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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1960
Page
3
More than 50 headstones and urns were toppled at Oakwood Cemetery in Austin on Wednesday night. The Oakwood Cemetery Assn. offers a $100 reward for the arrest and conviction of vandals, with Sheriff Al Reinanrz adding support.
Government projections suggest higher price support outlays for 1960 feed grains due to reduced actual use by farmers. A weaker pig crop and smaller poultry flocks lower feed needs, while cattle and dairy feeding remain near last year. Previous 1959 grain supports totaled about 700 million dollars.
Two traffic crashes were investigated by police. At 5:45 p m Thursday on 3rd Ave NE and 9th St NE Edward Robbins of Brownsdale paid 100 dollars after being cited for failing to yield. At 10:45 p m Thursday on 1st St NW Joe Simmons of 1800 8th Ave NE paid 30 dollars. a parked truck owned by Usem Chevrolet was involved.
Two Subra sheep rams and a third sired by Subra E-156 a five time State Fair champion Suffolk ram bred by Earl Subra Austin will be offered at the Midwest Stud Ram Show and Sale in Sedalia Missouri on Monday and Tuesday The sire is now owned by C R Armentrout of Norborne Missouri
A man robbed the Victoria State Bank at 11:25 a.m. taking about $500 from cashier Erwin Holtmeier. He fled in a late model red and white car toward Highway 5 wearing khaki clothing and a blue cap. Victoria lies about 25 miles southwest of Minneapolis in Carver County.
The Senate adopted a resolution extending greetings to Helen Keller on her 80th birthday. Senator Lister Hill praised Keller as the most remarkable person on earth for her lifetime of aiding the deaf and blind.
John C. Tramontine son of Mr and Mrs O F Tramontine 405 7th St NW received his bachelor of laws from New York University School of Law and university honors ranking in the top ten percent He also studied at Georgetown University School of Law where he ranked second in a class of 223 He is a 1951 salutatorian graduate of St Augustine Pacelli High School and magna cum laude graduate of Notre Dame 1955 in chemical engineering He served as a Marine Corps officer and now belongs to the law firm Arthur Dry and Dole Rockefeller Center New York NY
Austin Utilities wins board approval for 37 500 square foot site adjoining the new Municipal Building after purchasing Harold Sawyer and George Whitcomb homes for 23 700 dollars. The boards say the plan lowers costs by using one retaining wall and offers drive in payments. Sealed bids for removal of existing buildings are due July 12 with removal by September 1.
MINNEAPOLIS AP President Morrill Thursday announced the appointment of two new assistant vice presidents for business administration at the University of Minnesota. Roy V. Lund becomes director of plant services and Clinton T. Johnson is named comptroller and treasurer. Both are Minnesota graduates.
A farmer near Willmar reports a bolt of lightning killed seven animals from his herd of 40 cattle. Lloyd Olson and his wife heard a thunder crack Thursday afternoon and found four cows and three calves dead when checking the herd that evening.
In Adair and Madison counties Democrats will meet July 9 to nominate a candidate to succeed the late Sen Raymond Gillespie of Dexter. Delegates to the district convention will be named at county conventions July 9. Gillespie died days after the primary. he was unopposed for re election. Police in Keokuk investigated Thursday after a firecracker was thrown into a sand pit barge gasoline tank causing an explosion that burned three boys Tom Rinney 13 in serious condition Leo 8 and Larry Webber 14 minor burns Webber threw the firecracker.
Mrs Herbert Ar thur of Ames was installed Wednesday as president of the Iowa Council of United Church Women. About 100 attended the opening of a two day session of the Iowa Welfare Assn summer institute on child care at CLEAR LAKE. Thursday Leonard Larsen of Waterloo was convention chairman. Workshops covered foster care needs diagnostic and treatment services for children with emotional and behavior disturbance the need for adoptive homes for Negro children and the adequacy of Iowa social services for all children.
Ellis N. Christianson, 47, named manager effective Aug. 1 to succeed the late Arvid Waller. A Pella Cooperative Electric Assn. veteran since 1951, he served as REA engineer and rural power executive, with prior posts at Vermillion and Freeborn-Mower. Calvin De Roose, Mountain Lake teacher, hired as office manager.
A3c Paul L. Kolb leaves Minneapolis for France with a two week Air Force leave and plans three years abroad. Relatives held a picnic at Sut ton Park with forty attendees. Accompanying service members include Eldon C. Davis USN William R. Renwick USN Joseph M. Renwick Jr. USN and Gerald R. Wasko USN aboard USS Shangri-la at Guantanamo Bay for underway training.
Caryl Mindrum former Lanesboro village clerk was sentenced to up to five years in the St. Cloud Reformatory and placed on probation. She was charged with shortages in village funds and arraigned before Dist. Judge Warren Plunkett with the Commissioner of Corrections named probationary officer.
Alberta province now produces more than 240 thousand barrels of oil per day from over four thousand wells, reflecting a surge in crude output across the province.
John D. Pickett of Chicago spoke at First Methodist Church under the First Church of Christ Scientists. He urged that divine authority frees from fear sin sickness and want and that all races can access spiritual power through prayer and treatment in Christian Science.
The Austin Area Vocational School farm management tour will stop at three area farms starting at Edwin Peterson farm in Moscow Township at 12 45 p m. The route proceeds to Robert Butler farm in Newry Township and ends at Alvin M Alland farm north of Corning. Commentators are Harvey Bjerke and Carroll Plager. Tour chairmen are Charles Painter and Gene Francis.
Adams Minnesota patrol members will attend a Legion sponsored picnic Wednesday in Adams. Legionnaires will serve hot dogs and soft drinks to the patrol boys. Guests include Sheriff Albert Reinartz Police Chief Sandy McCourt and a Minnesota Highway Patrol representative.
County Board Planning Commission and citizens group spar over how to handle zoning and pollution controls. Debate centers on making the planning commission elective by popular vote and whether to replace members or disband existing bodies. Some supporters argue for grassroots, electorate driven selection while opponents warn against politicizing the process.
Pastor Herman Kooy of the Church of Christ, CAP chaplain, spoke to the Lions Club about the Civil Air Patrol’s peace time missions. He described search and rescue tasks, cadet programs, and a mobile power unit aiding airport emergencies, stressing CAP’s importance to aviation and airport plans. He urged attendance at Sunday flight breakfast and airport dedication events.
The Southeastern Minnesota District of The American Lutheran Church held its constituting convention at St. Olaf College Northfield to elect officers and adopt a new constitution and bylaws. Dr E C Reinertson elected district president with headquarters planned in St Paul. Three Austin congregations St Olaf Our Savior s and Grace Lutheran are affiliated and delegates from Austin churches attended.
Rose Creek annexed a land parcel east of the high school owned by Lenore Merrill and A B Schmit. The area, zoned residential, will be developed into 15 to 20 building lots per Mayor Bernard Schammel.
Area students attending the Luther College summer session in Decorah Iowa include Karen Lande Janet Osmundson Adams Donald Hatlestad Mary Orke LeRoy Anne Bartlett Dexter and Dorothy Duenow Lyle.
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