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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1960
Page
1
Tornado winds lashed the Northeast and Texas causing property damage and power outages. Several states reported roofs ripped and buildings destroyed while no deaths were recorded.
The Senate Appropriations Committee advances a 1.067 billion dollar military construction bill for the current year, surpassing the House total but still below budget requests. It outlines allocations by service with North Dakota provisions for Grand Forks AFB and Minot AFB and adds Army National Guard grants for Bismarck Hettinger and Hot Springs SD.
Prime Minister Huh Chung declares Seoul has dropped Syngman Rhee's idea of unifying Korea by force. He notes a shift to peaceful diplomacy after Rhee's ouster in April and rejects the march north strategy. The government favors peaceful unification without detailing a new plan.
Knight newspapers reviewed 25 000 congressional expense vouchers and found irregularities involving about a dozen members. Rep Oren Harris, chairman, led a committee probing payola and rigged quiz shows and defended members as the articles were called a smear. Knight noted the reporters did not target a single member and urged standards to prevent future abuses.
Daryl F. Mindrum, 37, former secretary of the Lanesboro utilities commission and village clerk, pleaded guilty to misappropriating about $2000 of public funds and falsifying records. Judge Warren F. Plunkett stayed up to five years in reformatory, placing Mindrum on probation with the State Commission of Corrections.
President Eisenhower closes a six day Hawaiian rest stop and heads to Washington to report on his Far East trip. He drafts a speech attacking Communists and plotting with Japanese students to block Tokyo visit. He travels via Travis AFB and Andrews AFB, with a 6:30 p.m. EST broadcast from the White House.
Dubuque police search for a young robber described as wearing a mustache goatee and cowboy outfit who grabbed 8400 outside the Dubuque Bank and Trust Co. Friday afternoon. The suspect, aged 20s, drove Kenyon to a packing plant parking lot after threatening him with a gun said to be hidden.
The Manila Weather Bureau issued warnings for Luzon and Visayan Islands as Typhoon Olive with winds of 170 mph nears Catanduanes in the Bicol region. It moves west north west toward southern Luzon at about 13 mph.
Es meralda Gansalis nine months old, daughter of migrant farmworkers Paulo and Mrs Gansalis, was fatally crushed when a truck backed over her at Roy Lang's farm where they were employed in Hector Minnesota.
Industry enters the summer period with gains in retail trade and car loadings while steel slips. Automakers boost production to 3,696,957 year to date aided by compact cars. May cost of living hits new high as wage raises are set for 200,000 workers and two big railroad unions.
In Albert Lea Minnesota Senator Hubert H Humphrey failed to appear for a speaking date at the Minnesota Federation of Postal Clerks convention. He sent word that duties in Washington prevented attendance and GOP governor hopeful Elmer L Andersen spoke in his stead to a crowd that gathered for a campaign rally.
In Vatican City Pope John XXIII tells a World Federation of Young Catholic Women congress that women's dignity equals men's but their role is complementary, centered on dedication to others.
Fidel Castro proposes a one million ton wager with Secretary of State Christian Herter over Cuba's sugar output. He says the U.S. could buy Cuban sugar cheaper and hints at seizing American property if Cuba's quota is cut. The TV speech came after Herter warned Cuba's production may fall and urged diversifying sugar sources.
The IRS places liens totaling over 400000 on two dozen Hollywood stars film executives and sports figures in Los Angeles including Bud Abbott Sammy Davis Jr Carol Channing Edward Dmytryk Joe Louis Judy Garland and others. Liens reflect disputed or unpaid federal income taxes.
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