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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1967
Page
4
A editorial argues the UN failed to stop the Arab Israeli conflict after two weeks of Security Council talks. It cites U.S. neutrality as proper to influence peace efforts while warning that great power involvement could test the UN’s future effectiveness.
A Minneapolis editorial campaign urges dispersing liquor licenses from the central city. It cites St Paul’s 41 central licenses versus Minneapolis’s 80 plus and notes higher drunkenness arrests in Minneapolis. The piece warns statistics may not prove dispersal’s superiority and warns interpretation varies.
The MEG notes Minnesota voters and lawmakers strengthened insurance regulation after the American Allied Insurance collapse. Two dozen laws tightening oversight and aiding policyholders were enacted, largely reflecting Attorney General Douglas Head and Governor Harold LeVander campaigns.
The piece analyzes the surge in U S personal savings from 23 billion in early 1965 to about 34.2 billion in early 1967, with 1967 savings 29 percent higher than a year prior and 47 percent above two years earlier. It notes the trend reflects wealth generated by the economy and questions if thrift can continue amid shifting shopping moods.
THIRTY YEARS AGO a raise in on sale hard liquor license fees from 500 to 750 and 3.2 beer license fees from 50 to 100 took effect July 1. Austin frost to 39 degrees. TWENTY YEARS AGO a new site north of the Country Club studied for a baseball park. Decker airport work funded at about 5800. Henry Wenzel named organist for St Johns Lutheran choir. Sig Qvale elected commander of the First District American Legion.
An Austin Salvation Army report warns that funding gaps in the United Fund threaten to cut services including the Youth Camp program. Last year 204 Mower County youths attended Lake Louise camp. this year Silver Lake Fresh Air Camp is planned, but funds are needed to avoid cancellation and cover last year's camping cost of $787.78.
FBI files obtained for an Internal Revenue case outline hour by hour the Mafia’s activities from Boston to Maine. The documents describe threats, corruption, union infiltration, shake downs of doctors, and alleged aims to declare martial law. They place Mafia influence from New England to New York, New Jersey, Florida, and beyond, with named concerns about union hiring practices and officials.
FBI records reveal a Cosa Nostra scheme involving a Commission member pressuring a son to call his mother, send money, and visit. and a plan to merge two medical groups in New York for a kickback. The articles cite 300,000 index cards on 3,000 principals, and scrutiny of the Justice Department budget and staffing for organized crime prosecutions.
Capitol Comment reviews a five month session that produced a historic $1 billion budget, a sales tax override, and new workmen’s comp changes. It notes highway funding, a metro advisory council, Sunday alcohol sales, and potential future tax shifts. Political leaders clash over the sales tax and voters face a 1968 referendum.
An opinion urging stronger international policing of buffer zones cites failures from the DMZ in Vietnam to UN teams on the Israel Egypt border. The piece argues current ICC and UN inspections are ineffective, calling for the U S Arms Control and Disarmament Agency to fund a practical, foolproof border policing system.
Book review of Phyllis A. Whitney's Gothic suspense tale set in a mansion named Silverhill. Grandmother Julia Gorham controls a secretive, tense household as secrets from the past surface. Mallie Rice arrives to deliver a dying message provoking new conflicts and eerie discoveries. Miles A. Smith praises Whitney as a Gothic suspense expert and notes women's appeal.
On June 7 in history several events are noted including the 1942 Battle of Midway ending in a U S victory over Japan and Daniel Boone beginning his Kentucky exploration in 1769. Other items include Richard Henry Lee's resolutions in 1775, Lincoln’s renomination in 1864, George VI and Elizabeth’s U S visit in 1939, Norway’s resistance ending in 1940, a 1967 loan agreement with Poland, and Hurricane Alma affecting Havana and the Florida Keys a year ago.
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