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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1973
Page
1
Classified advertisement seeks babysitter for Friday Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm. Listed under employment in the Herald low cost section. A babysitter found after three days. contact 433 5831 for quick service and pricing.
Gerald R. Ford formally assumed duties as vice president and presided over the Senate for the first 12 minutes. He pledged loyalty to Nixon, and his installation followed impeachment considerations and the 25th Amendment confirmation. Ford’s swearing in by Chief Justice Burger occurred amid a packed chamber and national attention.
The Christmas break fuel saving ban on all public school activities faces strong opposition from Rochester Richfield Red Wing and other districts. Critics question authority and call for legal review while some districts comply and others seek injunctions or joint appeals.
Minnesota collected nearly 19.5 million dollars in liquor and beer taxes in the first five months of the current fiscal year, an increase of 806.46 thousand dollars from the prior period.
Minnesota Legislative Auditor reports Linda Louise Wright known as Linda Kohner was paid 1926.24 for 753+ hours not worked from 1969 to 1972 while employed as a clerk-typist in the Federal-State Crop and Livestock Reporting Division. The overpayment was reimbursed by Francis Graham and David Taylor after the inspector general found falsified time records and officials delayed public disclosure.
The Treasury Department seeks authority to mint pennies from aluminum due to copper costs. A spokesman said production could begin about nine days after congressional approval, and the Mint has already produced sample aluminum pennies bearing Lincoln on the face and the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse.
The 65-foot Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York was lit with about 5,000 seven watt bulbs, roughly one third of previous displays. Officials estimate only five percent of normal energy will be used this year, contrasting with past years’ brighter windows and cross-shaped light displays.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 200,000 more jobless in November lifting the rate from 4.5 to 4.7 percent. Total employment held at 85.7 million while job losses grew especially among adult women and 16 to 24 year olds, with blue collar and service workers most affected.
Window service at the Austin Post Office on 2001st Ave SE runs 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Postmaster Oliver Herrick urges residents to mail Christmas letters and packages immediately to aid delivery and ease fuel and energy crisis impacts on mail service.
Negotiations between George A. Hormel and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen resume at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Holiday Inn in Austin with about 30 union officials from eight locals and Jesse Prosten of AMC BWNA. Averted is a planned strike by the Fort Dodge plant and Fremont plant strike plans are shelved for now as bargaining continues after talks stalled since October 23.
Minnesota Supreme Court rules taverns may be liable for damages when 3.2 beer is sold to minors or intoxicated persons who injure third parties. The ruling overturns a lower court dismissal, sending Betty Trail's $1 million suit against Herr Schmidt Inn owner Gilbert Christian back for trial. The case cites a 1965 crash in Coon Rapids involving Robert Ridlon, then a minor, who had consumed 3.2 beer at Herr Schmidt Inn.
Former presidential appointments secretary Dwight L. Chapin pleads innocent to charges he lied to the Watergate grand jury about Donald H. Segretti activities. Judge Gesell released Chapin on personal recognizance.
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