Impulse buying reshapes retail with self service and mix
Editorial notes a shift toward impulse driven shopping as self service expands across supermarkets, drug chains, and service stations. It cites a DuPont study showing 70 percent of purchase decisions occur after entry, plus rising packaging design, trademark use, and product diversification from firms like Sinclair Refining and Jones & Laughlin.
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DuPont
Sinclair Refining
Jones & Laughlin
National Retail Hardware Dealers Association
Standard Oil
Tidewater Oil
Gulf Oil
Richfield Oil
Indiana Standard
Atlantic Refining
Wage-Price Drive Aims to Steady U S Exports and Costs
New York AP reports that curbing the wage price spiral is a top priority to keep U S goods competitive abroad. The article notes the pay gap with foreign rivals persists, while productivity and raw material costs also shape export growth and the dollar’s international standing. It cites a First National City Bank April survey showing U S hourly wages far above Japan and Italy, yet explains gains in exports amid rising foreign costs and competitive pressures.
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New York
U.S
Kennedy
United States
First National City Bank of New York Motes
Italy
Canada
Averiee
Benk
AEC Lists Wide Test Area For Nuclear Activity
The Atomic Energy Commission marks a wide sea area for potential nuclear tests. The zone extends 60 miles by 100 miles, centered near Christmas Island and affecting nearby Pacific atolls. President Kennedy signals possible resumed U S air tests if Soviet talks fail this month.
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AEC
Washington
API
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Christmas Iskind
Ems
Fanning Island
Tskind
Palmyra Atoll
Kingman Reef
Kennedy
U.S
Unen
United Nations funding battle stalls progress in Congress
Washington AP report outlines months of wrangling over UN funding and proposed bond sales. President Kennedy pushes a $100 million US purchase as Republicans and some Democrats resist. A compromise emerges with Aiken and Dirksen proposing a flexible plan capped at $25 million starter and $75 million additional, but support remains mixed among lawmakers. In Jacksonville Florida a sailor, Donald Lee Legrand, 19, was sentenced to 15 years for a service station hold up amid unpaid bill threats from a Bible company.
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Washington
United Nations
Kennedy
Middle East
Congo
Russia
France
Belgium
Portugal
U.N
United States
World Organization
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Kenedy
Rourke Hickenlooper
Brown, Aiken
Hickenlooper
Aiken
Mansfield
Semde
Breit Dirksen
Mansfield-Dirksen
Jacksonville
Fla
Donald Lee Legrand
Champaign
Trying to Stop Me Years Ago at Paramount Studios
A clipped reminiscence recalls Ben Schulberg’s rise as Mr. Big at Paramount, then a Hollywood upheaval placing Katz in charge. A later encounter with a young actress prompts Schulberg to admit he no longer is Mr. Schulberg.
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Ben Schulberg
Big
Paramount Film Studios
Hollywood
Schulberg
Katz
Mr. Schulberg
Today’s Grab Bag and Random Inquiries
A jumble of trivia, biographies, and notices. Queries include film stars, religious calendars, and political figures tied to Nevada and Utah, plus a birthday mention, language notes, and a Swift quote about desires.
Bolivian Crisis as Lesson in Latin American Reform
Washington writer discusses Bolivia as a case study of endemic Latin American problems including a defected social structure, a one product economy, and harsh geography. He notes revolutions in 1952 and U.S. backing under Eisenhower, plus later political criticism and a long parliamentary career shadowed by tax and legal battles.
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Drew
Washington
Bolii
Thereia Loy
Hsre Jonson
Bolivia
Arnel
USA
Latin America
Ecuador
Chile
Venezueli
la Pay
Mexico
Wight Pb. Emhower
Milton
Eisenhower
John Birch Society
South America
Ike
United States
Pan American Union
la Paz
Editorial View on News Coverage Bias in Waco Paper
The Baylor Lariat editor criticizes the Waco Tribune-Herald for editorially backing Bill Connally while giving other candidates substantially less front page coverage. It argues news value is skewed by favoritism and questions fairness in reporting during campaigns.
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Seegcor
Weiffen
Bill Kurtditor
Baylor la ‘Lor University
Ign
Waco Tribune - Herald
Waco
Joh
Connally Press
Wien
Connaily Bag
Marshall Formby
Don Yarborough
Gov. Price Daniel
Connally
Teyas
Feys
Leutenant Partrner
Bob Baker
Hr County
Tesas
Baker
Shen
Caminajen Ery
Papcts
Double Dummy Bridge Problem South to Make Six Hearts
A classic double dummy bridge problem where South must make six hearts. West leads ten of hearts, declarer wins with queen, drops jack, then plays diamonds, East shifts, and a sequence squeezes West. The puzzle emphasizes the need to manage diamond and heart runs to claim twelve tricks.
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West
Declarer
East
King
South Snow
Rsls South Astor
Em Cape
Wren Syndicate
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H. Hale
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Bert M. Gilmorn
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Heramed
Sailor
By Bennett Cerf
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
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Harold Staseen
Dan Howard Real
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Romina Depensionel
Feegee
Nevada
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Georgetown
Pat McCarran
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Francis Powers
Utah
University of Arizona
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Jonathon Swift
Shirley MacLaine
Laurence Harvey
Jennery
Superior
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Thomas J. Lute
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Lynne
Morse
Lane
Lawrence J. Conpery
Charles Wyzanski
Lang
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IRS
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Conn
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Finn
James Burke
Massachusetts
Coller
Judiciary Committee
Wis
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Wyinski
Boston
Emanuel Celler
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Tom Lane
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Naval Station
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Wardly
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