Guarantees Stronger Backed By Warranties Rising On Appliances
AP Business News analyzes a two-front push to quell appliance complaints. Manufacturers lift warranty terms and simplify parts while agencies like FTC and BBB urge written guarantees and clear conditions. Auto, home goods, and electronics see longer protections, with several brands expanding coverage in 1960s market.
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Hal Reads Mail Writes A Light Column of Odds and Ends
Hal Boyle surveys reader mail and assorted curiosities in a breezy column. The piece riffs on historical tidbits from 1873 to present, odd customs in Africa and Switzerland, cost of living notes, animal welfare, and quips from Toynbee and Wilde, in a brisk, era voice.
Minnesota Five Day Forecast: Temperatures Near Normal
Five day outlook notes average temperatures near normal with a northwest tilt. Extremes reach 8 degrees below normal elsewhere, highs in lower 70s to low 80s, lows near 50 to 60. Light precipitation under .15 inch in scattered showers end of week, cooling lateweek.
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Ex-Builder and Engineer Admit $850000 Bombings
Ex-builder Bernard Brous and mining engineer Dale Jensen confessed to bombing three Utah Nevada communications facilities to publicize the American Republican Army. Mexican and U.S. authorities reported $850000 in damage and said Brous and Jensen were held on bail after questioning.
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Fess Parker and Wife Welcome Newborn Son
Santa Barbara California AP reports actor Fess Parker and his wife welcomed their first child, a son named Fess Elisha Parker III. The baby weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces and was born Saturday night to former Marcie Rein hart.
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Jamaican Leader Greeted by Stones on Homecoming
Jamaican Prime Minister Norman Manley returned from a London conference where Britain agreed to independence for 12 Caribbean territories by May 31. A crowd of 6000 to 8000 opposed to federation disrupted his talk on Kingston's King Street. police used tear gas and batons. A referendum later this year will decide Jamaica's federation status.
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Ohio Republican George H. Bender dies at 64
Former U S Senator George H. Bender died Saturday in Cleveland at age 64 from coronary thrombosis. A Republican, he served seven terms in the U S House before being seated in the Senate in 1954 to complete Taft's term.
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George H. Bender
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Pilate Name Carved on Stone Found Near Caesarea
An Italian archaeologist reports the discovery of Pontius Pilate’s name carved on a stone along the Israeli Mediterranean coast near Caesarea, 10 miles south of Haifa. Experts say it provides the first archaeological link to the Roman procurator who ordered Christ’s crucifixion, previously known only from biblical and Josephus writings.
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