Western Experts Staggered By Soviet Automation Pace
Western visitors after touring the Soviet Institute of Automation and Telemechany said the Soviets are far ahead in self-optimizing systems and pneumatic computing devices. They noted leapfrog tech, with self-correcting controls in steel mills and radio transmitter power management, and praised reliability and safety in chemical plants.
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Post-Tribune
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West
Capitalism Creeping Into Soviet Economy
An editorial report from Moscow analyzes creeping capitalism in the Soviet Union as middle class demand grows for quality goods and consumer choices. It notes installment credit, advertising, and store reforms, while factory quotas and shoddy merchandise persist, challenging Khrushchev’s persuasion approach in a planned economy. Thursday: Life among the students.
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Wiliam L. Ryan
Moscow
Bel Square
R Jdust
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Stalin
Idaho Democrats nominate McLaughlin for Senate bid
Idaho Democrats chose Robert McLaughlin over State Rep Gregg Potvin to oppose Sen Henry Dworshak in the general election. Only about half of the 70 000 eligible voters cast ballots in the runoff as unofficial returns from 860 of 886 precincts showed McLaughlin with 12 943 votes to Potvin's 12 071.
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Democrats
Boise, Idaho
Robert McLaughlin
Henry Dworshak
Mountains Home
Gregg Potvin
American Falls
Potvin
Lana Turner's Party Row Sparks Escort Clash
Hollywood AP report recounts Lana Turner's party after Portrait in Black when her escort and columnist Mike Connolly clashed over criticism of Lana and Cheryl Crane. Fred May attempted to swing at Connolly but was restrained by Lana and Army Archerd as onlookers watched. Cheryl Crane, 16, is in a county home for troubled girls. father Stephen Crane, restaurant owner.
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Lana Turner
Lana
Cheryl Crane
Mike Connolly
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Hollywood Reporter
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Connolly
Lana Goodby
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Cheryl
May
Army Archerd
Romanoff's
Stephen Crane
Narcotics and ambush probe links Omaha case
A federal grand jury in Kansas City examined an Omaha narcotics case and the Kansas City ambush of ex convict Kenneth Sheetz. Six Omaha men and 13 Kansas City residents were subpoenaed as investigators seek possible connections. Biase, a major Midwest narcotics distributor, and three of his brothers were among those subpoenaed. Alex Presta, a North Side Democratic faction leader, is among the Kansas City group.
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Omaha
Kansas Citians
Kenneth Bruce Sheetz
Sheetz
Anthony J. Biase
U. S
Midwest
Biase
Kansas
Alex Presta
North Side
Two Ordered Held On Forgery Charges
Michael Buddy Perryman and Arthur Edward Stevens, both of Springfield, were ordered held for circuit court trial on two forgery charges each. Perryman’s bond was set at $11,000 and Stevens at $10,000. A further preliminary hearing on additional forgery charges is scheduled for July 26.
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Michael Buddy Perryman
Arthur Edward Stevens
Springfield
Perryman
Stevens
2.3 Million Civilians on Federal Payrolls
Washington AP reports a congressional survey showing 2,393,409 civilian workers on federal payrolls at the end of May, down 124,806 from April. It marks the first payroll decline since January.
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Convict crew blamed for duplicate Oklahoma license tags
An inexperienced Oklahoma City convict crew making car plates caused numerous duplicate tags. Police were alerted to about 70 twin tags amid the error.
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