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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1966
Page
4
A Minnesota poll shows 80 percent believe Harold LeVander will be a good governor, with 67 percent of Rolvaag voters agreeing. Despite potential later controversy, the new governor begins with strong public backing and a large legislative majority.
The University of Minnesota expands its recruiting to academics, sending letters from President O Meredith Wilson to top six percent graduates and high performers in scholastic aptitude tests. The aim is to attract Minnesota’s brightest students to boost state growth and retain talent for local industry and development.
A Social Security study finds white poor outnumber Negro poor in big cities by over a fourth due to population size, yet a Negro remains three times more likely to be poor. The report ties poverty to southern and urban concentrations and warns that anti-poverty programs are poorly managed and long-term in scope amid inflation risks.
The State Board of Social Welfare orders welfare districts to publicize birth control services. The rule bans pressuring recipients to limit family size while allowing staff to inform clients of available guidance. Local officials praise the move as a step against inherited poverty and heartache in New York City.
A mixed fragment shows a Hebrews 11:6 quotation and Thackeray line with a local newspaper masthead. It includes publisher A. Richard Gross and subscription rates references for Austin Minnesota, with mail zones and pricing partials. The readable items suggest a small-town paper page listing quotes and circulation details.
THIRTY YEARS AGO After 55 years service G A Van Dyke retired as division superintendent of the Milwaukee Railroad Officers installed at Masonic Lodge were Leonard Flannery Ray Fell Bert Elefson The higway contracting firms Alland Bros and Petersen and Busswitz will attend the 28th Annual Convention of Associated General Contractors of Minnesota at St Paul Members of the Mothers Club of Sumner School Freeborn county met at the school and a Christmas program was presented Mrs S D Rouze teacher directed Jackie Graves ranked seventh among contenders for Willie Pep featherweight title announced by Ring Magazine TEN YEARS AGO Rev Gordon Wendland named youth chairman at winter fellowship Judith Ann Hinkle 10 winner of 1956 grand prize in Little People Christmas Coloring Contest Many Austin area TV fans saw her on Steve Allen NBC program
A recap shows at least 70 congressional races decided by under five percent, implying a single voter switch could alter a seat. The piece notes campaign anxiety and the belief that incumbents rarely feel safe on election day. It also covers other 1966 topics including a Minnesota highway map error and demographic trends.
Labor chiefs including George Meany Lane Kirkland and Andy Biemiller discuss potential 1968 run for Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey. Private Washington meeting after Dec 16 talks with Indian Ambassador fuels speculation John Doe.
Labor leaders convene January 23 26 in Atlantic City to inspect the 1964 1965 campaigns and plan a midwinter AFL CIO program. They back Johnson and Humphrey, praising Humphrey for unpublicized outreach to campaign losers and signaling unity against Kennedy rivals.
The final encampment occurred in 1949. The last survivor Albert Woolson of Duluth Minnesota died in 1956 at age 109. Isinglass is not glass. it is dried tissue of a sturgeon bladder and also refers to sheets of mica.
In a TOKYO dispatch Ray Cromley argues that victory in Vietnam and broader Cold War efforts depend as much on individual people as on troops and weapons. He cites Ed Navarro Paul Rusch Pop Buell and Japanese farmers showing personal aid builds lasting alliances beyond government aid.
President Johnson weighs a 5 percent across the board tax rise to cover Vietnam costs amid a sagging economy. Analysts say a $5 billion increase would trim $3.3 billion from individuals and $1.7 billion from corporations, risking a larger deficit in 1968. Public support and congressional reaction loom as Johnson debates whether to press for a tax hike.
Review of a 44 piece collection by Henry J. Taylor spanning World War II figures and events. It covers Goering Hess Ataturk Pearl Harbor Lisbon reports and includes recalls of Switzerland US ambassadors French literature Broadway art and historic figures from Jefferson to Napoleon. The pieces travel across dates and places behind the Iron Curtain.
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