PROGRAM WORKS WELL Chicago Recruits Rural Students
The University of Chicago shifted admission policy in 1960 to recruit students from 11 Midwest states and adjust entrance standards. Nine students were admitted with scholarships, and by this fall 106 talent search pupils enrolled, with seven dropping out for academic reasons. The program broadened and improved campus diversity and performance over time.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Midwest
New York
Margaret E. Perry
James Vice
Accus
Second Highest 1963 Tax Payment Made in Parish
The second highest tax payment of 1963 in East Carroll Parish, 85944.99 dollars, was made at Columbia Gulf Transmission. The payment was presented by check Thursday to Mrs. Nell Patrick deputy sheriff by Bobby Crow, the company’s tax agent. Across the state the company paid 856400 dollars in taxes. Quick Touch has sired six foals and all have won. Traffic, winner of the Hopeful at Saratoga, is one of them.
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Lake Providence
East Carroll Parish
Columbia Gulf Transmission
Nell Patrick
Bobby Crow
Quick Touch
Traffic
Saratoga
Auto Industry Rings Up New Sales Record
Ward's Automotive Reports says the auto industry set an all time sales high of 7.5 million new cars in 1963 up from 7.46 million in 1955. imports reached 373000 vs 52000 in 1955 while domestic sales totaled 7.127 million, with a near 2 million forecast for Q4.
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Detroit
Ward
Ward’s
U.S. and Cambodia Agree to Settle Differences
Manila AP reports that the United States and Cambodia agreed to settle their dispute with Philippine mediation. Initial contacts have been made and will continue. Secretary Lopez said contacts are encouraging as ties deteriorated after Prince Sihanouk ordered U.S. aid cut and personnel withdrawn, with Western fears of drift toward China.
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Manila
United States
Cambodia
Philippines
Salvador P. Lopez
Norodom Sihanouk
U.S
China
Lopez
William E. Stevenson
South Viet Nam
Phnom Penh
Mars Fading As Planet Bearing Life
Washington AP reports new evidence that Mars may host toxic smog clouds. Researchers Karrer and Kiess claim nitrogen dioxide in yellow clouds threatens life prospects, contrasting with dust interpretations. They presented findings to the American Astronomical Society, noting Mars Venus as Earth’s near neighbors and limits on life.
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Washington
Mars
Earth
Sebastian Karrer
Carl C. Kiess
Karrer
U.S
Kiess
Georgetown College Observatory
American Astronomical Society
Venus
United States
Nixon's 64 presidential bid rises after Kennedy death
An Associated Press poll of 1,361 Republican county leaders in all 50 states shows Barry Goldwater still leads as the party's strongest candidate but with about half his prior support. Richard M. Nixon, the vice president, posts the largest gains since Kennedy's death, while Goldwater remains ahead overall.
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Barry Goldwater
Associated Press
Kennedy
Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Republican P
Tony
Arizona
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Milton Eisenhower
Michigan
George Romney
South
Midwest
West
Alabama
Arizo&aas
New York
Rockefeller
California
Lodge
Eisenhower
Johnson
Eugene Bockhammer
Delaware
North Dakota
Georgia
Walter Nitcher
Columbus
W. H. Moffat
Colorado
Mississippi
Southern
Wertberger Jr
Jackson
Yerger
Indiana
Johnsons
Vermont
Adams County
R. Haberman
Oklahoma
Okfuskee
J. L. McMullen
Logan County
Fred Bartholomew
Scranton
Sugar quotas issued to private traders by U S government
The Agriculture Department authorized private traders to buy and import 744,991 tons of sugar from 15 countries under a global quota for the first ten months of 1964. Total 1964 quotas reach 9.8 million tons with about 1.5 million allotted to the global quota, largely held from Cuba.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Cuba
Australia
Mexico
South Africa
India
Fiji Islands
Republic of China
Costa Rica
Peru
British West Indies
Dominical Republic
Guatemala
Southern Rhodesia
Nicaragua
el Salvador
British Honduras
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John Wayne
Aranjuez
Madrid
Spain
Wayne
Rita Hayworth
By Seymour M. Hersh
Miss Perry
Allied van Lines
Faulk-Collier
Bonded Warehouses, Inc
North Second
Monroe
Louisiana
By Relman Morinap
Mariner Space
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nelson A. Rockefeller
National Committee
San Francisco
Roark Bros
Learance
Coats
Ilverstein
DeSiard
The
Quacilla National Bank
Comptroller of Currency
Washington, D.C
United States Government Securities
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Funds
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R. L. Vanderpool, JR
George M. Rorex
Murray Hudson
F. Renfro
T. C. Standifer
Robert Cowden
Ben F. Marshall
John GB. Reitzell
WM. C. Staab
Francis T. McLeland
Edwin 5S. Mathews
West Monroe
Jeff Burnett, Jr, Jennings H. Wilkins
Harold G, Griggs
Joyce T. Smith
Fourth Street
J. H. Walker
Jackson ST
J. F. Benton
William E, Rodden
College Town
Irvin A, Hodge
Donald C. Tippen
J. P. Mosley
Northside
T. O. Bancroft
Henry Bernstein, JR
Henry Biedenharn
Charles E. Brown
Jeff Burnett, JR
M. J. Carbone
W. C. Faulk
Fred Fudickar
R, D. Kellogg
Albert Marx Jacks
Masura
Petrus
Max L, Riley
W. J. Riley, JR
C. B. Sherrouse
John Sherrouse, JR
C. M. Strauss
C. W. Wallace
Harold L. Woods, SR
C. C, Whittelsey
Uachita National Bank
Monroe West
Master Masons
Western Star Lodge No
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