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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1965
Page
4
AUSTIN DAILY HERALD argues that more than 20 000 conventions yearly generate over $2 billion nationwide and boost local economies. Austin lacks a large auditorium, a key convention requirement, and would benefit culturally and civically from such a facility to attract regional and national events.
A Florida center under Johnson era poverty programs faces turmoil as Pinellas County School Board seeks contract cancellation over staffing ratios and high costs. Protests include dating and noise issues, with two expulsions cited amid broader questions of planning and accountability.
Scientists brace for Mariner 4 as it nears Mars within 6 000 miles to photograph the planet. If successful July 14, images may illuminate canal like lines but will not prove life. the mission faces vast technical risk and limited high resolution data.
A column notes the rise of graduate study among U S college graduates and questions overemphasis on advanced degrees especially in non technical fields. It cites Dartmouth Princeton Harvard Cornell NYU and reports 85 percent pursue further study at top schools and calls for better counseling and stricter admissions to curb indiscriminate degree chasing. The piece also discusses a mild British furor over Beatles MPs and their impact on Britain's economy and national service.
The notice outlines Thomson Newspapers subscription rates for Austin Minnesota including home delivery in Austin and zone mail options. It lists prices for weeks and months and explains delivery areas from zone 1 within 50 miles to zone 2 50-150 miles and all other zones beyond 150 miles.
Sidney Farnsworth of Brownsdale is named postmaster there. Red Cross Life Saving classes begin July 1 at Austin State Park Beach. Austin Country Club receives an on sale beer license at the county commissioners meeting last night.
Red Wing officials scrutinize city ambulance pricing after a Rochester run for 32 dollars versus a 120 dollar Rochester charge, noting out of city use and potential rate changes. The council reviewed an incident where a Red Wing ambulance transported a patient to Rochester Methodist Hospital on June 4, and Gold Cross billed 32 dollars for the trip.
Victor Riesel argues Dominican labor chiefs refused to back the rebels general strike, preserving transport, factories, and services. He notes Conatral’s leadership, anti-Communist stance, and reports of rebel seizure of its headquarters, while asserting U S intervention had broad Dominican support.
Today in history notes Molly Pitcher Mary Hays swabbed and loaded during the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse in New Jersey 1778. It also recalls Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s 1914 assassination and other events from 1942 through recent years.
In New York on Father’s Day we return bay rum aftershave to Dewey & Moyst Ltd. A clerk showcases a vast range of scents from 9 to 5 to Champagne, Imperial Saber, Aramis and Old Spice. The sales pitch threads through warm, woodsy, citrus, leathery notes as we wander past Alfred Dunhill to Zizanie Fragonard and York Town 1781. The gag ends with a jab at modern urban life and the sea of masculine fragrances.
Editor thanks John G Van Epps for public insight into Auto Safety Check which targets major car defects like steering exhaust tires and brakes. Volunteer groups conduct free checks as a civic act with trained mechanics ensuring motorists avoid fooling themselves by accepting unsafe O K stickers. Bernard J Schmidt 1505 3rd Ave SW confirms ongoing local support for these checks.
A quick quiz notes tail feather presence in grebes and kiwi as tailless. It explains tides shift about 50 minutes daily and Pluto’s orbital speed of 2.94 miles per second. It names Britain’s Sandhurst as the Royal Military College. It cites the Detroit River as the Dardanelles of the New World.
Defense Secretary McNamara funds computer studies to model how nations react in tense settings. The aim is to find war games that yield partial cooperation and avoid total victory or loss, testing strategies from hard line to vacillating, and noting that partial cooperation may emerge when rivals adopt non confrontational stances.
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