Evidence Mounts That 1962 Was a Good Year for Business
AP report outlines 1962 as strong for autos steel and commerce. Car production rose 2.7 from 1961 with 6.935 million built, GM gains 37 percent, and 1962 housing starts reach 1.544 million. Commerce sees $61.1 billion in new uses. dividend activity up. tax cut talks loom with Kennedy seeking a staged reduction to spur growth.
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Commerce Department
Kennedy
Congress
Wright Petman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Patman
Industrial Group Plans Northern Virginia Meeting
The Virginia Advisory Board of Industrial Development will hold its March 7 meeting in Northern Virginia near Dulles International Airport under a new alternating schedule. Chairman State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. said bi monthly meetings will rotate between Richmond and other regions to spread economic development focus.
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Richmond
Virginia Advisory Board of Industrial Development
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Winchester
Rich
Byrd
Dulles International Airport
134-Year-Old Town Elects First Woman
TRIADELPHIA W Va AP Miss Virginia Kessler 35 secretary won a council seat in the 134 year old town despite a charter restricting council members to six blooded men The field had 15 candidates with Kessler finishing fifth She became the first woman elected after the council blocked her twice before an Ohio County Circuit Court ordered the council to allow her candidacy.
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Triadelphia
W. Va
Virginia Kessler
Ohio County
Miss Kessler
Jurists to Probe New York Newspaper Shutdown
Three jurists will investigate a broad strike that shut five major New York newspapers. The Publishers Association says a walkout by one is a strike against all, while officials push forWednesday or earlier action to reveal reasons for the deadlock and safeguard public access to news. In Cleveland, talks between the Plain Dealer and the Press & News are recessed after a three day shutdown.
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Faille
Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
The
Publishers Association of
New York City
Wirtz
Rockefeller
Wagner
Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Press & News
Red China Says Its Diplomats Are Harassed
The New China News Agency reported that Chinese diplomats faced unwarranted harassment in Calcutta and Bombay as China withdrew staff from two Indian consulates general. The Chinese foreign ministry accused Indian authorities of pressure during the consulate closures.
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Red China
Tokyo
Anw
Calcutta
Bombay
New China News Agency
Chinese Foreign Ministry
India
Deputy Sheriff is Father For 21st Time
TUCSON Ariz AP Deputy Sheriff Albert Pina of Pima County welcomes his 21st child a daughter Anne after bringing his wife home from the hospital. He quipped that it is cheaper by the dozen and by the second dozen.
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Tucson, Ariz
Albert Pina
Pima County
Lions Club Volunteers Build It In San Rafael
The San Rafael Lions Club volunteered to take on the project and drive the build. Their effort showcases local civic spirit and community involvement in organizing the effort.
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The
San Rafael Lions Club
Extra license plate message shocks DMV clerk
A California DMV clerk opened a package to find three license plates instead of two. One extra plate bore a six letter message reading YOU BUM, a phrase attributed to a witty inmate at Folsom Prison where the plates are produced.
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San Pedro
Calif
State Department of Motor Vehicles
California
Folsom
Legionnaires Plan 44th Anniversary Celebration Meeting
Richmond AP plans for a nationwide celebration of the American Legion 44th anniversary will be discussed at a regional meeting in Richmond on January 28. About 200 legionnaires from Virginia and surrounding states are to attend the gathering at Virginia's World War II Memorial.
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Richmond
American Legion
Virginia
Child asks mother about Alabama and the 40 Thieves
In Morehead Kentucky Mrs Elsie McShea is asked by her five year old son about the tale of Alabama and the 40 Thieves. He heard the story from Janie and wonders if she knows it.
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Morehead, Ky
Elsie McShea
Alabama
Janie
Pilot’s dramatic ejection and crash at Malibu coast
On a training flight from George Air Force Base in Victorville California pilot Lt. Chmietzberg steered his Firs tit fighter toward the sea 20 miles from city at Malibu he ejected at 1 000 feet and parachuted into the water as the plane crashed An Air Force spokesman praised his heroism and stayed with the aircraft.
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Malibu
Silas Kist Seinerr
Air Force
Chmietzberg
George Air Force Base
Victorville
Calif
Clifton Forge Plans Hearing On Bypass Route
State Department schedules a public hearing in Clifton Forge for January 22 at 2 p.m. to review the proposed 4.6 mile Interstate 64 bypass routing through the city's northern edge. The plan includes a junction near Selma on the west and an east underpass by the C and O Railway, north of U.S. routes 220 and 60.
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Rehery Oe (Ap) Ee Stately Department
Clifton Forge
Selma
C&o Railway
Capitol Refurbish Delays May Frustrate Sessions
Legislators face blame if Capitol repairs lag with a four month window before the new session. The 170 year old building rewire and relight project runs into delays, prompting changes to elevator and room numbering to aid navigation and a smoother tour experience.
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Congress
Mario Campioli
House
Senate
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