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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1975
Page
4
A June note on school endings praises graduates and teachers while urging appreciation for the school bus driver who safely transports children. The piece lauds bus drivers as a long safe tradition and asks readers to thank them for their work.
The Church subcommittee investigates Gulf Oil and others for secret political payments totaling millions to foreign officials in Korea Bolivia and beyond. SEC actions target hiding bribes in accounts while firms defend motives as protecting shareholder interests. Probes widen to Northrop Ashland Exxon Mobil and United Brands amid calls for disclosures and possible policy impacts.
June 20 law requires mortgage lenders to provide a government booklet detailing all settlement costs and use a standard form. It bars kickbacks or referral fees that raise costs and reduces required escrow for taxes and insurance.
Forty young Austin musicians under Miss Charlotte Stenseth will perform the opening intermission at the Bandshell songfest with Myles Becken as MC and Mrs. Chester Boyd on piano. Also noted, the Gomez triplets from Rose Creek were hired by First State Bank of Grand Meadow to staff the bookkeeping department. Civil Defense chief Roy R. Roach announced plans to shield Mower County residents with private shelters complementing public ones.
Washington report by Jack Anderson and Les Whitten details Bartels forced to resign after internal DEA turmoil cited by Deputy Atty. Gen. Harold Tyler. White House declined to intervene as hearings by Sen. Henry Jackson loom.ources say narcotics chiefs were preoccupied with internal probes rather than pursuing drug dealers.
The report criticizes the DEA for failing to curb heroin influx despite high budgets. It notes 125000 new addicts last year and widespread corruption cases. A leaked management study warned the agency faced an embarrassing backlog of unresolved cases and instances of agents involved in drug dealing.
Victor Riesel reports Don Carlo Gambino, leader of the Mafia in the New York area, hospitalized with chest pains on May 31. Indictments against racketeers connected to Operation Cleveland and the trucking industry are expected in July, threatening a major anti organized crime strike. Gambino remains powerful across labor, garbage disposal, and other enterprises from Connecticut to Florida, with a history of black market activity during World War II.
The piece portrays Don Carlo as the central power among New York New Jersey Mafia families with a reported 30 million dollars in investments, limited expansion of his crime family, and potential 90 day restructuring signals from prosecutor Eugene Gold. It notes satellite gangs, young members demanding change, and possible nationwide effects upon Carlo’s death, including shifts in gambling narcotics and labor intrigues.
STANLEY SPRECHER notes a new Austin Community College service for avocational groups and upcoming stamp club meetings in Owatonna. June displays at the Austin Public Library spotlight National Parks stamps, Canadian issues, and Olympic-themed releases, with catalogs from Harris and local fair exhibits. Westmoreland quote closes reflections on Vietnam costs and aims.
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