Library Hopes Lost Books Will Be Returned
Austin Public Library launches a fine free week June 3 8 to recover 100 overdue items including books magazines and records. Patrons are urged to return volumes 1 2 4 and 5 of Collier's Encyclopaedia and overdue works via the book depository or Bookmobile with no fines or questions.
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Bill Bailey
Steinbeck
Fitzgerald
Kafka
Mellville
Hemingway
the Herald
Austin Public Library
Collier's Encyclopedia
Mower County
Supreme Court limits protest draft card burnings
The Supreme Court upholds Congress power to punish draft card burners and rejects First Amendment protection for symbolic speech. Chief Justice Warren emphasizes draft cards serve a national purpose and warns against equating protest acts with speech.
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U.S. Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Congress
Earl Warren
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Civil Liberties Union
Urban Aid Surges as Federal Funds Rise for Cities
The article reports that urban areas will receive over 37.5 billion dollars in federal aid in fiscal 1969, a more than doubling since 1961, challenging views that cities are neglected. Congressman Zwach defends rural needs while noting urban areas hold Congress. The piece notes a Metropolitan Coalition forming to push for urban and suburban funding.
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Congress
Robert Weaver
Housing and Urban Development
Minnesota
John Zwach
Uncle Sam
Zwach
Banning Sonic Booms and British Student Dissent
A New York Times excerpt urges hearings on a bill to ban civil sonic booms over the United States amid tech delays in American SSTs. It notes risks to property and health, and calls for action before booms begin. The piece contrasts with Canadian folly debates and praises Oxford Cambridge student activism as a model for nonviolent protest and democratic practice.
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Clifford Case
United States
Oklahoma City
S.S.T
Senator Case
NEW York Times
Oxford
Cambridge
Newsday
Quotation and address page from Austin Daily Herald
An issue of the Austin Daily Herald includes printer info and subscription rates for home delivery and mail. The page lists publisher A Richard Gross and subscription prices for various delivery zones, plus address changes and contact details. It reflects standard newspaper billing and circulation information.
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Turn Back the Clock: Austin News Highlights
Recap of local events from 30 years ago includes State Sen. Beldin H. Loftsgaarden speaking at the US Minnesota Normal College picnic. Austin High School graduates 230 seniors and 16 teacher training certificates. Councilman Robert Shaw named trustee of the League of Minnesota Municipalities. Police motorcycle damaged in collision with a semi-trailer on Oakland to Highway 218. Radar demonstration on Highway 16 E shown to officials. A six-year-old is rescued from East Side Lake by two Austin boys, Richard Weis and Robert Wangen, after they heard cries for help.
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Beldin H. Loftsgaarden
St. Paul
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Austin High School
Robert Shaw
Austin
League of Minnesota
Faribault
Laverne Coons
Oakland
Highway 218
George Roope
Kenneth McMillan
Baldy Hansen
Richard Weis
Robert Wangen
East Side Lake
Weis
Johnsons visit to ILGWU convention signals 1968 strategy
President Johnson spoke to 1,000 garment workers at the ILGWU convention in Atlantic City, praising legislative gains while signaling broader support for Hubert Humphrey. He emphasized loyalty, readiness to act, and used the moment to repair his political position amid Kennedy and Nixon rivalries.
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Victor Riesel
Atlantic City
Nwj
Lyndon Johnson
Ladies Garment Workers
Bob Kennedy
Gene McCarthy
New York
Minnesota
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Louis Stulberg
Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
ILGWU
American Labor Party
Liberal Party
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New York City
ILG
Tabe
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Arthur Goldberg
Paris
Saigon
Stulberg
Dubinsky
Union
Evelyn Dubrow
League of Nations
Dick Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
John Lindsay
Johnson
Publishers-Hall Syndicate
Ho Chi Minh faces trouble as Paris talks seek respite
NEA report from Ray Cromley outlines growing dissent in North Vietnam including shortages of manpower, internal quarrels, and debt to China and the Soviet Union. The piece notes Ho Chi Minh hinges on Paris talks to ease domestic pressure while the United States suspends bombing to pressure Hanoi.
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Haiphong
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Hanoi-Haiphong
South
New York
Fidel Castro
New Left
Latin America
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Rome
Trotsky
Mao Tsetung
Che Guevera
U.S. Supreme Court
Bequests of the body and the law’s new test
A National Conference committee drafts a model statute to govern postmortem organ and tissue donation. It aims to honor donors' wishes while respecting relatives' rights, addressing swift action requirements and probate concerns in the new body gift era.
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National Conference of Commissioners
Ballot for Youth Proposes Lower Voting Age
In a letter to the Herald a reader argues the voting age should be lowered to eighteen. The writer recalls a friend killed in Vietnam at nineteen and contends young soldiers deserve a say in choosing national leaders.
Castro's Eclipse Deepens Battle Over Latin American Revolutions
Fidel Castro remains a fading symbol as pro Cuban and pro Soviet factions clash across Latin America. Moscow pressures Havana with economic leverage while Castro pursues political judo to sustain influence. The split mirrors broader shifts in regional support for revolution versus pragmatic trade.
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Latin America
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Bolivia
Social Security tips coverage and Medicare rules explained
Weekly Q and A from the Austin Social Security District Office answers questions on tip inclusion, benefits for married women, Medicare eligibility past 65, and new 1967 amendments for children of working mothers. Readers should mail questions to Stanley Sprecher. office hours are 8:45 to 4:45 weekdays.
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Today in History highlights and milestone dates
A summary list marks June 1 events: 1958 de Gaulle becomes French premier, 1972 Kentucky statehood, 1796 Tennessee admission, 1801 Brigham Young birth and Madison war note, 1941 Crete evacuation, 1944 Mexico siesta abolition, Libyan Benghazi Arab League complaint, 1963 Pope John XXIII death warning, 1967 Arab-Israeli crisis Intrepid through Suez Canal.
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Libya
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U.S
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Billy) Sunday
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