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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1976
Page
1
The Miss Minnesota pageant opens at 7 30 p m Thursday at Riverside Arena with preliminary competition. Narration is by Keri Thorne the reigning Miss Minnesota as preliminaries run Friday followed by Saturday final.
In Rome the Christian Democrats narrowly avoided losing control as Communists gain in national elections Sunday and Monday. The party faces choices to rebuild a center-left coalition, govern alone with a slim majority, or share power with the Communists, who insist they are independent of Moscow.
Police report most black areas calm but outbreaks of arson persist in Mamelodi township near Pretoria. Gunfire heard there as a medical clinic and a shop were set ablaze. Government notes the death toll at 140 with 1,128 injured, most victims black, as authorities vow firm action.
In Paris, Treasury Secretary William E. Simon warned that inflation risks threaten continued growth among industrial nations. He projected US inflation near 5 percent by year end and unemployment under 7 percent, urging liberal trade and welcoming multinational investment. The OECD adopted a voluntary code of conduct for global firms, excluding Turkey, to curb bribery and ensure transparency and fair competition.
A low cost Herald Wanted advertisement seeks someone to tear down a small house to salvage lumber. The ad ran under miscellaneous for sale for three days and was scheduled to run six days with payment only for times the ad appeared.
Lyle L. Greenfield 21 of Alden was fined 300 by Mower County Court on June 14 after a February 24 guilty plea to Careless Driving in a two-vehicle crash on IS-90 that killed three members of a rural Oakland family: Mary Frasher 51, Melvin Frasher 16, and Ruth Sigstad 28 of Washington DC.
Prices climbed in May led by a sharp rise in food costs at a six tenths of a percent month over month, lifting the annual inflation rate to 7.2 percent. The report notes food and fuel likely to keep prices rising, with April up only four tenths.
The U S Navy ship Igel Grove delivered 267 evacuees from Lebanon to Piraeus Athens in a 45 hour voyage greeted by Americans consular officials and relatives. The report notes rising food and fuel prices and mixed signals on inflation and energy controls. Wholesale prices climbed three tenths in May with May durable goods orders recovering after a stagnation in April. The FEA forecasts heating oil price rises while controls end and warns of potential price changes.
Beirut battles continue amid Moslem and Christian Lebanese forces dueling with artillery and machine guns. Night death toll rises to 47 with 78 wounded as peacekeeping troops from Arab League nations move into Lebanon and evacuations proceed to Damascus and Athens.
President Ford announces Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Talcott Seelye will temporarily head the U S Embassy in Beirut following the murder of Ambassador Francis E Meloy. Newsmen killer indicted in Don Bolles case in Phoenix as John Adamson faces murder charges after 13 hour hearing with Robert Lettiere testifying of $10000 payoff from conspirators. In San Diego a federal judge dismisses Laetrile smuggling charges against David Hansen and Donna Schuster of Rochester Minnesota though the matter may be revisited.
House Democratic leaders nominate Rep. Frank Thompson of New Jersey to chair the Administration Committee and strip the panel of independence and power over congressional allowances. The move shifts control over staff and travel funds. In a separate note, swine flu vaccines show promise in initial human tests with 5,186 participants, indicating one standard vaccine may not suffice.
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