Christmas Sales Slow, Yet Economy Remains Solid
A week of mixed signals showed retail gains and auto sales strength while labor strife and strikes loomed. Kurds of data indicated a modest 1963 upturn, with durable goods orders at a record pace and factory output steady. Kaiser Steel and United Steelworkers reached an automation easing agreement as New York newspaper strikes lingered. A Niagara County railcar fumes evacuation followed a fire near Gasport.
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New York
New York City
Cleveland
Gulf
Kaiser Steel Corp
United Steelworkers Union
National Retail Merchants Association
Deelers
Frederic Donner
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Lynn Townsend
Luther H. Hodges
Census Bureau
W. Willard Wirtz
Kaiser Steel
United Steelworkers
Fontana
Calif
Gasport
N.Y
Niagara County
New York Central
Niagara Falls Air Force Base
Winchester Virginia snow removal ordinance prohibits street shoveling
City ordinance prohibits owners occupants or any person with control of abutting property from shoveling or depositing snow ice or sleet from private property into public streets. Violations carry a fine up to 25 dollars. Passed December 21 1962.
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Winchester
Virginia
Common Council
Hollywood’s future shaped by rapid production pace
Pat Boone shoots an 11 day drama and Robert Taylor a 15 day Western as Hollywood tests faster schedules. Boone explains the appeal of television speed, while studio shifts push independent productions like Evil Come Evil Go on Fox release.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Pat Boone
Robert Taylor
MGM
Taylor
Nat Holt
Bob
Wally Beery
20Th Century Fox
A.P.I. Films
Fox
Boone
Bob Lippert
Pat
Six Children Die In Beekman Fire In Poughquag
In Beekman town near Poughquag New York Mr and Mrs John R Thompson returned from a Christmas visit to find their wooden frame home in flames Six children Patricia Joan 8 Joanne Elizabeth 7 Barbara Lynn 6 John R Jr 4 Michael Joseph 3 and James 9 months died Fireman and sheriff’s investigators investigated the deadly blaze with Thompson sustaining burns while trying to save them.
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Poughquag
N.Y
John R. Thompson
Thompson
Beekman
Patricia Joan
Joanne Elizabeth
Barbara Lynn
John R. Jr
Michael Joseph
James
Befana Reigns in Italy as Santa Claus Sways Children
In Italy Santa Claus gains favor with many children while Befana remains the traditional gift giver south of Rome. She rewards good children with gifts and punishes naughty ones with coal or ashes. Legends say she once misdirected the Magi or refused shelter to the Holy Family. Now she travels worldwide on Christmas Eve seeking the Christ Child and doing good for children.
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Rome
Chocolate clean-up tip with a narrow rubber spatula
Use a narrow rubber spatula to scrape every bit of melted chocolate from the container. The flexible edge reaches corners and sidewalls, leaving nearly all the fondant behind for reuse or minimal waste.
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B. M. Porrero
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Loudoun St
S. Loudoun St
Call Collect
Frederick
Tri-State Mortgage CO
N. Market St. Frederick
Italy
Perry Engineering Co., Inc
Winchester Phone
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