Solon Used CCC as Step For Future
Washington report recounts how Civilian Conservation Corps shaped Edward R. Roybal, Los Angeles activist and future congressman. He recalls Camp Buckeye in Sequoia National Park, rough life, road work, fire breaks, and the financial oddities of wartime pay, noting the CCC gave him purpose, education access, and a path to public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey Gould
Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Uip
Edward R. Roybal
Calif
Los Angeles
Johnson
Roosevelt
C's
Roy Gal
Roybal
University of California
Southwestern University
City Council
Agress
Camp Buckeye
Sequoia National
Wirtz Urges Youth Corps on Local Level
Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz told 800 municipal leaders at the American Municipal Association convention that mayors should form home-town youth corps under the antipoverty bill. He said within days after passage the federal government would help recruit 150,000 unemployed youths ages 16 to 21 for training and placement, noting about 1.2 million youths are unemployed. The next move is up to you.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Willard Wirtz
American Municipal Association
Wirtz
Cape Cod Canal Opens in 1914 Aids War Convoys
On this day in 1914 the Cape Cod Canal opened to traffic providing an inland route for North Atlantic convoys and saving lives in World War I. Also noted are births, transports, and political milestones from 1883 to recent events.
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Associated Press
Cape Cod Canal
North Atlantic
Benito Mussolini
New York
San Francisco
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Sea of Gali
Destroyer Renamed For Late Naval Chief
The guided missile destroyer Biddle, once chosen for a multinational crew test, was renamed USS Claude V. Ricketts in honor of the late chief of naval operations. The Ricketts carries a multinational crew as part of moves toward a mixed crew nuclear fleet within NATO.
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Norfolk, Va
Biddle
Claude V. Ricketts
Naval Operations
Ricketts
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Machine Tool Orders Soar With Strong June Demand
AP reports a surge in machine tool orders and rising backlogs signaling broad expansion plans. June new orders hit 160.9 million, highest in eight years, with first half of 1964 nearly double 1963. Backlogs lengthen delivery times and spur cautious new purchases for modernization. Department of Commerce pegs 1964 flow to new plants and equipment at 44 billion dollars.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
National Machine Tool Building Association
Department of Commerce
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Solon
Garden City Telegram
Lindsay
Stumbe
Lindsay Water Conditioner Service
N. It
Wirtz Uraes Youth Corps
Jimmy Hatle
Roughhouse
Rosinpants
Yay
Rosin
Dicate, Inc
World
Dik
Cape Cod
Russia
Naval Chief
Sears
Machine Tool
Finnup Park
Phil van Doren
Garden City
Kas
Sears Finest Co
Nso
Ares
Save
Anna
Rttree Guarantee
Gears
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