Do It Yourself Labor Boosts GNP Debate
Sylvia Porter argues that do it yourself home projects add real value not counted in GNP. She notes road clearing and built bars show labor hidden from statistics, potentially lifting GNP by up to 20 percent and suggesting broader consumer investment in tools and leisure projects.
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Sumner Collins
U.S
GNP
Stanford
Karl Brandt
Council of Economic Advisers
Eisenhower
Today in History July 18 highlights through the years
The July 18 entry recounts historical milestones from 1778 Vincennes declaring US citizenship, to Jones's death in Paris in 1792, Britannia reaching Boston in 1840, the US Army aviation section in 1914, Walcott's 1951 heavyweight title at 37, first atomic electric power in 1955, and various Cold War era events. An advertisement for ITCH-ME-NOT skin remedy follows.
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Associated Press
Vincennes
Ind
England
United States
John Paul Jones
Paris
Cunard Line
Boston
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Ezzard Charles
Lewis Strauss
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Joseph McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Red China
Russia
U.S
U.N. General Assembly
Middle Eastern
Soviet Union
United Nations
Lebanon
Birth notices from multiple hospitals and towns
Birth listings from Lutheran La Crosse and St. Francis hospitals plus Porter Hospital Denver and Villa Park residents show multiple July births. Names include Schulze Hansen Larson Linse Erickson Boshcka Aichroth Larson Kohlwey DeBroux Smaby Baumer Vig Skildum Schroeder Peterson Bishop Haden Ritchie Clark Hubbard and others with parent spouses and addresses.
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Richard Jay
James Hansen
Vine St
Clarice Strittmaier
Edward Larson
la Crosse St
Susan Rick
St. Francis Hospital
Leslie D. Larson
State St
la Vonne B. Davidson
Thomas W. Kohlwey
Harvey St
Elaine J. Johnson
Richard T. DeBroux
Robert W. Radcliffe
S. 10Th St
Black River Falls
Joyce E. Francis
James R. Baumer
Holmen
Alice J. Tracey
Hike by two teens spans 33 miles in 9 hours
Gregory Sheehy and Michael Mader both 16, enrolled at Holy Cross Seminary La Crosse, started at 7:15 a.m. from La Crosse courthouse and hiked 33 miles to Ettrick in nine hours. They were greeted in Ettrick by Sheehy’s mother, Wer. Gerald Sheehy formerly of Ettrick.
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Ettrick
Wis
Gregory Sheehy
Michael Mader
Holy Cross Seminary
la Crosse
Sheehy
Wre
Gerald Sheehy
Bunche named chairman of Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche of the United Nations Secretariat was named chairman of the International Board of Trustees of the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation in New York on Wednesday.
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New York
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations Secretariat
Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation
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By Sylvia Porter
Department of Commerce
the Hall Syndicate, Inc
Manuel Prado
Marlin E. Schulze
S. 20Th St
Janet Margaret Forer
la Crosse Hospital
J. Linse Temte
Market St
Nancy A. Becwar
Melford W. Erickson
Charles St
Beverly M. Michener
Robert J. Boshcka
Denton St
Jane C. Michalski
Bruce F. Aichroth
R. 2
Bangor
Dorothy M. Gasper
Viroqua, Wis
Edward Vig
Viroqua
Rosalyn Jeanette Steinhorst
Ronald Skildum
Readstown
Sandra Elaine Kolden
Clarence Schroeder
Cashton
Lorraine Mary Hemmersbach
Melvin Peterson
Margaret Jean Mickelson
Lawrence Bishop
Ferryville
Carol Diane Ellefson
Denver
Colo
Robert von Haden
Villa Park
Penelope Havenor
Eleva
von Haden
Blair
Larry Ritchie
Westby
Elenore Karen Galstad
Dale Clark
Mava
Ann Hubbard
Bunche
Eleanor Foundation
Billy Bollweevil
Five Star
Mick Zielke
Grand Crossing
Towncraft
Pima Prince
Ford
Madras
Dacron and
Dacron
Fed
Jamaica
Briggs and Stratton Motor
Otnere
Clusor
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P. J
Ron
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