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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1968
Page
3
The Labor Department’s Manpower Administration emphasizes alcoholism in national manpower programs. A Milwaukee study found 15 percent of unemployed slum residents are alcoholics or heavy drinkers, while St Paul added an alcoholism counselor and placed 225 drinkers in six months with 75 percent still employed.
At Memorial Stadium in Lincoln a 64 563 crowd gathered for Nebraska vs Iowa State on November 4. Dr Earl N Deppen collapsed from a heart attack during the rush to his seat, but the game day system with Red Cross volunteers and a cardiac resuscitation team aided by modern equipment provided immediate aid on the spot.
Dr. Deppen suffered no pulse and was not breathing when rushed to St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Red Cross staff and a Lincoln cardiac resuscitation team used defibrillation, in heart monitor readings, and chest massages to stabilize him before transfer for two months of convalescence.
Twenty two city parking meter collectors and truck drivers were arrested in New York as a ring allegedly stole coins from meters over four years. Detectives posing as meter workers seized the group after rounds, with one suspect found carrying burglar tools and others holding from $150 to $1,000 in dimes and quarters. The probe began after the city finance office flagged irregularities.
The Minnesota Highway Department unveils an 11.2 mile Interstate 94 span connecting downtown Minneapolis and St Paul with dedication at 2 15 p m and public opening at 4 p m A 80 million project begun in 1959 includes 88 bridges 12 miles of storm sewers 68 retaining walls 3 tunnels and 18 interchanges The bottleneck tunnel remains unfinished amid tax irregularities and meter collection fluctuations
In Lansing a memo controversy over skirt length erupts among female legislative staff. A secretary counters with a parody on nationality and head shape while a male secretary questions beard length, reflecting a broader campus style clash and humorous exchange.
A Chippewa medicine man born circa 1844 died at Warroad Nursing Home aged between 110 and 124. Ka Ka Gesick, noted as Minnesota’s oldest man by some counts, remembered battles and portages in his native tongue and received a Roosevelt patent deed for land on Lake of the Woods in 1905.
ST PAUL AP executive director Richard M Lynch of the Minnesota Commission on Alcohol Problems sent a letter to the Northwest Council on Alcohol Problems praising the citizen group for its newly opened Alcoholic treatment center.
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