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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1959
Page
2
Ken Hitzman of Brownsdale runs a three-float parade business across southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. He started after a Labor Day float trade, builds new floats yearly from repurposed materials, and carves out a niche supplying complete parade units with minimal setup time.
Births recorded at St Olaf Hospital include Oakley Young Dexter son June 24 Richard Meyer 1308 Ohio son June 24 Dale Bellrichard 1410 Lyndale daughter June 24 Lewis Lenz 508 Padden daughter June 24 Wayne Wood Rose Creek daughter June 25. Obituaries note Mrs Mary E Cooper Austin funeral 3 p.m. Thursday at Presbyterian Hayfield. Mrs Hilda C Anderson of Waltham died June 16 at St Olaf Hospital after a stroke. funeral June 20 at First Presbyterian Hayfield. Mrs Mudra died June 19 at St Olaf Hospital. remarried Lillian Hanson born 1900 Moscow Minn. family thanks extended.
The article notes proposed diversions of highway funds and a gasoline tax hike to sustain interstate road construction. President Eisenhower warns without extra money, many projects will halt. Senator Gore seeks funds from the highway trust, while Congress weighs extending taxes and ending passenger and telecom levies.
Partial OCR lists individuals Donald W. Hassenstab Le Cen ter Betty Jean Rasmussen 1411 W Allegheney Joris O D Kylle Stewartville and Lorraine H Grothe 908 Bau mln with no clear context or action. The fragment suggests a notice involving names and street addresses but lacks verbs or events to confirm.
The City Library announces new arrivals across fiction and non fiction. Notable titles include Kerouac Doctor Sax Swinnerton Tigress in the Village Busch California Street Taber Spring Harvest Marshall Pagan King and nonfiction works Trumbull Paradise in Trust Ruth Babe and I Hatsumi Rain and the Feast of the Stars Lodge Beyond the Great Slave Lake Freyre New World in the Tropics Forester Last Nine Days of the Bismarck Young House of Secrets.
In Richmond Virginia a building permit confusion arose from the word concasph insulated on an industrial roof. Miss Patricia Barbour, secretary to the building inspector, identified missing periods and corrected the notation. The permit now reads Conc. asph, insulated meaning concrete asphalt insulated.
Starkweather avoided a final dinner, spending his last hours painting and reading with prison chaplain Robert Klein. His last words were “What’s your hurry?” The 1958 spree with Carol Ann Fugate left 11 dead, including Robert Jensen and Carol King, as jurors imposed the death penalty. Caril Fugate received a life sentence after being convicted of first degree murder as an accomplice.
Senate conferees accept House moves to raise basic state school aid from 85 to 87 and let counties repeal personal property taxes on household goods. Labor credits extend to iron ore royalty taxes. new documents tax and alcohol duty hikes. Iron ore rate rises to 14.25% with 12% permanent. inheritance tax designed to raise about a million for the biennium.
7-Bill Hartley, campaigning for city council, spent 20 minutes answering questions about the American electoral system in San Diego. An university student revealed she was from Saudi Arabia and not registered to vote. Hollywood actor Roger Smith underwent surgery for removal of a blood clot after a concussion earlier this month.
North central firefighters from nine states were told at a meeting that rare upper Midwest fires require quick trips to faraway blazes to gain experience. The report notes the need to seek hands on practice despite limited local incidents.
In La Jolla California a ven t riculucordectomy by Dr J E Spoon reduced Maxie the dachshund bark to a gentle cough. Miss Priscille G Ferry dropped her lawsuit against Maxie’s owner Miss Sara G Hayden.
Austin Duplicate Bridge Club players competed for masterpoints at the Elk's Club Wednesday night. Top pairs included Mrs. William Goblitsch and Emer son Martin of Kokomo Indiana in first place, followed by Mrs. William Fox and Mrs. Jack Kentta in second, and Mrs. Joe Boulet with Mrs. Carl Young in third. Other notable finishes featured Dr. James MccGuiness and Ray Jorgensen first, Dr. F. P. Meany and Terence Meany second, and R. Norman Miller with Dr. Walter Lundberg third.
An advertisement promotes ITCH ME NOT for external skin irritations with a 48 percent return claim in 15 minutes. It promises rapid relief and clearer skin and directs readers to K. O. Wold Drug Co for purchase from druggists.
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