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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1971
Page
2
Vital statistics list births in Austin St Ansgar and Osage with names and dates. Obituaries note Ida Fedson died aged 86 and Kerry Wilde infant death, plus multiple funeral notices for Wilde, Kelley, Studer, and Fossum families with service details and familial survivors.
Card of thanks notices express deep gratitude from families for support after deaths. Remarks honor relatives friends neighbors pastors and staff who aided during illness funerals and memorials across several families including Anderson Irvin Fossum Hansen and Jan with thanks for visits cards flowers meals and prayers.
The Austrian born currency expert Dr. Franz Pick denounces the Washington money agreements calling them a fraudulent state bankruptcy masked by technical terms. He argues Eurodollars exceed official figures and warns the short term fix will fail as devaluation remains too small and global currency markets risk a breakdown.
The death of Alma Hagstrom, 87, in a Duluth two car crash Christmas Day raises Minnesota 1971 traffic deaths to 978. Hagstrom's death ties Duluth’s 1929 and 1967 highs as Wendell Western, 55, died in a Redwood Falls collision with a semitrailer near Clements. Also noted is a clothing center mobilization by the Southeastern Minnesota Citizens' Action Council for the needy in Spring Valley at St Ignatius Church parking lot on December 29.
US cattle and calf trading at South St Paul steady to lower on slaughter steers and heifers. Choice slaughter steers 950 to 1,200 lb 34.00 to 35.00, mixed high good and choice 33.00 to 34.00, good 29.50 to 33.00. Slaughter heifers 34.25 to 34.50 for 950 to 1,000 lb, other 850 to 1,025 lb 33.50. Hog market reports include No 3 butcher hogs 21.75 to 22.00 and packing sows 18.50 to 18.75.
Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Jon Wefald urged U S Secretary Earl Butz to implement a voluntary diversion program paying potato growers to remove potatoes from food channels. Potatoes would feed livestock to stabilize prices amid a bumper Minnesota crop and weak regional markets.
The AP market brief lists intraday quotes across multiple firms with percent changes. Notable entries include Allied Chemical at 28.42, Amoco 41%, American Can 32, International Harvester 29, AT&T 45.4, IBM 33, Armour and Co 44, Kresge 100, Anaconda 14.5, and Beth Steel 29.5 in a compact snapshot.
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