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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1960
Page
13
Wanted to buy good used four wheel drive jeep call after 6 p.m. HE 3 7415. Cars trucks buses automotive listing offers 1955 Plymouth two door 1955 Studebaker four door plus twenty other good cars from 1948 to 1959.
A 1948 Dodge four door runs well and is offered at 95 dollars. Call after 4 p.m. at HE 3-4288. Also listed is a black Fleetime 1948 Chevrolet with radio and heater at HE 17-2770, and a 1956 white MG Roadster with low mileage in good condition seen at 108 9th St. SE and contact HE 3-2129 after 4 p.m.
By owner listings for a 1949 Pontiac with a 1 Oldsmobile engine and Hydramatic in good condition, contact HE 3-7839. Plus a 1957 Buick Caballero estate wagon white with brown interior, white wall tires, new brakes, looks and runs new, at 1605 E Oakland Ave.
Chicago and South St Paul notes show cattle and hog prices with steady to mixed moves. Specific ranges cover slaughter steers 25.00-29.25, high choice heifers 26.25-26.50, cows 15.00-18.50, hogs 15.50-18.00, and lambs 18.50-23.50 with veal calf values 22.00-31.00. Stocks list includes Abbott, Allied, Am Can, Armour and many others.
Barbara Powers told reporters in Milledgeville that her husband Francis Gary Powers wrote her May 26 from Moscow and was being treated well. Dr. James Baugh read the statement noting the envelope had a Moscow address and appeared uncensored while Powers remained imprisoned in the Soviet Union on spy charges.
A letter from Devon Jones, brother of Mrs. Charles W. Cline of Austin, describes the Chilean earthquake horror. He recalls furniture crashing on his bed, the floor like a ship deck, and towns in the south disappearing. He notes tremors continuing and the scale of casualties and destruction.
The Mower County Red Cross Chapter approved a $100 donation for Chile relief as it seeks 20 warm garments and other aid. Directors noted $354 raised to date locally and discussed joining the United Fund for 1960.
Resolution 4275 authorizes condemnation of land in Austin Minnesota to obtain property for a public motor vehicle parking lot. A committee of Aldermen Ernest Diederich George Wells Wayne Austin is named to view property and determine damages and compensation for owners, reporting back later. The measure passed June 3 1960.
A Cuban military tribunal sentenced ex-Capt. Manuel Beaton 30, and his brother Cipriano and Felipe Martinez to death for crimes against the state. An allied insurgent got 30 years. others received 20, five years seven, or reformatories. one was acquitted. The Beaton group appealed, with review by a special higher tribunal pending.
Paul Bringhold is named campaign chair in Riceville Iowa for the Salvation Army drive. Treasurer Al dis Dutton and Dr. T G Walker also join the committee to mail letters to area residents seeking funds for the Army’s work.
Through Heifer Project Inc. Christian farmers last year sent 501 cattle 84 goats 391 sheep 522 pigs 28128 chicks 5500 hatching eggs 113 rabbits 10 pigeons eight turkeys and two geese to needy brethren in 29 countries through Heifer Project.
Kathleen Sheedy Mower County Dairy Princess and Beth Teig Miss Congeniality served milk and ice cream at the Clayton Farm Bureau unit gathering at the R E Johnson home. They spoke on the dairy industry's importance to Mower County and plans for a July unit picnic at the Jesse Ronne home were made with Fern Wilson and Mrs Johnson as hostesses.
Mr and Mrs Clinton Westrum hosted a Sunday family reunion at London Hall with a noon picnic. Mrs Paul Thompson chaired the program and reported five births and one marriage in the past year. Adrian Menard showed reunion pictures and Judith Beighly provided vocal selections. Guests included numerous Cafourek Cotter Machacek Johnson and Luksik families plus Ellen Cherrier Welch and others. The next reunion is scheduled for the second Sunday in July 1961 at London Hall.
The Johnson family reunion gathered 83 relatives and two guests at Merlyn Roberts farm near Mona Iowa. Potluck dinner followed by officer elections Glen Thompson Kensett Iowa president Reuben Stranley Mason City vice president Mrs Tony Palys Austin secretary. Games and late refreshments. Farther attendees included Mr and Mrs Harlan Turvold Columbus GA and Mr and Mrs George Hughes Medford WI.
Kamehameha the Hawaiian king since 1782 hired foreign advisers to foster Western tools, new plants and livestock. He promoted shipbuilding and foreign trade to bolster the islands.
Resolution 4727 authorizes 6 inch concrete paving sidewalk curb and gutter on Fifth Avenue Northwest from 18th Street to city limits with exceptions where sidewalk exists. City Engineer's cost estimate filed. A public hearing is set for July 1 1960 at 1 PM in Council Chambers East Water Street.
Officials report about 30 deaths from a four day heat wave in Lahore amid more than 100 heat stroke cases. Temperatures ranged from 101 to 121 degrees Fahrenheit.
City of Austin Minnesota adopts an ordinance to annex Lot Six in Block Two of Dobbins Crest Second Addition, extending the city's corporate limits to 2200.69 feet beyond the existing boundary. The measure passes 6 to 0 and requires filings with state and county authorities before finalization.
Notice of incorporation of Brownsdale Meat Service Inc dated June 9 in Austin Minnesota. It lists business as livestock acquisition slaughter processing meat products storage and related activities and names Eugene Gerhart Robert Gerhart and Catherine Gerhart as initial directors with registered office in Browndale Minnesota.
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