The Blitz Rock Band Sparks Karachi Youth Craze
American teens Bill Timrud Dan McCarthy and Mike Matthews form The Blitz in Karachi. Their drummer Anjum Saeed Khan assists as locals respond with enthusiasm despite earlier anti foreign sentiment. The act grows from casual jams to public performances attracting both Pakistani fans and American expatriates.
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Lemmy Pinna
Karachi
Pakistan
UPID
Bill Timrud
Kansas City
Dan McCarthy
Hartford
U.S. Information Service
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Esso Chemicals
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Pan American Airways
Apare
Ders
Lurrans
Tito
Bel
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Record January employment hits 73.3 million. unemployment falls
The Labor Department reports a January record total employment of 73.3 million with unemployment at 3.5 percent. Women leaving the labor force contributed to the dip, retail weakness after Christmas noted, and teen jobless rates declined. White and nonwhite rates fell, nonfarm payrolls rose, and average weekly earnings rose while hours shortened.
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Sam Wednesay
Arthur MM. Ross
Huerea
Bureau
Hurey O
Red River navigation plan shelved for now
The Red River Basin Coordinating Committee adjourned after reporting navigation is not economically feasible at this time. The project remains under consideration for a possible future program within 10 to 15 years with input from Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas officials.
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Texarkana, Tex
Red River
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Shreveport
Corps of Engineers
Welch Foundation Names Jaworski as Fifth Trustee
Houston attorney Jaworski has been chosen as the fifth trustee of the Robert A. Welch Foundation. District Judge Arthur C. Lesher Jr. confirmed the plan after informing Texas Attorney General Crawford Martin of the intended appointment. The Welch Foundation, created from Robert A. Welch’s $50 million bequest upon his 1952 death at age 81, supports chemical research in Texas.
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Houston
Leon Jieworski
Robert A. Welch
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