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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1972
Page
4
The Austin Daily Herald urges readers to deter shoplifting during the holidays. It notes losses to merchants, warns that arrests can ruin future prospects, and stresses that theft is a criminal act affecting customers and the community.
Officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Austin Shrine Club at Masonic Hall. E W Johnson was named president, J B Teigen vice president, with John Newgaard Al Gerhart and John Jones as directors. Simon Johnson reelected secretary treasurer. William J Nierengarten named Cedar Valley Area Council vice president. Jim Lind spoke on a Waltham Winners 4 H Club tour. Col Theodore Oberlander praised Austin's first official blackout as a success during Let’s Get Acquainted Week.
Reporter describes a confidential talk with President Nixon amid Secret Service in a theater. The piece outlines Nixon's pro labor approach for a potential second administration, stressing consultations with unions and avoidance of anti union appointments, with Meany and Fitzsimmons cited as key contacts and signs of broad labor support.
A Joint Economic Committee study led by Rep. Griffiths questions WIN effectiveness and job placement rates while noting more volunteers than spaces. It cites Hollywood concerns, White House discussions with union leaders, and broader labor management dynamics shaping policy and politics.
Bruce Biossat discusses the clash within the Democratic Party over the McGovern Fraser quota reforms. He notes regulars fear exclusivity and militancy from reformers, while militants demand broader participation, risking a party unity and effectiveness in elections.
The Ohio State University five to six year study funded by the U S Labor Department finds poverty correlates with low education, lack of a male breadwinner, and health disparities. It notes some poor families raise educated children through vocational or formal schooling and that many poor men work 40 to 60 hours weekly, while unemployment is not the sole cause.
On this date numerous events span history from the 1851 December Four Massacre in Paris to Washington's 1783 farewell, Monroe's 1816 election, Tammany escape in 1876 and wartime meetings in Cairo in 1943. Birthdays note Francisco Franco turning 80 and biologist Alfred Hershey turning 54.
Uncle Sam will mail generous revenue sharing checks to 38 000 state and local governments the week of December 4. The first 5.3 billion dollars will be issued in two installments with half the 1972 allotment in the first checks and the rest in January. Funds will arrive in four quarterly installments in 1973.
A Transportation Department report warns of an energy crisis as Americans use 103 billion gallons in cars and 4 billion in other engines this year. It notes average cars with 175 hp engines achieve about 12 mpg while European cars are smaller and more fuel efficient.
A food editor tested eleven dog foods showing wide variety in quality from allegedly all meat gunk to sawdust like dry meat and horse chunks. Psychoanalyst K Eileen Hite notes dogs often lack normal family life as modern life keeps males away, paralleling human isolation.
Opinion columns criticize Chicago police for a ticket-writing blitz that angered motorists and proposed slower emergency responses. The piece questions the police public relations guidance and likens the act to gangster era tactics, recalling Al Capone and asking for accountability.
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