04 Aug 1966
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Newspaper
Naugatuck Daily News
Location
Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1966
Page
1
A Lynnette era style column presents letters about marital boundaries with Tom, beauty concerns, and gift disputes. Advice covers avoiding inappropriate remarks, handling jealousy, and confronting gifts that fail to impress. The page also includes reader queries on manners, self-image, and a note about bound notices and property transactions.
Building Inspector Stanley Petro reported to the Board that 33 building permits were issued in July with a total value of 208190. The permits covered new dwellings garages electrical additions and alterations commercial buildings and related certificates of occupancy and demolitions with numerous named recipients and project types listed.
A collection of home advise notes covers practical hacks from repurposing baby jars as spice measures to preventing staining with shellac on drying racks. Other tips include labeling sports gear, using margarine tubs as trays, and organizing camping poles with simple letter codes.
On this day in history, August 4, 1966, events include John Peter Zenger’s press freedom acquittal in 1735, England’s 1914 declaration of war on Germany with U.S. neutrality, the 1916 Virgin Islands purchase for 28 million dollars, and 1955 China’s release of 11 U.S. airmen from Korea. Also noted are poets Percy Shelley’s birth in 1792 and Samuel Butler’s thought for the day.
The youthful shift from rough hoodlum motorcycle culture to a collegiate look in cycling is documented. Leather jackets give way to wind-breakers and clean grooming, with emphasis on fashion, safety, and personal care products. Colgate Palmolive partners with Suzuki for a national Tackle promotion offering free ride certificates and 200 Suzuki bikes through December 1968.
UPI recalls the 1904 opening day of the New York subway. The World described crowds surging to the ticket office and trains, with men fighting, women dragged away, and elderly men pleading, as youngsters were narrowly spared from trampling.
A brief note contrasts love with rational restraint, asserting that love persists even when reason and common sense oppose it, and when instinct urges caution. The remark highlights the tension between passion and prudent judgment.
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