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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1964
Page
8
In New York Damita Jo is tipped as a potential heir to Ella Fitzgerald’s throne. The singer notes the need to balance jazz with broader appeal to reach larger clubs, television, and film opportunities while pursuing a high musical standard.
The 1963 stock market rise followed Kennedy's tax cut proposal and was driven by expectations of an across the board cut. Corporate profits reached a record, dividends rose among giants like GM and IBM, and AT&T paid $1.2 billion in dividends next year. The year saw volatility from the Haupt incident and Kennedy's assassination, with the NYSE shoring up Haupt’s customers during orderly liquidation. The Dow reached a peak near 738, and markets recovered after late November shocks before the three-day mourning shutdown.
CHICAGO AP Americans are spending more time seated, a Futomian Manufacturing study finds. By age 70, about 37 years are spent sitting, up from 31 in a prior generation, with active workers averaging 28 years seated versus 23 previously.
Two American children Bruce Tucker age 2 and Colleen Tucker age 1 were killed in an auto accident near Toul France. Their mother Mrs Billy F Tucker 22 was injured and in fair condition at Toul Hospital. The car skidded on ice near Toul Rosieres Air Base according to U S Air Force officials.
Evelyn Lincoln said she will preserve all Kennedy papers from his senate and presidency. The collection will go to the $6 million John F Kennedy Memorial Library at Harvard, later handed to the U.S. government via the National Archives. Lincoln described a vast, ongoing sorting task with hundreds or thousands of items, including the White House rocking chair.
Federal and corporate leaders anticipate higher spending this year fueled by optimism in the economy yet pledge restraint to avoid excess. They expect rising prices on some materials and plan to pass more costs to customers instead of absorbing them. Corporate finance officers cite new methods reducing the need to stockpile, as 1,000 purchasing executives weigh their options.
Florissant police issue theater tickets as a driving courtesy, a program developed by the local Junior Chamber of Commerce. The officer’s warning becomes a souvenir when the theater cancels the ticket, reflecting community outreach in traffic stops.
Michigan Governor George Romney faces a mixed political arc as he charts national prospects while weighing re election. He touts the State Constitution adoption as a major achievement despite a Republican legislature's failure on fiscal reform and a controversial income tax proposal.
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