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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1969
Page
4
AUSTIN DAILY HERALD reports ongoing efforts by Hormel company and the city to reduce odors from packing house wastes. Meetings will continue monthly, focusing on immediate steps and projected sewage plant expansions for odor control. While progress exists, complete elimination remains elusive and local committees pursue new control methods.
President Nixon denounces coercion and urges peaceful change to protect liberty and democratic processes. His Madison speech frames campus revolt, drugs, and draft resistance as a deeply unsettled time and signals that traditional methods of persuasion remain essential.
The piece notes postwar U.S. trade policy, contrasts European moves toward common markets with rising state-level protectionism at home. It cites taxes and rules that discriminate against out of state commerce, examples in Georgia and Arkansas, and calls for federal action to prevent inter-state taxation stifling commerce. The author urges a national standard to curb balkanization of the economy.
A Horace Mann quote opens the page urging humanity gains before death. The item previews publisher and address details for Thomson Newspapers and Austin Minnesota subscription rates by mail and carrier routes with prices for six months and one year.
The Minnesota Senate sergeant at arms barred entry to demonstrators claiming to represent the people. He quipped that if they are representatives of the people, God help us, raising a pointed question about who truly speaks for the public during the closing hours of the legislative session.
A century old reminiscence notes Minnie J, famed dairy cow queen, touring 12 South State Cities with a street parade and Courthouse lawn program in Austin. County vital records show 781 births and 263 deaths in Mower County last year per state bureau data.
City Engineer Roger Nelson explains heavy rain washes debris and leaves into streets, wind adds clutter, and rain helps move it along. The Mississippi River study notes Lake Penin widening acts as a settling basin reducing pollution before Austin area reaches Winona. June temperature predictions suggest warmth. Various light humor and opinion snippets follow in the Pot Pourri column.
The Justice Department led by Clifford Alexander Jr and the EEOC with FBI involvement investigates alleged pattern and practice of discrimination against Negro and Mexican American technicians in film studios and craft unions. The probe examines Disney Warner Bros Universal and Fox hiring, union rosters, and entrance questionnaires as possible exclusionary practices. It targets IATSE locals, union dispatch rules, and the balance of minority representation in technical and managerial roles.
A 60 year old unnamed narrator recalls a Delaware River valley boyhood and a rambling New York life. The book reads like memoir and musings, with a pipe and coffee beside you as past unfolds. He seeks old and new answers to lingering questions, describing people Nobody Likes.
The L U V organization argues for an eighteen or nineteen year old voting age citing high school civics exposure and party training. They note eighteen year olds may be drafted for Vietnam service and deserve a say in government. A second letter questions student admission after tax support and cites Vietnam veterans. A later letter condemns motorcycle and car conflicts, urging equal rights for motorcyclists on public roads.
On this date in 1940 France began World War II battles. In 1872 the Republican convention nominated Grant. In 1917 over nine million Americans registered for WWI draft. In 1933 FDR signed the bill ending the gold standard. In 1947 Marshall outlined postwar Europe recovery plan at Harvard. In 1950 the Supreme Court struck down segregation in rail dining cars and at law schools. One year ago RFK was shot and wounded in Los Angeles.
Washington NEA Judge Warren Burger signals strong disagreements with recent Supreme Court methods while likely becoming chief justice. He argues the court should lead in rewriting federal criminal procedure rules in a systematic way with input from many practitioners and Congress.
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