Austin Daily Herald Mission and History Note
The Austin Daily Herald established November 9 1891 and issued daily except Sunday proclaims its fair impartial stance. Editor and publisher HH Rasmussen and business manager Geraldine Rasmussen pledge to serve Austin and community with focus on agriculture labor and industry without favoritism to any group or individual.
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Austin Daily Herald
Austin
Minn
Associated
HH. E. Rasmussen
Geraldine Rasmussen
Herald
Disorder of the Day on organizing and humanity
The piece argues against viewing organization as the enemy of man and warns that rejecting structure drains rationality and progress. It critiques critics who praise spontaneity and devalue form, discipline, and efficiency as artificial, urging recognition of human capacity to shape life.
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Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
America
Soviet Russia targets Nixon and Eisenhower backlash
An article in Soviet Russia harshly criticizes Vice President Nixon as an “exponent of aggression” and a “tool of the millionaires” while noting Americans decide the presidency. The piece warns the Russian people may question their own leaders if such remarks continue.
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Eisenhower
Soviet Russia
Nixon
California
Opinions of Others Free Enterprise and Farmers
In Hoard's Dairymen, a dairy industry note argues farmers misapply free market concepts. It says agriculture often produces at full capacity without market demand, unlike businesses that produce to sell at profit. It urges contract selling, base plans, and pools to market milk effectively and boost farmer returns.
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American Dairy Association
National Dairy Council
Federal steps ease business drag in modest package
Sylvia Porter outlines a small set of government moves aimed at reviving the economy in 1960. FHA cuts reduce down payments on moderately priced homes, the Fed shifts credit to boost lending, a discount-rate cut signals lower borrowing costs, and Congress adds defense spending to prop up demand. A modest plan to spur a stronger second half.
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America
ACT
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Reserve System
Congress
The
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Pot Pourri from the Austin Herald June 15 1960
A column of brief items covers ragweed as a major hay fever cause in the Midwest, Florida census growth and alligator hides sales, a look at aging seniors and their rising purchasing power, honesty based tips from a California restaurant chain, aging library books in large print, parallel parking tips, and a Letts Iowa Christmas decoration note.
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Florida
Miami
Great Plains
California
Rocky Warns Against Continued Shortening of Our Work Week
New York report details Nelson Rockefeller criticizing Richard Nixon and warning that further shortening the work week harms national productivity. At Cooperstown and aboard the United States liner, labor leaders note Rockefeller urged maintaining a healthy balance of leisure and output, arguing 50 years of policy favored more work for growth.
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New York
United States
George Meany
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Pier 8
House of Labor
White House
Gov. Rockefeller
Cooperstown
N.Y
Rockefeller
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller proposes presidential power to end strikes
Rockefeller outlines a three step labor strike framework starting with mediation to its limit, then a fact finding board, and finally presidential injunction and final arbitration if no settlement occurs. He criticizes inflationary effects and calls to end feather bedding while opposing tariffs and quotas. The plan aims to resolve the 116 day steel strike and aligns with Nixon amid a broader labor policy debate.
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Rockefeller
National Steel
Nixon
Federal Mediation Board
Gues
The
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Khrushchev and Eisenhower Criticized as Not Tough Enough
In Washington mixed critiques highlight Khrushchev and Eisenhower as not being hard enough against the Russians. Pravda defends Khrushchev while Kennedy and Rockefeller urge stronger defense and stiffer readiness ahead of summit tensions.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Pravda
Khrushchev
Rockefeller
Russia
Dye faces prison for safe cracking in Detroit
William A. Dye, 31, was convicted of safe cracking and faces 7 to 15 years. Police testified at trial that he tried to break into a safe to raise money to hire an attorney for a prior case.
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Detroit
William A. Dye
Puzzle of Names and Clues From a Thicket of Terms
A compact puzzle lists numbered clues spanning people places and objects from politics music sports and language. Readers match a mix of nicknames poems capital cities and everyday items to reveal a hidden thread or solution.
Picking Verses From the Bible Not Always Best
A reader asks about using proof texts to fit every situation. The answer says memorizing scripture is valuable and should complement regular Bible study, not replace it, encouraging both study methods for spiritual growth.
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C.S
Kentucky’s First Negro Legislator Killed in Train Crash
Charles W. Anderson Jr., 53, an alternate U.N. delegate and the first Black member elected to Kentucky’s Legislature, six two year terms from 1935, died Tuesday in a collision between his car and a train near Shelbyville.
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Shelbyville
Charles W. Anderson Jr
United Nations
Kentucky
Californian Puts Self in State Ward
Emery T. Newbern a 39 year old California merchant seaman known for drafting jail cell appeals committed himself to Camarillo State Hospital after repeated arrests for drunkenness. He filed his own commitment petition in Superior Court after a lower court declined to order commitment.
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Los Angeles
Emery T. Newbern
Camarillo State Hospital
Newbern
California Supreme Court
California
Camarillo
Levi Strauss and the birth of durable denim pants
In the California gold rush era hopeful forty-niners carried rock samples while Levi Strauss traveled with canvas intended for tents. He repurposed the canvas into sturdy pants reinforced with copper rivets, founding a lasting Levis tradition that thrives a century later.
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California
Levi Strauss
Strauss
Levis
Big Goals Fuel a 891 Mile Scotlande to Land's End Race
A 700-entrant walking race from northern Scotland to Land's End produced a 38-year-old Yorkshire factory worker as winner. He finished in 15 days 14 hours 32 minutes to claim 2800 dollars and was back to his 6 a.m. shift at the glass factory the next day. The piece asserts that big lofty aims lift people beyond routine, citing faith and personal fulfillment.
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Scotland
Land’s End
England
Yorkshire
John
Jesus
Bananas co-writer Frank Silver dies in New York
Frank Silver, 58, orchestra leader who teamed with Irving Cohen in 1922 to write Yes We Have No Bananas, died Tuesday in New York after a cerebral hemorrhage. The song became one of the era’s most popular tunes.
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New York
Frank Silver
Irving Cohi
Antarctic Engineer Walt er K Queen Dies After Illness
Walter K Queen 80 chief engineer of Byrd's second Antarctic expedition died in Stamford Conn after a long illness. The longtime navigator and engineering officer served under Admiral Richard Byrd and helped lead early antarctic exploration efforts.
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Stamford, Conn
Walter K. Queen
Adm
Richard Byrd
Subscriptions Rates and Delivery Areas for Austin Post Office
Delivery rates listed for periods of one week three months six months and one year. Rates vary for post office deliveries inside and outside a 150 mile radius of Austin with advance payment required.
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