1964 A Year of Unusual Financial Headlines and Milestones
AP summarizes 1964 as a standout year with rising stock markets above 800 on the Dow Jones, heavy corporate profits, and record outputs. Tax cuts, the Tele-Communications split by AT&T, and massive stock offerings spurred investor activity. Economic indicators show high GNP, wages, and consumer spending while unemployment remains modest. The era sees rail earnings improve and auto and oil expansions accelerate.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Uncle Sam
American Telephone & Telegraph
Rails
Communications Satellite Corporation
Denver Scientist Develops Aeorgenic Immunization
Denver researcher Dr. Gardner Middlebrook unveils airborne vaccine immunization aimed at TB polio and measles. He notes fears limit use and explains inhaled vaccines rely on attenuated germs sprayed into controlled chambers for mass administration.
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Denver Scientist
Stephen M. Aug
Denver
Colo
Gardner Middlebrook
National Jewish Hospital
Middlebrook
U.S
Flood plan debate in Harlan hosts tense talk
In Harlan Kentucky three hours of discussion covered a flood control project for mountainous Harlan County. A speaker doubted another 1963 type flood would recur as a loud thunder clap interrupted the meeting and rain poured outside.
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Harlan
Harlan County
Mussels used for button making disappearing from Tennessee River
A Tennessee River mussel fishery once worth millions and employing about a thousand men collapses. Local mussel men blame pollution as TVA funds probe the die off from Chattanooga to Savannah. the pig toe mussel is valued as seed for cultured Japanese pearls, while other shells fail to measure up.
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Tennessee
Stevenson
Ala
Japan
Chattanooga
Savannah
Tenn
Garner
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Mussel Shell King Tells of Pearl Nucleus Trade
Garner, a mussel shell dealer, recounts a rise and fall cycle from Muscatine to Japan. He notes 25-ton shipments to Japan in good years and a current price of 47 dollars a ton due to warehouse backlogs. The piece links Tennessee River shells to Japan’s pearl market and discusses industry shifts.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Orient
Tennessee River
Japan
Garner
Engineers Test Soil Hardeners for VTOL Drones
Wright Patterson Air Force Base engineers explore soil hardeners including plastics varnishes and cements to create near instant runways for future VTOL jets. If successful, material could be dropped or sprayed to reduce dust, aiding takeoff and landing and protecting engines.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
African Independence Wave Since 1951
A report notes that thirty-one African nations gained independence beginning in 1951, marking a major shift in regional borders and postcolonial state formation across the continent.
Antique Plymouth furniture found in Florida house trailer
Miss Anna Colborne of Clewiston displayed in her residence a 17th century Plymouth style table and four chairs handed down in her family. An antique appraiser noted their English origin and dated to the Plymouth craftsmen era.
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Clewiston, Fla.w
Florida
Anna Colborne
Detroit Telephone Co
Clewiston
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Treasury
Bill Rawlins
Federal
Chicago
United States
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U. S. Labor Department
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Paea SxPpen
Flipper
National
Safe Boating Week Committee
Neesmarawy
National Safe
Bicycles
Raleigh - Columbia Schwinn
Schwinn Pixie
R&f Bike Shop
Oakland
Clayton F. Meyer Insurance
Sterling Theatre
State Farm Life Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Pater
2Nd Avenue
Smiths
RED Cross
Florsheims
Men’s
Austin
McKesson
Rosemary
Gillette's
Dristan
Price
Odds and Ends
Tex
Austin Drug
1St Street
4Th Avenue NW
Antu Soteed
Masson
du Pont
F.1. Crane Lumber CO
2Nd Ave
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