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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1968
Page
15
Several used autos and trucks offered with brief details. A 192 CHEVY two door, 283, rebuilt, $560. a FORD truck overhauled a year ago. call after 5 pm. A 6 CHEV with 4 speed and anniversary gold feature. a FORD sedan with Buick engine navy interior some work left. contact numbers provided.
A classified listing offers a range of used vehicles including a 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 with 352 automatic and power steering in excellent condition. Also present are a 1941 Ford V8 truck with a 1000 gallon tank, 1954 Ford 2 ton with dump box, 1951 and 1952 Chevy pickups, a 1959 Volkswagen with rebuilt engine, and a 1965 Corvair Monza with low miles and bucket seats. Contacts and locations vary by item.
James P. Knuckey of Minneapolis was elected a vice president at the national Jaycee convention. He was one of ten national vice presidents chosen before voting on the national president began.
Army Sgt. Richard Antonovich, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Antonovich of Calumet Minnesota, was listed on the Defense Department casualty list in the latest Vietnam War update.
Sealed proposals in Austin Minnesota will be opened July 9 1968 at 3 30 PM for sidewalk and curb along Main Street West Court House Square and Second Avenue NE Court House area grading and paving including parking lot work and floor maintenance. Bids on all work require a 5 percent bid bond. The county reserves the right to reject proposals. Graham R Uzlik County Auditor. June 14 21 28.
The Rev. Dr. Robert J. Marshall of Chicago was elected on the third ballot to serve the unexpired term of the late Dr. Franklin C. Fry as president of the Lutheran Church in America. He will move to New York to lead the headquarters and will vacate the Illinois synod presidency.
State Securities Commissioner Elmer A. Borgschatz halted all securities sales by Scholarships, Inc. of 7710 Computer Ave., Edina, and its president James G. Wayne until the offerings are registered with the Minnesota Department of Securities. The cease and desist order was issued Thursday.
Cottonwood County deputies resumed dragging operations this morning in a Lake Double search for the body of Dennis Fredrickson, 32, presumed drowned Thursday evening in the small lake between Storden and Westbrook Minnesota.
Russell Bankson of Minneapolis was elected president of the Covenant Men of America, the laymen's auxiliary of the Evangelical Covenant Church of America, as the denomination held its 83rd annual convention in Chicago.
Police used tear gas and clubs as clashes erupted near the Department of Agriculture amid nonviolence pleas from leaders including Rev. Ralph David Abernathy. Demonstrators, about 500 strong, faced police in a tense encounter ending with arrests and warnings.
A 6 year old boy, Lawrence Frerich of Cold Spring, was killed when struck by a car on the outskirts of Cold Spring. The driver was Elmer Garding, 16. The incident raises Minnesota's 1968 highway toll to 371. A separate report notes a truck driver, Hartwick I Tufte, 49, of South St. Paul, found dead in his cab near Cobb Wisconsin. death attributed to natural causes pending investigation.
Finance Minister Nicolaas Diederichs announced that South Africa will resume overseas gold shipments, offering 19 million to the IMF for France and 23 million to the IMF for Britain. He said reserves abroad would fall and must be replenished, while urging a higher official price of 35 dollars an ounce. he defended the move amid the two tier price system and strong export reliance on gold.
A Hennepin County Grand Jury will meet Monday to consider evidence in the death of Roland A. Weidt of Greenwich Connecticut who died in a Minneapolis hospital on his 50th birthday. He was found unconscious in a downtown hotel room and had arrived in Minneapolis on business with Allied Storage Corp parent to Donaldson's.
Former U S Secretary of the Treasury C Douglas Dillon will address the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra New Dimensions Development Program luncheon on June 27. He will be honored for his contributions as chairman of the Business Committee for the Arts, a post he has held since resigning the Treasury post.
A Venezuelan airliner with 79 aboard landed in Caracas 22 hours late after being hijacked by a Dominican grenade wielder and forced to fly to Cuba. Pilot Capt. Harry Gibson said 74 passengers and five crew members were well treated during their unexpected stay in Santiago de Cuba. The hijacker, a young Dominican, reportedly received asylum in Cuba.
HUD approved a 7,360,766 grant to the St Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority to aid Summit University area housing. Funds will buy and fix vacant buildings for resale, support land for homebuilding, and provide up to 400,000 for playgrounds and a community center. A separate 38,819 grant goes to Red Lake Indian Reservation Housing Authority for 10 low rent homes.
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