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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1963
Page
2
In London the Conservative government survived a no confidence vote on defense policy and cleared a plan to unify Britain's three armed services under a single defense ministry. The Commons voted 333-237 against Labor and 323-257 for the reorganization.
Raymond Nakai a 45 year old radio announcer and ordnance worker was elected Navajo tribal chairman beating Paul Jones who sought a third term Jones 63 was in Washington testifying before Senate committees and could not be reached Nakai said he would work to fulfill plan discussed with Navajos more than 25000 people voted with most ballots cast on the reservation spanning Arizona New Mexico and Utah
Latrobe Pa. St Vincent College directors ordered football dropped from the sports schedule due to declining attendance and scheduling difficulties.
Remoans illness keeps E. L. Turner off job as he marks his 100th birthday in Valdosta Georgia. The Valdosta Daily Times publisher, owner since 1889, turned the paper daily in 1905 despite a history of hospital stays and a feisty habit of returning to work quickly.
The speaker notes better range conditions this year than last, but lighter mountain snow and thinner subsoil, suggesting possible summer grazing. Despite good feed, cattle runs at sales markets are heavy as west cattlemen worry about falling prices and may liquidate before further declines.
British Labor leaders and several papers faulted the Conservative government and security services for letting former French premier Georges Bidault enter and leave Britain amid an interview aired by the BBC. Critics pressed for answers on how Bidault slipped in, how he eluded detectives, and why warnings were ignored.
The Oklahoma City Times prints its editions completely set by a computer in a milestone on E. K. Gaylord's 90th birthday. The system, backed by IBM, uses perforated tape to drive a 1620 computer that outputs 85 lines per minute, keeping eight type cast machines busy. Newspapers expect cost savings and broader timely news for millions of readers.
A Duluth man, John Mrsech, 75, died after a car struck him while he crossed a street near his home on Duluth’s outskirts. The toll in Minnesota highways rose to eight deaths by Tuesday night, with other fatalities reported in Minneapolis and Marshall.
President Kennedy stated the United States will insist on a nuclear test ban treaty with on site inspections to detect any series of secret Soviet tests. He supported Deputy Disarmament Chief Adrian Fisher on progress detecting underground explosions and distinguishing them from earthquakes, while negotiations remain challenging.
Grand Meadow Mayor Robert Burns will attend a three day Municipal Conference starting March 27 at the University of Minnesota Center for Continuing Study. The event, co sponsored by the Minnesota Association of Mayors and Minnesota League of Municipalities, focuses on small and medium size municipality issues with a problem clinic for questions from officials.
A 23 year old aviation electronics technician Loren Neal Duffield stationed at the Norfolk Naval Air Station admitted killing 14 year old Gwendolyn Constance Padgett who had left home for a babysitting job in Norfolk and was found dead in a wooded area of Virginia Beach. Duffield was said to have re enacted the crime for investigators.
Stacyville Iowa freshmen JoAnne Halbach and Kathleen Lamhbaere at Mount Mercy College Cedar Rapids joined Sigma Zeta Mu an honorary society for science and mathematics majors both graduates of Visitation High School in 1962 daughters of Ronald Halbach and George Lamhbaere
A House Judiciary Committee bill to grant Sir Winston Churchill honorary US citizenship was approved unanimously. President Kennedy would proclaim the citizenship, Churchill’s 88th birthday message to Capitol Hill expressed deep appreciation for the honor.
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