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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1963
Page
3
A Des Moines based organization Iowans Against the Shaft Plan is formed led by Duane Dewel to defeat the Shaff reapportionment plan. The group aims a campaign through December 3 with a statewide executive setup and district representatives.
Actor Mickey Rooney testified at a bankruptcy hearing that most of his 15 years of earnings were seized by taxes and debts. He listed debts of $464,914 and assets of $500 plus clothing and household goods, filing for bankruptcy in June 1962.
President Kennedy visits Charleston for West Virginia statehood centennial events. He is to speak outdoors from the state Capitol steps, land at 11:15 a.m. EDt, and return to Washington after the ceremony. West Virginia gained statehood on June 20, 1863 under Lincoln’s proclamation.
In Jefferson Iowa on Wednesday Jon Harvey 12 and Clyde Gance 13 received the American Legion Medal of Valor for saving fellow 13 year old Dennis Murphy after he touched a high voltage wire on a pole March 16. Gance performed mouth to mouth resuscitation while Harvey ran over a mile for help. Murphy remains hospitalized in Iowa City with burns covering about 40 percent of his body.
Iowa Republican lawmakers ask Attorney General Evan Hutson to rule on blocking two Gov. Harold Hughes appointees from taking office. Robert Barry and Corbin Crawford received interim posts after Senate disapproval. The move follows a law banning nonconfirmed gubernatorial appointments after July 4.
Three air minded wives named as nominees for queen at the Minnesota Flying Farms convention in Albert Lea. Nominees include Mrs. Ken Butler Hutchinson Mrs. George Ullrich Jackson and Mrs. Warren Henslin Dodge Center. Also attending is Mrs. Polly Stoehr Pasadena California age seventy two who flies her own plane.
William C. Lightburn 36 was named as the new administrative director of the security unit at St. Peter State Hospital. The position is newly created and he will assume duties July 1 after serving since January 1962 as assistant superintendent under Dr. Burton Grimes. Lightburn attended Kansas State and the University of Iowa and worked in Lincoln Nebraska and Macomb Illinois before joining St. Peter staff.
Donald Norton, 45, of Westport drowned late Tuesday after apparently falling from a pontoon boat on Prairie Lake north of Centre. His body was recovered about 10 p.m., roughly 45 minutes after the accident.
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