Sizeable Projects Face Austin in coming years
Austin faces major planned projects including expanding the sewage disposal plant to meet pollution controls and potentially building a new vocational school and hospital. The article notes deterioration of the high school building and the need for updated facilities while urging community cooperation. It contrasts Austin’s outlook with Charles City Iowa’s post tornado reconstruction and grand plan to become a “super city” through united effort.
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Austin
Austin School Board
Charles City
Iowa
Harry Brenton
War economy and false prosperity under Vietnam conflict
The piece argues high employment during war is illusory and due to armament output. It contends a Vietnam settlement could briefly adjust employment, but true prosperity requires peace. Wars, it says, produce inflation and debt, while lasting stability comes from ending the war and pursuing peaceful progress.
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Hubert Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Humphrey
Nixon
Johnson Humphrey
Eisenhower
Vietnam
Bundy Urges Deescalation of Vietnam War
Ford Foundation president McGeorge Bundy, former top adviser to Kennedy and Johnson, rejects continued escalation in Vietnam. He argues for withdrawing U S troops to about 100 000, citing cost of 30 billion dollars annually 10 000 American deaths and rising domestic strain. He says the next president faces choice among maintaining the war escalating further or disengaging with South Vietnam.
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McGeorge
Bundy
Kennedy
Johnson
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Ford Foundation
South Vietnam
U.S
Defense
Robert McNamara
Quotations and Subscription Rates Notice
A local notice from Thomson Newspapers outlines change of address for A. Richard Gross and lists subscription rates for Austin Minnesota deliveries. Rates include weekly home delivery, by mail zones and six month, three month, and one year options.
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Austin
Minn
Ares
U.S
United of Austin
A.P.O
FPO
Peekaekhaes
Racius
Turn Back the Clock 30 Years Ago at Minnesota Events
Historical items recall a Minnesota day with 27 barrows from the University of Minnesota at Hormel plant for judging standards and carcass cuts. E D Doggett wins a district title. Clarence Maley places second with top scores. A misprint in a dictionary prompts a rumor about cows being shot at, and a Sheriff investigated cow damages. A later note mentions an eye removal case and trucking permit reform proposals.
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University of Minnesota
Hormel
Minnesota
E. D. Doggett
Oakland
Streverling Farms
Clarence Maley
Mower County
Doggett
Maley
Debates Over Sex Desegregation in Help Wanted Ads
The piece discusses a federal ruling barring separate men and women job ads, prompting protests from the American Newspaper Publishers Association. It notes practical issues for readers and cites the Civil Rights Act's passage and subsequent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission interpretation.
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Assn
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles
Congress
Equal Opportunity Commission
Reuther Sends Brother to Seek Labor Front in Moscow
Detroit's Walter Reuther seeks a world wide united front for labor across the Iron Curtain. His brother Victor visits Prague and Moscow meeting Soviet labor leaders, including General Shelepin, to discuss fears of Warsaw Pact invasion and tensions in expanding the federation.
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Reuther
Brother
United Labor Front
Moscow
Walter
Victor
Victor Reuther
Prague
Boris Pochorov
Pochorov
Detroit
Alexandr Shelepin
All Union Central Council of Trade Unions
Tovarich Pochorov
Shelepin
White House
Afl-Cio
Geo. Meany
Mount Blanc
Reuther's Labor Vision Tests East Bloc Ties
In 1968 Victor and Walter Reuther push for a global union front spanning East and West, challenging AFL-CIO stance on communism. Victor courted Czechoslovak and Brussels ties while Walter eyes broader networks beyond Detroit and Washington.
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Walter Reuther
Metal Workers
America
Detroit
New York
Washington
How's Your News Quiz From The World Edition
Snapshot of a weekly AP quiz asking readers to recall world events. It lists nine multiple choice items on literature, UN security, Olympic sport, fashion, music, youth programs, demographics, a Kennedy marriage, and Soviet foreign policy with provided answer key.
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News of the World
Hugh Auchincloss
Jacqueline Kennedy
Harlech
Leonard Bernstein
Aristotle Onassis
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
Poland
Romania
West Berlin
Blood Drive Hopeful Letter From Patrick Judd
A 10 year old Patrick Judd thanks Austin residents for blood donations and prayers as he receives 14 c.c. of blood every two weeks from the Red Cross. He mentions the clinics nurses and hopes for more donations around the end of October during the Bloodmobile visit.
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the Herald
Patrick Judd
C.c
Red Cross
Austin
This Day in History Highlights 1968 Events
A concise roll call of notable anniversaries on October 24. The list includes the UN Charter taking force in 1945 with the Soviet Union as the 29th ratifier, James I proclaimed in 1603, and other key global milestones across centuries.
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Soviet Union
James I
England
Scotland
France
Ireland
Delayed Divorce Suits Faces Court Scrutiny and Limits
A discussion of why people delay divorce actions and how statutes of limitations and evidentiary challenges affect whether suits are barred. Courts note that long postponements undermine credibility yet sometimes justify waiting to protect children or allow reconciliation, with examples spanning decades.
Rabbits Move Into New ENMU Stadium Niche
In Portales New Mexico a family of cottontail rabbits established a nest under the new Eastern New Mexico University football stadium. Workers uncovered the four babies in a bed of dry grass and relocated them to a sheltered corner to prevent injury.
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Portales
N.M
Eastern New Mexico University
Earth satellite programs could transform farming and economy
Ray Cromley argues earth applications from satellites would boost agriculture, mineral exploration, weather, and navigation with multi billion dollar yearly savings. He warns Apollo moon race diverts funds from vital earth observing projects developing countries could gain from even small investments.
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Washington
Nea
Earth
Apollo
United States
U.S
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Lyle
al Reinartz
P. J. Holand
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Minnesota State Medical Association
National Safety Council
Czechoslovakia
United Auto Workers
Berry's
Stalin
Meany
Belgrade
Peking
Secret Police
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Walther Reuther
Brussels
International Federation of Christian Trade Unions
Hall Syndicate
George Wallace
Associated Press
Samuel Beckett
Gunter Grass
Yasunari Kawabata
Security Council
Japan
China
West Germany
Lothar Milde
al Oerter
Fortune Gordien
Custom Tailors Guild
Richard M. Nixon
John Lindsay
Daniel J. Evans
Washinton
John Lennon
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Tles
Explorer Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Masons
Knights of Columbus
United Nations of Vital Statistics
People's Pulpit
Westphalia
Europe
Netherlands
New York Stock Exchanges
William Halsey
South Pacific
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Korea
Sinclair Weeks
Lewis L. Strauss
U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dallas
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Ray Cromley
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