Rail Strike Threat Looms Over Economy In 1963
AP describes a tense scene as the 12:01 a.m. strike deadline nears with unions and railroads delaying work rules and a bipartisan forum proposed to review the four year dispute. Bell System wage talks conclude with a 38 month pattern agreement favoring modest raises and reopeners. Economists note flat May to June sales and cautious optimism for the second half of 1963. Automobile production surges with estimated 161,600 cars versus 126,687 the prior week.
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AP Business News
NEW York
Kennedy
Wilard Wirgz
Congress
Bell Telephone System
United States
Michigan- Bell Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Joseph A. Bierne
Disneyland Nights: Expanding Adult Entertainment at Park
Hollywood AP writer James Bacon notes Disneyland extended hours to midnight to attract teens and adults. Nighttime music spans jazz to gospel with acts on the Mark Twain riverboat and in the park, featuring performers like the Ward Singers and Eliot Brothers.
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Hollywood
Nikita Khrushchev
Disneyland
Walt Disney
West
Walt
New Orleans
Y St. Cyr
Ward
Elliott Brothers
Dorsey Brothers
Glenn Miller
Record year for 1963 model production tops 1962 totals
Production for the 1963 model year already exceeds the 6,687,000 for the entire 1962 model year and nears the 7.13 million 1955 peak. Steel output last week dropped to 1,045,000 tons, an 11.6 percent decline from the prior week. Stock exchange volume for the week reached 18,655,910 shares, higher than the four day week due to a holiday, while bond sales totaled 21,660,700 dollars versus 16,837,000 the prior week.
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New York Stock Exchange
Henderson predicts GOP gains in Virginia general election
Virginia GOP chairman E Henderson told the Virginia Republican Finance Committee in Charlottesville that the party will gain several hundred percent in both chambers. He cited low Democratic primary turnout as evidence of growing disaffection at national and state levels.
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Charlottesville
Horace, E. Henderson
General Assembly
GOP
Senate
House of Delegates
Henderson
Virginia Republican Finance Committee
Best color for personal stationery in formal letters
The guidance favors plain white stationery for all formal correspondence including condolence, appreciation, and invitation responses. Colored paper is discouraged as it is considered inappropriate for such communications.
Rising Corporation Profits Boost Market Hopes
American corporations report stronger profits for April to June than a year earlier. Major firms including AT&T General Electric RCA and many oil utilities outline gains, lifting market sentiment as analysts anticipate continued earnings growth into October and beyond.
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Sam Dawson
New York
American Telephone & Telegraph
General Electric
Radio Corporation of America
Holdup Men Still at Large
Two masked men fled with 924 dollars after a toll booth hold up at Chesapeake Bay ferry docks in Kiptopeke Virginia. Toll attendant Leroy Dickerson, 49, unharmed, watched as the gunman opened the cash drawer and disappeared into a waiting station wagon.
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Kiptopeke
Chesapeake Bay
Leroy Dickerson
Little Creek
Dickerson
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