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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1955
Page
2
In a 77 percent referendum, about 328000 wheat farmers voted to keep marketing quotas for the 1956 crop, securing roughly 30 percent below postwar peaks. The plan sets a $1.81 per bushel price support under the flexible system, with 55 million acres allotted.
An article notes that ancient Egyptians are classified as Hamitic, deriving the race name from Ham, the second son of Noah.
President Eisenhower ends a six day tour of northern New England with an official welcome in Maine by Democratic Governor Edmund Muskie at Skowhegan. Muskie and Eisenhower attend a clambake at Margaret Chase Smith’s home before a White House flight to Washington. He fished at Parmachenee Lake catching two salmon and several trout, keeping one salmon only, and plans a noontime departure after lunch with Sen Payne and Maine Republicans.
Indian Prime Minister Nehru arrives in Vienna amid cheers from thousands as he continues a European tour aboard a Soviet plane. He will fly to Salzburg for a conference of Indian diplomatic envoys and reiterates peaceful coexistence with Chou En Lai and Bulganin.
In Roanoke Virginia a seven foot cardboard Marilyn Monroe advertisement was stolen from a theater lobby while a nearby seven foot Davy Crockett poster remained. Police believe the thief was male and not a child.
In battered Buenos Aires churches faithful knelt before improvised altars to pray for victims of the June revolt against President Peron. Police protected thousands at services in four churches damaged during the attack on government buildings.
In a Queens housing project excavation collapse buried two boys alive. Billy Cotton, 5, and Nathaniel Brown, 11, were saved from the mud by passers-by and rescuers but died. Brother John Cotton, 11, and Angel Matos, 7, were pulled from the wet earth later. Mrs. Evelyn Cotton collapsed at the scene. The crowd drew around as rescue units arrived. most survivors were African American.
Greensboro story notes safety engineer Henry Brosius travels to Iceland to escape a flood of applicants for high paid aide posts to assist NATO base construction. He used an employment agency to screen dozens of hopefuls and prepare his departure.
John McGovern, an independent candidate in Town Council elections in Granard, Ireland, received zero votes including his own. He quipped he voted for the other candidate, while a Dublin Mail editorial suggested his high popularity meant voters assumed another candidate would win.
Freedom House names Sir Winston Churchill as this year's award recipient in New York. Sir Roger Makins will accept the honor on Churchill's behalf on October 9. The article notes the United States highway system spans over 3,322,000 miles.
Western Nebraska and southern Wyoming faced record rainfall with Guernsey Wyoming reporting about 20 inches. Torrington and Scottsbluff area towns faced flooding isolations, downed power lines, evacuations, and crop damage as the North Platte Valley suffered its first flood in 25 years. The National Guard assisted in Torrington and Morrill reported a twister and hail.
In Gelsenkirchen Germany a blast 2 400 feet deep in Nordstern diggings Ruhr during dynamiting operations killed fourteen coal miners. The explosion caused the gallery collapse trapping workers below.
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