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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1972
Page
4
Apollo 17 splashed down in the South Pacific near the recovery carrier Ticonderoga after a record setting lunar trek. Crewmen Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans reported all well aboard as helicopters carried them to the ship.
Don Oakley notes Apollo 17 return coincides with the transistor milestone, citing Bell Labs pioneers Bardeen Schockley and Brattain who created a device that reshaped electronics and speeded space exploration. The piece warns futurism’s forecasts and urges prudent planning for finite resources.
Mills and Long warn protectionist pressures rise when Congress opens in Washington. AFL-CIO backs Burke Hartke plan restricting imports and boosting quotas while Nixon favors continued free trade and aid measures for firms and workers harmed by cheap imports.
Audiences rely on annual holiday cartoons like Charlie Brown Rudolph and How the Grinch Stole Christmas to mark Christmas. Families repeat tree decorating and card rituals as part of a tradition passed through generations. For many, it just wouldn’t feel like Christmas without these stories.
A historic note recalls 30 years ago special war emergency courses for farm machinery and woodworking offered to area farmers. It also marks a $15,000 goal exceeded by $601.35 in war stamp and bond sales.
FBI scrutiny of Pete Brennan during his Cabinet vetting ends with Brennan clearing the process. Nixon seeks a strong, pro labor influence in the sprawling department and urges Brennan to bring labor leaders into the department to address union issues. Brennan vows to “clean out” the department as labor leaders gain greater influence.
New York State Deputy Industrial Commissioner Bernard DeLury will replace Bill Usery as Assistant Secretary for Labor Management Relations and head the Labor Management Services Administration. Brennan, backed by Rockefeller and Javits, is poised for a long, influential tenure despite some criticism from black leadership groups. He aims to push equal employment rights and OSH enforcement during confirmation, with support from the President and Colson.
A readers forum writer urges the Legislature to grant Vietnam veterans provisional driving licenses with a signed state contract. Violations would trigger automatic suspension, restoring standard peer regulations, while the insurance industry is asked to cooperate with the program.
President Nixon enacts a job freeze while Social Security expands to serve 28.1 million beneficiaries, with projections to 55 million in 50 years. Baltimore handles core operations for taxes and benefits, alongside Medicare management. The system is praised for efficiency despite flaws and complex laws from Congress. The piece notes 900 district offices and seven regional treasury offices supporting a vast, sometimes frustrating bureaucracy.
Apollo 17, the last manned moon mission, is featured on a new medal by sculptor Ralph J. Menconi with NASA input. The piece honors spaceflight progress and includes a Ta urus Littrow landing mark and the astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt on the obverse. The design incorporates quotes from Russian space experts and eight planets in the background, with a slate of space-borne benefits inscribed around the center. Wayne Smith of Vandalia, Ohio, promotes copies from Presidential Art Medals, Inc. Also noted is the status of the American Indian Medals series, with several tribes nearly sold out and a forthcoming ninth issue.
Barbs note that an old fashioned Christmas has grown into the storage room over the past year. Helen Hennessy jokes about a doctor’s gift but quips he already has everything including her appendix.
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