Hosiery Industry Sees Strong Demand Amid Labor Tightness
The hosiery business reports strong fall and winter demand for ladies tights and above the knee sport hosiery with plain knits and textured patterns. Production faces yarn shortages and staffing gaps, prompting on the job training. meanwhile a corporate citizenship award nomination is sought by the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association.
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Orion
N. C. Literary and Historical Association
Raleigh
Enterprise
Christo
Sears sets ad spend record in 1958 with .$48.65 million
Sears, Roebuck and Co. reports 1958 newspaper advertising expenditure of $48,650,000, up from 1957. The total retail media spend reached $62,581,000, a 5.2 percent rise, with 728 stores operating as of Jan 31, 1959. Bill Gray of High Point Hardware wins $250 Savings Bond in national display contest. Dick Clapp of GE presents prize.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co
W. H. Hessee
Sears
Hessee
Bill Gray
High Point Hardward Co
National Electric Manufacturers Assn
High Point Hardware
Gray
Dick Clapp
General Electric Co
Contact Lens Study Opens in Chicago With World Congress
Dr Howard C Jarrell attends a six day post graduate course in Chicago. A three day World Contact Lens Congress begins today by the Eye Research Foundation with leading lens authorities from 34 nations. Luther Draper of Draper Hutchinson Meyer plans new displays for Home Furniture Co Bristol Va after fire damaged old quarters. National Association of Furniture Manufacturers reports June shipments up 21 percent and new orders up 14 percent. Half year figures show shipments up 13 percent and orders up 18 percent, signaling a strong furniture year ahead.
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Howard C. Jarrell
Chicago
The
Eye Research Foundation
Luther Draper
Draper-Hutchinson - Meyer, Inc
Home Furniture Co
Bristol
Montgomery Ward
Home Furniture
National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
Stock Mart Bidding Is Selective
NEW YORK AP stock market reports show investors in a selective bidding week with confidence steady. Oils chemicals aircraft steels and rails drew gains while other groups fell. Total turnover reached 15,069,048 shares versus 14,785,280 prior week as the market edged higher.
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New York
Widow Ward Heads Calendar Firm After Husband’s Rise
Yvette Ward, 48, becomes chief executive of Brown and Bigelow, succeeding her late husband Charlie Ward. He led the company from hardship in the 1930s to tens of millions in sales, and she vows not to be a figurehead while stressing organization and personnel relations. The firm produces calendars, novelties, and direct mail for sales teams.
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ST. Paul, Minn
America
Leavenworth
Brown and Bigelow
Charlie Ward
Ward
Yvette
Charlie
Mrs. Ward
U. S
Grace Hill
I. Miller & Sons, Inc
Chicago
Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Yvette Ward
Esse
Ars
Securities Quotations Guide for July 30 1959
The bid and asked prices shown are unofficial and compiled as a guide to approximate ranges. Quotes come from the National Association of Securities Dealers and other sources, with origin available upon request.
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National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Windstorm Topples 51 Telephone Poles in Lancaster
A severe storm in the Mojave Desert day and night toppled 51 telephone poles in a row near Lancaster. Lightning sparked four brush fires while fallen poles and wires blocked 20 blocks of Avenue I and cut power across miles of desert country.
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Lancaster
Calif
Mojave Desert
Avenue I
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