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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1968
Page
4
The Austin City Council promotes five codes including a housing code to qualify for federal funds and improve dwellings. It hosts hearings, issues a fact sheet, and invites public input via City Planner Phil Shealy, aiming to refine provisions before final action.
A court ruling in Washington backs the FCC requiring time for competing viewpoints after tobacco ads. Broadcasts must balance cigarette promotion with warnings from health groups, a policy supported by the Public Health Service and FTC. Broadcasters will continue both types of messages.
Enrollment in U S universities and colleges hit a new high with 4 092 234 full time students up about 250 000 from last year according to a national survey by Dr Garland G Parker of the University of Cincinnati Part time students push total to 5 521 963 The survey covers 1 145 accredited four year schools It notes reforms may be needed but calls higher education a vital national asset and says Old Main flaws do not deter millions of non demonstrative young Americans from pursuing it for the nation s future welfare
The Mayo Foundation trustees consider establishing a medical school in Rochester as part of the Mayo program. The plan raises questions about statewide expansion of medical education and potential university affiliation, with funding and recruitment likely to extend beyond Minnesota.
John Crist of Mower County won the state 4H Garden Project championship and was chosen to represent 4H gardeners at Minnesota State Horticultural Society meeting in Red Wing. Rev William E F Griffin named pastor of St Augustine Catholic Church Fairmont by Bishop Kelly.
Conservationists worry over a dying young bald eagle in St. Cloud from DDT poisoning amid reports only about 100 eagles remain in Minnesota. The Wabasha Herald notes Lake Pepin hosts more bald eagles than anywhere else, with the flock reduced to about a quarter of its earlier size.
City planning staff outlines a phased housing code program for Austin with goals to train staff, target compliant areas, provide tenant and owner support, and use police power only as a backstop. The plan covers inspections, acceptable amenities, blight elimination, and federal aid options.
Bruce Biossatt writes Nixon in Palm Springs may have to outpace progressive governors who opposed him to unify the party. He won at Miami Beach despite their opposition and could be judged a good president only if he leads with new, bold, economical solutions to urban poverty crime and racial tensions while persuading governors and mayors.
A quiz notes Romans used a mill driven mule sign outside shops to indicate a bakery. The second item recalls the pledge phrase under God added on June 14 1954 by Public Law 396 signed by President Eisenhower.
A year-end religious review highlights the impact of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination as a global tragedy. It notes the World Council of Churches Upsala meeting, Orthodox bloc gains, youth influence, and debates over birth control affecting Catholic leadership, with 800 priests leaving in 1968 and Sister Mary Corita Kent among resignations. The piece frames 1968 as transformative for religion with 1969 looming.
Key events listed for this date include Wright brothers first flights in 1903, births and deaths of notable figures, and political moves from 1807 to 1962 plus a bridge collapse in Point Pleasant. The piece ends with de Gaulle quote about currency and effort.
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