Chrysler faces federal indictment over odometer fraud case
Lee's Fresh Air reports Chrysler Corp and two executives have been indicted for selling 60,000 vehicles with disconnected odometers as new. The piece notes Iacocca’s admission of fault and promises to repair customer trust with broad extended warranties, arguing Chrysler may suffer little long term reputational damage.
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General Motors
Ford
Tacocca
Chrysler
Iacocca
Campaign costs spark Jackson run talk at Illinois convention
Jesse Jackson warned at a civil rights groups meeting in Illinois that campaign costs are high and hinder worthy candidates. He plans to decide on a presidential bid but notes the expense to run. He cites Donald Rumsfeld dropping out for the same reason and argues public funds should finance campaigns to focus on abilities and ideas.
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Jesse Jackson
Illinois
Donald Rumsfeld
Political Action Committee
Humor in politics and nerves over laughter
A reflection on humor and its defiance in politics and media. The piece notes how fear of being labeled lacking humor drives audiences to laugh on cue and explores jokes about Reagan, Nixon, Ford, and widespread political humor while debating whether humor can define or influence public perception.
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Philadelphia
Louis Armstrong
Louis
Adlai Stevenson
CIA
Ronald Reagan
Moscow
Communist Party
Republican Party
Washington
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Ford
Nixon
Lizzie Nafzinger Letters Reveal Narrow 19th Century World
Excerpts from 100 year old letters show Lizzie Nafzinger of Maryland writing to her brother John Nast near Yoder Kansas. They depict harsh daily life, long distances, weather, crops, livestock, births and deaths, with little awareness of outside events. Lizzie urged family to marry east, while the farm orchards faced blight and decline.
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Lizzie Nafzinger
Maryland
John
Yoder
Kansas
Steve Neuhouses
Lizzie
John Nast
John Nafzinger
Hutchinson
Lizzie Nast
Nafzinger
Jury Gets The Last Goose
A Louisville car dealer sued after coworkers goosed him at the Ford agency. The jury awarded Lowell Sigler 795000 in damages, saying goosing ruined his health and career. The case, described as possibly the largest goosing award, ends with Sigler able to buy armor plated underwear.
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Louisville
Lowell Sigler
Ford Agen
Mr. Sigler
Sigler
Court Creates An Unholy Mess In Public School Debate
A columnist laments the U S Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Louisiana creation science law while allowing teaching evolution. The piece argues for teaching both viewpoints, criticizes media labeling of Christians, and invokes Harry Chapin’s Flowers Are Red to stress plural perspectives.
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Hutchinson
Harry Chapin
U.S. Supreme Court
Louisiana
Madalyn Murray O’hair
O'Hair
William Brennan
Congress
Court
Ottawa Herald subscription rates July 1 1986 update
Ottawa Herald announces new subscription rates effective July 1 1986 for local Franklin County and surrounding areas by carrier or mail. Local one month four dollars, three months eleven dollars, six months twenty one dollars and one year forty dollars. Out-of-state subscribers pay half percent sales tax.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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