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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1972
Page
4
The U S Postal Service launches a special Christmas Communications Network to keep holiday mail moving. About nine million pieces are expected. deadlines to ensure pre Christmas delivery are Dec 10 for packages and Dec 15 for cards and letters. Offices close Dec 24 and 25. customers urged to mail early amid reduced staff.
A Christmas 1972 message reflects on peace amid war in Southeast Asia. The text links the biblical angelic proclamation to global reconciliation, urging forgiveness and neighborly love, and notes the coming cease-fire and reduced hostilities as a test of the era's peace.
A compact chronicle marks December 9, 1972 with key historical events from 1608 to 1944 and notes on the Vietnam War era. It highlights Milton’s birth, Webster’s NY newspaper founding, church-state separation in France, North Africa actions, and near Dacca. It also discusses returning soldiers civilians and dissenters, praising Nixon’s parole release of Father Philip Berrigan as a notable Advent season moment.
Child of devoted parents pursues law career as he grows up under guidance.
Ethel sued Fred’s parents for fraud after learning he hid tuberculosis and drug addiction before their marriage. Court held parents liable for deceit, while noting parental privilege has limits. Similar cases include alienation of affection and parental advice during marital strain.
A Reader’s Miscellany catalog lists The Complete Sour Dough Cookbook by Don and Myrtle Holm and The Complete Career Exploration Handbook by Newell Brown. Also included are guides on group therapy for children, making shell flowers, and magic tricks. Fiction titles cover The Hollow Sea, To Serve Them All My Days, Semi-Tough, and McGovern biography, plus works on reincarnation and the Brooklyn Bridge era.
User questions about changes in Social Security raise widow and dependent widower benefits. Many widows age 65 or older will receive 100 percent of their husband benefit, up from 82.5 percent, with increases starting next month and some via February checks.
Downtown Austin lights along Main Street delight shoppers as Sterling Shop Center and East Side districts glow with decorations. In Washington, the Ellipse hosts a 70 foot National Christmas tree with 6,000 lights, to be lit December 15 by the President, plus daily choral performances and 57 smaller trees. An additional grand tree stands before the Capitol, with festive displays inside the White House open to the public.
President Nixon nominates Caspar Weinberger to lead the Health, Education and Welfare Department. The HEW budget of 78.9 billion is the largest federal outlay, and Weinberger known as Cap the Knife aims to trim costs though much spending is mandatory Social Security and Medicare. Only about 10 billion could be curtailed.
In Columbus Ohio the Youth International party voted to oust founders Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman. A spokesman said the leaders at ages 35 and 34 were turning toward high speaking fees and personal gain and becoming like the ruling class in their old age.
A compilation of quips on public behavior and a piece on airline smoking rules. The piece argues for mandatory separate smoking sections on all airlines, citing nonsmoker complaints and health concerns, while noting some carriers already offer spaces. It references the Civil Aeronautics Board and Surgeon General findings.
A newspaper snippet presents a Thomas Jefferson quote about steering a boat with hope and leaving fear behind. It juxtaposes biblical imagery from Matthew about Jesus walking on water with Jefferson’s philosophy, reflecting resilience and belief amid uncertainty. The piece appears in a local Austin Minnesota publication with publisher and mailing details.
The five choirs of St Olaf Lutheran Church with 300 voices present their annual Christmas Choral Vespers directed by Paul Helme and others. Readers note past anniversaries and local history features from the paper.
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