Living Costs Mark Up Biggest Rise In Year
The Labor Department reports July consumer prices rose three tenths of a percent, the largest increase in a year, lifting the CPI to 108.3 and reducing purchasing power to about 92 cents per 1957 59 dollar. Food costs led gains with meats fruits and vegetables up, while housing held steady and clothing fell slightly.
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Washington
Labor Department
Sidney A. Jaffe
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jaffe
State Jobless Total Drops
Pennsylvania unemployment fell to its lowest mid August level since 1953 with 240000 jobless, down 24000 from mid July and the rate dropping to 5.2 percent. July employment reached 4378400, 45900 above 1963, while mid August 1953 had 204000 unemployed and 4.3 percent.
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Harrisburg
Labor and Industry Department
Pennsylvania
Somerset County Fair Schedule Includes Shows and Talent Contest
The Somerset County Saddle Horse Association hosts a 12:30 p.m. show and an 8:00 p.m. annual home talent contest directed by George I. Fisher with $500 in prizes.
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Somerset County Saddle Horse Association
George I. Fisher
Goldwater accuses Johnson of isolationist tone on tour
Senator Barry Goldwater, cruising near Santa Barbara aboard the Sun Dance, denounces Lyndon Johnson for an isolationist acceptance address. Goldwater blasts the speech for not addressing communism or world conflicts while Johnson touts a Great Society and U.S. resolve.
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Newport Beach
Calif
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
White House
America
Goldwater
Paul F. Wagner
Arizona
California
Santa Cruz Island
Santa Barbara
Wagner
Atlantic City
N.J
Sundance
Lyndon Johnson
LBJ
Krontlash Will Hurt GOP Says LBJ at DNC Ball
President Johnson told the Democratic National Committee in Atlantic City that backlashes will cost Republicans votes from people who oppose unequal treatment. He claimed three GOP votes will be lost for every Democrat vote due to the frontlash and smiled confidently alongside Sen. Hubert Humphrey. The remark came in Convention Hall where they were nominated to lead the ticket.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Johnson
Democratic National Committee
Convention Hall
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Gracie Allen Dies at 58 Ending Burns and Allen Era
Hollywood reports the death of Gracie Allen at 58 from a heart attack. She died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after collapsing at her Beverly Hills home with husband George Burns by her side. The duo formed a famed act from vaudeville to television and had retired in 1958. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. Monday at Forest Lawn Glendale.
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Hollywood
Burns and Allen
Gracie Allen
Cedars of Lebanon
Beverly Hills
George Burns
George
Nathan Birnbaum
New York
Colleen
New Jersey
Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen
Gracie
Burns
Allen
Cleveland
Valhalla
New York Palace
Sandra
Ronnie
Jack Benny
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Somerset County Fair Ends With Notable Show For 1964
The Meyersdale fair closes its 1964 run after strong crowds and quality exhibits. Today features a 1 PM horse show by the Somerset County Saddle Horse Association, with a $2 entry fee per class and multiple divisions including pony, stock horse, five gaited, and Tennessee Walking classes. The event proceeds rain or shine with several relay races and a talent show slated for the evening.
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Somerset County
Meyersdale
The
Fair Association
Somerset County Saddle Horse Association
Saigon appoints Oanh acting premier as violence paralyzes city
Nguyen Xuan Oanh, former vice premier for economic affairs, becomes acting premier as steel-helmeted troops restore order in Saigon after two days of rioting and bloodshed. A military civilian committee to replace the dissolved ruling council is announced, with Canh possibly named acting prime minister. Fighting Buddhists and Catholics and student rioting leave nine dead and many wounded.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Nguyen Xuan Oanh
South Viet Nam
Oanh
United States
Committee of Unification
Revolutionary Council
Nguyen Xuan Canh
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Duong van Minh
Tran Thien Khiem
Salisbury Elk Lick Board Names Teacher
Salisbury Elk Lick Jr School Board met in regular session at the High School. Ronald Hill reported on the summer playground and music program and said a written report will be ready by September. Miss Jean Stanley resigned, creating a vacancy in grades 3 4 5 at St Paul Elementary. Hugh Cupper was hired pending certificate approval. Rae Hoffman will teach Girls Phys Ed and Art on a substitute basis. Dr Paul Woolslayer was named school physician after Dr H H Strong resigned. Amish residents requested work permits.
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Salisbury-Elk Lick Jr
Ronald Hill
Jean Stanley
St. Paul
Hugh Cupper
Addison Township
Robert Hoover
Rae Hoffman
Meyersdale
Paul Woolslayer
H. H. Strong
Amish Resi
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy and warm conditions persist through Saturday Sunday with scattered thunderstorms mainly in the afternoons and evenings. Highs near 82 degrees Saturday with lows around 58 to 64 north and 63 to 68 south.
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Pennsylvania
Philly Port May Reopen After Four Day Tieup
The Longshoremen's Union executive board approved hiring work gangs at shape-ups at 14 points to end a four day Philadelphia port shutdown. A secret ballot will decide if the single hiring site remains after the vote, expected within two weeks.
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Philadelphia
Longshoremen’s Union
Alfred Corry
Philadelphia Marine Trade Association
Employers’ Group
Thomas Gleason
ILA
Gleason
James T. Moock
John R. Murray
Federal Mediation Service
Murray
PMTA
A Little Call Goes Long Way
Ashland Kentucky AP reports radio journalist Bill Campbell of WCMI tried dialing the Ohio Highway Patrol headquarters across the river three miles away but reached a number in Chase British Columbia nearly 3000 miles distant.
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Ashland
Bill Campbell
WCMI
Ohio Highway Patrol
Ohio River
Chase
British Columbia
Cleo Dissipates After Nine Day Rampage Across Atlantic
Hurricane Cleo died after a nine day, multimillion dollar march across more than 2000 miles. At least 138 dead in the Caribbean, including Haiti and Guadeloupe, with no fatalities reported in Florida where parts of the east coast were declared disaster areas.</s>
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Jacksonville
Fla
Cleo
Weather Bureau
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Miami
Haiti
Guadeloupe
Georgia Coast
Rioting Breaks Out in North Philadelphia
Police report rioting in a predominantly Negro section of North Philadelphia Friday night with 200 to 300 rioters involved. Windows were smashed and stores looted as authorities investigate the outbreak and its cause.
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Philadelphia
Smathers Says He Was Told to Second Humphrey Nomination
Sen. George Smathers of Florida said a presidential spokesman told him he had to second Hubert Humphrey’s nomination. Smathers explained he did not want the role but agreed after a Moyers call. he cautioned that regional reactions vary with campaigns in different areas.
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Atlantic City
N.J
George A. Smathers
Dfla
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Smathers
Humphrey
Hubert
South
Johnson
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
Florida
Bill D. Moyers
Bill
Moyers
White House
Texas
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Philly
Atlantic
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