How to Get the Farmer Vote in 1966
Agriculture Secretary Freeman told Democratic congressional hopefuls to avoid inflation talk and present a farmer friendly stance. He noted farmer resentment toward administration policy after a farm tour and warned candidates to slip or duck inflation questions, prioritizing the farmers' side. The briefing, though labeled closed, included a Chicago Tribune reporter by mixup. President Johnson might have chosen Freeman as postmaster general for political strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture
Freeman
Chicago Tribune
Madison Avenue
Johnson
Unsung Toilers Get Status Symbols for Trash Collectors
Hartford garbage collectors are dubbed certified garbologists and wear red berets after collections. The piece argues status symbols are deserved as Sanitation workers face hazard and hardship, yet few receive tips or public thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford, Conn
Dams at Grand Canyon Stir Public Outcry and Congressional Vote
Public anger grows over a proposed Colorado River dam project that would alter the Grand Canyon. The House Interior Committee passed the bill 22 to 10, sending it to the House where observers expect it may be defeated to protect the canyon’s scenic integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado River
Grand Canyon
Arizona
House Interior Committee
House
Government cotton policy sparks debate on subsidies and impacts
The piece argues that Washington's cotton supports distort markets, subsidize exporters and mills, and overproduce, harming ginners and consumers. It warns that continuing intrusion risks raising prices, shrinking exchanges, and prompting new taxpayer subsidies while citing editorials and a Des Moines Register note on phone call tracing legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal
U.S
Wall Street Journal
Newspaper staff and subscription rates notice
Thomson Newspapers announces contact details and subscription rates for Austin Minnesota readers. It lists mailing zones, delivery options, and prices for weekly home delivery by mail or carrier across zones and distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Daily Herald
Thomson Newspapers, Inc
Austin
Minnesota
Frank C. Miles
U. S
S. Marc
A.P.O
N.P.O
Turn Back The Clock Thirty Years Ago Highlights
THIRTY YEARS AGO a Spring Valley drive to curb smallpox spread led to school exclusions for exposed unvaccinated pupils. Thirty acres in Hollendale peat district burned as fire threatened truck gardens. workers dug a ditch to prevents spread. TWENTY YEARS AGO rent control registration began at noon. Austin American Legion Auxiliary sent cookies to Veterans Hospital. TEN YEARS AGO city recorder Keefe noted his apricot tree bore fruit. two Filipino Boy Scouts from Quezon attended Todd Park Court of Honor with potluck.
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Spring Valley
Hollandale
Armory
Austin American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Hospital
Jackie Graves
Willie Pep
Pep
William Keefe
Maple
Quezon
Todd Park
Primary campaign cost and safety notes in history page
Aug 1 1966 issue notes Minnesota primary heat up with Rolvaag Keith feud and costly campaigns. British standards propose brakes tilt proof hoods for baby carriages. Astronaut Cernan explains space swimming limits. education through night courses referenced.
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British Standards Institution
Seamen Union Chief Leads revolt against Viet bound shipping
Victor Riesel reports on Greek sailors defecting from ships bound for North Vietnamese ports. The National Maritime Union under Joe Curran and Pat Paterson helps crews desert vessels near Cam Pha and Sihanoukville, with boats like the Acme, Alkon, Marigo, and Antonia II cited as examples.
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Seamen's Union
National Maritime Union
Joe Curran
Orient
Jim
Pat) Paterson
Cam Pha
U.S
S.S. Marigo
Bombay
Hong Kong
Rome
Hall Syndicate, Inc
All Risks Insurance Limits and Exceptions Explained
The article explains that all risks coverage does not insure against every loss. Exceptions include self caused or highly negligent damage and inherent vice. Courts have upheld claims where no misconduct or vice was found. A Virginia Beach plan seeks 300000 in federal aid and local funds for a 60 foot garbage hill turned into a 5000 seat amphitheater over three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Association
Virginia. Beach
Roland F. Dover
Virgnia
Quotes on learning, science, and human potential
Secretary of Labor Wirtz rejects the 20 year to learn, 40 year to earn view and urges action. Yale physicist Henry Margenau notes science enables humans to master sea, air, space and aims to help us walk the earth more fully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Labor
Wirtz
Henry Margenau
Yale University
Traffic death toll doomed to rise says Stanford researchers
Stanford University researchers warn years will see 175000 annual traffic fatalities with one year near 50 000 deaths. They compare highway slaughter to major war casualties and foresee the trend spreading over the next two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford University
Speech goofs and calm rivals in political theater
Officials describe tech glitches and hapless moments in modern speeches. A senator read aloud to fix a broken line, while Brown and Unruh transform rivalries into cooperation. Ferency touts momentum as Romney’s race gains attention and questions loom about Ferency’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Democratic Party
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Assembly
Jesse Unruh
Ronald Reagan
Brown
Unruh
Jesse
Zoltan Ferency
Michigan
George Romney
Ferency
Ceasefire as a Tool for Communist Gains Across Asia
The piece argues cease-fires stabilize Maoist forces in China Korea and Vietnam by delaying U.S. advances while Communists rearm and reorganize. It cites inspection failures in postwar China Korea and Vietnam and notes leaders privately acknowledge using talks to consolidate gains when losing.
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Washington
NEA
United States
Mao Tse-tung
China
Mao
Korea
U.S
Hanoi
South
Viet Nam
Cosa Nostra
North Korea
Laos
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Elbert D. Thomas
Woodrow Wilson
John O. Pastore
Dem
R. 1
Senate
DES Moines Register
Karl Rolvaag
A. M. Keith
DFL
Rolvaag- Keith
Michael Forster
England Lancaster University
Associated Press
Air Force
Aeronautical Division
Army
Christopher Columbus
Honduras
Colorado
Germany
Russia
Japan
America
Eisenhower
Joseph Kasavubu
Cyrille Adoula
Congo
Congress
The
Austin Herald
Outer Space
Eugene Cernan
School of Experience
Victor Riesel
New York
Ho Chi Minh
Southeast Asia
Acme
Acme Shipping Co. Ltd
S.S. Acme
Suez
Djibouti
Pat Paterson
M. Sokratis
Haiphong
Sokratis
NMU
Asia
Cambodia
S.S. Alkon
Sihanoukville
North
Phnom Penh
Paterson
Crown Colony
International Transport Workers Federation
Greece
Robert Short
Short
Rolvaag
Las Vegas
NEA, Inc
Levi
Washington Staff
Ray Cromley
Ceasefire
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