Oklahoma economy shows 4.7 percent rise in first half 1963
The University of Oklahoma Bureau of Business Research reports Oklahoma’s gross business volume rose 4.7 percent from last year’s first half, July saw a 1 percent seasonal drop to 1.583 billion, with July 1963 employment at 873,300 and 5 percent unemployment in July. Personal income declined 4.2 percent in July but remained 7.4 percent higher than July 1962.
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Norman
UPS
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
Kennedy Plans Neutral Rail Arbitration Board
President Kennedy is poised to name three neutral arbitrators to a seven member panel handling locomotive firemen and train crew issues in a stalled rail dispute. The move aims to avert a nationwide strike and guides arbitration procedures with a deadline approaching for final panel selection.
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Washington
Kennedy
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Labor Department
White House
Se Connel
GOP Senators Clash Over Job Retraining Bill
UPI report notes Senate Republicans oppose expanding federal funding for Kennedy job training. Dirksen favors loans instead of grants or sending the measure back to the Labor Committee. The bill calls for 161 million dollars for fiscal 1964 65, aiming to retrain 400000 unemployed, with only four states providing matching funds. House subcommittee has held hearings and will move to closed door deliberations next week.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
The
Treasury
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
John G. Tower
R-Tex
House Labor
Young Adult Club Offers Dancing Boy Meets Girl
Los Angeles report on Cinnamon Cinder a leading young adult night club for ages 18 to 21. Manager Bob Eubanks explains the venue markets two goods dancing and courtship to a large Southern California youth audience. He notes most patrons are college students or avoiding booze and emphasizes discipline to protect young women from predatory older men. The piece contrasts past club scenes with current trends and mentions the Aladdin and a shift from the twist to stamp style dancing.
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OS Angeles
Los Angeles
Cinder
Bob Eubanks
Eubanks
California
San Fernando Valley
Lilli St. Cyr
Louis Schaver
Schaver
Army Defector Tries to Reconnect With West in Berlin
Capt Alfred Swenson, 30, of Scranton Pennsylvania, who defected to East Germany four months ago, reached a Western newsman in East Berlin on Tuesday. U.S. Army officers failed to locate him when attempting a follow up meeting, marking the first solid contact since his defection.
Playwright Louis Mac Neice Dies in London
AP reports playwright and poet Louis Mac Neice, 55, died Tuesday in London after joining the Fish Broadcasting Corp. The veteran writer and radio producer was known for his verse and stage work.
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London
Louis MacNeice
Fish Broadcasting Corp
Area Men In Service At Fort Polk Train As Clerk-Typists
An eight week course for Reserve Forces Act program clerical trainees is held at Fort Polk Louisiana starting October 11. Howard, aged 26, graduated Fletcher high school in 1944 and attended Cameron college.
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Fort Polk
Howard
Fletcher High School
Cameron College
Science Fiction Reading Leaves Lawton Kids Cold
Carnegie Library head says Lawton children prefer mystery and adventure over space fantasy, with ninth graders drifting to non fiction. Girls stay drawn to romance while kids outpace adults in July circulation, 6976 for children vs 5482 for adults. Adults read 3690 novels and 1792 non fiction.
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Lawton
Ira Gigoux
Carnegie Library
Gigoux
Oklahoma
Enlistment Noted for Marine Recruit at Lawton Station
The subject was enlisted by Staff Sergeant Howard Edwards of the Lawton Marine Corps recruiting station, confirming active service enrollment.
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S Sgt
Howard Edwards
Lawton Marine Corps
Nigerian Army Officer Tours Sill Facilities
Brigadier Zachary Malmalast tours Fort Sill facilities visiting the Officer to School and related training sites. The visit highlights ongoing military cooperation and post tour briefings with base leadership and trainees.
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Zachary Malmalast
Fort Sill
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Eveready
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