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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1977
Page
4
The Herald celebrates 85 years as a fair impartial newspaper for Southern Minnesota and North Iowa. It promotes agriculture, labor and industry without political favoritism or bias toward any group or individual.
The Winona Daily News notes St Marys College officially named its baseball field after Max Molock. A longtime coach and key figure in Winona baseball, Molock is celebrated as Mr. Baseball for 35 years at St Marys and for his work with youth programs and the American Legion LeJetz team.
The C-130 Hercules remains a workhorse and potential bargain amid a debate over replacing it with newer jet powered transports. Lockheed argues for a fortified C-130 variant while Boeing and McDonnell Douglas push YC-14 and YC-15 as heftier, faster options.
Minnesota readers see contrast as Santa Clara Unified adopts Uniform Evaluation System for teachers. Administrators will write evaluations. Minnesota critics warned of pay based on results. The piece cites biblical quotes and a church connection alongside the news item.
AUSTIN officials shift into statewide roles as Mayor T B Rockne joins the Minnesota Assn of Mayors board and H J Keck becomes a director of the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Assn during a joint Duluth convention with the League of Minnesota Municipalities.
Washington reports Fidel Castro allegedly planned a 1969 underwater commando raid against Richard Nixon at his Key Biscayne winter White House. The plan aimed to blow up the residence with frogmen, with unclear intent to kill Nixon in the blast. A cryptic State Department note cited a Cuban UN official Lazara Eddy as the only hint.
Television crews were attacked while covering a dissident entry to Local 754 in Dallas. A truck driver, Carl Branch, was arrested later for striking a reporter and damaging a Minicam. Police hunt for a second assailant as the Teamsters face criticism over the incident.
IRS expands inquiry into the 1.4 billion Teamsters Central States pension fund. Investigators seek all benefit underpayments and employer contributions, tracing back to 1975 and the fund’s real estate loans and misspent money. Crocker Bank manages funds but civil action potential remains.
Dale Hilker notes Frano Swank not retired and discusses Babe Swank in Texas. The column mentions golf star Al Gieberger’s 59, Wally Ulrich, and echoes about Earl Nelson’s surgery and Ray Van Cleve’s North Carolina visit. It records John Maduras’s son Robert’s senior recital and local doctors in Winston-Salem and Austin.
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