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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1964
Page
1
Hundreds of white segregationists attacked Negro demonstrators in St Augustine Florida as the city faced its worst racial violence. Dozens were injured and many arrested while King appealed for federal help and court orders sought to allow demonstrations after 8 30 p m.
Cass County attorney said Lucian Cole 44 of Boy River Minn is held without charge in the shotgun wounding of Arthur Oberg 50 and Herbert Oberg 39. Cole denied knowledge of the shootings and said I wouldn't shoot anyone. Authorities noted his former wife works as a housekeeper for the Obergs and the couple’s four children live with her. The case stems from reports tied to an incident at the Obergs farm near Bemidji Thursday.
President Johnson moves to U.N. for Cyprus crisis mediation after failed direct talks with Greece and Turkey. Undersecretary Ball to brief U Thant and Tuomioja. Papandreou rejects a meeting while Inonu remains open to talks if feasible.
Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton assailed President Johnson's administration for delaying automation and accused Republicans of avoiding the issue. He urged five policy steps, including removing automation restrictions, job retraining, and education reform to boost productivity while campaigning for Michigan delegates.
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy in Berlin for his brother’s anniversary visit says Goldwater lacks broad US support. He contends Goldwater is not a favorite and notes public backing for the Arizona Republican is overstated as tens of thousands greet him in the streets.
Cape Kennedy AP report says guidance system trouble forced a second postponement of the Atlas Centaur rocket third test flight. Countdown reached two hours before the 9 am liftoff when the issue emerged.
Leslie Spencer, 21, models a topless bathing suit in a Hollywood shop window while two sheriff's deputies stand nearby. They say the act is legal and their only concern is preventing a traffic jam in unincorporated county territory.
Reports from Saigon say government troops fought a major battle about 60 miles northeast of Saigon. More than 100 Communist guerrillas may have been killed, in the same area where troops suffered a reversal last Friday. Details were not confirmed.
In Vientiane AP reports the government denies Communist ground fire shot down a Laos air force T28 during a strike on Pathet Lao positions at Plaine des Jarres.
President Chung Hee Park urged the National Assembly to pass restrictive laws on press and student actions before lifting martial law in Seoul. The move follows nationwide student riots that prompted the June 3 martial law declaration.
The Navy reported a mid winter evacuation flight from McMurdo Sound. The transport plane carrying an injured Seabee took off at 6 35 a m on the return leg to leave the Antarctic area.
Three blasts hit Saigon within minutes as Lt. Gen. William C. Westmoreland spoke to departing U.S. troops at the airport. The blasts stressed ongoing tensions in South Viet Nam during a busy evening in the capital.
Reports show mixed reactions to topless swimsuits with demonstrations in Oklahoma City and Los Angeles. In Oklahoma City a helicopter arrival drew hundreds, while a model in Los Angeles attracted sheriff’s deputies who ruled nudity alone isn’t illegal. A Hartford incident involved Hope Diamond in a park pond, detained for indecent exposure after a public dip.
A brief state traffic death tally shows Today 354 and Year Ago 322 in Iowa. Data contrasts recent fatalities with the prior period to indicate trends in road safety.
A head-on collision on U.S. 70 two miles west of Boswell killed seven people and left an eighth in critical condition. Victims include C. R. Brackett Jr and passengers Glenn Russy and F. M. Mack McMennamy in one car, and Mabel B. Newton and her husband Raymond A. Newton plus their two daughters in the other car. A Newton daughter and Vassie T. Johnson were identified among the injured. Mrs Newton reportedly dozed and crossed the center line into the Brackett vehicle.
Donovan F. Ward a Dubuque plastic surgeon named president elect of the American Medical Association at the San Francisco convention says he wants to strengthen the family doctor concept while preserving doctor specializations. Ward chairs the surgical section at Finley Hospital and will assume the AMA presidency next year.
Presidential fact finder Allen Dulles says no likely explosion will end the missing civil rights workers case in Mississippi. Sailors join FBI and highway patrol in muddy swamps near Philadelphia while two civil rights leaders press for White House talks as the case draws in government and local officials.
A 650-pound steer sparked a hour long chase as about 50 residents and several policemen pursued it from a golf course into suburban streets. After a Western style roping captured the animal, it broke free and led the crowd on a 90 minute romp before recapture.
Gov. Farris Bryant traveled to St. Augustine today to assess a race clash marked by a large white mob assaulting civil rights marchers. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. credited restraint by Negro demonstrators with averting a bloodier night. The trip followed a federal court order in Jacksonville citing contempt for a ban on night protests.
Elected directors of the national Izaak Walton League include Del Lorice Olson and George Rickert of Minneapolis Merle Russell of Erwin and Loren Osborn of Winner. The group met Thursday as part of the league's national leadership selection.
In Stockholm Khrushchev persuaded his foreign minister Andrei Gromyko to join a dance with Tage Erlander on a gravel terrace at Skogaholms manor. The Soviet leader earlier rowed Erlander across a lake and led a playful round of dancing with fiddlers and Swedish folk dancers.
In Binghamton, John May of the Triplets confessed he did not catch Dan Napoleon's high fly at the fence. He feigned a catch and swapped in a ball from his uniform pocket, yet Napoleon was credited with the homer as Auburn won 8 to 2.
A chartered bus carrying 32 passengers from Los Angeles overturned on Highway 99, two miles north of Madera, killing at least three and injuring the rest. The vehicle, chartered by a Chinese drum and bugle corps, was bound for a Sacramento convention and all survivors were taken to Madera County Hospital.
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