Austin Public Schools Report Shows Million Dollar Revenue
A 1949 50 annual report on Austin Public Schools details finances enrollment and programs for the year. Revenue exceeded 1 million dollars for the first time driven by local state and federal funding with 83 pages of tables and illustrations. Cost per pupil averaged 153 dollars and debt service topped 97 thousand dollars while bonded debt stood at 1 193 000.
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Austin Public Schools
Supt. L. S. Harbo
Board of Education
Albert Lea
Faribault
Mankato
Northfield
Owatonna
Red Wing
Enforce Laws in Crime Wave, Officers Told
Kansas AG Harold Fatzer urged 43 states to enforce laws against morals to curb organized crime. He proposed federal bans on interstate gambling device shipments and horse race information. NJ AG Parsons and IL AG Elliott supported targeted enforcement and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
National Association of Attorneys General
Harold R. Fatzer
Kansas
Fatzer
Theodore D. Parsons
New Jersey
Ivan A. Elliott
Ilinois
Drew O'Keefe
United States
Five Day Forecast for Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa
Temperature will average near normal from southwest to 35 degrees below normal in the northeast. Normal highs range from 18 to 36 with extremes north and south. Normal lows span 1 to 18 with extreme variations. Little change in prevailing temperatures until a warmer trend develops by Tuesday or Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Peter Fraser Dies, New Zealand Leader and UN Founder
Peter Fraser former New Zealand prime minister and UN founder died at 66 after pneumonia complications and several heart attacks. He led the Labour government 1940 to 1949 and opposed the big power veto at the San Francisco UN conference. Fraser had been jailed as a World War I objector and rose to prominence as a defender of the working man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
United Nations
Commonwealth
San Francisco
Fraser
Free Enterprise
Scotland
Socialist Party
Daniels Drops Slashing Case
Los Angeles reports that Billy Daniels says the messy incident is cleared up after showgirl Ronnie Quillan, once accused of slashing his face, leaves court and Daniels declines to press charges. Daniels plans a return to his cabaret job next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Billy Daniels
Ronnie Quillan
Daniels
Hollywood
Korean Defense Minister Calls for Nukes on Russia
Seoul says Defense Minister Sihn Sung Mo urges use of atom bombs on Russia to cripple oil, rubber, and steel sources. He argues the Soviet Union could be crippled quickly and almost completely and that world democracies depend on military action on the Korean peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Russia
Sihn Sung Mo
Soviet Union
United Nations
United States
Korean
Europe
Sihn
New Memorial Hospital Opens in Murray County
Slayton Minnesota authorities dedicated Murray County Memorial Hospital a 48 bed facility costing 440000 in a ceremony honoring World War I and II dead. Governor Luther Youngdahl spoke as the flag pole plaques were unveiled and the hospital, with future expansion to 72 beds, will begin admitting patients after the new year. Austin Electric Service, Inc. completed the electrical work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slayton
Minn
Murray County
Luther Youngdahl
Austin Electric Service, Inc
Austin
Northern whale harvest reported off Newfoundland and Labrador
Two whaling firms report a season catch of 485 whales off Newfoundland and Labrador, down from 544 last year. The harvest occurred in waters near St. John's and across the Newfoundland region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John’s
Newfoundland and Labrador
Lignite Seen As Younger Geology Than Higher Grade Coal
The note states lignite is much newer geologically than higher grade coal. It contrasts formation ages with emphasis on relative geological timing.
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Charles Dickens
Scrooge
Faribault Mankato
Rochester
St. Cloud So
St. Paul
Winona
En. Ave
Pup
Sal
Mem
Robbinsdale
St. Cloud
Virginia Winona
Paraguay
Parana River
Lansing Avenue
Wold Drug CO
Joe Quillan
Lowell, Mass
Teleo
Folger
Folger’s
Cook
Prip
N. Main
DIAL
Touithin Crowe
Fey
A, Folger
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