Picture Ban Outside Court Not Necessary
The Austin trial of Robert King for first degree murder faced a ban on outside courthouse pictures by Olmsted District Judge O Russell Olson. The piece argues the prohibition is excessive and that reasonable guidelines could shield the court without harming the trial, noting jurors are instructed to avoid media accounts.
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Olmsted
O. Russell Olson
Robert King
Austin
Twin Cities
Hennepin
Traffic tickets promote safer driving nationwide
The National Safety Council cites strict enforcement reducing highway fatalities in Michigan and Tennessee. Michigan saw 195 fewer road deaths and Tennessee 27 fewer traffic deaths last year, with similar gains in other states. Unmarked police cars are said to improve motorist compliance and curb deadly violations.
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National Safety Council
Michigan
Tennesee
Tennessee
Wether
Social Security allows more earnings for 65 plus workers
The text argues that people aged 65 and over receiving monthly benefits may earn 1680 yearly without penalties, an increase of 180 from prior limits. It questions why benefits should depend on retirement choice and notes a labor shortage of skilled technicians. It suggests older workers can contribute part or full time.
Minnesota urged to remove judges from politics and abolish justices of the peace
The Minnesota Crime Commission recommends removing judges from partisan politics and abolishing justice of the peace courts. It favors a Missouri plan for judge selection with gubernatorial appointment from three nonpartisan nominees, followed by an election. It also urges replacing JP courts with district-supervised community courts to improve access and standards.
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Minnesota
Committee On Administration of Justice
Harold LeVander
Crime Commission
Justice of the Peace
Missouri
Justice of Peace
Jps
Mankato
Proverbs and Coolidge Quotation in Daily Herald
A clipping from the Austin Daily Herald includes a Proverbs 31:19 quotation and Calvin Coolidge remarks. It lists address, publisher A. Richard Gross, and a detailed postage subscription rate schedule for Austin Minnesota and surrounding zones.
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Austin Daily Herald Thomson Newspapers, Inc
Austin
Minnesota
Richard Gross
Turn Back the Clock 30 Years Ago in Austin City notes
A retrospective reprint recalls actions from 30 years ago in Austin. The City Council set an annexation election for Crane Addition, contracted for stop and go traffic signals, and opened bids for a police radio system while Everett Carlson became county engineer-designate for Mower County starting May 1.
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Austin
Crane
Everett Carlson
Mower
Prophesy, Pumps, and Punny Justice in a Patchwork Page
Clipped notes from a 1924 Austin Daily Herald feature recount Mother Skipton’s prophecy and its notorious predictions. A German inventor unveils an automatic brick laying robot called the devil's machine. A California driver dodges a speeding ticket after a patrol car’s speedometer proved faulty.
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Inez Noble
1St Dr. NW
Austin Daily Herald
Austin Area
Herald
Austin
Mother Skipton
Otto Justus
Justus
California
Matt Weinstock
Los Angeles Times
Santa Ana
State Highway Patrol
Whittier Court
Powerful Labor Chiefs Plan Big City Housing Overhaul
A coalition of AFL CIO Building and Construction Trades chiefs met at the Bal Harbour Hotel in Florida on February 13 to chart a civic plan. They aimed to redevelop inner city slums, create at least a million jobs for Black residents, and apply wartime resolve to a social crisis. The group included leaders George Meany, Lane Kirkland, John Dunlop, Joe Keenan, Maurice Hutcheson, Peter Fosco, Peter Schoemann, and others.
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Victor Riesel
Washington, D.C
Building and Construction Trades Dept
Aflcio
Labor
Bal Harbour
Fla
Hotel Americana
Electrical Workers
Joe Keenan
Maurice Hutcheson
Peter Fosco
Peter Schoemann
Electrical Brotherhood
Builders and unions plot no strike pact to reshape cities
Publishers-Hall Syndicate outlines a plan to mobilize contractors and government for a vast home front construction program. They propose tripartite action, pre construction conferences, and a nationwide no strike commitment to rebuild ghettos while training thousands of Negro workers.
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United States
Army
Navy
Joe Keenan
Keenan
Building Trades Unions
Publishers- Hall Syndicate
Priest Who Quit Returns to Ford
Father John F. Peifer, former head of philosophy at St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee, has been readmitted to the Catholic Church after a private profession of faith and adjuration of error. A archbishop’s delegate welcomed him back following his July resignation from the priesthood and signaling his past intent to join Anglicanism. He said his study led him to reaffirm his Catholic priesthood and its social role.
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Milwaukee
Wis
John F. Peifer
St. Francis Seminary
Peifer
Father Peifer
Free Press FDI Center Plans National Drive in Missouri
A national campaign will raise at least 1 million to build a Freedom of Information Center at the University of Missouri. The center, run by Paul L. Fisher and staff, answers queries on government openness and press rights, with a DC branch recently opened.
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Columbia, Mo
Missouri
University of Missouri
FDI
Paul L. Fisher
Fisher
University
Washington, D.C
Columbia Center
Today in History March 1 1968 Highlights
Notable events anniversaries listed for March 1 include the 1781 Articles of Confederation adoption, 1780 first U S bank charter, 1803 Ohio statehood, 1867 Nebraska statehood, 1932 Lindbergh baby kidnapping, 1954 Puerto Rican nationalists shooting and U S hydrogen bomb tests, 1968 Eisenhower stroke recovery, 198? divorce record, 196? Vietnam casualties rise, with Pentagon notes on war progress.
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Associated Press
United States
Philadelphia
Ohio
Nebraska
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Hopewell, N.J
House of Representatives
Washington
Bikini
U.S
Pacific
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cecil Flaffer Hudson
Houston
Tex
Pentagon
Vietnam
Courtroom Experiments in Trials Stir Fairness Debate
Legal experts note experiments in trials must closely resemble the original situation to be admissible. Examples include a shampoo claim where a model test was rejected and a market cleaner demonstration that was allowed. A trunk case showed dramatic effects when parties staged exact replicas for jurors.
Best Sellers Compiled by Publishers' Week
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Styron
Topaz
Aris “Christy
Marshall
Instrument
O'Hara
The
Gabriel Hounds
Stew
Nicholas and
Alexandra
Massie
Birmingham
Rickenbacker
Rickenback
Ginott “Tolstoy
Troyat
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