Finney in Top Ten for Sales
Kansas retail sales reached a record 2.404 billion in 1954, up 2.9 percent from 1953, while national retail trade fell. Barton County led per capita sales at 1,888 dollars, with Seward, Saline, Russell, Pratt, Sedgwick, Finney, and Thomas among the top ten counties. Sedgwick County led in volume at 466.944 million, followed by Wyandotte, Shawnee, and others with gains versus 1953.
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Lawrence
Kas
Kansas
University of Kansas Bureau of Business Research
Barton County
Seward County
Saline
Russell
Pratt
Sedgwick
Finney
Thomas
Sedgwick County
Wyandotte
Shawmee
Bus Driver Saves Baby By Taking Route To Fire HQ
Niagara Falls scenes unfold as a bus driver Albert P. Mezhir 30 spots a baby not breathing a mother passenger shouts for help. He cuts his route to fire headquarters and the five month old Addison Reeder is saved with oxygen. hospital later says he recovered after convulsion.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Albert P. Mezhir
Fire Headquarters
Addison Reeder
Hilda Reeder
Berlin's Last Occupied Zone Holds Out for Unity
Berlin, a city with nine centuries of history, remains the final thoroughly occupied German area since 1945. West Germany recently gained sovereignty, East Germany claimed limited sovereignty, yet 2.2 million in the West and one million in the Soviet sector stay under occupation awaiting a unification formula. The divided city fears potential absorption by the Soviet zone without Western protection.
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Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
No Scrub Way To Gleaming Floors
A vintage advertisement touts Glaxo floor coating as a easy alternative to scrubbing. The copy claims the water clear finish seals out dirt, eliminates waxing, and requires reapplication only twice a year. Fankhauser's, 109 Grant, phone 6762.
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LesJoseph
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Equity Federal Credit Union
Garden City Co-operative Equity Exchange
Englander
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Englander Company, Inc
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