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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1966
Page
4
Frank C. Miles of the Austin Daily Herald salutes June Dairy Month and the dairy industry. Minnesota exports 10.5 billion pounds of milk, with 67,000 dairymen earning about $341 million. most dairy money circulates within the state supporting farms and local services. The piece highlights dairy’s economic importance and neighborly value.
The Surveyor A mission is praised as highly successful though not wholly unexpected, noting Luna 9 cheered similar findings last February. The piece argues exploration should serve global science, not US Soviet rivalry, warning that duplicative efforts waste hundreds of millions that could fund other aims.
Critics in both the Soviet Union and the United States urge ending unilateral space spending. A joint venture could halve costs, freeing billions for earthly needs and easing Cold War tensions while improving relations between the two nations.
The piece notes that Congress has added over $1 billion to the President’s requests at this session and may push the budget beyond $3 billion more before it ends. It contrasts lawmakers’ appetite for appropriations with the President’s already record spending. The analysis warns of unchecked inflation and spending driven by election-year incentives.
The Warner Brothers dispute over dialogue in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf raises censorship tensions as Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Association of America, faces his first major challenge as film czar. A White House civil rights conference opens with Ben Heineman leading, presenting a harsh critique of Negro unemployment and economic insecurity amid a booming economy. The Red Wing Republican Eagle recalls past calls for welcoming Black newcomers and tying job access to integration, urging local action to create jobs and training to reduce urban segregation.
A compact reflection comparing biblical faith with Lyman Abbott’s view that purity unselfishness and high character are earned, not granted. The passage includes fragmented numeric and letter noise likely from OCR, but conveys the idea of effort behind virtue and the promise of response to seeking.
THIRTY YEARS AGO A Bear Creek Band birthday celebration drew 2,000 to Grand Meadow as Martin A. Nelson urged a return to traditional Americanism. Also noted is a major manhunt for 5 of 16 escaped patients from St. Peter State Hospital. TWENTY YEARS AGO Memorial Day parade featured an American Legion color guard including Axel Hanson Earl Dutcher and their sons Allen and Donald. George A Hormel died at 85 after a stroke in Los Angeles. A body lay in state at the YWCA with guides from the plant. Twenty ponies from the film Badman's Territory paraded in Austin with a gift to a local child. Bel Air well site finally yielded 850 gallons per minute after heavy spending. Frank Cochran saved 10 calves as a barn burned and the Holstein herd remained in pasture.
The piece weighs the impact of upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions on Romney prospects and the Harold LeVander bid via the Partners for Progress group. It notes key Minnesota figures Walter Klaus Farmington Harvey Sabre John Hartle and L E Steiner on the movement, plus potential challengers to Mondale Forsche Maxell Judd and possible upsets in November races.
President Johnson strengthens push in congressional districts. Republicans overestimate gains in Senate seats and House seats, while Democrats vow to defend every seat. Senator Mondale praises Truth in Packaging law for clarity and potential savings to shoppers.
Arnette Leslie a former Minneapolis mayoral candidate backs J D Holtzermann for U S Senate. Holtzermann has campaigned for Dr Walter Judd and spoken at Rochester Mankato Wasca meetings. The piece notes concerns over crime and calls for rehabilitation and restraint in policy.
A reader joins Don Anderson’s concern about higher pool costs. He says he has bought a $10 season ticket in the past but now cannot afford it and will have his children swim during free time if offered, criticizing the Municipal Pool pricing.
On June 4 1944 the U S Seventh and British Eighth Armies entered Rome to free the city from Nazis. Other notes include Ramsey MacDonald becoming British prime minister in 1929 Wilhelm died in exile in 1941 and the U S declared war on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania in 1942.
Victor Riesel reports a Brooklyn campaign surge as Dr. Herbert Aptheker, a 1939 Communist Party member, runs for Congress on an independent peace platform. He challenges Edna F. Kelly in the 12th District, aiming for fifty thousand votes to signal an antiwar stance to a global communist audience. Dorothy Healey runs in California for county tax assessor as part of a broader Communist strategy.
Berry's World notes the Aptheker bid marked by a massive Communist sponsored rally to open the 18th Party Convention in Webster Hall. The event targets 8 000 capacity Manhattan Center and features independent speakers, union and youth delegates, with Aptheker rallying on Vietnam and US wartime policy.
Memory Smith of Myrtle Beach was sentenced in Columbia to four years for failing to file federal income tax returns for 1950 through 1963. U.S. District Judge Charles Simons suspended the balance after three months served. Smith earned money preparing others' returns but did not file his own.
A set of trivia style questions with brief answers. The most perfect hand is said to be Mona Lisa's right hand painted by Leonardo da Vinci. Ants live long underground with workers up to seven years and queens up to fifteen. Nellie Bly circled the world in 1889 in 72 days six hours and eleven minutes.
Ray Cromley analyzes claims that the draft favors the rich or discriminates against Negroes. He cites Census data showing minority representation in the 18-25 age group and service branches, then explains high first-term re enlistment among Black soldiers and the draft’s college deferments. The piece argues that the system draws in deferments from education and conditions may tighten with expanded Viet Nam calls.
Dublin AP reports Prime Minister Sean Lemass will not resign despite opposition calls following President Eamon de Valera’s narrow reelection margin. De Valera won 558,808 votes to Thomas O Higgins 548,240 with over a million ballots cast.
Series of questions and answers on Social Security covering name changes, health insurance deadlines, Medicare coverage rules, deductibles, inpatient spell rules, psychiatric limits, workers compensation conflicts, international care, and terminology like freezing and full benefits with local office hours and outreach in Albert Lea Owatonna and Dodge County.
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