In Cold Bloodbook review and ice peril note
Editorial discusses Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood book and its anticipated earnings, arguing it rewards serious research and literary merit. It also notes readers’ access via library serials and predicts government taxes. The column laments reckless winter ice driving after four cars fell through northern Iowa lakes, warning of more thin ice incidents before year’s end.
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Life
Journal
New Yorker Magazine
Iowa
Mississippi
Uncle Sam funds big new coin plant in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia mint gets 37.7 million dollars for a modern coin factory to replace the 65-year-old plant. The new facility will output up to 10,000 pennies a minute with a target of 11.2 billion coins this fiscal year, reflecting a shift in national coin production amid shortages.
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Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
Denver
Korea
United States
When Bankruptcy Won't Help in Willful Injuries
A 1966 ABA article explains that bankruptcy cancels most debts but not liability for willful and malicious injuries. It contrasts Motorist A who caused a wreck by driving fast with valid liability, and Motorist B whose bankruptcy failed to shield him. Cases include assault from air gun, slander, and a vicious dog attack, each leaving the offender liable despite bankruptcy.
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American Bar Association
Should federal government step in highway death action
Washington editors argue the highway safety crisis demands national action beyond piecemeal fixes. With 60,000 plus deaths projected in 1966 and costs near 9 billion, experts urge uniform federal standards, stronger enforcement, and broader education while noting Baldwin Amendment steps and limited current progress.
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Washington
UFI
Choose Them With Care Colors Very Important
San Antonio based color expert Col. V Hack of Ft. Sam Houston says colors influence mood and perception in rooms and training. He cites red for dark rooms, warns blue or green walls can make ill patients look worse, and suggests warm tones behind instructors to focus attention.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Col. V. Hack
Hack
Medical Field Service School
Ft. Sam Houston
Columbus officials take over jobs
Columbus Junction swore in William D. Dunn as mayor on January 3 with new councilmen Stuart Woolley Dwight Duncan and Ross Masonholder. Holdovers are Max Sellers and Dr. Roy Ostrom. New appointments include Sheldon Hawkins treasurer Thomas E. Perry attorney Dr E S Groben health officer A M Lee street commissioner and Dr Roy Ostrem mayor pro tem. John L. Dillon renamed town clerk for two years. Louis Peters begins a second mayoral term in Columbus City with councilmen Delmar Evans Richard Houseal Warren McConahay Joe Marion Arthur Pugh. Cotter sees LeRoy Owens start a second mayoral term with Omri Peters William Hawkins John G Jones Ronald Baird and James Paulding on the council. Mrs Rema Hull sells the former Paul Lowe Insurance Agency building to Mr and Mrs Gordon Bowen of Cedar Rapids.
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Grace Butler
Columbus Junction
William D. Dunn
Stuart Woolley
Dwight Duncan
Ross Masonholder
Max Sellers
Roy Ostrom
Sheldon Hawkins
Thomas E. Perry
E. S. Groben
A. M. Lee
Roy Ostrem
John L. Dillon
Louis Peters
Columbus City
Delmar Evans
Richard Houseal
Warren McConahay
Joe Marion
Arthur Pugh
Cotter
LeRoy Owens
Omri Peters
William Hawkins
John G. Jones
Ronald Baird
James Paulding
Rema Hull
Paul Lowe Insurance Agency
Tec
Gordon Bowen
Cedar Rapids
Championship Bridge Hand Demonstrates Lead Choice Impact
In a Atlantic City championship deal, North held K9 74 AKQ1064 and South opened 1b then 3NT. Silodor as declarer won six diamonds and five clubs for 490, while Sobel and Goren at another table led spades and hearts to also reach twelve tricks with the opposite hands, showing lead strategy can change outcomes.
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Atlantic City
Sidney Silodor
Philadelphia
Silodor
West
Queen of Hearts
King
South
Helen Sobel
Charles Goren
Goren
Mrs. Sobel
Res Syndicate, Inc
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London
Atlanta
W. H. Marriott
Utopia
Joe Palooka
Fellas
Dixie Dugan
By McEvoy
Striebel
Dixie
Riverview
Juse
Orne
Jeremy
Herts
Robert J. Serling
United Press International
National Safety Council
Congress
Johnson
Secretary of Commerce
District of Columbia
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Columbus
B. Jay Becker
South Dealer
Queen Hearts
Nancy
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