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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1976
Page
4
The Herald marks 85 years as a regional newspaper serving Southern Minnesota and North Iowa. It emphasizes fair reporting, impartial stance, and support for agriculture, labor, and industry across its Friday, June 4, 1976, page 4 edition.
A 1960s to 1970s survey by the American Council on Education finds nearly 19 percent of freshmen likely to major in business, with growth driven by job availability, opportunities for women and minorities, and shifting attitudes away from antibusiness sentiment. More than half of U.S. business schools have renamed to schools of management in the past decade.
School out in Minnesota signals peak bicycling as youths join road traffic. Minnesota DPS data show 1202 bicycle injuries in 1975, with 646 victims ages five to fourteen and 328 aged fifteen to nineteen. Officials urge parental talks, driver alertness, and defensive driving to curb crashes.
The American Express Newsletter estimates 16 million foreign visitors in 1975 will rise to 18 million plus in 1976. Americans will outnumber them with about 23 million travelers heading abroad, spending near 9 billion dollars. Strong interest from Canadians and Mexicans boosts travel, and attractions include New York San Francisco and the Grand Canyon.
Forty four seniors will graduate from St Augustine high school next Sunday in a commencement held at St Augustine church rather than the high school auditorium. Rev William Schimek of Rose Creek will address the class of 1946. Francis Gerlach is valedictorian and Aurelia Lauder salutatorian.
Washington readers learn from Hal Bernton’s Plains Georgia visit about Jimmy Carter’s public education stance and neighborhood reactions. Whites fear tax hikes for schools while privately educated locals question reforms, and black neighbors praise Carter’s outreach amid landholdings and long county ties.
Washington report outlines Ted Kennedy and labor’s 1972 plan to back a Humphrey Kennedy ticket to block McGovern. Meany, then AFL-CIO leader, was briefed as Humphrey signaled staying in the race toward the convention.
The piece details Ted Kennedy and labor leaders weighing a strategy to block Jimmy Carter and derail a Carter McGovern clash. It cites Meany and Kennedy discussions, a draft plan to back Humphrey, and suggests a Carter delay could shift power to the Southeast with Kennedy gaining influence. It also covers Carter’s peanut farm ties and local Plains views on his tenure.
Readers share greetings from the Hospice visit with Emmett Gavin Joe Rollins Bob Hunt and Joe Tesar. Dick Gavin—ex Standard Oil worker—now runs Blue Ox Resort at Bemidji and golf talk notes inchworms damage on pines and elms.
Cary Heyer of 1918 7th Ave NE reports on a first time event the Pageant of Drums at the Athletic Field in Austin. St Paul Scouts Blue Knights Belles of St Marys Mounties and Eyeopeners performed admirably and attendees deem it worth the price with hopes for future repeats.
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