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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1963
Page
7
Births and deaths across Austin and surrounding areas include a son for Carl Jech and a son for John Burke in Austin, with additional births in Mankato and Northwood. Obituaries list Della Wamstad, Richard Osborn child, Walter Hartman, Edwin Edwards, Olga Hofland, James Littlefield and other local residents with funeral details and survivor notes.
Slaughter cattle and hogs move higher or steady across South St. Paul and Chicago, with feeder pigs and lambs showing mixed demand. Prices span cattle at 21.75 to 23.00 for various weights, hogs mainly 16 to 18.25, and sheep futures around 18 to 22 for spring slaughter lambs.
AP report lists intraday stock percentages for several firms including Jones&L at 54% Kennecot 75% Lorillard 46% Minn MM 56% Minn P&L 4714 Mon Chm 50% Mon Ck U 38% Mon Ward 39% Nat Dairy 64% No Am Av 59 Nor Pac 46% with 1 p.m. benchmarks.
Ambulances moved between St Marys Hospital Rochester and St Olaf Hospital on Saturday with transfers from Raymond's Nursing Home and from 902 9th Ave SW. On Monday moves included Nelson Apartments to St Olaf Hospital and a 1009 3rd Ave transfer.
Hospitalized individuals include Mrs Carl O Thompson at 1210 6th St NW for surgical care. Mrs Emma Speten of Hayfield is hospitalized for medical treatment. Norman N Saterbo at 1008 3rd Ave NW receives medical care and Lynette Lunde of 1604 16th St is listed for medical hospitalization.
A dense list of corporate names and percentage values appears, resembling a market ticker of company shares and stakes. Names include AvcoCorp Beth Steel Boeing Air Penney Chrysler Polaroid RCA Gen Elec Texaco US Steel Ford Mot General Mills Humestic GtNoRy. The fragmentary text mimics an over the counter or historical stock listing with varied percentages and odd phrases.
Cosmonauts Popovich and Nikolayev launched in a record voyage with orbital times dropping toward 88 minutes as Bykovsky’s mission faced a potentially dangerous countdown. Tereshkova joined in orbit and radio contact established, with public enthusiasm in Moscow and broadcast of the spaceflight.
Four Republican congressmen addressed the convention. Rep. Clark Perea blamed Kennedy for delaying civil rights matters in exchange for southern Democratic support. Rep. Ancher Nelson argued farmers rejected the wheat referendum not for dollars but to limit power over their lives. Mower County delegates attended, with 16 of 17 present, calling the convention productive and participatory.
A white hearse carried Medgar Evers’ body to Meridian then to Washington bound trains. Crowds mourned with a 20 block procession and 27 arrests occurred in Jackson after clashes with police. Charles Evers will temporarily lead his brother’s post and focus on registering Black voters amid planned daily demonstrations. John Doar from the Justice Department helped defuse the riot, urging restraint.
Federal officials in Pocatello Idaho suspended the search for a missing Caldwell Piper Pacer that disappeared on a flight from Blackfoot Idaho to Freeport Illinois with pilot Dale Thatcher and an unknown male passenger. They reported the aircraft was grounded at Monticello Iowa Airport as of the halt.
NORMAL VOLUME CHICAGO AP reports that Great Lakes shipping returned to normal after a settlement ending a contract dispute between the National Maritime Union and several major ship operators.
Police cleared two car prowls over the weekend after Charles Wahlberg reported a prowler Sunday at 1 22 am. A juvenile confessed to car prowl and theft, admitting stealing nickels a flashlight and a transistor clock radio worth 35 dollars from Carlyle Stanek’s car in the 700 block on 7th Street NW. The youth was jailed overnight and released to parents for juvenile court petition.
Muriel Elaine Heitke of Spring Valley Minnesota graduated June 3 from the world’s only college for the deaf. Her diploma was signed by President John Kennedy and Congressman Homer Thornberry delivered the commencement address. She was 1958 Minnesota School for the Deaf alumna active as secretary of the Ambassador Bible Club and a student government class representative.
Miss Heitke is a Rochester woman with a B.S. in library science. She serves in the Gam ma Delta Club Colhecon Club YWCA Ballard Literary Society and Women's Athletic Association and worked at the Rochester Public Library last summer. She also served on the Women's Reading Room committee.
Adams Public School and village announce a six week summer recreation program starting today. Participants need permission slips from the school office and must attend sessions as scheduled. Activities include swimming in Osage Iowa for all ages, baseball for fifth grade to age 15, softball for grades three and four, men’s evening sessions, tennis for all ages, and T Ball for younger children.
In Riceville Iowa many churches joined nationwide by tolling at noon Saturday to honor Medgar W Evers a 37 year old Mississippi civil rights leader fatally shot by a .30 caliber bullet as he stepped from his car at home early last Wednesday morning
Lyle Grange No. 789 met at the Harry Lenz home as plans unfolded for the youth summer conference June 28-30 in Rush City and the summer officers conference next Monday in West Concord. The annual district picnic is set for Sunday July 7 at the Lenz home with dinner at 1 p.m. Deputy Melvin Meister discussed Grange events.
Sheila Sample of Tempe Arizona and Spring Valley is awarded two grants to pursue a PhD in chemistry at Stanford University. She will complete a BS in chemistry at Arizona State University in August and begin at Stanford in September. One grant funds organic chemistry research and study, the other covers one third of a teaching assistantship teaching an undergraduate lab weekly.
Riceville stock holders of the Riceville Country Club meet at 8 p m to study proposed clubhouse plans and cost estimates in the Rumpus Room of the Farmers Telephone Co Officers include C C Pearce president Dr William Calhoun vice president Dr Paul Johnson secretary treasurer Lloyd Richmond and Virgil Mason directors Other committee members are Dr Howard Nicoll Robert Slaughter Stan Setka Mrs William Calhoun and Mrs Don Pearce
Norman Lee Baumgartner faces a civil jury trial in District Court with Judith Kay Noble and Katherine Noble suing for injuries from a July 1 1960 auto crash on Highway 218 N about 2.7 miles north of Austin. Plaintiffs allege Baumgartner drove negligently and rear ended their car. Jury selected and testimony began before Judge A C Richardson.
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