Budget estimates not budget facts by Sylvia Porter
Sylvia Porter argues that President Johnson’s January budget estimates will likely not align with later reality. She cites historic forecast inaccuracy and predicts higher spending, with tax cuts and economic factors shaping the 1964 fiscal outcome. The piece previews Johnson’s forthcoming budget and cautions against trusting early figures.
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Sylvia Porter
Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
White House
45 Rail Cars Derail in Illinois Freight Train
STERLING Ill AP Forty five cars of a 119 car freight train derailed near Sterling Illinois. An office on the trackside was demolished injuring Arlo Ray the owner who was at work in the concrete block trucking office. He was treated at Community General Hospital with injuries not considered severe.
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Community General Hospital
Record Crop Volume Hits New High in 1963
The Agriculture Department reports U S farmers produced a record high crop volume valued at about 21.39 billion dollars, with corn leading at 4.081 billion bushels. Cotton hay wheat and soybeans followed in value, while California Illinois Texas Iowa and Minnesota led state totals. The Forest Service promotes forest use to bolster rural economies and notes 125 million national forest visits with 8 700 new picnic units and 10 000 rehabilitated sites.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
California
Illinois
U.S. Forest Service
Pollution Hearing Set For January 22 in Wisconsin
The State Water Pollution Committee will hold a hearing on January 22 in Janesville regarding alleged pollution of the lower Rock River and its tributaries. The investigation found conditions hazardous to health and harmful to aquatic life across Columbia Dane Jefferson Rock Walworth and Waukesha counties.
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State Water Pollution Committee
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Rock River
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Dane
Jefferson
Rock
Walworth
Waukesha
Art educator Marques Reitzel dies at 67 in San Jose
Marques Reitzel, 67, artist and former head of the San Jose State College art department, died Christmas morning after a long illness in San Jose California.
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San Jose
Calif
Marques Reitzel
San Jose State College
Advertising News notices push weekly promotions in La Crosse Tribune
The La Crosse Tribune runs Advertising News in its regular weekly edition, urging distributors and dealers to align promotions with these advertisements. Bakers Christian Brothers December 27, 1963.
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la Crosse Tribune
RFD
Wayne Wilke named assistant general manager in Wisconsin
Wayne Wilke appointed assistant general manager of all Wisconsin operations for Hawthorn Mellody Farms Dairy based in Waukesha. Wilke, ex Lou ise Wakefield of West Salem, has extensive experience in processing and marketing fluid milk ice cream and other dairy products and has served as a manufacturer's representative.
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Wayne Wilke
Wisconsin
Hawthorn- Mellody Farms
Waukesha
Drake Law School Dean Tollefson Dies
Martin Tollefson, 69, former dean of Drake University Law School from 1946 to 1963, died in a Des Moines hospital of cancer. He was a Drake law faculty member since 1926 and was honored with the Iowa Bar Association Award of Merit in 1961.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Martin Tollefson
Drake University Law School
Tollefson
Pelican Rapids
Minn
Drake Law
Iowa Bar Association
Adviser to Chiang Kai-shek Dies in Taiwan
Former general Chu Shao-liang aged 73, a senior adviser to President Chiang Kai-shek, died on Wednesday in Taipei Formosa AP reports. He served as a key military and political figure in the Chinese Nationalist government before his death.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chu Shao-liang
Chiang Kai-shek
Average Public School Cost Per Student Rises 5 Percent
The 1963 64 school year costs total $352 per pupil with $16 for bus transport and $47 for new construction per student. Nationwide spending reaches $20.3 billion, while debts average $388 per student. New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania lead at $482 per pupil.
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School Management
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Baltimore City
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Furno
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Today in History highlights 1963 events recap
On this date 1848 the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad first entered New York City speed seven miles an hour. In 1776 Congress granted Washington dictatorial powers for six months. Major events include 1939 Turkey disaster 30000 dead 100000 injured, 1943 railroads seized WWI, Eisenhower oats import ceiling, 1955 France devalued currency, Khrushchev Adenauer Berlin peace talks under UN flag.
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Turkey
Eisenhower
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U.S
France
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Church Membership Growth Levels Off in Early 1960s
New data from the National Council of Churches shows 63.4 percent of Americans belonged to churches in 1962, unchanged from 1961 and slightly below 1960. Catholics numbered 23.6 percent at 55.6 million. Protestants 34.9 percent with 64.93 million. Southern Baptists led with 10.19 million, overtaking Methodists.
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New York
National Council of Churches
Southern Baptist Convention
Methodist Church
Palm Springs Executive Nathan J. Cohn Dies at 63
Nathan J. Cohn a sales executive for Columbia Pictures Corp died Thursday in Palm Springs Calif at age 63. He is survived by family and colleagues. The longtime industry figure worked with major studios and film distribution teams nationwide.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Nathan J. Cohn
Columbia Pictures Corp
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