Judge Vogel Sees Expanded Use of Clinics for Traffic Violators
Austin municipal judge Fred Vogel told the Kiwanis Club that driver improvement clinics, backed by legislation, help reduce traffic infractions. He cited Minnesota pioneers, 350 attendees with 22 repeaters, and nine hour courses run since two years.
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Minnesota
Fred Vogel
Austin
Kiwanis Club
Holiday Inn
Vogel
Austin Clinic
Albert Lea
Owatonna
Minneapolis
Wiggins Buys Austin Office Supply Firm
After 25 years in business Reuben Strand sells Austin Office Supply at 108 Main St N to Tony Wiggins owner of General Office Supply at 130 1st Ave NW Strand will stay to help as needed and then leave. Wiggins plans to run both stores with no staff or product changes and will first remove duplicate inventory. He has two years in Austin after nine years in Minneapolis selling office equipment for IBM.
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Reuben Strand
Austin Office Supply
Main St. N
Tony Wiggins
General Office Supply
1St Ave. NW
Three Injured in Three Car Crash at Street Intersection
Police report four city crashes with three minor injuries from a three car collision at 1st Ave and 3rd St NW. Victims are pedestrian Steve Harrison 17. driver Calvin Meinike 16. passenger Curtis Lerum 16. Damages listed for each involved vehicle.
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Austin
Steve Harrison
16Th St
Calvin T. Meinike
13Th Ave
Curtis Lerum
Oakland
Meinike
Ronald R. Carr
22Nd St
Flames Hit Lynde's Body Shop Garage Fire Damages Lynde's Shop
Lynde's Body Shop at 1501 8th Ave NW suffered extensive fire damage from an electrical short late Wednesday. Owner Robert Lynde said no damage estimate yet and three cars being repaired were damaged but believed repairable. Firefighters were notified at 11 50 p m by Diane Underdahl 17 of 1503 8th Ave NW who saw flames next to her home. The fire originated from wiring between an office light and an overhead gas heater. The east wall was pushed out by heat. Lynde planned cleanup at 4 30 a m and noted the business future is in doubt.
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Lynde
8Th Ave
Lunde
Austin
Diane Underdahl
1503
Diane
Roger
Norman Ofstedahl
Horse Kicking Injury Lawsuit Settled Today
A personal injury suit arising from a stallion kicking DeBorris T. Bischoff of Austin Route 5 was settled today for an undisclosed amount. The incident occurred March 27, 1964, when Bischoff brought a mare to Ronald Mielke of Austin Route 2 for servicing by Mielke's Morgan stallion. Hugh Plunkett and F. J. O'Brien served as attorneys.
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Austin Rt. 5
DeBorris T. Bischoff
Ronald Mielke
Austin Rt. 2
Mielke
Morgan
Bischoff
Hugh Plunkett
F. J. O’brien
Rochester
Volunteers Needed to Finish Enlarged Exhibit Area
Adults and 4 H junior leaders are needed to complete the enlarged exhibition area at Liebenstein Hall June 30. Report at 9 a.m. with a sack lunch to varnish the wall completed earlier.
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Liebenstein Hall
Meet Your City Policemen Paul Nelson Resigns Sergaent Post
Paul J Nelson age 39 of 709 8th Ave NW served 16 years as a city police officer and recently resigned from the sergeant's post as department artist in off time.
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Paul J. Nelson
8Th Ave
Mower County Disburses Subdivision Tax Funds
Mower County reports real estate and personal property tax apportionment totals for March through May. School District 492 receives 1.24 million dollars, Austin 612 thousand, with a total apportionment of 2.53 million divided among districts, townships, and villages including Adams Elkton Grand Meadow Lyle Rose Creek LeRoy Blooming Prairie Hayfield Spring Valley Stewartville and others.
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Austin
Villages
Adams
Elkton
Grand Meadow
Lyle
Rose Creek
LeRoy
Blooming Prairie
Hayfield
Spring Valley
Stewartville
Bennington
Clayton
Dexter
Frankford
Lansing
Lodi
Marshall
Nevada
Pleasant Valley
Racine
Red Rock
Sargeant
Adolpho
Waltham
Windom
Brownsdale
Mapleview
Tappi
Rysavy Re elected Head of State Police Group
Detective Sgt. Robert Rysavy of the Austin Police Dept was reelected to a second term as president of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association at its 43rd annual convention in St. Paul. Delegates discussed mandatory police training, professionalization, improved salaries and retirement systems, with over 650 attendees at the banquet.
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Robert Rysavy
Austin Police Dept
Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association
St. Paul
Rysavy
MPPOA
National Conference of Police Associations
Atlantic City
N. J
Donald Mattice
Warren Walburn
Lavern Coons
Austin
Minnesota
Association
Oliver Schroeder
Western Reserve University Law School
Cleveland
Eugene McCarthy
Fire Marshal to Open Arson Probe at Austin High
Rochester state fire marshal Gunnar Thaung will arrive Friday to begin an arson investigation of the Wednesday morning fire in a third floor Austin High School hallway. Austin Police and Firemen conducted preliminary checks after firefighters were alerted at 11 43 p.m. The blaze damaged a book case and desk and prompted orderly evacuation of several hundred students.
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Gunnar Thaung
Rochester
Austin High School
Austin
Osmundson Plea Entered in District Court
Robert King 18 of Austin and Darren Osmundson 22 of Adams appeared before Judge A C Richardson. King faced a burglary charge from April 19 at Kenwood Speedway Market and received five years in Youth Conservation Commission. Osmundson faced criminal negligence in a May 22 traffic death of 17 year old David Domino Adams. pleaded innocent, bond set at 1000, no trial date. Attorneys Bryan Baudler and William Baudler represented King and Osmundson respectively.
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Robert King
Austin
Darren Osmundson
Adams
A.C. Richardson
King
Kenwood
Youth Conservation Commission
Osmundson
David P. Domino
Bryan Baudler
William Baudler
Meet Your City Firemen
Firefighter Lynn K Edwards 51 of 1705 1st Ave SE serves on the second shift as a ladder truck driver. He has 21 years with Local 9 UPWA and the United Commercial Travelers and sits on the Firemen's Relief Association board.
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Lynn K. Edwards
1St Ave. SE
Edwards
Firemen’s Relief Association
Farnsworth named director of Papal Volunteers program
Francis Farnsworth 42, Austin native, named director of development and administrative assistant for the national PAULA program. He will return from Guatemala to start the post in Chicago and continue overseeing the Guatemala City lay center, with five children in the family.
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Papal Volunteers For
Latin America
Chicago
Francis Farnsworth
United States
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Raymond A. Kevane
Paula
Farnsworth
Austin
Austin High School
Austin Junior College
Thomasine Lickteig
Farnsworths
Francis
el Salvador
Peace Corps
PAVSA
United States Air Force
U.S
Geo. A. Hormel Co
Okla
Semi Crashes Into Ditch Killing Phone Lines
Carl A Thompson, 53, Indiana polis, Ind., escaped serious injury when his semi truck blew a tire and veered into a ditch two miles west of Grand Meadow Tuesday noon. The rig knocked down two telephone poles, severed lines, and traveled about 250 feet before stopping. Stokely Van Camp owned the truck loaded with 32,000 pounds of canned goods from Winnebago en route to Indiana polis.
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Carl A Thompson
Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Meadow
Stokely van Camp
Winnebago
Five Winners Share $300 in Austin Bingo Game
The Dallas Daily Herald reports five readers split a $300 bingo prize in game four of the series. Checks for $60 go to Mrs. Darrel Anderson of Lyle Minnesota Mrs. Idore Larson of Austin Mrs. Loren Hyland of Austin Mrs. Virgil Loux of Austin and Mrs. Donald Larson of Austin. Winning cards came from Austin Drug Landherr Drug Sterling Drug Ben Franklin Store and Cleveland Hardware. The current game offers a $100 prize with rules and merchant list to appear in Saturday's paper.
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Austin Daily Herald
Austin
Lyle
Darrel Anderson
Lyle, Minn
Idore Larson
2Nd St
Loren Hyland
4Th St
Virgil Loux
4Th Ave
Donald Larson
11Th Ave
Austin Drug
Landherr Drug
Sterling Drug
Ben Franklin Store
Cleveland Hard
Natural Gas Main Installation Planned for Grand Meadow
Lloyd Crum says natural gas mains will be installed in Grand Meadow this summer. Plans were sent to the village council for approval. Crum expects pipe arrival soon and work to begin after July 1, with completion within 30 days.
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Grand Meadow
Lloyd Crum
Crum
Injury lawsuit settles after two days of trial
A $34,800 settlement ends a Sheffield Iowa man’s personal injury case from a 1963 head on crash in a highway construction zone near Grand Meadow. The compromise covers injuries to Dixson Christensen and a claim from his wife’s death in the same accident. Plaintiffs sued Komatz Construction Co and the Fadness estate.
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Sheffield
Iowa
Dixson M. Christinsen
Komatz Construction Co
St. Peter, Minn
Emery Fadness
Columbus
Wis
Grand Meadow
Fadness
Burglars Break Into Chuck Hall Laundry
Austin Police report a break in at Chuck Hall Laundry at 505 7th St. NE on Wednesday night. Thieves broke a window in a side door and reached in to unlock it. nothing appeared stolen. Investigation continues.
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Chuck Hall Laundry
7Th St. NE
Austin
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