Financial strains rise as government spending grows
Norwalk Reflector notes inflation erodes money as federal spending per person climbs from 333 in 1948 to 776 in 1968 in current dollars. It warns state and local outlays rise even faster, risking debt and monetary instability.
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Credit cards spread through businesses nationwide
A California funeral parlor and a New York movie house now take credit cards and many restaurants hotels airlines and stores do as well. A Florida church tried it and failed while Utah tax offices forbid their use prompting the quip about anti American sentiment from the Atlanta Journal and TODAY'S QUIP on electronic brains.
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New York
Florida
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Salt Lake City
Atlanta Journal
Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Teases
The page presents a cryptogram challenge with a sample decode using a substitution key. It includes a quote attributed to Longfellow and instructions for solving cryptograms. It also notes yesterday's Cryptoquote from Louisa May Alcott about finding the man in oneself.
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Worried wife questions renting to quiet bachelor neighbor
A 21 year old wife fears her 41 year old renter near her new home may threaten her and her husband while he is away for four months. She asks Abby for advice on whether to evict and how to frame the reason. Abby urges eviction if worry exists.
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Mary
Lighter Side: Oil of Starling and Turtle Defense
In a witty column, Dick West lampoons federal efforts to curb green sea turtle trafficking and jokes that a new cosmetic called oil of starling could reduce starling roosting on government buildings, easing pressure on turtles and boosting Rep. Claude Pepper’s conservation goals.
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Claude D. Pepper
D - Fla
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Polly Bergen
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Clergy See Shift to GOP If Rockefeller Emerges
Liberal clergymen who backed Democrats may switch to the GOP in 1968 if Nelson Rockefeller is the candidate. They argue a Republican president could pull the United States from Vietnam, while fearing Nixon or Reagan would escalate the war. Dr. Robert McAfee Brown of Stanford cites Johnson’s failings and stresses peace as the top issue.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Robert McAfee Brown
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Hubert Humphrey
Rockefeller
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Accursed thing despised by all
A thing or person held as accursed and greatly detested by many. The item or figure is described as a source of ill will or condemnation, prompting universal or widespread rejection.
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