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Newspaper

Austin Daily Herald

Location

Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1968

Page

2

Employers Split Over Politic Involvement Conflicts in 1968 Survey

A National Industrial Conference Board survey of 1033 companies finds 80 percent encourage workers to register and vote while only 41 percent back contributions to parties and 30 percent support running for office. Many firms cite politics as none of their business or fear customer or union reactions.

National Industrial Conference Board New Jersey Bell Telephone Co New Jersey Bell

Pause for grateful memory of infant vaccines progress

Reflect on past infant mortality from diseases like diphtheria and whooping cough and praise researchers. The message urges gratitude for vaccines and emphasizes careful prescription service at Peoples Prescription Drug Store 121 NW 2nd Ave with contact 433-1817.

Prescription Delivery at Peoples Drug Store

A brief community item notes prescription delivery and store contact details for Peoples Prescription Drug Store at 121 NW 2nd Ave with phone number 433 1817. It mentions staff Clayton Pike and Tom Golden as registered pharmacists and hints at weekly guidance for household tasks.

Tom Golden

Noncombat Toll in Viet Lower Than Past War

AP Military Writer Bob Horton notes noncombat deaths in Vietnam total at least 4,300 since 1961, about 14 percent of American losses. Most occur in air craft crashes, vehicular accidents, disease, and other accidents, with a 3.5 per thousand per year fatality rate.

Bob Horton Washington Vietnam Pentagon Korea U.S

Two Viet Drivers Arrested in Saigon Sabotage Plot

Saigon police announced the capture of two Viet dispatch drivers with the U.S. Military Command motor pool and a six-member saboteur ring including a woman. The group planned assassinations of U.S. and Vietnamese officials and to blow up installations in Saigon.

Saigon U.S Military Assistance Command Pentagon East Tan Son Nhut Tran van Hai National Police

New Yorkers Hit by Rail Cutbacks and Subway Slowdown Threats

The Long Island Rail Road canceled 32 trains in the morning rush hour amid ongoing slowdowns blamed on maintenance crews. Subway Supervisors Association, with about 1000 members, rejected mediator proposals and warned of a potential subway slowdown, framing city riders’ woes as potentially severe.

New York Long Island Rail Road LIRR Subway Supervisors Association Frank Tedesco Long Island Carmen Lirr Carmen Lodge 886 Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Joseph P. Torre

Apollo 8 to Orbit Moon Shipset for January Flight

Ground testing starts today at Cape Kennedy on the Apollo 8 spacecraft destined for Earth orbit in January. The crew includes McDivitt Scott Schweickart for the first manned Saturn V mission with a space walk and a lunar module test.

Cape Kennedy Air Force James A. McDivitt David R. Scott Russell L. Schweickart Navy Walter M. Schirra Jr Donn F. Eisele Walter Cunningham Sched Uled America Schweickart Apollo

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