Austin Growth Tied to New Building Plans and Jobs
Wayne Austin announces multiple investments in Austin including Judd Co. new 15000 sq ft building in Industrial Park and Art Metals acquisition by Bergstrom. Volkswagen franchise and 42 acre site planned with 15 employees. McDonalds to open new Austin facility. 275 new jobs last year. Tricia Nixon sails to Norfolk for Azalea Festival coronation.
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Herald City
Austin
Wayne Austin
Holiday Inn
Judd Co
Arts Metals
Bruce L. Bergstrom
Austin Iron Works, Inc
Volkswagen
Blazer
Frederick H. Blazer, Jr
10Th St
Hormel Co
Todd Park
Ross Graves
Associated Architects
Bergstrom
Art Metals
E. A. Petersen
Main St
Oakland Ave
Ed Klimek
1St Ave
Highway 218-N
John Kizer
Stillwater
E. Kizer
Sth Ave
14Th St
Joseph Construction Co
Austin Lanes
Washington
Nixon
Tricia
Norfolk
Defectors Leave Sweden as 58 Depart U S Military
AP dispatches report that 58 U S military defectors have left Sweden for the United States or American camps. The first to depart was 21 year old Jones of Detroit who left Stockholm March 12 1968 to return to West Germany.
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U.S
Sweden
United States
Jones
Detroit
Mich
West Germany
Upper river flood damage set 109.4 million dollars
The U S Army Corps of Engineers estimates floods in the Upper Mississippi Basin and Red River Valley caused 109.4 million dollars in damage across four states. Agricultural losses lead with 40.1 million, plus highway rail and airport damage of 29 million and urban damage of 24.3 million.
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Red River
North
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
St. Paul
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Minneapolis teachers reject 5 percent pay raise plan
Public school teachers in Minneapolis balked at a compromise offer supporting a 5 percent raise for the next school year. The School Board backed an Egan panel plan proposing a starting salary of 7040 from Jan 1, up from 6700, with 187 teaching days and enhanced fringe benefits costing about six mills in property taxes.
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Minneapolis
Arthur J. Egan
Fargo woman dies in collision near Hawley
Mrs. Robert E. Lindaas of Fargo North Dakota was killed Tuesday night when her car collided at the intersection of county roads 10 and 31 eight miles south of Hawley Minnesota. Her husband and the Fischs aged 23 were treated and listed in fair condition at a Moorhead hospital. Minnesota's 1969 road toll rose to 178 from 264 last year.
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Hawley
Minn
Robert E. Lindaas
Fargo
N.D
Clay County
Lindaas
Thomas Fisch
Fisch
U.S. Loses Six Helicopters in Vietnam War Crashes
The U S Command reported six helicopter losses including a midair collision north of Saigon that killed 16 American and South Vietnamese personnel with no survivors. Two other crashes killed three Americans and wounded three U S soldiers and 20 South Vietnamese.
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Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
Nixon urges $61 million war on organized crime
President Nixon asked Congress for a $61 million budget to combat organized crime including police corruption and illegal gambling. He proposed antitrust tools to strike at syndicate controlled businesses and a broad witness immunity law, plus higher taxes on gamblers and expanded strike forces in 20 cities. New York City received special attention in the message.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Cosa Nostra
New York City
Mississippi crest nears as Iowa Illinois brace for floods
Floodwaters along the Mississippi surge south toward Prairie du Chien and Dubuque as dikes and levees face strain. Army engineers urge vigilance amid softening embankments while communities rely on strengthened defenses and evacuations in Wisconsin and Minnesota flood zones.
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Illinois
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Libby
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Experts see sex attitudes freer and franker, says conference
At a Pittsburgh gathering of psychologists educators and religious scholars experts warn attitudes have liberalized but doubt national sex practices have changed. They cite regional differences and note increased candor among teens while acknowledging limited behavioral shifts.
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Pittsburgh
William Young
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Rex W. Speers
University of Pittsburgh
White House
James H. Gunn
Andy Home For Children
Chicago
U S responds to Soviet concern on naval buildup
The State Department answered Soviet worries over a growing U S naval presence in the Sea of Japan. The Pentagon said 23 U S warships now guard reconnaissance planes including the PC121 after Nixon pledged flights would continue and be protected. Soviet diplomats raised the issue in Moscow but did not lodge a formal protest, according to State Department officials.
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State Department
U.S
Sea of Japan
Nixon
Pentagon
Carl Bartch
Moscow
Bartch
Jacob Beam
Vasily Kuznetzov
Lyle Soldier Roy Maas 22 Killed Near Saigon
Roy F Maas 22 son of Mr and Mrs Paul Maas Lyle Minnesota was killed Friday April 18 near Saigon in a tank battle with North Vietnamese The AP report described a day long fight 50 miles northwest of Saigon involving the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Four tanks were lost seven killed and 28 wounded Maas was a gunner on a military vehicle He was a 1966 Lyle High School graduate and had enlisted July 28 1966 He is survived by parents three sisters and two brothers funeral arrangements pending.
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Minn
Roy F. Maas
Paul F. Maas
Saigon
Austin Herald
Associated Press
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Sp 5 Mans
Sp. 5 Maas
Mower County
Austin
Grand Meadow
Dexter
Sp. Maas
Vietnam
Roy
California
Maas
Liogd
Esther) Gerbig
Richard
Rosella) Krann
Osage
Iowa
Gary
Frances) Odekirk
Cedar Falls
Ieena
Leo
North Korea bars US planes as war talk escalates
North Korea accused the United States of building up forces around Korea to trigger a new war. It claimed South Korean fire crossed into North Korean territory and reiterated a right to shoot down US aircraft. Meanwhile a transplanted heart patient from Palo Alto is noted in an unrelated AP wirephoto caption.
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Korean Central
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Sewoonri
Kimhwa
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