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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1969
Page
3
A June 1969 Minnesota road department warning labels cherry bomb season starting July 4. Hoodlums vandalize highway signs rural mailboxes with fireworks and BB guns, rifles, and shotguns. The piece urges severe penalties for all offenders to deter this dangerous trend.
Ten years after Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth opened the St Lawrence Seaway the 2342 mile waterway is a basic fact of life in the Great Lakes region. Traffic has grown steadily turning Milwaukee Chicago and Toronto into world ports and proving what nations can achieve together for common good.
A century ago the first trans continental railroad joined the East and West, symbolizing Manifest Destiny and national pride. The Promontory celebration featured delays and humor as the golden spike ceremony unfolded, while the legacy endures in freight Railroads remain central to trade even as passenger travel shifts toward other modes.
Opinions of Others notes a House of Commons bill in Ottawa aiming to ban government contracts at sites where noise exceeds 85 decibels. The piece explains decibels as a sound measure and compares examples such as car horns, jet planes, and radios, before noting subjectivity in distinguishing noise from sound and varying sensitivities to loudness.
A collection of quotations from Edison and a reference to idle work contrasts with a report on noise as pollution echoing regulatory needs. The snippet also contains mailing and subscription details for a Minnesota publication and a brief Canadian commentary on noise.
More than half the year taxes were collected by June 1 with 58.8 percent of a 1,268,036 levy paid. A CIO union packinghouse workers celebration will be held July 20 at Community Park. Flooding hit Austin from Cedar River rainfall with the river cresting at 13.15 feet, ten feet above normal, while the Hormel Institute Lab broke ground north of the Belt Line.
A South Carolina visitor recalls planting a passion flower vine that spread uncontrollably, earning the weed label May pop where she summers, while a dandelion comparison highlights differing regional views on beauty. The piece shifts to industrial site selection at Alcoa, detailing criteria, processes, and community scrutiny used to pick plant locations.
Victor Riesel reports a volatile New York political milieu where Ramsey Clark joins Americans For Democratic Action and Ted Sorensen, Steve Smith, and Forum figures plot for John V. Lindsay. A Kennedy McCarthy-Lindsay coalition forms a new, fluid political bloc aligned with the Liberal Party, challenging the old Democratic machine and signaling a national political moment.
A year after a youthful remark about universities being destroyed, John W. Gardner recalls his prior laughter as momentum builds. Secretary Melvin R. Laird states the defense department is accelerating Vietnamization efforts with higher priority.
Carlton Smith and Richard Putnam Pratt advise readers to assess their risk aversion before investing. The piece cites The Stock Trader's Almanac and explains how risk tolerance shapes when to buy or sell in a volatile market. It urges honest self-evaluation to improve timing or decide if market investing suits the reader.
Larry W. Andersen criticizes the Herald for a June 25 headline that emphasizes taxpayers costs over education quality. He argues the editorial neglects education values and exposes a financial bias in reporting on the school board and teachers dispute. He signs with his address at 803 18th St SW.
A coconut crab, found on many tropical islands, climbs palms to crack coconuts for food. The Era of Good Feelings refers to James Monroe's presidency. An opos sum at birth is about the size of a kidney bean.
Democratic figures warn the party risks a hard left turn amid a rising national mood to the Right, helping President Nixon consolidate support across the middle while liberals fear losing ground in 1970 and 1972. Scholars debate whether party pragmatism can stem the shift before Vietnam peace talks stumble.
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