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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1966
Page
2
Duane Matheis of Owatonna and Victor Christgau, formerly of Austin, are connected to Minnesota education and government during Gov. Karl F. Rolvaag era. The document lists roles as commissioner of education and assistant to social affairs.
Tropical storm Alma pounds beach towns along the South Carolina North Carolina coast with gale winds and heavy rain as it moves away from hurricane strength. The Miami Weather Bureau warned of possible intensification but said Alma should stay offshore if it regains hurricane status. The storm sat about 70 miles south of Wilmington moving northeast at 15 mph. A total of 47 deaths were attributed to Alma.
Iowa Democrats reaffirmed their State Central Committee at the Des Moines convention. Gov. Harold Hughes spoke as delegates debated Viet Nam policy, right to work, and a potential endorsement of Senate contenders FE. B. Smith and Gary Cameron. The primary is set for Sept. 6.
Jack Ruby, sentenced to die for Oswald slaying, will get a sanity hearing Monday though his lawyers oppose it. They fear calling witnesses could jeopardize a later murder trial and will present no evidence or witnesses. Ruby has been jailed since the 1963 shooting and the case awaits appellate action.
Minnesota Senate subcommittee chaired by Sen. Harold Nelson heard criticisms calling the current divorce laws a joke and kangaroo courts. Witnesses urged reform starting with marriage laws raising minimum age from 15 to 18 and tougher enforcement of child support and alimony.
Britain’s four week maritime strike shows signs of nearing an end after a two hour meeting with Trades Union Congress officials. Seamen's Union leaders proposed a secret plan to end the stoppage and TUC General Secretary George Woodcock expressed cautious optimism. Cambodia denies hosting foreign troops in a letter to U.N. Chief Thant. Tokyo police hunt for $80,000 in U.S. currency missing from Bank of Tokyo Laos to Bangkok to Tokyo flight.
In Minneapolis the Minnesota Committee to End the War in Viet Nam plans a picket at the University of Minnesota during graduation ceremonies where Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, who will receive an honorary degree, addresses ROTC graduates. The group denounces Humphrey as supporting war and U.S. bombing.
The Roman Catholic Church in Michigan says it will use its millions of purchasing dollars to push supplier companies to hire more Negroes and members of other minority groups. Michigan has five dioceses with about 2.5 million members.
June 12 1966 first Sunday after Trinity services led by Arthur L Swenson Harvey W Johnson Ronald F Pechauer and Melvin E Hauge at 8 15 9 30 and 10 45 A M Sunday School Nursery in Annex all services The 10 45 A M sermon titled If the Trumpet Give an Uncertain Sound and the Ordination of Howard Wennes featured during the service broadcast on KAUS.
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