Last of instrument makers fears art will die out
In Canton, Ohio, Herman Matheny, an 80-year-old craftsman from Uniontown, preserves medieval instruments. He has built 35 reproductions like the psaltery and dulcimers, donated a psaltery valued at 15000 to the Smithsonian, and now works on a 13th century bellows organ. He laments no children to carry on the trade.
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War Rumors Move Stocks Amid Tax and Wage Talks
AP Business News Analyst notes that Viet Nam era rumors of higher military spending boosted stock prices, while talk of tax increases and wage price controls spurred declines. The Korean conflict showed stronger effects from profits taxes and controls, with profits rising mainly from higher output and volume despite limits.
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Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
Controls and War Time Business Grumbling Discussed
The piece notes wartime business controls in Korea era tending toward persuasion rather than law. It cites limited antiwar talk until late in the conflict and stock traders focusing on earnings and corporate tax impact more than price controls. Public grumbling grows as Congress has yet to pass binding legislation.
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Inflation fears and corporate profit pressures in 1966 economy
A Garden section note from March 29, 1966 discusses how price rises are being resisted by some industries to protect profits. It notes stock market caution about potentially tighter profit margins and the impact of possible tax increases on the economic boom, despite assurances from Washington.
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Washington
Two Questioned In Slay Case In Kansas City Kan
Police questioned two men about the murder of 27 year old divorcee Geraldine Grauer who disappeared Saturday while walking to work in Kansas City Missouri. Her body was found behind a vacant house in Kansas City Kansas Sunday evening. One man, Bruce Junior Quinn, 26, was jailed on an unrelated rape charge in Missouri.
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Wit- Ncosses
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Yourder
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Mrs. Grauer
Power Failure Fails to Halt Alaska Legislature Work
In Juneau Alaska lawmakers labored by candlelight and battery lanterns for an hour and a half after a snowslide cut power to the Capitol. House Speaker Mike Gravel offered the opening prayer amid the outage asking for light to do the work.
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Alaska
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Mike Gravel
Anchorage
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