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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1960
Page
4
The Herald prints daily except Sundays from Austin Minnesota, established November 9, 1891. It is a member of the Associated Press edited by Le Saucon with Geraldine Rasmussen as business manager, serving agriculture labor and industry without bias for 68 years.
The essay weighs U S policy toward Communist China and United Nations admission. It argues against recognizing Peiping and questions potential cooperation, citing Britain's experience and reciprocity issues with the Chinese regime. Biblical and poetic quotes accompany the author’s reflections.
Former middleweight champion Jake La Motta told a Senate investigating committee he threw a 1947 fight. The disclosures follow broader news of racketeering infiltrating many areas of American life and public apathy toward the scandal.
The text notes steady performance, with steel firms using current inventories and reduced ordering. It mentions an anticipated production peak as new model cars roll out and predicts strong auto sales and a potential record year for aluminum.
President Eisenhower travels to the Far East as the House Appropriations Committee recommends a 20 percent cut in the Mutual Security program. The piece condemns the action as dangerous and irresponsible, urging restoration to $4.1 billion and removal of restrictive provisions.
An early Labor Management Conference aimed at reducing wage and price tensions appears headed for a quiet end. Despite high level backing from Eisenhower to AFL CIO leaders, insiders call a second summit unlikely in the near term amid broader disillusion with progress. Austria shows a contrasting model with a Price-Wage Commission that guides wage and price decisions and has helped stabilize inflation since 1957. The commission operates with expert members from industry labor and government and issues nonbinding recommendations that influence outcomes.
A miscellaneous column in the Austin Minnesota Herald surveys presidential speculation, commentary on candidate indecision, and a mix of social observations. It notes public fatigue with declared candidates, discusses voting rights in D C, US leisure spending, and includes quips about Rockefeller and Coolidge, plus a humorous window anecdote.
Washington columnist David Lawrence argues Japan’s postwar slide toward communism and trade barriers threatens U.S. interests more than the canceled Eisenhower visit. He links Soviet influence to Tokyo’s anti-American sentiment and warns both parties face limited choices: threaten war or bolster defense and propaganda to curb communism.
Major Vien n theaters announce the 1960 61 season with Austrian casts for American works at the Burghtheater including Eugene O Neill A Moon for the Misbegotten starring Heidemarie Hatheyer and Ewald Balser. Lillian Hellmans Toys in the Attic. Zerbrochenes Spiegelzug. at Vienna Josefstadt Theater programs include Ah Wilderness Cue for Passion and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Labor leaders run two day mobile training schools training thousands of regional officials to back a Democratic candidate and defeat at least 14 unfriendly Senators. Films produced mainly by Guy Nunn of Walter Reuther's United Auto Workers frame the program as a modern mobilization across the continental U S and Hawaii and Alaska. The NAM supplied one film and offered a do it yourself political action kit.
The AFL-CIO COPE launches a series of six 15 minute political education films with two day area conferences begun Feb 13 in Savannah and ending mid May in Portland. The effort aims to brief labor officials from Coney Island to Waikiki Beach on tax welfare For and Bill and other issues to guide political action against a slate of named senators. The NAM rejected the Labor Conflict film in favor of Knock On Any Door.
A compact puzzle item listing numerous crossword clues across themes and definitions. The fragment hints at musical, linguistic, and general knowledge entries including long-time popular song, various verbs, adjectives, and nouns. The jumble references actors, regions, and objects as part of an expansive crossword grid.
Philip M. Zenner, 63, president of Royal McBee Corp an office equipment company, died Sunday likely of a heart attack in Rye New York.
The story recalls 879 arrival of Ohio statesman John Sherman at his farm to mend sagging fences. The phrase fence mending becomes slang for politicking, reflecting early ties between property care and political maneuvering.
Thieves attempting to crack a large industrial safe miss the warning sign This safe is not locked They jam the lock with a torch and fail to gain access The manager discovers the safe has been open for five years containing only papers The incident serves as a moral reminder to follow God commands.
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