Auto sales slow as memorial weekend raises warning signs
The article notes a 15 percent drop in auto sales in mid May 1966 from the year before, with April down five percent. General Motors leads declines at 18 percent, Ford and Chrysler lower, American Motors down 34 percent, while GM remains half of US output. Washington trust-busting efforts are not cited as affecting the trend.
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Joe
U. S
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Washington
Derailed Justice in the Capital Trials and Confessions
In Washington DC the Mallory rule shapes prosecutions more than guilt. A Park Road beating case shows police and courts wrestling with delays and confessions. A 1958 case repeats issues of arraignment timing and reliability of police testimony. Trials increasingly hinge on confessions rather than proven innocence.
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Washington Star
Mallory
Park Road
Edward Beard
Letter to the editor on war bonds and national debt
John A. Seidel of 2141 Johnson St La Crosse criticizes wartime income tax on bond interest and government debt. He argues taxpayers pay both principal and interest, urges fiscally prudent leaders, and reflects on personal finances and patriotism during World War II.
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the Tribune
Washington
Dad
John A. Seidel
Johnson St
la Crosse
Memorial Day recollections span decades in La Crosse
A compiled remembers past observances from 1946 to 1916 including Gil Sterdock addressing Legion services, district attorney renomination campaigns, John L. Lewis coal settlement orders, airport planning gains, local crashes and civic leadership changes, and earlier war era events with parades, speeches, and memorial rituals.
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Gil H. Sterdock
American Legion Department
Frederic W. Crosby
John L. Lewis
la Crosse Aviation Board
CAB
Gomer Roberts Jr
Bangor
McKenzie Farm
West Salem
Hartwick Overson
Central Council of Social Agencies
Robert D. Winter
Chamber of Commerce
Coulee
Land O
Dora Cohen
Minnie Woodbury
Ruth Jaeger
Paul W. Mahoney
The
Grand Lodge
IOOF
Appleton
Rusk Affirms U S Intent To Fight Aggression In Asia
In Washington, Secretary of State Dean Rusk reaffirmed U S resolve to back South Vietnam against aggression and to deter or repel it. He argued the United States will persist in Southeast Asia, citing the 1954 treaty and broad Western support, to push for an honorable peace.
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U.S
Asia
David Lawrence
Washington
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
International Bankers Conference
Madrid
Johnson
Dean Rusk
New York City
United States
America
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Senate
Free World
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
La Crosse Tribune Publishing Details
The La Crosse Tribune lists Burgess as publisher and Sanford Goltz as editor. It notes publication every afternoon and Sunday morning from the Bidg 4th and Cass Sts La Crosse Wisconsin 54601 and AP membership with exclusive local news rights.
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Sanford Goltz
la Crosse Tribune
4Th
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Scouts Grow Up in Britain Adopt Long Trousers
The Boy Scouts of Britain move the 11 to 15 age group toward long trousers as part of a modernization. Senior scouts have worn them since 1961.
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London
Boy Scouts of Britain
Proverbs Verse on Cheerful Heart
A Bible verse notes that gladness lifts the countenance while sorrow breaks the spirit. A proverb emphasizes how joy renews disposition and mood in daily life.
Confusion And Bad Law In A Recessed Session
Madison editorials critique Wisconsin's recessed spring session describing it as ill considered and ill timed. The piece laments vague calendars, caucus deals, and laws passed without full readership while urging reform and a blue ribbon commission on legislator pay.
Job market needs recruits across skilled trades
Hundreds of thousands of jobs await filling while many job seekers lack the training. The piece urges organized training and recruitment for technicians, cooks, household help, and service trades, arguing public welfare should support paid skill development as automation reduces industrial labor.
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Eli Ginzberg
National Manpower Advisory Committee
Set Better Example On Travel
Iowa congressman H R Gross attacks Johnson administration travel curbs as hypocritical citing officials and family abroad. He cites Lynda Bird Johnson and other officials on vacations while urging Americans to forego foreign trips amid a looming Viet Nam deficit and aid program concerns. He highlights high costs of the Congo UN program and lists AID consultants and grants to illustrate boondoggles.
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Washington
Johnson
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Viet Nam
Gross
White House
Lynda Bird Johnson
Defense
McNamara
Switzerland
Treasury
Fowler
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Bankers
Madrid
Anthony Taylor
Middle East
Congressman Gross
Harvard Law
IESC
Executive Service Corps
Korea
Thailand
U.S
United Nations
Congo
Bridge hand excerpt shows no final contract
A fragment from a bridge deal lists North as not ini and South with dummy values. West and East show holdings including KQJ93 and KQJ96 with various minor suits. The snippet ends mid play with the auction 14 3 indicated.
South's Problem Is Club Loser In Bridge Play
South faces a losing club and must act at trick one. He should knock out the ace of spades, discard a club on dummy's third spade, and ruff the last club in dummy. For this to work spades must break 5-3 or better and clubs twice. he wins the first club in dummy and leads dummy's lack of spades then proceeds to trumps after ruffing the final club.
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