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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1967
Page
4
A June 22 1967 Austin alert shows sirens cause phone jams hindering emergency help. Citizens rushing to phones jam police fire and utility lines. one woman waited over an hour for the fire department. The column urges residents to seek shelter and use radios instead, saying siren alarms may pose a greater hazard than tornadoes if misused.
A visiting Japanese economic mission highlighted that the United States sold 949 million dollars of agricultural products to Japan in 1966, with the Midwest accounting for 46 percent. Minnesota alone exported nearly 34 million to Japan as dairy competition remains fierce.
Georgia Governor Les ter G. Maddox, once known as a segregation extremist for closing his restaurant, now authorizes and urges recruitment of Negroes into state police and investigations. He has appointed Negroes to significant state posts and signals awareness of the rising black vote shaping politics.
Clark MacGregor highlights disparities in Minnesota and national funding while urging a state voice in allocations. He cites Mississippi and New York figures, plus Breathitt County versus Rochelle, and warns of bureaucratic growth and arbitrary Washington decisions.
Thirty years ago Austin's population reached 16317 based on calculations from the city utilities plant meter statistics. The item notes W. B. Wolf's Chicago business visit and other civic notes from that era.
A reader laments a new excise tax clause that taxes a merchant for the right to collect the tax. The column then notes a possible blue rose breakthrough by commercial growers and questions if such a flower is really needed.
In Iowa the issue of racial tension grows with warnings that Waterloo could become a tinderbox while Des Moines polices seek to avert unrest. Leaders cite housing, unemployment, and police attitudes as fuel, with warnings from NAACP officials and community members about potential violence this summer.
In Davenport and Des Moines debates over midnight park hours and off duty police supervision spark tensions. A young Black man warns of potential disturbances while officials blame press coverage and unemployment strains. Cedar Rapids and Sioux City show lower risk, with NAACP’s Harris noting relative housing and wage parity. Iowa awaits summer developments.
Washington report outlines a new push by NAACP CORE and labor groups backed by government agencies to upgrade Black workers in heavy industries. The campaign aims to move from hiring to promotions and foremanship in steel auto and shipbuilding, with protests and coaching programs backing the effort.
East Germany's Walter Ulbricht, aging and fearful, clings to a wall of isolation as Eastern bloc states show signs of relaxing control. He fears Western songs and protests, while East Berlin youth face a doctrinal push toward socialism and Soviet ties.
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