Mayo Foundation May Build Undergraduate Medical School
The Mayo Foundation favors adding an undergraduate medical school if outside funding of 30 to 50 million dollars can be raised. The plan would not use Mayo Clinic funds and location remains undecided between St Paul and Duluth. Substantial state support seems unlikely. private and local fundraising would be essential to speed the project.
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Mayo Foundation
Mayo Clinic
St. Paul
Duluth
Minnesota Medical Association
American Medical Association
Lowering Voting Age Toward 18 Proposals Rise
The piece notes that several presidents and organizations urge dropping the voting age to 18 arguing fairness for youth capable of military service. It discusses opposition from smaller states over direct popular vote and fears of losing influence in a revamped electoral system.
Supreme Court may rule on equal education funding
The Nation discusses a possible Supreme Court ruling declaring state public school systems unconstitutional due to funding by local taxes. Suits in Michigan Illinois Virginia and California argue education quality should not depend on district wealth. Proposals from James B Conant urge state takeover of funding to reduce disparities.
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Supreme Court
Michigan
Illinois
Virginia
California
Julian H. Levi
University of Chicago
Woodlawn
Chicago
Winnetka
James B. Conant
Education Commission of the States
American School Board Jurnal
Education Commissioner
Massachusetts
Turn Back the Clock 30 Years Ago In Austin
The piece notes Austin Acres a 44 home project to be sold by the federal government for 62796 to the association of homesteaders. It also covers the Austin Exchange Club launch with C W Hildreth elected president, part time jobs for 600 of 1899 Austin High students, a Santa letter crowd, local window display winners Kinsman and Wallace, CAB approval of airline service, and Ozark route plans through Des Moines Fort Dodge Albert Lea Austin Rochester to Minneapolis.
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Austin Acres
Association of Homesteaders
Austin
Austin Exchange Club
Fox Hotel
C. W. Hildreth
Harold G. Kannady
Santa Claus
the Herald
Douglas Meany
Roger Johnson
Nancy Dunlap
Jimmy
Tommy
Nancy
Kinsman Inc
Wallace’s Inc
Greater Austin
The
Herald
Kaus-Kmmt
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ozark Airlines
Des Moines
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Fort Dodge
City
Albert Lea
Rochester
Honest eighth grader finds pocketbook and returns it
Tim Mayzick, an Austin Junior High eighth grader, found a pocketbook with $52 on the way to school and took it to the office. The owner was traced. she had dropped it while transporting her baby to a babysitter to visit a hospitalized husband. Tim’s act highlights admired honesty and character.
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Tim Mayzick
Austin Junior High
Tim
Reuther Plots to Dismantle Humphrey Amid Democratic Turmoil
Washington report outlines Walter Reuther shifting support within the Democratic Party as Hubert Humphrey faces pressure from reform factions. Paul Schrade, an ADA ally and Western Region UAW director, co leads the New Democratic Coalition alongside veteran leftists, signaling a struggle over party leadership ahead of 1972.
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Washington, D. C
Democratic Party
Walter Reuther
Hubert H. Humphrey
National Committee
Reform Phalanx
Reuther
Europe
Humphrey
George Meany
Auto Union
Reuther Brothers
Jack Conway
Yale
Paul Schrade
United Auto Workers
Western Region 6
Schrade
Senator Kennedy
Western Auto Union
New York
New Democratic Coalition
ADA
Roosevelt- Kennedy
Today in History Highlights from 1941 to 1965
The edition surveys key events on December 9 across decades. It notes Japanese invasion of the Philippines in 1941, Ethiopian Italian clashes in 1934, and a 1940 North Africa offensive. It also mentions China declaring war in 1941 and Allied actions near Aachen in 1944.
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Associated Press
Phillippines
Milton
London
Noah Webster
New York
Indianapolis
Ind
Zanz‘har
Lynda Bird Johnson
Charles Reich
White House
France Faces Franc Crisis and Global Gold Debate
The piece compares France’s franc crisis with Japan and Germany, noting France relies on gold stocks but suffers monetary strain while Japan and Germany bolster living standards via production and gradual wage growth. It argues austerity as a crisis remedy, cautions on gold price shifts, and highlights timing in wage policy.
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Washington
NEA
de Gaulle
Paris
France
Japan
Germany
South Africa
United Fund Drive Nears Goal Shortfall
Editor C E Stoike appeals in the Herald for donations as the United Fund Drive remains $27,000 short. He urges reconsideration for those who oppose any agency to support the fund and promises relief from guilt for contributing.
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United Fund
the Herald
C. E. Stoike
Austin
Quick Quiz and Fact Bits From the 1960s Highlights
The item surveys trivia on historic sites and figures. It notes the Arkenwyke yew at Runnymede and Magna Carta, Tanzania formed from Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964, Pentagon Hall of Heroes with 3 210 names, Fred Baldasare the underwater English Channel first, and Boston as the windiest U S city in 1966 with average winds.
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Runnymede
England
John
United States
Boston
Mass
Timely Quotes on Diplomatic Cocktails and Protests
A Paris reporter quips on rival diplomatic “cocktail parties” of the South Vietnamese government and the National Liberation Front. Christine Michelson leads a New York workshop on writing protest ads as Leroy Fogle, a 13 year old, laments the city teachers strike closing schools.
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Hertz
Avis
Paris
National Liberation Front
Christine Michelson
New York City
Leroy Fogle
New York
Schools in Financial Peril as Voters Nix Tax Boosts
Bruce Biossat reports on public school closings from Youngstown Ohio to Perry and other districts, illustrating a nationwide trend of tax rejection straining funding. The piece notes effects in Los Angeles Cincinnati Cleveland and beyond, with maintenance cuts and volunteer contributions common as districts cope with rising costs and uneven state aid.
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Washington
NEA
Youngstown
Ohio
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Cleveland
St. Louis
Perry
Lake Erie
Delaware Com
New Jersey
Alabama
Delaware
Arizona
California
Oregon
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A. Richard Gross
Montaigne
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
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Uncle Sam
Winston Churchill
Congress
Reuthers
By Victor Riesel
Harry Bridges
Pacific
Louis Goldblatt
Watts
Machiavelli
Prince
McCarthy
Gailbraith
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Schrade Escadrille
Daley
Lake Michigan
Warlords of the Future
Ted Kennedy
Ed Muskie
George McGovern
Publishers - Hall Syndicate
NEA, Inc
Captain Kangaroo
Che Guevera
Ray Cromley
People's Pulpit
Tanganyika
Zanzibar
Tanzania
Pentagon
English Channel
Fred Baldasare
Bruce Biossat
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