Leisure Time Gains Stir In 1964 Labor Picture
Sylvia Porter reports that average American workers enjoy more paid holidays and longer vacations, yet still work long hours. Auto makers propose adding Good Friday to holidays and extending vacation pay for long service, while executives and professionals often exceed 48 hours weekly per Chase Manhattan Bank findings. The piece notes persistent long workweeks despite supposed leisure gains.
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Sylvia Porter
United Auto Workers
Chase Manhattan Bank of New York
Bank
Sion
Diary exposes 1964 work life of a columnist
A columnist recalls a demanding 1964 schedule with 60 hour weeks and few holidays. He notes the expanding leisure time for workers via laws, unions, and automation, while executives remain trapped in prolonged work and blurred time off. Distributed by Hall Syndicate.
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The
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Bikinis Allowed Despite Official Frown in Spain
Madrid reports a tourism booklet acknowledges bikinis and shorts are widely worn at Spanish resorts despite official disapproval. The guide suggests visitors observe others and choose attire accordingly, reflecting casual resort norms.
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Madrid
Spain
Oxygen Therapy Aids Nine Tetany Cases in Chicago
Doctors from Chicago Heights report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that high pressure oxygen therapy helped nine tetanus patients. Some improved with minimal standard treatment, others had severe cases unresponsive to conventional care, with mortality traditionally high. Oxygen reduced toxin production and allowed feeding by mouth, improving alertness and cooperation.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Luke R. Pascale
Richard J. Wallyn
Samuel Goldfein
Stanley H. Gambiner
Chicago Heights
Ill
Horned Toads Of Argentina And Brazil In Nature Notes
An early traveler described horned toads croaking loudly at night in pools during wet seasons. The horned structures are eyelid appendages, and the toads vary in size and color between Argentina and Brazil. US horned toads are actually lizards, not true toads.
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Argentina
Brazil
United States
Nature
Un clear Ray leaflets offered with stamp reply in 1964
The La Crosse Tribune notes Uncle Ray’s free leaflets for readers who send a stamped self addressed envelope. The item references a 1964 Publishers Newspaper Syndicate promotion and a historical note on the origin of paper currency traced to John Law in 1716 and a French national bank.
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Uncle Ray
la Crosse Tribune
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
John Law
France
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