89th Mower County Fair Opens with Big Seven Day Run
The 89th annual Mower County Fair opens Monday Aug 9 for a seven day run. Premiums total 100000 making it the largest county fair in the midwest with 40 exhibit buildings and diverse livestock judging across 30 departments. Grandstand shows include a Gospel Festival, Gunsmoke actor Ken Curtis, demolition derbys, Sonny James, and stock car racing for 10000 in purses.
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Lansing
Mower County
P. J. Holand
John Larick
Harvey Sather
Glenn Johns
Guy Wold
Omer Wangen
Gene VanDenover
Don Weseman
Earl Subra
M. Arthur Bustad
Crane Pavilion
Mower
Midwest
Ken (Festus) Curtis
Gunsmoke
Sonny James
Sonny Myers
Milwaukee Junction
Vikings TV ban sparks southern Minnesota upset over blackouts
Vikings officials seek CBS action to bar KGLO-TV from telecasting home games citing bootlegging in the Minneapolis St Paul area. Fans fear loss of exposure, while most home games sell out and fans in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa rely on TV access to follow the team.
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Minnesota
Minnesota Vikings
Mason City
Kglo-Tv
Jim Finks
NFL
CBS
Vikings
Minneapolis - St. Paul
Viking
Chicago
North Iowa
John Wayne faces halt on farm subsidies after new cap
Des Moines Tribune notes Wayne and Arizona cotton partners received 810000 in 1970 subsidies. The federal cap will cut Wayne’s share to 218000 while over 500000 in subsidies go to others leasing Wayne’s land. Wayne dismisses Indian reparations as subsidies.
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John Wayne
Wayne
Arizona
DES Moines Tribune
Turn Back the Clock at Mower County Fair Opens
The 59th annual Mower County fair opens tomorrow at 6 p.m. with a carnival on the midway and the first Austin horse show in history. Graders work on grounds and dust control measures planned as July gas user count rises by 171 compared with last year. Population gains in Mower County are noted while nearby towns lose residents.
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Mower County
Austin
Water and Light Board
Fair Board
Adams
Sargeant
Tappi
Nixon unveils new anti strike strategy in Cabinet Room
President Nixon press briefing after a tense rail strike standoff with UTU chief Charles Luna. He warned of nationwide disruption affecting trains, steel, coal and jobs, urging a measured approach to bargaining while outlining potential economic impact.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
D. C
Richard Nixon
Rail Union
Reason
United Transportation Union
UTU
Charles Luna
U.S
California
Chicago
Indiana
Pittsburgh
George Shultz
Jim Hodgson
George A. Lincoln
Office of
Luna
White House
Council of Economic Advisors
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Vega
Nippon
Paul W. McCracken
Nixon
AFL - Cio
Meany
Congress
Methadone program aids veterans amid ongoing economic strains
Veterans in a VA facility discuss methadone maintenance as a lifeline amid post strike economic uncertainty. They describe personal battles with heroin, references to Nixon era policy, and praise methadone's cost effectiveness while acknowledging broader drug issues and social costs.
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al Johnson
Johnson
Malaria Rise Linked to Vietnam War Returns
The Public Health Service reports a sharp rise in malaria cases in the United States, totaling 3,997 last year with military personnel comprising all but 125. Texas accounts for most cases due to proximity of military bases receiving returning GIs.
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Public Health Service
United States
Texas
Vietnam
Daily Austin newspaper rates and publisher notices fragment
Local ad style page lists quotes from Ecclesiastes and General Marshall and provides publishing details for Austin Minnesota. It includes address, editor names, change of address, and subscription rates for mail and home delivery. The fragment mentions postal regulations and carrier options within a 50 mile radius and overseas military mail.
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Austin
Minnesota
Minn
U.S. Armed Forces
United States
A.P.O
F.P.O
Lee Pes Enaeienn
Fans of Marcusen Park Booed Opponents and Encouraged Abuse
A letter from Mrs. William K. Nelson of Winona Minn commends Austin hosts while condemning a group of rowdy youths in the Marcusen Park stands who insulted visiting Winona players and fans with obscene remarks and playground chants, then turned on their own team.
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the Herald
Marcusen Park
Austin
Winona
William K. Nelson
Grand St. Winona
Minn
Today in History highlights from Aug 6 events
Events listed include the 1945 Hiroshima bombing first used in warfare and Napoleon dissolving the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. Also Bolivia’s independence in 1825, Wilson’s wife’s death in 1914, World War I mediation offer in 1914, Denver trolley strike clashes in 1920, and other historic notes through 1971.
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Associated Press
U.S
Hiroshima
Japan
Napoleon Bonaparte
Holy Roman Empire
Bolivia
Peru
Woodrow Wilson
White House
United States
Going Nowhere a Mild Satire of Modern Life
Review of Al vin Greenbergs Going Nowhere a short mildly comic novel about Arthur Hoppe an amputee physicist who travels the eastern seaboard for ten years. He encounters a flying saucer and a shady foundation then returns to the road in search of a girl possibly his sister ending in an abandoned Minnesota church. The tone notes it's a light harmless absurdity.
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Tom Tiede
New York
NEA
al Johnson
Manhattan Veterans Administration Building
V. A
Johnson
John
Bronx
Nam
V.A
Arthur Hoppe
Seaboard
Professor Melville
Poughkeepsie Institute
Arthur
Earth
Outer Space
Minnesota
Quick Quiz Facts From Obits And Sports History
A collection of trivia notes includes Edison’s obituary spanning 4 percent of a New York Times issue in 1931, honeybees identifying four tastes, dreams occurring four to six times nightly with 15 to 20 minute durations, spur wing goose at 88 mph as fastest game bird, and Dave McNally hitting a grand slam in the 1970 World Series.
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Veterans Administration Center
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