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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1967
Page
3
A leader passes through a crowd of Lebanese delegates on his way to a chair, listening via an earphone as an Israeli presence looms in the scene. The moment highlights tense regional diplomacy and public attention.
In Nassau Haitians face job scarcity and fear as deportations surge. A priest, citing 20 000 to 30 000 Haitians on the island nation, notes rampant smuggling and abuses while Prime Minister Pindling seeks talks with Duvalier to end the migration wave amid a tight lid on official comment.
A powerful bipartisan commission to reorganize Iowa state government is requested by a 35-8 Senate vote. The body would study state functions and propose changes that take effect unless vetoed by the legislature. undoing any plan would require a majority in both chambers.
The Pentagon reports a drop from 19 400 to 5 300 untrained Army National Guardsmen and Reservists as of May 31 with most to begin training in July. Backlog shrank after training camps filled with draftees and Vietnam Battalion recruits. the backlog is declared eliminated.
Washington AP report notes sympathy grows for Post Office reforms. Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien proposes turning the department into a government corporation with independence to modernize and raise funds through bond markets, joined by a study committee led by Frederick Kappel of AT&T.
In BISMARCK North Dakota the Allied Insurance Co fraud trial nears closure as the defense begins its final arguments. Four defendants are not present for the proceedings. The case centers on alleged fraudulent activity at Allied Defense.
The Mariner 5 spacecraft conducted a 17.66 second pitch roll and burn maneuver to adjust its path toward Venus. It traveled at 6.69 miles per hour toward a target 1,250 miles from Venus, with mission control at JPL issuing the commands from 980,000 miles away. Signals indicated the maneuver worked as ordered. Launched from Cape Kennedy a week earlier, the probe aimed at 43,200 miles from Venus to avoid contamination by earthly microbes.
President may sign a revised draft bill extending the law four years while allowing undergraduates to defer until graduation age 24 or until leaving school. The measure prioritizes 19-year-olds for induction after deferments, with scholastic standards guiding eligibility and no requirement to stay in the top half of a class. The bill, already Senate approved, heads to House action with expectations of passage.
Des Moines reports about five per cent of Iowa corn and soybean crops ruined by heavy rains and floods. Officials say the figure is preliminary and some acreage could be saved or replanted if rain subsides. Losses could reach about 93 million dollars in farm receipts.
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