Johns Manville Forms Flooring Division to Boost Market
Johns Manville announces creation of a new Johns Manville Flooring Division effective January 1, 1962. The division consolidates flooring product development and distribution with five regional sales offices in Manville New Jersey Waukegan Illinois Marero Louisiana Chillicothe Ohio and Long Beach California to accelerate growth in the billion dollar resilient flooring market.
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Johns-Manville
Johns Manville
Ing Products Division
Accordingo A. K. Higbee
Stamford
Conn
Johns - Manville
Manville
New Jersey
Higbee
J-M
Waukegan
Illinois
Marrero
Louisiana
Chillicothe
Ing
Ohio
E. H. Biegler Manufacturing Co
Chicago
Johns- Manville
Johns-Manville Research
YMCA Activity Schedule Features Various Clubs and Classes
A history page lists a packed YMCA timetable with sessions across the day. Christian Business Men meet at noon alongside Home Economics social luncheons and dinners. Evening programs include White River Circle Club Chattering Eight and Industrial Management.
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White River Circle Club
Phi Chi Epsilon
GM Official To New Post In Flint Michigan
Edward N. Cole was elected chairman of the Board of Regents and Executive Committee chairman of General Motors Institute. Semon E. Knudsen and Elliott M. Estes were named to GMI committees, with Knudsen already a regent since 1955 and Estes a new board member.
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Flint
Michigan
Edward N. Cole
General Motors
Board of Regents
General Motors Institute
Semon E. ‘Knudsen
Chevrolet Motor Division
GMI
Elliott M. Estes
Pontiac Motor Division
Knudsen
Cole
James E. Goodman
Goodman
GMI Board of Regents
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Case Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
Michigan State University
Institutio
GM Management
Mr. Knudsen
William H. Doermner
Saginaw
Charles A. Chayne
Richard C. Gerstenberg
Lawrence R. Hafstad
Harold P. Rodes
Louis G. Seaton
Jack F. Wolfram
Oldsmobile
Notre Dame Plans $3 Million Computing Center
University of Notre Dame announces a $3 million computing center funded in part by a $1 million donation from Sperry-Rand Corp. The center will house a Remington Rand Univac 1107 thin film memory system capable of 250000 operations per second and will be built on a new campus quadrangle near the Memorial Library under construction.
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South Bend
Swindler Poses As Ferris Instructor In $12000 Michigan Theft
Alfred H. Witten, claiming to teach business at Ferris Institute, defrauded banks and merchants in Big Rapids and Grand Rapids for at least 12 000 dollars. Creditors traced losses to fake home equity, bad loans, a fraudulently financed 1962 car, clothing, furniture, and appliances, with additional bad checks possibly widening the total. Authorities pursued him as he vanished around 1 30 a m, leaving creditors at his residence.
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Big Rapids
Mich
Alfred H. Witten
Ferris Institute
Grand Rapids
Talon Lan Wo
Harper
Witten
Ferris
Airlines plan Continental National merger
Continental and National Airlines boards agreed in principle to merge, pending CAB and shareholder approvals. If approved, Continental would gain long sought transcontinental routes, following United and Capital’s earlier merger this year.
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Washington
UPI
Continental
National Airlines
CAB
United
Capital
U.S
Air Transport Association
JFK
Miami Beach
Aflcio
Kennedy
Federation
Four Men Sought Over Diseased Pigs Smuggling Case
Indiana officials seek four men tied to diseased feeder pig smuggling after convictions in Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois. Suspects James Webb Steve Webb R W Moran and Algy Olson identified. board warns farmers to require health certificates and special permits before buying hogs. The note closes by mentioning a high work week figure since 1955.
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Indianapolis
State Livestock and Sanitary Board
Indiana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
James Webb
Steve Webb
Ogdenburg
Wis
R. W. Moran
West Plains
Algy Olson
Waupaca
Bonanza Airlines Pushes Promotion Overfare Claims
Bonanza Airlines promotes five reduced fare plans to grow traffic. The tiny carrier reports a 23 percent revenue rise in six months with eight special fares including youth clergy and unlimited travel area tickets. Officials say lower fares open new markets and contrast with larger carriers delaying promotions.
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Robert J. Serling
UPI
Washington
Bonanza Airlines
Bonanza
Arizona
California
Nevada
Utah
United States
Spe
G. Robert Henry
Henry
UN Members Behind on Assessments Hit $103 Million
United Nations reports 103,852,015 in assessment arrears as of Nov 30. Congo operation is the largest deficit with 55,497,890 unpaid. if unresolved, deficits may reach 107.5 million by year end and 170 million by next June. Only 15 of 103 members have paid Congo bills in full. the United States has paid 32.51 percent plus a voluntary contribution.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPD
Congo
U.N
United States
Three Indicted in Slayings At Brownsown Air Base Area
Brownstown Indiana three men face indictments for the killings tied to a late night crime spree. Jack T Cockrum 29 Brownstown is charged in the fatal shooting of Marilyn Rice 30 and wounding of James Rice 37. Robert A Jones 18 and Edward E Jones 26, both of Chattanooga Tenn, are charged in the death of Gerald Shibe 53 a Bakalor engineer. The grand jury convened quickly with police reporting Jones admitted killings before seeking counsel. Shibe’s body was found near U S 50 three miles west of Seymour on November 28.
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Brownstown
Ind
Bakalar Air Force Base
State Highway Department
Jack T. Cockrum
Marilyn Rice
James
Cockrum
Rice
Robert A. Jones
Edward E. Jones
Chattanooga
Tenn
Gerald Shibe
Seymour
Bakalor
Jackson County
Robert Jones
Shibe
Chicago
U. S. 50
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Hiram Walker
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria, Ill
Nymaasin
Anweha Yhop
12Th and
Meridian
YMCA
Bulletin-Herald
Main ST
American Industrial Bankers Association
Madison County
Ambler
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