Auto and Steel Lead in Steady Business Pace Across North America
Auto and steel industries maintain top economic pace with rising outputs. Ford Lorain stoppage trimmed car production, while U S automakers project 7.9 million 1964 models. Steel mills reach 11 month high with Inland Steel citing worker shortages and 80 percent capacity use. Industrial production up, retail sales dip briefly, but forecasts remain robust. Canada advances nuclear power with Douglas Point plant fueling future growth and exports.
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Automobile and Steel Industries
Ford Motor Co
Lorain
Ohio
Ward
Automotive Reports
U.S
Inland Steel Co
Federal Reserve
Commerce Department
Douglas Point
Ont
Lake Huron
Canada
Reappointed by Harrison Virginia officials for state boards
Gov. Harrison reappointed today 19 persons to 10 state agencies boards and commissions. He named Mark Faris of Abingdon to a five year term on the Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Faris succeeds J. Akers Williams of Unilohte. The re appointments include the Advisory Board on Industrial Development and Planning members and the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission and State Water Control Board with four year terms ending June 30 1968. The portrait of President Woodrow Wilson graces the U S one hundred thousand dollar bill.
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AAP
Harrison
Mark Faris
Abingdon
Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Faris
J. Akers Williams
Unilhowte
Robert W. H. Duncan
Alexandria
John W. Landis
Lynchburg
John E. Ray Ill
Franklin
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
State Water Control Board
William H. Singleton
New Market Civil War Reenactment Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Crowds gathered as a 1 p.m. parade of over 85 units, including the Virginia Military Institute band, moved from the south to the battlefield north of town. Veterans and cadets reenacted the 1864 battle while speeches, flags, and a musket salute honored the fallen.
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Green Hills
Virginia Military Institute
Harrison Calls for More Virginia Higher Education Funding
Richmond AP report shows Governor Harrison urging Virginians to boost funds for higher education to sustain growth. He cites rising appropriations fees endowments and a new revenue bond authority as insufficient without increased production resources from state and citizens. He addressed a Virginia Jaycees luncheon during the 25th annual convention.
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Richmond
Harrison
Virginia
Virginia Jaycees
Local Woman Injured in Rt. 50 Crash
Daisy P. Lloyd 80 of Sunny side suffered head cuts when the car she rode in rear ended a left turning vehicle on Route 50 about 2.5 miles east of Winchester. She was taken to Memorial Hospital by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad. The Lloyd car was driven by Raymond Everett Lloyd of Arlington. Dempsey Lee Taylor of Bruestown drove eastbound and stopped in the traffic lane to make a left turn. his car was struck in the rear.
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Rt. 50
Winchester
Daisy P. Lloyd
Sunnyside
Memorial Hospital
Raymond Everett Lloyd
Arlington
H. K. Malbon
Dempsey Lee Taylor
Brucetown
Lloyd
Larrick Attends VMI Civil War Centennial Ceremonies
J Frederick Larrick of Winchester attended the VMI centennial ceremonies honoring the Cadets who fought at the Battle of New Market in the Civil War. Larrick’s grandfather belonged to the New Market Corps.
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New Market
Lexington Corps
John C. Breckenridge
Franz Sigel
Confederacy
William S. Miller
Chase Manehattan Bank of New York
J. Frederick Larrick
Winchester
V.M.I
Mr. Larrick
New Market Corps
Armless Waver Becomes Mother in Atlanta Birth
Armless Georgia housewife once dubbed the child who waves without hands gave birth to a 6 pounds 2 ounce girl in an Atlanta hospital on Friday night. Grace Purcell now Mrs Harold E Parker waved to train engineers with arm stubs from birth near Lovejoy Ga. campaign funded artificial arms when she was six but she has discarded them now at age twenty.
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Atlanta, Ga
Georgia Railroad
An & Pound
Grace Purcell
Harold E. Parker
Lovejoy
Avalanche in Ramacirca Peru Kills 3500 in Seven Minutes
An 1962 avalanche in Ramacirca Peru killed about 3,500 people in seven minutes, shocking authorities and residents. The disaster remains one of the region’s deadliest natural events with long lasting impact on nearby communities.
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Ramacirca
Peru
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