Life Is Drab One for Most People in Communist Russia
Preston Grover AP Moscow reports on life in the USSR in four installments. He notes consumer goods are common yet shoddy, prices are high, divorce courts are simple, housing is crowded, and religious holidays fade while new state promoted rituals appear.
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Communist
Russia
Botroe
Preston Grover
Associated Press
Moscow
U.S.S.R
United States
Communist Party
Nigeria to place steel plants in Idah and Onitsha
Nigeria outlines a six year plan to locate iron and steel facilities in Idah in the north and Onitsha in the east as part of regional development. Ore exploration continues in the west for a potential third mill.
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Nigeria
Idah
Onitsha
Job Scramble Is Rough One
The job market worsens for some as teens and adults seek summer work. While nearly 72 million Americans are employed, unemployment rises by 1.1 million in June to 4.7 million as more workers enter the labor force. Adults over 20 show a troubling rise in jobless rates to 4.0 percent, while adult women edge up to 5.1 percent.
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America
Khrushchev
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Labor Department
Washington
Army reservist recalls erasure initials directive sequence
In Wichita an unnamed Army reservist testifies that his unit commander was ordered to initial erasures on official papers. A second order countered this, a third reinstated erasure initials, and a final document demanded erasing the initials and initialing the erasure. The item ends with a tainted Telegram Want Ads line.
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Wichita
Commodore Perry Arrived in Japan On This Date
On this date in 1853 Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Japan signaling opening of relations. The note recalls other historical markers including King's College becoming Columbia, Conan Doyle’s death in 1930, Truman’s 1945 Potsdam trip, and Eisenhower’s 1958 Alaska statehood bill.
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Associated Press
King's College
New York City
Samuel Johnson
Columbia College
Columbia University
Commodore Matthew
Galbraith Perry
Japan
Arthur Conan Doyle
Harry S. Truman
Norfolk
Potsdam
Germany
Dwight K. Eisenhower
Alaska
Air Force
Kansas
Garden City Telegram July 7 1964 Pilot Killed In City Crash
City reports the pilot and three people on the ground were killed in a July 7 1964 incident. Earlier government actions include the State Department travel limits on Hungarian diplomats and a 1963-64 citation in space and military affairs. A separate 1963 crash near Willow Grove PA killed seven. the pilot survived. NASA employs about 30000 civil servants, 10000 of them scientists and engineers.
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Washington
U.S
U.S. Marine Corps
Willow Grove
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