Britain defers to bust lines over hem length for dress tax
In Britain, customs officials decide to tax dresses by bust measurements as well as length. Starting next January, dresses over 38 inches long will be taxed, and those with a 32 inch bust and matching hip size will also fall under the 10 percent sales tax. The change aims to curb dresses sold as children’s attire to dodge duty.
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London
Britain
Jean Shrimpton
Melbourne
Australia
Are They Related Jobless Rates and Inflation Rise
Washington AP reports Johnsons push for full employment faces inflation worries as consumer prices climb while unemployment falls to 2.8 million, lowest in eight years. White House economists deny direct link but admit price rise as joblessness nears 4 percent. Arthur Ross advocates continuing toward below 4 percent, noting turnover and unemployable groups. Government experts split on inflation risks amid policy aims for full employment.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Labor Department
Arthur M. Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ross
Council of Economic Advisers
W. Willard Wirtz
Rhodesian Blames Wilson Over Independence Talks
Rhodesian Prime Minister Jan Smith accuses Harold Wilson of wrecking a Rhodesia independence settlement by reneging on a royal commission plan. Smith says Britain will not be bound by the commission’s findings, contrasting London’s stance with his white-ruled government’s desires and threats of unilateral independence.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Jan Smith
Harold Wilson
Britain
London
Smith
Wilson
Supreme Court
Cargo Tonnage Up In St. Lawrence
Ottawa AP reports traffic through the Montreal Lake Ontario section of the St. Lawrence seaway rose 12.9 percent in October to 5,490,000 tons from 4,862,245 the prior year. For the shipping season total tonnage stands at 36,122,643, up 6.7 percent, about three million below last year’s grand total.
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Ottawa
Montreal-Lake Ontario
St. Lawrence Seaway
Rate Of Blindness Climbing Across the World
Washington AP reports at a four day conference by Research To Prevent Blindness Inc. that 10 million people are blind worldwide with U S totals at 350000 totally blind and 650000 functionally blind. The agency cites eye disease as the main cause and urges a vast expansion of eye research.
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Washington
United States
Prevent Blindness, Inc
Voluntary Health Agency
U.S
Africa
Health Agency
Jobs For Indians On Reservation
Sargent Shriver said the US Job Corps should help Indians find jobs on their own reservations. He noted initial doubts about local initiative, but after BIA supplied 16 tribe names, all but one agreed to participate.
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Scottsdale, Ariz
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
National Congress of American Indians
Comets Could Strike Earth, Says Geology Expert
R H Nafziger of Pennsylvania State University told the Geological Society convention that about 326 comets circle the sun and 217 have been seen in the last century. He estimated a collision about every 10 million years and described potential global devastation from a large nucleus comet. He noted comets’ sizes, tails, and the need to study comet impacts to explain lunar and Earth craters.
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Kansas City
R. H. Nafziger
Pensylvania State University
Geological Society of America
Nafziger
Tkeya-Seki
Moon
Mars
Ohio atom smasher sites pass first inspections
Ohio hosts three of 85 national sites for a 348 million atom smasher project. AEC officials say all remain in contention after visits to Ravenna Arsenal and other Ohio sites, with a NAS panel likely to pick a location by January 1. The trips are described as fact finding and no recommendations will be made.
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Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
AEC
Ravenna Arsenal
George Dunn
Quinn
National Academy of Sciences
Two Youths Die In Athens County Motorcycle Crash
Two youths died in a head on collision between a motorcycle and a truck four miles southwest of Murray City in Athens County Saturday. Dennis Robson 18 of Murray City was riding the motorcycle and Duane Noble 12 from near Laurelville was his passenger.
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Athens, Ohio
Murray City
Athens County
Dennis Robson
Duane Noble
Laurelville
Swastikas Scrawled After Editorial On Jewish Synagogue
In Holyoke Massachusetts police said swastikas were carved on living room walls of publisher William Dwight after his newspaper condemned vandalism of Radphey Sholom synagogue. A break-in damaged furniture and an oil painting of Dwight. The editor and his wife were traveling in the South.
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Holyoke
Mass
William Dwight
Dwight
Massachusetts
South
Dwight’s
Holyoke Transcript-Telegram
Radphey Sholom Synagogue
Ford Foundation Grants $3 Million to Improve English Teaching
The Ford Foundation awards the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, D.C. a five year $3 million grant to fund a program aimed at improving English instruction for underprivileged children.
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New York
The
Ford Foundation
Center For Applied Linguistics
Washington, D.C
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