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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1965
Page
4
Austin city and Mower County consider hiring a consultant firm for a joint comprehensive plan. Estimated total cost about 105550 with city share 12757 and county 2358, funded by federal and state sources. The plan aims to align city and county growth, benefiting both areas amid new highway developments.
An analysis predicts future campaigns will run on computers that write personalized letters to voters, identify unregistered voters, and craft speeches. It warns machines could replace politicians, as campaigns become computer driven with potential for sweeping influence.
The 1965 debate centers on ending agricultural surpluses and boosting output. Officials note world hunger rises with 180,000 new mouths daily and 180,000 acres of arable land needed daily. With many good cropland idle, the U S may move from curbing production to incentivizing higher yields.
An analysis argues traffic jams rise with car ownership in Western Europe and compares ratios in Bonn London Paris Madrid Brussels and Rome to New York. It notes a bicyclist streetcar rider and motorist test and argues for speeding mass transit and reducing downtown auto use to keep cities vibrant.
The Paramount Theatre and Austin Daily Herald host Toy Day on Saturday with Santa visit planned for Wal tham. Archie Niemens addresses the Austin group. Lions donate clothing and toys for underprivileged children. Post Office to extend Christmas season hours.
A Commerce Clearing House report notes billions in surplus foreign currencies from aid deals, usable for up to seventy years. Funds support U.S. and host-country use, including research, exchanges, and translations. Also: American Legion Auxiliary's Operation Hometown Paper offers Viet Nam servicemen six months of home-town newspaper subscriptions funded via headquarters communications. A box-office list of top money-making films from 1939 to 1964 is included. A poll of 5,000 housewives reveals most frequent interruptions by phone occur during showers, climbing stairs, TV viewing, dishwashing, and bridge games.
Brief calendar of notable events with multiple nations signing a Pacific status treaty in 1921, Mississippi statehood in 1817, Nobel laureate Alfred Nobel’s death in 1896, Allenby’s Jerusalem capture in 1917, Saar Basin evacuation in 1930, sinking of Repulse and Prince of Wales in 1941, Eisenhower’s 1963 resignation, De Gaulle riots in Algeria, and Mississippi civil rights case developments a year earlier.
Labor chiefs meeting at the AFL-CIO convention foresee Jimmy Hoffa to be ordered to prison around January 17 after appeals fail. Top leaders say Hoffa’s removal may allow the Teamsters to merge back into the broader labor movement and end a costly era marked by legal battles and internal strife.
A Berry's World column argues elders wish to boost labor power by aligning with the Teamsters within the AFL CIO. It envisions nationwide organization of white collar and service workers through coordinated bargaining against giants like General Electric and Westinghouse, contingent on Jim Hoffa's removal from leadership.
New York writer Ward Cannel muses on publicity and show business blurring lines with medicine, Nobel pursuits, and taxicab theater. He notes varied opinions on how media exposure affects a professional career and observes the lasting power of word of mouth over a play that flopped despite pre opening hype.
A brief review of the Mead Heyman photo collection Emotions Heightened Family. The book pairs intimate international photographs with Perry prose by Mead explaining family relationships. The reviewer notes the images drive the work more than the text and compares it to the Steichen Family of Man exhibit.
The U S Public Health Service approved a 24447 grant to Dr David M Witten of the Mayo Foundation Rochester to train radiologists radiological residents and technicians in mammography.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller shows improved re election prospects in 1966 based on day long town meetings and party gains. Analysts caution the race remains hard with a Conservative candidate and a delicate tie to Mayor elect John Lindsay.
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