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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1971
Page
4
The piece praises summer freedom for American youth and recalls the value of national freedoms symbolized by the flag. It urges displaying the flag on Flag Day and appreciating the country’s open spaces, nature, and fundamental liberties as students depart for summer vacation.
The Tax Foundation notes that 1970 tax relief rose from changes in exemptions and allowances and that 1971 relief will reach 4.9 billion dollars due to higher exemptions and deductions plus a new lower rate for singles. By 1973 relief could total 9.1 billion as exemptions and deductions rise further.
The Austin Chamber of Commerce urged immediate action to hire a full time industrial development director to attract new business and broaden the tax base. Support is sought through fundraising at the Terp Ballroom to finance the effort as Austin aims to grow and provide jobs for local youth.
Flower lovers in Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and the Dakotas are drawn to a week long Peony Show at Brand Peony Farm in Faribault. The display features 350 to 400 varieties of white pink and red peonies with cross strains and Iris shown on Sunday. Robert Tischler owner says admission is free and all visitors are welcome.
The piece argues that punishing people by illegal jailings undermines the Constitution and disturbs justice to unjustly condemn mass arrests used to maintain order in disruptive events. It rejects labeling Washington as Vietnamized and warns against embracing a police state rhetoric.
The page prints inspirational quotes on discipline from Hebrews and Kant, followed by publisher and editor names, address and subscription rates for Austin Minnesota. It includes a Washington Post quote criticizing mob action and balancing justice with order.
Five years after serving as Rose Creek schools superintendent H E Halvorson resigns to take a job in Emmons Iowa and plans to leave next month. Rain flood closes the Highway 16 underpass two miles west of Grand Meadow delaying traffic and rerouting vehicles.
A legal discussion explains how mailed notices may be presumed delivered if postage and address are correct, with courts extending the rule to handoffs to mail carriers or mail chutes. Limits exist when letters are left in open lobbies or evidence contradicts delivery, as in a debtor creditor case where witnesses swore the notice never arrived.
This day marks New York’s 1665 incorporation under British law Iowa Territory organized in 1838 and notes from a half decade and a year earlier: Dag Hammarskjold’s Congo aid pledge of 10 million dollars Khrushchev’s Moscow polling appearance and a 1970 air evacuation from Amman during the Palestine conflict.
The Consultation on Church Union faces a decade of debate with critics pushing back against a single large church. Supporters see potential in reunification of historic denominations, though merger talks stall over control of national boards and agencies. In Iowa City on May 23 1971 a Pentecost ecumenical service drew nearly 10 000 from Protestant and Catholic groups.
Local congregations drive Christian unity with a focus on community cooperation. Leaders like Rev. Jack L. Zervas urge organic unity, while national bodies like SST and COCA remain costly and distant. Iowa City is seen as a hopeful center for a neighborhood Christian Advent.
A collage of library notices and book recommendations covers facts about summer hours, a blue milk glass display by Mr and Mrs Frank Kearns, and a Readers Miscellany with titles by Lazer Goldberg Conrad W Thomas Geneal Condon and more. It also highlights Parsons College history and notable books by Germaine Greer Dwayne E Walls and others.
A series of questions from the Austin Social Security Office discusses Medicare eligibility for a bachelor turning 65 with no credits, evaluation of hospital vs voluntary medical coverage, and credits needed. It covers earnings counting, wages in kind, widow’s benefits, disability timing, and filing urgency. It also references priestly celibacy and air and water pollution enforcement as brief non-sequiturs.
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