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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1952
Page
3
President Truman, in a Howard University commencement address, urged full federal backing for civil rights, challenging states to handle discrimination. He argued the nation must live up to the Declaration and Constitution, urging a strong FEPC and anti-lynching measures despite mixed political reactions.
Washington reports an eight tenth of a cent per gallon increase in fuel oil on the East Coast for next winter as the Petroleum Administration for Defense warns of predicted shortages. The Office of Price Stabilization objected, advocating at most a half cent rise.
Carroll C. Clymore aged 52 of Sioux Falls died in a two car collision late last night the citys first traffic fatality of the year Jerald Harsma 18 of Montrose was hospitalized and faces reckless driving charges based on eyewitnesses saying he drove without lights and ran a stop sign Harsma suffered a compound fracture of the left forearm and multiple cuts Clymore worked for Tri State Transportation Company and was en route to work when the crash occurred shortly before midnight
Andrei A. Gromyko, famed for his UN walkouts, is appointed Soviet ambassador to Britain in a major Kremlin reshuffle. Georgi Zarubin becomes Soviet ambassador to the United States, replacing Panyushkin, who moves to head Russia’s China mission. Zarubin previously headed the London mission.
Manila June 13 The Philippines Army said its troops killed 14 rebel Huks and wounded 12 in the past week on northeastern Luzon. One civilian was killed and four soldiers wounded. Army claimed destruction of five Huk camps.
Sen Brien McMahon of Connecticut pledges a five point wage peace platform to guide his presidential bid. He outlines actions including forming a disarmament commission, delivering a diplomatic note to Stalin, convening UN Security Council talks, manufacturing hydrogen weapons, and substituting atomic firepower to cut taxes and balance the budget while pursuing peace. Connecticut delegates back his resolution to bind 16 votes until nomination or release.
The article imagines Ivan Ivanovich heading to Helsinki for the Olympics amid Western capitalism versus Soviet ideology. It contrasts Soviet training with Western rewards, joking about sports stars switching to pro careers, endorsements, and even Tarzan film roles. The piece lampshades Soviet worries about cultural influence and athletic competition.
Irving S. Olds retired U S Steel chairman defended the steel industries against compulsory union membership at a Drexel Institute speech where he criticized the CIO United Steelworkers. He warned that surrendering to union shop demands would erode freedom of workers to join or abstain from unions, amid a 650,000-strong strike and Wage Stabilization Board recommendations.
In Hibbing Minnesota and nearby areas a new moth infestation follows the forest tent caterpillar outbreak. Brownish red winged moths emerge from cocoons within a week to ten days and live only a few days. They attract lights and can fly long distances, laying up to 500 eggs before dying. Entomologists study two parasites to curb the worm cycle, aiming for near eradication in two years.
Minneapolis laundry drivers ended a labor dispute after accepting a new contract with 24 laundries and dry cleaning firms. The agreement maintains a five day work week with no Saturday work, keeps commission rates, but raises the guaranteed weekly wage base by $5 and adds fringe benefits. Two laundries were struck and 12 others imposed lockouts.
Private Michael Kunak of Baltimore Maryland was sentenced to death by a general court martial at Fort Hood Texas for the March shooting of 2nd Lt Harold Williamson of Washington North Carolina in a mess tent during Exercise Longhorn Kunak claimed a strange impulse and said he prayed before the act He did not allow enlisted men on the court and faces possible review by higher authority
The Air Force will send 20 Convair B36 bombers on a round trip training flight to England next week. The group will depart Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth Texas and return about ten days later with a single stop planned at Limestone Air Force Base in Northern Maine. A similar six-plane flight occurred in February.
In Minneapolis a Veterans Hospital dinner titled Pike for Vets drew 2000 walleyes as residents of Grand Rapids and Itasca County, along with civic organizations veterans groups and tourists donated fish for the event.
Thirteen year old Pia Lindstrom testified she does not love or miss her screen star mother Ingrid Bergman and would rather stay with her father Peter Lindstrom. A Rome summer visit request by Bergman is before judge Mildred Lillie, opposed by Bergman’s ex-husband. Pia described Bergman as not very interested in her when she left and said she would rather remain with her father. Bergman awaits twins in Rome.
In a nine day clash near Chorwon on the Western Front American 45th Division regiments 179th and 180th repelled a Chinese battalion after a heavy night assault with tanks and artillery. They regained all ridges west of Chorwon aided by fighters and tanks. Air forces reported 600 U.S. casualties in fighter bombardment week, 168 Chinese gun positions destroyed, four U.N. planes lost and three Red jets shot down.
Senator Robert A Taft told Delaware Republicans that President Truman would be the Democrats last resort candidate and welcomed a race with him as a clear cut contest He predicted winning the Republican nomination and said a Taft Eisenhower duel could help GOP prospects in November noting 35 million voters stayed away in 1948 for lack of clear issues.
A dragonfly startled five year old Rose Appice causing her to bump her mother Marie Appice. Mrs Appice toppled a pot of molten lead used by a cable crew. the lead splashed on three people who were treated and released.
London 24 year old foreign office radio operator William Marshall was held for trial on charges under the Official Secrets Act for transmitting information to the Soviet Embassy. He refused bail at a magistrate hearing as police linked him to messages between the embassy and the foreign office.
Detroit hosts a campaign swing as General Eisenhower arrives to woo union voters and press for Michigan's 46 national convention votes. He aims to win Ohio's 56 delegates and Indiana's 32, with two Indiana delegates already pledging against Taft-Hartley foes.
Four U.S. Air Force fliers were killed in two Arizona crashes. A B26 tow-target collided with an F84 Thunderjet near Phoenix, killing three. Capt. Herman Peters parachuted to safety. Also dead were Capt. Howard Fairbanks, Staff Sgt. James O'Malley, and Staff Sgt. Charles Bowen. Earlier, cadet John E. Trahan died in an ATG trainer crash near Tucson.
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