Shortages of Materials and Labor Hit Toy Makers
Santa may struggle to fill orders this Christmas amid drastic shortages of labor and raw materials. Toy companies report rising costs for plastic, vinyl, copper, steel, and wigs, with Parker Brothers fearing only part of $17.5 million in orders may ship.
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Sally Ryan
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Robert B.M. Barton
Parker Brothers, Inc
Salem
Mass
Sal
Des Moines
Iowa
Barton
Jerome M. Fryer
Toy Manufacturers of
Us.a., Inc
Fisher Price Toys, Inc
East Aurora
N.Y
Corgi
Lionel Toy Corp
Steiff
Mattel, Inc
Hawthorne
Calif
Topper Toys of
Elizabeth
Columbus Community Library Adds New Book List
Columbus Junction reports Mrs. Max Sellers, public librarian, announced 110 new juvenile and general books across fiction and non fiction. The list includes The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and The Comedians, plus many titles by Poe, Heinlein, Ullman, and others. Also noted are ISU rep visits and orientation details amid a broader school and community update.
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Columbus Junction
Max Sellers
Columbus
Dykeman
Greene
Ullman
Amber
MacInnes
Caesar
Sheean
Kentucky
Wheelwright
Macken
Heaven
Catto
Tales
Poe
Heinlein
LM News
Thornton Wilder
Our Town
Eugene O’neil
ISU
Town State University
Ames
Gustafson
Thane
Hawthorne
Plagemann
Knights and Dragons
Spencer
Camp David
Knebel
Hailey
Greenberg
Peck
Humphreys
Temple
Wouk
Herzog
Beilow
Jeffers
Slaughter
Kaufman
Wees
Journey
Rau
Tuchman
Hope
Ross
Goodsell
Churchhills
Howells
Roy
Wind and Water
Brace
Barbara McCurdy
Lasky
Mead
Archaeology of
New York
Suggs
America
Miller
Helena Rubinstein
Sands
Countryman
Borland
American Medical Association
Queen Victoria
Longford
Larkban
Lederer
Smith
Roosevelt
Columbus Community
Negro Population Shifts From the Southern States
Washington reports that American Negroes are migrating from the South to the North and West. Between 1960 and 1965 over two million moved, dropping Southern share from 60 to 53.6 percent of national total. Studies cite jobs, mechanization, and urbanization as drivers, with California seeing the largest increases in the West.
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Washington
Old Confederacy
Census Bureau
Labor Department
South
Mason and Dixon Line
West
Northeast
North Central States
Barbados Becomes Independent Nation at Midnight
Barbados gains independence as the Union Jack is lowered and the royal blue and gold flag of Barbados is raised in Bridgetown. Fireworks and cheers erupt as thousands celebrate the new nation after Britain’s 361 years of rule.
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Barbados
Bridgetown
Western Hemisphere
Britain
West Indies island joins British Commonwealth
An unscheduled 10 second meteor across the sky welcomed a new member of the British Commonwealth. The West Indies island, with 245,000 residents in 166 square miles, sits north of Trinidad.
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British Commonwealth
West Indies
Trinidad
Correction: Viet Nam address for Richard D Neipert
The corrected mailing address for Pvt. Richard D. Neipert, U S 65001-515, 239 O M, S V C, APO, San Francisco Calif 96312 is provided. This update clarifies the service member's secure post and location for correspondence.
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Richard D. Neipert
Viet Nam
U.S
O.M
S.V.C
APO
San Francisco
Calif
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Leon Thompson
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Ibeer High Life
Adc
Drewrys
East Second Street
Cieane
Seermien
Joan OF Arc
Campbell’s Soup
Clover Farm Toulet Tissue
Clover Farm Peanut
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Miller’s High Life
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