Economic boom shadowed by inflation in first half 1966
The first half of 1966 showed booming activity, rising incomes, and inflation pressures. Housing and auto sales lagged, while the Commerce Department reported faster growth in June and higher planned spending on plant and equipment. GNP rose to a record $732 billion, with inflation accounting for a large share of gains, and unemployment hovered around 3.7 to 4 percent.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Johnson
Commerce Department
Labor Department
Hitchcock private terror ketchup and blue meals
HAL BOYLE reports Alfred Hitchcock fears the sound of ketchup and its bottle. He recalls hosting an all blue meal for Gertrude Lawrence and notes a 4,000 bottle wine cellar, waistline woes, and a career milestone with his 50th film after starting as a London ad artist and directing The Pleasure Garden in 1925.
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New York
Alfred Hitchock
Alfred Hitchcock
Gertrude Lawrence
Hitchcock
London
Munich
Munger Named Head of Hershey Medical Center Department
Dr Bryce L Munger aged 33 of Chicago chosen to head the academic department at the Milton S Hershey Medical Center of Pennsylvania State University in Hershey Pennsylvania.
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Hershey, Pa
Bryce L. Munger
New Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Pensylvania State University
Mystery: What Keeps Television Operating?
Mary Margaret McBride reports from West Shokan New York on public attitudes toward television gathered from over a hundred people across 15 states. The piece notes mixed feelings, with observers citing both entertainment value and fatigue from canned laughter and reruns.
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Mary Margaret McBride
Cynthia Lowry
Miss McBride
New York
West Shokan
N_Y
California
Maine
Marshall Dillon
Typhoid Carriers And Public Health Advices
Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen answers questions on preventing disease including typhoid carriers Mary Mallon. Notes antibiotics ampicillin chloramphenicol and gallbladder removal in carriers. Mentions 1962 estimate 3600 carriers in U S and Mary Mallon as a cook blamed for 51 cases and Ithaca outbreak.
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van Dellen
Stanford University School of Medicine
United States
Mary Mallon
Ithaca
New Mexico Rio Grande watershed project sent to Congress
The Budget Bureau on Monday forwarded 50 watershed projects to Congress including a New Mexico Rio Grande effort between Las Cruces and Elephant Butte. Details were not released, but Crow and Broad canyons and Placitas Arroyo near Las Cruces were listed.
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Washington
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Las Cruces
Congress
Budget Bureau
Crow and
Broad Canyons
Elephant Butte
Easy Spanish lessons convert English to Spanish
William Archer presents language keys to transform English words ending in cal to Spanish forms such as classical to clasico and economical to economico. The lesson includes verb basics creer and estudiar with pronunciation guides and example quizzes.
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William Archer
Rail Service Hearing Moved to Three Texas Sessions
The Railroad Commission canceled an Aug 1 Austin hearing on the Texas and Pacific Railway plan to end El Paso Fort Worth passenger service. It schedules three hearings: Sept 12 Fort Worth, Sept 14 Big Spring, and Sept 16 El Paso, all at 8 30 a.m. Local courtrooms named for each site.
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Austin
The
Railroad Commission
Texas and Pacific Railway
el Paso
Fort Worth
Tarrant County Commissioners Court
Howard County
Big Spring
el Paso County
Airlines Lose Big Revenue in Machinists Strike
Five major carriers Eastern National Northwest Trans World and United say their losses total about 126 million dollars with 29 million in wages unpaid to striking and furloughed workers over 18 days. The strike cancels 4100 daily flights, crippling 61 percent of major service and 70 percent of air mail capacity, diverting million daily to foreign lines and hitting tourism in Miami Hawaii and New York City.
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Washington
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World
United
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
New York-Miami
Chicago-Miami
New York
Los Angeles
Boston
U.S
Miami
Hawaii
New York City
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Hal Boyle
Private Terror
Hinkle
Jack
Boyette
Clyde
McKee
Buck
Buckner
Herrod
S. Main
State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Bloomington, Illnois
Theodore R. van Dellen
Harold J. Simon
Raymond C. Miller
Health Department
D. R
D. A
Speed Speech Corporation
Roswell Daily Record
Airlines
Purdy Furniture
West McGaffey
Safeway
Volkswagen
Grubbs Volkswagen, Inc
West
Roswell
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