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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1958
Page
1
Beir ut AP reports heavy fighting in Tripoli Lebanon lasting over four hours. At least six people killed and twenty injured as rebels clash with government forces. Omar Karami, linked to Rashid Karomi, says the fighting peaked around 3 p.m. and continued into evening.
The Minnesota Legislature moved toward adjournment as Senate House conferees reached a 13 week extension of unemployment benefits under the new federal law. The distressed areas work program bill, $1.5 million, passed the House 87 33 and goes to the Senate for action, with governor appointed projects to be chosen by a Legislative Advisory Committee. The session was expected to close by noon, with efforts to finish the jobless pay issue and related measures.
A Vanguard rocket ejecta the 20 inch, 21 pound satellite, but the second stage failed to ignite and it fell back to Earth. Naval Research Laboratory cites the failure after five of six attempts. GE announces a new high thrust rocket engine under development for heavy satellites weighing up to 20,000 pounds. Delays in countdown preceded the launch.
United States informed Moscow that U S experts will attend technical atomic talks in Geneva on July 1 as agreed. The move followed a White House meeting with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles. Soviet position shifted after Andrei Gromyko’s note demanding a precondition on a nuclear test ban.
ST PAUL AP six western Minnesota communities are named as the most promising sites for new junior colleges Fairmont Marshall Willmar Fergus Falls Crookston Morris The advisory committee says Morris and Crookston need study due to local requests for liberal arts branches of the University of Minnesota and agricultural schools The panel will present its formal recommendation to the state board of education next month and again on July 22 with other reports for statewide expansion
Rep. Coya Knutson of Minnesota filed for re-election to a third term representing the 9th District. The 45 year old faced a public domestic dispute after her husband urged her to quit politics, accusing her aide Kjeldahl of overbearing powers.
E. W. Lund, chair of the State Railroad and Warehouse Commission, announced approval of 13.2 million dollars in surety bonds to cover grain stored in public terminals across Minneapolis St Paul Duluth Lakeville and Savage. The bonds cover 118.5 million bushels of grain deposited with public terminal warehouses.
Secretary of Agriculture Benson plans a broader campaign role for the fall elections. He will speak across the Midwest and West for GOP congressional candidates and farm policy support, likely giving more speeches than any other cabinet member. Higher farm prices and Senate farm legislation progress bolster the effort.
In Saigon AP report Cambodia and South Viet Nam accuse each other of border invasions. Cambodia claims Vietnamese troops occupy border villages while Vietnam says Cambodia attacked to shift the border on June 15. The nations have clashed repeatedly over the past year.
City council members accuse Mayor Hansen of overstepping by directing a department while he was out of town. The group plans a Monday meeting to clarify council procedure and prevent future conflicts. Austin notes a sewer truck issue and prescribed chain of command. Lund cites the charter and committee boundaries.
Congress moved to debate a broad farm bill seen as costly to taxpayers and consumers. Republicans and northern city Democrats united to block bringing the bill to the floor, while sponsors warned of drastic revisions likely before passage. Final votes were not set for Friday with a GOP substitute focusing on emergency extensions.
Senate and House conferees reach a compromise tax extension bill that eliminates the 3 percent excise tax on freight and repeals 4 percent pipeline taxes on oil and gas, amounting to about 450 million dollars in revenue loss. The plan also drops a proposed passenger fare cut and awaits final votes.
A train struck a gravel truck near Hatfield Pipestone County killing Jack Grays 50 and John Wassink 50 both Edgerton residents and a separate Duluth collision claimed Alfred Monson 71. Lt. John A. Mikalich 28 suffered a knee injury. State fatalities rose to 298 for the year.
Lawyers petition the Supreme Court to hear arguments immediately and overturn a lower court order delaying school integration in Little Rock Arkansas. Wiley Branton and Waite Madison seek bypass of the Circuit Court and a prompt decision before the September term. The court plans a summer adjournment after next Monday’s session.
In Budapest AP dispatch says Bishop Lajos Ordass, longtime dissident with the Communist regime, is ousted as head of Hungary south Lutheran hierarchy after government rejects the two year old resignation of Bishop Laszlo Dezsery. Dezsery, who had filled in during Ordass imprisonment, says he does not want the job, leaving the regime in control absent Lutheran resistance.
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