June Dairy Month celebrates milk and dairy farmers nationwide
The feature traces June Dairy Month from its 1937 origin as National Milk Month to a nationwide, month long salute highlighting the dairy industry's $21 billion contribution. It notes rising dairy sales in 1975–76, the role of Minnesota dairies, dairy technology, and ways families enjoy dairy foods during warm months.
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Mower County
Minnesota
Minnesota Dairy Promotion Board
Ball Park
Nature
Gasoline costs set to rise as Americans plan trips
The piece argues that tens of millions will pay more for gas this year with higher consumption and imports driving prices up. Marathon Oil official cites simple math: more imports equal higher costs. It blames price controls and policy shifts for eroding conservation incentives and boosting demand for larger cars.
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Austin
United States
Jack H. Herring
Marathon Oil Co
Herring
America
Smithsonian Bicentennial Exhibit Showcasing Pencil Making
The Des Moines Register reports a Smithsonian Institute display demonstrates the final stages of pencil making in Washington DC. It notes a single pencil can draw about 35 miles and U S production would wrap around the world nine times if placed tip to tip.
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Smithsonian Institute
Washington D.C
The
Des Moines Register
United States
Louisiana to Sell New Orleans Superdome to Cut Losses
An opinion piece argues Louisiana should sell the New Orleans Superdome to end the financial burden on taxpayers. The facility cost $35 million to start, ballooned to over $175 million before its first event, and may exceed $325 million in ongoing costs. It cites operation deficits and rumors of closure, with quotes supporting selling as best for the state.
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Louisiana
New Orleans Superdome
Timeless hometown tales span fishing, service, and medical honor
Thirty years ago Dale Quam of Austin reeled a six-pound northern pike from the Cedar River near Water Street dam, watched by brother Lester and friend Jerry Burton. Twenty years ago the Austin Clown Club earned a humanitarian service citation from United Cerebral Palsy for the Telethon and parade work. Ten years ago Norbert D Schmitt Jr earned a dentistry degree from the University of Minnesota and planned to open an Austin office with wife Phyllis.
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Dale Quam
Austin
Northern Lakes
Cedar River
Dale
Water Street Dam
Lester
Jerry Burton
Austin’s Clown Club
United Cerebral Palsy
Garnet Kough
Kough
Vern Youngdahl
Roy Cambern
Norbert D. Schmitt, Jr
Norbert D. Schmitt
University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
Schmitt
Phyllis
Ray Hays affair deepens in sensational claims
Washington insiders say Elizabeth Ray was in love with Wayne Hays and jealous over his marriage to Pat Peak. Sources cite her psychiatric consultation and alleged affection, while friends quote Ray describing Hays as the best lover she ever had, a detail that strained Hays' marriage.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Wayne Hays
Elizabeth Ray
Hays
Pat Peak
Ray
Ohio
Ray-Hays
Capitol Hill
Owens
Jack Cloherty
Liz Ray
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Edward Kennedy
Dmass
Mike Gravel
D-Alaska
John Culver
D-low
Paul Young
Capitol
Washington Post
Post
Bob Owen
Justice Department
Auto workers push for shorter work week at Ford and rivals
UAW leader Leonard Woocock plans July talks with General Motors Ford and Chrysler on uniform demands. Ken Bannon advocates a shorter work week to reduce overtime and boost leisure with new pension ideas linked to job security, while broader industry shifts loom.
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Victor Riesel
New York
Elizabeth Taylor
Jimmy Carter
Man In Labor
Auto Workers
Leonard Woocock
Detroit
UAW
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
USA
Chrysler United Kingdom
America
Doug Fraser
Chrysler USA
Chrysler UK
Fraser
Onting
Free World
Germany
Sweden
Ford Motor Co. Arena
Ken Bannon
Henry Ford
German _ co
Mark
Bannon
Auto
Tall ships gather for Operation Sail 1976 spectacle
Newport Rhode Island hosts a Bicentennial Operation Sail 1976 with steel-hulled tarps and windjammers from Europe and the United States. The parade of ships departs July 1 and reaches New York July 2 with a grand July 4 review led by the Coast Guard Academy’s Eagle, ending at several harbor anchorages and continuing to other ports.
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Michael Schainl
New York
NEA
Newport
Europe
Long Island Sound
Brooklyn Bridge
Long Island
Sandy Hook
Gravesend Bay
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
U.S. Coast Guar Academy
Eagle
Hudson River
Spuyten Duyvil
George Washington Bridge
New York Harbor
United States
U.S.S. Randolph
Washington Bridge
Our neighbor’s workshop tales and a paper boy’s debt
A quirky reflection on neighborly theft rationalizations and life’s jokes. The piece pivots from a neighbor’s tool hoard to delays in paying a newspaper carrier, then riffs on love, aging, and playful wordplay about cars, pets, and a bank manager who longs for Western glory as the Loan Ranger.
Downtown merchants thanked for Heritage Week displays
The Herald thanks Roger's Jewelry Sound World Stevenson's Children's Shop Tradehome Nemitz's Leuthold's Fantle's Cook's Paint Queen's Fashions Wallace's Elam's Jewelry and the Chamber of Commerce for donating window space and assisting with Heritage Week displays.
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Cerely
Roger
Sound World
Stevenson's
Children’s Shop
Tradehome
Nemitz’s
Leuthold’s
Fantle’s
Cook's Paint
Queen's Fashions
Wallace's
Elam’s Jewelry
Chamber of Commerce
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