Fed Eases Banks Pressure After Turbulent Year
The Federal Reserve begins to lift limits on bank lending after a year of tightened credit and higher discount rates. Officials say conditions have changed, though debate continues on whether the actions hurt or helped the economy. The move reflects a shift from restrictive policy toward cautious easing amid debates over inflation, employment, and growth.
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Federal Reserve
John Cunniff
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Fed
Iowa Clears Skies After Storm Bitter Cold Follows
After the main storm, Iowa sees clearing skies but bitter cold and gusty winds. Snow totals reach 11 inches in Fort Dodge and 10 inches in Dubuque and Forest City as crews clear streets and main roads remain open in the countryside. Interstate ice hampers travel, with 5 below to 15 above forecast and ice on highways. Public Services directs snow removal in Des Moines as conditions shift.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Forest City
Coun
State Highway Patrol
Des Moines
Iowa City
Mount Pleasant
Après moi le deluge joke becomes 19th century punchline
New York AP profile recalls the misattributed phrase Apres moi le deluge. The piece humorously sketches a post Christmas scene in a cluttered middle class lounge with a falling tree and chaotic family life. It ties the quip to a hapless husband before noting a Circle Alaska 1890s steak price.
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New York
Louis XVI
France
Santa Claus
America
Father
Mother
Charles de Gaulle
Jackie Letter to Khrushchev in Look serialization
Mrs Kennedy wrote Khrushchev from the White House saying Kennedy and Khrushchev were allied in preventing nuclear war and predicted Johnson would continue a policy of control and restraint. The letter appears in Look magazine’s serialization of The Death of a President by William Manchester.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
White House
Kennedy
Johnson
Look Magazine
William Manchester
Associated Press
Manchester
Warren Commission
John Connally
Texas
Kennelly
Dallas
Connally
Charles Bartlett
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Bartlett
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Robert F. Kennedy
Schlesinger
John Bail
Bailey
Robert Kennedy
Former Priest in Belleville Reveals Marriage and Resignation
Robert G. Wesselmann ex chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville said he married Frances H. Burton, a divorcee, in a civil ceremony last fall after resigning Oct 23 for health and vocational reasons. He will work in Kansas City evaluating poverty programs.
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Belleville, Ill
Robert G. Wesselmann
Belleville
Kansas City
Frances H. Burton
Wesselmann
Golden Clings to Life as Doctors Watch
CHARLOTTE AP Harry Golden 64 remains under physician care after removal of his infected gallbladder at Memorial Hospital. He faced respiratory problems and a tracheotomy was performed to aid breathing after surgery Tuesday night at his Charlotte home. Golden founded the Carolina Israelite in 1942 and is a noted civil rights advocate and author with best sellers including Only in America.
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Charlotte
N.C
Harry Golden
Charlotte’s Memorial Hospital
Golden
Flat Rock
Carl Sandburg
Carolina Israelite
New York City
Lower East Side
America
Sandburg
Eisenhower Plans Palm Desert Trip After Surgery
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to his snowbound Gettysburg farm after gall bladder surgery at Walter Reed. Aides say all is fine and he plans a Jan. 4 departure to Palm Desert near Palm Springs, California to take it easy.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Palm Desert
Palm Springs
Calif
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
California
Fires Destroy Three Homes Leaving Sixteen Homeless in Minnesota
In two days in Minnesota three houses burned in separate incidents. Kenneth Brunell and family in Northdale were unharmed as their frame home burned down after an oil burner explosion. Howard Kurtz family near Harris fled a fire that cut telephone lines and destroyed their home. Donald Tschumper and family were treated for burns after a house fire in Braham.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Kenneth Brunell
St. Paul
Northdale
Howard Kurtz
Fish Lake
Harris
Donald Tschumper
Braham
Cambridge
U of M Research Tracks Stress in Driving
A University of Minnesota team led by Ernst Simonson and Charles Keiper studies driver stress under real traffic. Using a Ford station wagon rigged with sensors, they measure heart activity, blood pressure, respiration, skin response, and brain waves during actual driving. The two year, 107000 grant may extend to five years, with 150 or more participants to explore how health and age affect driving stress and potential impacts on licensing and insurance practices.
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Jown Lundquist
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene
U.S. Public Health Service
PHS
Charles Keiper
Ernst Simonson
Ford Motor Co
Keiper
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Richard J. Kopp
Berry Iverson Co
Federal Communications Commission
Iowa Statehouse
Kenneth Wimber
Bill Mills
U. of M
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Pennsylvania Turnpike
Chicago
Honeywell
Neal Burns
Stirling Stackhouse
Charles Baker
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Simonson
North Memorial Hospital
RCA Victor
New Vista
ABELY
RCA
Halmstad
Home Entertainment Center
Solid State
RGA
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W.Q.T
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4Th St
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Austin Savings
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