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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1963
Page
5
Two ICC hearing examiners proposed the first official rules to govern piggyback truck trailer shipments on railroad flatcars. They aim to boost use of the service and reflect industry competition while preserving the existing plan-number system and multiple transport arrangements.
The Air Force awarded eight million dollars in contracts to Thiokol Chemical Corp and Aerojet General Corp to develop large solid fueled rocket boosters. Thiokol will work in Huntsville Alabama and Bristol Pennsylvania for five million dollars. Aerojet in Azusa California and Sacramento California and Dade County Florida for three million dollars. The boosters will be 156 and 260 inches in diameter with thrusts of three and six million pounds, the largest of their type to date. No use is fixed but the research aims to aid future space programs. A total of 346 million is budgeted for the program.
Walt Disney Productions announces a 10 cent per share quarterly dividend payable Oct and to stockholders of record Sept 1. Roy O. Disney, president, said the directors approved the payout.
A stock listing from a historical newspaper shows numerous corporations and tickers in the closing stocks section. Names include Alcoa, Nat Biscuit, Amn Cas, Ampex Co, Northwair, Armco, Olin, Pac, Pan Amo, Penney, PepsiCo, Sears Roebuck, DuPont, Dow Chemical, Eastman Kodak, Goodyear, Gen Motors, Tex inst Me, Nevada Power, Southwest Gas, and others with varied percent changes. The compilation spans national and Nevada lines with many percent shifts and company abbreviations.
Intermountain Gas Co. announces Robert Hodge of Boise as a new associate. President Ralph Gibson praises the hire, noting Hodge brings government and legal experience from Idaho. Hodge will handle industrial development. he previously served eight years as assistant to Governor Smyth and two years as Idaho deputy attorney general.
Police report a homing pigeon housed at Bournemouth jail for several days with a broken wing kept returning to the jail after being released. Officers said they have struggled to reunite the bird with its owner over the past week.
Beckman Instruments Inc of Fullerton California reports a drop in net profit for the fiscal year ending June 30 1963 despite record sales of 78.7 million dollars. Profits fell to 3.734 million from 4.824 million as the company replaces dealers with a direct sales force incurring 1.2 million last year and 1 million this year with an expected 2.5 million annual pre tax gain when complete.
Advice notes that adding powdered milk to the final rinse when laundering nylon curtains can restore the fabric’s original body and feel with each washing.
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