Fatalities 56,000: Save 90 percent via highway safety telethon
The Childress Index reports a 56,000 plus death estimate in 1973 from traffic accidents, with the Highway Safety Foundation proposing a nationwide Memorial Day telethon hosted by Sammy Davis Jr. to raise funds for safety education and driver training programs.
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Appn
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Sammy Davis Jr
Sammy
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May 8 1973 Today in History highlights
On this date in 1945 Truman announced Europe World War I end. Other entries note Joan of Arc lifting the siege of Orleans in 1929 and de Soto discovering the Mississippi near Memphis in 1541. Birthdays include Roberto Rossellini. Thought for today cites O Henry.
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Associated Press
Harry S. Truman
Europe
Joan of Arc
Orleans
Hernando de Soto
Memphis
Tenn
Palo Alto
Tex
Coral Sea
Richard M. Nixon
Lima
Peru
Kashmir
Sheik
Mohammed Abdullah
New Delhi
India
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wynszynski
Rome
John XXIII
Vatican
Pope Paul VI
Columbia
Nixon
Roberto Rossellini
O. Henry
Anthem Adopted: Star Spangled Banner Official National Song
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes Congress officially adopted The Star Spangled Banner as the national anthem in 1931. Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics on September 14, 1814, and the song's status as national anthem was formalized decades later.
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Francis Scott Key
Congress
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Shirley Temple Becomes Nation's Youngest Millionaire
Child film actress Shirley Temple is described as the nation's youngest person to accumulate a millionaire estate. Her wealth exceeds $1 million before she turns ten, marking a notable early financial achievement.
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Shirley Temple
Texans and the shifting tides of party loyalty
The writer notes Texas figures may switch to the Republican Party after John Connally and argues real party strength hinges on local office elections. He cites past Republican moves by Allan Shivers and Price Daniel, compares Ike and Nixon era politics, and suggests party structure starts locally.
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Childress Index
Main Street
Childress
Texas
Childress Texas
Childress Index, Inc
Ox Bow Printing, Inc
Morris Higley
John Connally
Allan Shivers
Price Daniel
Ike
Connally
Met Life forecasts five year economy through 1977
Metropolitan Life projects the next five years with inflation near 3.5 percent annually and unemployment around five percent as jobs rise. Taxes may stay high amid public expenditure pressures, yet a period of prosperity could lift real incomes and boost auto, home, and leisure spending.
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New York
Metropolitan Life
Forecasts See Sharper Rise in American Incomes by 1977
Met division projects rising per capita income from 3800 to 5250 by 1977 and family income before taxes from 9000 in 1967 and 12400 in 1972 to nearly 17000, with more families earning over 15000 and fewer under 10000. They warn inflation skews these gains yet purchasing power should rise by about 8 percent annually before taxes.
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Met
Named by French for Presque Isle's almost island
The name Presque Isle was given by French explorers in 1740 meaning almost an island as storms on Lake Erie threatened to wash away the peninsula connecting it to the mainland.
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Pennsylvania
Presque Isle
Erie
Letters From Readers Speak On Welfare And Faith
A reader argues against using welfare funds for strikes noting union responsibility and alignment with Congressional intent. The piece also prints a long devotional letter attributed to Eugene Changey and a brief note on salt uses and a 1941 remark by Ernest O. Lawrence about enriched uranium and the atomic bomb.
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Japan
Pearl Harbor
United States
Ernest O. Lawrence
Carnival by Dick Turner
The piece notes that Bavaria’s original inhabitants were likely Celtic in origin and mentions Canada’s Great Lakes as a major freshwater system.
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Dick Turner
Bavaria
Canada
Great Lakes System
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