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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1963
Page
2
In Ottawa the Liberal minority government dodged a no confidence motion 113 to 73 aided by 10 Social Credit votes and 13 New Democrat abstentions while 66 members were absent. Finance Minister Walter Gordon narrowly escaped censure as Parliament faced a tense night.
Flood waters in eastern Nebraska claimed two lives as a stalled car occupants died. Mrs Ray Davis 41 and Jane Kolar 14 drowned while attempting to leave the vehicle. A passerby rescued Divis husband and two children. Towns along Turkey Creek Salt Creek and Swan River flooded with up to two feet in Dewitt and surrounding areas. Crop damage reported extremely heavy.
William Dickinson 11 drowned Monday while swimming with a group at Community Park pool on Watab Creek. He was found unconscious in six feet of water and lifeguards and volunteers failed to revive him. He was the son of Richard Dickinson of rural St. Cloud.
Bloomington City Council by voice vote deferred renewal decisions on bottle club beer and cigarette licenses for Metropolitan Stadium. Permits expire Sunday if not acted on, with no council meeting until Monday. Twins depart on a road trip and return July 11, leaving beer and cigarettes unavailable if delays persist. Mayor Knudsen cautioned action may not occur by then amid a dispute with Minneapolis over assessments for street water and sewer work.
NASA reports a Soviet spacecraft exploded into 24 orbiting fragments after its October launch, possibly the largest space bust since Transit 4A. The event was disclosed as NASA adopts a policy to publish non classified flight data. Debris began returning to Earth October 29 and the last fragment left orbit February 26. three fragments have since fallen from orbit.
President Kennedy assists West Germany in launching its German Development Service modeled after the U S Peace Corps. West Germany plans to send 250 volunteers this year to developing nations, mainly in Africa, with plans to rise to 500 in 1964 and 1,000 in 1965.
The first 350 of 2,500 vacation trailers arrived at Beltrami County Fair Grounds west of Bemidji for the Wally Byam Caravan Club convention opening Saturday. The event is expected to draw about 7,000 people over a weeklong meeting ending July 5, with 1,200 feet of city water line laid to supply the fair grounds.
Frederick C. Tanner, 85, longtime New York Republican leader and state official, died Monday night of a heart attack at his Long Island home. He chaired the Republican State Committee from 1914 to 1917 and previously served as deputy attorney general starting in 1910.
The Internal Revenue Service issued the final instalment of new business tax deduction rules, the second of two major sections, aimed at 10 percent of taxpayers. The rules require evidence of a reasonable relationship between an expense item and business activity and are expected to raise about 100 million dollars in extra revenue.
Delaware Attorney General David P Buckson ruled that Bible readings and the Lord's Prayer may continue in public schools on a voluntary basis. He noted Supreme Court rulings voided mandatory exercises but permit voluntary religious services as a right. Buckson plans for his own child to read from the Bible and recite the Lord's Prayer at the next term.
Services will be held Tuesday for W. F. Sprague 64 a Lake City native who was a banker here since 1918 and president of the Lake City State Bank for the past 13 years. Sprague died Saturday.
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