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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1963
Page
4
The Austin Scheel district election drew 7 642 voters. Voters elected board members Hartman Tom Griffin and F L Reiffen berger amid worries about education funding and management. The Austin Herald commends the intelligent civic engagement and rejects reckless attacks, noting advisory committees guide school operation.
The Supreme Court overturned convictions of sit in demonstrators in five cases, affecting laws and ordinances that enforced racial segregation at lunches and other facilities in the South. The decision disrupts state power to require segregation and aids ongoing desegregation nationwide.
The excerpt recalls John F. Kennedy's Oct 12 1960 speech opposing centralized federal aid. It argues Kennedy later expanded federal participation and spending, enlarging government bureaus and implying Washington should handle tasks states and cities could manage themselves.
Gas price wars spark debate as Lloyd N Ansell argues excess gas stations exist in Tulsa and nationwide. In Tulsa new stations push total to 27, one per 128 families. Driver education shows mixed results with lower accident rates but potential grade deterioration tied to car ownership.
Public notice from Thomson Newspapers, Inc in Austin Minnesota listing a change of address to Box 327 and detailing home delivery and mail subscription rates. Includes pricing for 1, 3, and 12 month plans and notes delivery areas within and beyond Austin.
30 years ago Agu sta launches a new mystery firm as Tanger opens the Star Detective Agency a few doors from the police station. Parallel plans by Geo A Hormet Co include a building expansion with spur tracks. James Catherwood Hormel is christened at home east of the city.
The Austin Park and Recreation Board and Austin Softball Association expect about 1,000 players to compete over Labor Day weekend. The event will boost local business with an estimated $50,000 plus impact and raise state highway upkeep payments from $1,000 to $1,200 per mile for eight miles of city roads.
President Kennedy's address to the Committee for Economic Development impresses 200 trustees with his tax and budget stance. The article notes CED's long history of economic analysis, its role in postwar policy, and its ongoing work on monetary and educational initiatives.
Bruce Biossat notes a wave of favorite son talk could derail GOP primary tests as states like Wisconsin Oregon California with primaries may become battlegrounds in 1964. Rockefeller Goldwater Romney loom in sharp contest, while fear of home-state defections risks undermining candidate challenges.
A cautionary piece explains botulism risk in home canned goods. The toxin can form without odor or taste, may paralyze the heart and respiratory centers, and symptoms appear 18 to 46 hours after consumption. Heating and medical intervention are often too late once symptoms develop.
New York based column argues for a Senate bill to establish a Freedom Academy to train Americans and anti Communist foreigners in Cold War counterpropaganda and political warfare. It cites Russian Cuban and Chinese influence in Latin America and quotes Sidony Hook and Leo Cherne on the need for educated Americans to combat propaganda.
A review of Samuel Eliot Morison’s War Role of Navy Exhaustively Told The Two Ocean War outlining Morison’s inside account of U S WWII from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay His career notes include service on cruisers and battleships and his emphasis on leaders and naval strategy.
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