25000 Steelworkers Laid Off Amid Slump in Orders
An Associated Press survey reports about 28 000 steelworkers laid off with thousands on short weeks as orders slump. Production this week falls to 1 560 000 tons, 54.8 percent of capacity, lowest since November 1959. Generating areas include Pittsburgh Detroit and East Chicago with multiple plants idled. Analysts expect an August upturn as auto production restocks for 1961 models.
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Associated Press
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
Tive
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Edgar Thomson
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Detroit
Chicago
Ind
Inland Steel Co
Wheat surplus grows but some types face shortage risk
An Agriculture Department report shows total wheat reserves on July 1 at 1,285 million bushels, up from a year earlier, with hard red winter making up about 80 percent. Soft red winter durum and white wheat totals are limited, while white wheat exports remain strong. Forecasts for next year project 1,435 million bushels with exports around 500 million.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Upper
Pacific Northwest
Orient
Rain and Temperature Averages for Mid June to Mid July
Maps show the U S Weather Bureau estimate of average temperatures and precipitation for the period mid June to mid July. Weather officials provide regional patterns and expected rainfall, aiding farmers and residents in planning outdoor activities.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Rockefeller urges $3 billion boost to defense budget
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller urged a three billion dollar increase in defense spending at the governors conference. He warned the 1960s pose greater existential risk, pressed for faster missile production, dispersal, airborne alert of SAC, and higher Army Marine and air lift strength, citing studies.
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Glacier National Park
Mont
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
United States
Rockefeller
SAC
New York Firm Tops Des Moines Transit Holdings
A New York firm becomes the largest single holder of Des Moines Transit Co. securities as Fred C. Worden resigns as president and GM and Charles McCullough steps down. Marc Haas of American Transportation says the firm owns about 500000 dollars in bonds and 28000 shares. The moves come as a businessmen’s committee wraps a seven month study of the bus company’s problems.
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Des Moines
New York
Des Moines Transit Co. Securities
Fred C. Worden
Charles McCullough
Wellesley, Mass
Marc Haas
American Transportation
Des Moines Transit
Iowa Appeals Tax Ruling On Trading Stamps
Iowa Attorney General plans an appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court after a District Court ruled that Bener Tea Co. trading stamps are discounts and not subject to the 2 percent sales tax. Assistant AG Gary Gill warned the ruling could exempt many retailers and cost the state thousands yearly. The judge had held stamps' cost deductible in gross receipts for tax calculation.
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Des Moines
Attorney General's Office
Iowa Supreme Court
Benner Tea Co
Burlington
Asst
Atty
Gary Gill
District Court
E. C. Newell
Expect Cigarette Smoking Increase
Washington AP reports cigarette smoking is set to hit a record high this year with more women smoking. An Agriculture Department forecast cites rising female smokers, higher consumer incomes, and a growing adult population pushing production to 500 billion cigarettes by June 30, about 4 percent more than last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Real estate contracts ban rule on race, Ames official says
Donald Boles, chair of the Governors Commission on Human Relations in Ames, says white race only clauses in real estate contracts are worthless. He asserts such restrictions have no legal force and undermine equal housing rights.
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Des Moines
Donald Boles
Ames
Governor’s Commission On Human Relations
Governors Merge to Halt an All Kennedy Convention
Four governors from New Jersey California Iowa and Kansas at the 52nd annual conference discussed keeping the Democratic convention open in Los Angeles next month to avoid a Kennedy only show. They indicated a first ballot Kennedy win is not guaranteed and stressed the need for a lively, deliberative convention with multiple candidates.
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Jack Bell
Glacier National Park
Mont
John F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
Herschel C. Loveless
Iowa
George Docking
Kansas
Meyner
Brown
Kennedy
Adlai EF. Stevenson
Airlines to Better Orient Operations
Northwest Air lines announced major improvements in its Orient operations effective July 31. The airline will introduce the first jet service between Tokyo and Manila and Tokyo Okinawa Formosa, increase trans Pacific DC-8C jet frequencies from two to four weekly, and retire the last DC 4 6B in the Orient for DC-7Cs. DC-8C departures from the United States will be Sunday Tuesday Wednesday and Friday, with eight extra weekly piston flights.
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ST. Paul
Northwest Airlines
Orient
Tokyo
Manila
Tokyo- Okinawa-Formosa
Northwest
Far East
United States
So Easy to Rob Bank Not Twice in Glendale Heist
Glendale police say 27 year old Robert E. Gardner robbed a bank for 80 dollars Monday and was arrested outside the bank minutes later. He allegedly remarked the first robbery was so easy that he planned to return for more. He was booked on suspicion of robbery.
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Glendale
Calif
Robert E. Gardner
Gardner
Trial resumes for five charged in bird law case
Testimony reopened in Fergus Falls Minnesota as five defendants including Dr Herman Koop and his son Herman Jr along with three Cold Spring men face migratory bird law charges. Federal agents halted 26 hunters on the Hoop ranch during the duck season opening. Kniffin testified about shelled corn found in three ponds. Judge Robert C Bell presides as witnesses describe the evidence.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
U.S. District Court
Herman Koop
Cold Spring
Herman Jr
Minneapolis
Leonard Doubek
Albert J. Peters
Nicholas M. Wenner
Hoop Ranch
F. Charles Kniffin
St. Charles
Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Kniffin
Robert C. Bell
St. Paul
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