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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1977
Page
4
The Herald recalls 85 years as a local newspaper serving Southern Minnesota and North Iowa. It emphasizes fair, impartial coverage that promotes agriculture, labor, and industry without political bias or favoritism to any group or individual.
Meadow Fest in Grand Meadow invites Austin area residents to a three day celebration hosted by the Grand Meadow Booster Club. Events include a carnival beer garden band concert square dancing ice cream social chicken fry teen dance and an all school reunion for Grand Meadow High graduates.
Demographer Prof Reynolds Farley notes that 1960s gains in education, pay, and opportunity for Black Americans persist into the 1970s despite a tighter job market and poverty laws. A Supreme Court decision on seniority systems raises fears that past discrimination may reassert itself and threaten affirmative action progress.
President's pollster Patrick Caddell interviewed census director candidates and recommended Manuel Plotkin of Sears Roebuck for the post. Plotkin, a longtime subscriber to Caddell's polling service, was selected with Caddell's endorsement after interviewing about six candidates amid White House involvement.
Labour officials from AFL-CIO and ILGWU gather at a Rockefeller Center luncheon to back Nelson Rockefeller’s 1978 bid and discuss keeping Carter under pressure. They commit to large ticket purchases for a June 16 Waldorf Astoria event with Ford Kissinger and Brock, aiming to influence party direction while avoiding a public clash.
Widespread labor anger rises over White House promises on quotas and jobs. Chaikin and Lloyd McBride publicly press Carter, Meany cites campaign betrayals, and access to the president is blocked. Coalition leaders warn of public action if the full employment bill and welfare reform are not backed.
A lighthearted column by Nate Johnson reflects on parenting as a long term investment with dividends in grandchildren, recalls a 30 year marriage, and jokes about Seattle Slew being an honorary citizen. It also profiles Nels Nelson, a 76 year old tree cutter in Ellen dale, plus a wry note from George at Nemitz's about money and effort.
Housing market stays strong as 1977 starts reach a projected 1.5 million single family homes. Analysts cite low inflation fear, energy worries, easy credit, and the baby boom tail as drivers. A savings and loan executive argues the typical buyer can afford homes across price ranges, challenging the notion of widespread affordability problems.
The piece notes Minnesota average regular gasoline at 66.9 cents a gallon, up from 63.9 previously, with metropolitan areas 2 cents higher than rural regions. It mentions self service options saving 3 to 5 cents and observes a nearly five percent rise in statewide gasoline consumption in the first four months of this year.
The piece recalls Austin housewives and husbands freed from coupon worries as sugar controls eased, allowing purchases like a hundred pounds of sugar at grocers. It also highlights George Hogan earning a bachelor of science in education at Simpson College after returning to finish 1940–43. Gary D Hansen coauthored a paper on antibiotic bioassay presented in New York, with details of his parents and address.
Reader praises a Herald feature on Tony a math prodigy in Austin Public Schools. The letter asks for companionship and a stable home or foster placement, noting Tony’s need for a family environment and ongoing updates as the writer attends Gallaudet College in Washington DC.
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