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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1966
Page
4
Austere column notes two fatal Minnesota crashes described by AP as among the state’s grimmest in months. Seven dead in two crashes and eight more elsewhere push 1966 toll higher than 1965. author questions why safety progress hasn’t reduced carnage despite better brakes lights and seat belts.
A public push to abolish the electoral college gains traction after every presidential race. While reform talk waxes and wanes, a 1964 pattern repeats with broad popular support for Johnson, prompting calls for thorough discussion and action ahead of 1972.
Republican leaders in Congress assail the anti poverty program as mismanaged and wasteful and call for oversight. Senator Dirksen and Representative Ford condemn promises over performance while Sargent Shriver defends the effort as politically attacked yet flaws cited by Republicans previously corrected.
Rep Henry S Reuss urges postponing overseas studies to ease the balance of payments. He cites a US funded study in Iceland on ptarmigan cycles and a Ghana social background project as examples of WPA-like foreign research. The Government Operations Committee backed the advisory report, leaving final funding decisions to Congress.
A reading of John 8 26 is cited alongside a note about the Grand old Book of God and its enduring influence. The piece includes a geologist James Dwight Dana quote and a local newspaper masthead for Thomson Newspapers Inc at 600 NW 1st Drive. It lists publisher Frank C. Miles and subscription details for home delivery in Austin Minnesota and surrounding zones with rates for weekly, monthly, and yearly periods.
Thirty years ago Dr J I Morrow was praised as a leading sports promoter and credited with aiding a statewide boxing bill. Twenty years ago Pat Pourri urged care for shade trees along St Paul street after a contractor damaged branches. A new Maple and St Paul parking lot opens for 32 cars at ten cents first hour five cents each additional hour. The White Horse Show is set for June 22 23 at the county fairgrounds. The summer girls program adds tennis golf hiking and softball under Betsy Christianson and Delores Desmond. Hormel Institute doctors Lundberg Schlenk Privett and Peifer will attend a lipid metabolism conference in Meriden New Hampshire next week.
Despite scattered rain the Austin region enjoyed a bright weekend with abundant wildflowers and a potential mosquito resurgence. Readers debate vandalism letters while Eugene Berat, a veteran attorney, is described and a Williamsburg minstrel’s London publicity stunt is noted as a flop.
In Saigon CVT workers marched on May Day carrying the US flag alongside their national colors. Led by Tran Quoc Buu, the CVT rejects political street action and fights for economic protest, resisting Buddhist and Catholic pressure while opposing Viet Cong strike efforts. The article highlights Buu’s stance and global labor solidarity.
A collection of remarks stressing global calm and responsible governance. U Thant notes peace is broader than statesmen. Humphrey jokes about driving. Johnson urges cool, constructive balance between campus and Washington in public affairs.
The column provides IRS guidance from St. Paul on withholding adjustments for large itemized deductions options to reduce withholding next year. It covers paying both employer and employee Social Security shares for household workers, deductibility of Paris trip travel, reporting tips when the 10th falls on a weekend, and avenues to appeal tax cases up to the Supreme Court.
Chronology of events including the 1939 arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the United States the 1942 Midway victory the 1943 French National Liberation cabinet formation the 1944 Normandy fighting the 1945 Okinawa gains the 1946 jewel theft case the Niagara Falls power plant rockfalls the 1956 Dominican Republic mission the 1965 Gemini 4 splashdown and other calendar notes.
A cutworm develops into a night flying moth. About 50 nations maintain diplomatic representatives at Vatican City. The United States is not among them.
Bruce Biossat argues Washington politics echo black and white thinking amid complex postwar issues. He cites Senate safety hearings and skepticism toward government as examples of polarized views overshadowing nuance in national policy debates.
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