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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1971
Page
1
In Detroit by Grace Hospital a graduating class of nurses is shown in a bottom photo as students remove worn uniforms. Female nurses at the top attempt to tear a shirt from a graduating male nurse while spare garments are strung across windows, a ritual signaling leaving school.
South Vietnamese field commanders say Cam bodian town Snuol saw heavy casualties amid cross border operations. Task Force 8 suffered about 300 killed wounded or missing and rebuilding will take a month as three enemy divisions remain and U.S. air support will continue to be relied upon.
Considerable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms likely through Saturday. Lows tonight 58 to 68 degrees. Highs Saturday in the 80s.
The page listing shows sections for VS, Mkt 2 Area News, Editorial, Sports pages 11 and 12, Society pages 6 and 7, Comics page 13, TV and Entertainment pages 9A and 100, Classified pages 14 and 15.
The government reports a 0.4 percent jump in the Wholesale Price Index for May. Higher steel and other metals prices and a sharp rise in gasoline pushed overall wholesale costs to 113.8 on the 1967 base. Abbot Dworschak resigns as St. John's Abbey head. Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans a midcourse correction to Mariner 9 to adjust Mars orbit.
President Nixon announced new programs to boost U S energy supply focusing on offshore oil geothermal power oil shale coal gasification and a long term second generation of atomic plants.
The Labor Department reported May unemployment at 6.2 percent, tying a nine year high. The jobless rate rose for construction and sales workers and young women, with long term unemployment increasing to 580000. Total employment rose 500000 to 78.7 million as earnings and costs edged up.
The Upshur with 13 disabled North Vietnamese POWs aboard turned back toward South Vietnam after Hanoi canceled the release agreement. The ship did not enter the cease-fire zone and headed south after the abortive transfer. A U.S. military spokesman said they complied with Geneva conventions and regretted the other side did not accept the humanitarian offer.
Secretary Rogers urged France to join NATO allies in preparations for troop cut negotiations with the Soviet Union. Maurice Schumann appeared the lone holdout as NATO foreign ministers wrapped their semiannual meeting in Lisbon.
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld U of Minnesota regents broad authority in running the university in a suit by Ronald G. Bailey and others alleging riots, subversive groups, and immoral acts on campus. The decision endorsed prior rulings and noted courts won’t override regents unless a specific abuse is proven.
Gov. Wendell Anderson signed a measure requiring Minnesota drivers to pass an eye test at license renewal and for first time issuances. The law takes effect January 1 and applies to renewals and new licenses. A second bill lets the Higher Education Coordinating Commission contract with private colleges to pay per resident student to help utilize private facilities.
Minnesota Supreme Court split 3 to 2 orders a new trial for Ada resident Mrs Helen Lee and her husband Claire in a $45,000 damages claim against Coca Cola Bottling Co Crookston after a quart Coca Cola bottle exploded in her hand.
EPA funded study by the University of Cincinnati finds lead concentrations up 33 to 64 percent in Los Angeles eight sites and 2 to 36 percent in Philadelphia six sites from 1961–62 to 1968–69 with minor decreases in Cincinnati and no general conclusions on blood lead yet. Airborne lead tied mainly to vehicle exhausts and may raise body lead levels, especially in children with exposure to lead paint.
Dennis L. Jackson, 34, of Osage, died in a morning crash on Hwy 218 near Charles City. His eastbound car crossed the center line into a truck driven by Jerome Miller. Jackson, a Hydra-Tile employee in Nashua, was alone and died from head and chest injuries. He was born March 17, 1937, married Bonnie Tibbits, and left four children. Funeral plans at Champion Funeral Home, Osage.
The Minnesota Legislature faces a $170000 estimated cost if the June 15 adjournment holds, with Senate Majority Leader Stanley Holmquist optimistic about ending the session. Lawmakers continue a costly seven day special session as tax deadlock persists on value added tax sales tax and the governor's nondeductible-state-return plan.
The Supreme Court ruled that new districting plans formulated by federal judges are not required to be submitted to Washington for approval under the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The decision holds that district court decrees changing election laws fall outside the act’s scope.
In Washington the Senate considered amendments to hasten an all volunteer military by ending the draft or limiting extension to one year. Sen Mark Hatfield proposed halting draft calls by July 1, drawing limited support. A Schweiker plan to halve the two year extension could push the volunteer army goal to mid 1973, as leaders eyed a June 18 vote on Vietnam war funding.
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