Year ends with mixed outlook as 1963 tax hopes rise
The week closed with cautious optimism for 1963 as executives forecast tax cuts and higher profits in the first half of 1963 while port disruptions from a 60,000-strong longshore strike and ongoing New York newspaper strikes dampened activity. Christmas volume hit records for retail, though auto and steel outputs varied.
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International Longshoremen’s Association
Maine
Texas
New York City
Cleveland
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Congress
Santa Claus
National Retail Merchants Association
Atlantic
Gulf
American Association of Railroads
Try and Stop Me Reservists and linguistic quips in old humor
A reminiscence notes a WWI sergeant shouting fire at Will prompting a recruit to flee. It also mocks modern American phrasing as English usage evolves, citing phrases like time-wise traffic-wise food wise and actor’s actor. It mentions a Skid Row hotel once called a Hop house’s flophouse.
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Will
Penny Drake
Skid Row
Baytown Sun Staff and Publication Details
The Baytown Sun lists staff including editor and publisher Preston Pendergress Beulah Mae Jackson Robert K. Gilmore and Corrie Laughlin with John Wadley Paul Putman and others. Advertising and circulation departments are noted with retail and national representation by Texas Newspaper Representatives Inc. The paper, published in Baytown Texas, carries 4.45 per month or 17.40 per year mail rates and is registered with the Baytown post office.
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Cerrier
Texas
Ine
Absociated Press
Ascoelated
Reputsivesien
Tae Deis Newrepegeer Oom
Snowy Tennessee Ride Teaches Tires and Time
A Tennessee observer recounts Christmas Eve snow in Chattanooga and the lesson of deflating tires to about 20 pounds for traction. He describes a slick climb up a steep hill, a Cadillac losing control, and his decision to slow down and seek an alternate route home.
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Tennessee Hills
Chattanooga
Chatta
Nooga
1963 Outlook: Tax Cuts and Spending Shape Economy
New York AP reports cautious optimism for 1963 with 1962 highs in personal income and employment. Analysts expect possible tax cuts and rising government spend to lift consumer and business activity, though uncertainties remain about unemployment, wage talks, automation, and international crises.
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New York
Congress
California Gold Rush sparked the historic Klondike era
On Jan 24 1848 James Marshall began the California Gold Rush by locating gold at Sutter's Mill. The quiz reveals answers about a gut deadlight, a horse’s crust, a reflex angle, and lignin rich wood as common themes.
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James Marshall
California
Washington Reports on Kerr Oil Tax Clash and Ambassadorship Shuffle
An Oklahoma showdown erupts as Sen Kerr protests oil depletion tax cuts while two Kennedy aides pledge no oil-loophole reversal. The piece also notes a Rome ambassadorship tug of war favoring Gov Di Salle, and Udall lobbying amid House Rules and defense-contract pressure.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Bob Kerr
Oklahoma
Senate
Kerr, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Doug Dillon
House Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Kerr
Kerr-McGee Co
Kerr-McGee
Dillon
Sushec
Rep. Mills
House, Ways and Means
State Department
Italy
Mike di Salle
Ohio
di Salle
Frederick
Reinhardt
University of Milan
Outerbridge Horsey
Franco
Rome
Horsey
Christian Democratic Party
Fanfani
Fanfant
United States
Vatican
Pope John
Most Fabulous New Year's Party in Cuernavaca
Actress Merle Oberon and millionaire husband hosted a New Year’s Eve party at Bruno Pagnat’s mansion in Cuernavaca that drew 64 guests from nobility and Hollywood. Attendees included Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner and his wife, Princess Soraya, Porfirio Rubirosa, and British and Mexican elites. The festivities featured a dance band, two trios, and a guitarist, ending around 2 a.m.
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Cuernavaca
Mex
Merle Oberon
Mexico
Bruno Pagnat
Miss Oberon
United States
Europe
Frank Sinatra
Yul Brynner
Princess Soraya
Shah of Iran
Porfirio Rubirosa
Mararahah Borda
Countess de Souberville
Duchess de Sessa
Peter Garran
Lady Garran
Jewelry Burglary Hits Dallas Home of Oil Executive
Police face a new jewel theft in Dallas possibly by the city’s master thief. Jewelry valued between 312.01 and 16,080 was reported stolen from the home of oil executive Frank Schultz, with six pieces taken while the family was at home. The incident follows a separate 1959 Graf estate theft and another major jewelry burglary in the Dallas Fort Worth area within 24 hours.
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Dallas
Frank Schultz
Schulz
Bruno Graf
Delhi Corp
Dallas- Fest Worth
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
The page lists a jumble of crossword clues with numbers for across and down entries. It features entries such as Nebraska city and January birthstone, plus a mix of cryptic hints and partial words. The garbled text suggests a scanned puzzle with many unreadable segments and misprints.
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Nebraska City
Peer Gynt
Persia
Women's Army Corps
What can defeat me in bridge lessons and play
In a West North East South bidding example, declarer aims for ten tricks but misplays by exposing the hand to a ruff. The key idea is to assess what can beat the contract, particularly the risk East has clubs. A safe duck of the club lead preserves ten tricks if West wins the first two and avoids premature ace play.
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South
West
East
King
Declarer
Res Syndicate, Inc
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Yale
By Bennett Cerf
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The
Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Preston Pendergress
Beulah Mae Jackson
Robert. K. Gilmore
John Wadley
Paul Putman
Corrie Laughlin
P. O
News Desk
By Preston Pendergrase
Sam Dawson
John
James Meifon
Tito Shiepa
Vermont
New England
California Gulch
Leadville
Pittsburgh
U.S
Ory iDeaver
Nan Jones
Central Press
Elizebeth Nellis McCourt
Oshkosh
Wis
Redle
RDA
Washington Report
Fulton Lewis JR
Steiwart
Udall
Sonny Liston
House
Wheeling
Colorado
J. Edgar Chenoweth
Chenoweth
Aten Lennon
North Carolina
Orren Beaty ,Jr
Wrightsville Beach
Lennon
Tration
Roy Linton
Defense Department
Wally Edwards
Chrysler Corp
Edwards
Michigan
Chrysler
Gerry Ford
Department of Defense
Deera Flight
Like
Cain's
Nando Crafts Valley
Telegraph
Droop
Diocesan Center
Yeateeday’s
By B. Jay Becker
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