Americans Smoke Less Across States After Surgeon General Report
State revenue figures show cigarette tax income falls in nearly every state after the surgeon general's report. South Dakota down 24 percent. Kansas January receipts at 17 month low. California expects fewer smokers but may rebound. Arkansas shifts to alcohol. Ohio and West Virginia see mixed results. New Hampshire and Pennsylvania indicate declines. Tennessee gains from a broadened tax base.
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Wesley G. Pippert
United Press International
South Dakota
Kansas
Edmund G. Brown
California
Idaho
Floyd West
U.S. Public Health Service
Arkansas
New Hampshire
Paul Casci
Pennsylvania
Cent
Ohio
West Virginia
Tennessee
South Carolina Town Buzzes Over Suspected Gold Strike
Smyrna residents hopeful but wary after Canadian prospectors claim an extremely rich gold vein near town. Car traffic swells with curious visitors as officials and geologists voice skepticism about a real strike after a century of false alarms.
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Smyrna, S.C
UPI
South Carolina
Hill Country
W. M. Faulkner Jr
Frank Mills
Frank Cockburn
Natto Corp
Toronto
Mills
Poodle Paradox Stirs Lighter Side Grin
Washington humorist notes poodle owners tend to act quirky and overprotective of their dogs. He cites Jacqueline Susann and Irving Mansfield as unusually sane despite the poodle fad and jokes about testing buyers for poodle propensity before dog purchase. He ends with a beagle bath plan.
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Washington
UPI
Josephine
Farouk
Jacqueline Susann
New York
Miss Susann
Irving Mansfield
Beatles Fever Draws US Outrage and Praise
The Beatles top global earnings and hype as they debut on Ed Sullivan and drew screaming teens to a sold out Washington Coliseum. Conductor John Pritchard calls them entertaining with technically strong numbers, while critics and the public react with mixed views.
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London Philharmonic
Beatles at Washington Ball Promises High Security
In New York the Beatles faced tight security as police and detectives protected them at the Plaza Hotel. After their Coliseum show tickets cost five dollars, they head to a charity ball at the British Embassy in Washington to aid juvenile delinquency programs.
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Washington Post
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UPI
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Washington
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Coliseum
Blast Injuries Fatal To Tulsan
A Tulsa man, Carl Durant, 31, died from injuries suffered January 16 when a spilled gasoline ignite from a gas clothes dryer caused a blast. His wife Betty Jo Durant, 28, died two days later from burns.
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Tulsa
UPI
State Receives Federal Mineral Leasing Funds
Twenty three states receive about 21 million in federal mineral leasing receipts for the second half of 1963. Kansas gets 73 802 dollars, Oklahoma 27 624 dollars, and Colorado 1 603 929 dollars as part of a 46.5 million distribution for the 1963 calendar year.
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Washington
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Civil rights bill passes House amid historic step forward
President Johnson hails the overwhelming House approval as a historic step for human dignity and bipartisan hard work. In Miami, attorney Richard T. Olsen says Miss Universe Vargas faces no crime after petty larceny charges are dropped, calling it a complete misunderstanding. In Smyrna, SC, Mayor Faulkner questions reports of a rich gold strike near town after a century of mining.
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Tennessee
Virginia
South Carolina
Smyrna
Rock Hill
Charlotte
Gastonia
N.C
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Cowpens
Andrew Jackson
Washington
Johnson
House
America
Miami
Richard T. Olsen
Leta Maria Vargas
De Angelis Eyes Recovery After Oil Exports Losses
Newark financier Anthony Tino De Angelis says he can reorganize after bankruptcy and restore his vegetable oils business. He notes ongoing global demand and asserts that his customers have not lost confidence in him.
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Newark
N.J
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Tino) de Angelis
Kennedy Coins To Be Struck In Denver And Philadelphia
Denver and Philadelphia mints will strike the first Kennedy half dollars, with a 90 million coin year output. The ceremony via telephone links the two plants as Eva Adams and Fredrick W. Tate attend in Philadelphia and Denver respectively. President Johnson signed the Kennedy half dollar act on December 30, replacing the Franklin half dollar and setting a 25 year production period. About two thirds of the coins will be minted in Denver.
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UPI
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Mint
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Congress
Bills On Grains Will Be Rushed
Senate Agriculture Committee chair Allen J. Eliender plans to cut hearings and push cotton and wheat bills to the floor before civil rights debate slows activity. Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman slated as final witness. Medicare legislation remains a few votes short as House Ways and Means panels consider closed sessions later this month.
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Washington
UPI
Allen J. Eliender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Orville L. Freeman
Johnson
House
Ways & Means
Union Stoolie Surrenders In Hoffa Trial
Union official Edward G. Partin relinquishes the chair he held as chief government witness in the Hoffa jury tampering case. The defense alleges improper witness payment. prosecutors say four checks totaling 900 dollars reimbursed travel expenses. Defendants include Hoffa Allan Dorfman Tweel Campbell Parks and King. case related to a 1962 Nashville jury.
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Partin
Harvey M. Silets
U.S
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Neal
Hoffa
Allen Dorfman
Chicago
Nicholas J. Tweel
Huntington
W.va
Larry Campbell
Detroit
Thomas E. Parks
Ewing King
Judge Speeds Jury Picking In Kidnapping Case
The government opens its first witness in the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping case as U S Judge William G East uses the Arizona plan to select a nine man three woman jury from 37 panelists. Defendants are Joseph Amsler Barry Keenan and John Irwin. The elder Sinatra paid 240000 in ransom. In Duluth Minnesota Dorothy Mitcheski wins 75 and other prizes in Ice Fishing Derby including a 54 pound perch.
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Frank Sinatra Jr
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Ore
Arizona
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Duluth, Minn
UPI
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Lucille Ball’s Comedy Talent Shines Before Season End
Hollywood report notes Lucille Ball will not return to her CBS program next season while her co stars Ethel Merman Vivian Vance and Gale Gordon deliver a polished revue. Ball’s timing and delivery showcase why she is a premier comedienne, with Merman’s songs and Vance’s antics adding strong support. The piece also cites renewals for NBC The Virginian and ABC The Farmer’s Daughter and lists upcoming театр and political segments across networks.
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UPI
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Ethel Merman
Vivian Vance
Gale Gordon
Miss Ball
Miss Merman
Miss Vance
Shirley Temple
Lucy
Nbc-Tv
Abc-Tv
Bob Hope
Anne Bancroft
Sidney Blackmer
Theodore Roosevelt
Nelson Rockefeller
Cbs-Tv
Barry Goldwater
Ethiopian Somalia border crisis escalates as global appeals rise
Ethiopia and Somalia blamed each other for worsening border clashes that have killed hundreds. Addis Ababa reported 307 Somali deaths and 492 injuries, while Somalia cited 35 Ethiopian fatalities. The OAU and U.N. urged calm and sought a peaceful solution. Selassie demanded Somalia abandon territorial expansion and aggression. The OAU called an urgent meeting and sent messages to both governments.
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Ethiopia
API
Somalia
Organization For African Unity Oau
United Nations
OAU
U.N
Thant
Kenya
New York
Security Council
Haile Selassie
Selassie
Sid White Seeks State Senate Seat in Oklahoma County
Oklahoma City attorney Sid White a 74 year old Democrat and veteran reapportionment figure said he will run for the state Senate seat in Oklahoma County He filed the lawsuit that produced the July 17 federal reapportionment decree and urged repeal of in comparability as a basis for divorce noting a joke about a woman divorcing a man because his feet smell.
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Sid White
State Senate
Oklahoma County
White
Senate
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