Coot Amphibious Vehicle Hits Local Market San Francisco
Coot Inc of San Francisco markets a rugged five foot long amphibious vehicle called the Coot. Production began in August 1967 and Williams Bugbee Inc of Bennington has been named local dealer. The Coot features a steel hull, four wheel drive, two speeds forward and reverse, a 12 horsepower engine, 20 mph road speed, and water travel up to five mph. It weighs 1000 pounds and can carry four passengers plus cargo with a 600 pound water load capacity.
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Coot
Coot Inc
United States
Williams & Bugbee Inc
East Main St
Bennington
Williams
Dale
Rockhounds Grow In Number and Interest in New Mexico
Americans of all ages chase semi precious stones as rockhounding becomes a billion dollar industry. In Deming area a 250 acre Rockhound State Park invites samples with amethysts opals geodes and more. The park sits 12 miles southeast of Deming in the Little Florida Mountains on land donated by Deming Ranchettes. A Hollywood TV crew filmed The Rockhound with Jacques Descent Productions and Bill Morey narrating. Don Doyle notes rockhounding links to oil mining interior decorating and related fields.
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Santa FE
N.M
Troversy
United States
Morey
New Mexico
Don Doyle
Globe-Union Declares 20 Cent Quarterly Dividend
Globe-Union Inc of Milwaukee declared a 20 cent quarterly dividend payable December 20, 1968 to shareholders of record December 9. The company, a major battery and electronic components producer, operates the Globe Battery Division for automotive batteries and the Centralab divisions for electronic components used by leading TV, hi fi, and space program manufacturers. Globe Union securities trade on the NYSE.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Globe-Union Inc
Globe - Union Inc
Globe Battery Division
Centralab Electronics and Semiconductor
Globe Union Inc
New York Stock Exchange
Personalization in Junk Mail Promises More Sales
Direct mail campaigns use computer personalized letters to grab attention with recipients names and hometowns. Surveys show mixed reactions to mail but indicate personalization boosts open rates and engagement, while still urging purchase.
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America
Electrical Merchandising Week
New Breed of Logger Shifts From Wildcat Image to Community Role
In SERIA Washington a UPI report contrasts today’s Crown Zellerbach Northwest Timber Operations workers with the prewar timberjacks. Modern loggers are homeowners, family men, active in community affairs, while the old image focused on hard drinking transients. The shift includes long tenures, higher earnings spent on groceries and taxes, and involvement in school boards planning commissions and volunteer fire departments. The piece notes the former era’s “blanket squad” mobility and the ironic use of “tree farm” for growing as opposed to cutting.
Housing boom could yield 26 million homes in coming decade
Ray Watt of Gardena Calif predicts 26 million new housing units in the next decade, about 1,400 square miles of living space. He foresees little change in exterior design but major shifts in land use, mass production, financing, and use of engineered building components to cut costs.
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New York
UPI
Rhode Island
Ray Watt
R.A. Watt Co
Gardena
Calif
Watt
Watt Co
Boise Cascade Corp
Light Brigade campaign urges bike riders to use headlights
NEW YORK. UPI. Motorcycle safety group urges riders of motorcycles and scooters to join the Light Brigade and keep headlights on at all times. Campaign cites studies showing headlights increase visibility, reduce daylight accidents, and potentially lower motorcycle crash rates. William E. Kennedy, president of the association, calls on states to endorse the program.
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Light Brigade
New York
UPI
Motorcycle
Scooter and Allied Trades Association
William E. Kennedy
The
Industry Association
United States
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