Auto Makers Order Cuts Prompt 80,000 Layoffs
DETROIT AP reports production cuts by American Motors and Ford will idle about 90,000 auto workers nationwide to reduce unsold 1961 models. Wisconsin plants to shed 20,000 next week. Ford to lay off about 135,000 across Dearborn Kansas City and St Louis with possible engine plant cuts in Cleveland and Lima.
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Amerigan Motors Corp
Wisconsina
Ward
Ford
Dearborn
Kansas City
St. Louis
Tr Ley
Cleveland
Lima
Jonis
Michigan
General Motors
Buick Assembly
Fishee
Flints
Ondac
Pontiac
Fisher Body
Oldsmobile
Lansing
Buick
Pontiay
Wikington
Del
Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga., Kansas City, Mo, Arlington, Texas, Glinden
Los Angeles
Atest
Chrysler
Wagner
Claycomo
Gary
Ind
Budd Co
New York Governor Acts On Corruption Charges
New York Governor Rockefeller responded to Mayor Wagner’s corruption charges by defending state agencies and vowing zero tolerance. Wagner cited issues in the Motor Vehicles Bureau, State Rent Commission, State Liquor Authority, and Public Works, while Rockefeller noted ongoing investigations led by Attorney General Lefkowitz and said most matters predated his term. The piece also links GM layoff plans and industry inventory amid regional plant shutdowns.
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Apt
Nolennyfi Ta. Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
F Rockefeller
Motor Vehicles Bureau
State Rent Commission
State Liquor Authority
State Department At
Public Works
Rockefeller
Govsemor
Ielter
Motor’ Vehicles Bureau
Blair Atty
Louis Lefkowitz
Jan Ureau
Rockefelier
Harriman
Longsland
New York City
Weather Corner: Warmer Weather Forecast for Southern Alamedas
Forecasters expect fair conditions and rising temperatures in Southern Alamedas County tonight and tomorrow with sunny skies through Monday across California. Only far Northern California may see showers. Tonight's low near 41 and tomorrow's high forecast by Maynard.
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Alamedas County
California
Maynard
Statewide Weather Forecast Focuses On Sunshine Then Showers
A statewide forecast shows Northern and Central California mostly fair tonight and Sunday with chances of new showers in the extreme north and coastal fog in some valleys and counties. Bay Area and Sacramento Valley expect fair conditions with early fog, highs 58 to 65, lows 37 to 44, and scattered light showers in higher elevations like Mt Shasta and the Sierra Nevada foothills.
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Califoria
Central Valley
Coast Valley
San Francisco Bay Area
Sacramento Valley
Mt Shasta Siskiyou
Bierra Nevada
Salinas Valley
Sala Maria
San Luis Obispo
Spnia Mare Valley
Livermore Valley
Monterey Bay Area
Weather snapshot with mixed city conditions and numbers
A fragmented weather list shows multiple cities with conditions such as cloudy snow clear and rain. Numbers and stray city fragments mix in, including California entries like Bakersfield and Oakland with high and low readings interspersed.
Tide Tables Note on High Tide and Low Water
Fragmentary weather and tide notes appear with times and figures. Mentions high tide, low water, and reference to figures like 8:32. Content is garbled and partial with names unclear.
Brown Defends Tax Cuts While Attacking Proposals
California Governor Brown denounces state tax cut proposals as irresponsible while vowing a tightly balanced 52.6 billion budget. He credits publishers for impartial reporting in the recent campaign and urges continued press independence as he plans a rotating display of historic California newspapers in his Capitol office.
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San Francisco
California
Brown
Piblishers’ Association Publishers
Nixon
Isaiel
Capitol
Daily Review front page garble highlights local confusion
Fragmentary OCR text shows The Daily Review with misprints and scattered names. Mentions Hayward California offices, subscription rates, publication details, and several broken proper nouns, suggesting a damaged local newspaper blurb rather than a coherent story.
Chico Publisher Becomes CNPA President at Annual Convention
Bramwell, publisher of the Chico Enterprise Record, elected president of the California Newspaper Publishers Association at the closing of the annual convention. He succeeds Stanley F. J. Wakefield of the Oakdale Leader. Ralph H. Turner named first vice president of the 600-member group. Harry Green second vice president. Jack Cracker chosen secretary. long slate elected to the board of directors including A. Burley, Francis M. CislinI, Gerald T. Dei, Max Goodwin, and many others from presses across California.
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API
Bramwell
Chico¢ Enterprise Record
California
Jack Cracker
San Rafael Independent Journal
Measurer
A. Burley
Menlo Park Recorder & Ganette
Francis M. Cis’lini
Suinas Californian
Gerald T. Dei
Los Angeles
Max Goodwin
Lemon Grove
Tirviews
George Grimes
Oxnard Press
James K Guthrie
Fatal Steer Dispute Lands Man in Jail
In Ukiah California a mill worker is jailed on suspicion of killing Theobald A Bedeaux 34 after a quarrel over shooting a steer mistaken for a deer Theobald A Bedeaux and Carroll B Powers 32 hunted together Powers says Bedeaux drew a knife and advanced shouting for the steer Sheriff Bartolomie says Powers fired a pistol during the night hunt Powers to be arraigned Monday
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Ukiah
Calif
Theobald A. 3Edeaux
Carroll B. Powers
Bedeaux
Powers
Reno Bartoomie
Bartolomie Qian Powlers
Utah Seeks Missing Light Plane In Snowstorm Flight
In northern Utah a search was mounted for missing light plane pilot William D. Kelley Sre technical director of Thiokol Instrument Co of Cumberland Md. Kelley aged about 34 attended American Rocket Society sessions in Utah this week and took off from Salt Lake City airport around midnight Thursday headed north into a snowstorm. His last radio report had him four miles west of Brigham City and about miles north of Salt Lake. Kelley had been quality control manager for Thiokol Chemical plant in Brigham City until about four years ago.
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Utah
William D. Kelley
Allegany Instrument Co
Cumberland
Mad
Kelley
American Rocket Society
Salt Lake City
Brigham City
Here
Kellay
Phiakol Chemical Prp
Thiokol
Symposium Speaker Warns of Youth Physical Decline
Oakland hosts a California Chiropractic Association symposium on Harare Month with Carl Kueter of the National Chiropractic Association arguing Americans, especially youths, lag Europe in fitness. He cites Kraus Weber results showing 57 percent of U.S. children fail minimum strength tests versus 8.7 percent in Europe and notes Oregon and California schools report training and testing efforts and a 3? percent failure rate. He urges physical training, diet, and posture correction to reverse declining fitness.
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Memmbers
California Chiropractic Assn
Leamington
Carl Kuetter
Natonal Chiropractic Assa
President's Fitness of Youth Council
Europe
Kuel- Nor
University of Oregon
California
Fomona College
Kuelfer
Remains Salazar foe Galvao seeks asylum in Brazil
Capt. Enrique Galvao, after surrendering the cruise ship Santa Maria to Brazilian forces, seeks asylum in Recife and vows to continue opposing Portugal's Salazar. The ship, with 600 passengers and 368 crew, was handed to Portuguese authorities. Americans aboard begin plans to return home. Galvao claims the ship and rights to it remain his.
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Enrique Galvao
Portugal
Antonin de Oliveira Salazar
Galway
Santa Maria
Tater
Galvao
Janio Quad| Vos
Colonial Navigation Co
Quadros
Galvan
Maria Simoes Mula
Galyvab
Caribbean
Salvae
Recife
Lisbon
Florida
Atlantic
Orp
Sao. Pail
Himaberin del Jgado
Pools Cay
Adm
Diag Fernandes
Fernandez
Galvae
Almanac Today February 4 1961 events notes
Almanac Today for February 4 notes historic events including Washington’s 1789 electors, Mark Hopkins birth in 1802, the 1861 formation of the Confederate States, Adolf Titler rise in 1938, and Ceylon becoming a Dominion in 1948. It also lists planetoid Mercury and Mars visible, plus a thought from Gertrude Atherton.
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Vents
Mars
George Washington
John Adwns
Confederate States of America
Adolf Titler
Gertrude Atherton
Chuckles In The News. divorce suit filed by Knoxvill e man
Charles Manex age 80 filed for divorce from his 66 year old wife after three months of marriage claiming she is extremely jealous. In London an American tourist learns Old Bailey is London's criminal court rather than a Shakespearean theater after a hotel lobby laugh disrupts his visit. Sinclair Oil Co. arranged quick repairs after the Sinclair building sign burned out, with the sign reading Site Six.
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UPI
Charles Manex
London
Savoy Hotel
Old Bailey
Criminal Court
Tulsa
Oklo
Sinclair Oil Co
Sinclair
Big Push On JFK Bill To Extend Jobless Benefits
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg backs a measure to extend unemployment benefits up to 13 weeks and extend aid to children of unemployed parents. House Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur D. Mills will introduce the plan along with a companion measure. President Kennedy and Goldberg will urge congressional support as hearings begin in February. The plan projects a $950 million cost with a payroll tax increase from 3 percent to 4.8 percent to fund state programs and repay state indebtedness within five years.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
Wilbup D. Mills
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Ways and Means Committee
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Goldberg
Congress
Wallington
Tao Kent Mills
Nedyt
Fed
Mondsy
Senate
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Mansfield
Montana
Isenate
Iliow
Ships Collide In Snowstorm Near New York Harbor
In a Friday night collision 14 miles from Ambrose Light outside New York Harbor, the passenger Nassau and the Norwegian freighter Bratt collided in a snowstorm. No injuries were reported and both vessels returned to their course under their own power. The Coast Guard and Tamaroa cutter assisted, with damage noted to Nassau but no severe harm to crew or passengers. Interment set for next Sunday at a local cemetery.
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Jiner Nassau
Bratt
New York Harbor
Ambrose Lightee
Hewrigues
Thirble Ave
Sen
Nassau
Robert, Keane
Remrunee
Ulla Erna Manteco
Coca Viera
Harvard
Atery Gonsalver
Nassaul
Iin
Cotlsy
Mia
Nia
Itary
Enos
Hollitter
Nasstu'a
Indtes
Coast Guard
Liaubel
Visely Mars
Heiriksens Rederi
Oslo
Aim
Road Funds To Cut Calif. Jobless Toll
SACRAMENTO AP Governor Brown announced federal highway spending will boost California's anti-recession efforts by 58 million, released early to states. State unemployment rose since January to 6.1 percent, with benefits funding dwindling as jobless claims rise. The quickened highway construction aim to curb losses, while 30 million in state school loans and grants were signed into law.
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Californa
Brown
State Department of Employment
California
Actin
Department of Employment
California Resort To Host Dwight D. Eisenhower Visit
Palm Desert preparations for an Eisenhower visit as the former president departs Pennsylvania for California early Monday. Mamie Eisenhower will join in a Palm Springs area vacation at Eldorado Country Club home on the golf course. Christian Herter has reservations at La Quinta Hotel, timing unclear, with a February stay starting later in the month.
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Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
California
Palm Springs
Eldorado Country Club
Tke
Mamie
Palny Springs
Ar Ceall
Allen T. Poulson
Resada
Christian Hérler
Starling
la Quinta Hotel
New Ruy
Seven Die in Osaka Fire Disaster in Japan
A Tokyo AP report states a major fire destroyed a building in Osaka City, killing seven people and seriously injuring several others. The blaze caused extensive damage and prompted firefighting crews to battle the flames for hours. Local authorities are investigating the cause.
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Tokyo
Osaka
Keating
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