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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1966
Page
4
Washington conference of about 3,000 experts warns air pollution as a killer and cites a $12 billion yearly cost to Americans. Proposals include fees on polluters and decentralization incentives, with emphasis on spreading industry from crowded metropolitan centers.
The public dispute over FBI wiretapping pits Sen. Robert F. Kennedy against FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover released documents he says prove Kennedy knew of surveillance, Kennedy denies approval. A hearing by Sen. Edward V. Long is planned next year with both men expected to testify.
The Soviet Union reportedly reduces space program funding by a third as cosmonauts remain grounded for 21 months. The piece contrasts Soviet pause with U S drive to reach the moon, noting Johnson protected space budgets over highways and other needs.
A. M. Sandy Keith, who failed in the DFL governor bid, may face pressure to run for Congress in Minnesota’s First District. Incumbent Albert H. Quie dominates locally but plans his first district office in Keith’s Rochester hometown, signaling possible tension over a Keith challenge and a potential statewide political fray.
Quotation lines from Joel and Confucius appear at top. The page shows Thomson Newspapers contact details and a publisher in Austin Minnesota with subscription rates and mailing zones. Rates list three, six, and twelve month options for mail and dealer sales.
Thirty years ago William Kimlicka and Adolph Johnson distributed prizes for Izaac Walton League trapshoots. Austin high school swam varsity beat by Winona 47 to 28 to open Big Eight Conference. Twenty years ago Harry Nordeen Thorson received a Navy Flying Cross and Gold Star. Paulie Jackson to face Jackie Graves in a 10 round bout at Minneapolis Auditorium.
Readers see fashion nostalgia and auto trends with a ramble seat concept. Iowa completes four lane I 80 to Mississippi, while Minnesota’s I 90 lags, hurting cross state tourism and growth. Congress faces debt ceiling debate as inflation grows. A Dutch pension idea links to living costs. California moves satire with Gov Brown inviting Gregory Peck into politics. A critic laments nerves amid rising tension over high pretension.
AP notes key events on this date including the Boston Tea Party of 1773 when 342 chests of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor. It also recalls Beethoven’s birth in 1770, Sukarno’s 1949 election, a 1951 Elizabeth, New Jersey plane crash, and Gemini 6/7 space milestones.
UAW leader Walter Reuther blocks per capita dues to AFL-CIO. The 13.5 million-member federation owes about 300000 for three months, suspending UAW from the merger and risking delegation at February convention amid a tense public feud.
In Detroit and Pittsburgh reports, Walter Reuther shifts toward a social revolution stance while warring with George Meany. He withheld union dues, trimmed funding for organizing drives, and allies with Bobby Kennedy’s era reforms. A Hall Syndicate dispatch notes evolving tensions within the UAW and the broader labor movement. Pittsburgh police traced a disturbance to a restaurant near 2000 Center Ave.
A former Ho Chi Minh era officer details a 15 year covert network infiltrating northeast Thailand. He cites border forts built with guerrilla labor, Laos-leaning farmers as targets, and staged circles of influence across northern Thailand. Chinese merchants and Vietnamese émigrés are allegedly tied to Red networks as recruiting expands slowly.
The piece argues President Johnson must show capacity to change and grow politically. It notes his secretiveness and self reliance, warns of political self destruction from self protection, and critiques his handling of Vietnam, Great Society aims, and party politics led by Lawrence O Brien. It flags looming costs, taxes, and open political risks if power remains centralized.
Miles A. Smith critiques Larry McMurtry's The Last Picture Show for pushing sexual obsession beyond credibility in a windswept Thalia town facing economic decline. Sonny, Duane, and Jacy navigate high school fantasies, with Duane chasing a flirtatious girl and Jacy facing a tawdry payoff, in a portrait of midcentury small-town America.
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