New toys offer digital brain for kids and night lamp glow
A digest of new products includes a digi-comp toy computer by E S A Inc Montclair New Jersey priced at 4 95. It acts as a working model of an electronic brain with basic arithmetic memory and counting functions. Also featured is a ball a float phone timer from Exclusive Products Co Albany NY using a GE silicone fluid to time calls with three five and 25 minute durations. Kohner Bros New York introduces a busy box for toddlers with doors drawers a TV knob and other toy features. A translucent ginger leaf lamp shade electric glow provides softer outdoor lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. A. Inc
Montclair
N. J
Exclusive Products Co
Albany
N. Y
General Electric
Kohner Bros. Inc
New York
New fast bonding cement and wood look flooring products
Natur A Lite Co of Burbank Calif markets floodlight fixtures. Devcon Corp of Darivers Mass promotes a 30 second contact cement that bonds wood to various materials and resists oil grease and alcohol. Wilcox Woolford Corp of Spring City Pa offers true wood flooring with haired veneer on clear vinyl film promising authentic pegged plank look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devcon Corp
Darivers
Mass
Wilcox-Woolford Corp
Spring City
Prestolite to Give Raises at Eltra Prestolite Division
Prestolite Division of Eltra Corp. to raise hourly wages by 5 to 10 cents per hour effective December 30. Plant manager James F. Gage also announced a seventh paid holiday to be named later next year. This marks the third substantial increase since the plant opened nearly three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prestolite
Eltra Corp
James F. Gage
Gage
Stock Market Advances Declines and Totals Reported
New York December 20 1963 AP reports advances declines and unchanged totals in daily stock market figures. The list shows totals for issues and new highs and lows with numbers indicating performance across the market.
Addresses of Companies Mentioned in New P List
Flowing are the addresses of panies mentioned in New P E S R Inc Montclair Exclusive Products Co Albany Kohner Bros Inc 155 Wooster St New York Natur A Lite Co 3210 Vanowen Blvd Burbank Deveon Corp Danvers Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panies
E. S.‘R. Inc
Montclair
N.J
Exclusive Products Co
Albany
N. Y
Kohner Bros. Inc
Wooster St
New York
N.Y
Natur-A-Lite Co
Vanowen Blvd
Burbank
Calif
Deveon Corp
Danvers
Mass
Wilcox-Woolford Corp
Spring City
Brazil Finance Shakeup Stirs Markets in Rio
Brazil faces economic unease after Finance Minister Carlos Pinto resigns. President Goulart names Ney Galvao, ex Bank of Brazil head, to calm markets as exchange rates spike then stabilize. Pinto cited no reason amid Brizola pressure. Galvao seen as moderate leftist ally to steady policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de, Janeiro
Brazil
Carlos Carvalho Pinto
Joao Goulart
Goulart
Bank of Brazil
Ney Galvao
Ministry of Latin Americas
Cruzeiro
Pinto
Prosus
Sao Paulo
Leonel Brizola
Galvao
Brizola
Italian School Named For JFK in Mantua
Mantua Italy held midweek ceremonies dedicating a new grammar school to the memory of the late President John F Kennedy with attendance by municipal and U S consular officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mantua
Italy
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Dow Jones Closing Averages Reported Incomplete System Text
The bulletin lists closing averages for the Dow Jones including 30 Industrials 20 Railroads and 15 Utilities with open and bond figures and daily changes. It cites transactions in stocks used in averages and notes various rail and utility sub-indices with minor declines and a commodity futures index movement.
Stock Market Slips As Traders Expect Post Holiday Profit-Taking
New York shares fell for the third straight day with the Dow Jones industrial average down 1.78 to 762.08 and the AP 60 stock index slipping to 285.1. Volume on the NYSE reached 4.62 million shares as traders eyed profits after 1963 gains and tax considerations for 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Loral Electronics
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Soybeans Show Moderate Gain on Kansas City Board of Trade
On Friday amid steady selling old crop soybeans held modest gains while all other contracts were steady to weak. New crop soybeans fell about 9 cents from the prior session with the November delivery nearly erasing earlier gains. Prices across grains moved lower or flat as profit taking weighed on the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Hog and cattle prices ease. hogs steady to 25c higher
Chicago market shows 7000 head slaughter flow with hog prices up to 16 dollars, latest since Nov 27. Mixed weights and grades range from 14.50 to 16 for hogs, sows 10.50 to 12, cattle 7000 head Friday with steers mostly steady to 50c lower, prime weights around 1200 to 1250 pounds at 22.75, other prime around 20 to 20, heifers 19 to 21.50, bulls 19.50, lambs 18 to 19.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rent-a-Cop Phrase Emerges From Honolulu Strike
Honolulu reporters and workers describe security guards as rent-a-cop during a 44 day newspaper strike. Tom Arnold formed a band named The Picketeers that played for pickets and now tours for outside gigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Tom Arnold
Average American Ate 230 Pounds of Vegetables in 1962
A 1962 national trend shows the average American consumed about 230 pounds of vegetables. data reflects dietary patterns across households and markets during the period.
Firth of Forth Bridge Span Completed
In Edinburgh Scotland the final steel and concrete sections were lowered to finish the new Firth of Forth bridge span. crews then began laying roadway for the 7044 foot suspension bridge as Europe’s long overdue project moves toward next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Scotland
Firth of Forth
Susae
Europe
Longoa der Ie Onan
Religious Opportunity Given Arab Christians
Jordanian liaison officer Hussein Badr Khalidi says over 3000 Israeli Christian Arabs may cross Mandelbaum Gate into Jordan for Christmas Mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amman
Jordan
Jerusalem
Hussein Badr Khalidi
Mandelbaum Gate
Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem
Ohio farm families face accidents in 1962 survey
A survey by Ohio Farm and Home Research found that one of every seven Ohio farm families had an accident in 1962 and a fifth of those families had more than one accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Farm and Home Research
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AP Business News
Natur Alite Co
Hurs
JFK
Dow Jones
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Mimi
Wean
Standard and Poor's Stock Index
Butcher Hog Mart Higher
Decatur High School
Alvan Turner
Billy Frazier
Barbara Stewart
Susan Gibson
William Jenkins
Aubrey Fuller
Sterchi’s
Ketoa Ebay
Iivattassftia Co
Sterchi’s Christmas Wonderland of Toys
2Nd Ave
Souths
Murray Toys
Murray
D. Murray
TEE Bird Auto
Fire Chief Auto
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