Hormel reports profits in a volatile hog year
Hormel & Co. President M. B. Thompson tells stockholders the year ended showed profits in pork operations except the Austin plant, beef operations improved, and hog prices rose from 22 to 30 per hundred. Company plans new park, Texas expansion, and a Des Moines slaughtering pact.
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Geo. A. Hormel & Co
M. B. Thompson
Hormel
Austin
R. F. Gray
H. H. Cory
Ray Asp
Lee D. Housewright, Jr
Clayton Kingston
George W. Ryan
Ryan
Thompson
Bureau, 111
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Southeastern Processing and Distribution
I. D. Packing Co
Des Moines
Cure 81 Ham
Johnson Family Marks Lady Bird Birthday at LBJ Ranch
President Johnson and family gather at the LBJ Ranch in Texas to celebrate Lady Bird Johnson’s 53rd birthday. The First Family flew in from Washington and will stay through the holidays while the President handles budget work for Congress.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Texas
Washington
Lbj Ranch
Here
Congress
Johnsons
State Tax Forms Go in Mail Soon
Minnesota Tax Commissioner Rolland Hatfield announced that individual income tax forms will be mailed two days after Christmas. About 1.3 million taxpayers should receive forms by January 3, with a filing deadline of April 15. The 1965 form is two pages, with the full income computation on the first page.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Rolland Hatfield
Post Office to Close Early Friday for Christmas
The Austin Post Office will close at 4 p.m. Friday and reopen at 8 a.m. Monday. Postmaster Oliver Herrick cites observance of Christmas and allowing employees an earlier start.
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Austin
Oliver Herrick
Nightair Attacks Hit North Viet Nam and Cambodian Border
U S Navy jets destroyed a key bridge 18 miles west of Haiphong while Air Force planes pressed the air war near Cambodia. Viet Cong attacked Saigon area twice, fatally wounding a village chief as 174 tons of bombs and 30 carrier planes pounded targets in the North and 35 miles northwest of Saigon the South saw Skyraiders strike a Viet Cong hideout. Geo A Hormel declares 35 cent dividend payable Feb 15 to shareholders of record Jan 29.
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South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Haiphong
Viet Nam
U.S
Air Force
Reeds
Big Sister Sends Christmas Spirit Letter
Memphis AP report describes 8 year old Sheree Hoffman writing to Santa about a wish for a younger sibling. She offers her 5 year old brother Nathan for another child to share Christmas joy.
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Memphis, Tenn
Sheree Hoffman
Santa
Nathan
Red Stamp Commemorates Pacifist Action and Minnesota Map Debate
Washington reports North Viet Nam issued a stamp referencing Norman Morrison a Baltimore Quaker who burned himself before the Pentagon in protest. The Washington Post noted Hanoi uses Western events for propaganda. In St Paul a Reapportionment Commission member Carl Auerbach urged faster progress toward a federal court-drawn Minnesota legislative map.
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Washington
North Viet Nam
Pentagon
Washington Post
Norman R. Morrison
Baltimore
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
United States
West
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Carl Auerbach
University of Minnesota
Lockheed Wins $1.36 Billion C5A Aircraft Contract
The Air Force awarded Lockheed Aircraft Corp of Marietta Georgia a fixed price contract worth 1 363 327 000 to build 58 C5A heavy transport planes with an option for 58 more. The aircraft will move large Army units quickly and carry about 375 troops.
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Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Marietta
Air Force
U S Soviet clash marks final hours of U N assembly
At the United Nations the General Assembly ended its 20th session after a U S Soviet clash over Vietnam. Soviet Ambassador Fedorenko accused U S of escalation and use of toxic weapons, while U S Chief Delegate Goldberg condemned the charges as unfounded. The session approved a noninterference resolution 109 to 0 with Britain abstaining.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Viet Nam
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
United States
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Fedorenko
Britain
Soviet Union
Dominican Republic
Goldberg
Assembly
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
Southeast Asia
Titan 3 upper-stage failure prompts probe at Cape
An Air Force investigative team examines data after the Titan 3 upper stage failed to restart, preventing four satellites from reaching their target orbit. The mishap could delay the February plan to launch eight military communications satellites, with Oscar 4 and two other satellites in looping Earth orbit.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Titan
Titan 3
Rural Storm Lake Collision Kills Two Men
Two men died when cars crashed at a rural intersection three miles east and one mile north of Storm Lake Iowa. Victims are Herman P Calusen 71 of Alta and John J Pitzen 20 son of Mr and Mrs Phil Pitzen of rural Newell Pitzen a junior at Eastern New Mexico University was home for Christmas vacation.
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Storm Lake, Iowa
Here
Herman P. Calusen
Alta
Iowa
John J. Pitzen
Phil Pitzen
Newell
Pitzen
Eastern New Mexico University
Officials Say LBJ Deliberates Christmas Truce Acceptance
Washington sources say the Johnson administration weighs accepting a 12 hour Christmas Eve Viet Nam cease fire proposal from the Communists. Privately officials hint at possible acceptance if the Communists observe a lull and no action occurs during the period. A formal acceptance seems unlikely as the proposal arrived via radio.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
White House
Joe Laitin
South
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