Shoe Polish Business Surges Amid Home Use Innovation
The shoe polish market grows from 30 million to over 85 million annually as homes embrace new products and ideas. Firms roll out spray on polishes, odorless pastes, and electric home machines while targeting women and older shoppers with streamlined, longer lasting shines.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
S. C. Johnson & Son
Racine
Wis
Esquire
Knomark, Inc
Griffin
Shinola
Bixby’s
Dress Parade
Whittemore Brothers
Tax collections rise in Kansas for 1960 totals
Kansas revenue Department reports 1960 tax intake up 3.254 million dollars, near 2 percent. Corporate income taxes jump 12.9 percent and individual income taxes rise 7 percent, while sales tax falls 1.75 percent. Total receipts reach 171.873 million with December alone at 11.636 million, up 473,605 from December 1959. Individual income taxes surge 93 percent.
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Topeka
Kansas
Department of Revenue
Clarence J. Malone
Night Workers Find Kinship in Darkness Across Jobs
Night shift workers, about one sixth of America’s labor force, share a rare camaraderie as they perform essential tasks from guarding streets to cleaning offices. The piece notes the independence and unity of those who work after sunset, describing the “lobster trick” of overnight newspaper work and the liberated feeling of partnering through the night. The article closes with unrelated tax figures from a separate fiscal report.
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New York
America
Psychiatric Aide II Exams Planned Statewide
The State Personnel Division announced an February exam for psychiatric aide II across several cities. Applicants must complete basic and advanced aide training. Apply by January 20 to the State Personnel Division in Topeka for forms. address 801 Harrison Street. Trainee opportunities exist at state hospitals in Larned Osawatomie Parsons Topeka and Winfield for untraining inquiries.
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State
Harrison Street
Topeka
Larned
Osawatomie
Parsons
Winfield
How Can I Restore Butter and Fit a Candle
Butter that has acquired an odd taste can be restored by soaking two hours in cold water with a pinch of baking soda. The butter will regain its original flavor. To fit a candle into a too-large holder, burn a short stub in the holder then press the softened base of the new candle onto it to secure.
Better English 1. What is wrong with this sentence?
A Q&A list asks about grammar and pronunciation. The given answers propose changes such as using named Jones, altering to sure or certain, and noting pronunciation and word forms.
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Jones
Christmas Visitors and Births in Buffalo and Wichita
Mrs W T Blackwood reports a visit by Mr and Mrs Oscar Clark and their daughter Mrs Ed Tarver and granddaughter Nancy Carolyn born Dec 26 at Wesley Hospital Wichita. Nancy weighed seven pounds ten ounces at birth. Guests at Charles Andersons for Christmas dinner included Maynard Clough Judy Cora Smith and Charles Anderson of Manhattan. College students home for holidays include Georgia Sprague Mary E Braman Judy Clough Jerry Milligan Glenn Clarkson Larry Clough Darren Braman Jack Chapman. Mrs M J Clough and Judy over Christmas vacation hosted Fred Templeman and Mrs Lucy Templeman from Enid.
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Buffalo
Oscar Clark
Wesley Hospital
Wichita
Ed Tarver
Nancy Carolyn
Nancy
Charles Anderson
Maynard Clough
Judy
Cora Smith
Manhattan
Georgia Sprague
Mary E. Braman
Emporia State
Judy Clough
Jerry Milligan
Glenn Clarkson
Pittsburg State
Larry Clough
Utah College
Darren Braman
Glen Burnie
Maryland
Jack Chapman
Kansas State University
M. J. Clough
Fred Templeman
Lucy Templeman
Enid
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Chanute
Arnold Yor
Blue Springs
John States
Paul States
Randy
Toronto
Joe States
Emporia
Dale States
Daleann
Bluebird Chapter Ofs
Fred Dodge
Harry Orendorff
Melvin
Marshall
W. T. Blackwood
Dodge
Kathy McGregor
Calvin Clinesmith
Dale McKenzie
J. L. Walker
Marie Brock
Trem Raifsnyder
Dale Payne
Clough
Jake Sauber
Sentinel
Claude Krepps
Carl Place
Kansas City
Hal Boyle
James Warren Patterson
Marine Corps
el Centro
Calif
Yuma
Ariz
FBI
Patterson
W. Main
Montgomery Ward
Riverside
DuPont
W T Blackwood
Ronnie Stantiere
Westamerica Securities Inc
Tempest
Ranz Motor Company
North
Lincoln
Chanute, Kansas
GiRiverside
Ford
Mercury
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