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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1964
Page
1
A wind driven blaze on the Hudson River waterfront destroyed five 500 foot piers, a coal trestle and five floating bridges in Jersey City. Police said the fire was contained by Thursday with much debris still burning and expected to burn overnight as crews continued dousing hotspots.
Gov. Romney declared a state of public emergency after mob violence and rock throwing at Hillsdale jail amid Essex Wire Co. strike. National Guard deployed and production halted at Essex plant with ban on picketing. local authorities to run government.
Traffic death figures show 282 statewide today, up from 270 a year ago, and 281 in Iowa today, compared with 215 a year earlier.
New York AP report states singer Judy Garland was rushed to Canossa Hospital unconscious and in critical condition after a typhoon with 90 mph winds hit her hotel. Oxygen was given and doctors worked for two hours. she remained on the critical list though out of immediate danger.
In Washington the civil rights fight stalled with a joint session hearing President Eamon de Valera while lawmakers split for Memorial Day weekend. Senate spent five hours with about one hour on the House civil rights bill as leaders push to secure a two thirds majority to invoke cloture.
President Johnson visits Arlington National Cemetery in a quiet observance to lay a wreath on John F. Kennedy's grave and pay silent tribute. The trip occurred without advance notice as the president stood with bowed head.
Nehru's body was committed to the flames in a Hindu cremation on the Jumna River bank watched by hundreds of thousands. Sanjaya Gandhi, 17, lit the pyre while crowds surged and police used clubs to manage the mob. International leaders arrived as the mourners filed past the bier on the porch and the gun carriage proceeded to Rajghat.
Sen. Barry Goldwater relies on neutrality pledges from Richard Nixon and Gov. William Scranton as he campaigns in California. Rockefeller tours Monterey Santa Cruz and San Francisco while Lodge remains silent. Goldwater warns of dollar risk if Rockefeller wins and cites a potential Marines action at Guantanamo.
The Labor Department reported a one tenth of one percent rise in April the Bureau of Labor Statistics noted a stable price situation for the year so far. The consumer price index reached 107.8 meaning ten dollars in the 1957 59 base cost ten dollars and eighty cents in that period.
In Akron area investigators recovered the skeletal remains of two youngsters who vanished within three days of each other about a year ago. Authorities say the probable cause is strangulation and are treating the discoveries as homicide evidence.
April traffic fatalities reached 3450 the highest for any month the National Safety Council said. First four months totals stood at 13350 up 14 percent from the previous record. A preliminary hearing for banker Edward H Lundquist was postponed to June 4. Saturn 1 rocket launched an unmanned Apollo model from Cape Canaveral the first step toward earth orbital missions and moon landings.
In Minnesota, Delores A. Wokasch 34 and her mother Harri et 53 died when their car collided head on with a heavily loaded water melon truck on Highway 60 near the Highway 169 intersection. The truck driver Robert F. Agard 31 escaped injury.
Gov. Mark Hatfield of Oregon, keynote at the Republican National Convention, says Oregon delegates will support Gov. Nelson Rockefeller as long as Rockefeller wins at least 35 percent in early balloting.
John Trollen safety director of Geo A Hormel and Co received an industrial safety award from Governor Karl Rolvaag at a Wednesday night banquet in St Paul. Four other Austinites attended with over 600 Minnesotans as the Minnesota Safety Council sponsored the event.
Washington reports a slowdown in the removal of Soviet troops from Cuba. Informed circles cite no dependable explanation for the delay while discounting exile raids as the main cause and suggest Cuban armed forces may seek more training time with weapons supplied by the Soviet Union and other Iron Curtain nations.
Police and fire units responded to 1009 8th Ave SW as two year old Allen Penkava stopped breathing. A babysitter performed mouth to mouth resuscitation before EMS arrived. The childwas transported to St Olaf Hospital and condition was not known at 1 PM.
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