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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1972
Page
4
The Austin Daily Herald applauds city crews for clearing downtown streets after Tuesday's snowstorm and notes most roads were plowed by Wednesday. It urges residents to follow even odd side parking rules to speed cleanup and reduce back breaking shoveling work.
Advice for selecting toys emphasizes child led play, realistic gifts, and development stage fit. It cautions against toys that appeal only to adults, notes glitter and noise can mislead buyers, and suggests hands on, imaginative, and social learning activities for different age groups.
The article surveys solar energy potential and history, noting the vast solar input on Earth and the limits of fossil fuels. It highlights Arizona researchers Meinel and a NSF Honeywell project aiming for large desert solar farms, engineers predicting significant solar electricity by 1990 and 25 to 33 percent of demand by 2025, plus near term solar air conditioners to ease utility strain.
The piece notes U.S. birth trends slowing toward ZPG around 2040 with a target population near 320 million. It cites a group, Negative Population Growth, Inc., arguing for stabilization at about 100 million to preserve national life quality. It references two-child norms and policy framing amid environmental concerns.
Municipal Court Judge Clifford Enger will hold a night court in Austin for speedy arraignment of blackout violators Monday. Three Austin High School teachers have resigned their positions: Mrs A W Larson journalism instructor Miss Janet Rougier mathematics teacher and Miss Mary Wilson home economics teacher. Ron Miller 27 of 211 8th Ave SE a Mower County depot sheriff for 24 years will resign his post at year end to take a civil service job with the Bloomingtion department.
Commercial pilot Brian Power-Waters of Allegheny Airlines exposes flaws in airline safety in his book Safety Last, portraying flying as risky. He faced no discipline after showing the galley manuscript to Allegheny’s president, despite concerns for his four young daughters.
In a column anchored by Victor Riesel, the piece contrasts rising Asian wage strengths with U S labor costs and productivity gaps. It cites Nixon’s Aspen talks, Burns on wage controls, and Abe Abel on productivity, urging higher output and safer aviation practices to outpace East labor advantages.
In a letter to the Herald's People’s Forum, Mrs. Berdan argues the Utilities Board misstates Todd Park rules denying snowmobiling. She notes sod damage last winter and praises Independence Day park upkeep while criticizing the ban as limiting winter recreation and citing safety and statewide allowances for snowmobilers.
Nixon received 43.4 percent in 1968 the lowest since Wilson's 41.9 percent in 1912. The rafflesia is the world’s largest flower growing wild in Malaya and Indonesia, three feet across with no stems or leaves. Ramses II is cited by historians as the Exodus pharaoh.
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