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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1967
Page
4
The June 1967 report notes over 60 bills proposed to boost Social Security benefits during an election year. With 14 million beneficiaries, inflation prompts talk of automatic COLA adjustments, but experts doubt quick enactment this session. Supporters seek inflation protection. opponents warn of higher costs to employers and the system.
A national study by the School Health Education Study proposes a unified health education curriculum spanning kindergarten through 12th grade. It blends 40 topics from accident prevention to venereal disease with teacher guides and student materials to be rolled out over four years across 135 school systems.
Columnist Carl Rowan questions bombing effectiveness in Vietnam after two years of raids. He notes North Vietnamese troops in the South rose from 11 609 to about 50 000, with U S losses of 544 fixed wing planes and helicopters valued at 1.1 billion, not counting operating costs and crew toll.
The House Armed Services Committee favors a change in Selective Service to induct all conscientious objectors. In Iowa about 4,000 COs have been in 10 status since 1952 with few willing to take noncombat assignments. The committee proposal would force induction or two years tax supported service, risking prison for many objectors and undermining religious exemptions.
The page opens with biblical quotes about wisdom and good, followed by a Thomson Newspapers Austin Minnesota mailing and subscription rates section. It lists publisher A. Richard Gross and practical post details for home delivery, mail zones, and prices for multiple timeframes.
Thirtieth anniversary farmers gathered at Brownsdale village for the Mower County Farm Bureau annual picnic. City Council moved toward a major addition to Austin’s sewage disposal point after receiving a survey by Greeley and Hansen engineers.
Don Ritland has headed the Elks Club post prom party for high school graduates for twelve consecutive years. He arranges donations from merchants, provides 1,000 to 1,500 hamburgers with chips and drinks, and secures prizes while managing numerous details.
The Operating Engineers Local 18 seeks a 92 dollar weekly raise plus overtime boosts for straight time and 121 70 with overtime, threatening a broad strike that has idled 132000 workers and paused over 700 million dollars in state heavy construction. The demand alarms contractors and White House advisers as inflationary and influential for national wage norms.
Washington reports that twelve thousand men aged 18 to 26 will be inducted into the Army this month with no incidents or complaints. Pentagon officials say antiwar dissent is not as large as portrayed and cite data from Selective Service Justice and Army showing few delinquents and AWOL cases compared with past wars.
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The Austin Daily Herald misattributed most of the 10.5 mils budget increase to teachers' pay. Readers are told the net rise from teachers' salaries is about 48 thousand dollars, or 2.5 mils, after subtracting aids, retirements, and precommitted increments.
A NEA analysis argues Moscow and Beijing seek to widen U S engagement in the Middle East to gain strategic advantage. It describes Soviet and Chinese aims to promote Arab-Islamic alignments, influence in Asia and Africa, and to divert U S resources through global crises.
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