State Should Center on Junior Colleges
The State Junior College Board asks the legislature to authorize two more Junior Colleges in the Twin Cities, joining three existing ones. The editorial argues for expanding affordable higher education, easing university and state college enrollment, and urges prioritizing Junior College funding while cautiously budgeting dorms, gyms, libraries, and parking. It notes past self-started colleges deserve funding and urges targeted statewide expansion.
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Minnesota
State Junior College Board
Twin Cities
Austin
Veterans Preference Act Faces Revision Next Session
Minnesota lawmakers weigh changes to the Veterans Preference Act. While initial job placement for veterans is aided, critics say automatic promotion prefers veterans over non veterans even when performance warrants advancement. Proposals may retain initial appointment benefits while trimming promotion rules.
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Minnesota
Presidential panel backs sweeping move against heart disease cancer stroke
A presidential commission urges a national health program to fight three killers by establishing 540 new treatment centers. It argues up to several hundred thousand lives could be saved annually and estimates nearly 3 billion dollars in federal funding over five years, a small share of military spending.
NBC seeks college stars to sign AFL contracts
NBC aims to leverage a five year AFL TV deal valued at 36 million dollars by courting college grid stars. Letters promise benefits such as color broadcasts and greater exposure, while critics warn TV dollars threaten sport integrity and shift control toward networks.
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National Broadcasting Company
College Grid Stars
NBC
Carl Lindermann
Nbc-Afl
TV changes threaten football and sports talent
The Dallas News notes concerns about TV shaping fewer teams and stadiums for broadcast, risking talent decline at high school and college levels. It cites a Minneapolis Star quote on habit formation and a LA shoplifting trial where ACLU defended the accused, but the judge upheld conviction over a partitioned dressing room view.
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Minneapolis
Los Angeles
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Dallas News
Austin Daily Herald Subscription Rates and Delivery Zones
The Austin Daily Herald lists subscription rates by mail zone. Zone 1 covers 0 to 50 miles with annual and monthly options. Zone 2 covers 80 to 150 miles. all zones have advance payment terms and different yearly totals.
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Austin
U. S
United States
A.P.O
N.P.O
Yeates Scheeeauks
Irge
Turn Back The Clock Highlights From Past Local News
Thirty years back Izaak Walton League held its annual Christmas poultry shoot at Todd Park chaired by Arthur Cipra. Burton E. Hughes elected president of the League of Minnesota Municipalities. Roy E. Lade promoted to manager of Key West Gas Co. in Key West Florida. Twenty years ago Lincoln Cub Pack presented a service flag for Armed Forces members. Wyoming paper covered heroism of two Mower County men Sgt Peter Allas Austin and Sgt Roger Matter Lyle. Ten years ago Austin firemen raised 1675 for muscular dystrophy per Wesley Igon. St Olaf Hospital received a $1000 gift from Otto Bremmer Foundation in Paul. A total of 1521 was raised by the Austin Association for the Mentally Retarded per Mrs E Ray Jorgenson president.
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Todd Park
Arthur Cipra
Burton E. Hughes
League of Minnesota
Roy E. Lade
Key West Gas Co
Key West
Fla
Lincoln Cub Pack
Wyoming
Mower County
Peter Allas
Austin
Roger Matter
Lyle
Wesley Igon
St. Olaf Hospital
Otto Bremmer
Johnson seeks to cap federal spending near one billion
The piece surveys the difficulty of a one billion dollar annual federal budget cap cited by President Johnson. It includes examples from economist Sylvia Porter to illustrate the scale and compares historical spending with current constraints. It also notes public figures and opinions on election costs and capital punishment trends.
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Johnson
Sylvia Porter
New York
San Francisco
Washington Monument
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Ave
White House
Capitol
Hoffa Uses Universities to Dodge Prison Term
Teamsters president James Hoffa seeks half a million dollars from locals to fund the Teamsters Union Project. He aims to study civil liberties cases and write scholarly articles with goals to publish in newspapers and on broadcast media while supporting civil liberties actions. Hoffa asks locals to contribute via heads of locals, framing the effort as a Union Project.
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Teamsters
Acapulco
Mexico
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
America
Dept. of Justice
Hoffa Seeks Civil Liberty Backing Amid Probes and Court Woes
The Hoffa case features an executive board openly sharing grant recipient names to support civil liberty aims. Hoffa remains in U S Sixth Circuit amid ACLU amicus action while prosecutors pursue a House Judiciary probe into the Justice Department and the Attorney General without timely action before year end.
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of Scholars
Hair stylists spark gossip on bus ride revelations
In a New York column, Ward Cannell notes overheard rumors about Mrs. William Paley leaving Kenneth for Norbert. The piece follows encounters with Norbert and Kenneth, adds context with celebrity hair trends, and ends with a cheeky ethics take on loyalty between clients and stylists.
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New York
William
Adam
Eden
Eve
Norbert
Today in History December 11 1964 note highlights
Today is Friday December 11 1964 with 20 days remaining in the year. Notable events include King Edward VIII’s abdication in 1936 and Mussolini's 1937 withdrawal from the League of Nations, plus 1944 armistice terms and U.S. military ranks bill passage.
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Edward VIII
England
Duke of Windsor
Benito Mussolini
Italy
League of Nations
Editor’s note from Warren Eustis on Gov Rolvaag support
Warren Eustis writes to The Herald praising Gov Rolvaag and the Democratic Farmer-Labor program, regrets omitting the governor's name in a prior piece, and affirms enthusiastic support for the governor while addressing Bob Lee’s Dec 7 report. The letter includes Eustis’s name and address as required.
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The
Herald
the Herald
Bob Lee
Lee
Rolvaag
Democratic Farmer - Labor Party
Farr
Mower County
Commonwealth Status Works in Puerto Rico
RAY CROMLEY reports that Puerto Rico’s commonwealth status endures because it works economically and politically. A U.N. inquiry and local voting patterns favor options other than independence, but Muñoz Marín argues the arrangement preserves fiscal autonomy and growth while leaving doorways to statehood or independence open for the future.
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San Juan
P.R
NEA
Commonwealth
U.S. Mainland
United Nations
Luis Munoz Marin
U.N
United States
Perto Rico
Munoz
Statehood
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