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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1954
Page
7
Minnesota cities launch multi million building programs as populations grow. Brainerd Duluth Hibbing and Rochester report major expansions while Minneapolis sees a fair building outlook. voters largely support bonds though some districts avoid double shifts.
G A Morrell, vice president and treasurer of John Morrell and Co., meat packers, resigns those posts effective July 1 while remaining on the board. He has 30 years with the firm and directs advertising since 1933. Morrell chairs employee activities and owns Arizona farms.
A 14 man Soviet chess team spent a day off from an international match with an American side in New York. They visited the Empire State Building and Wall Street, with David Bronxstein calling Wall Street very important.
President Eisenhower learned commissions alone cannot bind Congress as lawmakers can act freely. The 17 member Randall commission urged extending the Reciprocal Trade Act and cutting tariffs, but Reed and Simpson of Congress oppose tariff reductions citing risk to U S business and jobs. The House supports a one year extension. the Senate may follow.
Edwin Johnson, a City Council candidate, campaigned door to door against a proposed city charter. He boasted of telling voters secrets while Charles Pollak urged support for the charter. Johnson lost and the charter won in the election.
Callanan Junior High students struggled to translate the song Beer Barrel Polka into Latin. They could not find Latin words for beer barrel or polka, offering instead Wine Cask Dance as a closest approximation.
Billy Allan, Detroit Daily Worker correspondent and six-time Smith Act defendant, was ruled eligible to run but withdrew after saying there are enough liberal candidates. Allan had just gained permission to seek office in Detroit.
In Asheville North Carolina a stabbing left one man with a knife wound and another man with a head laceration. The first man refused to press charges saying let justice take its course while a police officer quipped that justice had a shove. No charges were filed.
Stanko Masic a 67 year old former Yugoslav judge, now in Chicago, says he is happier earning 50 dollars a week as a laundry worker than returning to a Communist homeland. He supports his wife and two daughters back in Yugoslavia with his local wages and regular food packages.
Dispatches report Viet Nam capital Saigon radio links to Bangkok cut off since yesterday while Singapore Bangkok and Cable & Wireless report normal traffic. Saigon post office could not explain the outage fueling speculation of potential Thai government upheaval.
University of Minnesota to test about 10 000 ninth graders for personality studies aimed at preventing juvenile delinquency mental illness and other maladjustments. Project under Dr Starke Hathaway and Dr Elio Monachesi with over 80000 dollars in Public Health Service funds.
The Agriculture Department reports that farmers earned about 10.3 billion dollars from selling farm products in the first five months of the year, down 4 percent from the same period last year.
The Soviet Air Force staged a giant air show in Moscow with 667 participating planes. Premier Malenkov and Khrushchev led about 250000 spectators at Tushino Field, watching aircraft from tiny radio controlled gliders to 162 two jet bombers, though no new types were displayed.
Gen. Marie-Antoine D'Hauteville, commander of the Marrakech military region, was shot and seriously wounded yesterday while en route to a church in Marrakech. He is expected to live. The terrorist fled the scene.
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