Austin Public Schools preps for new school year with 53 newcomers
Teachers and administrators gather for orientation and workshops as Austin Public Schools begin a new year. The 53 new instructors include 21 elementary staff, 14 at Austin Senior High, six at junior highs, four at the Vocational-Technical school, with other roles in administration and support services.
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Austin
Austin Senior High
Ellis
Austin Vocational - Technical School
Labor Day travel hazards warned by Minnesota Safety Council
The Minnesota Safety Council cautions motorists that Labor Day weekend could be especially dangerous after August fatalities run above 1967. Youth under 25 show high risk in single car and head on crashes driven by speed alcohol and passing errors.
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Minnesota Safety Council
Carmen Halstenson
Austin Mower County Safety Council
Halstenson
Safety Council
Howard Owen
Minnesota Highway Dept
Children Hurt in Car School Bus Collision in Osage
A school bus driven by Thomas Chrencik collided with a car driven by Laurence Hemann on a gravel road near Osage. Twenty eight bus pupils were treated and released at Osage Hospital. three Hemann children and their father were also treated and released, Judy Hemann 7 was admitted for possible internal injuries. Damages total 1000 for the bus with the car a total loss. Chrencik faces pending charges.
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Osage
Iowa
Thomas Chrencik
Laurence P. Hemann
Hemann
Judy Hemann
Chrencik
Labor Day Tractor Pull at Orchard Iowa
A Labor Day tractor pull is planned for Orchard Iowa on Monday September 2 with weigh in from 9 to 11 30 a m and the pull starting at noon If rain occurs the event will be moved to Sunday September 8.
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Stenson
Orchard
Iowa
Sears appoints new assistant manager in Austin store
Milo Tiefenthaler begins duties as assistant merchandising manager at Sears Roebuck and Co in Austin replacing Richard Pentland who is promoted to merchandising manager in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Pentland has served in Austin for two years under store manager Kenneth Cady.
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Sears Roebuck and Co
Milo Tiefenthaler
Manitowoc
Wis
Rich
Ard Pentland
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sears
Pentland
Austin
Kenneth Cady
Twenty One New Teachers Welcome Blooming Prairie Students
Blooming Prairie Minnesota welcomed 21 new faculty as classes began. High school new staff include Curtis Ericson Daniel Hartle Sharon Holihan Mrs Sondra Johnson and Mrs Dorette Kanengeiter. Elementary principal James Thorn leads the full elementary faculty with ten years at Kasson Manterville Schools.
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Blooming Prairie
Minn
Curtis Ericson
Daniel Hartle
Sharon Holihan
Sondra Johnson
Dorette Kanengeiter
James Thorn
Thorn
Kasson-Manterville
Ardrienne Breiner
Caroline Godfrey
Sandra Hebel
Scout Executives Attend Conference at Fort Collins
National Boy Scout Executives training conference ends Saturday in Fort Collins Colorado. Attending from the area are Clint Cole and three district executives Courtney Fulkra bek Harold Wick and Donley Hosna. Theme is Americas Meanpower Begins With Boypower Expansion plans target 612000 members by 1976.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Clint Cole
North Star
Grand Meadow Families Hold First Camporee
In Grand Meadow Minnesota fifteen families held the first camporee at Money Creek Haven near Houston. Participants included Red Hathaway Leroy Baldus Jim Bloom Bill Turgeon Hart vick Aaby Farrell Mahoney Robert Skaran K T Taylor Walter Jech Rolland Buschmann Dale Benson Werner Buschmann Bill Gross Clarence Gehling and Clarence Maley. They plan two future camporees next year after school ends and the weekend before Labor Day at Houston.
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Grand Meadow
Minn
Money Creek Haven
Houston
Red Hathaway
Leroy Baldus
Jim Bloom
Bill Turgeon
Hartvick Aaby
Farrell Mahoney
Robert Skaran
K. T. Taylor
Walter Jech
Rolland Buschmann
Dale Benson
Werner Buschmann
Bill Gross
Clarence Gehling
Clarence Maley
Expectant Parent Classes Set at St Olaf Hospital
Expectant parents may attend classes beginning 7 30 p m on Wednesday Sept 11 in the St Olaf Hospital classroom near the main building. Sessions cover physiology pregnancy labor hygiene nutrition baby care and child management with a movie and a fathers session. Registration is through the Public Health Nursing Service at the Courthouse.
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St. Olaf Hospital
Mower County
Old Stone Mill Day at Decorah Featured at Nordic Fest
The old flour mill once among northeast Iowa’s first, now donated to the Norwegian-American Museum, will host Decorah Nordic Fest events. The program includes the final Decorah appearance this year by rose painter and folk dancers the Aarseths of Valdres Norway.
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Decorah
Iowa
Aarseths
Valdres
Norway
Local 9 announces wage rate and bonus increases
Local 9 UPW President Frank Schultz announces an 11 cent per hour raise for all scale and man rates effective Monday. A weekly $2.22 bonus in lieu of gains for 40 hour departments and $2.11 for 38 hour departments are set, with a clothing change allowance up to $3.73. A Sept 2 spread adjustment raises the bracket spread from 15 to 5 cents per hour.
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UPW
Frank Schultz
Schultz
Miss Minnesota Heads to Atlantic City Pageant
Miss Minnesota Mary Louise Williams will depart from St Anthony Village for the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City New Jersey Saturday accompanied by chaperone trainee Mrs Jack Carr Jr Austin. Additional Austinites including Conway Elton Jack Carr Jr and the Minnesota Dream Flight winner Mrs William Best travel next week as competition begins. Fifty state contestants compete for the crown and a ten thousand dollar scholarship with each state entrant receiving at least five hundred dollars.
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Minnesota
Mary Louise Williams
St. Anthoney Village
Atlantic City
N. J
Jack Carr, Jr
Austin
Miss Williams
Conway Elton
Jack Carr
Robert Austin
Robert Finneseth
William Best
Local Girl Attends Library Workshop
Miss Toni Jo Osburn of Austin Route 5 joined 30 interns and administrative librarians from Trails Regional Library Warrensburg and others at the Missouri State Library in Jefferson City last week. Each intern presented a five minute summary of the internship. Two films on professional librarianship were shown.
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Toni Jo Osburn
Austin Rt. 5
Trails Regional Library
Warrensburg
Missouri State Library
Jefferson City
Thorson and Son Hospitalized After Minn. Crash
Warren Thorson and his son Gary were injured in a traffic accident near Onamia Minnesota last Sunday. They were moved to St Olaf Hospital in Austin. Warren has chest and hip injuries while Gary suffers a concussion an eye injury and cannot sit up.
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Warren Thorson
3Rd Ave
Gary
Onamia
Minn
St. Olaf Hospital
Austin
Thorson
5th Annual Travel Ad venture Film Series Opens Sept 30
The Austin Adult Community School announces its 1968 69 Travel Adventure Film Series beginning Sept 30 with Richard Reddy presenting Bavia ria. Guests include Don Cooper John Goddard Ar thur Twomey Jens Bjerre and Kenneth Richter showcasing journeys across Europe Canada Africa and Greece with screenings on select dates through March. Season tickets cost 9 for families 4 for adults, available at local outlets and the Adult Community School office.
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Austin Adult Community School
Don Cooper
Cooper
Austin
Canada
John Goddard
Congo
Andes
Amazon
Arthur Twomey
Twomey
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Museum
Calapagos Islands
Tierra del Fuego
South America
National Geographic Society
Chicago Natural History Museum
American Museum of Natural History
Red
China
Jens Bjerre
Bjerre
Denmark
Word Drug
Nemitz’s
Sterling Drug
Austin High School
Austin Youth Injures Leg in Car-Motorcycle Crash
Austin teen Robert Lee Ness suffered a compound fracture of the left leg and required surgery after a motorcycle and a car collided at N Main and 4th Ave in downtown Austin around 9 am. Fire crews battled a motorcycle fire as the car was destroyed.
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Robert Ness
Ave
Ness
Austin
Robert Lee Ness
Leroy Ness
9Th Ave
Cora Mae Winn
Blooming Prairie
N. Main
4Th Ave
Area Cattle Breeders Win State Fair Events
Lyle Stephenson of Rose Creek led Ayrshire cattle to multiple prizes at the Minnesota State Fair including first in two year bull and junior yearling heifer and top honors in several classes. Other winners included Red Poll and Guernsey entries, Steele County 4-H dairy team, and humorous rooster Joe from Waverly who won the Rooster Crowing contest with 23 crows to 0.
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St, Paul
Lyle Stephenson
Rose Creek
Frank Durst
Lyle
Lloyd W. Kroneman
St. Ansgar
Iowa
William D. Church
Riceville
Steele County
Yokohama Joe
Waverly
Minn
Joe
Pat Graham
Hubert Humphrey
Howard Lake
FFA
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Vision and Hearing Tests Planned in Hayfield Area
Pre school vision and hearing screenings are scheduled for next week in Hayfield and nearby towns. Hayfield screenings run 9 to 12 noon on Thursday September 5 at Hayfield, 1 to 3 pm at Sacred Heart Church, with additional 9 to 12 noon sessions at Heart Church and 9 to 12 noon on Friday September 6 at Our Lady of Loreto Church in Brownsdale. A volunteer training session is set for 9 am Wednesday September 4 at Sacred Heart Church in Hayfield.
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Hayfield
Sacred Heart Church
Heart
Truck Driver Faces Felony Theft Charge in Municipal Court
James Watson of Lansing appeared in Municipal Court on a felonious theft charge. He allegedly stole $1,687 in money and checks from Earl Huffman of 1024 2nd Ave NE while employed as a truck driver for Huffman Mayflower Moving. A preliminary hearing was set for 8 a.m. Friday Sept 13, with bond set at $1,000.
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James Watson
Lansing
Watson
Earl Huffman
2Nd Ave
Huffman Mayflower Moving
House Prowl Nets Thieves $105 Here
Austin Police investigate a house prowl that netted $105 in goods from Magnus Modene at 1304 7th Ave NW. A $50 watch and a $55 ring were taken between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Thursday after a door was pried open to gain entry.
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Austin
Magnus Modene
7Th Ave
Burns Named Manager of Milwaukee Road Passenger Services
Maurice P. Burns is appointed manager of passenger services for the Milwaukee Road with headquarters in Chicago effective Sept 1. Orren R Anderson succeeds Burns as assistant manager and will also be based in Chicago.
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National Lecture Bureau of
Chicago
Greece
Kenneth Richter
Iran
Germany
Jordan
Syria
Italy
France
Poland
Britain
Maurice P. Burns
Milwaukee Road
Orren R. Anderson
Burns
Woehrle to Speak at CBMC Dinner Meeting
Charles B. Woehrle vice president of PAKO Photo Inc Twin Cities film processors will address Austin Christian Business Men at a 6 30 p.m. dinner Tuesday at Holiday Inn Former Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing employee and current elder in a St Paul Presbyterian Church Woehrle invites all area laymen and pastors to attend Dinner reservations should be made with Earl Lemberg
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Charles B. Woehrle
Pako Photo Inc
Twin Cities
Austin Christian
Holiday Inn
Woehrle
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
St. Paul
Earl Lemberg
Stacyville Bratwurst and Sauerkraut Day Sept 7 Festival
Stacyville Iowa the Commercial Club hosts a fall festival in the village park on September 7 titled Bratwurst and Sauerkraut Day A free dance at the tennis courts Saturday night features the Rockin Cowboys amusements and concessions open through the afternoon and evening
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Stacyville
Iowa
Rural Man Injured as Car Hits Horse
Albert Nelson, 46, of Austin, was slightly injured when his car hit a horse on Hwy 218 south of Austin. The horse was destroyed. Damage totaled about $2,100 to the car and bridge damages.
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Austin
Albert Nelson
Austin Rt. 2
CSAH
Nelson
Debaters Examine Marijuana Use Legal Moral Medical Implications
A three on three debate at the Establishment Coffee House weighed legal and moral aspects of marijuana. Proponents urged legalization with regulated permits, while opponents argued laws should limit morality and caution against abuse and discrimination.
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Linda Alland
Establishment Coffee House
J. Keiser
Don Hasbargen, Jr
Michael Shultz
H. P. VanCleve
Robert Leighton
Ralph Colby
van Cleve
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Agnes Markham
Diane Hanenberger
Rebecca Roffler
Karen Wehrs
Evelyn White
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Barbara DeBeau
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Richard Reddy
Bavaria
Reddy
Europe
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Soviet Union
North Texas State University
University of Southern California
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Richter
Adult Community
Carol P. Westphal
University of Minnesota
Honeywell Inc
Paul G. Westphal
10Th St
Tin Police
Austin Cab Co
Austin Film Shops
Austin Fire Dept
Lon Anderson
1St Ave
Mark Vinless
4Th St
Wayne Weber
Low
Vinless
Weber
Oakland Ave
Peter A Kennedy
1Th St
Donald Vietor
8Th Ave
Kennedy
Vietor
Leonard LaClair
12Th Ave
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1St St
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Phillips
Donald Murray
Alfred Hayes
Murray
Hayes
Guernsey
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