Retailing Revolution Gathers Pace With Discount Chains
A shift reshapes shopping as department stores and variety chains rush into discount retailing led by Woolworths Woolco and S. S. Kresge. Interstate and Grayson Robinson expand discount units amid forecasts that 80 percent of shoppers will rely on discount centers within 5 to 10 years. English huntsmen created trapshooting around 1880.
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New York
F. W. Woolworth Co
Sol W. Cantor
Grayson-Robinson
Union to Pay Million for Say in Bus Company Control
The Trans port Workers Union plans to invest one million dollars to gain voting rights in Fifth Avenue Coach Lines Inc. through stock purchases by members and union funds. TWU aims to influence the stockholders meeting amid a court battle between management and a challenger group led by Dal-Tran Service Co. The union says it will not seek control or take sides, but will ensure a Voice in the meetings.
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New York
Transport Workers Union
Fifth Avenue Coach Lines Inc
TWU
Michael J. Quill
Quill
Fifth Avenue
Harry Weinberg
Scranton
Dal-Tran Service Co
Dallas
Dal-Tran
State Supreme Court
Churchill Actress Fined for Drunken Disorderly Behavior
Sarah Churchill daughter of Sir Winston Churchill was fined two pounds after pleading guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a Brighton pub. It marked her eighth similar appearance in two years and she told the magistrate she regretted the actions.
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Brighton
England
Sarah Churchill
Winston Churchill
St Cloud Students Fined For Dormitory Horse Prank
Seven St Cloud State College students pleaded guilty to creating a public nuisance after abducting a horse, parking it in a dormitory bathroom, and waiting in shrubs for police. Each paid a $10 fine.
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St. Cloud
South Korea’s new rulers meet U.S. officials in public appearance
In Seoul the 32 member military junta attended a Korean War memorial at the national military cemetery. U.S. Charge d'Affaires Marshall Green and Gen. Carter B. Magruder, the U.N. and U.S. commander in Korea, were present. The chairman Lt. Gen. Chang Do Young and deputy Maj. Gen. Pak Chung-hee greeted them after the ceremony.
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Seoul
South Korea
U.S
National Military Cemetery
Marshall Green
Carter B. Magruder
U.N
Korea
Chang Doyoung
Pak Chung-hi
Green
Magruder
Trial of Iowa teacher on assault charge continues
In Ottumwa Municipal Court jury hears four boys testify that Sam Rodgers Jr. struck 15yearold John E. Miller in an Evans Junior High School classroom on April 14. An Iowa State Education Association representative says legal fees are being paid for the accused educator.
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Ottumway
Sam Rodgers Jr
John E. Miller
Evans Junior High School
Iowa State Education Association
Erbe vetoes seventh bill to complete 1961 Iowa session
Gov Norman Erbe vetoed his seventh bill, finalizing action on the 357 measures passed by the 1961 Iowa Legislature. The last remaining measure would have exempted certain industrial materials from the state two percent use tax.
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Des Moines
Norman Erbe
Iowa
No Alarm Sounds as 25 Men Escape Jail
Twenty five policemen climbed from a window of the City Prison after a door lock stuck while they gathered in the roll call room before going off duty. No alarm was sounded as they escaped Columbus police headlines indicate the incident at the Police Headquarters.
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Columbus
Ohio
City Prison
Burlington Civil Service Upholds Sgt Walsh Discharge
The Burling ton Civil Service Commission affirmed the discharge of Police Sgt John F Walsh for alleged misconduct. Since his dismissal on March 27 eight other officers resigned four were suspended and one was demoted. Keokuk truck drivers face summonses for missing reciprocity permits and fuel limits at the Des Moines River Bridge. Dr H D Needler of Kahoka Mo was elected president of the Keokuk Medical College alumni association. Kenneth Robinson of Bayard was re elected to Drake Alumni post in Des Moines.
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Burlington
John F. Walsh
Burlington Civil Service Commission
Walsh
Keokuk
State Highway Patrol
Missouri
Des Moines River Bridge
H. D. Needler
Kahoka
Keokuk Medical College
College of Physicians and Surgeons
College of Pharmacy
College of Nursing
County pays lawyer for ripped pants in court
In Toledo Lucas County voters chose to reimburse attorney Stephen A. Mack $10.95 for pants ripped by a chair in Common Pleas Court. Prosecutor Harry Friberg called it a moral debt and noted Mack suffered embarrassment and lost his client's case.
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Toledo, Ohio
Lucas County
Common Pleas Court
Harry Friberg
Sephen A. Mack
Mack
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