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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1963
Page
2
Eleven South African gold miners are killed and ten more feared dead after a rockfall 4000 feet underground at the Grootvlei mine near Springs. Two of the dead are white. the rest are Africans.
At Ashtabula Ohio a speeding Nickel Plate Road freight struck a car carrying six Youngstown girls returning from a swimming party. Witnesses said flashing lights were working at the crossing, and two boys on scooters reported the car pulled onto the tracks. Names of the dead include Sylvia Sanker Jennie Angelo Darlene Muzenic Sondra Van Sack Juliane Palko and Barbara Cowan. The group had left Saturday to visit a lakefront cottage and were en route home for Father's Day.
Envoys from 81 nations and world organizations gathered under St Peter's dome for a solemn Requiem Mass for Pope John XXIII. An empty coffin on a black catafalque was surrounded by 96 candles as leaders including Lyndon B. Johnson and Sean Lemass paid respect. The funeral marked a historic moment with Russian Orthodox participation.
Tokyo dispatch reports Red China warning Khrushchev that pro-Chinese elements will oust him if he favors peaceful coexistence with the West over revolutionary paths. The Chinese leadership lists 25 issues for debate as Soviet and Chinese representatives open talks July 5 in Moscow over their ideological dispute.
Nicollet County Grand Jury convened for instructions before hearing evidence in suffocation deaths of two St Peter brothers. Mother Ronald Adolphson, 22, held on first degree murder warrant. Indictments asked by Nicollet County Attorney in both deaths. Her attorney seeks psychiatric exam if named. bond set at $50,000.
Damascus reporting Iraqi authorities claim more than 300 Kurdish rebels were killed in mop up operations in the extreme north of Iraq. The army operations department statement on Baghdad radio also cited several local Communists among the dead. The Soviet Union announced support of the rebels.
Ronald Carey an airman from Galveston Indiana drowned at St. Croix State Park in Polk County while swimming with two companions near a raft. He was stationed at a radar base at Osceloa and went under in deep water as the group attempted to reach the raft.
David Ben-Gurion steps down as prime minister of Israel citing personal reasons and will leave Parliament while leading a caretaker government. The move follows critique in Parliament over handling of a security case involving German scientists and nuclear rockets. Levi Eshkol is named as a potential successor.
University of Minnesota Board of Regents approves an $5 tuition increase to $85 and sets annual income limits on private practice for medical faculty. Excess earnings go to the medical school with donor designations possible. Dr E W Ziebarth named dean of liberal arts effective July 1.
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that daily Bible readings and Lord's Prayer recitations in public schools violate the First Amendment. The cases from Maryland and Pennsylvania addressed state efforts to open with religious exercises. Justice Clark delivered the majority opinion. Justice Stewart dissented.
Governor John Reynolds backs a sales tax extension as part of a budget deal with Republicans. The plan reportedly keeps the 3 percent tax on many items except food clothing and medicines and adds other levy increases. Reynolds met with Democratic lawmakers in Milwaukee and postponed a press conference.
A Soviet woman travels through space following a fellow cosmonaut into orbit. The event garners attention from Washington as American leaders monitor the Soviet Union project. Amid Cold War tensions, prophecy about propaganda rises from racial violence in the United States and calls for civil rights action.
Henry Cabot Lodge predicts a more united Europe with the United Kingdom entering the European Common Market within two years. Morton Sobell, serving 30 years for espionage, is at Springfield medical center for physical examinations with unclear results. Pablo Casals, 86, receives standing ovation in New York for an uncut Bach performance with the Festival Casals Orchestra and Cleveland Chorus.
Agriculture officials report Ohio farm families can supplement income by hosting vacationing nonfarm families. Key points show small first year demand but growth in subsequent years with net incomes from 150 to 1500 dollars for two years+, and interest from four local plus one state farm vacation associations. City guests seek hospitality scenery rest and farm chores observation.
Vladimir Shipka of Grand Rapids is named head of Minnesota's area redevelopment administration by Gov. Karl Rolvaag. Shipka 44, former state representative 1947 58 and senator 1958 62 succeeds Harold Rudstrom who returns to Hibbing as ARA fieldman.
John Cathey 21 of Jackson and James Gibbs 22 of Martin were pulled from a 60 foot cave eight miles west of Townsend after 24 hours trapped. A 50-person search party from Blount Knox Rescue squads park rangers and university officials aided the operation beginning Saturday night.
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