Russia tests profit driven plan in heavy industry
Izvestia reports a pilot program starting Jan 1 in Lvov to let heavy industry and mining operate with profit as the key indicator of performance. Plants include a loading machines plant a television set factory a textile enterprise and a coal mine with targets set by management under new rules.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Lvov
Progress
Zarya
Velkomostovskaya No
Yevsey Libermann
Kharkov University
Libermann
Red China Sees Limited 1964 Economic Gains
AP dispatch from Hong Kong notes 1964 showed some agricultural and industrial upticks in Communist China but overall gains were muted after the 1958 Great Leap Forward and disasters. Grain output near 190 million tons, 6.4 million imported, cotton under 9 million bales, fertilizer and farming equipment at high marks, with self sufficiency in petroleum claimed.
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Ronnie Wei
Hong Kong
Communist China
Red China
Peking
China
U.S
Two Businesses Hit by Car Burglaries Investigated
City police investigated four car burglaries and two business break ins reported early Friday. Looted items included candy and gum from Pancake House, a camera, clothing, a portable TV, and household goods. Losses ranged from 10 to 225 dollars.
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Lubbock
8Th St
Ave. Q
J. B. Hance
Jack Lucas
Erskine
Marshall McCormick
66Th St
Soviet Reform Drive Aims for Mixed Economy Shift
The article outlines 1964 Soviet policy moves under new leaders Brezhnev and Kosygin toward a modified free enterprise system in light industry, partial devolution from central planning, and relaxed private farm incentives, while central planning remains core. It notes expected cautious experimentation and the influence of events in Poland and Czechoslovakia.
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Khrushchev
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Khruishchev
South Plains maid Bristow to compete in Nation Maid of Cotton
Reba Bristow 21, of Lubbock leaves for Memphis to compete in the National Maid of Cotton selection. She is joined by her parents and will compete against other state entrants for the title and a chance to serve as a goodwill representative of U.S. cotton.
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South Plains
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Monterey Hig School
University of Oklahom
Barstow
America
U.S
Nation
Maid of Cotton
Peabody
Memphis
Memphis Pres Scimitar
Memphis Rotary Club
Janet Kerr
Dalla
University of Oklahoma
No serious signs of strain Canada prosperity grows into fourth year
Prosperity in Canada extends into 1964 with strong gains in GDP exports labor income and retail sales. Government expects 1965 gains but questions absorbing new entrants as unemployment stays near five percent and capital investment rises. Coast Guard reports six people aboard helicopter crash in northwestern California during flood rescue. three survivors and missing crew.
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Don Wanright
Ottawa (Ap
Canada
Walter Gordon
Gordon
U.S
San Francisco
Coast Guard
United States
California
Arcata
Betty Kemps
Marie Bahanson
Kemps
Melanie
Ferndale
Donald J. Prince
San Mateo
Calif
Allen L. Alltree
Royal Canadian Navy
West Vancouver
B.C
Aviation
James A. Nininger Jr
Humboldt Bay
Eureka
Healthy but hindered auto industry ends near record year
U S auto makers faced strikes and parts shortages in 1964 yet posted near record production at about 7.7 million units and sales, with GM and Ford strikes shaping the year. Industry eyes 1965 as the year of styling amid 343 new models and strong profits.
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Charles C. Cain
AP Business News
Detroit
U.S
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
American Motors
Rootes Motors, Ltd
England
Stolen Safe Recovered Near Slaton After Break‑In
An 800 pound safe stolen Dec 20 from the Acuff Co op cotton gin near Slaton was found late Thursday by sheriff's deputies near the Robert Kitten farm five miles west of Slaton. The safe’s contents, about 9000 in checks, were burned. The burglars took the cash and cut the door dial with a torch.
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Robert Kitten Farm
Slaton
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Fred Coleman
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Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Meiklejohn
Amherts
Wisconsin
Glenn Frank
Athens
House Un-American Activities Committee
Reha Bristow
South Plain
Cotton Maid
Donner
Blitzen
Walnut Grove
Cosumnes
Mokelumne
Sacramento Valley
Blunt
Neil Rogers
Kneeland
West Berlin
Sonnen-Alee
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