Austin Recaps a Very Good Year for 1967
AUSTIN CAN LOOK back on 1967 with optimism for Hormel, retail trade, and employment. The year saw cooperative labor relations, strong consumer patronage, and rising retail facilities, boosting jobs and stability. The Austin Chamber of Commerce reports 400 members and ongoing progress through planning and development initiatives.
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Austin
Hormel Company
The
Austin Chamber of Commerce
George M. Leland
No Free Magazines Warning From Minnesota AG
A Minnesota attorney general consumer bulletin warns shoppers about “free magazines” offered by solicitors. They claim only postage costs, but the total price often includes the magazine and is higher than direct publisher prices. The bulletin urges buying from familiar organizations to avoid scams.
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Minnesota
Attorney General's Office
Attorney General
Bulletin
Courage and Draft Card Burning Editors
Ramparts magazine editors posed burning their draft cards on the cover. Contrary to bold appearances one editor has a medical handicap another is blind in one eye and the third is married with a child, revealing limited personal risk.
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New Left
Ramparts Magazine
Minnesota meat inspection furor pits Schwandt against Freeman
Agriculture Commissioner Schwandt accuses Secretary Freeman of pushing a federal state meat inspection conflict to smear Governor LeVander. A dozen small plants faced conflicting USDA and state actions as Mondale was informed, with critics calling the move a manufactured scandal.
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Russell G. Schwandt
Orville Freeman
Minnesota
Harold LeVander
LeVander
Walter Mondale
Schwandt
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Sen. Mondale
USDA
Freeman
ST. Paul
Radio calls from Antarctica spark family note
A nephew in an Antarctic expedition speaks by radio with Kenneth Myhre, a local short-wave operator, revealing 24 hour daylight, ice depth and age, and movement. The piece also notes fire safety, aging trees, beards in armies, robotic fishing vessels, and quirky tech from Cubic Corp and AEC pricing for devices.
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Kenneth Myhre
Antartica
Richard Lynde, Jr
South Pole
Myhre
Minnesota
Richard
For the Man Who Has Nothing Labor pensions top the headlines
A Washington column notes several high retirement pensions in U S labor unions. Jim Suffridge retires at 58 with 50 000 yearly from RCIA plus 20 000 life bonus. George Harrison receives 90 000 yearly via Brother hood of Railway Clerks and The New Post. Other retirees include Dave Beck Hoffa McDonald Carey and James Carey with varying annual amounts and benefits.
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John Kennedy
Vienna
Jack Kennedy
Nikita Krushchev
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Soviet Union
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Krushchev
George Meany
Labor
AL Cio Retail Clerks International Assn
RCIA
Jim Suffridge
Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Suffridge
Suffridge’s
George Harrison
Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Brotherhood
Mercly
Dave Beck
Jim Hoffa
Dave McDonald
United Steelworkers
Palm Springs
James Carey
Jign Carey
United Nations Assa
International Union of Electrical Workers
Exes and emeriti ponder pensions at Christmas
Berry's World notes ex workers and retirees at holiday time. Old King Coal, 86 year old John Lewis, can draw a $1,000 weekly. Jimmy Caesar Petrillo, 75, is active as Civil Rights director earning $20,000 annually. George Meany's future pension may reach about $45,000 annually. The piece asks which system offers a better workers' paradise, U.S. or USSR.
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Jim
Exes
Emeriti
Old King Coal
John Lewis
Jimmy Caesar Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Herman Kenin
George Meany
U.S
The
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Publishers-Hall Syndicate
This Day in History December 29, 1967
Highlights include 1934 Japan renouncing the Washington Naval Treaty and 1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket murdered at Canterbury. Also notes 1808 birth of Andrew Johnson, 1845 Texas statehood, and 1940 London's wartime air raids.
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Associated Press
Japan
United States
Britain
Thomas Becket
Canterbury
England
Andrew Johnson
Texas
White House
James Polk
Executive Mansion
London
Henry Wallace
When Unemployment Insurance Tests Job Suitability
An American Association public service column explains how states disqualify workers who refuse suitable jobs. It cites cases on taxi driving and paint spraying, plus distance, hours, and wages, to illustrate a balance between job readiness and legitimate health or access concerns.
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Aod
Will Bernard
American Bar Association
Oak life span and California geography trivia
The text notes an oak may live 200 to 300 years and seeds mature after about 20 years. It also highlights California's unique geography with Mt. Whitney at 14,495 feet and Death Valley at 282 feet below sea level, the highest and lowest points in the contiguous U.S., 86 miles apart. It also states insects form the largest group of living things with over 800,000 species.
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California
United States
Mt. Whitney
Death Valley
Davis Shifts Faith Life Unattached to Church to Follow Christ
George W. Cornell profiles Charles Davis a 44 year old former Roman Catholic priest who left the clergy to wed Florence Henderson and pursue a nondenominational Christian path. He favors flexible worship and criticizes church hierarchy as stifling gospel values.
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George W. Cornell
New York
Charles Davis
Florence
Davis
England
Florence Henderson
Farmingdale
N.Y
Non-Taxable Income Sources List
A reader guide notes many income streams are exempt from taxation including life insurance proceeds, gifts, inheritances, certain insurance benefits, tax free securities interest, military allowances, railroading retirement pensions, scholarship grants, unemployment compensation, and veterans benefits. The article promotes a 1968 booklet for line-by-line tax form guidance.
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Ray de Crane
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