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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1967
Page
4
AUSTIN DAILY HERALD reports a 1966 national survey showing supermarkets earned about 18 percent net operating profit on sales before taxes, equating to just under one percent of a penny per dollar. The average shopper spent 5.31 dollars per visit, yielding roughly five cents profit per transaction.
Postmaster General OBrien proposes turning the postal service into a nonprofit federal corporation to run on a business basis. The plan, aiming to cut costs via automation and improve speed, faces resistance in Congress amid ongoing deficits and calls for prompt action and long term overhaul.
The International Red Cross moved quickly with Israeli forces to rescue thousands of Egyptian soldiers stranded in the Sinai Desert. The effort used trucks, helicopters, and planes, with indications that many would have died without aid. The piece extols the Red Cross’s neutral, universal mandate and its role in war zones worldwide.
United States policy shifts may ease welfare work disincentives. New York will allow part time outside jobs with no loss up to 85 dollars monthly, then 70 percent clawback until a 4900 dollar yearly cap for a family of four. The move, praised as a lever against dependency, aligns with broader rural and urban readjustment efforts and international experiments in welfare and employment programs.
A clipped newspaper notice quotes a biblical line from II Thessalonians and a Plutarch moral. It lists publisher details and offers home delivery and subscription rates for Austin Minnesota, with zone-based pricing and address instructions for subscribers.
A look back from Austin features Stella Jorgenson elected president of the First District West WCTU at Owatonna. Road surfacing contract for 57 miles in Mower County awarded to H J Dunn and Judd Brown for 40401.62. Noramae Haseth earns BA cum laude in home economics at St Olaf College. Donald Peterson named chair of Austin Chamber retail committee. Ten years ago curfew praised after a Fairfax woman’s son was detained until parents notified. Bingo at Mower County Fair shelved over nonprofit sponsorship. full council action sought.
A survey notes Austin siren warnings lack clear instructions and danger levels. Red Bank New Jersey reports an Andalert system with 12 speaker clusters, voice messages, and tape playback, cost 8000 dollars split under civil defense.
Victor Riesel profiles Alex Rose of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers, showing how unions use financial diplomacy to preserve jobs and keep industries afloat. He highlights factory loans and buyouts in Amesbury Massachusetts and West Upt on New York, arguing unions should trade traditional tactics for industrial statesmanship to avert broader national crises.
Berry's World notes about 23 films to be made locally instead of Europe, with a brief take on Rose's easy statesmanship, union dynamics in soft goods, and potential federal action if labor and management fail to resolve the crisis. Also includes a quiz of quick biblical, papal, architectural, and African religious facts.
Today marks key anniversaries including the 1819 Savannah steamship voyage to Liverpool the 1934 creation of the FCC and the 1953 Rosenberg execution at Sing Sing. Other notes recall Roanoke colony beginnings 1754 Albany congress Eisenhower’s 1945 New York landing Khrushchev and Peru troop actions in recent years.
editor cites shifts from personal conviction to lawmaking in Minnesota. The writer Aimee L Merrill argues Sunday closing and liquor laws aim to keep shoppers and revenue inside the state, claiming successive measures entice tourism and sales tax income. Ramsey box 115 Austin.
Bruce Biossat argues the United States should strengthen oil relations with Venezuela amid Castro backed subversive attempts, noting Caracas fears further Cuban incursions and the broader strategic role of Venezuelan oil for Europe and the free world. Venezuela, a top oil producer, worries U S inattention and seeks more favorable oil arrangements while resisting outside control.
Washington writers recount society gossip and politics in a satire of the political press. The piece cites URA Get out a Republican ballot, juxtoses chaff and notes on George Romney as a leading GOP contender, and mocks cross‑party barbs in political weeklies.
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