Nursing Home Week Observed at St Marks Lutheran Home
Lyle W. Roberts notes Gov Wendell R Anderson proclaims Minnesota Nursing Home Week for 2026 with theme We Care. St Marks Lutheran Home joins state in observing the week. visitors welcome and appreciation extended to employees volunteers and service groups for their care of residents and community.
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St. Marks Lutheran Home
Wendell R. Anderson
Minnesota
St. Marks and Roberts
Minnesota picks Sheila Bernhagen Miss Minnesota for Miss America
Sheila Bernhagen of Bloomington was named Miss Minnesota after winning the state pageant in Austin among 62 contestants. She will represent Minnesota in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City this September and gave an acrobatic ballet Indian style routine in the talent segment. First runner up Dana Lagervall of Rochester and second runner up Debby Nolan of Austin applauded.
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Sheila Bernhagen
Bloomington
Austin
Sheila
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Rochester
Debby Nolan
Austin Jaycees
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Snow piles defy start of summer in Ironwood
Ironwood Michigan 10 foot snow pile lingers after a late season dump. City notes 264 inch total snowfall last winter and about 100000 spent to clear downtown streets. Residents say it is the first time snow remains on the ground on summer’s first day.
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Ironwood
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Austin
Pollution and business duties in environmental balance
A mini editorial argues individual harm to the planet is offset by positive corporate actions. Judd H. Alexander of American Can Company notes the dilemma business faces balancing unavoidable harm with improving quality of life.
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White House
Judd H. Alexander
The
American Can Company
Balloon lifts timber as Idaho experiment to log out of remote areas
Boise Cascade sponsors a three week trial using a 6,700 pound helium balloon to haul logs from southwest Idaho to a loading area. The balloon rises above tree tops, carrying logs attached to hooks about 500 feet below, and can lift about two medium sized logs per pull. Company officials expect high costs to fall as bugs are ironed out, with the project intended to supplement trucking and reduce road-building needs.
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Mississippi
Idaho
Boise Cascade Corp
Boise Cascade
Forest Service
Brainerd Dispatch
Boxing pictures at Paramount themes Cann fight recall
Austin boxing fans can see Louis Cann fight pictures at the Paramount theatre next week. The footage is notable as it shows him nearly losing the title, his first close call since becoming champion. The event connects to local history and sport memory in Austin.
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Austin
Louis Cann
Paramount Theatre
Louis
Defense Dollars Double as Social Help, Laird Says
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird argues that defense spending also funds education, health, housing, and civil programs. He cites military education, medical care, housing projects at George Air Force Base, and aviation and satellite tech as benefiting civilian society while maintaining national security.
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Gallup
Dan
Nixon
Vietnam
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Rhode Island
Idaho
United States
Defense Dept
George Air Force Base
California
Defense Department
Domestic Action Council
Cities face decline in public service productivity say experts
A respected analyst warns that productivity among public service workers in major cities has fallen, with New York and others showing weak traffic control, garbage collection, street maintenance, health and welfare. He cites union power, lack of competition, and a push for federal funds with strings. Despite some professional growth, overall city management remains degraded.
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NEA
New York City
New York
Mills
Mills and Company
Light Fantastic review a crossbreed of SF and mainstream writing
A Scribner's collection edited by Harry Harrison argues SF deserves a place in literature. It gathers 13 stories by prominent authors not normally labeled as science fiction, including Kingsley Amis Mark Twain Graham Greene Robert Graves John Cheever and Rudyard Kipling.
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Scribner's
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Kingsley Amis
Mark Twain
Graham Greene
Robert Graves
John Cheever
Rudyard Kipling
Twain
Cheever
Phil Thomas
Associated Press
Citizens Protest Name Change for Arboretum
Mrs. R Norman Miller of 501 A 1st St SW objects to renaming the Hormel Arboretum as Kingswood Nature Center. She argues the Hormel name is descriptive and honors Geo A Hormel and urges keeping or restoring the Hormel related title for recognition and publicity.
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Hormel Arboretum
Kingswood Nature Center
Jay Hormel
Geordie Hormel
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Aboretum
Kingswood
Today in History highlights from 1948 to 1970s events
The date June 24 marks several historical milestones: the 1948 Soviet blockade of Berlin initiating a 321 day airlift, Cabot sighting North America in 1497, Pizarro in Mexico City in 1520, the 1793 French Republican constitution, 1940 Petain armistice with Italy, 1942 Dutch royal family arrival in the U S, 1944 Cherbourg push, Khrushchev 1959 program claim, 1960 Brooklyn Navy Yard closure, and 1969 repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
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Mexico City
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Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
Barbs About Teens and Town Glow in Summer Fashion
The text contrasts stylish teens praised as town fashion leaders with others who fall short. It notes large summer spend on bathing suits and the visible results of that expense across the community.
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