Slowdown Predicted For U S Economy
Government forecasts show a slower growth in business spending for new plants and equipment next year. Gardner Ackley says 1967 will bring continued prosperity with no recession and stabilizing prices. Unemployment in November fell to 3.7 percent, total employment at 75 million, highest for November. Capital spending expected to rise 7 percent in early 1967, with GDP spending at about $62.6 to $64 billion across late 1966 to mid 1967.
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Washington
Johnson
Gardner Ackley
President
Council of Economic Advisers
Ackley
Texas
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
Underground Nuclear Blast Signals Seismic Test in Mississippi
The United States detonated a 350 ton equivalent underground at the Tatum salt dome near Hattiesburg Mississippi to show subsurface blasts may be detected. Officials said results would reveal if seismographs 1200 miles away picked up the event and if the test impacts the underground ban treaty prospects.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
United States
Mississippi
Atomic Energy Commission
Tatum Salt Dome
Project
Project Sterling
Tatum
The
Defense Department
Ground Zero
U.S. Public Health Service
Thant Wins Five Year Term At UN Reassures On Viet Nam
Thant secures a second five year term as United Nations secretary general after a General Assembly vote of confidence. He vows to make every personal effort to bring peace to Viet Nam, expresses disappointment over stalled peace talks, and notes broad international support for his leadership.
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United Nations
N.Y
General Assembly
Thant
Viet Nam
U.N
Assembly
Minnesota hits 877 traffic deaths tying yearly record
The state reached 877 traffic fatalities, tying the 1965 total with seven new deaths since Friday. Minneapolis teens David Reimer and David Patnode died in a highway crash near Onamia. other victims include Otto Kunde, Harlan Olson, and Howard Stately in separate incidents.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Onamia
David A. Reimer
David F. Patnode
Otto Kunde
Morton
Minn
Olivia
Kunde
Renville
Harris Rademacher
Sacred Heart
Rademacher
Judith
Harlan L. Olson
LaMoille
Winona
Laymen named to Viterbo College board in Wis.
Two La Crosse businessmen Howard Dahl and W. Leo Murphy have been named to the reorganized board of directors of Viterbo College La Crosse Wisconsin. They join existing advisers on a board that may include seven lay directors and could elect a lay chairman. Rev Mother Ann Marie remains board chair with Sister M Justine and Mother M Jean ice as ex officio members. New directors include five Franciscan provincial superiors Mother Rita Mother Mary Michael Mother Dorothy Mother Antonice and Mother Marie Therese. The board will set policy and appoint the college president while overseeing finances and education quality.
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la Crossé
Viterbo College
Wisconsin
Howard Dahl
Wkbt Television
W. Leo Murphy
Gateway Transportation Co
Viterbo
U.S
Mother Ann Marie
Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
M. Justine
M. Jeanice
Murphy
Dahl
Franciscan Congregation
M. Rita
la Crosse
Mary Michael
Spokane
Wash
M. Dorothy
Wausau
Wis
Interbo
Six U S Jet Bombers Down as Reds Hit Hard
Six U S supersonic jet bombers were shot down over North Viet Nam with all 11 airmen aboard listed missing or presumed dead or captured. The loss marked the day’s heaviest toll and came as U S troops planned a Mekong Delta deployment within weeks amid continuing Viet Cong control of rice-rich areas.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
North Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong
Nguyen Cao Ky
Viet Nam
Cooler Co Workers Vote For Plant's First Union
The La Crosse Cooler Co. ended 33 years without a union as production workers voted 84 to 77 to unionize in an NLRB supervised election. The new local will affiliate with the United Automobile Workers. 162 of 164 eligible voters cast ballots, one vote challenged.
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la Crosse Cooler Co
John Groth
Milwaukee
National Labor Relations Board
United Automobile Workers
Cooler Co
NLRB
la Crosse
First Friday Meat Allowed For Catholics Aids Sea Food Trade
Across the nation the first Friday Catholics may eat meat showed mixed results for fish sellers. San Francisco reports steady luncheon traffic while Bridgeport notes a 15 to 20 percent drop. Miami sees boom while Springfield schools offer meat or fish. Hibernians in New York test meat on the menu after 93 years. Some diners mix meat with personal sacrifice and family decisions.
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Ray Kohn
New York
America
Msgr
Francis Quinn
San Francisco
Archdiocesan
Associated Press
Connecticut
Eugene Rolari
Bridgeport
Springfield
John H. Westhues
Boston
Seattle
Wash
Order of
Hibernians
Theater To Replace Shot With Cadillac
The La Crosse Community Theater will swap A Shot in the Dark for Solid Gold Cadillac due to cast difficulties. Performances are Jan 19 20 21 and 22 with nine men and five women in a larger cast. Tryouts Monday at Christ Episcopal Church 9th and Main Streets.
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la Crosse
Thompson
Solid Gold Cadillac
Christ Episcopal Church
9Th
Main Streets
Josephine Hull
la Crosse Public Library
Johnson Sees Amistad Dam Pact as Latin America Pattern
President Johnson toured the Amistad Dam project with Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz near Ciudad Acuna and Del Rio. He called the US Mexico cooperation a model for regional development and said a hemispheric plan requires cross border efforts and multinational backing.
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Karl R. Bauman
Ciudad Acuna
Mexico
Johnson
Latin America
United States
Amistad
del Rio
Tex
Rio Grande
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Diaz Ordaz
International Bridge
Weekend Weather Outlook With Snow Chance
Increasing cloudiness and warmer Sunday with a chance of snow. Saturday low near 15 and Sunday high around 30. Monday remains cloudy and warmer with snow ending.
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Marquette
Marquette University
Milwaukee Eagles Club
By Frank Carey
By Tom Hoge
Howard Stately
Dennis Welcome
Edwin H. Wenner
U Thant
M. Antonice
Marion
Iowa
Marie Therese
Lake City
Hospital
Muc Hoa
Reds
By Robert Tuckman
Miami, Fla
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