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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1955
Page
3
English columnist Bill McGowran reports Americans live on easy credit and lavish spending. He notes auto financing with small down payments, banks granting loans to workers, and widespread stock speculation as boom times drive consumption and curiosity about market gains.
U S Attorney General Brownell urged allowing press photographers to demonstrate courtroom photography at a National Press Photographers Association convention. He cited ABA Canon 35, noting most states have adopted the rule to protect impartial justice and prevent distraction during trials. Photographers were unseen at the moment.
The State Highway Commission will conduct a 10 day study across Iowa to identify the most heavily used highway portions by width. A U S Bureau of Public Roads detector with buttons will record traffic and print pips for later reading from June at select types including varying surface widenings and concrete sections.
The record notes that the average American consumed 27 pounds of cotton in 1913 and 28 pounds in 1552, showing earlier years and later shifts in textile usage.
In Moscow, Prime Minister Nehru and Soviet Premier Bulganin hailed peacemaking leaders at a Kremlin dinner. They urged world nations to ease tensions around Formosa and Taiwan while Nehru tours the Soviet Union through June 23. Statesman in New Delhi noted hints of economic aid and possible joint statements endorsing peaceful coexistence.
Newport Beach Calif. The 134 foot schooner Te Vega launches modern passenger service to Tahiti with trips every six weeks from Honolulu. Omer Darr 36 leads a crew of 19 on six week journeys including Marquesas and Tahiti with fares about 65 dollars per day. Harriet Darr joins the maiden voyage but not on all sailings.
The army distributed a 106 page compilation of blank forms today. The dense document outlines the index of forms used across departments and offices, aiming to standardize paperwork and cut administrative delays.
Walter Hampden aged 75 is hospitalized at Cedars of Lebanon after a stroke in a taxicab on his way to a Hollywood project. Doctors report stable condition and no other complications are noted.
Bishop Frederick Donaghy of New Bedford Massachusetts arrived in Hong Kong today after nearly five years confinement in Red China. He said he was very happy to be in Hong Kong and would speak to newsmen after a few days of rest. The 52 year old prelate spent 26 years in China and was named bishop of Wuchow in 1938.
Khrushchev proclaims open door to Moscow inviting Western newsmen after Yugoslav talks. About 14 correspondents applied for visas with Eric Bourne receiving one and four others granted visas: Frank Kelley Jack Began Rene Mc Coll and Seymour Freidin.
In Crockett Texas a youth under 13 can win a $50 prize by wearing the best Davy Crockett costume and delivering the Crockett ballad in this town's annual fiddlin contest today.
In Havana last night police shot and killed former secret police chief Jorge Agostini during a gun battle. Agostini, an associate of deposed President Carlos Prio Socarras, had returned to Cuba from exile under an assumed name.
About 24 million U.S. households use natural gas. South America's Lake Titicaca is half as large as Lake Ontario.
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