Cost Location and Legality of Municipal Building Discussed
Austin Utilities Board and Mayor Baldy Hansen debated a proposed municipal building to serve future utilities use with the city using it meanwhile. Costs were estimated at five hundred thousand to four hundred thousand, and legality of the city occupying utilities space was questioned.
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Austin Utilities Board
Baldy Hansen
Hansen
Park Dougherty
City Planning Commission
Babcock
Edmund Smith
Smith
Rodney Dunnette
Richard Bandler
Utilities Dept
Utilities Board Holds Line on Gas Extension
The Utilities Board reaffirmed that gas service will remain within city limits though some members heard requests to extend to nearby areas. The board accepted bids for poles and copper and aluminum, authorized a water line for county fire protection, and set 4 p.m. June 30 for bids on two substations and underground cable.
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Utilities Board
Austin
B. J. Carney Co
Judd Co
Valentine Clark Co
Lamon
Midland Construction Co
Chicago
May employment in Austin dips amid construction strike
The Austin Employment Office reports May employment at 11,140, down 72 from April and 173 below May 1959, with construction labor disputes blamed for an abrupt seasonal reversal. Labor supply and demand rose as students sought work and spring and summer jobs increased.
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Austin
Injury Trial Opens Today in Carlson Burn Case
Personal injury suit filed by James V. Carlson on behalf of himself and his son Stephen claims Stephen was burned by a fire set by James Elliot while burning boxes in the Carlsons back yard. Alleged negligence by landlord Bernard McGee and Elliot’s employer Missouri Distributing Co. is noted.
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James V. Carlson
E. Bridge
Stephen
Mower County
Bernard McGee
Marshall
Carlsons
The
Missouri Distributing Co
FE. Bridge
James Elliot
Carlson
Elliot
McDermott May Leave Hospital
Howard McDermott a 51 year old from Highway 218 S may be released this weekend from St Marys Hospital Rochester where he has been a therapy patient after a stroke on April 26 his right side remains paralyzed He was admitted to St Olaf Hospital and moved to St Marys two weeks ago Local 9 business agent for six years he became an international representative with UPWA in 1951 as wage rate director Mrs McDermott has long served as Local 9 financial secretary
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Howard McDermott
Highway 218-S
St. Marys Hospital
Rochester
McDermott
St. Olaf Hospital
St. Marys
Local 9
UPWA
Injured Senior in Fair Condition in Duluth Crash
Richard Kempfert, 18, formerly of Grand Meadow, is listed in fair condition at St. Luke's Hospital, Duluth, from a June 4 car crash. Driver Harold Sheerer, 16, was killed and three other teens injured. Richard has fractures in both legs and a bruised arm. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kempfert. Richard was to graduate from Central High School, Duluth.
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Grand Meadow
Minn
Richard Kempfert
Duluth
St. Luke's
Harold Sheerer
Richard
Eugene Kempfert
Central High School
First Concert of City Band Set Tonight
The first Municipal Band concert of the season will be at 8:30 p.m. under C. V. Sperati at the bandshell grounds. In case of rain, the concert moves to Thursday. program includes Storm King March and selections from The Music Man, The Forty Niners, American Rhapsody, Just Another Polka, Soliloquy for Trumpet, King of the Air March, Torch Dance, Moonrise, Serenade, Raymond Overture, and the Star Spangled Banner.
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C. V. Sperati
Storm King
Finlayson
Willson
McKay
Beeler
Morrissey
Moonrise
Walters
Hank and Lank
Kleffman
Selim Grotto
March
Boland
Raymond Overture
Thomas
Shriners from Austin to Shrine Band Festival in Peoria
Twenty six musicians and wives from Austin travel Friday to Peoria Illinois for Osman Temple St Paul Shrine Oriental Band at the festival sponsored by Mohammed Temple. Lunches dinners and entertainments planned with a 2 30 parade Saturday.
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Austin
Peoria
Shrine Oriental
Osman Temple
St. Paul
Mohammed
Buttreys to Close Austin Store After 22 Years
Buttreys will close its women’s apparel store in Austin after 22 years of service. A closeout sale starts Friday with plans to wind up by month’s end. Poor Midtown parking prompted supervisor Roy Miller of Minneapolis to pull out, citing cities expanding off street parking as key to downtown vitality. Buttreys runs 22 fashion stores across six sites.
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Buttreys
Austin
Roy Miller
Minneapolis
Buttreys Super
Rochester
Miller
Services Held at New Church Site
The Rev. Opie S. Rindahl led consecration services at the new five acre Memorial Drive church site in Blooming Prairie Minnesota. Donors Kenneth Herbert and Orville Benson presented the deed to congregation president Edward C. Habberstad with legal counsel Glenn Thorson present. Campaign director Dr. J N Brown spoke and praise was given to the Bensons. Konrad D. Wold chairs the building committee. Two women died in a third floor fire at the Stratford apartment building in Des Moines Tuesday morning.
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Blooming Prairif
Minn
Opie S. Rindahl
First Lutheran Church
Kenneth, Herbert
Orville Benson
Memorial Drive
Edward C. Habberstad
Glenn Thorson
Kenneth Benson
J. N. Brown
Rindahl
Bensons
Konrad D. Wold
Des Moines
Stratford
Citizens push for action on Austin lake pollution
Local residents Barbara Berg Kathy Baker and Colleen Gavin joined with Mike to urge officials to address lake pollution. They note two government divisions city and county share responsibility, with pollution mainly from outside the city falling under county authority which now has power to act. The city plans sewer upgrades for the new freeway and future needs, awaiting county commissioners to handle their part.
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Austin
Barbara Berg
East
Oakland
Kathy Baker
Route 2
Colleen Gavin
Mike
State Board of Health
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Ing
Meany
William Dunlap
F. P. Meany
Baldwin
Cedar River
Robert Leighton
McGee
Robert Sheran
Glenn Kelley
Little
George Lau
National Restaurant Assn
Harriet Long
Minnesota Restaurant Assn
John Newgaard
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Hormel
State Restaurant Assn
Institutional Department
Hershey
Saverday
Sonmrenuy
Supreme Heavy Duty Flashlight
Sunbeam
TIN
Pan
Revere
HELUI
Obra
Rubber Maid
Post Office
City Band
Dick Chaffee — Trumpet
Sol
Oist
King of the Air
Yerbeer
W. E. Peterson
Vern Peterson
John Loring
Earle Rogers
Ray Dorn
John Tate
G. G. Youngdahl
Erwin W. Johnson
Haverberg
Eugene Orr
Charles Armstrong
al Foster
R. Setchell
H. Schwanke
al Gerhart
Hemlock
Austin State Bank
Peres
Austin Daily
Crea
Visor
Austin Support Co
Co. H
James G. Cherwinka
Rose Creek
William Buechner
Cherwinka
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