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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
4
A Dallas area column cites Congress report on alcohol and highway safety. It states alcohol is the leading factor in fatal crashes, causing about 25 000 deaths and 800 000 accidents yearly. Night hours and weekends see the most incidents. calls for stricter penalties and enforcement.
A Rochester discussion between House Speaker Lloyd Duxbury and Rep. Br. W. Quirin centers on reducing Minnesota's 67 member Senate and 135 member House to cut costs and improve efficiency. Quirin backs a full time legislature. Duxbury opposes cuts and jokes about Congress size, suggesting a smaller state and national body would be better.
Harvard faculty backs defining death as irreversible coma to guide end of life support and safeguard against murder accusations. It argues life is more than metabolism and urges safeguards for possible recovery cases.
A reader complains the Austin Utility Board cut branchs from a prized tree to make way for lines, suggesting the Park and Recreation Board take over trimming. Other notes cover Farm to Market Day traffic halt, a self destructing bottle concept, a health color test, the ice cream cone’s 65th birthday, a MIT Caltech jointly run electric car race, and a whisky investment ad tied to inflation protection.
Washington report notes top labor leaders privately back Ted Kennedy for vice president and view a Humphrey Kennedy ticket as a strong antidote to Nixon. They say Kennedy could energize unions and youth, while Humphrey would need the Kennedy boost to unite the party and rally labor voters.
The Satirical panel weighs Humphrey and Kennedy shifts on Vietnam and domestic policy. It notes Kennedy’s camp resentment toward McCarthy, labor opposition, and the potential for a dramatic Ted Kennedy bid in a city tied to Jack Kennedy's political beginnings.
Historical note surveys court rulings on killing pets for trespass or danger. It cites cases where owners were held liable for killing dogs or other animals, and where self defense or protecting family safety justified killing, including rabid dogs as justified public enemy.
New York NEA analysis contrasts Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey on Vietnam war stance and talks with the Viet Cong. Both favor strengthened NATO and West European unity, with subtle differences on foreign aid and diplomacy. The piece notes shared views on Russia China and East Europe amid evolving global ties.
The snippet presents a quotation page and publication details for Thomson Newspapers in Austin Minnesota. It lists biblical quotes and a philosopher, then shows address, contact numbers, and subscription rates for home delivery by mail and carrier, with pricing for three, six, and twelve months.
A crowded council room heard 1 109 residents request a new swimming pool in the state park with an estimated cost up to 30 000. Rural Electrification Administration announced 286 000 for extending lines in Mower and Freeborn counties.
Book review notes a bitter comic novel by Romain Gary that probes German guilt after Holocaust through the Jewish comedian Genghis Cohn. The tale follows Cohn’s death, a dybbuk haunting an ex-Nazi police commissioner, and allegorical figures Lily and Florian as a meditation on antiSemitism and German megalomania.
Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born portrays a nameless Ghanaian rail worker amid bribery and corruption. The novel critiques political upheaval, Ghanaian leaders, and postcolonial chaos through a bleak, sometimes incoherent, but sharply critical lens.
The column notes key events on August 15 across history including the 1904 Panama Canal opening, Napoleon's birth in 1769, Will Rogers and Wiley Post death in 1935, India Pakistan independence in 1947, Korea proclaimed in 1948, Berlin Wall start in 1961, UN Lebanon report, Congo leadership change, and Youlou resignation.
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