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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1960
Page
1
Auld Lang Syne rang out as 68 year old J L Morrill departed after 15 years as president. He thanked staff for the goodbye, noted the university’s shared effort, and retires to become Ford Foundation consultant, handing the post to O Meredith Wilson.
An Agriculture Department report shows farm cash receipts for the first five months totalled 11.4 billion dollars with livestock receipts at 7.5 billion and crops at 3.9 billion, down from a year earlier but by mid-May prices rose 5 percent above last December. Livestock income nears last year’s level, while crops lag. The data comes amid partisan debate on farm policy in the election year.
The Canadian Senate approved a three year trade agreement with the Soviet Union. The pact commits the USSR to buy 25 million dollars of Canadian products annually if Canada buys 12 million dollars of Soviet goods. Liberal Sen. W. D. Euler noted Canada’s 1940 imports from the USSR totalled 2.291 million dollars.
In Ogden Utah AP report 21 year old J Seth Wright tried to save a dog drifting down a canal. The dog bit him on the neck and chin before Wright was treated by a doctor.
A 61 year old Maplewood man Felix Lafontaine was indicted on criminal negligence for the death of 7 year old Richard Eschbach when his truck left the road and crashed through guard rails into boys at a St Paul beach on May 14.
Western officials after touring the Soviet Institute of Automation and Telemechanics say the Soviets use a leap frog approach to compute and control systems, with MIT as the only comparable institution. They express astonishment and fear being left behind if Western effort lags.
Volunteer firefighters battled three lightning sparked blazes near Cosmos Minnesota. Losses included about 13000 at the Macik farm and 8000 at the Fredrickson farm where 4500 bushels of corn burned. A transformer outage affected 40 farms. Two inches of rain and hail hit the area with further crop damage nearby.
The Soviet Union announced a July 5 to 31 rocket test series in a 50,000 square mile Pacific target near Palmyra Island, about 200 miles west of American territory and 600 miles from Christmas Island. The tests involve multistage rockets without final warhead stages. warns ships and planes to stay clear. Premier Khrushchev meanwhile urged cadets to master rocket and nuclear warfare.
Fidel Castro orders immediate confiscation of Texaco Inc refinery in Santiago if it refuses to process Soviet crude. Texaco says no Cuban government notification. The move joins Esso Standard and Shell in a June 11 order to refine Soviet crude, risking a 75 million dollar investment and 60 million dollars in foreign exchange. Castro argues Cuba can buy Soviet oil for near one dollar a barrel under Venezuela pricing.
In Minneapolis the medical staff weighs whether to stay with the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation under a reorganized board promising a new business approach. An AG report cited irregularities at the prior regime, while Dr. Krusen said the staff may resign if promised reforms fail.
Rescue teams moved toward the surface as 45 miners lay dead in a mile long pocket of deadly carbon monoxide deep in a south Wales coal mine. An explosion Tuesday sent rock crashing down as 700 workers labored on the morning shift, with a swift roar and flash marking the disaster.
Governor John E. Davis held a slim two percent lead over Democratic challenger Quentin Burdick as returns from 1,647 of 2,310 precincts favored Davis 86,716 to 83,238. Both candidates forecast a close result as more rural precincts reported and GOP convention endorsements plus lieutenant governor race results showed strong party momentum.
Speaker Sam Rayburn announced Congress will recess for the presidential nominating conventions and return later, with no resumption date set. The Democratic and Republican conventions run July 11 and July 25, respectively, and leadership aims to allow preconvention maneuvering for Senators Johnson Symington and Kennedy. The current agenda includes wage, housing, defense funding, tax extension, and baseball draft rule bills.
The forecast calls for mostly fair weather this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Tonight will be cooler with westerly winds 10 to 20 mph diminishing tonight. Lows 48 to 55, high Thursday 70 to 78.
AP reports 201 garbage collectors on strike in Copenhagen with 600 tons of garbage accumulating daily. A Health Board official warns that another heat spell could be disastrous as a week-long heat wave subsided on Tuesday.
After a week-long stoppage tying up eight Rochester projects Local 218 Sheetmetal Workers Union negotiators submit two settlement offers for a vote. One plan adds 38 cents over three years with a 10 cent first-year vacation fund. the other 39 cents with vacation in year two.
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