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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1968
Page
3
A report notes that the number of apparel manufacturing establishments in the United States surpasses 28 000. The figure highlights the scale of the domestic garment industry.
An article discusses hereditary patterns of allergic diseases such as hay fever hives and asthma noting about half of children inherit allergies from allergic parents. It urges medical consultation tests and mentions prevention and evolving treatments.
NEW YORK AP The 1968 Pulitzer Prize for fiction awarded to William Styron for The Confessions of Nat Turner based on the 1831 slave revolt. Knight Newspapers staff earn three prizes. Detroit Free Press staff cited for local riot reporting. Riverside Press-Enterprise wins public service. George F. Kennan earns biography prize. Awards include journalism and arts categories with multiple winners and $1000 prizes.
Norway's King Olav VI wraps up a three day Minnesota tour visiting St. Olaf College Northfield and the Sons of Norway hall in Minneapolis. He last visited St. Olaf in 1939 when an honorary doctor of laws was conferred. He received the honor again on this trip.
Sen. Eugene McCarthy finished his Indiana primary push with a 3 mile walk in Indianapolis and mingled with State Office Building staff. King Olav visited Linwood events at St Olaf College and the Norwegian American Historical Association, receiving a 49 volume gift and touring Norwegian heritage displays at the Rolvaag Library.
Tuesday to Saturday temperatures run 2 to 8 degrees below normal with highs in the mid 60s north and upper 60s south, and lows around 36 to 46. A cooler start, brief warming late week, then cooler weekend followed by light precipitation north and heavier showers south.
A Minneapolis woman, Mrs. Five V. Peterson, was awarded 35000 by a Hennepin County District Court jury after finding her former husband concealed assets to reduce alimony. The suit named lawyers Jerome Daly of Savage and William E. Drexler of St. Paul, who represented her ex-husband Palmer A Peterson. A trust fund created during the divorce was placed under court control by Judge Irving Brand.
A Kentucky Mental Health Department survey reports about 15,000 children in the state require treatment for emotional disturbances. The finding highlights the scale of unmet mental health needs among youths in Frankfort and across Kentucky.
An advertisement touts FASTEETH as a denture additive that may improve chewing by as much as 35 percent, helps keep uppers and lowers secure, leaves no sour taste, and reduces odor. The copy urges regular dental visits and notes availability at drug counters.
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