Christmas business outlook amid record gifts and spending
The National Retail Merchants Association forecasts at least a six percent rise in member sales over last year with big stores seeing up to an 11 percent gain. Gifts total about 333 million dollars, up from 327 million. Time magazine expects nine percent higher company Christmas purchases than 1963. Personal savings and disposable income show strong growth, supporting brisk year end spending.
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National Retail Merchants Association
Advertising Specialty Institute
Time Magazine
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
New York Mercantile Exchange
Commodity Exchange
Thes
New York Stock Exchange
Patient speculators buy defunct bonds amid Kremlin shakeup
After Khrushchev's ouster, Russian imperial era bonds on Wall Street doubled from 15 to 30 dollars. A niche market thrives for bonds of derelict states such as Estonia Cuba Poland with face values near 1000 dollars. Bond specialists say buyers are patient speculators hoping new powers arise and prior commitments are honored.
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Kremlin
Khrushchev
Russia
Wall Street
Imperial
Estonia
Old Republic of
Cuba
Poland
Fidel Castro
Freshman Indiana lawmakers urged to tour state institutions
A capital city newspaper urges first time Indiana legislators to visit mental hospitals prisons colleges and courts before the 1965 General Assembly session opens. Seeing conditions firsthand would inform budget decisions and reduce reliance on hearsay or committee reports. The editorial stresses personal fact gathering as a duty of good public officials.
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Indiana
General Assembly
IRS cautions on withholdings after tax cut timing
The IRS warns that due to timing of the tax cut and withholding rules, many taxpayers will see smaller refunds or owe money next April. Withholding may not match actual tax, a consequence of political moves by the administration before last year’s elections.
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Internal Revenue Service
Uncle Sam
Successful Investing in Stocks and Savings Tips
A reader seeks guidance on building a savings account before buying stocks. The column advises setting aside an adequate emergency fund, avoiding reliance on sensational stock tips, and considering solid growth plays like Singer and Woolworth. It notes Kerr details and references a 1963 Indianapolis gas explosion case.
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Ian Bieler
S.L
Singer
Woolworth
Esti- Kinney
Earings
D.B
San Commonwealth
Rico
Chicago
UPI
John
Jake the Barber
Thal
Hitler
U.S. District Court
Gard
Bernard Decker
San Adequate Reserve
Singer Company
Ray Brennan
Fock
Commonwealth Oil
Puerto Rico
Pencington Press
Cleveland
Ohio
BLAST
Indianapolis
Melvin T. Ross
Indiana Coliseum Corp
Ira J. Anderson
State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Marion
Fairgrounds
New Yorks Political Snakepit Shapes Rockefeller Strategy
New Yorks Republican and Democratic factions weigh Rockefeller's third term bid as a secret poll gauges voter sentiment. Movers and shakers including Dewey heirs and Mayor Wagner back competing speakers Travia and Steingut, while Sen elect Kennedy stays neutral amid party power plays affecting Rockefeller and the legislature.
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New York
Nelson A
Rockefeller
Senate
Long Island
Imeen
New
York
Paign
Tle
Manhattan
Robert Wagner
Travia
Wagner
Althe
New York City
Nassau County
John English
Stanley Steingut
Brooklyn
Steingut
Democratic Assembly
Robert Kennedy
Never Syndicate
Folklore and political theater in mid-1960s New York
The piece blends anecdotes on quirky reputations with a political memo about William L. Pfeiffer guiding Richard Rockefeller’s image. It weighs Rockefeller’s prospects in a shifting GOP with Javits and Linday as potential paths, and notes Rockefeller’s fate tied to Democratic leadership in the legislature.
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William L. Pfeiffer
Old Westbury
Pfeiffer
New York State
al Smith
Jegislature
Rocke
Teenagers Seized in Plot to Murder Father in Evansville
Evansville police captured two Spencer County teens, Robert Hall 14 and Steve Everett 15, in a stolen car after a half day of freedom from Rockport jail. They face murder charges in the shooting death of Everett's father, Thomas, 59, once head of a watch company. Authorities say the youths had prior auto thefts and burglary charges and were on probation.
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Ind
Evansville
Spencer County
Rockport
Robert S. Hall
Hatfield
Steve W. Everett
Richland
Spencer Countty
Hall
Everett
Sheriff's Deputies
Maine Tates
Thomas
Athe “Tirgur Watch
Norwe
Rancanral
Hall Boy
Spencer
Avenue Court
Bethlehem Event in Theology and Sacrifice Examined
A discussion on Christmas as a prelude to Calvary argues that God’s sacrifice of Jesus reverses ancient one way offerings. The piece contrasts pagan merciless gods with a loving Father, cites Abraham’s test, and notes Bethlehem as unique in divine self-sacrifice for humanity.
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Bethlehem
Christ
Abraham
B.C
Jehovah
Isaac
Samuel
Toaiah
Nhy
Vary
Ship Iowa praised in letters from Sandra and family
A 13 year old Sandra writes to Dr Brady about a ship named Iowa that served in the Spanish American War and details family life including siblings, birth, and morals. The letter is set alongside a court report about a juvenile case in Spencer County involving murder charges against two boys, with notes on their plans to run away.
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Sandra
Mocaer
Nansen
Jaycees Attend Fisher Body Session in Indiana Region D Meet
Nine Jaycee members and two guests attended the Region D meeting at Fisher Body Division in Marion Indiana after a plant tour over 200 region D members gathered for the basic vote meeting. The Frankton club received the trophy with 61 percent of members present along with a new travel trophy presented for the first time.
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Frankton
Jay ‘Cee Club
Fisher Body
Marion
Frankton Club
Indiana
George Sprague
Robert Holder
Willard Flannagan
Larry Sumner
Gary Dalzell
Tom Holoman
Victor Kimmerling
Benny Kennedy
Steve Horn
James Buckles
Ronnie Schewine
Community Club News and Historic Knitting In Albany
A local fireside scene highlights a baby shower for Roberta Crowell hosted by the Fireman's Auxiliary, with gifts from Roberta Smith and Mrs. Boaker. Garden and Garden Craft chapters meet with plans for January sessions, while the Christian Crusaders note 19 members and 50 cancer pads made. Albany reports on William Lee’s 1589 knitting invention and 1831 power application.
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Christian Crusaders
Hosier
Wilma Silvey
Dessie Prince
Vella Walker
Albany
N.Y
William Lee
England
Revenue Man Loses, Gets Peace Card
In Woodford Green, Miss Barbar Smith a former Miss Britain beauty queen sent a Christmas card to tax collector Raymond Haines reading Peace on Earth. Haines had just lost a three year legal fight to collect tax on Miss Smiths $11,200 beauty title winnings.
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Woodford Green
Miss Barbar Smith
Miss Briain
Chriss
Raymond Haines
Haines
Miss Smith
Christmas Eve Hymn by Julien C. Hyer
A poetic Christmas verse recalls shepherds in the fields and angels announcing the Holy Child in Bethlehem. The piece envisions wise men bearing gifts and a world longing for universal peace through faith and hope.
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Bethlehem
Julien C. Hyer
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