Sears 75 Years of Gigantic Progress and Growth
Sears Roebuck marks 75 years of growth from early watch selling to a diversified giant with 740 US stores and 52 Latin American outlets. Catalogs drive 23 percent of sales, Allstate Insurance subsidiary profitable, net sales a record 134.3 billion last year. Founders include Richard Sears, Alvah Roe Buck, Julius Rosenwald, and Robert Wood shaping efficiency and expansion across retail, catalogs, and insurance.
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Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Business Week
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Poultry After Overproduction and Hog Prices Rise in 1961
A 1961 livestock market snapshot notes poultry overproduction, shifting hog prices, and mixed cattle trends. It reports occasional profits for producers, wider swings in hogs and steers, and a year that started with a gradual decline before a late surge in prices.
Birth notices for Goodwin Cannata and Hollis families
Heirports GOODWIN announce the birth of son Wayne Wesley on December 5 at San Jacinto Hospital weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces. Grandparents Rev John Wesley Ford of Corsicana and Year Hoe of Arlington attend. Don Cannata and Leigh Ann Cannata add another birth Mark Palmer on December 5 weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces with siblings and grandparents listed. Hollis announces daughter Janice Annette born December 9 at Baylor Hospital in Garland weighing 6 pounds. Grandparents and great-grandparents named in Garland Baytown Marshall and Dallas areas.
No Misunderstanding About Toy He Wants
Chicago AP report describes a Chicago youngster who pinned a letter to Santa on a catalog with circled favorite toys and promised a snack to spur Santa to accuracy. The postal official notes the scene as a light holiday feature with humor about the child’s precise wish list.
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Kennedy to Venezuela and Colombia for housing push
President Kennedy travels to Venezuela and Colombia next weekend amid hopes the Alliance for Progress can spur real gains on Latin America housing. Miami talks with Humphrey and Winsborough push private capital, mortgage guarantees, and a homegrown economic peace corps to fund scalable housing and related needs.
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Venezuela
Colombia
Allance
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Treasury
Dougray Dillon
George Smathers
D-Flz
U.S
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Hubert Humphrey
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Frank P. Gatteri
Chamber of Commerce of the Americas
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Economic Plan For Freedom
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Washington
Congressional Record
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Winsborough
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Sealed bids sought to repair Baytown school lighting system
Kids will be received by the S4hoose Creek Consolidated Independent 52M School District Office of Maintenance in Baytown Texas until 24 p.m. December 20 for items of labor and materials to check replace and repair the lighting system of the Robert E. Lea High School Baseball Field damaged by the hurricane. Bids opened at 9:00 a.m. December 20 bidders must be present. The district may reject any bid.
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Allis-Chalmers
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Legal Notice Involving Multiple Corporate Entities
A fragmented legal notice lists numerous companies across industries and states, including Sperry Rand, Union Carbide, United Airlines, Westinghouse, Texas Gulf, Timken, and Texaco. The document references corporate actions or filings in various jurisdictions, with scattered mentions of Ohio, California, Texas, and Tennessee.
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Sou Pacific
Sperry-Rand
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Ohio
J Stanley-Warner Stude-Packand
Sun Oilesse
Cecersesers
Tennessee Gas
Sssrevenees
Texas Co
Texas
Texas Gulf
Texas Gulf Sulp Tidewater « ‘Timken | Trans Am Corp Union Carbide
UN OF of Calif
United Airlines
United Carbon
U.S. Steeserseeerenersenees
Westinghouse Merox Seseeseee
Invitation for bids Harris County Water District No 58 Texas
Sealed proposals addressed to the Board of Directors for Extensions to water distribution sanitary sewer and storm draining systems in Harris County Texas will be received at the district office 4823 Fairway Drive Houston Texas until 7 30 p m on January 1942 then publicly opened Proposals must be sealed and marked Extensions to the Water Distribution and or Sanitary Sewer and or Storm Draining System Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No 58 A certified bank guarantee of at least 1 value of the total bid is required Plans and specifications available at 50 Fannin Street Houston Texas or from the District Engineer upon deposit of 25 00 with refundable return within ten days after award The owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities.
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Mye Louis Land
Monsanto
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Funeral Fungeal Services for Robert Henry Isng
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. at Reformed Evangelical Church in Karten Tex for Robert Henry Isng 45 of 232 Etter who died at 12 10 p.m. The body lies at Paul U Lee Funeral Home until Wednesday when attending. burial follows at Shuden Cemetery. Survivors include nephew and several relatives with flowers to church donations preferred.
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Robert Henry Isng
Etter
Baytown
Humble Cl Ond Refine Ing Co
Ytiiities
Paut U. Lise
Reformed Evangelical Caursh
Karten
Tex
Bqey
Paul U. Lee Funeanne
Rawic
Poul Everett
Dans
Hospital Beat Notes Admissions and Patient Updates
Mrs A J Perry of Mont Belvieu is in Room 10 at Lillie Duke Hospital after a collarbone fracture not yet mended. New patients admitted include Mayford L Singer of Baytown to San Jacinto in Room 31 and Floyd Lee McCormick of Lubbock to same unit in Room 31. Mrs Gilbert Barrow from Highlands, C L Kent of 422 Pearl, Carl Homerson, E Hunnicutt, Al W Fayle of Cedar Bayou, and Mrs Wilfred Navarre of Port Arthur are listed among Gulf Coast admissions.
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A. J. Perry
Mont Bel‘view
Lillie Duke Hospital
Hodesa
Bayown Hospital
Mayford L. Singer
Stewart
San Jacinto
Floyd Lee McCormick
Lubbock
Gilbert Barrow
Highlands
Gulf Coast
C. L. Kent
Pearl
Carl
SUN SPOTS AND PATENTS IN FORT DIX NOTES
Amputated fingers of Donald P. Banning after accidental shooting on Texas Avenue. He will lose two fingers while home on leave from Fort Myers Virginia and expects to return to Fort Dix. Mrs Guinn Baker and others report the incident, with $6 and papers taken. Also mentions transfer to Veterans Hospital Houston, patient’s mother, and local hospital.
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Donald P. Banning
On TV Tonight Special Christmas Program Airs in Rev PA
Reverend Paul Stephens of Second Baptist Church will host a Christmas program on Channel eIV at 9 30 p m Tuesday featuring a Baytown choral group.
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Second Baptist Church
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Baytown
Westinghouse Test for Lee High science students
Westinghouse examination set for 8 a.m. to noon Thursday will be given to science project students at Robert E. Lee High School. A project summary is required as part of the test.
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Westinghouse
Robert E. Lee High School
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