Atlanta Narrow Loss Closes Week on Quiet Note
A tight game last night saw Atlanta fall short with a low first half and a late rally, ending with a rightward finish as the crowd reflected on yesterday’s performance.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1966
Page
3
A tight game last night saw Atlanta fall short with a low first half and a late rally, ending with a rightward finish as the crowd reflected on yesterday’s performance.
Washington reports tight money loosening rapidly with mortgage rates still at record highs. Federal Reserve ends September policy blocking bank lending, signaling easing ahead. Connor forecasts easier credit in 1967 with more home building and cheaper short term notes from FNMA.
Five states Idaho Alaska Nebraska Delaware Rhode Island posted zero traffic fatalities during the Christmas weekend. Total holiday deaths reached 584, down from 720 a year earlier, with California and Texas showing increases and weather plus education cited as factors. Idaho Police Chief A E Perkins credited preholiday campaigns and cautious driving as key elements.
Madison report says De Forest Police Chief Sylvester J. Dublin pleaded innocent to driving while intoxicated. Trial set for Feb. 20 in Dane County Traffic Court. Dublin and De Forest resident William Gilbertson were involved after a stop at a Madison highway intersection. Gilbertson, 30, was in University Hospital in satisfactory condition.
The 1967 Maid of Cotton finalists are described as brainy tall and slim and ready for the sedate beauty contest. Twenty contestants from cotton states will vie tonight at City Auditorium for the goodwill ambassador role promoting cotton. The winner earns an all cotton wardrobe a new automobile and will tour the world.
Actor George Hamilton declines to discuss marriage plans with Lynda Bird Johnson Johnson details. He states the question is personal and that they will keep their policy of not commenting.
Susan Dewey, a six year old leukemia patient from Grand Rapids, Michigan, visited Disneyland in Anaheim California. She met the Three Little Pigs and Goofy at the gate and saw most of the park from a wheelchair. Doctors say the illness could claim her life within a year. Her father, George Dewey, said there were doubts she would celebrate Christmas. The trip was funded by an anonymous Los Angeles businessman.
London report on Charles Davis who quit the Roman Catholic Church and priesthood argues Christianity will become a world church including a religionless form. He predicts science disenchantment won’t destroy belief and notes his book received Westminster archdiocese approval. Davis plans marriage to Florence Henderson.
James Logsdon, 4, died after suffering burns from a Sunday fire at his parents home in Minneapolis. The blaze started reportedly from a Christmas tree. Two siblings were injured after jumping from a second story window to escape.
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