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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1966
Page
4
A city expansion issue discussions center on annexation legalities and planning. Clinton Iowa votes to annex 22 square miles aiming for a 65 000 population by 1985, while court challenges test service provision and revenue impacts.
The piece surveys the Romney Goldwater split, noting Romney’s refusal to back Goldwater in 1964 over what he calls a narrow Southern rural white platform. It argues Romney’s stance may broaden appeal among moderates while alienating hardline Goldwater supporters.
Government experts quoted by the Associated Press foresee a federal outlay of up to 130 billion dollars for the year ending June 30 and 140 billion for the next year. Anonymous leaks hint at deliberate economy measures prior to a large final budget, suggesting White House will appear frugal while the total remains high.
A neighbor in a bordering county hired a plumbing contractor to fix a stall shower leak. Tile work cost 195 dollars, while the total bill reached 357.86 with 237.50 for labor. The breakdown listed 20 percent of plumber time at 10 dollars an hour and 3.4 hours of laborers’ time at 8 dollars an hour, plus an explanatory contractor note.
Reading snippets from the Chicago Daily News show a quotation about letting light shine and developing good, then a long ad for subscriptions in Austin Minnesota and a note on a plumber’s labor charge. The text blends quotes, rates, and a humorous image of a plumber with an adding machine.
Thirty years ago at the National Scholastic Press Association in Detroit Miss Rachel Gardner and Delpha Helleque plus Marion Holston will represent the local high school. Austin cagers open the 1936-37 season against Muscatine at 7 p.m. at the Armory. Meanwhile twenty years ago Rev. C H Crawford led the Exchange Club with officers and a roller skating show at the high school. City workers face a 15 cent pay rise as Austin eyes the 1957 budget and tuberculin tests are administered to eighth and twelfth graders with local doctors and seventeen high school girls assisting.
The Herald announces the longest AP story, The Middle-Aged Lions, to be printed as a Sunday feature and continued on Page One starting Monday. It explores four veterans from Pearl Harbor through 25 years of postwar life, framed as a vivid blend of fact and fiction.
Summary of notable events on December 3 including Lydia Darrah warning Washington in 1777 and Illinois statehood in 1818. Also notes deaths and major political actions spanning 1910 to 1966, with a memory of a 1954 Labour challenge to Churchill and a 1966 Brooklyn pier disaster.
Lloyd's of London does not issue life insurance policies. A purebred horse can come from any breed if both parents are of that breed, while a thoroughbred is a specific defined breed.
Series on Social Security from the Austin office discusses hospital costs under Medicare Parts A and B, worker in home care wages, spousal work, and obtaining a social security card for a 16 year old. It explains when a card is needed and how to apply with Form SS-5.
Britain faces deep changes if it enters the European Common Market. Food prices may rise 10 to 14 percent over years, driven by higher farm prices and grain costs, while imported produce could drop. Industrial gains and access to 180 million customers tempt entry, but devaluation and policy shifts loom as risks.
The White House faces a conundrum as President Johnson weighs a new civil rights package for 1967. Aiming beyond 1966 open housing, he may risk limited gains in a conservative 90th Congress while relying on some Republicans who shifted votes on civil rights.
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