The Austin Daily Herald from Austin, Minnesota • 1

1 SiJSvMk Aft AUSTIN MINN RIDAY JUNE 14 1957 Member Associated Press 14 Pages State Crop Prospects Tax Reduction ''V AreGenerally Good ih i Vi PETERSON TO BE ENVOY AP Wirephoto Truck overturned in shallow to GROUND GIVES WAY vIWo x4ui auhui iui exaimnauon JJOC farmer lost his life and is 77 tors said she apparently suffered first I thought it was a VAflVylr1 VIM fa 14lA I AuLr gau a 1 I VMA41P TASt1 0 A MnthlMM MAttl of Teamsters foods here The ex imo a toot well at their arm MANKATO Crop shav rallied home near here Thursday night a a 1a4 otMoUvi mI government to because of unfavorable winds' WEATHER written Sen I The Weather 1957 City Traffic A The action at Thursday night's CLU meeting was an outgrowth of an intra Teamsters feud On of their son by the Air to at Henaman said the two pigs were apparently beaten with clubs and he reported every one of their ribs was broken The pigs weighed 50 60 pounds Henaman said a third pig was pro bill the sec of Provisional ignole was in a mijjtary Teamsters Withdraw rom Rochester CLU A TEST POSTPONEDATOMIC TEST SITE Nev (fl fourth nuclear blast of the current Jest season set for this armer 75 Drowns in Well Wife Sayed 'TOWER Minn (fl A 75 vear oId sinia Minn for praminatlrm TW Accidents WiotolltiesInJurlej Domoge ROCHESTER Minn (fl Team sters local 874 second largest un ion in the Rochester Central La bor Union (CLU) withdrew from the CLU Thursday night and Bert Alexander Jr subsequently re signed as CLU president at the re quest of delegates Alexander is business agents of the plasterers union here but has been' woridog part time with the Teamsters recently as an organ izer He bad headed the CLU since January Twenty tvtp AELCIO unions had been affiliated in 'the AJUr The' only one larger than the 700 mem ber teamsters was' the Hospital Hotel and Restraurant Employes Union ui nil xvuu vu one side were Edward Cassidy Humphrey an ex president of the Teamsters gus alls' pros pects for all crops A report earlier this week by the federal and state agricultural office in St Paul also rated crop prospects as generally good and moisture as adequate Prospects were the best in north western Minnesota 'and the Red River Valley Hopper Threats Hay and pastures were doing well the survey showed but some had to recover from severe winter kill resulting from inadequate snow cover In some areas Hop per threats were lessened after CAMPBELL Ky (fl A canvas covered Army truck ca reened off a bridge yesterday and landed upside down in a rocky creek bed killing 14 paratroopers and injuring nine others Many of the injured lay trapped among the dead until a helicopter lifted the rear' of the flattened truck The soldiers of the new 101st Airborne Division were returning to barracks after four days of field training in: a remote area of this vast base union and his attorney Richard Hr Plunkett also attorney for the CLU On the other side in the controversy was Max Durand sec retary treasurer and business agent of the Teamsters local Cassidy asked Durand to step out pl office while a special panel named by the CLU examines use ii Soon to Quit Humphrey soon to step out of the administration presented his fiscal views to a Senate House Economic subcommittee Asked by 'Chairman Mills (D Ark) to state all whether the administration pro 1 poses to recommend a tax reduc tion to Congress next year' Humphrey replied: are no such plans that 1 know of My view is that a tax cut is absolutely out of the questloft this and would be a great Next Year? YOUTHS CLUB 2 PIGS TO DEATH NEAR CITY Considerable cloudiness a little cooler today and tonight occasional showers Saturday partly cloudy lit Jle change in temperature then fined Cassidy $2500 and sus pended him from membership in definitely Plunkett went to court in an effort to have the books turned over for an audit by Cassidy and that matter still is before district court The Teamsters' withdrawal came during a discussion i on whether Plunkett should be retain ed lawyer for the CLU Durand told the' CLU in a letter that the Teamsters had voted to disaffiliate wife the CLU unless Plunkett was fired However a resolution then submitted by another group of CLU members criticized the Team sters for fining Cassidy such a large amount and also commended Plunkett for efforts in defending Cassidy When this resolution was passed (Continued on Page 13) TEAMSTERS Youth oils to Reach Raft in Lake Drowns ST PAUL (fl 'Kenneth Schip ansky 17 drowned Thursday night in Lake while trying to swim to a raft some 200 feet off shore Kenneth son of Mr and Mrs Henry Schipansky was swimming with his brother Larry 16 and Stephen and Duane Cunningham 16 and 14 respectively of Maple wood when he went down Tavern Owner Shot in Holdup Struggle MINNEAPOLIS (fl A tavern owner was shot and wounded dur ing a struggle with two youthful holdup men night police said Harold Sutton 48 237 Cedar Lake Road suffered a wound in the upper thigh as he was taking his car out of his garage at 11 pm to drive to Tavern 1411 Glenwood Ave He was reported in fair condi tion at General Hospitals The youths took no money police were told by James Olson Indianapolis a son in law here on a visit hope to maintain a high respect for law when the Legislature itself i continues to defy the highest law i of our state as expressed in the Needs Correction in he said in referring to reapportion ment that when state legislatures become dangerously unrepresentative the situation must he The governor shared the plat form' with State Treasurer Vai Bjornson The two drove to Duluth from St Paul together after bad weather prevented their planned plane trip Bjornson said in his prepared speech that the state of Minne sota has become a competitor with its municipalities for loans from state funds He said this was the chief reason the State Board of Investment decided to discontinue making direct loans to cities vil lages and school districts for about six months Bjornson said the honor ed process borrowing from our will have to be changed to the huge build ing program "The big he said "currently that of placing our (Continued on Page 13) 1 REEMAN Walton interceded with the De fense Department to speed the bod home by air Nmed to accompany the re Stassen Sees Gains in Disarmament Drive after a late spring and may make a good showing There is adequate moisture for the present in Blue Earth County said County Agent Byron Kunkel Oats show some yellow from lack of nitrogen prob ably from the cool dry spring and lack of fertilizer ST JAMES John Ankeny lSfenwan County agent says con ditions look now that topsoil has jlenty of moisture Average height for com is six inches but it is weedy Oats look uneven but good Most soy bean acreage has been planted ALBERT LEA reeborn County could stand more warm weather for better com growth said County Agent Elton Senske There was some 'com replanting estimated by Senske at less than 5 per cent Some soybean and silo corn planting has not been done Weeds are from five to six inches in height ERGUS ALLS Crop pros pects are excellent afteran ideal spring says Nick Weyrens West (Continued on Page 13) CROPS shot frith a 22 rifle' He said the two injured pigs "were still alive When be found them and he kept rhhfht 1 recover They died shortly after' Sheriffs deputies Investigated the farm and Henaman has now put up no trespass'ng signs He said he hqs about 135 pigs and youngsters have been tres passing a lot lately and bother ing livestock Cafe ire Damage igured at $30000 SPRINGIELD Minn (fl An elusive fire in the basement of the Springfield cafe caused an esti mated $30000 damage Thursday Springfield ire Chief Ernest Guse said the damage was mostly caused by smoke and water be cause firemen were unable to get to the fire in the basement of the building Neighboring businesses a bak ery a barber shop and a veter office also suffered damage Haiti Government Overthrown Again AU PRINCE Haiti (fl The government President Daniel overthrown today coup It was the fifth be unseated in this troubled Negro republic since last December ignole who had wide backing among the peasants and working classes took" office after street clashes erupted into brief cfVil morning was postponed 24 hours war May 25 Two helicopters were used evacuate the victims to the base hospital Authorities said air the survivors are expected to live A board of inquiry began an investigation of the accident the worst in the history of this 100000 acre military reservation It oc curred on the Tepnejsee section of the sprawling post authorities1 declined Jo speculate as to the cause pend ing an official report Excessive Speed Several survivors estimated the truck was traveling 40 to 45 miles an hour The Campbell speed limit on gravel roads is 25 miles an hour The victims were members of the 327th AnhonieInfantryof the famed air borne division of World War II whose commander said to a German Remand for their sur render while besieged at Bas fopte WASHINGTON (fl President Eisenhower today nominted Vai Peterson to be ambassador to Denmark Leo A Hoegh former Republican governor of Iowa was picked to succeed Peterson a federal civil defense admlnlstra t6r Both nominations aubjett to Senate confirmation Peterson former GOP governor of Nebraska has been chief of the Civil Defense since ebruary 1953 or a few weeks prior to thatK he served as an ad ministrative assistant to Eisen hower' Hoegh49 was governor of Iowa tions to a grason was "rescued when a cave OVV XV aw WVM M1CU1 UQ4U1 I ma John Ollila drowned His wife was? pulled out by her grandson Deputy Sheriff John Bolka said the two were sitting on their porch last evening when they noticed the pump on the nearby well was shaking' Ground Gave Way Ollila went to investigate The ground around the well gave way and he fell in His wife who was following him got too close and slid in after hirp Her screams brought a grand son Marvin Ollila 18 who Was visiting from an upstairs room She warned him not to come too close but to get a rope and toss it to her While die held on to the rope he pulled her out Ran for Help The youth said he could not see his grandfather who was covered with mud water and broken tim bers Since there is no telephone i at the Ollila home he ran to a neighbor for help i Deputy sheriffs gulled out Olli 1 body with grappling hooks aft er working about six hours Dr I Moeller the deputy coro ner' said' he had drowned 1 Mrs Olbia was taken to Vir i VOL XC No 140 you had was They said Evans has been picked up by the BI and sent back to Travis Air orce Base Maj Gen Joe Kelly of the Air orce wrote Thye' prior to arrest that military juris diction was limited to disciplinary 1 measures not provide for liquidation of the Later however when Thye posed introducing a private for repayment of the $350 Pentagon told him that the retary erf the Air orce had been informed of the matter aces Court Martial 1 Mrs Walton has now informed Thye that Brig Gen Alfred Kai yerer of Travis Air orce Base" flew to Minnesota on a special trip on orders 'of Gen Nathan Twin ing Air orce chief of staff paid us for the checks while he was Thye said Evans has been Youths frith a mean streak a mile long recently beat two pigs to death and shot another at the Henatnan Oak astride the Kentucky Tennessee line Smashed Bridge Rail The 24 ton truck suddenly weaved 'racross a gravel road sliced off 15 to 20 feet of steel bridge rail in failing to make a curve and smashed into the shal low creek 20 feet below Several soldiers struggled free tried unsuccessfully to free their buddies and then proppet the heads of the trapped men above water One survivor clambered up the bank to summon aid i MOB Pract ically everyone got into the fight at Ebbets i I Brooklyn Thursday Identifiable by numbers are Sal Maglie (35) and Amoros (151 of Dodgersand Warren Spahn(21 of Braves also Carl Sawatski (15) of Braves vand Car uriJIo (6) of Dodgers in center of meleeGil Hodges of Dodgers is In center bareheaded pulling leg of one of fighters on ground Braves won game 8 5 (AP Wirephoto) 195 1957 396 4 370 Nona Nona 28 46 $53122 $51690 DULUTH Minn (fl Gov ree man criticized horse trading that revolves around local in a talk before the League of Minnesota Municipalities today The governor also criticized the failure to enact a reapportionment law know that time and again a conscientious legislator is forced to make a choice betweeh' sun porting a general measure in I which he does not honestly believe Lor losing a measure that he re gards as essential for the welfare of his constituents in the form of a local the governor said Kind of Preassure He added that system should force a legislator to submit to this kind of pressure to be forced to take a certain stand un der penalty of losing his local The governor said that by put ting local matters where they be long under the principles of home rule and taking (hem out of the i hands 'of the would remove one of the most serious factors now threatening both the efficiency and the integ I city of uor legislative reeman said be was giving se rious consideration to appointment of a committee to study the re apportkxunent question He said he not see how we could RONDON (fl Harold Stassen a sad today that the big powers are nearer to a first step disar mament agreement 'than they have been since World War II Stassen delegate to the five nation Disarmament subcommittee returned from Washington for resumption of the arms talks afternoon after conferences with Secretary of State Dulles and other State De partmentofficials are nearer to an agree ment for the first step than we have been at any time in the last 10 Donors of Blood Needed w' for Operation Little Louise Retterath 'Is rea dyr 7" Dr Richard Varco is ready University Hospitals facilities are ready and waiting but the operation to close the hole in the walls of the 8 year old heart cannot begin until 14 don ors with type negative are standing by Thursday four donors with this type blood volunteer ed but none have been found since so the search for persons with this extremely rare blood type in Mower County is con Anyone who thinks he has type negative? can contact Mrs Ruth Ramsey executive secre of the Mower 'County Red Cross at HE 3 3335 until 4:30 and HE 7 4983 thereafter The four donors who have volunteered are Robert Hague 208 Chatham Vincent Klein 1111 Richard Espe' 709 Wilson and Leonard Espe 1704 Sheldon on 1958 WASHINGTON (fl Secretary? of the Treasury Humphrey told Congress today a tax cut this year is out of the ques and said it was to speculate on prospects fori 1958 Untilgovernment 'spendytg is adjust to provide" Treasury surplus for the forsef able future Humphrey 'Indicated? that he foresaw no prospect of BabyJwister Destroys Barn Near New Ulm By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A baby twister swooped down on a farming area near New Ulm Thursday evening while most of the rest of the state was getting rain The windstorm demolished a bam on the Donald Schroeder farm about 6:30 pm' A neighbor Walter Schroeder reported many trees blown down on jiis farm and damage to small buildings The wind just missed New Ulm which got 48 of an inch of rain Hail caused considerable dam age on farms in the Buffalo Lake "area cutting a swath a mile wide and 15 miles long Hail stones piled up to a depth of six inches In some spots More than 400 chickens were killed on the Denton Burgstahler farm south of Buffalo Lake Seven farms in the area reported a total loss of field crops our others suffered partial losses Near Ulftl the wind blew down fence at a drive in theater and carried a fish house a quarter mile Heaviest rain included 211 inch at Benson' 187 at Brainerd i bi at jrort Ripley and 126 in St Cloud Other rain reports included 68 of an inch in Alexandria 39 in Bemidji 48 in Redwood alls 18 the Twin Cities 08 in Inter national alls and J2 in Roches ter The forecast for today calls for considerable a little cooler and scattered showers and thunderstorms from 1954 through 1956 He was defeated in a bid for re election Before his election as governor fie served as attorney gen eral from 1953 to' 1954 Lately be has been engaged In private law practice Asked about any background White House jp ea a setretqry James Hagerty said Hoegh the civil defense pro gram in The salary of the civil defense administrator is $17500 a year tax reduction before 1959 As ambassador to Denmark Peterson will step up to $25000 He will succeed Ambassador Rob ert Coe who resigned May 6 mains as a military escort was Airman lC Jesse Evans No more was heard from Mrs Walton until she recently wrote the senator: Cheeks Cashed military escort that wes sent from Travis Air orce Base one Jesse Evans stayed here for several days and we tried to be as nice as possible to him So about three weeks 4 later stops to see us Then a week later he showed up again saying that he was on leave and talked my husband into cashing several checks for him amounting to $350 Of course the checks came back marked no account "I immediately got in touch with the Air orce here and they tell me that he is a deserter The ir year oiq wiie wno shouted instruc only from shock and a possible 'Sprained ankle Bolka" said cave appar ently was caused 'by failure of timbers neat the bottom of the well When the timbers gave way the earth caved in making an of the turf around the well Official 8 Reading Taken ifrom Roof of ire Station: Readings at 8:30 today 66' Low previous 24 hours 61' High previous 24 hours 88 Weather Cloudy percipitation Readings Take at the Herald Building Every Hour THURSDAY Hoegh Nominated for Top CD Post cnat would be idle to make plans for any tax reduction at thia time until we know how much more about what next year is going to On economic! prospects Hum phrey said the nation can look forward a continuing 1 period of high 'if government snendinir eonlrnlM anH He said he hoped that there would be no? further increase in inflationary pressures working days nights and Sundays: to prevent he said As he has before Hutnphrey said again he beleives present tax rates are too high but that general tax reduction should fie considered at the present 'r' most effective tax cut that can be made to promote healthy economic development' is a reduc tioiT which will being benefit to all taxpayers when your fiscal situa tion be said Humphrey warned against what he called ill considered ax slashing of the budget" Impossible Now Humphrey Says 11 Stassen told reporters at London Airport Problems Remain difficult problems re he continued of the major problems has been over come but a few major ones re main ll the first step the most difficult which is verified by the fact that it has been 11 years being Officials in Washington after conferences there de scribed as encouraging: reaction to the new plan for a limited start on arms con io wasauigo ion last week Stassen had dis? cussed the American plan private ly ana mtormaliv with Valerian Zorin Soviet disarmament dele gate Soviet Reaction One factor contributing encouragement the initial Soviet reaction was a (Continued on Page 13) STASSEN Refuses to rf Speculate Air orce Repays State Couple leeced by Escort for Son Body reeman Assails 'Legislative Horse Trading' on Local Bills sects Weeds as were a problem The county agent In reeborn County said weeds were fine" 'Here are the detailed reports from around the state: Recent rains gave Rice County crops a in the said Rice County Agent Warren Lieben stein Although crops about a week behind 1956 prospectsare good for oats hay soybeans and corn On the whole the outlook is good Corn and soy bean planting delayed by inces sant rain' now has been completed and is showing good growth But said Liebenstein com have to go some to reach the tradi tional knee high by the ourth of Behind Average ST CLOUD Steams County crops behind aver age ow said Stearns County Agent Lenzmeier He adds however that crop prospects appear average There is a mois ture shprtageubut the situation js froSftCrlticah'WftiostuJl been' planted and most is up in good condition: About 85 per cent of soybean crop planted Small grain looks good but about a week behind Hay also is slow and the dtp will be short due to winter kill Small grains in Mow er County are off to good start but com and soybeans slow here too says Ronald Seath assistant county agent Seeding of small grains completed before rainy KfeU Moisture level current ly adequate and early hay crop is foreseen by some farmers Some early corn failed to come up be cause it was planted deep and failed to germinate in the cold damp weather Some farmers ex pect 50 per cent on early fields and most do not' expect the 70 100 bushel yields of last year Weed infestation very bad Rain drowned out many young grass hoppers "but remain problem TIOCHESTER 'Planting of com and soybeans has been com pleted in Olmsted County Com planting wis somewhat late due to wet weather anners say small grain prospects are good nut pastures are only fair con dition a result'd fearytoprlng dry ness WASHINGTON (fl A Minne sota couple who said they were fleeced of $350 by 'the military escort for the body have been repaid orce The mother has Thye (R Minn) about their expe rience with the escort who accom panied lhe remains of her sot from the ar East where he was killed in plane crash do hope that this will put an end to our troubles for time and we can start trying to make a new life for the tooth A wrote Killedin Crash Airman 2C William Walton son of Mr and Mrs Asa Wal ton of Hopkins Minn was killed in a crash in Janan earlier this year Thye at toe request of Jfrs onic part is that the Air orce first takes our son life and then sends his body home with a thief The loss of the money hurt as much as knowing the trust martial pretty good: nothing seri ous" said PvtRonal3vSjjrtis 21 Kalamazoo 'Mich one' of the survivors there was a fall ing sensation then a not a crash 1 No Panic was a feeling of falling and a pressure of bodies against us Everyone was being tossed There was no no screaming no Curtis said he saw an opening 'and crawled out along with two lor three others While the others tried to aid their trapped com (Continued on Page 13) ACCIDENT 14 Paratroopers Killed as Truck Plunges I htd Creek Car Runs Into Pitch One Dead MADELIA Minn (fl One man was killed and six other persons were injured when their car went through a dead end country road intersection and into a ditch about 9 riday Killed was Glenn Watje 24 of Round Lake The injured all from Round Lake were Donald Wiese 19 William Manitz 26 Eldon Vonholdt 23 Marilyn Row ley 49 Victor Techau 27 and Gloria reshour 19 Wiese and Miss Rowley were reported most seriously hurt but first reports from the hospital here were that none was in poor condi tion The death brought 1957 traffic toll to 255 compared with 190 at this time last year Austin Daily herald Single 7c By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 'Crop' prospects ere generally good in Minnesota but some grains notably soybeans and corn are a little behind the pace of last year An Associated Press survey to day of agricultural conditions around the state showed adequate moisture In most areas grasshop per threats to spine southern Minnesota counties and a likeli hood that com would not be high by the ourth'dl Glowing Reports Most glowing reports came from Winona and ergus alls Around Winnnn nrftflnprfc fnr small ffrnlfi jzva UIIVQW WV4C 4C3BC11CU auei were rated er 'heavy rain drowned the small in a1 4 it a If wi oSI wt ipy Wv i M3I Ul creek ill 'j'o Ti Tl'TnMrr 1 5 1 80 7P 81 2 82 8 78 3 81 9 PM 4S rTT82 10 75 5 IIP 74 6 81 12 Midnight I 73 RIDAY 1 A 73 7 A 66 2 A 70 ji 8 A 68 3 A 66 li 9 A Mi 69 4 A Mz 67 10 A 70 5 A 66 11 A 73' AM 66 12 Noon 75 1957 City I.