Congress May Take Action on Birth Control
A 1965 Dallas area newspaper notes Congress discusses birth control for the first time with a potential bill for free distribution. Offices would collect and share information in the United States and abroad, aiming at underdeveloped nations. Eisenhower reversed his stance, urging adoption amid a projected continued population surge.
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Congress
State Department
Health, Education and Welfare Department
United States
Eisenhower
Ike
Illiteracy remark sparks talk on student money skills
President Keith Funston of the New York Stock Exchange tells Augustana College grads that many students lack economic insight in a complex society. He cites four factors shaping careers: profit motive, opportunity to earn, public ownership boom, and international cooperation.
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Keith Funston
New York Stock Exchange
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
S. D
U.S
Funston
Newspaper role and clipping requests from readers
The Austin Herald notes it does not publish stories just for scrapbook clippings. A newspaper's function is to inform about actual community events, not create coverage for appearances.
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Austin Herald
Humphrey halts Post Office jobs in youth opportunity plan
Vice-President Hubert Humphrey pauses the Post Office Department from handing out jobs in the youth opportunity campaign amid Democratic patronage concerns. President Johnson aimed to place 500000 youths, with 6000 federal slots tied to the Post Office. The department cites need and qualifications, while Republicans press questions about fair hiring.
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Hubert Humphrey
Post Office Department
Humphrey
Postal Administration
Johnson
Post Office
Albert Quie
Rep
Minn
Department
John Gronouski
Quotation Fragments and Post Office Reform Debate
A collage of quotations on health and virtue, plus editorials criticizing patronage in the Post Office and poverty programs. The piece cites Izaak Walton and III John, then contrasts with a DES MOINES REGISTER argument about vice presidency, and a NEW YORK TIMES call for House investigation into Mrs Powell’s payroll employment.
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Post Office
Congress
Humphrey
Post Office Department
DES Moines Register
House of Representatives
Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Welfare Committee
Ralph R. Roberts
House
NEW York Times
Turn Back The Clock Austin Guardsmen Leave for Camp Ripley
Austin Guardsmen depart Sunday for extensive training at Camp Ripley. Seventy youths head to weed ion and beet fields at Hollandale. Seventy youths left today to weed the ion and beet fields at Hollandale.
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Austin
Camp Ripley
Red Cross
Martin A. Nelson
Minn
Minnesota Cities See Job Gains Across State in 1965
Minnesota employment data show Minneapolis and St. Paul posting record nonfarm job totals in May 1965. Rochester leads growth over five years, while Duluth St. Cloud Austin and other cities report varied gains. Baldy Hansen marks 18 years of his local column. A Camp Ripley KP tale highlights payoffs in quick bucks. A Fillmore-Lored Norse heritage note links Giants in the Earth to Norwegian settlements in Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and South Dakota.
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State Department of Employment Security
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluth
Rochester
St. Cloud
Austin
Baldy Hansen
Baldy Talkin
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Herald
Fillmore
Roy W. Meyer
Mankato
Ole Rolvaag
Meyer
Muskego
Wisconsin
United States
Iowa
Decorah
Goodhue
South Dakota
North Dakota
Rolvaag
Rochester man sues over false ad for double trade value
Robert DeWeese, now in Indiana, sues Adamson Motors alleging a Rochester ad offering double book value for trade-ins on 1959 cars misled him. He sought 2141 dollars or a new car after trying to trade his 1959 Mercedes 190SL for a nine passenger station wagon. dealer allegedly refused delivery.
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Rochester
Robert DeWeese
Indiana
Adamson Motors
Chrysler
DeWeese
Labor Leaders Alarmed by McNamara Briefing at White House
About 60 top labor and business figures were invited to a private White House dinner on June 22 to discuss the economy and receive a briefing from Defense Secretary McNamara on Southeast Asia. The briefing spurred fears of a large U.S. troop buildup in South Vietnam, prompting unity among AFL-CIO head George Meany and NMU leader Joe Curran in backing hard foreign policy action. Emil Mazey of UAW remained dissenting, criticizing Johnson’sVietnam policy.
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D. C
White House
Defense
McNamara
Southeast Asia
Sec. McNamara
U.S
South Viet Nam
Cin
George Meany
Afl-Cio
National Maritime Union
Joe Curran
Big Joe
NMU
America
Curran
Meany
Josith
Mazey
Johnson
Walter
I. W. Abel
June 30 history highlights span immigration to Congo
On this date 1952 the McCarran Walter Act passed over Truman veto and codified immigration laws. Other notes recall 1777 British occupation of Staten Island, 1921 Taft becoming chief justice, 1942 Nazi advance toward Alexandria, and Churchill’s vow to fight until Japan submits. Recent events include Dulles IA establishment, Belgian Congo becoming Republic of Congo, and UN forces leaving the Congo.
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Harry Truman
Staten Island
New York
William Howard Taft
United States
Alexandria
Winston Churchill
John Foster Dulles
International Cooperation Administration
Belgian Congo
Republic of Congo
Leopoldville
United Nations
Congo
Anti World Tale Shocks Readers With Comic Parody
A Brookhaven Lab experiment hints anti matter may form groups called anti matter. The piece parodies fairy tales with an anti version of Snow White and Prince Rotten, showing an ugly girl discovering an anti world and an unhappy ending.
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Byward Cannel New York
NBA
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven
Atom Smasher
Footsel
Gretel
Snow Black
anti-Mame
Pretroit
Anti- Michigan
Readers Sound Off On Cruelty To Animals And Farm Aid
A letter from Mrs. Bertha L. Meyer and Mrs. Harry Skov criticizes highway cruelty to pets and livestock and urges government help for farmers. The writers describe daily drives along Hiway 16 west of Austin, lament animal fatalities, and implore officials to address hay shortages and aid programs for farmers facing drought and reduced crops.
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the Herald
Austin
Bertha L. Meyer
Colorado Holds Most High Peaks In United States
Denver area contains 54 of the 69 highest U S mountains and accounts for about 75 percent of land over 10 000 feet in the country highlighting the state’s extreme elevations.
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Denver
Colorado
United States
Red Army View on Viet Nam Victory and U S Withdrawal
North Viet Nam military leader Song Hao outlines a strategy to defeat the United States in South Viet Nam. He argues U S public opposition and overextension elsewhere will force Washington to withdraw, citing Korea and global deployments as weaknesses while predicting Saigon’s collapse and Viet Cong gains over time.
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NEA
North Viet Nam
Song Hao
Ho Chi Minh
Red Army
Hanoi
United States
South Viet Nam
Song
U.S
Korea
America
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Congo
da Nang
Saigon
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