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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1963
Page
2
Mrs. Sara Bartholomae describes a $1 million shrine she plans to build east of Los Angeles shaped like John Glenns Mercury capsule. She cites a recent $4 million divorce settlement and says a vision during prayer after Glenns flight showed the space vehicle as a beautiful shrine.
In a Tokyo briefing the U S Embassy said NASA favoring an Australian site for satellite tracking, deeming it technically superior to options in Japan and the Philippines. Japan had been asked in 1962 and again later to allow construction, but offered little enthusiasm.
Texas and Iowa were virtually tied for first in government farm payments in 1962. Texas received $148.461 million and Iowa $148.228 million, part of a total $1.736 billion nationwide, up from $1.484 billion in 1961. Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, and Nebraska each surpassed $50 million in subsidies.
The House cut nearly half of the funds Rep. Adam Clayton Powell sought to run his committee and halted the special task force he heads. The move follows criticism of Powell for junketing and concentrating control within the task force over the past two years.
The Minnesota Senate approved a sweeping overhaul of unemployment compensation with a 39 to 24 vote after eight liberal amendments failed. The bill, supported by the Minnesota Employers Association, would raise employer contributions to fund the changes and sets new base period and earnings requirements, boosting maximum benefit and duration while restricting benefits for misconduct and short tenure workers. Final passage expected Friday as House also advances a companion bill.
In Siracusa Sicily, police report the Costa sisters cows were not stolen but borrowed. Five cows were led to a deserted area after dogs were drugged, milked, and then returned with little trace of the crime.
London AP. Alice Bacon a Labour MP says a caller in heavy French accent warned she is on the OAS list and to expect death. Yard posts guard outside her London flat as bidault interview fuels strain in British French relations.
Pickands Mather and Co. will open a new taconite deposit in northeastern Minnesota along the Dunka River between Virginia and Aurora east of Hoyt Lakes. Gov. Elmer L. Andersen announced the project will create substantial employment and involve stripping, extracting, shipping and processing ore as part of an economic revival driven by taconite support.
In New York City Local 1 of the AFL-CIO Stereotypers Union joined printers and mailers in strikes against four newspapers. Mayor Wagner mediates as talks continue, with possible settlement terms if negotiations fail. Four other papers remained closed voluntarily. A separate Cleveland dispute leaves two papers dark in its 15th week.
Moscow reports the Soviet tourist agency chair says 300000 foreign tourists and businessmen visited the Soviet Union last year, including 17000 Americans.
In Paris the De Gaulle government and about 200000 striking coal miners clash over a back-to-work draft. Miners demand an 11 percent wage rise and a 40 hour week, while the government offers 5.7 percent. Union support grows as gas workers join a two hour Friday strike and local towns aid families.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department expresses optimism for hog producers amid shifting consumer tastes beer gaining popularity over pork. The department notes the downward pork consumption trend may be leveling out, signaling a potential stabilizing market.
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