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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1959
Page
1
Investigators seek a man who threatened Castro and fled New York as a bomb explodes at a 58 year old pagoda style waiting room in Boston. 38 hurt, three seriously, with windows blown out up to 14 stories away.
Wisconsin eyes a high stakes presidential primary as Humphrey and Kennedy vie for support while Proxmire and Nelson ignite debate. Nelson proposes a favorite son bid by Proxmire to calm tensions. Humphrey gains six district party chair endorsements as he visits Madison before Chicago.
Sheriff's officers seek two or more burglars after a De Graff Minnesota liquor store was broken into early. They used crowbars to force a side door entry and a rear exit, stealing about 1000 dollars in cash and checks plus two cases of whisky. DeGraff lies about 20 miles northwest of Willmar.
The United Rubber Workers and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. signed agreements ending a 58 day strike by about 18,000 workers across eight cities. The deal follows long negotiations, with pension terms set at $2.40 per year of service before January and $2.50 after, and parallels to a prior Goodrich settlement.
Two bandits in their mid 20s slugged a 64 year old service station attendant An ton Berg at the Imperial station on the outskirts of Cannon Falls around 10 30 p m Thursday night and fled with 63 dollars.
In Geneva Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged a summit despite no progress on Berlin tensions saying linking the current talks to a summit is invalid. Western powers pressed Moscow to end East German threats and return to negotiations while U.S. Treasury official Ivy Baker Priest mourns as Roy Fletcher Priest dies at 75.
Sheriff deputy W. W Slappey testified that hours after the rape of a Negro coed he obtained a confession implicating four white youths. He said he spoke with 16 year old Ollie Stoutamire after arrest and asked about intercourse with the girl.
The House is expected to approve a 1960 1961 wheat production cut despite opposition from Secretary Ezra Taft Benson. The bill gained near solid Democratic backing and advanced after a Thursday vote of 168 to 114 against a Belcher substitute, with final action postponed.
ST PAUL AP House and Senate leaders diverged after the fifth third conference committee meeting on the tax program. Republicans and Democrats debated income tax withholding while exploring a broader package with hotels, motels, or wholesale sales taxes to raise revenue. House leaders signaled possible yielding on withholding if a compensating plan is found, while the Senate remained wary.
Denver junior high teacher Ted Glinn runs a seventh and eighth grade word study class that emphasizes roots prefixes and word stories. Joel Montgomery, 12, won the National Spelling Bee after Glinn’s methods helped his success joining former cochampion Dana Bennett.
Otto Leuning of Barnard College told the American Symphony Orchestra League that Americans are buried under sound from media. He cited recordings designed for every moment and noted popular picks include Music to listen to while stealing hub caps and Music to listen to while listening to music.
Arthur Schreiber aged 52 flies to Paris as Air France guest marking his second transatlantic journey after stowing aboard the 1929 Yellow Bird with three French travelers from Old Orchard Maine. The voyage reached Span in 33 hours.
Washington reports Gov Nelson Rockefeller impresses Republican leaders with rapid energy and charm while denying a presidential run. Elsewhere in San Francisco Vice President Nixon fields questions on potential Soviet talks and stresses no shift in U S policy toward a summit without progress at the Geneva talks.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller met President Eisenhower for about thirty minutes in Washington. Rockefeller, seen by supporters as a possible GOP presidential hopeful, traveled to discuss state business and attend a Republican party event while staying noncampaigning.
The fragment warns that dialogue is essential to avoid a war between the United States and the Soviet Union. It notes that separation could lead to conflict and stresses that no nation can risk settlements by force. The text suggests fear that war can arise if all parties fail to engage.
A 19 year old St. Louis Park man on a stolen motorcycle was killed when his high speed flight from police ended in a collision at a highway intersection near Chanhassen Carver County. A passenger in the other vehicle was injured with a leg fracture. Police Chief Earl Halleck of Excelsior identified the bike as stolen in St. Louis Park.
New Haven passengers praise Ed McCarthy for chirping and whistling while selling tickets. A supervisor barred the routine, prompting letters to railroad executives and President George Alpert. Some supporters urge promoting McCarthy to spread cheer and improve company morale.
U S officials say a Berkner study does not alter support for halting atomic tests if a control system is enforceable. The report, given to the Soviets at Geneva, suggests three years to match detectors from earlier data.
James W. Rice, 16, of Killdeer, N D, struck a cow to get it to move while milking. He broke a bone in his hand and was treated with a cast after being released from a Bismarck hospital.
Reading at 8 30 a m shows a high of 80 and a low of 52 in the last 24 hours. General conditions are clear.
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