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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1956
Page
2
Survey of farm belt sentiment finds farmers delaying votes until key events unfold. Ike veto of high rigid price support drew fear of farmer backlash, but mood shifted as he boosted wheat, corn, and dairy supports. A soil bank bill gains traction offering 50 percent cash up front for land retirement. Prices for hogs edge higher, feeding cautious optimism.
Farm experts on the scene of discontent say the price factor dominates farmers' concerns as they prepare for the fall vote. Resentment remains high though some sting may ease with moderating pace.
A note in print suggests do it yourself activity is waning as fans of the easy chair rethink weekend plans. Some readers joke about abandoning tools for books and magazines while others admit reluctance to tackle home projects. The piece humorously notes DIY zealots may retreat from ladders and paint brushes back to leisure.
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis director Dr. Hart E. Van Riper reports progress in polio fight and says the Salk vaccine could cut annual cases by half in 1956. He stresses early, prompt use by local physicians to maximize protection amid rising incidence.
The West German chancellor Konrad Adenauer seeks to strengthen trans Atlantic ties as his coalition fractures and unification stalls. Moscow shows no willingness to yield on unification and Khrushchev reportedly prefers a larger East German faction to reunified neutral Germany.
In a 1956 King Features piece George Sokolsky profiles Murray M. Chotiner a California lawyer and campaign manager for Nixon and Dewey noting his blend of law and politics. The column discusses administrative law, lawyers fees, and how political work shapes clients and public perception.
A Father’s Day plan suggests taking the old man to Marcusen Park in the evening to watch the league leading Packers play Winona. The piece highlights a festive ending to the day with football action.
The article notes John Quincy Adams as the only bald U.S. president. It discusses blood donation needs, citing a rise from two pints per hospital bed per year in 1949 to about 20 pints now. Bloodmobiles will visit Brownsdale, Lyle, and Austin in late June. appointments via the Red Cross office are encouraged.
The French government imposes page limits on all newspapers for the next three months. Publications that previously printed up to 18 pages daily will be restricted to 40 pages per week.
The column notes My Answer the Bible as the top seller with nine million Bibles sold in 1954 while a poll shows 53 percent of readers cannot name a New Testament book. It covers Eisenhower plans, a British camera advance, tax comparisons for Russian versus U.S. millionaires, and Navy trousers returning to bell bottoms. It also includes a minister's counseling guidance stressing biblical-based, practical spiritual support and cautions against treating counseling as psychiatry.
The article chronicles Minnesota’s role in founding national bodies including the National Editorial Association and the National Education Association. It highlights Irwin Shepard’s key leadership from 1893, his early pay, gradual expansion of duties, and the association’s move from Winona to Michigan and then Washington after his 1919 resignation.
The 13 year 37 billion dollar federal aid for highways may start within 60 to 90 days but full operation could take two to five years as states file project lists and undergo federal approvals. Rights of way, engineering staff shortages, and contract timing shape delays while interstate links slowly form.
George M Adams praises public libraries as vital town investments and urges strong library support. He recalls Ottawa University Kansas library days, extols reading’s civic value, and notes donors funding library growth while recommending Paul Jordan Smith’s book For the Love of Books.
The North Pole sits at sea level while the South Pole stands on ice land about 9 500 feet above sea level. The contrast highlights elevation differences between polar environments and their geographic settings.
Clues reference Florence Harding wife of the 29th president and other terms across and down. Entries include civic and literary hints with answers like involved names, places, materials, and roles across a varied crossword style grid.
A compact puzzle clue list with numbered hints and final answer markers includes Apple center Revoke a legacy cooking utensil sites meager she had one by her first husband revolve hounded Scot first man category round railbird Eskimo above poet Hawaiian wreath dollar conclusion
The Upper Sioux Agency on the Yellow Medicine River served as a government Indian Agency with offices, a blacksmith shop, and trader stores. In the late 1850s a plan aimed to move Sioux to farming with eighty acres per family, building brick houses as sixty Upper and one hundred Lower Agency farms emerged, while Mission work flourished nearby with Doctor Williamson and frontier minister Stephen R. Riggs in Hazelwood.
A child narrates visiting a farm at night with Deb and six others. They observe a newborn calf named Fawn and its mother watching over it. The note thanks God for horses and farm life and mentions Dad’s special day with affection.
A dated timetable lists Milwaukee Road connections at St. Paul and Chicago with departures from 4:05 a.m. and 11:10 p.m. It includes LaCrosse and Jefferson bus lines with multiple daily times, plus Des Moines Kansas City, Albert Lea, LeRoy, and Hi-Way 56 Transit. Austin Bus Lines details frequent pickups, routes, and hourly anchors.
On August 18 1862 Sioux attack at the Lower Agency prompts 62 residents to gather at the agency warehouse. Two men are wounded and one is killed before John Other Day a friendly Sioux guides evacuees by a roundabout route to Shakopee and safety.
Joseph R. Brown, Minnesota pioneer and justice of the peace at Grey Cloud, presided over a land dispute between Le Claire and Parrant. Lacking horse, both men ran eight miles to stake the land, Le Claire arriving first and taking residence, where he later died.
The university began as a St. Anthony institution in 1851 with a frame building and small classes. It moved to a campus and permanent instruction started in 1869 under President William Watts Folwell with a nine member faculty and a dual track of preparatory and advanced work. Women were admitted from the start despite initial opposition.
Iowa utility Iowa Public Service Co of Sioux City asks the Power Commission for permission to assume the assets and liabilities of Sac County Electric Co. The Sac City based company operates generating stations and transmission lines in and around Sac City Odebelt and Shaller.
The notice lists Home Delivery in Austin with weekly and yearly prices, plus rates for zones 1 and all other zones. It specifies mail delivery options by distance from Austin and requires advance payment, detailing six month and one year terms across different areas.
The Herald announces change of address and lists sale locations including Austin Candy Co 219 N Main Austin Hotel Chatham and Bridge East Side Pharmacy Water and Railway Fox Hotel Main and Water Holtz Pharmacy Main and Water Lane's Pharmacy 400 N Main Lucy's Cafe 115 N Main St Nemitz Cigar Store 415 N Main St News Stand Post Office People's Drug Store 203 N 0 Wold Drug Co Main and Bridge Hamilton Cafe Dexter.
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