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: RETAIL SALES RISE IN FIRST HALF. Total sales of retail stores in June were $20.5
billion, a 1.6 increase over the $20.2 billion scored in June, 1962. The general mer
chandise group led oft with a 6.7 increase, which was followed by the automotive
group with a gain of 3.1. For the first six months of 1963, retail sales rose 5.2 over
the same 1962 period. All classifications recorded increases in the iirst hall, ine ioiiow
ing tabulation, based on Department of Commerce data, compares sales of the principal
retail groups for the first six months of 1963 with the same months last year (in millions
of dollars)!
FIRST SIX MONTHS
: 1963 1962
; Food Group $ 29.110 $ 28,099
Eating and Drinking Places 8,569 8,187
General Merchandise Group 12,375 11.605
I Apparel Group .... .'- 6.551 6.417
Furniture and Appliances 5.167 4.879
Lumber, Building, Hardware 7.141 7.012
Automotive Group 23,121 21,613
Gasoline Service Stations 9.298 6,978
Drug and Proprietary Stores 3,965 3,909
' 'Total Sales $117,563 $111,751 -f5.2
'Includes data for kinds of businesses not shown in above categories.
TOTAL RETAIL DOLLAR VOLUME ROSE SLIGHTLY during the 7-day period ended
Wednesday, July 24, above the corresponding week last year, Dun & Bradstrcet reported
today. National Percentage Changes varied Irom the corresponding levels of a year ago
by the following percentages: plus 2 to plus 6. Regional Percentage Changes varied from
the comparable levels of a yjar ago by the following percentages: West North Central
minus 2 to plus 2; hast North Central minus 1 to plus 3; t-ast South Central u to plus 4;
Pacific plus 1 to plus S; New England plus 3 to plus 7; South Atlantic and West South
Central plus 4 to plus 8; Mountain plus 5 to plus 9; Middle Atlantic plus 6 to plus 10.
PRETTY MODEL TOTfi3 COIN
WITH COIN TOTER. Pretty Linda
Hating, right, demonstrates The
Oregon Bank's attractive new "coin
loter" designed to ease the burden
of carrying coins, both rolled and
loose. The idea for the bag was
suggested by bank personnel as
they watched business people strug
gle with the many items required
to complete their firm's financial
transactions.
SPORTING GOODSSALES
RISE IN FIRST HALF. Sporting
goods dealers report an 8.4 gain
In the first half of this year over
1962, states The Sporting Goods
Dealer. Four out of five stores,
80.1, report business for the first
half was ahead of the same period
last year. Only 17.3 say sales
were off. The remaining 2.6 re
port volume about the same. Of .
those with improved business, the
average increase in sales was
1183. Oddly, those showing a
loss had virtually the same per
centage, 11.85. While the majority of dealers, 60.9, expect continued Improvement
into the summer with another 11.9 anticipating a fair or slight increase in sales, a
number aren't sure their profits will match the pace of rising sales.
CIGARETTE SMOKING INCREASES AT SLOWER RATE. Cigarette smoking con
tinues to rise but at a slower rate, states The Wall Street Journal. Americans are ex
pected to smoke a record 515 billion cigarettes in 1963, up 7 billion from 1962. That
tops the gain of 5.7 billion during 1962, but falls far below the average annual increase
of over 19 billion during the preceding five years.
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: HANDSOME. MATCHED SHETLAND PONIES work In perfect harmony as they pre
pare for the Shetland Pony Show activities at the Douglas County Fair, August 14 thru
18, in Roseburg. Reminiscent of the day of the work horse, the attractive pairs will be
driven to four-wheel working-type buggies or light wagons, with the drivers In Western
attire, as they compete in ths- Interesting working pairs class. Shetland shows are sched
uled for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 14, 15, IB, at 1:30 p.m. In the grandstand
arena at the fairgrounds.
MEN'S WEAR SALES SET NEW HIGH. Consumers spent an estimated $11.1 billion
for men's and boys' wear, including footwear, last year, setting an all-lime high, accord
ing to the annual survey conducted by the New York University School of Retailing in
cooperation with the National Association of Retail Clothiors end Furnishers and Men's
Wear maqasine. This represents an increase of 4.6 over the 1961 spending, which
totaled $10.6 billion. Of last year's high, $3.36 billion was spent for men's clothing, com
pared with 33.23 billion in 1961, Men's furnishings sales rose to $3.70 billion last year,
irom $3.58 billion in 1961. Boys' wear volume totaled $2.08 billion in 1962 in comparison
with $2.00 billion in the previous yean footwear inlet in '62 hit $2.03 billion compared
with $1.87 billion the year before.
: NEW RANCH ROUNDS FENCE ANNOUNCED, The Itaiieh Hounds fence building com
pany In Ashland has recently announced two new models of the popular "instant fenc
ing" they manufacture In their plant.
The new fences will be known as the Ranch Rounds Hacienda and. above, the Ranch
Rounds Ranchito models, designed to fill the need for fence which will keep children and
animals enclosed.
The two new models are also erected without nailing, rawing or painting as are the
previous and still existing models. Adding upright rails at intervals has made the fence
stronger, tighter and improved the appearance. -
This new design offers unlimited possibilities for design in gaidcn occur. The Indi
vidual sections placed In strategic points provide protection for bushes and valuable plants
without detracting from the overall appearance or planning
The versatility of this novel fencing has niHde it widely accepted for commercial
use by motels, parks, playgrounds and countless other applications including many stair
and porch railing installations.
The "Ranchito" is two feet high and the "Hacienda" is four feet high. Higher or
specially qrdored models are easily made up by the factory without premium costs.
Thunderstorms,
Lightning Leave
Several Injured
United Press International
Gentle showers today soak
ed the Atlantic Coast states
where violent thunderstorms
and lightning left at least two
persons dead, several injured
and sparked scores of fires.
Strong winds pushed heavy
rainstorms across the Great
Plains. Nearly l'i inches of
rain fell at Sioux Falls, S. .,
in six hours.
Elsewhere skies were clear
and temperatures normal.
A 12-year-olc girl was
struck and killed by lightning
at Coney Island Monday when
a sudden storm lashed New
York beaches.
Two other persons were
critically injured by lightning
at Coney Island and at least
13 persons were hurt by
lightning or flying debris
whipped up by high winds,
Basements Flooded
More than 3 inches of rain
flooded basements and streets
at Buffalo, N, Y. In West
Seneca, N. Y.( a woman
died when she touched a live
wire in her flooded cellar. A
basement wall caved in on a
17 -year -old youth at Lake-
view, N. Y., and he was hos
pitalized with possible frac
tures of both legs.
Several electrical storms
ripped sections of New Eng
land, sparking several fires in
the Newburyport, Mass., area
and knocking radio stations
off the air at Manchester,
N.H.
Firemen raced to the Anna
Jaques Hospital In Boston
twice when lightning set off
false fire alarms.
Homes Lose Roofs
An apparent tornado ripped
roofs from several Oklahoma
City, Okla., homes but caused
no Injuries. Storms that swept
the city touched oil liasn
flooding and tied up traffic.
Severt feet of water covered
an interstate route in the
southeastern part of the city
and snarled traffic for miles
Heavy storms across Texas
triggered flooding in the
southern plains and closed
highways. Basements were
flooded at Idalou, Tex., ana a
14 -year -old cotton chopper
was temporarily bunded by
lightning.
Marriage Shocks
Actor Dean Martin
Hollywood - OIPI) - Actor
Dean Martin was shocked to
day over the marriage of his
18-year-old daughter Claudia
to Gavin Murcll.
"I don't even know the
guv," said Martin when he
learned Monday of the Thurs
day elopement. "I'm not very
pleased about it but what can
you do? If that's the way it is,
that's the way it is."
Claudia, one of four chil
dren by Martin's first mar
riage, is a budding actress
who has a part in the forth
coming movie "For Those
Who Think Young."
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Her career is booming
after the doldrums of be
ing typed as a "rich girl"
but what about her
real-life role of estranged
wife of Lance Revent
low, the Woolworth heir?
Jhr iirst comedy, oppo
site Frank Sinatra, marks
a new success in Iter f(j
reer, Jack fytm tells the
story in the
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Northwest Power Bill Opposed by South Dakotans
Washington - OIPI) - South
Dakota congressmen are
agreed the Pacific Northwest
power bill which they regard
as selfish almost surely will
be passed by the House, prob
ably early next month.
The legislation would pave
the way for construction of
transmission lines to carry the
Bonneville Power Adminis
tration's surplus power from
the Pacific Northwest to Cali
fornia. It also would give
first call on power from the
Columbia river dams to in
dustry and private utilities
in the area, as well as to pub
licly owned utilities.
This provision is opposed
by members of Congress from
Missouri River Basin states,
where the 50-year-old law
giving publically owned util
ities preference in buying the
federal power still is in ef
fect. Guaranteed First Call
Reps. E. Y. Berry and Ben
Reifel (R-S. D.) contend this
is a first step to abandonment
of the time - honored prefer
ence clause.
Their own state is guaran
teed first call on half the
power produced at Big Ben
dam, but they said this is dif
ferent. Big Ben is only one of
six federal dams in the MRB
four of which are located in
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South Dakota, they said, and
the Big Ben provision was in
tended as a bonus to the -tate
for giving up so much rich,
tax - producing land to con
trol the Missouri.
Berry, a member of the
House Interior Committee
which approved the Senate
passed Pacific Northwest bill,
threatened to offer amend
ments which would make the
same first call preference ap
plicable in the MRB area. He
could not do so. however, he
told UPI, because of House
rules requiring that amend
ments be pertinent to the bill,
but his announcement pro
duced a flurry of protest from
the midwest.
Defeat Urged
"We urge you most strong
ly to .. . defeat both the reg
ional preference in the North
west and your own amend
ment," V. T. Hanlon, manager
of the East River Electric Co
operative, Madison, S. D., tel
egraphed. Other protests were re
ceived from Basin Electric
Consumers Co - op, Stanton,
N. D., and Midwest Electric
Consumers Association, Den
ver. "Why didn't they come to
life sooner," Berry inquired.
"They didn't testify against
the bill."
The National Association of
REAs took no stand on the
bill, he noted, even though
spokesmen "told me they
hoped it would be defeated
because they didn't want to
see the public preference
clause chiseled away."
"It's a selfish gesture on
the part of the Pacific North
west," Reifel said. "Bonne-'
ville produces more power
than can be used there, and
California needs it, but the
BPA won't sell the surplus
unless it has this regional
preference clause."
The regional preference is
designed to attract industry
to the area with the lure of
cheap power, Reifel and Ber
ry said. BPA power sells for
2t mills, less than half the
cost at other federal dams,
they said.
"We're subsidizing the Pa
cific Northwest to competa
with our own efforts to at
tract industry." Reifel said.
"If they're going to get
this provision, everyone else
will want it too, and I will
keep my eyes open for a
chance to apply the same
principle for the benefit of
South Dakota."
Berry doubted that the
MRB ever could win such an
attempt in Congress.
"We don't have the votes,"
he said.
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