British Whiz Kid John Bloom’s Fall From Fortune
The British entrepreneur John Bloom rose from a £35 weekly clerk to a multi millionaire with Rolls Razor and other ventures. Shares collapsed from 47 shillings to one shilling, Rolls Razor liquidated, Bloom resigns, and Parliament calls for inquiry. Anne Bloom remains by his side as the story unfolds.
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John Bloom
Britain
Hobbs U S International N
UPI
Holland
Bloom
Rolls Razor Co
Monte Carlo
Royal Air Force
Beatles
David
London Daily Mirror
Anne
Pool wagers at Warner Bros set for The Great Race set
On the Warner soundstage the actors Jack Lemmon Tony Curtis and Peter Falk pool bet between takes. Falk wins fifty cents from each co star as Curtis and Lemmon race carts to their dressing rooms. Lunch with director Blake Edwards and producer Martin Jurow precedes a light political bet exchange.
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Warner Tres
Jack Lemmon
Tony Curtis
Peter Falk
Curtis
Lemmon
Falk
Tony
Blake Edwards
Martin Jurow
Edwards
Mansfield blasts foreign press over Goldwater framing
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield accused the foreign press of trying to prod the American people into voting against Senator Barry Goldwater with panicky and tabloid styling. He urged that the American people alone will decide who the next president will be.
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Washington
UPN
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Foreign Press
Barry Goldwater
Mansfield
Almanac for Sunday August second 1964 historical notes
Almanac item lists date details the 1964 calendar as day 215 with 151 left moon phases and evening star Saturn. It recalls 1914 Russia invades Germany and Belgium neutrality. 1923 Harding dies. 1934 Hitler proclaims absolute dictatorship. 1939 Einstein letter to Roosevelt on atomic research. Eisenhower quotation on burden of freedom.
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United Press International
Saturn
Venus
Mars
Russia
Germany
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Warren G. Harding
San Francisco
Alaska
Adolf Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
Albert Einstein
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Drought Worsens Across Texas Plains and Cities
The drought extends across West and East Texas with scant rainfall since 1913 records. Cities like Tyler Wichita Falls and Dallas face water shortages and high demand. Cattle feed is scarce and hay crops are short as farmers sell stock to cope. Weather officials urge rain to renew pastures and water supplies.
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Slaton
South Plains
Kitten
Weather Bureau
Lubbock
East Texas
West Texas
Tyler
Texas
Wichita Falls
High Plains
Post
Spur
Quanah
Abernathy
Nacogdoches
Regional Weather Bureau
Greater Southwest
Dallas
Fort Worth
H. A. Weatherby Jr
Stephenville
Drst
Texas Department of Agriculture
Cross Timbers
Dow Jones Averages Weekly Range and Averages
The weekly report covers the Dow Jones averages for the week ended August 1, 1964. It lists range highs and weekly figures for the 30 Industrials, 20 Rails, and 15 Utilities indices, plus the 65 Stocks and 40 Bonds and Commodities averages with specified highs and weekly totals.
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Dow Jones
Indus
Miss Greece Wins Miss Universe Title Sparks Turkey Walkout
Miss Greece Kiria Tsopei, 20, from Athens, wins Miss Universe before a CBS audience in Miami Beach. Miss Turkey, Duran, storms off stage in protest amid Greece Turkey tensions. Runners up include Miss England Brenda Blackler and contestants from Israel, Sweden, and Free China.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Miss Greece
Athens
Turkey
England
Israel
Sweden
Free China
Kiriaki Tsopei
CBS
Anci Duran
Greece
Brenda Blackler
London
Ronit Rinat
Haifa
Marta Aberg
Gable
Lana Yi
Granbury airmen showcase marksman and recovery squad
In Childress the 9410th AFRRS squadron, led by Lt. Col. James V. Ragsdale, demonstrated emergency air force recovery capability during a two week event. Sgt Ernest Lane posted 294 of 300 with an M-1 carbine and Capt William Page led all shooters with 267. Maj Walter Lockhoof aided as executive officer. The piece also notes a beauty pageant winner, Miss Tsopei, with details on her measurements and ancestry.
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Ernest C. Lane
Childress
William L. Page
Wichita Falls
United States Air Force
9410Th Afrrs
James V. Ragsdale
United States
Walter Lockhoof
Explosions Hit Ditzler Paint Plant Injure Eight
A violent blast and ensuing fire at the Ditzler Paint Co. plant in Detroit injured about eight spectators. The plant on the northwest side was destroyed and authorities investigated the cause of the explosion.
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Detroit
UPI
Ditzler Paint Co
Northwest
Los Angeles
Pacific Ocean
International Airport
Cape Kennedy
United States
Goldwater Addresses Pacifism and Nuclear Threats
Barry Goldwater argued that bombs cannot stamp out communism and urged stronger ideas to prevail. He warned against unilateral disarmament and praised the Organization of American States as a peace factor, then vacationed at Balboa Bay with his family after the speech.
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Goldwater
United States
Organization of American States
Balboa Bay
California
Classifieds Get Results
The Childress Index reports classifieds compiled by Morris Higley and staff. Consolidated with the Childress Post on April 1 1930 and published daily afternoons with Sunday morning editions.
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Morris Higley
Tom C Higley
E. J. Huddleston
Hal C. Hiller
Marie King
Glen Stiner
Childress Post
Childress
Texas
Childress Index
Texas Press Association
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South Viet Nam
Hollywood
America
Dr Pepper Company
Dallas, Texas
the Almanac
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Weatherby
Penneys
Leland Duckworth
W. J. Copeland, Jr
Penney
Miss
Granbury
Johnson
Georges Tsopei
Action 11
Leda Maria Vargas
Brazil
Miss Tsopei
Miami Convention Hall
the Childress Index, Inc
Main Street
Childee
Eeef
Atkins Dry Goods
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