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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1961
Page
8
The Iowa Liquor Control Commission will abandon plans to shorten hours in more than 115 state stores and restore normal schedules starting July 1. Chairman Burris cited objections from local officials and risks of bootlegging and cross-border sales, noting some staff reductions may still occur.
California Gov. Edmund G. Brown signed a new election law requiring absentee ballots to be returned to county clerks three days before election, shortening the previous six day window and aiming to prevent slow counts that left results uncertain during crises. The measure targets delays seen in the last presidential race.
Des Moines officials said more than 146000 in premium money will be awarded for livestock at the 1961 Iowa State Fair. Open classes total 118246 with 43250 for cattle 35000 for horses 21287 swine 9895 sheep and 8814 poultry plus 8117 for 4-H and FFA exhibitors.
The United States reaffirmed strict impartiality and neutrality in the Netherlands Indonesia conflict over West New Guinea. State Department spokesman Lincoln White said the policy urges a peaceful, mutually acceptable solution and has no objection to a settlement acceptable to both Indonesia and the Netherlands.
The Iowa Employment Security Commission ruled that Mrs Dada V Dunlap of Davenport left Davenshire Inc with good cause attributed to the employer. It overturned an appeal tribunal’s decision denying benefits saying she had preferred work and a new machine boosted output from 80 to about 140 150 dozen slacks daily. It noted the eight year employment and implied intimidation or harassment by the employer might have caused her departure.
London AP reports Britain granted political asylum to Oleg Lenchevsky 46, a Soviet water purification engineer tied to Moscow's water supply institute. He told his wife by telephone he will not return due to intolerance and anti religious policy in the Soviet Union.
Springfield Newspapers Inc president T W Duvall, 67, who led the firm since 1945, was killed in a Wednesday auto truck collision near Springfield. The company publishes morning, evening and Sunday newspapers.
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