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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1965
Page
8
A Thursday fire at the Hormel live stock buying station destroyed the central barn in Estherville Iowa. Damage was estimated at 12000 dollars and about 40 hogs were released as flames raged out of control.
In Washington Senators Bourke Hickenlooper and Jack Miller joined most Republicans and the majority to approve the administration's coinage bill by 74 to 9. In Iowa Falls the Ellsworth Junior College received a $22,000 federal grant to remodel a building and add classrooms.
Businessmen warn of a rush in Des Moines before next Thursday as state taxes rise on cigarettes by three cents a pack and gasoline by one cent a gallon effective July 1. Read The Classified Ads.
Nearly 250000 books are sent to rural one and two room schools in West Virginia under a program sponsored by the Council of the Southern Mountains the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and the Railway Express Agency.
Day forecast shows above normal temperatures from Saturday to Wednesday with a cooler spell midweek especially north. Precipitation ranges from .75 to 1.5 inches with showers over the weekend and again Tuesday. Normal highs span 73 to 83, lows 50 to 61. Residents of Montclair applaud red brick schoolhouse reveal after sand blasting reveals original color.
A July 20 hearing will examine proposed bank interest rates after the 1965 legislature repealed the 4 percent cap on time deposits. Banking Commissioner John Chissholm says he may set the top payout to the Federal Reserve Board limit, currently 4.6 percent, and will target time certificates of 100000 dollars and up to boost Minnesota banks against Eastern rivals. Canada’s written constitution is the British North America Act.
Philadelphia doctor William Bentley Griggs reflects on 71 years of medical practice and rejects retirement at 65 or 75. Friends and colleagues plan a public gathering at Hahnemann Medical College to honor him, with congratulations from across the nation and abroad. He plans to study geriatrics and remains active, seeing office calls only and remaining engaged after 90. Born 1872, Griggs trained at Hahnemann, did post graduate work in Berlin, and has remarried Irene Smith after his first wife’s death.
Iowa counties urge Gov. Hughes to veto a 1965 bill easing limits on oversize trucks on state roads. Ralph G. Buck says all but two of 99 counties back killing the measure. Buck notes concern for secondary roads and safety as the bill allows permits from the Highway Commission and local governments.
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