Municipal Building Contracts Awarded in Austin
Diekema Construction Co. won the general contract for the new Municipal Building at 4th Ave with a bid of 261900. Budd Plumbing & Heating Co. secured the plumbing bid at 32157 after Carr Plumbing & Heating withdrew. JWR Inc. earned the air conditioning bid at 42242 and Gordon Electric Co. the electrical bid at 31754.
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Diekema Construction Co
Albert Lea
Municipal
Utilities
Diekema
The
Utilities Board
Austin
Carr Plumbing & Heating Co
Budd Plumbing & Heating Co
JWR, Inc
Scheid Plumbing & Htg
Gordon Electric Co
4Th Ave
Old Water St
Todd Park
Northern Natural Gas Co
Austin Utilities
People’s Natural Gas Co
Golberg and Smith Lead Field in Commissioner Contest
In Mower County a GOP surge outpaced the DFL in a five candidate commissioner race. Elmer L. Andersen led governor totals with 3,596. Humphrey trailed with 3,499 as Peterson and Williams topped the U S Senate votes. Quie led the GOP ticket with 3,59 votes, Shepherd trailed. Voter turnout was about 7,300 with heavy anticipation for the November election.
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Mower County
DFL
Elmer L. Andersen
GOP
Orville Freeman
Belmont Tudisco
Hubert Humphrey
U. S. Senate
P. Kenneth Peterson
James Malcolm Williams
Peterson
Williams
al Quie
George Shepherd
Quie
Shepherd
Robert M. Johnson
Bernard Ericsson
A. L. Freeberg
Hjalmar Petersen
John Henderson
Conrad H. Hammar
William Kjeldahl
Anderson
Freeman
Conrad Hammer
St. James
Bill Kjeldahl
Fergus Falls
Knutson
Robert Johnson
Lakeville
Art Ogle
Mankato
G. Howard Spaeth
John C. Peterson
Duluth
Ogle
Karl Rolvaag
Republicans surge in Minnesota GOP primary amid Dems drift
In Minnesota on Tuesday Republicans showed strength as Hubert Humphrey trailed two GOP candidates for the Democratic nomination. Koya Knutson appeared set to defeat Roy Wiseth in the Ninth District after last cycle loss, while Elmer Andersen led Freeman in governor race.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Democratic - Farmer- Labor
Coya Knutson
Coya Knutson Moves Toward Return to Washington
In Minneapolis AP report former Rep. Coya Knutson, two years out after a public rift with her husband, leads in the Minnesota 9th District primary with 11,116 votes to 9,029 for Roy Wiseth from 465 of 642 precincts.
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Freeman
DFL
Andersen
Minneapolis
Coya Knutson
Washington
Knutson
Coya
Congress
Democratic - Farmer - Labor
Roy Wiseth
Wiseth
August Duren
Fergus Falls
Andy Knutson
Okloe
William Kjeldahl
Sathre Leads In Mower County State Representative Race
In primary results Sathre edges Schaffer for the Mower County state representative nomination with 2738 to 2449 votes. Hanson eliminated with 2044. For county commissioner districts five and one, Golberg and Ed Smith lead in district five, while Larson and Wuertz lead in district one. Austin ward breakdown shows Schaffer leading citywide, but Sathre strong in rural Mower County.
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Harvey B
Sathre
Adams Farmer
Emil Schaffer
Mower County
Schaffer
Herbert J. Hanson
Elkton Farmer
Austin
Sabre
Hanson
Golberg
Said Smith
Runquist
Johnson Eee
Err Eetee
Ira Smith
Ewer Eeee
Larson Oseneteves
Mee Eee
Accidental Shooting In Farm Home Leaves Youth Injured
Victor Andrews, 19, was critically wounded by a .22 caliber pistol discharged while handling a Colt handgun at the Miller Jester farm home 62 miles northeast of Austin. Clinton Burton, 19, and sisters Judy 14 Janet 15 were present. sheriff Reinartz leads ongoing investigation.
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Victor Andrews
10Th Ave
Andrews
Clinton Burton
2Nd Ave
Miller Jester Farm
Austin
Jester
Judy
Janet
Darlene
Deloris
Mathison
Brownsdale
Mrs. Jester
Burton
Nye Andrews
Sarah Burton
Reinartz
U S Places Restrictions on Castro
The United States ordered Fidel Castro restricted to Manhattan Island during his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week. The limits mirror those placed on Nikita Khrushchev and two other Soviet bloc leaders, announced by Secretary of State Christian A. Herter at a news conference.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Manhattan Island
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Castro
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Dates and times set for Nixon Kennedy debates
Networks announce the first debate in Chicago on Sept 26 from 9 30 to 10 30 p m EDT on domestic policy. Followed by two news panel programs Oct 7 and Oct 13 with split screen if needed, plus a foreign policy discussion Oct 21 from New York. Networks CBS NBC and ABC will carry the events on radio and television.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Chicago
Nixon
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Senator Thomas Hennings Dies of Abdominal Cancer
Senator Thomas C. Hennings Jr. 57, long-time chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, died Tuesday in Washington after a battle with abdominal cancer. He had served in the Senate since 1950 and was a member of the Democratic Party. The death leaves his party and state seeking a successor.
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Hubert Humphrey
DFL
Washington
Thomas C. Hennings Jr
Dmc
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Lumumba Urges Congo Army Unity Against Imperialists
Premier Patrice Lumumba, speaking from Leopoldville on Radio, urged the divided Congo army to unite against imperialists profiting from chaos. He asserted there is only one government defending Congolese interests as Kasavubu and Lumumba clash and mutinied troops drift along tribal lines.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Lumumba
Leopoldville
U.N
Kasavubu
Nixon campaign plane grounded by hydraulic leak
A chartered plane carrying Vice President Richard M. Nixon on his cross country tour was grounded due to a hydraulic system leak affecting the landing gear. About 27 of roughly 55 accompanying newsmen rode in Nixon's plane, while the rest awaited a substitute craft in Boise Idaho.
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Boise, Idaho
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
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John Kennedy
St. Louis
International Association of Machinists
Kiel Auditorium
AP Photofax
Carr
Hormel
Harold Lamon
American Public Power Generation Committee
H and C Electric Co
Golberg and Smith
Graham Uzick
Harsel Kallestad
John C Peterson
Russell Underdahl
Uzick
Warren Hanson
Mary Schuck
Fern McRober
Rachel Holt
Miss Schuck
Herald
P. K. Peterson
James M. Williams
St. Paul
Andy
Ily
Kjeldahl
Conrad Hammar
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Hubert H. Humphrey
Orville L. Freeman
Humphrey
Ray Hemenway
Odin Langen
Phil Golberg
Ed EF. Smith
Smith
Erling Runquist
Paul Edwin Johnson
Ira (Dietz) Smith
Luther K. Larson
Dexter
Werner Wuertz
Waltham
Larson
Wuertz
Robert Clark
Ash and
Water Streets
al Reinartz
Thison
U.S
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
American Broadcasting Co
Sen. Hennings
Mumba
Ed Bjork
Orrin Prestegaard
Roger Saman
Phil Ward
W. H. Rosenbrock
Shaw
Beneseestold
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