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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
4
Minnesota tops a national education survey with the lowest high school dropout rate. 92 percent of entering ninth graders in 1963 graduated in 1967. State officials credit strong education funding and public concern.
National leaders debate Paris peace talks as Sen. George S. McGovern bluntly blames South Vietnamese leader Ky for stalling negotiations. He proposes halving U S forces to push Saigon toward stronger war effort and peace cooperation amid concerns of Viet Cong influence.
A survey of 18 major airports in the United States, England, and France shows employee crowds dwarfing passenger totals at hubs like John F. Kennedy and Heathrow. JFK employs 42,500 with up to 30,000 in terminals. peak traffic sees 6,000 arriving or departing vehicles, mostly employee cars. Heathrow and Orly also report larger work forces than daily passengers.
The Chicago Daily News comments on New York's Taylor Law and its mixed success in curbing public employee strikes. It argues the law, while imperfect, provides essential safeguards and arbitration to balance public safety with workers' rights, urging broader adoption by states and cities.
City Council approved contracts for the new sewage disposal plant with McGough Construction Co of St Paul for general work at 33366.60 dollars and Dayton Pump Co of Dayton Ohio for pumps at 10022 dollars. Hub Electrical Co of Minneapolis to handle electrical work at 3394 dollars. No local bidders.
The Austin real estate tax rate rises to 430.05 mills up 50.2 mills driven by higher budgets for the school district and city with county input smaller. The piece recalls earlier highs and compares past values from 152.50 mills twenty years ago and the 100 mill mark in the 1940s.
Nixon strings cabinet picks around labor policy as Samuel Riley Pierce Jr. declines a top federal jobs post while George Pratt Shultz is chosen as Labor secretary designator. Shultz, an academic with Eisenhower and Kennedy ties, signals a hands off stance on strikes and a move toward partial operation of some facilities during labor disputes.
The piece notes strong calls for empowering people in the ghetto through poverty programs job training and slum battles. It cites industrialists and labor leaders who see the center lane as the path, aligning with the incoming president Elect's vision. It also recalls December 20 1968 as a date in history with Slater's textile mill and the Louisiana Purchase transfer.
Book review of Bette Knight Scripps Avon paperback Both Sexes Should Know, noting travel anecdotes from St. Tropez to Lima, celebrity anecdotes, fashion commentary, and wit. Highlights Scripps’s glamorous world, designer friends, and appeal to women readers.
FAA inducts travel clubs into commercial air operations as 50 groups exist nationwide. Memberships reach up to 2000 with initiation fees around 150 and annual dues 120 to 200. Trip fares run at two cents a mile with package rates and ground lodging perks.
New York reports France may join the United States Britain and West Germany to revitalize NATO. The piece traces NATO’s history from postwar unity to strains after de Gaulle withdrew France from command, the Czech crisis, and the need for renewed Western solidarity and shared burden under Nixon’s policy priorities.
An Agriculture Department study from a nationwide survey finds 50 percent of 7,500 representative American families have good diets, while 20 percent are poor and 30 percent just below good. High income does not guarantee adequacy, with over one third of those earning $10,000 or more below nutrient allowances.
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