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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1973
Page
5
The 1974 VW 412 wagon features a front trunk for extra luggage space and security, a larger engine, and broader warranty coverage. Aluminum bumpers are included with the new model, and all new Volkswagen cars are shown at Johnny Kaiser Volkswagen.
U S corn supply revised downward by nine percent from a week earlier experts say as of Oct 1 the USDA inventory stood at 707 million bushels about 68 million below prior estimates. Exports may exceed 1.3 billion bushels while total 1973 74 supply rests near 6.5 billion bushels. The crunch is part of a broader grain tightening with wheat reserves also pressured by strong export demand.
SIOUX CITY IOWA AP two Iowa men face sentencing after pleading guilty to producing counterfeit federal reserve notes worth sixty thousand dollars Daniel Fowler of Dakota City and Roger Scalise of Humboldt had pleaded not guilty earlier
The Nixon administration and a Senate Interior panel pledged swift action to authorize mandatory petroleum controls amid an Arab oil cutoff. Sen Henry M Jackson and Sen Paul Fannin said bipartisan agreement exists, with plans for mandatory conservation and production increases. Jackson’s measure would empower a fuel emergency and shift plants to coal when feasible, with air quality waivers and higher domestic production.
Israeli kibbutz Manara, 150 families near the Lebanese border, shelters beneath a nightly threat of mortars and rockets. Residents spoke of anxiety yet insist on staying, saying war is not ripe to end soon and home must be defended.
Former Minnesota Lt. Gov. James Goetz, elk hunting in Montana, said he was surprised to lead a straw ballot at the state Republican Convention last weekend with 300 votes. Rudy Boschwitz was runner up with 239. fifteen candidates topped 40 votes. Goetz, who lost in 1970 for governor, noted no rush to decide on a candidate, citing the September primary and three statewide slots to oppose DFL incumbents.
A lone armed robber wearing a ski mask pistol-whipped an elderly clerk, Harry Piecher, at a Springfield Minnesota drive-in liquor store about 7:30 p.m. and escaped with roughly $400 in cash after ordering him into a walk-in cooler. Police were alerted after Piecher regained his balance and called authorities.
Parents at Como Park Junior High accuse the school of a blackboard jungle endangering students. At a mayor led hearing with city officials and NAACP leaders, incidents include a girl beaten leaving a bus a student extorted for lunch tickets and others burned or threatened. A parent and a school board member called the gathering productive while officials face calls for improved communication.
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