Hoover Commission urged to curb federal spending growth
A 1967 Austin Daily Herald editorial urges a new Hoover type commission to review domestic spending. It cites duplication across agencies, the $7.4 billion tax increase proposal, and $4 billion in cuts aimed at reducing a potential $30 billion deficit, noting complex budget challenges.
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Johnson
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Hoover Commission
Rep
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Law's Technicalities and the Right to Counsel Debate
An Oklahoma report highlights a young man released from a murder charge after confessing before proper rights advisement. The Tulsa Tribune warns this creates a method for unpunished murder and notes cases where technicalities let defendants go, urging Supreme Court to balance rights with real law enforcement needs.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
Okla
Tribune
U.S. Supreme Court
Atomic Anniversary Marks First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction
The 25th anniversary ceremony at the University of Chicago will honor 50 scientists who witnessed the first controlled release of nuclear energy. The piece notes peaceful uses and warns that nuclear weapons spread remains a global threat despite treaty efforts hindered by smaller nations and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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University of Chicago
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
The Spray Age And Domestic Life In The Times
An op-ed style montage satirizes the spray era from housework to personal care. It riffs on deodorants, hair sprays and cleaners as mass culture accelerates modernization while quipping on era-wide dependence on aerosols. A humorous ending frames a cat’s wary hunt for a mouse.
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Milady
Hartford
Conn
Durant
Kansas City Times
Turn Back the Clock and Community Feasts in Austin
A long-ago piece notes a business reception at the Armory attended by about 3000 people with meals including 1275 pounds of beef and 3400 buns. It also mentions WPA crews finishing East Side Lake grading and spring water fill, plus earlier and later civic milestones in Austin.
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Armory
Austin
Dallas store markets unusual His and Her gifts for Christmas
Nieman Marcus Dallas showcases extravagant items for millionaires including matching camels at 4125 dollars, a 7800 dollar ladies compact, 575 dollar nomad pajamas, and a 100000 dollar sandals set studded with rubies sapphires emeralds and diamonds.
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Nieman-Marcus
Dallas
Hell's Angels Peril Threatens U.S. Economy
A 1967 analysis warns that the Hell's Angels style youth workers threaten production in U.S. plants. The piece links disruptive races and union resistance to potential widespread shutdowns across car manufacturing, citing incidents at Chrysler and GM plants and comparing to British strikes.
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Washington, D. C
Chaos
Hell’s Angels
Douglas Fraser
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Walter Reuther
Hell's Angels
Vit
Fremont
Calif
General Motors
Britain
Publishers- Hall Syndicate
Local beanery serves up inflation era sandwiches
A playful note about higher meatless days and rising prices. It jokes that inflation and low salaries keep meals tight, praising the beanery for offering affordable options amid tight budgets.
Potato Rice Ads Spark Spud Fattening Debate
Washington Note recalls the Rice Council for Marketing Development ads urging rice as a substitute for potatoes. Critics claim calories favor potatoes, spark FTC scrutiny, and Idaho charges copyright issues. President Johnson bicycle notes earn praise from the Bicycle Institute of America.
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Noel Grove
Washington
NEA
Hertz-Avis
Life Magazine
Rice Council For Marketing Development
America
National Potato Council
Department of Agriculture
George Hansen
Idaho
Federal Trade Commission
Rice Council
Avis
Hansen
Johnson
White House
Bicycle Institute of America
Let’s Be Americans letter urges calmer politics and unity
Mrs Ralph Hogan of Austin Minn writes to thank the Herald for the I Am a Tired American article and urges politicians to drop name calling and present positive plans. She calls for honesty, respect, community involvement, and faith, praising America’s heritage and urging unity.
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the Herald
Minn
Newspaper Assn
America
Ralph Hogan R
Austin, Minn
This Day in History Highlights from 1918 to 1967
Highlights note major events on Dec 1 including the 1918 formation of Yugoslavia the 1824 U S presidential deadlock the 1942 US gasoline rationing and 1944 Saar Basin battle launches in 1952 Mexico’s inauguration of Adolfo Ruiz Cortines and space and diplomatic milestones from Cape Canaveral to Paris.
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Associated Press
Yugoslavia
U.S
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay
House of Representatives
German East Africa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Saar
Germany
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Mexico
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Jawaharlal Nehru
China
Alexei Kosygin
Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Do Insects Have Noses
Insects sense odors mainly through antennae which contain olfactory pits or cones enabling odor detection.
Author seeks royal reform while courting Buckingham Palace party
Shena MacKay, a 23 year old British novelist, says she wants to abolish the Royal Family though she would like to attend a Queen's garden party. She credits socialist parents for her views and notes her literary success includes a TV option for Toddler on the Run.
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London
England
Shena MacKay
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Shenae
Shena
Albert Finney
Michael Medwin
Maston
Malcolm Lowry
Patrick White
Vladimir Nabokov
Nabokov
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THE
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Harold P. Goebel
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Shrine Club
Gunnard Youngdahl
Arthur Sutherland
Mower County
Paul Leck
Lions Club
Leck
Arthur E. Christgau
Austin Public Schools
Austin High School
Christgau
Oregonian
Dr. Precinct
Leonard R. Sayles
Graduate School of Business
Columbia University
Minnesota
State Department of Agriculture
Adams Village
Monticello
California
Butte County
Christian Science Monitor
al Sterling Township
Detroit
Roma Hall
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Doug Fraser
Sterling Township
St. Louis
Pentoon
Rank Hertzog
Chevrolet
Ford
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Washington Notebook
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NEA, Inc
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