Corporate profits rise with 1963 gains poised for 1964
Editorial notes booming 1963 profits led by General Motors with 1.292 billion dollars and ITT’s 1.015 billion, while steel majors Bethelem, Jones & Laughlin and U.S. Steel posted strong earnings. The Labor Department reports December CPI up two tenths, and the White House seeks overtime and wage protections to boost employment. Machine tool orders surged 30 percent to 930.3 million, the highest since 1956, with auto production at 160,900 cars, and steel output rising to 2,212,000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Dillon
Congress
General Motors Corp
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
U.S. Steel Corp
Armco
Youngstown Sheet &Tube
Pittsburgh Steel
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Labor Department
Johnson
Gettysburg farm financing tied to oilmen, Ike aide notes
A Washington report recounts Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower denying a “tissue of lies” claim about oilmen financing the Gettysburg farm. A 1938 Nevins letter asks for $2,500 contributions from Gary Allen and Billy Byars, with funds also from W Alton Jones, plus further transfers from Jones funds. A Jones connection appears in later notes and a 61,000 cash stash cited after an Idlewild trip.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Lou Gortson
WXYZ
Detroit
Gettysburg
Gettsburg
W.alton Jones
Cities Service
Gary E. Allen
WW. G
Billy) Byars
Tyler
Tex
Arthur
W. Alton Jones
Eva
Karama
Thomasville
Warn
Jones
Eisenhower
Idlewild
Ike
Palm Springs
Valdosta Newsman Retires After 75 Years in Press
BE L Turner retires from active management of the Valdosta Daily Times at age 100 turning publisher duties to his son Mann Turner who is 75. Turner arrived in Valdosta in 1889 as a printer and built the paper from weekly to a daily with a 14500 circulation.
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Tenney Griffin
Valdosta, Ga
Valdosta
Turner
Alapaha
Hawkinsville
Thomasville
South Georgia Times
Sinner Daily
the Times
Daily Crossword Puzzle KING FEATURE ACROSS
Puzzle text shows scattered clues and garbled OCR fragments for across and down entries. Names like Peter, Finnish Apostle appear among partial clues. many entries are incomplete. The page combines puzzle prompts with stray letters and mis OCR alignment.
Gettysburg contractor paid by Allen Byars account for Eisenhower farms
Washington Victorie, a Gettysburg contractor who built the Eisenhower farms showplace barn and three smaller barns, says payments came from the Allen Byars account. Robert Hartley, Penn State graduate and farm manager, notes Byars and Allen paid him and others. Tax agents denied business deductions for these payments, prompting Senate Rules Committee scrutiny led by Sen. Huth Scott to uncover the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byars
Allen. &S
Allen
General Nevins
Hartley
Eisenhower
Nevins
Gettysbuns
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
Sen
Huth Scott
Baker
Scott
Liorder
Tie
Gettysburo
Try and Stop Me Funny Vignettes and Court Putdowns
Comic snippets describe a boy clinging to a shaggy dog and begging to keep it after the animal follows him home. A wedding is called off with a witty line about chronically unfaithful partners. A defendant pleads for mercy but is met with a harsher sentence.
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Pulsifer
Clorinda
Today’s Grab Bag: Quick Quiz and Cork Castle Legend
A collage of trivia and quirky notes asks for Greece’s king and queen, Key’s Star Spangled Banner date, Kennebec River location, Philippines’ canonical, the 1927 Kentucky Derby winner, plus a Cork Ireland castle legend about kissing a commemorative stone for speech fluency.
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Greece
Francis Scott Key
Kennebec River
Philippines
Ireland
Cork
Cormac McCarthy
Fane Chaplains Vow Amid Atlantic War Remembrance
Ruth Ramsey recalls a dramatic coastal landmark and Ireland’s wartime history. The piece notes survivable views from battlements and ties to the War of the Great Rebellion. It marks 1943 events in the North Atlantic where the Fane Chaplains sacrificed life preservers.
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Ireland
Bolton
Fane
North Atlantic
Rockefeller Leadership Quietly Surges in GOP Nomination Fight
In 1958 Nelson Rockefeller, a New York philanthropist, led the GOP governor's race aided by his money despite GOP rivals and debates faltering. Barry Goldwater’s rising support and Syracuse poll results signaled rocky prospects for Rockefeller, with concerns over an all-time high budget and reduced Albany presence.
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Fulton Lewis JR
Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Manya Todhunter Ark
Liberal
Rocky
Rockefeller
GOP
Len Hall
National Committee
Hall
Bram
Beli
Averell Harrimin
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Rockefellers
Young Americans For Freedom
Scranton
Stassen
Nixon
Lodge
Romney
Henry Cabot Lodge
Gold
Richard Nixon
Syracuse
Barry
Albany
Faithful Saying Christ Jesus Came to Save Sinners
A Bíblia verse summary notes a faithful saying about Christ Jesus entering the world to save sinners, highlighting the speaker Paul addressing Timothy. The fragment emphasizes the grace of salvation and lists humanity as needing redemption.
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Christ
Jesus
Timothy
Stand, Sir? Barry Goldwater Critiques Policy Shifts
Barry Goldwater argues the U S government finds itself unsettled by allies softening toward communism The piece cites England Cuba visa bans and De Gaulle China ties as signs of a global Communist advance He rails against perceived state department doublethink urging tougher moves against the Soviets and Mao and warns of a broader conspiracy to destroy the United States through aid and diplomacy The tone is sharp and accusatory toward officials and allies alike
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Barry Goldwater
Washington
England
Cuba
Charles de Gaulle
Red China
Soviet Union
Russia
France
de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Mao
Quirks and Facts from Everyday Life and History
A light collection notes social sayings, hobby psychology, religious faith trends, cancer death estimates in 1962, and state name trivia. It cites Washington as only U S president state with four capitals and offers quirky folklore about pepper shakers and visitors, with brief cultural observations.
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New York
United States
Andre
Maurois
Washington
U.S
Madison
Wis
Jefferson City
Jackson
Miss
Know Your Bridge Controversy At Jet World Bridge Olympiad
The Jet World Bridge Olympiad in Turin 1980 saw Great Britain falter in the final rounds as Algeria and the United States clashed. An American pair secured 1370 points in a key North South hand, while Britain’s three notrump contract failed to convert despite a rich spade sequence. The match highlighted misread bids and psychic plays, with South’s aggressive response cited as pivotal to the final result.
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France
Turin
Great Britain
Bo Yarrow
Diamonds
Meade & For
North
Ayor
South
King
Giamond Afer
de Clarer
Dole
Weat
East
Worth
Ies
Syrdicete, Inc
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Jones, Allen, and Byars
Donald Scott
Adams County
Allen-Byars
Gettysburg National Bank
Man
Stricktakers
Pointea Arch
Soran
Caress
Asaper
Zeus
Little Child
Othertsa
Turday
Bennett Cerf
Illinois
Jady
Laol
Michael
Nails Epstein
Besaete Cerf
King Features Syndlae Aaa Ra Ie
Sorn Today
Iforece Greeley
Norman Rackbell
Henry Brooks Adams
Ruth Ramsey
Central Press
Prederika
Maine
Quezon City
Spurta Dauree
Fulton Lewis
State Department
Berlin
Viet Nam
Sigmund Freud
Castro
Hal Boyle
B. Jay Becker
Bas. Pak
Pakia
Usays
Ats South
Parc
Fred Hartman
James H. Hale
Treston
Pendergrass
Beulah Mae’ Jackson
Revert K. Gilmore
Advertising Department
John Wadley
Paul Putman
Cerrie Laughlin
Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce
Ashbel
Baytown
Texas
Mu Representatives, Inc
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