IT'S OTHER WAY AROUND: NEGRO PROBLEM IS WHITE AMERICA'S, SAYS SPEAKER
Dr. R Downing told Kiwanis Club that the Negro problem is not a white man’s burden but a Negro community task. He urged self help and pride in Negro leaders and achievements as essential to real self respect. He criticized reliance on government or white aid and warned that revolution lacks roots in the masses.
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America
R. Downing
Kiwanis Club
Holiday Inn
Dr. Downing
Downing
Public Service Commission Candidate Discusses Issues
Republican candidate Lyle Nelson of Moorhead spoke with area business men on PSC issues. He supported the railroad merger among Northern Pacific Great Northern and Burlington and called for trained personnel to upgrade the commission. Nelson said he would oppose incumbent Paul Rasmussen and noted no comment on Gov LeVander’s private train trip.
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Public
Lyle Nelson
Public Service Commission
Nelson
Moorhead
Minn
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
Great Northern Pacific
Minnesota Youth Commission Plans 2 Day Mower County Meeting
The Minnesota Youth Commission will meet this afternoon and Friday at the Mower County Courthouse. Ben Bear of St. Paul serves as commission chairman. Area judges will join for a dinner tonight. Routine business and reports will fill most of Friday starting at 9 a.m.
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Minnesota Youth Commission
Mower County
Ben Bear
St. Paul
Hayfield Man Buys Seed Co. Branch
Hayfield resident William Reese announced the purchase of the Ratcliff Seed Co. Hayfield branch in Austin. The new firm will be Reese Farm Center, employing a secretary two full time men and other part time help.
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Hayfield, Minn
William Reese
Hayfield
Ratcliff Seed Co
Austin
Reese
Ratcliff
Reese Farm Center
Post Office Seeks Bids for Star Route Truck Service
Austin Postmaster Oliver Herrick announced bids are being accepted for a new star route from LaCrosse Wisconsin to Windom Minnesota. The daily trip passes through Winona Rochester Austin and Albert Lea with 400 cubic feet minimum van space, departures 8:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., no Sundays or holidays.
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Austin
Oliver Herrick
Star
Minneapolis
LaCrosse
Wis
Windom
Minn
Herrick
Winona
Rochester
Albert Lea
Dom
Street Dance Planned to Celebrate Grand Meadow Project
Grand Meadow Booster Club schedules a free street dance at the Grand Meadow Cafe to mark the completion of the street improvements. Fletcher Hathaway is welcomed as new manager of the municipal liquor store, with James Leichtman and Ralph Sveska recognized for service. Gerald Jennings remains part time police officer and attends as guest. New teachers will be guests at a future meeting.
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Fletcher Hathaway
Thc Municipal Liquor Store
James Leichtman
Ralph Sveska
Gerald Jennings
Man Pleads Guilty to Reduced Assault Charge
Nathan Huesmoller Jr. appeared in municipal court on a reduced charge of assault and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail after the charge was reduced from felonious assault by the county attorney. He allegedly struck Gary Verret on the head with a water pitcher at the Sterling 66 service station last week.
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Nathan Huesmoller Jr
1St Ave
Huesmoller
Gary Verret
Sterling 66
Philosophy Degree for Austin Youth
About 1,200 degrees were conferred at the University of Oregon summer commencement in Eugene. David D. Heimer of Austin received a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
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University of Oregon
Eugene
Ore
David D. Heimer
Austin
WWII Co H Reunion Marks 28th Anniversary
Members of Co H 135th Regiment 34th Division gather at VFW clubrooms for their 22nd WWII reunion and 28th anniversary of induction into the regular army in 1941. Attendees include Nemitz brothers Ardell Robert Austin Orvall, with other siblings Leland and Lester noted. A social hour, dinner by the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, and a memorial service are planned.
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Co “H
Veterans of Foreign Wars
135Th Regiment
National Guard
Austin
Camp Claiborne
Ardell
Robert
Orvall
San Diego
Calif
Leland
Dallas
Tex
Lester
VFW
Alaska
Texas
New York
California
No One Injured in 2 Accidents Here
Two accidents investigated Wednesday by Austin Police ended without injuries. A Chevrolet pickup driven by John Lafferty collided with a Holiday Dodge car driven by Donald Bakken on 2nd Street NE. damages were $200 and $500 respectively. Later, a Ganz car from Gary Indiana and a Ramseth car from 312 4th Street SW collided on N Main Street near the Mall. damages were $175 and $150.
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Austin
John Lafferty
12Th Ave
Holiday Dodge
Donald Bakken
Yth St
2nd.St. NE
Alexander Ganz
Gary
Ind
Bruce Ramseth
4Th St
N. Main St
Mall
Ganz
Ramseth
Paula Elliott Attends Summer Study in Mexico City
Paula Elliott daughter of Mr and Mrs James C Elliott 1110 4th Ave NW is enrolled this summer at the University of Americas in Mexico City The university serves students from the United States and more than 40 other countries with English instruction and Spanish immersion through daily life with Mexican host families Miss Elliott a graduate of Austin High School and Austin Junior College.
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Paula Elliott
James C. Elliott
4Th Ave
University of Americas
Mexico City
United States
Southern Assn. of Colleges and Schools
Mexico
Miss Elliott
Austin High School
Austin Junior College
Rose Creek Firm Given SBA Loan
The Minneapolis SBA office approved fifty nine loans totaling 2 652 368 in July. Nineteen loans went to Tracy Minnesota homeowners and small businesspeople. Rose Creek Lumber Co Inc received 65 000 dollars. the firm plans to hire a third employee.
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Rose Creek
Minneapolis
The
Small Business Administration
Harry A. Sieben
Tracy, Minn
Fose Creek Lumber Co., Inc
Raymond Dunsmore Earns Advertising Art Degree
Raymond E. Dunsmore of 204 11th Ave NW graduated last week from the University of South Dakota Ver million D D with a Bachelor of Arts in advertising art. He was active on the university track team and affiliated with Sigma Alpha Epsilon. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Dunsmore, attended the graduation exercises.
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Raymond E. Dunsmore
Frank E. Dunsmore
11Th Ave
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
D.D
Raymond
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Dunsmore
Local Temperature Readings Like Year Ago Snapshot
Temperature report shows today windless conditions with a low of 57 and a high of 83, 11 a.m. reading at 65. For Wednesday, year ago high 73 and current high 78 with morning low 57 and 52 respectively.
Junior College Board OKs Large Salary Increases
The State Junior College Board approved faculty salary increases totaling 27 percent for 1969-71, with 22 percent in the first year including 17 percent as catch up and the rest as cost of living. The plan forms part of guidelines for the 1969-71 budget, with no cost estimates until budget prep.
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State Junior College Board
Junior College
Grand Meadow Lutheran Church Mortgage Burned
Grand Meadow Lutheran Church held a mortgage burning ceremony with guest pastor Rev. Eugene V. Holland from Fremont California. He served as pastor at the church when it was built in August 1955. Rev. Allen T. Peterson also officiated. About two hundred attended the noon potluck and over four hundred joined services. Building and furnishings cost about $185000.
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Grand Meadow
Minn
Gildner Assigned to U S Embassy in Tehran
Jay W. Gildner a longtime foreign service officer will serve as counselor of the U S embassy in Tehran and director of the U S Information Agency program in Iran. He previously held posts in Tel Aviv Bonn Berlin Stuttgart Toronto and Washington and served as press secretary to President Kennedy and as a White House press officer for Jacqueline Kennedy. He and his family plan to move to Tehran with an arrival targeted after August 22 via Paris and Beirut.
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Jay W. Gildner
Lomatic
Tel Aviv
Israel
Bonn
Berlin
Stuttgard
Germany
Toronto
Ont
Gildner
John Kennedy
Washington, D. C
Jacqueline Kennedy
White House
India
Pakistan
Kennedy
Washington
Tehran
Paris
Beirut
Blooming Prairie Enrollments Rise for New School Year
Over 580 students registered with about 650 expected across six grades for the start of classes on August 28 in Blooming Prairie Minnesota. The incoming freshman class tops 120, the largest in high school history, as roughly 70 students remain to register before school opens.
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Blooming Prairie
Minn
Charles E Johnson Charged With Public Nuisance
A Munici pal Court case lists Charles E Johnson of Austin as charged with public nuisance. The text notes a different Charles E Johnson at 1309 6th Ave NE who owns the Austin Bowl, clarifying no link between the two.
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Charles E. Johnson
Austin
6Th Ave
School Board Chooses Options on Two Vocational Sites
Austin School Board approves 90 day options on two sites for a possible Vocational Technical School in cooperation with Albert Lea. One 32 acre lot near Kinsman 90 and 116 priced at 1500 per acre. another 40 acre plot west of Southgate School priced at 1000 per acre. Third option near Highway 116 and Turtle Creek was rejected at 3000 per acre.
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Darrel Koehler
Austin School Board
Albert Lea
Irwin Mickelson
State Board of Education
Austin
Kinsman’s
Interstate 90
Highway 116
R. Norman Miller
Martin Bustad
Southgate School
Carl Kehrer
Turtle Creek
Clifford W. Holman
Duluth
Owatonna
Ernest Ashley
Bemidji
Virginia
Joseph Raine
Clark Tollefson
Betty Hanson
Shaw School
Edna Schrafer
Coordinating Council
Steven Wright
Park and Recreation Board
Wright
John Sperry
Gerald Wilson
Teachers Council
Austin Committee On the Vocational Technical School
July Survey Shows Decline in Austin Jobs
The Austin employment total reached 12 791 in July, down 19 from June. Changes in industrial classification hinder month to month comparisons, per the Austin employment office, with a revised tabulation of firms by industry and sector numbers across manufacturing wholesale services government public utilities construction finance and real estate and miscellaneous sectors listing varied counts.
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Austin
Austin Employment Office
Ys Iirses
BOE Bxesekaa
Sotvice
Iiks
Kenny Institute Names Local Chair for 1968 Fund Drive
Mrs. Gilbert Garbisch of Brownsdale is named West Mower County volunteer chairman for the Kenny Rehabilitation Institute fund-raising campaign in 1968. Judd Jacobson of Owatonna announces the plan to appoint village and township chairmen to lead local gift drives as the institute marks 25 years of service. The campaign supports research education health planning and service aligned with national health programs assisted by United Fund and Community Chest allocations where local drives aren’t held.
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Brownsdale
West Mower County
Kenny Rehabilitation Institute
Minneapolis
American Rehabilitation Foundation
Judd Jacobson
Owatonna
Foundation
Kenny Institute
United Fund
First District GOP Review At Rochester Convention
Delegates at the First District Republican Committee meeting in Rochester discussed impressions from the Republican National Convention. Gov. Agnew and Nixon were praised for their choices and candid dialogue, with plans for a September 14 seminar for district legislative candidates. Austin participants included Marvin Brill and Harland Knight.
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First District Republican Committee
Rochester
Nixon
Agnew
Maryland
Robert Stassen
South St. Paul
Minnesota
Rockefeller
Lindsay
Stassen
Grand Meadow School Sets Modular Schedule and Half Day Open
Grand Meadow School announces back to school plans with a modular schedule. Elementary and senior high students start half days on August 28 and August 29, full day on August 30 with lunch served. Hot lunch rises to 25 cents for all students and 35 cents for teachers. New elementary and high school teachers are listed along with returning staff and bus drivers.
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Jean Brownlow
Beverly Edeen
Kenton Immerfall
Robert Lichty
Spring Valley
Petra Anderson
Marie Arnold
Lila Bjerke
Gladys Dempsey
Mae Gross
Hazelle Johnson
LaNelle McNutt
Lillian Payne
Marva Schwenn
Sybil Ostgard
Grand Meadow Band to Present Concert
The Grand Meadow High School Band will perform at Meadow Manor Nursing Home at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday August 20. The group has been invited to and accepted two homecomings on October 5 and October 12 in Manka and Winona respectively.
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Grand Meadow
Minn
Meadow Manor Nursing Home
Mankato
Winona
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