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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1972
Page
1
Democratic Credentials Committee confronts a record 80 challenges affecting 30 states as McGovern seeks to secure a first ballot nomination. The panel weighs reform violations and potential rebukes that could alienate liberals, blacks, women, and youth while California delegates face a winner take all dispute.
Massive cleanup and recovery unfold as floodwaters recede in the East. Death toll climbs to 117 with tens of thousands homeless. over $1 billion in damage noted in Pennsylvania. Federal aid pledged as governors meet in Harrisburg and Red Cross launches a $10 million disaster fund.
An advertisement in the Herald touts a reliable babysitter option, noting a 16 year old with own transportation is sought in the southeast area. The low cost want-ad was slated for six days but cancelled after one day, with contact numbers 433-8831 and XNIX XXXX provided.
AP reports Fidel Castro lands in Moscow aboard Cubana Airlines for a two week visit and talks with top Kremlin leaders Brezhnev Podgorny and Kosygin as relations and Cuban economy loom large. Also notes Interstate Governors Conference opens in Bismarck focusing on state government issues with no major presidential contender appearances.
Sen George S McGovern announced assurances from black delegates that they will deliver enough votes to secure the Democratic nomination on the first ballot at the convention. Rep Walter Fauntroy and Rep Louis Stokes confirmed commitments from delegates in 12 states and the District of Columbia totaling about 96 to 98 percent, with promises of federal appointments in return.
First draft planks for the 1972 Democratic platform call for an immediate and complete withdrawal of all U S forces in Indochina and take a middle ground on racial school busing. The eight plank package faces floor fights as the 15 member drafting sub committee could not agree on a defense spending plank.
A young Stewart, Minnesota man was killed instantly when struck by a car in Cedar Mills, Meeker County. Cedar Mills lies about nine miles northwest of Hutchinson.
Israelis and Arabs fired across the Golan Heights today after a week of attacks and counterattacks. No casualties were reported. In Beirut An Nahar said Palestinian commandos in Lebanon may halt border activities for the time being, with Yasir Arafat meeting in Damascus with Hafez Assad. Saeb Salam urged Palestinians to avoid provoking Israel. Allon warned Lebanon to control guerrillas as Syria threatened consequences over last week’s Israeli raid. Israel proposed a prisoner exchange, offering 108 Arab prisoners for 13 Israelis in Egyptian and Syrian jails.
A 33 year old Austin man, Ivan Witt, surrendered to Mower County Sheriff after thefts involving a 1972 Ford diesel truck valued at $20,000, four farm implements, a 966 International tractor, and a 1971 Cadillac. The items were recovered by Rochester FBI, Minnesota Crime Bureau, and county sheriffs. Witt faced arraignment June 15 for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle plus related larceny charges. He remains jailed on $2,500 bond while detainers from Northwood Iowa and pending hearings loom.
The Price Commission met in a rare Sunday closed session for over four hours and declined to comment. Chairman C Jackson Grayson said the panel reached a consensus to say nothing, despite previous talk of a temporary meat price freeze and White House pressure to act.
British troops said they shot 14 guerrillas as Northern Ireland neared a cease-fire. The weekend toll rose to at least 383 in three years of sectarian fighting, with three British soldiers killed by a mine near Londonderry and two civilians, a Protestant and a Catholic, possibly victims of assassination squads. Bel fast saw the worst strike, with about 20 gunmen and over 700 rounds fired.
In Peru Indiana FBI teams from Illinois Indiana and Ohio search briar thickets for a skyjacker and more than 500000 dollars in ransom stolen after hijacking an American Airlines 727 from St Louis to Tulsa The hijacker reportedly carried a .45 submachine gun and a hand grenade and vanished over Peru early Saturday as investigators say leads have gone cold Pilot claims the hijacker likely did not survive parachute descent noting the plane’s high speed and tumbling motion make survival unlikely
SILVER SPRING MD AP Gov George C Wallace shows signs of recovery doctors say he now has some feeling in his thighs. He has been paralyzed from the waist down since the May 15 assassination attempt. A recent operation to remove a spinal bullet gave cautious optimism about movement with braces and crutches within six months. The latest bulletin notes definite neurological recovery.
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