U S Industry Tries Again To Set Pace
Foreign competition spurs U S industries to reclaim pace setting roles with federal help and new tax rules. Steel makers install oxygen furnaces, cut costs, and expand near Chicago to shorten shipments. Kaiser and Bethlehem push mechanization and worker retraining. New depreciation rules and a 7 percent equipment allowance assist gains.
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U.S
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
Europe
Japan
Midwest
Kaiser Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Chicago
No Fat Zero For Goldwater
Arizona senator Barry Goldwater announced he would not seek the 1984 Republican vice presidential nomination saying he did not want to be a big fat zero. He praised the Senate while commenting on Kennedy and Johnson and warned against nominating candidates with conflicting views. An additional note mentions automatic elevators replacing 40,000 NYC elevator operators over 15 years.
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Senate
Phoenix Press Club
Goldwater
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bigger and Better Height Trends Across Generations
The piece cites a 19th century English physician noting a factory child at age 9 now weighs as much as a 10 year old did in 1833, with each generation gaining about one year in 40. Across Western Europe, the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and even Japan, adults are taller than earlier cohorts though gains are strongest before adolescence.
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United States
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Japan
Three Senators Are Appointed Topeka
Gov John Anderson appointed three state senators to fill vacancies from resignations. Keith Sebelius of Norton and J Harnt Voss of Downs, both Republicans, will fill terms of Ryan and Roberts. Ted Saar Jr of Pittsburg, a Democrat, fills Doty’s seat. All were selected by precinct committeemen of the outgoing party. Terms expire January 12, 1965.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Keith G. Sebelius
Norton
William B. Ryan
J. Harnt Voss
Downs
C. L. Roberts
Russell
Ted D. Saar Jr
Pittsburg
F. C. Doty
Life Begins at Forty Success OffTimes Follows Crisis
A 46 year old fired from an office equipment job becomes a self made millionaire in ten years. F. Lloyd Wassell, head of a firm with 17 grandchildren, built ProducTrol to chart labor time and materials. His success grew through wartime demand and a factory now offers 16 tools to about 30,000 firms. He loves his work and rejects early retirement.
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F. Lloyd Wassell
Wassells
Wassell
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