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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1964
Page
4
A Christmas essay in the Austin Daily Herald reflects on the blend of new gifts with enduring traditions. It praises the Christmas spirit as love seen in a child, cards from old friends, lights, bells, and the joy of gatherings, while noting ongoing efforts toward peace, charity, and humane progress.
The Hormel & Co annual meeting in Austin lauds a strong fiscal year with higher sales and earnings amid fierce competition. President R F Gray notes small efficient rivals and mass market expansion, while the company credit cooperation with employees for cost reductions and plant upgrades. The community sees Hormel expanding facilities and pushing market development both at home and overseas.
The Youth Research Center reports teenage boys surrender many freedoms before marriage, while girls manage budgets and guide study and status. Girls gain control as boys hand earnings to partners, a trend described as alarming to parents.
Minneapolis weighs tougher court actions to curb prostitution. Alder Gerald Nelson blames lenient courts while Police Chief Calvin Hawkinson cites about 90 percent conviction rates. A proposed amendment targets street loitering with intent to solicit, pressing prosecutors to bolster evidence. The Star notes complex causes beyond courthouse hardlines.
Historical notes recall Christmas Eve shop closures after 36 years with R A Woodward citing the change. Drake University student Fred Vogel visits his parents. The St Olaf Lutheran Choir performs The Shepherds of Bethlehem under D O Slyter.
A holiday feature muses on early shopping and post office lines, cites NAS travel group proposals for longer holidays, and warns against overeating. It also notes danger from mistletoe and poinsettia, observes a white Christmas fantasy, and mentions zip code impact on mail delivery and rapid money turnover per AP.
On this date in 1814 the Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain. It notes Kit Carson's birth in 1809 and Wake Island bombing in 1942 as well as Eisenhower leading the Allied invasion plan announced in 1943. Pope Paul VI called hunger the world’s No 1 problem a year ago.
A 1897 Christmas issue of The Youths Companion, a Boston publication by Perry Mason and Co, offered a potpourri of articles stories poems and ads. It featured Mrs Mulcrary and the Christmas Pig by Winthrop Packard and a Stevenson poem with the line about the world full of a number of things.
A nostalgic look at The Youths Companion Christmas issue of 1890s America. The piece notes the magazine’s bold ads and florid writing, praising holiday spirit, innovations, and consumer temptations, while acknowledging the publication’s decline and its lasting Christmas lore.
A regional struggle against Sino-Soviet influence grows as American labor leaders back an African-American Labor Center led by George Meany and Irving Brown. The center seeks to mobilize unions, governments, and capital investments across Africa, starting with vocational schools and transportation training in Nigeria and Kenya to build a broader labor movement.
A columnist reflects on Christmas anguish and memory, comparing Marley’s death from Dickens to holiday anxieties. The piece weaves in A E Housman’s verse about poison and a question-and-answer section on oceanography and aviation history, ending with a note on presidential nominating flights.
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