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Year in Review highlights Austin area changes and leadership shifts
Austin Public Schools chose Irwin T. Mickelson of Fairmont to succeed retiring Supt L S Harbo. Nicholas Wagner, a major local contractor and father of 19, dies en route from Arizona. Lyle wins regional basketball crown. Christy Hansen named community ambassador to Iran. School board grants teachers raises of 100 to 250 dollars. Attorney Raymond Ondov intends libel suit vs Unionist later dropped. Lyle's regional champions honored by Austin businessmen. Woolworths razing midtown store for new building. Austin Daily Herald sale announced. Rasmussen retirement. Miles becomes publisher. Spring thaw floods low lands affecting 20 families.
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Austin Public Schools
Irwin T. Mickelson
Fairmont
L. S. Harbo
Nicholas Wagner
Arizona
Lyle
Christy Hansen
Iran
Raymond Ondov
Austin
Woolworth’s
Austin Daily Herald
Thomson Newspapers Inc
Geraldine Rasmussen
Frank C. Miles
Edith Morey
Minnesota Trust Co
Albert Lea
Supreme Court
DFL
Rodney A. Dunnette
Roger Svejkovsky
Charles R. (Baldy) Hansen
Robbinsdale
George Roope
Sid Russel
Ray Bates
State Supreme Court
Citizens Advisory Committee
OUR Saviors Lutheran Church
Ramsey
Milwaukee Road
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
H. H. Corey
R. F. Gray
Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative
le Roy
Utilities Board
United Fund Appeal
Ramsey Park
Lansing
Congregational Women of Minnesota
Richard Dougherty
Herald
Associated Press News
James G
Church of Christ
Tom Judd
Spain
Portugal
Cedar Valley Boy Scout Council
Luck
Wis
Oswald Jacoby