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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1960
Page
6
A letters column recalls multiple readers who claim radio signals come through dental fillings, bridgework, curlers, or hearing aids. The exchanges reference overseas messages, Tokyo Rose, and Red China, with readers seeking advice or psychiatric help.
In Jacksonville a garage operator from Bayard tried to quell a stalled station wagon fire by firing a bullet into the gas tank. The gasoline ignited and destroyed the car, highlighting a dangerous misjudgment in fire control.
President Romulo Betancourt is recovering from burns after last Friday’s assassination attempt in Caracas. Doctors report he was allowed to sit up Sunday night and bandages on his left hand were removed.
Swift flood waters swept a large stretch of the Texas Gulf coast causing eight deaths since Thursday with thousands forced from homes. Port Lavaca and Port Lavaca area endure five feet of water. crews helicoptered cots and blankets in while typhoid serum arrived. Several drownings reported including port area youths and shrimp boat crews. rescues continued as waters began to recede Sunday night.
An 18 year old training school escapee in Goodhue County ransacked two farm homes, threatened two men with knives, and led a high speed chase before surrendering. Deputy Willis Wade fired warning shots as Bennett fled in a stolen car and hid in a farmhouse before giving up with weapons in hand.
New York City will see 35,000 taxi drivers offer 10 cent tips to passengers next Friday. After a 10-cent ride tax imposed last year and subsequent protests, the tax expired June 30, but meters in 11,685 licensed cabs must be recalibrated to remove the tax before rebates can end.
Scotland Yard ended the drug scare sparked by a hoax call from Hal Martinson of Minneapolis. The caller claimed a Minneapolis teacher had been dosed with dangerous drugs before flying to Britain, triggering alerts in Scotland and London before the hoax was traced and canceled.
A La Cruz spokesman claimed anti Castro operatives in Cuba planted time bombs near an ammunition depot in Havana. The blast occurred just before 7 p.m. as La Cruz announced a terror program against Fidel Castro's regime. Previous reports cited attempted assassination of Maj. Ernesto Guevara failing.
Funeral services were held for Dr. Lucille Pinkham 55 history professor at Carleton College who died of a heart attack. Surviving is her husband Dr. Victor E. Pinkham associate professor of history at the college.
Iantha Williams a Detroit high school junior won the position of governor at the 20th Wolverine Girls State event in Ann Arbor joining a line of state leaders. She was chosen by 360 fellow juniors while Gov G Mennen Williams has served as Michigan’s chief executive six times.
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