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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1961
Page
3
In Ciudad Trujillo Dominican Republic the first man on trial for the attempted killing of General Jose Rene Roman Fernandez, former defense minister, faces possible prison or death if convicted.
Stevenson returns to Washington from a 16 500 mile trip with grim assessments of economic decline and rising Communist subversion in South America. He expects to tell President Kennedy that regional governments are unstable but seeking reform while anti American sentiment fades. He urges substantial funds for Kennedy’s alliance for progress to aid stability and growth.
Coleman Foley an Irish immigrant rancher from California and Nevada will present the first private gift to the U S Food for Peace program a 50 ton annual wheat donation for four years to aid hungry people overseas. The 50 ton gift will be delivered from his Pleasanton area ranch destined for Greece.
Dr. Henry W. Hurd a longtime East St. Louis physician and surgeon died Wednesday at 62 after retiring in 1959 and moving with his wife to their owned island in the Virgin Islands. He was a Centralia Illinois native and practiced medicine in East St. Louis for four decades.
A Philadelphia report describes the S P E B S Q S A conclave with colorful quotes from a steelworker and an accountant as they discuss rehearsing a tune and preparing to perform Dear Old Girl. The fragment hints at teamwork and musical preparation amid a public event.
In Washington Sen Humphrey says the administration revises economic and military aid plans boosting chances for approval of much of Kennedy s 4 8 billion foreign aid program. Fulbright delays vote until Stevenson and Rusk testify as convention notes color and content of barbershop event.
Longshoremen return to New York docks after a one day stoppage as the nationwide maritime strike expands. About 150 ships are immobilized across 30 ports on the East, West and Gulf coasts with oil plants also hit. President Kennedy faced a Texas oil group plea to invoke Taft Hartley to end the dispute.
Screenwriter Cy Howard files a federal damage suit in Los Angeles alleging that Jerry Lewis and others used his 1952 original script The Paris Story to create the film Cinderfella. Defendants listed include Jerry Lewis Productions Paramount Pictures and director Frank Tashlin.
Los Angeles AP Mary Pickford prevailed in a $25,000 claim filed by real estate broker Lawrence A Nessamar who sought a commission for negotiating the Mayflower Hotel purchase by Pickford and two investors for 1 885 million The judge ruled the deal was a stock transfer not a land sale and Nessamar lacked broker licensing to earn a commission.
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