea
Trowbridge
Budget
Guide Tops Mountain First at Annapurna Peak
The British and Nepalese climbers reached Annapurna 4 but found a dirty handkerchief at the summit. A Nepalese guide admitted he and a companion had gone ahead to the top of the 24 000 foot peak in west central Nepal. The expedition returned to Katmandu on Tuesday.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Annapurna 4
Will Nominate Hubert for Vice President
Oregon's delegation to the Democratic national convention plans to propose Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey for vice president if no one else does. State Sen. Monroe Sweetland, a delegate, says Humphrey leads write-ins about 2 to 1 over Adlai Stevenson in major counties with the Oregon May 20 primary still under county tabulation.
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Milwaukee
Ore
Oregon
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Monroe Sweetland
Sweetland
Humphrey
Adlai Stevenson
Wayne L.morse
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Principal Shot Dead in Suburban Blaine School Office
Anoka Minn AP A principal Carson Hammond 33 was shot and killed at his Blaine school desk by Lester Betts 40 a former PTA president. Betts surrendered after police found the shotgun in his home. Hammond had planned to retire June 2. classes had been out since then.
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Anoka
Minn
Blaine School
Lester Betts
Blaine Parent Teachers Assn
Carson Hammond
Hammond
Mark Fjeldheim
Mark
Betts
Anoka County
Jim Hulbert
Loveless Talk Delayed by Scheduling Conflicts
Iowa Governor Loveless talk at Westminster Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall postponed by DFL officials due to scheduling conflicts. A new date will be announced later.
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Iowa
Herschel Loveless
Westminster Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall
DFL
Pair Charged on Theft Ask Hearing
ST. PAUL AP Two men accused of theft from an Eau Claire Wisconsin jewelry store Tuesday demanded preliminary hearings on fugitive warrants which would return them to Wisconsin. Bond was set at 2000 for Louis J Ritacco 22 St Paul and 1500 for William A Rogers Eagle River Wisconsin pending the hearing which was set July 7.
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ST. Paul
Eau Claire
Wis
Wisconsin
Louis J. Ritacco
William A. Rogers
Eagle River
Red Cedar Inn Stock Sale Reaches Halfway Mark
The Austin Community Hotel Motel Co. reports stock sales reaching the halfway point with $4,100 in new purchases on Tuesday afternoon and $5,400 last week, totaling $9,500. Each $100 unit includes a $50 debenture paying five percent and $50 in common stock as the Red Cedar Inn is under construction. Seventeen solicitors attended the meeting.
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Austin Community Hotel Motel Co
Red Cedar Inn
Conflict of Views Persists Proposal Sent Back
A report notes ongoing disagreement over a proposal, with the plan being returned for further consideration. Stakeholders express divergent positions, delaying consensus and prompting renewed debate on the project.
Mower County Board debates planning commission seats zoning panel
The Mower County Board rejected adding township representatives to the Planning Commission and voted to hold a session with the protest group and the current commission on zoning and pollution ordinances. A pollution ordinance was sent back to the commission for revision, while no date was set for future talks.
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Mower County Board
Mower County Planning Commission
Rural Commission
Planning Commission
Steve Lickteig
Lickteig
Richard Cotter
Austin
Cotter
Reppe Elected President of Minnesota Bankers Association
George N. Reppe, president and owner of First State Bank of Grand Meadow and State Bank of Brownsdale, was elected to head the Minnesota Bankers Association at the convention in Minneapolis. A longtime active leader, Reppe serves as a former Mower County Bankers Association president and has held multiple roles in state and regional banking groups. He is known for extensive community service in Mower County.
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Minnesota
George N. Reppe
First State Bank of
Grand Meadow
State Bank of
Brownsdale
Minnesota Bankers Assn
Minneapolis
Reppe
21St St. SW
Austin
Association
Mower County Bankers Assn
Southern
Mower County
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P. A. Lemmen Sr
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School Board
Tom Mize
Ben Funk
AP Photofax
Lonergan
Mexico
Guide Tops Mountain First
Hubert
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Child
Florence Eiken
Mildred Weaver
Pleasantville
Ross Johnson
Blaine Schools
Marine Corps
Blaine
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
Eisenhower
New York
Nixon
Half Point
Robert Finbraaten
Robert Turner
Commission
Luther Larson
State Bankers Association
The
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Nesota Bankers Assn
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