Image may improve with years for Johnson and Eisenhower aid
The piece notes LBJ faces low popularity but history often revises views. Roscoe Drummond credits Eisenhower with strong support and advice to Johnson. It suggests Nixon may later receive similar, favorable reassessment and cites Hoover as a later honored president after a period of criticism.
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Johnson
White House
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roscoe Drummond
Christian Science Monitor
Eisenhower
LBJ
Ike
Drummond
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Bond Issue Attitudes and Voter Reluctance Across Minnesota
The Christian Science Monitor finds only 55 percent of November bond issues approved, down from a typical 75 percent. In southern Minnesota Waseca and Fairmont rejected issues, Fairmont twice. Red Wing faced a 4.4 million junior high bond defeat. Voters respond to clear need and realistic plans, not higher taxes alone. Austin considers a substantial bond package for a vocational school and more, with election possible next year.
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The
Christian Science Monitor
Minnesota
Waseca
Fairmont
Austin
Smog May Help Form New Fuel Deposits
Dr. F W Went of the University of Nevada proposes that sunlight breaks atmospheric hydrocarbons during smog, causing them to settle and, compressed over eons, form deposits of coal and oil. The cycle links smog production to future fuel emergence, a concept seen as a circular, unsettling idea.
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F. W. Went
University of Nevada
Desert Research Institute
National Academy of Sciences
Earth
Poison and politics mix in a global snapshot
A Michigan State scientist links Lake Michigan coho salmon poisonings to DDT. Wisconsin birds suffer from persistent insecticides. falcons eagles and ospreys face declines. Frank Sinatra critiques LA, hints at Palm Springs escape. Everglades drought relief brings restoration. A European note questions civic manners and a Soviet East German scene with a nosegay offers a glimmer of gentleness amid totalitarianism.
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Michigan State University
Lake Michigan
Ida
Everglades Na- Park
Chicago Daily Ss
Turn Back the Clock 30 Years of Local News Snippets
A collage of Vignettes recalls 30 years of Austin history from WPA labor on a sewer project to Christmas meat packages at Hormel. It notes 1938 farm loan hopes, rail enthusiasts adding a caboose, and a critique of go go clubs, plus tire safety advice, quake fears, California migration, and MIT warnings on executive shortages.
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Mower County
WPA
Austin
Stephen E. Keeler
Minnesota
T. J. Williams
Christ Episcopal Church
Santa
Hormel
Community effort urged to win state college status
The piece stresses local and state collaboration to secure university status for Rochester’s state junior college. It notes the need for persistent community advocates and influential contacts to push state authorities, with a broader comment on how sites are chosen by which community is most forceful. It also includes a note about downtown Austin rest rooms and Christmas tree safety tips.
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Mankato
Rochester
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Austin
David Averbook
Chamber
Graham Uzlck
National Fire Protection Association
Nixon taps George Schultz as labor adviser in early Nixon era
Reporter Victor Riesel details George Schultz as a genial, technically skilled choice for labor policy under President-elect Nixon. Schultz, praised by labor and industry figures, is seen as a reformer aiming for a pragmatic leftward shift, focusing on automation, manpower and plant-level engagement.
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New York
Richard Nixon
Pierre
Republican Party
George Schultz
Dean
Schultz
Labor
Nixon
Ralph Helstein
United Packinghouse Workers
Helstein
The
CIO
Afl-Cio
Armour (Co.) Automation Fund
Prof. Shultz
Clark Kerr
Union
Diversified Meat Corporation
Shultz
University of Chicago
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chicago University
Graduate School of Business
Stanford
Dick Nixon
Arthur Burns and Company
George Shultz
CIQ
Diogenes
Poets and Philosophers Should Join Moon Landing
The essay argues for including nontechnical minds in space exploration. It cites Norman Cousins on selecting poets philosophers and theologians for lunar missions. Proposes Harvey Cox as theologian and Marianne Moore as poet to accompany astronauts.
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Pentagon
Norman Cousins
Oddyssey
Space
Electronic Kingdom
Snoopy
Dullsville
Cousins
Earth
Harvey Cox
God
Marianne Moore
Fair Chance For Nixon Outlined By Top Democrat
A major Democrat urges constructive opposition to the incoming Nixon administration and a fair chance to tackle war and urban strife. He predicts a possible Vietnam settlement but questions success against racial unrest, stressing party reform and unity led by Humprey Muskie Kennedy and McGovern while McCarthy prospects remain uncertain.
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Washington
NEA
Nixon
Achenemy
Ticky Dick
Gop Hatchet
Eisenhower
White House
Hubert Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Massachusetts
George McGovern
South Dakota
Humphrey
Congress
Senate
Muskie
How's Your IQ Quiz Headlines 1968
This AP quiz page recalls historic events on December 2 1968 including Monroe Doctrine highlights Ford Model A and Cardinal Spellman death. It presents a news quiz with ten questions about postwar politics sports and international events.
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Austin Daily Herald
A. Richard Gross
Europe
Germany
Eastern
Austin Daily Herald -Thomson Newspapers, Inc
Ist
Eany Austin
Minn
U.S
United
Pope Sherrer
Associated Press
Ebersbach
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Mower County Fairgrounds
I & SM
William J. Quinn
Austin Rail Fans Club
Earl Brugger
Austin Chap
San Francisco
Charles Barca
California
Charles F. Richter
California Institute of Technology
By Victor Riesel
Publishers Hall Syndicate
NEA, Inc
David Poling
Bruce Biossat
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
James Monroe
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Charles Town
W.va
Henry Ford
Canterbury
John XXIII
Vatican
Carlos P. Garcia
Philippines
Japan
Manila
Tokyo
United States
Soviet Union
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Associated Press News
News of the World
Vietnam
Shirley Chisholm
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Italy
Spain
Arizona
Mexico City
West Berlin
Prague
Wales
Scotland
Mississippi
United Nations’ General Assembly
Britain
Ian D. Smith
Nigeria
Antigua
Rhodesia
Syria
Libya
Lebanon
Jordan
National Liberation Front
Paris
Saigon
North Vietnam
National Front
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