The Amazing Invisible Camry

Published 7:32 pm Sunday, January 4, 2015

Coming to the middle lane of a freeway near you: A concerned Street Smarts reader reminds drivers to always turn on headlights during rain or snow — in other words, whenever windshield wipers are needed.

On rainy Northwest midwinter days, the headlight switches on gray and silver cars should be relabeled “Disable Cloaking Device.”

Watch out, Wile E.: Environmental groups are pressing New Mexico state officials to outlaw coyote killing contests put on by hunting clubs.

The clubs contend that coyotes are varmints. Besides, turnabout is fair play, as coyotes have cat killing contests in the suburbs.

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1914, automaker Henry Ford announced he was going to pay his employees $5 for an eight-hour day instead of $2.34 for a nine-hour day.

The action dismayed Ford’s fellow industrialists, who pledged to hold the line against the ultimate giveaway: the five-day workweek.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff