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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1963
Page
8
The government’s inquiry into steel pricing stirs market nerves and business sentiment, amid wider signs of firm outputs and rising auto and industrial profits. Licenses for grain and wheat exports to Hungary flow to Cargill and Continental Grain, while retail trade shows uneven signs from warm weather.
Report from Washington describes grain dealer schemes linked to Communist Hungary and U S grain programs. It cites Sen Hubert Humphrey and others backing sales to the Communist line, details a $1.7 million defrauding case, and notes Texas officials connected to the Washington inquiry amid allegations of off grade wheat mixing and bribery by Bunge and related parties. The piece mentions Gov. Allan Shivers, E L Thornton, and investigations by Agriculture Subcommittee.
Lone Star Steel Co reports nine month earnings of 71 cents per share after a third quarter net income of 10 dollars. Net sales reached 5,065,007, with a contrast to last year's third quarter loss of 1,421,856. A Soviet grain buyers note appears in the text. A Coast Guard Academy function in New London, Conn involved Treasury officials and spouses on a yacht cruise. MSTS hosted the annual celebration funded by staff contributions.
A noisy, fragmentary clipping describes a young Wall Street figure boasting about suing a former boss for false arrest and defamation while claiming $590 in fees, paid in postage stamps. A Buffalo ad shows a girl seeking a "Girl Friday" with a $300 monthly starting wage amid chaotic chatter.
This article from the Texas Municipal League outlines mid-century local fiscal pressures in the United States. It highlights population growth driving spending, especially in education, and notes rising costs for parks, health, police, sanitation, and high expenditures. It cautions that education and streets consume most local funds and stresses the revenue challenge for cities and school districts nationwide.
Moscow reports the first shipment of Canadian wheat unloaded at the Black Sea port of Odessa. Two more Western freighters, the Messing and Au Tigo Prima, will arrive in Odessa in the next days with about 50,000 tons. Premier Khrushchev announced the USSR was forced to buy wheat in the West due to poor harvests.
It all centers on how you approach a subject in Sparta New York as a theater tour leads Mr and Mrs Lefkovitz in New York for performances. The operator questions spelling as Lefkovitz says I know, but he’s unsure how to spell Sparta.
Washington AP reports James Marlow analyzes Kennedy civil rights and tax cut plans for 1963. Senate filibuster risk, Byrd opposition, and Republican caution threaten a 1983 era program. House delays and committee battles hinder passage as Byrd and Democratic leaders clash.
AUSTIN APIGA reports a sharp drop in Texas September retail sales led by autos furniture and lumber weighing down the total to 31 billion. The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research notes a 10 percent fall from August and a 2 percent drop from September 1962 while nine month sales reach 39.5 billion, 2 percent ahead of 1962. Durable goods sales fall 18 percent from August while nondurable goods slip 3 percent from both August and last September. Major cities show declines from 8 to 12 percent with Fort Worth down 10 percent and Houston down 12 percent.
The page mixes trivia questions on gastronomy and geography with a description of a grand fountain in a city park, noting its bronze jets and night color display. It lists landmarks including a yacht harbor and tennis courts and salutes Elsa Lancaster and Howard Hansen on their birthdays. Harvard College is marked as founded in 1636.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a moment where the disciples aboard a ship worship Jesus and declare him the Son of God, citing a passage from Matthew chapter 14 verse 33.
In a 1955 contest between Great Britain and the United States, North Korstam opened with one notrump, Meredith responded, and a pivotal spade lead set off a sequence. Britain won 46 tricks through precise play, while America’s North-South defense faltered at crucial points. The incident highlighted strategic differences across tables and left Britain ahead by a large margin.
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