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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1966
Page
2
The Lance, an Army ballistic missile, is fired from a self propelled launcher during recent tests at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
Harvard professor Robert E. Keeton outlined a plan to cap accident injury protection at ten thousand dollars per person. The proposal would replace liability disputes with universal compensation and aims to lower insurance costs and case backlogs. Other speakers defended rights against self incrimination and urged broad labor management cooperation on automation related changes. Sheldon S. Larson was elected president of the Minnesota Bar Association, with Sidney S. Feinberg named president-elect.
Baghdad radio said Mullah Mustafa Barzani accepted Iraq government’s peace offer granting Kurdish nationality language and local rule in Kurdish provinces. Kurds had fought government troops for autonomy amid four-year uprising.
In New York Webster Hall hosts the American Communist party national convention with strict entry checks. Ushers guard entrances and require cards at multiple points inside. The hall on East 11th Street displays books and pamphlets at 20 percent discount. Conventioneers range from children to older adults in conservative dress.
Paratroopers and riot police blocked Hue’s Dieu De and To Dam pagodas to stop a planned funeral and potential antigovernment demonstration after two women burned themselves to death in May. Meanwhile U S troops clashed with Communists in the central highlands as bombing targeted rail equipment and a large Saigon construction strike affected port and airport expansion.
William R. Newhouse of Madison Wisconsin has been chosen as the president elect of Optimist International signaling a leadership handoff at the organization. The Milwaukee based club and other regional branches welcomed the announcement as the group focuses on youth service and community outreach.
In Chicago a crowd of about 200 whites clashed with 75 Negroes from Ida B Wells housing as helmeted officers separated players at Calumet Park. Several whites and Negroes were arrested after the disturbance, marking the fourth incident in five nights at the park.
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