Austin sees April job gains and optimistic outlook
The Minnesota Department of Employment Services reports April 1975 in Austin shows improvement with 209 more jobs than March. Manufacturing leads gains at 133. Trade declines but shows improvement. Oak Park Mall opening in July, Robinson Forms expansion, and Hormel turning over the industrial park to the city are cited as positive factors amid a modest overall decline in a national recession.
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Minnesota
Ing
Oak Park
Austin
Robinson Business
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
New York
Philip Vargas
The
Drug Abuse Council
New Mexico
Colorado
Tucson
Tyke
Graduation Draws Near as Austin Loses Its Youth
An analysis laments Austin's demographic shift as over 500 graduates prepare to leave for opportunities elsewhere. It notes declining elementary enrollment while the city’s population holds steady, aging residents rise, and calls the drift a tragedy of a town becoming retirement-oriented.
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Austin
Austin Public
Hormel
Debate over ERA and draft impact on equality rights
The Montana court ruling on draft fairness may not be upheld by the Supreme Court. If the ERA passes, a young man could claim exemptions for women. The piece weighs ERA advocates against critics, noting stalled momentum and legal debates ahead.
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Butte
Mont
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Israel
Montana
Supreme Court
Turn Back the Clock the Parish Honors War Dead
A Walnut plaque at Queen of Angeles Church honors 13 parish boys who died in World War II in a ceremony led by Father D A Cunningham and Father Dan Corcoran during the Hour of Prayer for armed forces members.
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Queen of Angeles Church
D.A. Cunningham
Dan Corcoran
Weatherman
Mapleview
Janie Joel
Janie
Harold MecAlister
What happened to Cambodians in exile
Washington Merry-Go-Round outlines that over three million Cambodians were driven from cities into the countryside by advancing Communists. The CIA reports no reliable information due to sealed Cambodia, deserted markets, shut broadcasts, and no outbound travelers for debriefing. Analysts resort to educated guesses about the fate of civilians.
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Washington
Southeast Asia
United States
Cambodia
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Khmer Rouge
United Nations
Red Cross
Ford
City of horrors warns of mass layoffs and debt crisis
Victor Riesel reports a grim New York City portrait with Mayor Beame warning of firing up to 67,000 workers amid a seven and a half billion dollar payroll and rising debt. He cites union leaders Vic Gotbaum and Ken McFeeley, welfare costs, CUNY expansion, and wage fights as signs of a nationwide city crisis.
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New York
Bantam
Abe Beame
New York City
Mount Rushmore
Vic Gotbaum
Patsy
Municipal Labor Council
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Ken McFeeley
CUNY
City University of New York
Henry Kissinger
Transport Workers Union
D Day and historical notes mark today's history brief
June 6 1975 marks the 157th day with D Day recall of Allied Normandy landings in 1944. The issue highlights community notes from the Herald praising Junior High School car wash profits for the Senior Citizens center and VFW environmental cleanup at Jay C Hormel Nature Center with local thanks and ongoing support from Austin area residents.
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Normandy
France
U.S
Yorktown
University of Mississippi
James Meredith
Meredith
Mississippi
South Vietnam
South China Sea
Spiro Agnew
Saigon
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Richard Nixon
Watergate Grand
the Herald
Senior Citizens Center
Ted Jorgenson
Tom Nelson
Karen Strom
VFW
National
Jay C. Hormel
Robert Auer
Birger
Austin
Local Herald Staff Features and Community Notes
Jerry Laskowitz, the Herald makeup man, is spotlighted in the staff series with plans for upcoming features on John Enright and Al Haakenson. KAAL TV’s new home may be near completion as neighbors comment on gardens, then a Jaycee Ball highlight ends with Dan Vebenstad’s car being totaled, delaying MC plans.
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Jerry Laskowitz
Big Herald
Herald
John Enright
Kaal TV
Dick Taber
Jaycee
Dan Vebenstad
Dan
Moose Club
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Tarsus
Saul
Antioch
Patrick Henry
2Nd St. N.E
Edmund FE
Smith
Thomas J. Koeck
Minn
A.P.O
F.P.O
Marigold Dairy
United Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
By Victor Riesel
Associated Press
People's Forum
Olaf B Damm
Ron Jenson
Olaf B. Damm
Edmund E. Smith
Don Jones
Riverside
Jane
Jones and Smiths
Janey
Don
al Haakenson
Peter DeVries
Marge Bronner
Delbert White
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