Even Stockyard Succumbing To Automation
Fort Worth AP describes how the Fort Worth stockyards increasingly use closed circuit TV and motorbikes to move cattle through the yard. Manager John Lewis notes time savings and reduced wear on workers as horses become less practical while televised auctions speed transactions to about 110 an hour. Rex Bowers quips on dressing the part for top status.
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Fort Worth
Tex
John Lewis
Lewis
Elmo Klingenberg
Rex Bowers
Consumer Food Budget to Hold Share in 1965
In Illinois Marilyn Dunsing notes Americans will spend more on food in 1965 but a smaller share of after tax dollars. She says 1964 saw 18 percent of disposable income go to food, a record low, with another 18 percent projected for this year as incomes rise and food costs increase only slightly.
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Wvebana
Ill
Marilyn Dunsing
University of Illinois
Churchill Draft of Atlantic Charter at New York World’s Fair
Winston Churchill the Atlantic Charter draft is among items shown in the People to People Tribute to Churchill Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. The display highlights Churchill’s life and wartime leadership for visitors.
Italian Emigrant Fulfills 52 Year Promise Shoes Return
Treviso Italy Edoardo Guain 76 travels back to his hometown after 52 years to give his younger brother Luigi a promised pair of shoes. Edoardo left in 1913 at age 24 worked bricklaying and steel in Monessen PA opened a restaurant in Arnold PA.
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Treviso
Italy
Edoardo Guain
Luigi Guain
Edoardo
Venice
United States
Luigi
Monessen
Arnold, Pa
Edoardo Guaii
Michelangelo
Genoa
Monastier di Treviso
San Giacomo Carbonera
Eduardo
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