Turning point in ecology urged by National Wildlife Federation
A Austin Daily Herald opinion notes the NWF EQ Index for 1971 shows overall environmental decline with some areas stabilizing. It calls for action in water cleanup costs, air pollution reduction, and responsible industrial and consumer efforts to hope for an EQ Index uptick in 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Magazine
Thomas Kimball
NWF
Kimball
Congress
National Parks
Library notices and book selections update
Library policy allows reserving 8mm films with up to five checked out at once and a 23 hour return limit. Reader's Miscellany highlights Christmas titles by Gladys Hasty Carroll and Eleanor Sayre. fiction includes Day of the Jackal and Dossier 51. non fiction covers Do You Sincerely Want to Be Rich and Peace and Counter Peace with authors Armstrong and Hodgson.
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Gladys Hasty Carroll
Eleanor Sayre
Margaret Perry
Fredrick Forsyth
Jackal
OAS
France
Charles de Gaulle
Ann Cornelisen
San Basilio
Lucanian Appennines
Gilles Perrault
Europe
Charles Raw
Bruce Page
Godfrey Hodgson
Bernard Cornfeld
Investors Overseas Services
Wall Street
Cornfeld
Edward Cowett
Hamilton Fish Armstrong
Armstrong
Foreign Affairs
Madrid
Ernest Hemingway
Hyde Park
FDI
Queen Marie
Romania
Wilson
Hitler
Armonstrong
Mussolini
Voyageurs National Park Born From Long Effort in Minnesota
The northern border lakes region of Minnesota earns a national park designation after over 70 years of advocacy. Voyageurs National Park will cover about 168000 acres, including 60000 acres of water on the Kabetogama Peninsula, preserving a wilderness landscape with fishing boating wildlife and glaciated rock exposures. Visitors are urged to explore the area and experience the park’s natural beauty firsthand.
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Border Lakes
Minnesota
Voyageurs National Park
U.S. Congress
Kabetogama
Voyageurs
Boot Jack Lake
Park Service
New Highway Signs to Reshape Road Directional Cues
The nation moves toward international style highway signs emphasizing pictures and symbols. Diamond warning signs, octagon stops, inverted triangles yield, and pentagons indicate schools. colors designate stop, warning, movement, and services. All states must conform by 1975 amid early blue service signs on new freeways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
First Christmas cheer for Mower County servicemen
A batch of 46 Hormel snack packs sent by the Austin Chamber of Commerce reaches Navy and Army men stationed in Shanghai Iceland Alaska Hawaii Panama and the West Indies. Kiwanis members hear survey results on local youths leisure time and discuss improving facilities. Rochester station G David Gentling predicts television within a year for a 60 mile radius. L S Harbo speaks on secondary education at a Minnesota School Board Association workshop in Rochester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
Armed Services
Hormel
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Navy
Army
Shanghai
Iceland
Alaska
Hawaii
Panama
West Indies
Austin
Kiwanis Club
G. Max Buck
Rochester
G. David Gentling
KROC
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
L. S. Harbo
Austin Public Schools
Minnesota School Board Association
Rochester Central Junior High
When Dozing Drivers Face Liability in Crashes
Legal debates hinge on whether a sleeping driver can be negligent. Courts have held dozing motorists liable for crash outcomes, citing self control to stay awake, while acknowledging factors like long hours and exhaustion. Passengers who nap rarely incur liability unless special duty to watch the driver exists.
Editorial appreciation from St. Olaf pastor for Bible Week note
Hoover T Grimsby pastor of St Olaf Lutheran Church thanks the Austin Daily Herald for an editorial on National Bible Week that aided the church's reading program. He praises the paper for moral and spiritual community impact and urges readers to join the Book of Life Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Herald
Austin Daily Herald
Hoover T. Grimsby
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
1St St. NW
Church moves toward the center in a quiet shift
The Christian community broadens its approach after a decade of conflict. Prominent Episcopal priest Father Malcolm Boyd epitomizes the shift toward balance, urging love and personal responsibility as central to world peace. The move is seen in church programming, literature, and liturgy, with social action and spirituality expanding together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Boyd
Boyd
Vietnam
Alpha
Christmas Gift Blues and Tiny Tales of Holiday Jots
A light column riffing on holiday budget stress and playful Christmas lists. It notes red ink in bank books, a child’s meticulous shopping tally, and the humor of Santa entering a house via a steam radiator. The piece closes with a friend forecasting an old fashioned one horse open Christmas.
Questions and Answers on Social Security from Austin Office
A series of Q A on disability benefits covers filing on a spouse’s behalf, income tests, work credits for women, effect on retirement, necessity of attorneys at reconsideration, and Medicare rules. Contact details for the Austin Social Security office and toll free lines are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Social Security Office
2Nd St
Social Security
Social Security District Office
2Nd St. NW
Albert Lea
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RED Orchestra
Secret Service
Achille
Piece of
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Jerusalem
Aldous Huxley
St. N.E
J. Knox Dye
Thomas J. Koeck
Eee
Minn
U.S
A.P.O
F.P.O
Y’s Men’s Club
4Th Ave
Peoples Forum
David Poling
D.D
Yuse
Santa
Berry's
NEA, Inc
U.N
Peking
Forbidden City
New York
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