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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1966
Page
4
In a shift from earlier denials, the Pentagon confirms U S bombers hit civilian areas in North Vietnam killing civilians. The admission tarnishes the U S image abroad and argues for candid framing of civilian risk in bombing missions.
An analysis from American Bankers Association explains tight money as a result of wartime and consumer spending. The Boston Globe criticizes weak arms control in Congress while referencing New York police seizures. A Farmer's Digest fable skewers excess harvest and welfare in a parable about an ant and a grasshopper.
The United Fund drive ends without reaching its target, leaving 19 participating agencies underfunded. A substantial portion of the community failed to participate, despite evident time and sacrifice by solicitors and leaders, prompting a call for broader future involvement to secure success.
The passage notes China has conducted a fifth nuclear test and argues it will take years before it poses a real threat, while urging continued U.S. presence in Asia to counter Red Chinese influence. It mentions Soviet and U.S. underground tests and warns against pulling out of Vietnam.
Poignant quotation from Job 6 11 opens this page alongside a James F Crawford blurb and a long ad section listing subscription rates and mailing options for a Austin Minnesota publication. Names and offices are shown and the text notes mailing zones and rates.
The article notes power outages in St Olaf Hospital and about 25 nearby homes due to a short circuit in a cable. It mentions officials and events including Sheriff Ira Lyck at a Minnesota Sheriffs Association meeting in St Paul and Sheriff Al Reinartz at the Minnesota State Sheriffs Assn convention in Minneapolis.
A column surveys festive outdoor decor and bulb theft worries, notes Mankato will build a parking ramp with an architectural plan underway, and cites rising seat belt use but low beltage for local trips. It also discusses Minnesota's large legislature and its potential downsizing, St. Clouds new pole tax and NSP impact, and humorous or speculative items on public life.
Highlights of historical events include the 1903 Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago with 588 fatalities, the 1853 Gadsden Purchase for 15 million dollars, Rudyard Kipling’s 1865 birth, and 1943 U S Marines at Cape Gloucester. Also notes on Hitler's will in 1945, the 1961 Budapest uprising casualty figures, Kennedy's 1961 view, and Gemini 7 remarks in 1965.
A Tokyo report notes East Asia can form an economic political and military bloc to resist Communist subversion with minimal outside help. Japan could lead with finance technology and organization but fears resented wartime past and possible entanglement. Japanese bankers educators and manufacturers could aid agriculture industry and schooling across Vietnam Thailand Laos Burma and the Philippines.
American officials and experts argue a bloc led by Asia could push nations to act more for themselves and their neighbors, reducing the sense that the United States must do everything. The analysis foresees strengthened regional self reliance and less “let the United States do it” mindset.
This 1967 outlook compares Vietnam’s war footing to 1966. U S allied casualties surged in 1966 with about 77 000 dead and the enemy expanding to roughly 240 000 troops by year end. Ground forces near 380 000. Pacification and Vietnam army revitalization face delays amid heavy fighting in highlands plateaus and coastal valleys. The United States plans more than 70 million dollars for pacification and related support in 1967.
From the USSR via American labor figures comes a report showing steelworkers earning about $11 a week on average with skilled workers at $68.50, and truck drivers around $38.50 weekly. The findings argue that union power is weak, wages are low, and socialist emulation drives production with Comrade Courts enforcing discipline. Bernstein notes no collective bargaining over wages and a system prioritizing production over workers’ rights.
The readable text includes quotes about statistics and a claimed quote from Robert Smith, 18, implicated in a Mesa arson killings case. It also mentions Herbert Beinstock of the BLS and a spaceflight figure James Lovell Jr. The fragmentary nature limits clear events or dates.
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