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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1968
Page
2
A fragment from the Austin Minnesota Herald notes Elizabeth I reportedly possessed about 3000 dresses at her death. The item also includes a snippet stating tin bearing ore is mined from stan naries and mentions the U S Treasury’s 1789 establishment by Congress.
New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller will visit Minneapolis on Wednesday for his first Minnesota campaign appearance. The trip precedes the last two GOP district conventions next Saturday in St. Peter and Grand Rapids, each naming two delegates to the national convention. Rockefeller and Nixon both won straw polls over the weekend with Nixon 86-81 in the 4th District and Rockefeller 94-89 in the 1st District.
The United Auto Workers consider a constitutional amendment to establish an economic bill of rights. The proposal would guarantee jobs, a livable wage, a national health service, and a guaranteed income for those unable to work, backed by President Walter Reuther.
Columbia University in New York opens with faculty discretion on classes as sit ins continue. Colum bia College faculty vote to end formal classes for the semester while several units plan normal sessions and student leaders plan counter classes on campus lawns. President Grayson Kirk defends police use to break up sit ins and says he would do it again.
The Associated Press reports three traffic fatalities over the weekend lift Minnesota's 1968 death toll to 270, with the weekend losses including Wayne Mezissen, 23, near Anoka, Stanley Ptaszek, 24, on I 494, and Clark Anderson, 17, on Highway 71 near Hines. Cornel, Zahl and another passenger sustained injuries.
In Bardwell Kentucky Ralph Graves questions why a man seems to know all. A friend replies the man simply heard it here and there and was too lazy to forget. The snippet hints at local chat and a quirky anecdote in a small community.
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