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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1968

Page

5

Americans Spend Despite Tax Hikes and Inflation Rise

Americans keep spending at a torrid pace despite higher taxes and rising inflation. Detroit reports record August auto sales with 197,010 passenger cars sold Aug 1-10, up 35 percent from last year and 3.8 percent above 1966’s early August mark. July retail sales hit a monthly record of 23.06 billion, up 3 percent from June and 20 percent from July 1967, while personal income rose to a record annual rate of 689.2 billion. Substantial gains in auto and general merchandise sales lead a broad spending upswing amid inflation concerns and a slower inventory climb.

New York Detroit Senger Commerce Department U.S. Treasury Department

Yogi criticized by Communist leader in India

S A Dange, a leader of pro Moscow Communists in Parliament, denounces Mahesh Yogi's transcendental meditation as a "debauchery of science" and mocks its promises as "cheap instant liberation" comparing it to instant coffee. The remark appears in New Delhi.

New Delhi Mahearishi Mahesh Yogi S. A. Dange

Kennedy Returns From Greece Vacation At Logan Airport

Sen Ed Kennedy flew home from a Greek yacht vacation with Aristotle Onassis and declined interviews at Logan. After customs he was escorted out by airport officials and sped to Hyannisport. In New York Amy Ashwood Garvey, Marcus Garveys first wife, reflected on her husbands influence and her plan to finish a book during her Harlem visit. She noted Garveys work to unite and empower Black Americans and Africa. Garvey, jailed in 1927 for mail fraud and deported in 1927, died in London in 1940 at 52.

Boston Edward M. Kennedy D-Mass Greece Logan International Kennedy Hyannisport Cape Cod Aegean Aristotle Onassis United State London New York APY Africa Amy Ashwood Garvey Marcus Garvey Harlem Cently West Indies Garvey Shim

Birth Control Controversy Unparalleled in Catholic History

New York based coverage notes scholars debating Pope Paul VI’s contraception encyclical amid a wave of internal Catholic dissent. Historians cite past papal reversals while experts argue current stance may endure. sources name Msgr Austin Vaughan and John T. Noonan among voices. The discussion includes references to Urban II on usury and Gregory XVI on freedom of conscience, underscoring the church’s long arc of evolving teachings.

New York Paul Msgr Austin Vaughan Yonkers N.Y American Catholic Theological Society National Catholic Reporter John T. Noonan University of California John Tracey Ellis Urban II Gregory XVI Vatican

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