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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1955
Page
4
A devotional excerpt echoes biblical assurance from II Samuel 7 28 and contrasts with a quoted hymn line about divine guidance. The combined lines highlight faith in divine truth and providence as the speaker s voyage is guided by a higher hand.
The Minnesota Department of Conservation employs over 1,000 workers across state offices and field areas. They protect natural resources from iron ore to forests, manage state lands, and support trust funds benefiting public services. The system relies on collaboration with private groups, legislators, and other state departments to sustain progress.
The piece praises growing public support for the Department of Conservation. It credits citizens like John and Mary Public for their role in protecting water, food, clothing, forest products, iron and steel, and recreation space. It warns the state's future would be dim without ongoing conservation and statewide backing.
The Ford Foundation earmarks 20 million dollars to boost teachers' salaries, following a 50 million distribution last spring to colleges. The funders seek to catalyze private giving and legislative action to support growing public education budgets, hoping others will follow.
Averell Harriman is described as no token candidate for the 1956 Democratic nomination by Carmine DeSapio. Observers debate Harriman’s role while DeSapio asserts New Yorkers will act if Stevenson falters, potentially backing a push to influence or even trigger Stevenson’s decline.
W A Storer of Mason City recalls his 1894 trip with his father to sell two cars of cattle and one car of hogs in Chicago. Hogs brought 2 cents per pound, cattle 3 cents. cattle bought at 1 cent per pound in Floyd County and finished on 9 cent corn. President Grover Cleveland and Vice President Adlai Stevenson led the Democrats. He notes how some politicians overlook that era when discussing price woes.
The piece argues Soviet Union use of a Japan linked UN seat is a calculated power move to isolate Japan from the United States and steer it toward Moscow and Red China. It blasts Canada and Lester Pearson for backing 18 member maneuver and warns of future economic and diplomatic repercussions.
Pot Pourri notes Nashua selling for 1 251 200 dollars the first million dollar horse. It suggests earnings potential as a four year old and stud future while warning about racing risks and gambling. It also comments on TV perceptions of Alden youth Tennesson and demands an apology to 150 million Americans.
The expression Watch your Ps and Qs traces to old English taverns when patrons bought ale on credit. Bartenders kept sales records, marking pints or quarts. Mixups angered customers, so clerks were warned to watch their Ps and Qs.
The Turkish information bureau sent a Christmas greeting and a 50 page booklet titled In Search of Santa Claus. It asserts St Nicholas was born in Patara Turkey in the third century, served as bishop at Demre, died in 3342 AD, and was buried in the Church of St Nicholas in Myra, Demre, now ruins.
Pfc. Wilbur A. Draager and fellow soldiers of an Army unit plan a Christmas party for 300 Korean children in Seoul. The event, funded by the soldiers, will feature refreshments presents movies and a helicopter Santa Claus amid subzero temperatures.
A personal reflection on the mystery of the common cold, its viral origins, and the sense that colds strike unpredictably. The piece notes the inevitability of a yearly cold quota, hints at immunity building during illness, and whimsically mentions a Ford Foundation grant to study the virus.
The article outlines Virginia’s plan following the 1954 Supreme Court ruling on desegregation. It details the Gray Report, a January referendum on a constitutional convention, and a potential cascade of laws reshaping public schooling to permit segregated options under local control.
A word puzzle clue set for film actress Dianne and many cross references across and down. Entries include a mix of common nouns, place names, verbs, and descriptors with abbreviations and era terms.
A public service notice urging safer driving at holiday time targets adult drivers nicknamed Kid Stuff. It warns that careless driving endangers everyone and suggests giving space and patience on the road during the season.
In Kenosha Wisconsin the Freedom Agenda project backed by the League of Women Voters faces criticism over alleged leftist propaganda. The American Legion post initiated a probe into six pamphlets claimed as discussion bases for civil rights and liberties under the Constitution.
The piece argues that universal peace requires broad co operation among nations and tolerance among people. It stresses unity in national and global endeavors, the value of freedom, and the need to balance gains with shared burdens. It also critiques a local league’s response to charges and discusses anti Communist arguments.
A poem contrasts diagnosing a factory engine with diagnosing a man. Workers fix mechanical flaws while neglecting the troubled mind of a fatigued husband whose tubercular wife remains unseen, suggesting deeper causes behind perceived faults and a call to seek underlying pains before judging.
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