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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1965
Page
1
Thelma C. Purtell argues that people born 1918 to 1927 now endure a second adolescence as they navigate longer lives, changing social norms, and shifting expectations. The piece previews future issues on middle-age challenges and retirement planning.
American and Vietnamese planes pounded bridges barracks and other targets in North Viet Nam as ground fighting left 27 government troops and 20 Viet Cong dead. A Marine was killed and three wounded near Da Nang, the 417th American casualty since 1961.
The four man mission led by Prime Minister Harold Wilson will proceed to Washington Moscow Peking Hanoi and Saigon despite denouncements from Red China and North Viet Nam. Officials will wait for official replies from all capitals before detailing itineraries and will publicize opposition if any rejects the peace effort.
Lt. Gov. A. M. Keith told a Governor's Day audience at Camp Ripley that the citizen soldier will be essential as long as the planet exists. He praised Minnesota National Guard efforts during spring floods and tornadoes and noted 7,500 guard troops and 5,000 visitors attended. The 47th Infantry Division entered its second week of training.
The Shah and his wife visit the Soviet Union for a nine day state trip their second since 1956 while Humphrey and LBJ plan talks on De Gaulle with arrival at Moscow airport noted.
Bernard M Baruch financier and adviser to presidents of both parties died at age 94 from a heart attack in New York. At his side were his family and former South Carolina Gov James F Byrnes. Baruch, famed as Dr Facts, shaped war debt policy and wartime mobilization plans while supporting medical research and education. He served on several commissions including the UN Atomic Energy Commission and influenced presidents from Wilson to Eisenhower.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey arrives at Andrews Air Force Base after a three day Paris visit with President de Gaulle and Gemini astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White. He reports a fruitful meeting and plans to brief President Johnson.
Four U S Navy propeller driven Skyraiders from the carrier Midway fought two Communist MIG 17 jets one hour before dark over North Viet Nam. The Skyraiders shot down one MIG in flames and forced the other to flee toward Hanoi. Lt Cmdr Edwin A Greathouse described the encounter as a life threatening personal war of survival while pilots Lt Clinton B Johnson and Lt (jg) Charles W Hartman engaged the enemy at close range.
In Columbus Indiana a 16 year old boy stole and drove away Tom Browns car during early hours. Police nabbed him within three minutes after he unlocked the car with a spare key and took several joy rides in the Brown vehicle before being stopped.
Barbara Iversen, 15, vanished June 9 while babysitting in Shoreview. Searchers found one shoe and four hair curlers at Carlos Avery State Game Refuge north of her home as 150 volunteers and 70 naval air recruits scoured the 23 000 acre area with helicopters overhead.
The Pravda editorial accuses Red China of openly hostile stance and hindering Soviet aims to unite the Communist bloc. It calls for a world Communist unity conference, a proposal Beijing opposes.
In Dallas AP dispatch Dist. Judge Joe B Brown who presided over the 1964 Jack Ruby murder trial asked to be relieved from all further proceedings in the contentious case, offering no reason for withdrawal. In Duluth an 85 year old man Gus D Peterson died from smoke inhalation after a fire gutted his two story home. The body was found near the back door and damage was about 7000 dollars. In St Paul a water tower painter Dave Brown age 40 was fatally injured after falling about 50 feet while two colleagues were overcome by fumes during painting inside the tank.
Gov. William H. Avery refused executive clemency to James Douglas Latham and George Ronald York, ages 23 and 22, in their final bid to escape the gallows shortly after midnight tonight in Topeka Kansas.
A terse survey lists traffic fatalities in Iowa with figures for today and a long-ago comparison. It notes numbers for today at 306 and historical note at 341 with year markers.
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