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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1951
Page
1
Fighting on the western front around Yonchon raged over a hill held by Chinese forces as UN troops withdrew. Ground action remained limited elsewhere with patrols and small naval clashes. optimism rose in US and Korean leadership about a possible cease fire within days.
Detroit CIO UAW chief Walter Reuther fires a counter-blast via a 23 member executive board. He accuses John L. Lewis of offering high posts to ex-UAW officials to raid the union and of joining forces with the National Association of Manufacturers to destroy price control. He also claims Lewis allies with Communists in other unions and signs backdoor pacts with companies to dodge wage standards.
The Senate passed a bill to extend price wage and rent controls eight months while curbing or banning new price rollbacks. The measure, 71 votes to 10, heads to the House where a brief stop gap extension is likely. The Wherry amendment aims to ban further price rollbacks including beef price adjustments.
The House passed an emergency measure extending price and rent controls to July and phasing rollbacks during that month. The bill moves to the Senate for action.
A Meadowlark passenger train derailed after hitting a washout near Shelbyville Illinois. Fireman C L Mills 64 of Salem and mail clerk Robert Boatwright of Marion died. About 75 passengers were aboard with several injured and one woman rescued from Brush Creek.
Donald Rossi, 17, was airlifted by a four engine navy transport from Corpus Christi to Minneapolis and brought to Kenny Institute for treatment of polio. He has been in an iron lung since May 23 and was accompanied by his father Charles W Rossi, a doctor, and a nurse.
Price cuts of up to a dollar a bottle were reported in Minneapolis liquor shops as dealers push business before the state minimum price law takes effect Monday. Tax changes may also pressure prices. dealers deny a true price war and note advertising and window signs are forbidden by state law.
Washington reports the Czechoslovak government will release two Western pilots and their U.S. jet fighters. The pair have been held since emergency landings near Prague on June 8.
An American jet fighter exploded in the air near Munich early today after Capt. Philip Karls of Milwaukee Wis bailed out. The abandoned plane blew up at an altitude of 300 feet. Karls escaped unhurt.
U S Ambassador Henry F Grady pressed Iran's Premier Mohammed Mossadegh for concessions to keep Abadan refinery oil flowing to the west He warned chances of relief were slim despite Mossadegh's pledge to suspend anti sabotage legislation The British hoped to keep technicians at Abadan to keep the refinery open
Three B 36 bombers of the U S Air Force landed at Lakenheath England completing a 5000 mile nonstop flight from Carswell Field Texas. A Third Air Force spokesman said the mission is routine training and the crew of 15 will likely stay two or three days before the return hop.
Walter Heard 65 an employee of Cooperative Electric Co. of St. Ansgar died instantly when a ground wire on a power pole struck by an 8000-volt line while he worked near the Deer Creek church north of Carpenter. Survived by his wife two daughters three brothers and a sister. Funeral arrangements pending at St. Ansgar.
Chicago headline notes a ten day strike by 900 United Airlines pilots ends as they return to posts at 2 45 p m CST. Thomas E Bickers of the National Mediation Board says a mediation effort will start immediately to settle the dispute. UAL, the nation's fourth largest carrier, serves about 9600 passengers daily on 220 flights.
Lake Crystal Minnesota operator C J Bourassa is faulted for failing to display an eastward train order signal and omit delivering an order to a passenger train. A passenger train and a 92 car freight collided near Mankato on June 14, fatally injuring one and injuring seven others. The investigation by F E Harrison with Omaha railroad officials continues.
A district court jury in Minneapolis acquitted Vernon A. Brandt of first degree manslaughter in the August death of Joseph Miller, a 57 year old hotel clerk on Washington Avenue. Jurors deliberated about one hour before the verdict.
A Budget Bureau official told the Senate Finance Committee that government spending may reach 90 billion dollars in the year ending mid 1953 and defense costs could run 40 billion annually after current programs. Senators and committee members discussed the administration’s request for 10 billion in new taxes with disagreement over timing and scope.
United States and 16 UN allies reportedly support seeking an armistice in Korea. Gen Ridgway may be authorized to convene meetings with UN and regional commands to negotiate a cease fire. Officials warned of possible rapid action and cautioned about broader Soviet pressure if peace efforts fail.
J L Olson of Geo A Hormel & Co warns July’s OPS 90 percent slaughter quota changes do not help, as high live cattle prices keep purchases below permitted levels. He cites June 1950 data showing 12,492 cattle slaughtered in Austin yielding a 10,034 head quota, and only 4,093 cattle bought under OPS pricing.
John Fleer, an accountant for the Council Bluffs Gas Co., urged Northern Natural Gas Co. to switch from a uniform system to zone pricing. He testified at a power commission hearing on an application seeking 9.3 million dollars in annual rate increases. Fleer proposed three zones with Kansas in zone one, Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota in zone two, and Minnesota in zone three.
In Tipton Indiana four trustees of social clubs were charged with possessing gaming devices. Judge Cleon W. Mount suggested a venue change but both prosecutor Troy N. Hutto and the judge recused themselves due to conflicts of interest, leaving the defense and prosecution to proceed without a venue shift.
A patrol bomber of the Key West naval seaplane station crashed in the Florida straits shortly after takeoff. Eight sailors died, one crewman escaped with a broken leg and later died at the naval hospital. the surviving crewman was rescued from the water. The big twin engined plane went down off a nearby island.
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