At 56, 'Red' Rubert chases hillclimb glory in Minnesota
Clifford Rubert of Oakland remains the state’s oldest active hillclimber. In 23 years of competition he tops Minnesota and Iowa results, notes Twin Valley hill near Moorhead as toughest, and recalls ice race spills. He plans to keep racing, driving a Buttaco bike with a life-long bachelor lifestyle nearby.
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Herald
Oakland
Minn
Clifford
Red Rubert
Robert
Minnesota
American Motorcycle Assa
Rubert
Daytonna Beach
Fla
Iowa
Ruibert
Twin Valley
Moorhead
Marie Rubert
Teeee
Clifford “Red” Rubert
Shortage forces Hayfield Plastics to halt operations
Hayfield firm Century Plastics faces a one week supply of high density polyethylene before a shutdown due to a natural gas shortage. Boss Becvar of U S Industrial Chemical Co says to plan for nothing, with 7 to 8 workers in Hayfield awaiting a revival.
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Hayfield
Hayfield Plastics
Steve Beevar
Century Plastics
Becvar
Houston
Tex
Army offers delayed enlistment options post holiday
SFC Bob McDaniel describes a Christmas enlistment plan allowing young men and women to enlist and stay home until after January 3. The program offers two to four year terms plus guaranteed technical school training, with pay starting at 326.10 per month and potential increases. For details, contact Austin recruiters or call the listed numbers. A separate note mentions a recycling project using polyethylene milk and detergent containers, with production figures and potential sourcing from Austin or an Owatonna firm depending on local ordinances.
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U.S. Army
SFC
Bob McDaniel
Army
McDaniel
BP council hears sewage explanation
Blooming Prairie Minnesota village council heard a briefing from William H. McCombs president of McCombs Knutson Associates Minneapolis on sewage engineering services. The firm outlined how its work could help BP meet a State Pollution Control Agency order and enable federal grant assistance by filing required project reports.
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Blooming Prairie
Minn
McCombs Knutson _ Associates
Minneapolis
William H. McCombs
State
Hospice van donated to Sacred Heart Hospice residents
A Ford van was purchased for Sacred Heart Hospice residents at 1200 12th St SW Austin Minnesota. Donations from families of former residents and gifts facilitated the purchase improving transport for residents.
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Sacred Heart Hospice
12Th St
Hospice Receives New Wheelchair Van From Local Group
A new van with space for two wheelchairs and five seated passengers is donated to Sacred Heart Hospice. Stanley Mouche, patient, boards as Sister Brnan, the hospice administrator, pushes his chair up the ramp. Volunteer Kay Perry looks on.
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Stanley Mouche
Brnan
Sacred Heart Hospice
Kay ‘Perry
Herald
Ernest Danek
Labor dispute rules extend unemployment eligibility
Rodney Smith of the Minnesota Dept. of Manpower Services in Austin explains that a 1973 amendment allows “innocent bystanders” affected by labor disputes to qualify for unemployment benefits. The law limits disqualification to one week for those not participating, with individual claims evaluated on merit. In November Mower County issued building permits totaling 105 500, including five agricultural permits worth 48 800 and seven residential permits worth 56 700. no commercial or industrial permits were issued.
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Rodney Smith
Minnesota
Smith
Dept. of Manpower Services Office
Mower County
Soviet Food Officials Tour U.S. Can Plants in Exchange Visit
Four Soviet technical officials toured American Can Co facilities across eight states as part of a research and manufacturing exchange on containers and packaging. The visit follows a December 1972 technology pact, with plans for equipment sales and licensing, and comes after Soviet ministerial delegations visited American Can headquarters and plants in prior weeks.
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U.S
American Can Co
American Can
Austin
Ussr
G. G. Kohn
Europe
Asia
Ministry of Food and Light Industry
Y. G. Kharin
Department For Food and Light Industry
State Committee For Science and Technology
V. J. Rogachov
Institute of Canning
Ministry of Food Industry
K. Zagorulko
O. Koroviakina
All - Union Scientific Research and Experimental Design Institute
V. N. Doenin
Ussr Ministry of Engineering For
Greenwich
Conn
Pennsylvania
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
American Samoa
American Can’s _ international group
Bulgaria
Hunters to Speak at Miracle Service in Albert Lea
Charles and Frances Hunter, famed miracle workers and best selling authors, speak at Albert Lea Senior High Auditorium Sunday at 2 30 PM. They promote powerful healings and deliverance with a love offering to cover expenses. Attendees from a 400 mile radius expected.
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Albert Lea
Charles
Frances Hunter
Hunters
Happy Hunters
Albert Lea Senior High Auditorium
Iblia
Hunry
Women’s Glow Fellowship
Heaven
Bion
Lord
Jesus
Charles Hunter
Film festival at ACC showcases silent era comedy
A 7:30 pm film festival at Austin Community College Theater features Laurel and Hardy the Three Stooges the Marx Brothers and Charlie Chaplin. Sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa the event funds a trip to the PTK convention in Kansas City next spring.
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Austin Community College
Phi Theta Kappa
Laurel and Hardy
Three Stooges
Charlie Chaplin
Kansas City
Make‑up Tax Class Set After Cancellation
A make-up session for Tuesday’s cancelled income tax management course will be held at 8 p.m. Monday in the vocational agriculture room at Southland High School. The course is offered by the vocational agriculture department of Southland District 500.
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Vocational Agriculture Dept. of Southland Dist
Vocational Agriculture
Southland High School
Winter Walk through a Quiet Snow Covered Landscape
Judy McDermott reflects on a cold winter walk, noting the wind, falling snow, and peaceful solitude. She describes unshoveled paths, the soft landing of a fall, and the contrast between white snow and dried plant life, ending back home with lingering quiet.
Aluminum Reclamation Truck to Return to Austin
The Reynolds Metals Co. Mobile Aluminum Reclamation unit will be in Austin Wednesday at the Sears Shopping Center from 2 to 5 am. It will collect aluminum cans and other aluminum scrap, paying the public 10 cents per pound.
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Reynolds Metals Co. Mobile Aluminum Reclamation Unit
Austin
Sears Shopping Center
POUND REPORT DOG IN CUSTODY AT CITY SHELTER
A large black and brown male Shepherd picked up at 2 35 p m Wednesday on the 900 block of 13th Ave NE is in the city poundmaster custody at the Austin animal shelter. Prospective adopters or those identifying the dog should contact the poundmaster at 433 3401.
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13Th Ave
Austin Animal Shelter
County approves new tandem truck bid correction
The County Board approved the bid for a new tandem truck at their Tuesday meeting but the amount was incorrect. The Fordtown bid should read 19 442 42 dollars for a 46 000 GVW dual drive tandem.
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Fordtown
Breakin Reported at Church of Christ Office
Police investigate a breakin at the Church of Christ on 103 2nd St SW. Unknown suspect or suspects forced entry to a metal cabinet between 7 p.m. Tuesday and 9:50 a.m. Wednesday. no items reported missing and $100 in damages.
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Church of Christ
2Nd St
Austin Police Dept
Vietnam Missing in Action stories shared by Rod Norberg at legion meeting
Rod Norberg National Co ordinator of Youth Concerned for 1300 Missing in Action spoke at Austin American Legion Post 91 detailing a Cold Spring Minnesota veteran Gary Guggenberger captured by Viet Cong in 1969. Guggenberger endured seven foot chain privations near four years and was released earlier this year. Norberg urged world opinion to press Hanoi to disclose fate of the 1300 missing and criticized UN and much of the press for silence. Harold Frederick honored for 27 years of Red Cross blood donations totaling ten gallons.
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Austin American Legion Post 91
Rod Norberg
Norberg
Cold Spring
Minn
Vietnam
Gary Guggenberger
Guggenberger
North Vietnam
Mid East
Hanoi
United States
Harold Frederick
Red Cross
American Legion
Frederick
Christmas caravan planned by IBP strikers
The International Brotherhood of Packing House Workers initiates a Christmas Caravan to aid striking members of Local P-9 and Geo. A. Hormel & Co. unions. Howard Barnett, project chairman, asks each member to donate 2 dollars or more, with canned foods accepted at Local P-9 hall by December 14 for delivery to families on December 15.
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International Bureau of Packing House Workers
IBP
P-9
Howard Barnett
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
District 11
P-9 Union
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Owatonna
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Austin Daily Herald News
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