22 Mar 1961
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1961
Page
1
AP analysis cites lingering jobless rate near 7 percent with a stalled recovery. It argues longer factory weeks and expanded production could reduce unemployment, while noting debate over workweek length and reliance on overall growth. A UPI item from Torrington, England, notes Laurence Alexander riding a donkey in a foxhunt on a bet.
Washington reports the National Geographic Society says unattached women may find abundant dating opportunities in Australia where male shortages persist in remote areas. Immigration officials promote travel subsidies housing help and job prospects to attract wives and fiancées as Australia invited roughly 18 million newcomers since World War II.
A Chattanooga warehouse leader, W S. Mudlay Jr, announced a 1.2 mile merchandise distribution center to handle general merchandise and food. Southern Land and Development Co will devise or sell components of the center as part of the project. An 88-year-old woman died of a heart attack at her home near Jackson, Tennessee, while her 5-year-old son died en route to a hospital after a late strike. Funeral services for Mrs. W Benjamin Turner and Henry Taylor will be joint. In Gravesend, England, Salvation Army band leader is identified as Blowers.
United Press International notes events on this date including the Stamp Act’s passage in 1765, the NY armed Young men’s rebellion in 1874, U S recognition of Russia’s provisional government in 1917, Grand Coulee Dam power in 1948, Michael Todd’s death in 1958, and royal name Andrew announced in 1960. Samuel Butler quotes a thought on boredom.
Clarksville sheriff says Kirksey Philen 22 a taxicab driver and former Hopkinsville Ky police officer is charged with murder in the death of his wife Dorothy 22 found shot March 3 in the couple's trailer home near Campbell Philen jailed denied bond investigators say evidence suggests the wife did not shoot herself in a separate item Vidor City Council orders hog pens to be at least 39 feet from occupied homes within city limits
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