Iowa Livestock Feeders Call for Meat Import Quotas
Iowa Livestock Feeders Association urged import limits on beef veal pork lamb and mutton at a Des Moines meeting proposing quotas around 5 percent of U S yearly beef production. They cited an avalanche of foreign meat and warned rising imports worsen agricultural surpluses while tariff debates misalign trade and farm burdens.
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Iowa Livestock
United States
U.S
Des Moines
Iowa Livestock Feeders Association
U. S
Public TV for Ruby Oswald murder trial debated
Three networks seek permission to televise Jack Ruby s murder trial and many warn that televising a real courtroom could turn proceedings into a circus. Critics argue witnesses may distort statements for millions watching and justice could be compromised.
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Jack Ruby
Lee Oswald
Ruby
Oswald
Praise for McNamara
A review of Defense Secretary McNamara lifting economy across the armed forces. The Army cut radio purchases by replacing with cheaper models, saving about 39.9 million dollars. Overall defense savings target is 4 billion yearly by 1967, with notable efficiency gains.
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Armed Services
Secretary of Defense
McNamara
Army
Enduring monuments for Kennedy deserve careful judgment
In a New York Times opinion piece, the author cautions against overusing John F. Kennedy’s name for renaming colleges, bridges, and airports. The piece argues Kennedy’s memory should inspire lasting ideals rather than apply to every project.
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Kennedy
Owen Lovejoy
Illinois
Lincoln
Lovejoy
NEW York Times
Quotations on Charity and Wealth Enduring in Print
A religious and literary pairing presents Deut and Hugo on giving. The Bible quote urges openhanded lending to meet need, while Hugo links a emptied purse to a filled heart, framing generosity as moral gain rather than wealth.
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Victor Hugo
Fragmentary Civic Entry Shows Missing Data
A partial OCR text fragment lists numbers and garbled terms such as 93.40 and 12.00 with scattered letters. The readable bits hint at a financial or accounting line item but no clear event, names, or places emerge.
Turn Back the Clock: Austin 30 Years Ago Events
Farmers attend an all day barley meeting at Shaw gym in Austin. The Izaak Walton League chapter in Spring Valley is announced. Little Cedar congregation’s annual meeting is held with Rev. A Breivik presiding. L D Lindenberg of East Side Pharmacy is elected to A D S Fellowship. Leo V McCarthy of Cedar Valley Council is named scout executive. Nativity pageant is produced by Queen of Angels School students. Coach Evar Silvernagle’s team defeats Winona 32 to 28 at Winhawk Pool. Farmers Union Grain Terminal reports 2 269 045 in net earnings. Hog prices rise 40 cents per hundredweight to highest December level since 1947. Max Proctor closes Austin Mill work, ending a long running business.
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Shaw Gym
Spring Valley
Izaak Wal
Little Cedar
Adams
A. Breivik
L. D. Lindenberg
East Side Pharmacy
A.D.S
Leo V. McCarthy
Cedar Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Scout Council
Queen of Angels School
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
St. Paul
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Max Proctor
Gagsters Train Guns on Johnson and Other Tales
A collection of political satire sketches and anecdotes on Lyndon Johnson James Rhodes Robert McNamara and Goldwater campaign activity. Includes a Washington lunch gag a jellybean mail path to Galbraith and a Crockett remark about adjournment reflections from Rep Joe Pool.
On This Date in History December 14 1963
The column notes key events on December 14 across history including the Basel council in 1431, George Washington's death in 1799, Wake Island battle in 1941, the Belsen war crimes verdict in 1945, Nixon’s 1963 goodwill tour, Berlin talks in 1958, and the Mariners Venus probe in 1962.
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Associated Press
Council of Basel
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Wake Island
Austin Fine Arts group seeks $1 lease aid from school board
Editor notes a misperception after a school board meeting. The Austin Fine Arts and Civic Group Inc. requests help qualifying educationally with the Federal Government to obtain a $1 a year lease on the Post Office building. University of Minnesota personnel will cooperate. No taxpayer money is sought and funds are pledged. The move would not create a junior college or disrupt current schooling. the board only tabled, not nixed, the proposal.
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Schol Board
Austin Fine Arts and Civic Group Inc
Austin School Board
School Board
University of Minnesota
Austin
Parish church in Denmark built entirely by parishioners
For the first time in over 800 years a Danish parish church has been erected completely by labor of its parishioners. Local clergy and residents contributed to all phases of construction reflecting a rare communal effort in Denmark.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Contradictory Views Of Prospects For 1964 From Businessmen
AP analysis notes businessmen see a first quarter slowdown with a possible second quarter recovery while government forecasts remain optimistic. Commerce data show 1963 Q4 sales near 106.7 billion, Q1 1964 at 106.3 billion, with inventories rising about 400 million. President’s advisers expect GNP above 620 billion next year if tax cuts pass.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Department of Commerce
Walter W. Heller
Final Obstacle Cleared for Taconite Plant Permit Approved
State grants a water permit allowing Oglebay Norton Co to build a dam and reservoir on the St. Louis River near Eveleth for a taconite plant. The license lets 17 cubic feet per second be drawn and requires 20 cfs outflow when available, with fish passage measures and drought safeguards. Governor Rolvaag notes all essential elements are in place to proceed.
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Duluth, Minn
Eveleth
Karl Rolvaag
Oglebay - Norton Co
Cleveland
St. Louis
Rolvaag
Land Exchange Commission
Be thany Theological Seminary Opens in Oak Brook
The Church of the Brethren dedicates its new Bethany Theological Seminary in Oak Brook Illinois a 3 million graduate school campus featuring 11 contemporary style buildings.
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Ill
Church of the Brethren
Bethany Theological Seminary
Chicago
Ax-Grinders of Every Hue Board LBJ Ranch Wagon
Report from the Capitol notes varied pressure group support for Lyndon B. Johnson as he migrates from vice president to president. AFL CIO Chamber of Commerce and other bodies cheer a tax cut and foreign aid, while some groups press for consumer tax relief and civil rights reforms. Johnson’s civil rights moves face limited Southern opposition, with mixed endorsements signaling a fragile honeymoon.
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NEA
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
L.B.J
Keneady
American Federation of Labor of Industrial Organizations
Americans For Democratic
Jehnsen
Supporters Aid
Agency For Interna
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Edwin P. Neilan
Chamber
James B. Carey
Afl-Cio
South
Quick Quiz: Harvard Presidents and Miscellaneous Facts
A compilation of trivia including Harvard graduates among U.S. presidents five names John Adams John Quincy Adams Theodore Roosevelt Franklin D Roosevelt and John F Kennedy The Caspian Sea is a lake completely surrounded by land The fastest land animal question ends with an answer not shown in the excerpt The format mirrors a filled trivia page with multiple Q A prompts and brief facts anchored to historical figures places and terms
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Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Diem
Peter
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