Businessmen Have Been Playing with Numbers
AP reports that the numbers game shapes brand names and product lines from Chanel No. 5 to Heinz 57 Varieties. The piece traces history of numeric branding from A-1 steak sauce to 4711 eau de cologne and Vat 69, noting AT&T and the IRS moving toward digit strings over names. It cites brands like 7-Up, V-8, 7-Crown, 5-Star Hennessy, Three-in-One Oil, and 6-12 insect repellent, ending with Faith 7 during early spaceflight.
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AP Business News Analyst
New York
Internal Revenue Service
Borax
IRS
At&t
Brand
Britain
George IV
Cologne
Sanderson
Leith
All-Steel
Aurora
Ill
Cardinals Arrival in Rome Sparks Griefful Welcome
ROME AP Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, head of Poland's church, arrived for the conclave to choose a new Pope. Crowds cheered as his train entered, but he urged silence and remembrance of Pope John XXIII's death during this time of mourning.
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Rome
Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski
Poland
John XXIII
Kennedy appeals to nation to end discrimination
President Kennedy, facing a racial crisis, urges a nationwide broadcast calling for end to discrimination against Negroes. He blames all states, urges white Americans to examine conscience, pledges federal action, and outlines two civil rights measures for Congress.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Kennedy
South
Congress
University of Alabama
George Co. Wallace
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Californians Indicted In Mail Fraud Scheme Involving Resort Lots
Two California men, Roger L. Eaton of Los Alamitos and Donald G. Peacock of Bellflower, were indicted on 53 counts of mail and wire fraud and one of conspiracy for selling worthless resort land. Operating as Associated Resorts Inc. of Wichita, they touted Colorado and Minnesota properties at 29.75 per foot with 39.50 closing charges, misrepresenting 160 acres as valuable resort land. A witness said the Colorado tract was sand and rock while Minnesota land was a swamp.
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Kansas City, Kan
Roger L. Eaton
Los Alamitos
Donald G. Peacock
Bellflower
Newell George
Colorado
Associated Resorts Inc
Wichita
Minnesota
George
R. E. Dean
Olathe
Kan
Saguache County
Peck Page Zanuck Win Foreign Honors
Gregory Peck Geraldine Page and Darryl F Zanuck won 1963 David of Donatello foreign awards in Rome as top international film winners. Other Italian honorees included Gina Lollobrigida Vittorio Gassman Vittorio De Sica. The awards will be presented July 27 for To Kill a Mockingbird Sweet Bird of Youth and The Longest Day.
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Rome
Gregory Peck
Geraldine Page
Darryl F. Zanuck
David of Donatello
Italy
Gina Lollobrigida
Silvana ‘Mangano
Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio de Sica
Donatello
Peck
Miss Page
Zanuck
No equipment to buy save your hair ad pitch
A persuasive advert promises a one time charge of twenty dollars to save hair. It questions readers including ladies and gentlemen, asking if they would spend twenty dollars to prevent baldness and save hair, implying a personal benefit to buyers.
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Pine Room
Warren Hotel
King Paul Triggers Greek government crisis over Britain visit
Athens Greece AP A government crisis grips Greece as King Paul demands that he and Queen Frederika proceed with a state visit to Britain next month Premier Constantine Caramanlis resigned after refusing to postpone the trip The king now faces naming a new government or dissolving Parliament and calling elections within 45 days His National Radical Union holds a 60 seat majority and party leaders advocate new elections NATO unity and the queen faced earlier demonstrations during a private visit to London in April and was jostled by protesters with her daughter Princess Treng seeking refuge in a private home
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Athens
Greece
Paul
Frederika
Britain
Constantine Caramanlis
Caramanlis
London
National Radical Union Party
Pervise
Elizabeth II
NATO
Hong Kong to Import Water from Red China
Hong Kong plans to import water from Communist China to ease drought. A government spokesman said tankers are being chartered to bring water from the Pearl River about 40 miles away.
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Hong Kong
Red China
China
Pearl River
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