1964 Is Champion Year For Gadgets and Services
AP report notes 1964 saw record production and sales across consumer goods. Washers dryers shipments reached 7.7 increase to 2,007,000 units. auto air conditioners up 38 percent to 1.4 million. room air conditioners 2.5 million units. unitary air conditioners 680,000. large central systems worth about one billion dollars. Diesel trucks and rail shipments rise. aircraft output up to 12,300 with $20 billion in sales.
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AP Business News
NEW York
American Home Laundry Manufacturers Association
Warner Electric Brake & Clutch
Admiral Corp
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Aluminum Association
Perkins Engines, Inc
American Trucking Associations, Inc
Association of American Railroads
Aerospace Industres Association
Railroads Report Best Safety Record in 1959
Chicago American notes that American rail roads achieved their best passenger and employee safety performance on record in 1959, highlighting improved processes and oversight across the system.
Conventional Aircraft Play Part in Viet Nam
An AP report from Bien Hoa details Skyraider bombers in a Viet Cong target strike. Four fighters dive on huts along a canal, dropping daisy cutters and 500 pound bombs as ground fire crackles. Ground crews report the force of the explosions and the monthly total of 6,500 tons of explosives in operations.
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Bien Hoa
South Viet Nam
Skyraider
Mekong River
U.S. Air Force
James T. Harwood
Jonesboro
Ark
Harwood
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