Record Seen With Holiday Buying Surge
Christmas shopping starts slow after Kennedy assassination but retailers expect a late surge to reach a new high. Analyst quotes from Macy’s and Gimbels executives show mixed optimism amid fewer shopping days and warm autumn. Merchants say consumer spending remains strong on quality goods, though some doubt full-season totals.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Gimbels
Kennedy
Cyril Magnin Co
San Francisco
Washington
Hecht Co
Associated Press
Recruit More todie For Negroes Work
Indianapolis dispatch reports Indiana Civil Rights Commission director Harold C Hatcher urged special recruiting and training procedures for Negro workers to improve communication across the color barrier. Time Inc executive Lawrence Laybourne noted income gaps and cited firm efforts to train and hire more Negro workers as a long term need.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Harold C
Hatcher
Lawrence E. Laybourne
Time, Inc
Laybourne
Happennings In Shirley and Surrounding Areas
Local social notes from Shirley detail visits and gatherings. Ruth Wisehart was hospitalized in Indianapolis for treatment. Families from Shirley, Willow Branch, Knightstown, and Wilkinson joined dinners and weekend calls, with several guests visiting in Indy. The piece closes noting early American shoemaking in Salem, Massachusetts in 1629.
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Ruth Wisehart
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Tilden Lipp
Homer Warner
Pat Straughn
Garnett Riggs
Willow Branch
Lem Robinson
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