Zip Code, Too Dialers Revolt Sparks Move On Numbers
A 1962 survey of the Pacific Coast telephone digits revolt shows the Anti-Digit Dialing League challenging all-digit dialing. Prominent thinkers warn that overreliance on numbers erodes memory and poetry, citing issues from misdialed calls to misrouted mail and banking errors.
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Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
San Francisco
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
ADDL
S. I. Hayakawa
Jack Block
University of California At Berkeley
Carl Mays
Great Issues Foundation
Hayakawa
Allan Sherman
Los Angeles
At&t
California Public Utilities Commission
New York
United Press International
Chicago
UPI
Pittsburgh
Negro March On Washington Planned With 100000 Expected
The march on Washington aims to attract more than 100000 demonstrators marching in a straight line from the staging area near the Ellipse toward the Lincoln Memorial. A. Philip Randolph leads the effort with NAACP officials noting a peaceful, carefully marshaled demonstration despite heat and crowds.
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Washington
Constitution Ave
Washington Monument
A. Philip Randolph
Negro American Labor Council
Lincoln Memorial
Investor Qs on proxies and stock yields in finance course
The exchange discusses proxy power, arguing managers can be challenged by large holders, though not always. It notes some battles have occurred and that real company value shows in profits. It also explains that a stock dividend without cash yields no real return since yield equals cash dividend over price.
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the State University
Cadet Clarke Completes Space Age Orientation Week
Janet J. Clarke daughter of retired Col Owen F. Clarke Scottsdale completed a week long aerospace age orientation course at Maxwell Air Force Base. She was among 52 teen girls from all states DC and Puerto Rico selected for the CAP Air Force activity learning flight attendant duties bioastronautics therapy and aerospace research advances. Clarke a North Phoenix High School graduate.
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Ala
Civil Air Patrol
Janet J. Clarke
Air Force
Owen F. Clarke
N. 58Th Pl
Scottsdale
Miss Clarke
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
North Phoenix High School
Tax Cut Action Placed On Shelf
President Kennedy's tax program faced a setback as the House Ways & Means Committee voted to drop an estate tax provision, delaying final action until Sept 10. The move reduces anticipated revenue by $130 million, while overall relief still tops $11.1 billion with net revenue increases around $560 million.
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Washngton
UPS
Kennedy
House
Ways & Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Treasury
Lighter Side: Senate Euphoria Talk Draws Laughs
A UPI column jokes about euphoria during treaty hearings and Lyndon Johnson’s speeches. The writer mixes political satire with personal mishaps including weather, family car trouble, and garden woes to frame a tongue in cheek view of postwar diplomacy.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Ethiopia
Johnson
Chinese Accused of Segregation by Pravda Attack
The Soviet Union accused Communist China of advocating racist policies to divide the world by color in Pravda. The piece by K Nepomnyaschi in Novosti labeled Peking's stance on race as aligned with Mongol despot Genghis Khan and tied China to appealing to have-not nations across Asia Africa and Latin America.
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UPS
Soviet Union
China
Communist Party
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Peking
Genghis Khan
K. Nepomnyaschi
Novosti
Asia
Africa
Latin America
West
Russia
Railroads Post Sweeping Work Rule Notices Across Nation
Notices warn of large scale crew cuts and potential embargoes as railroads brace for a threatened strike by five operating unions. Some lines will move freight to terminals while passenger trains continue. non operating staff face layoffs. Congress and the White House seek delay amid ongoing fuel to avert a shutdown.
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White House
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Arizona Per Capita Income Falls Behind U S Average
Arizona's 1962 per capita income was 2097 dollars versus the U S average of 2366 dollars, a rise of 8 percent from 1961. Total personal income grew from 291.5 to 316.4 billion dollars.
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Washington
UPI
Arizona
Department of Commerce
Office of Business Economics
Kennedy to skip news conference this week
President Kennedy will not hold a news conference this week. He last met with newsmen on August 20. A note on history mentions Guinea gold and the origin of the British guineas coin name from National Geographic Magazine.
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UPI
Kennedy
Guinea
National Geographic Magazine
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