Credit Cards Use Grows Across American Families
A University of Michigan study led by Lewis Mandell shows about half of families use at least one credit card and many use multiple cards. Median is three cards among users, with some six or more. Despite wide use most Americans view credit cards unfavorably, saying they encourage unnecessary purchases. The study finds card use adds to check writing and does not replace money or checks in everyday spending.
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Lewis Mandell
United States
University of Michigan
Institute For Social Research
Mandell
Mandrell
New Trend In Crime In Irving farce may start a new crime trend
The piece denounces Clifford Irving for a hoax and a forthcoming book. It criticizes his self admission of crime and self publishing by Grove Press as mercenary and insulting to readers. The author dismisses the literary merit and predicts few sales beyond close relatives.
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Clifford Irving
Irving
Ivor
Grove Press
Grove
Cliff
Edith
Nina
Neutrality fatal in Belfast highlights rising violence
A Belfast news vendor Leslie Legall and his wife were shot by two gunmen after Legall tried to prevent a bomb in his shop. Neighbors say threats from Catholic and Protestant extremists pushed him to neutrality. The attack underscores escalating civil conflict and dangers for moderates in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland
Belfast
Leslie Legall
England
Jottings From Yesteryears and Local Weather Notes
Jottings report heavy rains on the Potomac River area with over two inches in four hours and note Canacocheague Creek flooding. The Daily Mail reader letters box still receives stormy ether on a city park shorts ban. A. B. Thomas Gorman, former Daily Mail paperboy, now serves in Geneva New York Air Force. In coming weeks about 500 underprivileged children will need clothing for school. Nickel slug incidents disrupt local merchants and restaurants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Mail
Military balks at using laser beams to blind foes
The report reviews a classified study from Wright Patterson Air Force base on a portable laser system aimed at causing retinal destruction to enemy officers at distances over a mile. It notes countermeasures are hard and that an easily funded program could shrink the device to backpack size for battlefield use.
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Washington
Vietnam
Hnd
Sds
70Th Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
Wright ~ Patlorsad Air Force [Base
Ohio
San Diego
Contest Rules and Court Rulings in Local Competitions
An ABA feature explains how contract terms govern sponsor contests and judge discretion. Myrtle challenged a neatness dispute and won, while cases show courts uphold or limit authority within contract boundaries. A father of a contestant also succeeds where family ties are sufficiently separate from the prize rules.
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Myrtle
Healie
Egypt Exit Could Aid Moscow In Middle East Balance
Soviet withdrawal from Egypt may free Moscow from a Vietnam like risk and still keep leverage in the region. Analysts see Egypt as costly and unstable for the USSR while Russia seeks to hold sway in Syria, Iraq, Iran and other Arab states and maintain access to Mediterranean bases.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
NEA
Egypt
Moscow
Ussr
India
South Asia
Arab World
West Pakistan
China
New Delhi
Israel
Middle East
Nixon
White House
Henry Kissinger
U.S
Biddle East
Kissinger
Russia
U.S.S.R
Mediterranean
Sytie
Iraq
Iran
Voice Of The People On Noland Village Unity And Tension
A reader urges harmony between Noland Village and Noland Drive residents arguing shared service and friendship through their children and Army or Navy members. They criticize class tensions, question Christian faith among locals, warn against hateful rhetoric, and urge church attendance as time runs short.
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Noland Village
Noland Drive
Army
Navy
Ognes
Public figures and treason talk over Jane Fonda and McGovern
A conservative critic urges no treason charges against Jane Fonda for her Vietnam actions while accusing George McGovern of aiding the enemy by delaying the administration’s aims. The letter weighs public influence, accountability, and the impact on American deaths in elections.
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Fonda Jane Fonda
North Vietnam
Wham
McGovern and Eagleton Critique Sparks National Debate
The text argues McGovern cannot be trusted amid Eagleton coverage. It attacks McGovern's integrity and policies, labeling his tax plan as disastrous with a $300 billion burden and zero-proportionate returns. It urges voters to consider McGovern's mentality rather than Eagleton.
Kissinger Song Prompt From a Public Domain Style
A quirky fragment presents a song style inquiry about Kissinger and Nixon era figures. The lines mix questions about Kissinger’s actions with references to President Nixon and Doves, in a playful speculative tone. It appears as a lyrical prompt rather than a news event.
Dreaming of a 40-foot Schooner on Payday
A neighborhood worker dreams of a large schooner while noting how paydays stretch limited budgets. An antique is valued as priceless to some, depending on view. The boss searches for the artist behind the "suggestion box" painted on the incinerator door.
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Hughes
McGraw-Hill
Legatt
Yesteryears
Hills of Glory
Centennial
Potomac River
Canacocheague Creek
A. B. Thomas Gorman
Air Force
Geneva, N.Y
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Jack Anderson
Defense Department
George Wallace
Charley Brown
Library of Congress
Brown
James Reed
Reed
David Diviis
Agricultural Department
Washington Post
Post
Agnew
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Coure
American Bar Association
Will Bernard
Cairo
Cuba
Crito
Anwar Sadat
Soviet Union
Voice of
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People
Noland
William Kaufmar
Jane
McGaven
Nin
McGovern
Eagleton
Mav
Pyper
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