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Austin Daily Herald

Location

Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1954

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Exiles in Honduras Plot Revolt Against Guatemala Regime

Armed Guatemalan exiles mass along the Honduras frontier amid talk of a Dday revolt against President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán. Castilllo Armas directs a movement from Tegucigalpa as 100000 march plans in Guatemala City and exile groups move toward the border.

Sam Summerlin Tegucigalpa Honduras Jacobo Arbenz Guzman Amadeo Chinchilla Guatemala Guatemala City Carlos Castillo Armas la Ceiba Puerto Barrios Rodolfo Mendoza Castillo Armas Arbenz Chinchilla Caribbean Air Force

Tornado sweeps Yankton area farms early morning

A tornado struck Yankton area between 4 and 4 30 am flattening buildings on farms five miles west and a mile north of Irene. Hardest hit were the George Anderson and Donald Nelson farms with several others listed in the path. Buildings on farms of Jim Kocer and Frank Kuzela near Tabor were leveled though houses remained.

Yankton S. D Irene George Anderson Donald Nelson Sivert Fagerhaug Adolph Boe Alfred Nelson Liebe Brothers Mellem

Five U S Airmen Missing From Tourane Base

Five U S Air Force personnel at the French Tourane air base in Indochina are missing and feared captured by Vietminh. A peasant reported seeing the Americans among 20 Senegalese prisoners ten miles south of Tourane. Gen John O Danial led a mission to Tourane to investigate after the men left the base without passes and failed to report for roll call.

Saigon Indochina Tourane U.S John O’daniel Viet Nam Hanoi

Herzog Seeks Re election In Fifth District

Jacob Herzog of 214 N. Herzog filed to seek another term as state representative from Mower County Fifth District. A three term incumbent and liberal caucus member, Herzog is a retired Milwaukee Road machinist with long public service including city council and county commissioner roles and Works Progress Administration leadership. He is the only candidate from Mower County to file so far. other incumbents listed for September primary include C. L. Tollefson, Albert Reinartz, C. C. Terry, Parl M. Enger, Vera Tollefson, W. P. Pizak, Robert Shaw, Paul Kimball, and Wallace Sieh.

Jacob Herzog N. Herzog Mower County Herzog Liberal Caucus Milwaukee Road Division of Employment Works Progress Parl M. Enger Register of Deeds Vera Tollefson W. P. Pizak Robert Shaw Paul Kimball Wallace Sieh

St Paul Lawyer LeVander Seeks Minnesota Attorney General GOP Nomination

St Paul lawyer and Republican party chief for Minnesota from 1946 to 1950, 38 year old Bernhard W LeVander filed today for the GOP nomination for attorney general.

ST. Paul Rernhard W. LeVander Minnesota GOP

Senate approves $29 billion defense appropriations bill

The Senate advanced a $29,216,584,486 defense appropriations bill for the next fiscal year amid a July 1 deadline pressure. The measure funds the Air Force, Navy, Army, and Defense Department, with amendments adding foreign credits and barring contract awards to curb unemployment in hard-hit areas. The bill moves to a Senate House conference committee for reconciliation.

Washington Senate Army Navy Air Fore Defense Department House Eisenhower Congress Sen Ferguson R-Mich Senate House Byrd D-Va Sen. Williams

Storms Wreak Havoc Across Minnesota St Cloud Storms Kill Rail Worker

A St Paul railroad man Loren Russell aged 34 was struck by lightning as storms swept Minnesota. St Cloud faced 2.68 inches of rain in an hour, hail the size of baseballs, and floods causing up to one million dollars in damage plus postponed high school tournament games.

St. Paul Minnesota St. Cloud Loren Russell University Avenue Minnesota Transfer Railway Minneapolis Watertown S.D Daily Public Opinion Clark M.C Mankato

Mendes-France Wins French Premiership Amid Indochina Talks

Georges Bidault may keep the foreign ministry as Mendes-France forms a cabinet in Paris. The 47 year old Radical Socialist Moderate won 419 votes to 47 with 154 abstentions as he vows to seek an Indochina settlement by July 20 while steering economic recovery and European defense rearmament debates.

Paris France Mendes-France Foreign Ministry George Bidault Indochina Geneva Joseph Laniel Bourbon Palace National Assembly Bidault MRP Assembly Italy Popular Republican Movement Ho Chi Minh Far East de Gaullists Mrps Mendes-Franc

Thunderstorms and Flooding Hit Northern Iowa Regions

Violent thunderstorms and heavy rainfall struck northern Iowa Thursday night. Algona received nearly six inches of rain with several north central locations reporting two to five inches. Flooding was forecast along creeks and rivers, water halted Rock Island Railroad near Rockwell and Minneapolis and St. Louis near Hampton, and KLIL Estherville was knocked off air after multiple lightning strikes.

Des Moines Iowa Algona Weather Bureau Rock Island Rockwell Minneapolis and St. Louis Hampton KLIL Estherville

Lebron vows to press independence after conviction

Puerto Rican nationalist Lebron, 34, amid a five counts of assault ruling, said she will continue the fight for independence from a Washington jail. Co-defendants Cancel Miranda, Figueroa Cordero, and Flores Rodriguez face up to 75 years each after all 10 counts were upheld against them.

Warren Rogers JR Washington Lolita Lebron Radical Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico Rafael Cancel Miranda Andres Figueroa Cordero Irving Flores Rodriguez Lebron Alvin H. Bentley Mich Clifford Davis Tenn George Fallon Ben F. Jensen Iowa Kenneth Roberts Ala Figueroa Flores

Joint Israeli Arab Project Progress Reported

Cairo Egypt President Eisenhower's special envoy Eric Johnston says substantial progress toward a plan for joint Israeli Arab development of the Jordan River has been made.

Cairo Egypt Eisenhower Middle East Eric Johnston Jordan River

Integrity No Longer at Stake Stevens Integrity No Longer at Stake

QUANTICO VA Secretary of the Army Stevens, reflecting on his dispute with Senator McCarthy, said the integrity of the Army no longer is at stake. He will decline Mundt's Monday cocktail party for hearing participants and expects no Army personnel will attend.

Quantico Stevens Sen. McCarthy R-Wis Army Sen. Mundt RSD

Brownell Attacks McCarthy on Secret Information

Baltimore attorney general Brownell denounces Sen. McCarthy for inviting federal workers to share secret information. He warns the move threatens separation of powers and would replace government by law with rule by an individual. He cites Communist influence and urges adherence to constitutional checks.

Baltimore Gen. Brownell Sen. McCarthy Congress Exec Utive National Editorial Assn Brownell United States Executive Branch

Queen Elizabeth’s Narrow Escape at Royal Ascot

Queen Elizabeth II avoided a fatal head injury when a fallen telephone wire blocked the racecourse. The Duke of Edinburgh alerted riders, and the queen ducked under the hazard, later joking about the near miss with Lord Rosebery as she rode past.

Ascot England Duke of Edinburgh Lord Roseberry Windsor Castle

Both Sides Convicted Potter Says as Final Report Draft Begins

The Senate Investigations subcommittee moves to closed hearings amid a wrangle over who lied in the McCarthy Army controversy. Senator Potter accuses both sides of pressure and hints at possible perjury cases against witnesses. McCarthy and Cohn deny wrongdoing while Stevens and Adams are named as possible targets. The panel faces multiple reports and renewed political maneuvering.

Potter Jack Bell Washington Senate Investigations Subcommittee Sen. Potter R-Mich Michigan Sen McCarthy R-Wis Army Stevens Roy M. Cohn Subcommittee Pvt G. David Schine Cohn John G. Adams Schine Adams Sen. Jackson D-Wash

Democrats urge quick action on perjury and staff changes

Democrats on the McCarthy Army Investigating Subcommittee urged the Eisenhower administration to consider swift criminal prosecutions for perjury or misuse of a secret document. Sen. McClellan said there should be an immediate decision on an "house cleaning" of the subcommittee staff.

Washington McCarthy Army Eisenhower Sen. McClellan D-Ark McCarthy Investigations

Army Chief Counsel Welch Read McCarthy Letter to Subcommittee

Special Army Counsel Joseph N Welch read a letter from the Army secretary to the McCarthy subcommittee and radio audience challenging McCarthy’s charge that the secretary was urged by Sen. Symington and Clark Clifford to file formal charges. Stevens defended Army integrity and predicted no abuse of personnel before future hearings. Potter concluded both sides’ testimony included untruths that could amount to perjury and suggested possible criminal action if testimony were repeated before a grand jury.

Cohn Subcommittee Francis P. Carr Carr Stevens Special Army Joseph N. Welch Army McCarthy Sen Symington D-Mo Clark Clifford Truman Clifford Ralph W. Zwicker Quantico Potter

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