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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1961
Page
1
A three year old Caroline Kennedy gains international fame with her charm. She is described as blonde and vivacious, with parents President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy. The piece notes playful antics like wearing Mommy’s heels and a game titled Kiss the Winds while at the White House.
In Zurich three Laotian princes halted talks when Prince Souvanna Phouma's party reported a slight illness in Prince Souphanouvong’s camp. Aims center on a coalition among neutralists Pathet Lao and the royal government led by Phoumi Nosavan. Violence risks if talks fail.
The American Automobile Association honors Fairmont and Ely with honorable mention and Bemidji with a special citation for 1960 pedestrian safety results. Police chiefs Cavers McDowell and Markovich are praised for their roles, and Associate Justice Callagher receives a recognition award for supporting the state pedestrian protection program.
House Speaker Sam Rayburn described the prospects for Kennedy education aid as not very good in this session. He noted a nationwide campaign against foreign aid but believed Congress will decide in the end that we need it. He blamed unnamed hate societies for the opposition.
Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda began a three day policy conference with President John F. Kennedy in Washington. Ikeda arrived from Los Angeles aboard the President's plane and was greeted with full military honors by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
Cuba faces a Friday noon deadline to accept 500 farm-type tractors as full ransom for 1,214 April invasion prisoners. The Tractors-for-Freedom Committee set the figure at 500 tractors and $28 million, warning that failing to comply ends the bid.
President Kennedy remains home with a back injury delaying his Hawaii trip and other engagements. Mrs. Kennedy replaces him at a Women’s National Press Club banquet, delivering a light hearted talk and regrets for his absence. Vice President Johnson will attend the Governors Conference in Honolulu.
Larry Vroman, 23, a longtime aviation enthusiast and former prop boy with a severed leg, was named manager of Austin Airport by the City Council. He will be paid 150 dollars monthly and receive gasoline concessions and other franchises. The contract retroactive to June 3 includes a 60 day cancellation clause. Vroman previously injured in 1959 and now pilots his own plane, living with Custom Aire Inc. and Albert Lea. The meeting also discussed carnival regulation, ambulance licenses, and denials of a flight school license for Flying Center Inc. The council referred various license items to the ordinance committee and continued ambulance license renewals.
The United States and the Soviet Union prepare for the second round of reopening disarmament talks with disagreements over conference invitees. McCloy and Zorin lead negotiations as Moscow seeks substance including veto rights and a broader agenda. A two neutral nations minimum is proposed by the US. The talks remain cloaked in secrecy amid stalled progress at Geneva on a nuclear testing ban.
Arnold W. Beevers 61 of Waverly died in a Monday cave-in at a sewer ditch. He was buried face down and pronounced dead when fellow workers uncovered him. The incident occurred in Shell Rock, Iowa.
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