Weather control seen as national goal after Betsy damage
Secretary John T. Connor says hurricane Betsy underscores need for a national program to detect track and predict severe weather and to explore weather modification. Plans include a world weather watch with Africa participation and environmental hazard warnings while warnings have improved greatly over the past decade. Weather management could ease droughts floods and wind storms and boost productivity for all sectors.
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Secretary of Commerce
John T. Connor
Louisiana
Commerce Department
Usurpers Repulsed by NYC Newspaper Row Over Automation
The piece argues unions overstepping management prerogatives would cripple press operations. It compares automation bans to archaic printing methods and urges retention of the Right-to-Work provision in Taft-Hartley Act.
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New York City
Agriculture Department
Congress
Trade with communist states grows under Washington policy
Under U.S. policy, trade with communist countries rises with exports from 166 million in 1963 to 339 million in 1964 and imports from 85 million to 100 million. Cuba and several nations remain embargoed while non strategic goods flow under general licenses. The piece argues broader policy lacks coordination and questions the national interest of such trade as Soviet imports and aid to Viet Nam continue to exact costs.
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United States
Cuba
Red China
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Albania
East Germany
Moscow
U. S
South
Viet Nam
Korea
Paris fashions add musical buttons to coats and dresses
Paris reports couturiers will install musical buttons on ladies coats and dresses next season. A touch of the button plays current hits, ensuring outfits stay fashionable only as long as the tunes. Mothers may soon tire of last year’s smash sound.
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Paris
Couturiers
Mama
GOP recovery doubts cloud 1966 election outlook
Washington report notes Republicans split over a potential automatic bounce in 1966. Nixon predicts a 40 seat gain, while Chafee and Morton urge caution amid deep party fatigue and Goldwater’s enduring influence. Democratic gains may blunt GOP recovery despite freshman Democrats’ resilience.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Enterprise Assn
Richard M. Nixon
U.S. House
Rhode Island
John Chafee
Kentucky
Thurston Morton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Johnson
John Bailey
Congress
Boyle's Column Those were days that were
HAL BOYLE looks back at the 1920s recalling small town joys and simple pleasures. He notes fashion, food, toys, and habits, from roadsters costing 260 dollars in 1925 to dances like the Charleston and the rise of vaudeville. He paints a nostalgic mosaic of childhood and adulthood milestones.
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Donald Stokes
University of Michigan Survey Research Center
Charleston
West Texas buyer aims to seize CBS via proxy fight
David Dye, a West Texas businessman, pledges to recruit thousands of CBS shareholders to gain control of the network over alleged violence and sensational content. He has started Medias Unlimited Inc and says SEC oversight will guide actions while CBS stockholders meet in April. Dye notes CBS owners hold 2.8 million shares, about 14 percent.
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Paul Harvey
CBS
David Dye
Dye
West Texas
SEC
CBS Goliath
Lubbock
Texas
Yankee Stadium
Medias Unlimited, Inc
Farflung T.V
FCC
William S. Paley
Leon Levy
Dear Mrs. Lawrence Advice on teaching a child to live within income
Muriel Lawrence counsels a mother facing a 15 cent debt her 8-year-old incurred by borrowing from a neighbor. She suggests firm refusal to repay and proposes a revised allowance plan such as 35 cents weekly with 15 cents carried over to midweek. She warns against bribery and stresses teaching self discipline. The essay argues against enabling the borrowing habit and emphasizes parental guidance. A separate Hollywood note profiles Jill Ireland, her move from Mrs. David McCallum to acting independently and balancing career with family.
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Jill Ireland
MGM
Jill Pooh
J. Arthur Rank
David McCallum
Editorial Letter Kritiques Saco Tax Meeting Proposal
Francis D. Chapin objects to a proposed public meeting with the Saco City Council, Assessors, and Taxpayers Association. He argues the gathering would resemble blackmail rather than a productive tax discussion and urges officials to welcome constructive criticism for fair taxation.
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Saco
Saco Taxpayers Association
Francis D. Chapin
Steel industry weighs eight months of labor talks
AP analyzes the eight month steel labor settlement. Higher production costs contrast with record output and profits. Buyers built inventories causing a drop in new orders, while mills pursue modernization to cut costs and face foreign competition.
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AP Business News
NEW York
White House
Biddeford Maine Daily Newspaper Directory Record
The sfevd Gace Journal circulated in Biddeford Maine lists W Paul Casavant as publisher and E P Ingalls as managing editor. It notes subscription rates of 1 month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00 and that the paper is a member of the Associated Press.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
AP News
Steel firms brace for lean period as output lags and demand shifts
Industry leaders warn a forthcoming decline in production will reduce work for steelworkers. They cite customers seeking cheaper foreign steel or domestic substitutes while new mills and techniques promise longer term prosperity.
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