New Car Sales Hope Boosts Retail Outlook
New York reports optimism that upcoming auto models could lift retail sales in the second half of 1962. Dealers expect a 5 percent gain over last year as consumers show money and willingness to spend, while experts call for improved seasonal adjustments and a weather index to better reflect actual conditions.
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New York
ATA
Deners
Washington
Commerce Cement
Atlas
Fle Ai Merohids Association
Department of Commerce
New York University
William C. Freund
Robert A. Kavesh
U.S. Weather Bureau
Scotland Yard enters Soblen spy case
Scotland Yard nears charges as investigation into fugitive Robert A Soblen's overdose death progresses. Soblen died in a British hospital five days after taking harbiturates while en route from Brixet Prison to New York. Autopsy planned. disposition of the body rests with his wife Gina Soblen.
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London
Scotland Yard
Robert A. Soblen
Soblen
United States
New York
Decline Blamed on Bauxite Output
The Federal Bureau of Mines cites reduced bauxite production as a major factor in Arkansas mineral output dropping by six percent since 1960. The agency reports a $148,469,000 value for mineral output, below the 1950 peak of $158,800,000, and notes declines across clays, cement, sand and gravel, limestone, natural gas, and petrostone.
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Little Rock
Federal Bureau of Mines
Editor Attacks U S Farm Policies At Arkansas Meeting
Tom Anderson of Nashville editor of Farm and Ranch Magazine, a Kennedy critic, brands farm problems as a political football and argues against socialized agriculture. Frank G La Prade of Martinsville, Virginia, updates on Telstar and communications progress as the convention nears its close and officers are to be elected.
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Tom Anderson
Nashville
Tenn
Farm and Ranch Magazine
Kennedy
Arkansas Telephone Association
Pe Ifteln
Not Springs
Ark
Ameér
Lica
Washington
America
Frank G. LaPrade
United States Independent Telephone Association
Telstar
LaPrade
Martinsville
Arkansans in Life magazine Take Over Generation feature
Two Arkansans are highlighted in Life magazine. Mrs. Byron W. House of Little Rock chairs the Women’s Emergency Committee for Public Schools, and Wiley Branton of Pine Bluff, a Black lawyer, directs the Voter Education Program for the Southern Regional Council in Atlanta. Branton is listed among the Red Hot Hundred. Both reflect young leaders profiled alongside scientists and professionals.
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Little Rock
Life Magazine
Byron W. House
Ehtle Rock
Women's Emergency Committee For Public Schools
Wiley Branton
Yer
Pine Bluff
Branton
Southern Regional Council
Atlanta
United States
House
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