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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1954
Page
4
The Elks Lodge leads a campaign to fly flags on all public buildings, industrial plants, and homes for Flag Day Monday. The push seeks full public support to honor the flag and ensure it waves long.
The article argues that Senate committees wield no independent power and act only through the Senate. It discusses the Army McCarthy hearings and potential subpoenas, noting the full Senate can override committee actions. The piece emphasizes that the Senate is the parent body, not merely a caretaker of committees.
A mix of local notices includes a plea that cranberries deserve more attention than Father’s Day, and a report on Mower County Court sessions set 9 a m to 4 pm. The city’s Humane Society defends its three day dog holding policy and explains no gas chamber is used. The Plymouth Avenue school site gains 10 acres from a cemetery deal, preserving growth and orderly planning for Austin. Miss Minnesota contest results from Austin prompt praise for fairness and universal approval from participants. Walking with a book on the head is said to improve posture and mind alike.
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy repeatedly resorts to diversions during the Mundt committee hearings on the Army Cohn Schine case. He attacks witnesses, raises unsubstantiated charges, and introduces sensational but unverified documents to shift focus from core issues.
A retired editor T. O. Thackrey recalls the New York Compass episode revealing how a staffer’s costly journalistic excesses strained the paper. He discusses trips for lectures funded by the paper, and a money trail involving Anita McCormick Blaine and a Taft Republican attorney.
Dr Jordan explains anemia types and causes from iron deficiency to pernicious anemia. He stresses medical supervision for all anemias and notes secondary anemia caused by blood loss, with treatment focusing on stopping bleeding and iron supplementation. In severe cases transfusions restore health and vitamin B-12 advances save lives.
The Ethiopian emperor addressed a University of Minnesota audience after a 250 mile caravan trip, thanking Minnesotans for a warm welcome. He praised U S geography, noted ambassador Simonson's enthusiasm for Minnesota, and spoke of building goodwill through peacetime friendship and continued aid to Ethiopians.
The piece urges strict safety rules during vacation time as parks beaches and outdoor areas see higher activity. It warns of injuries and drownings and stresses constant vigilance by both adults and children to reduce the toll this summer.
A call urges unity amid divided camps McCarthyites and antis as Flag Day approaches The author stresses every American's zeal for citizenship and fear of living under another flag urging a show of hands to demonstrate solidarity with Old Glory.
The Wisconsin State Journal notes the millennium event and how no senator spoke as hearings aired on television. The piece jokes that senators are human too, many watching in the Senate lounge where a TV is on.
The article quotes Robert T. Stevens denying exaggeration of the Schine matter during a March 8 call with Sen. Symington. It notes Stevens saying he faced committee pressure and defended his contact with the committee. A March 10 chronology sent to Sen. Potter suggests Roy Cohn pressed Stevens and counsel John Adams to aid David Schine, with events unfolding before further action.
The piece argues hearings extend to undermine McCarthy as a political weapon. It notes the slow process of selecting counsel and long cross examinations. It cites Symington, Stevens, and Welch, and claims the Army case weakened, shifting focus to constitutional issues and congressional value.
Electronics reports about 85 percent of TVs installed from sealed cartons work satisfactorily, up from about 50 percent five years ago. Half of in-the-carton problems stem from miniature tubes. transit durability has improved due to better deflection system mountings that hold the deflection yoke and focus coil in factory positions.
About eight tons of 36 percent nickel iron alloy castings were used in building the Mount Palomar Observatory structure that houses the 200 inch telescopic mirror in California.
A blue whale eats roughly a ton of prey each day as it feeds across vast oceans. Researchers note the massive baleen whale relies on abundant krill and small crustaceans to fuel its enormous body.
A cryptic style list of crossword clues covering camping terms and misc definitions. Includes entries for sleeping knap kit age region notion knight s title most supple young frog thick sea eagle lack and more with hints like plant part musical direction Russian city grated girdle water fasten Hebrew measure stuck in mud paradise soap making frame clay drops iron weird poison weed scent shiny fabric interplanetary plane camp 10us.
Answers to a crossword puzzle are listed by clue numbers for across and down. The numbered list includes encircled land, alternatives, eats, performs, country road, consumed, concerning, locks of hair, vied, struck, repetition, boy's nickname, anger, love god, fruit drinks, church seat, finest, operatic solo, plant raisers, drawing room, seed vessel, augments, staid, narrow wooden, profited, musical instruments shelter, mosquito person.
Search planes spotted the wreckage of a U S Navy patrol bomber missing since Wednesday on Yakushima Island off Japan. Seventeen sailors aboard perished as the aircraft crashed into a 6300 foot mountain in heavy woods. A Navy seaplane tender was dispatched from Iwakuni but unlikely to reach Yakushima before Saturday.
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