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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1968
Page
4
The Mower County Red Cross blood program faces aging donors as a new guard is needed. Youth groups including Boy Scouts and Hi Y squads push door to door for recruits while a Bloodmobile visit to First Congregational Church from March 12 to 15 seeks donors. The drive targets at least 125 pints daily to maintain supplies benefiting all residents.
The piece argues that labeling people as hawks or doves oversimplifies the war issue. It notes growing dissent not just from opponents but from supporters who fear mounting casualties, rising costs, and weakened U S influence. It cites concerns about domestic needs and international repercussions.
An opinion piece discusses Washington D C space constraints for monuments as Congress considers new memorials. It notes over 200 monuments, cites historic figures, and questions how to fit future tributes amid crowded avenues and parks.
County Treasurer C. C. Terry announced 569 persons owe this year's personal property taxes. Farmers at township meetings condemn WPA strike tactics and seek investigation. Austin Utilities Board let contracts totaling 302440 for reservoir substation work. A store window display contest offers 600 in prizes for Easter shopping season. Austin to run full page Time Magazine ad highlighting opportunities for new industries. Mower County Board awarded 50748 in contracts for culverts bridge timber asphalt and calcium chloride.
McCarthy outpaced expectations in Minnesota with at least 16 of 62 delegates likely, carrying three congressional districts in Twin Cities while rural Johnson forces restrained gains. The result signals stronger organization and funds but does not threaten an incumbent Johnson presidency.
Walter Reuther calls a private gathering of ex CIO leaders to discuss rebuilding the AFL CIO into a broader, more aggressive labor movement. He envisions conglomerate unions with large war chests and mass outreach in urban minority communities. The move aims to challenge the federation’s current leadership and structure.
Book review surveys Glenn Tucker's Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg. It argues Longstreet bore less fault than peers and that Jubal Early and William Pendleton forged the villain image. The critique links postwar Reconstruction views to Southern defamation and underscores a lasting alliance between Lee and Longstreet.
Ray Cromley explains Ho Giap Mao doctrine stages for Viet Cong to cut rice salt and vegetables to Saigon Hue Da Nang Can Tho and other major centers. They target transport routes control points and docks to provoke hunger price inflation and potential riots while demanding counterguerrilla attacks to oppose the strategy.
On this date in 1917 the Bolshevik revolution began with riots in St Petersburg. Other events include the Stamp Act passage in 1765 and the birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1841.
A 1968 American Bar Association text explains that census data are confidential and may not be released to a person’s detriment. It notes that statistics for neighborhoods are acceptable, while individual details require consent, and highlights the census as essential for rational policy and demographic insight.
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