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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1964
Page
7
AP reports a buoyant 1965 outlook with total construction near $65 billion for November, up from 1964 and 1963 levels. Housing remains about one third, but nonresidential sectors such as highways schools factories and utilities are projected to rise, supported by government spending and industrial expansion.
Three years after Lt. Gen. Andrew McNamara launched the Defense Supply Agency plan to standardize a single belt buckle design, the effort remains unresolved. The Army Navy and Air Force buckles differ in cost and metal, with the Marine buckle notably more expensive, while field tests show no affordable black buckle acceptable to all. The initiative aimed to cut waste by consolidating purchases across services.
About 900 students returned to classes in Le Mars after an anonymous bomb threat prompted a Monday dismissal. no bomb found. In New Hampton, Leonard and Marlene Gronwoldt died in a collision near Ionia, with two young sons injured. Council Bluffs saw City Manager Paul White resign, effective Dec. 31, as he heads to Jackson Michigan. a separate crash east of the Missouri River claimed Kerry Donich, 18, of Council Bluffs, with truck driver Alonzo Bacher uninjured.
Westminster California police say 10 year old Stephen Dugmanies drove a 1964 compact car solo to Pacoima, 62 miles away, during peak rush hour. Neighbors reported seeing him. he arrived at his aunt Bernice Watts’s home and was later driven home by her 17 year old son. Authorities planned to lecture him and his mother.
President Johnson recounted whispered counsel from Mrs. Johnson during a White House dinner with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Johnson said she told him to use plenty of judgment and that he had tried to follow her advice.
The official portrait of Elmer L. Anderson, Minnesota’s 30th governor, was hung on the capitol’s first floor among other governor portraits. Painted by St Paul artist Edward Brewer, it was placed without ceremony after Anderson served one term and later lost to Karl Rolvaag by 91 votes after a March recount.
The 1965 legislature confronts education funding as a major issue. State aid covers about 45 percent of local elementary and secondary costs, with estimates that keeping or increasing the share may require 42 million dollars more over two years. Lawmakers debate tax tweaks to raise funds, including income tax changes, sales tax use, or diverting dedicated revenues, while some call for keeping or freeing dedicated funds for flexibility.
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