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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1968
Page
12
The Agriculture Department announced revised school lunch payments to boost free and reduced price meals for about a million children. Congress authorized 43 million dollars to raise state reimbursements, with two rate options for needy areas and unchanged 9 cent base rate for other schools.
Fidel Castro's sister Juanita charges in an exile radio broadcast that his so called fishing fleet is a naval guerrilla fleet. She says its mission is to spy and infiltrate men and arms mainly to Central and South American coasts and also to Africa.
Hollywood by Dick Kleiner notes Van Heflin has not abandoned Hollywood. He says he’s been in Europe for many films, becoming an international favorite, plans a return with two films or a TV special, and may sign with Hallmark once project details are clear.
MGM’s Goodbye Mr Chips wrapped filming December 5 two days early. Peter O’Toole stars as Chips with Petula Clark as the music hall performer and Sir Michael Redgrave as headmaster in Arthur P Jacobs’ Panavision production directed by Herbert Ross.
Ingrid Bergman signed to star in A Walk in the Spring Rain her first U S film in 20 years. She plays a sophisticated city woman who becomes involved with a primitive man of the soil filmed on location in the Smoky Mountains Tennessee next spring. Police report an attempted drug swallow led to a suspect's death by strangulation after a stop.
Arthur Hill moves to Hollywood with the balance of power shifting from Broadway to films. He argues Broadway’s heyday is over as TV and movie work rise, noting theater quality declined while movies improved. He discusses a pilot for Houseboat with Danielle De Met.
Thieves stole a stereo player from Benedina School. They also took 30 pounds of hamburger 40 pounds of flour 12 pounds of hot dogs one frozen turkey 1.5 gallons of honey one case of fish sticks two gallons of peaches and a case of frozen vegetables.
British actor David Hemmings says his current film Alfred the Great in Ireland may be his last star role for a while. He notes he has done five films since Blow Up and plans to direct after finishing Alfred.
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