Lord Thomson aims to own more papers in the United States
Roy Thomson, 70, head of a vast empire owning 124 newspapers and many magazines and TV interests, says he is negotiating for 19 more papers in the United States and plans to grow wealth further between 70 and 75. He rose from a Toronto barber family to peerage and global publisher.
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Lord Thomson
United States
Council Bluffs
Toronto
Thomson Today
Atlantic
Scotland
The
Scotsman
Britain
Scottish TV
Roy Thomson
London
Lord Kemsley
Sunday Times
Canada
Thomson
Thomson House
Kemskey
Soviet Union
Russia
AP Newa
Sukarno Expands Cabinet to Eighty Four Members
In Jakarta AP reports President Sukarno adds seven ministers, boosting the cabinet to 84. He splits the public works and power ministry into five posts, elevates Suprajogi, and names a minister to assist him. The seventh new minister joins agriculture and agrarian reform to improve administration efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakarta
Sukarno
Prerks and Power
Gen. Suprajogi
Suprajogi
Department of Agriculture
Earth pictures may help explain Martian canals
NASA says the Gemini 4 mission may shed light on Mars canals and Moon rills. White's Earth photos of Sahara dunes aim to clarify Martian features, lunar rifts, and cloud patterns seen by Tiros satellites, while aiding continental drift theories and global resource understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
Earth
Mars
Moon
White
Sahara Desert
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Mariner 4
Mozambique
Moor
Tiros
Globe
Lock Your Car Reminders Reach More Iowa Drivers
The "lock your car" education project expands from Cedar Rapids to other Iowa cities with 30,000 reminder flyers. Cedar Rapids Association of Independent Insurance Agents members include the flyers in mailings and distribute them around the city. The program highlights that most thefts involve teens and keys left in cars, and Davenport and other cities have begun similar efforts.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Tom Donovan
Donovan
R. F. Smis
Iowa Assn. of
Davenport
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North Bay
Ontario
Timmins
Khrushchev
Pye
Audrey
Linda
China
Joseph L. Myler
Turkey
Coe
Northwestern Bell
Parker
Smulekoff
Paul Revere
Ronson
Ation
Bulova
Woerderkoff's
New Rocere’s
Woerderhoff
Third Avenue
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