RECORD FOURTH QUARTER IN BUSINESS PREDICTED
AP reports a mid year upturn with employment rising and wage scales higher. The auto industry shows confidence as Detroit production plans more cars. a third quarter indicates one of the best halves with consumer spending growing despite price increases. The Viet Nam war costs and housing drag remain concerns.
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Sam Dawson
Jio
AP Business News
Acsivsi
New York
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Lageard
Detroit
Lkely
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Congress
Baytonians Attend JA Convention Delegation
Two Baytown teens, Jerry Gordon and Galen Wayne May, both of Robert E. Lee High School, will represent Unikem the Junior Achievement company they lead at the 23rd National Junior Achievers Conference at Indiana University August 21 to 26. About 1,809 delegates from 45 states four Canadian provinces and five foreign countries will attend.
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Junior Achievement of Houston, Inc
Indiana University
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N. Burnet
Galen Wayne May
Sheridan
Robert E. Lee
Unikem
Junior Achievement
United Carbon Co
Port Arthur Wins Renewal Grant for Urban Renewal
Port Arthur will receive another 13 million dollars from the Federal Housing and Urban Development Department to finish an urban renewal project along the Sabine Nueces Waterway. The funds back a prior allocation and aim to clear and renew acres for a municipal government complex and port district. A stray note defines a sculpin as a small ocean fish with poisonous spines and fins.
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Port Arthur, Tex
Federal Housing and Urban Development Department
Port Arthur
Sabine-Nueces Waterway
Sniper Fire Won't Halt Marriage
Janet Paulos of Austin, a sniper attack victim, plans her wedding to Abdul Kashab of Baghdad after recovering from bullet wounds. The couple postponed from August 1 at UT in Austin to August 27 in Dallas First Unitarian Church. They expect a quiet ceremony despite public attention. Janet resumes school, Abdul works on a chemistry doctorate, and they plan to live in Baghdad eventually.
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Tex
Janet Paulos
Austin
Janet
Abud Kashab
Baghdad
Iraq
University of Texas
Charles Whitman
Whitman
Dallas
First Unitarian Church
Abdul
Personal Income Rises Despite Airline Strike
Personal income for July rose to a record seasonally adjusted annual rate of $373.7 billion despite an airline machinists strike and auto plant model changeovers. Wages and salaries climbed by $32.8 billion, offsetting declines elsewhere, with gains mainly in health care, government, and services. Medicare start on July 1 increased social insurance deductions by about $506 million, while total wage and salary income reached $393.3 billion.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Lerry
Department
County To Open Bids For Bond Sale To Fund Bridge
Jefferson County plans to open bids on a 1.5 million dollar bond issue to finance its share of the Port Arthur fixed span bridge project. The bonds will be dated April 15, 1965 and mature serially each year through 1985. Bonding attorney B. Moris disclosed the details on Monday.
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Tex
Jefferson County
Port Arthur
I B. Moris
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