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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1966
Page
5
Under Viet Nam war pressure innovations in military technology move from drawing board to field faster. The Limited War Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland serves as the crucible for new devices and techniques. Army artist Spec. 6 Bill Dolan depicts several of these rapidly developed systems in a series of sketches.
British hovercrafts shift from novelty to commercial use with cross Channel service planned from Ramsgate to Calais in 1968. Projects for 600 passenger craft and hovertrain concepts surface as nations race to lead the air cushion vehicle market.
U S fisheries workers have branded 500 000 salmon fingerlings this year using a cold 68 degree below zero branding iron. The procedure leaves a white mark and is said to help fingerlings survive better in the wild than fin clipped fish. A stray note explains the term orchestra from ancient Greek theater.
India opens an archaeology museum at Nagarjunakonda in Andhra Pradesh to preserve Buddhist art and edifices from ancient times. The site was saved as a dam threatened relics, with artifacts and reconstructions from original materials. Buddhism once flourished in India before decline, now a minority faith amid Hindus and Muslims.
First Lt. Oliver T. Ivey Jr. was found guilty by a military court martial of involuntary manslaughter in the April 3 shooting of Anne Marie Alton a 25 year old school teacher from St Paul Minnesota. He received forfeiture of 250 dollars a month for 24 months a formal reprimand and one year suspension of command.
A page of background material from Herald services offers context on ongoing global affairs. It compiles briefs, analyses, and reference notes intended for editors and readers seeking concise, sourced background on major events.
U S diplomatic sources warn Rhodesia faces an accelerating squeeze from British sanctions and oil embargoes as South Africa Zambia and Mozambique loom as key lifelines. The balance of power shifts with Zambia and South Africa signaling staking bets on Rhodesia's fate while London Rhodesia talks drift toward a precedent.
On Lake Titicaca the Peruvian Corportation Limited ferries the Inca Ollanta and Coya crewed freighters between Puno and Guaqui. Captain Carlos Oblitas Ballivian notes passengers suffer seasickness and altitude sickness together amid 20-foot waves. The Inca, launched in 1905, once carried the Duke of Windsor around 1935.
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