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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1975
Page
8
The Gospel Lads from Joplin Missouri join the fair lineup as the first grandstand event a Monday night Gospel Rally. They have six years of touring history and have appeared on the Revival Fires telecast on KAAL TV Sunday mornings with local and area gospel groups.
Pacelli High School announces the fourth quarter honor roll with seniors listed by name followed by juniors sophomores and freshmen. Principal Rev Richard Engels presented the roster of students achieving high academic standing for the period.
Cadet Lt Col Curtis Brimacomb of the Civil Air Patrol is selected for the International Air Cadet Exchange. The program starts in 198, sending 188 U S cadets to 22 foreign countries to foster goodwill. Brimacomb departs July 12 for Washington D C and then to Great Britain for a three week stay. He is Minnesota’s one of eight cadets in the JACE program and has served five years as CAP member and leads the Austin squadron.
Austin elementary announces a summer program with multiple sessions and teachers. Classes run June 23 to August 1 with reading math and science offerings at several schools including Banfield Lincoln Neveln Shaw Southgate Sumner Woodson and Ellis.
Two Austin churches plan to sponsor Vietnamese refugee families. St Olaf Lutheran has applied to Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service for a four to six person family, with arrival in Austin in about 4 weeks. St Edwards Parish Council will decide in July, after forming a sponsorship committee and gathering offers of help from about 25 families.
The Austin Chamber of Commerce will guide 24 contestant families on a city tour starting at noon with a luncheon for parents at the Holiday Inn. Buses depart at 1 pm visiting the Vocational Technical Institute Hormel Nature Center and Hormel Sales Cabin film, with Charles Nyberg presenting. The Mower County Historical Center will also be open.
Austin City Council reconvened to authorize Entitlement VI Revenue Sharing for 347,673 this year. Funds are set for Police patrol cars, arena rink glass, playground equipment, sewer projects, street paving, and other city needs with potential reallocations if priorities shift. The body also OK'd a 3.2 beer license for Marcusen Park for the Blues, amid policy criticisms, and approved six half hour public service telecasts by KAVT-TV next fall and winter.
The Mower County Planning Commission will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday June 24 in the basement courthouse conference room to discuss special permit requests from Northern Trust Co DuWayne Harrington Ervin Dietrich and Delmar Ellis a plat from David Reynen subdivision regulations and exclusive agricultural zoning with a soil scientist. The Austin City Planning Commission will meet at 4 p m Tuesday in the Council Chambers to review the Plehal Lysne Addition preliminary plat vacation of 5th Ave NE Economic Development Administration Industrial Park improvements and Industrial Park regulations.
The Census Bureau will conduct a population survey in the area the week of June 16 to 22 to collect birth expectations from a sample of area households. The effort aims to forecast future population growth and composition for planning by government and business. All personal data are confidential and released only as totals. Interviewer Eleanor F. Foss will visit households.
David C. Naatz son of Mrs Tone Naatz and the late Emil Naatz graduated with distinction from the University of Minnesota with a BS in Electrical Engineering He has accepted a position with E F Johnson Co of Waseca and will start in mid July.
Rolland C Smith and Wesley Ragsdale headline Charisma 75 events starting tonight at The Barn northwest of LeRoy on the Reelof farm. Sessions run tonight 7 30 p m and Friday Saturday at 9 30 a m 2 p m and 7 30 p m with Sunday 10 a m in Lime Springs Iowa. Smith leads Faith Fellowship in St Louis Missouri and Ragsdale serves as Christian Radio Network 700 Club St Louis area director. Sunshine Washtub Band and New Beginning provide special music.
Ron Magers announces Mrs. Schnorenberg as Cystic Fibrosis chair for Rose Creek Minnesota. The Breath of Life Campaign aims to raise funds for asthma bronchitis emphysema and CF with September as CF Month and volunteers across Minnesota. Funds support patient care CF research and a CF gene carrier test.
Kent Johnson of Smith's Royal Bar was elected president of the Austin On-Sale Liquor Association at a Wednesday luncheon at the Holiday Inn. Other officers named include William Betters of Hiawatha Bar as vice president and Norman Bridley of Colonial Bar as secretary treasurer.
Osage Iowa council met to review four bids for the 1975 Main Street Improvement Plan. Allied Construction Company submitted the lowest bid at 1 226 550 50 but was withheld for review by the Iowa State High Commission. Landscaping bid from Sargeant's Landscape Nursery Inc. for 7620 was also held for investigation.
The new Piggly Wiggly Store in Austin has joined the Austin Area Chamber of Commerce. Mel Olson and Dale Cooper accept the membership plaque from Lee Kittelson as the store re opens at 107 W Oakland Ave.
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