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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1958
Page
19
The column recalls how readers always respond to free offers and coupons in magazines. It describes collecting catalogs, booklets, and promos, sometimes chasing promises of big money, government jobs, or private detective work while noting the practical jokes of the mail pitch.
A new company, Tri-Rotor Inc., bought Yale & Towne's tri-rotor pump business and will relocate to Torrington. Leo S. Nikora of Greenwich, founder of Cue Fastener Corp., is Tri-Rotor's president. The purchase price was undisclosed. Tri-Rotor will occupy a one story Torrington plant. A South African group formed in Pretoria plans to produce movie films for export.
In Delaware City a new Tidewater refinery cost over 200 million dollars and stands as the most modern among America's 322 refineries. It claims to produce 100 octane gasoline and will support a wide expansion including Flying A service stations and a large tanker fleet. Tidewater, the Flying A Company, pushes forward with bold growth.
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