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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1963
Page
1
In a pastoral letter Bishop James A. Pike of California prohibits glossolalia by Episcopalian clergy and orders exorcisms to occur only with authorization and psychiatric collaboration. He cites risks to church peace, unity, and doctrine despite claims of cures and religious experience.
The Gustavus Adolphus College campus hosted 26 Nobel winners and about 4,000 visitors for the dedication of Nobel Hall, a $1.5 million science building honoring Alfred Nobel. Dr. Glenn Seaborg and Dr. Ralph Bunche spoke, praising science and global peace while a Minnesota boy, Mike Anderson, met Dr. Hench.
The Minnesota Senate passed a bill boosting the gasoline tax from five to six cents a gallon by a 34 to 52 vote. The measure moves to the House for possible aviation gasoline inclusion and would take effect July 1 if approved. Leaders cited highway needs and a $12 million revenue increase while opponents warned of county burdens.
The Associated Press reports four fatalities across Minnesota over the weekend. Fritz Johnson, 72, of Minneapolis, died after being struck by a car. Sandra Kepler, 16, of Slayton, perished in a Lake Wilson area crash. Joseph Foeller, 18, of St. Paul, died when his car crashed near Afton. An 87 year old woman, Mrs. W. W. Reynolds of Wadena, was killed by an auto in Wadena.
Washington AP reports Congress will be busier this week with bills on the national debt pay for military personnel congressional junketing and the postal service. The House docket lacks the postal measure. The $6 billion bill funds the Treasury and Post Office for the coming fiscal year and follows Kennedy administration requests with about $150 million in cuts mostly in the Post Office operations budget.
Legislative leaders in St Paul study two year financial estimates showing about 635 million dollars in expenditures and 644 million in receipts. The figures include a possible 7 million in cancellations and leave just over 8 million for unbudgeted items. A 10 million state junior college program dominates added needs, with plans to fund it without a deficit. A 50 million ten year resource program funded partly by a cigarette tax is considered to relieve the general revenue fund. The bill includes northeastern Minnesota work relief projects.
Dick W. C. Anderson, once a Minneapolis salesman, tells St. Paul Pioneer Press he did not kill Mrs. T Eugene Thompson and will plead innocent to all homicide charges. He says he was not in the Thompson home on March 6 and denies meeting any Thompson family member.
Iowa's traffic toll for the year reached 171 deaths after three people died from injuries in traffic accidents over the weekend. The latest victims were Mrs. Doris Stevens of Portland Oregon, 52, Earl John Blum 19 of Milford and Mrs. Clelia Brooks 79 of Glenwood.
William G. Burkman 66 deputy commissioner of the State Tax Department died suddenly at his home Sunday night. A Hibbing native, he joined the department in 1934 as an auditor, became income tax director in 1936, served as acting tax commissioner briefly in 1961, and since June 1961 was deputy commissioner under Rolland F. Hefield.
Workers from a laborers union picketed construction sites in Sioux City South Sioux City Nebraska and Vermillion South Dakota on the sixth day of a contract dispute. Congress agreed to drop a Senate plan requiring a lump sum of seventy three million dollars to the Philippine government from last year’s World War II damage settlement.
Rep. Earl Wilson of Indiana urged President Kennedy to dismiss Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman for the good of the American farmer. The demand centers on Freeman's policies and their impact on farming during the Kennedy administration.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and Margaretta Murphy honeymoon at Monte Sacro ranch near Caracas, Venezuela, after a private plane arrival. They anticipate a two week stay as political debate back home weighs the impact of the marriage on his 1964 presidential prospects.
GOP leaders split into camps over how Rockefeller remarriage could influence a presidential bid. Some say divorce hurt him, others see no impact or possible gains, while some argue voters will focus on record and issue stands rather than private life. Rep. William E Miller weighs Rockefeller's future and past service.
In Birmingham state and federal officials pressed to curb unrest as a mass civil rights march proceeded. Police chief Eugene Connor reversed tactics allowing a peaceful route from New Pilgrim Baptist church to a park and back amid thousands of demonstrators, with 1,400 arrests reported in four days. The movement vows further demonstrations unless bi racial talks resume.
Thousands of Dominican soldiers moved to the Haiti border as jets and naval units backed border patrols. President Bosch signaled readiness to invade over the refugee crisis, while OAS diplomats and the Port au Prince embassy dispute urged restraint.
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