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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1972
Page
2
Vital statistics record births for Anthony Adams and James Whitcomb families outside Austin, with grandparents named. Obituaries note Charles Krulish of Cedar Falls and Mary Larson of Austin with survivors and funeral details. Notes of thanks and memorial poems follow, with hospital listings for St Olaf Hospital and St Marys Hospital patients.
Calvin Michael Kruger, 18, pleaded guilty in Mower County District Court to felonious burglary in a Red Rock Township break in on July 20. The sentence was stayed with probation up to five years and he must reimburse attorney’s fees.
The Austin Mower County Bookmobile will visit multiple sites Monday through Friday in the week of December 4 including Stanek Addition Congregational Church Mapleview Park Red Oak Grove Church Michael's Church Lansing Austin Acres and more. Stops run 10:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. daily with various locations and times listed.
The state investigative committee concluded that law enforcement launched the first tear gas canister during the November 16 campus disturbance at Southern University in Baton Rouge. The 12 member panel, led by Attorney General William Guste, issued the finding after one week of hearings.
Southland District 500 School Board will meet at Elkton High School at 8 p.m. Monday to consider hiring coaches for athletic teams slated for merger next season.
Austin police report a 12 30 p m Friday incident involving a bad check for 627 48 dollars passed at Kopet Music Center 119 4th Ave NE Austin in payment for an amplifier drawn on the State Bank of Pennoch Minn
Nearly 250000 Mexicans were married in mass ceremonies nationwide on Friday as a campaign to legalize common-law unions and register children born out of wedlock. The effort began in September to help those too poor or not married formally.
Gov. Wendell Anderson will visit Cambridge State Hospital in Saint Paul on Wednesday as part of a planned tour series of state facilities.
The Austin Police Dept recorded five weekday crashes with no injuries. Vehicles driven by Schmit, Brown, Johnson, Clark, King, Badenschier, Arens, Graves, and Rosenkilde were involved at locations around 2nd Ave NE, 8th St NW, 9th Ave SW, Oakland Pi E, and 19th St NW. Damages ranged from 0 to 250 dollars.
General Motors boosts 1973 model prices by an average 54 dollars amid Price Commission approval. Ford hikes about 62.55 dollars or 1.9 percent after permission, while Chrysler and American Motors also adjust prices. The changes end more than five months of talks with the government, with each maker moving from 1972 price levels.
Governor Wendell Anderson appoints Bruce N Reuther to succeed his father Leo A Reuther as Wilkin County Court judge. The ruling fills the vacancy in the county bench with a son following in his father’s judicial path.
Weekly activities at Shaw Gymnasium Ellis pool and school gyms include pool handball table tennis and basketball from 3 15 to 5 p m and 7 to 9 p m on weekdays and 1 to 5 p m Saturday Free public swimming at Ellis Pool Tuesday 6 30 to 9 p m Thursday cancelled Saturday 1 to 4 30 p m Adult tennis at Ellis Junior High Friday 6 to 10 30 p m Mixed volleyball Nevela School Monday and Thursday 7 to 9 30 p m Lincoln School Men s basketball and adult mixed volleyball Thursday 6 to 8 p m and 8 to 10 p m Show School Wednesday 7 to 9 30 p m Women s Volleyball League Southgate School Wednesday 7 to 9 30 p m Austin Swim Club Ellis Pool Thursday 7 to 9 p m Golden Age Club Moose Club Rooms 206 3rd Ave NE Monday and Wednesday 1 to 4 p m Square Dancing Sumner School Gym Monday evenings except first Monday 7 30 to 9 30 p m
Glenville Minnesota reports the school board approved purchasing a new car from Don Norton Ford Albert Lea for 3602 dollars after October bids and specifications. Osage Iowa plans annual Mitchell County Agricultural Society meeting at 8 pm Saturday to elect four new directors and review 1972 fair reports. Todd Hesla Austin son of Inman Hesla appears in Concordia Theater Company's The Madwoman of Chaillot November 29 to December 2. Pauline Snyder Grand Meadow enrolls at Minnesota School of Business Minneapolis as 1973 Grand Meadow High School graduate. Federal funds withheld from American Indian schools in Minneapolis St Paul and Milwaukee pending December 13 meeting in Minneapolis.
Two to four inches fell overnight in the Minneapolis St Paul region with some zones reporting up to seven inches north northeast of the Twin Cities. Highway crews plowed sanded and spread chemicals as slick conditions spread across central Minnesota. Temperatures plunge to 11 below zero at International Falls with winds to follow.
Prices paid today by Hor mel for pogs chee a one No 3 200 230 27.75 Packing sows weigh over 300 lbs priced same as sows. Cattle market lists U S Prime and Choice Yearlings 34.00. U S Good Steers 30.57. Standards 23.75. Utilities 20.50 24.50. US Commercial Cows 24.50. Heifers are 50c under the steers.
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