Cigarette Sales Rise Despite TV Ads Ban in 1971
New York AP reports cigarette consumption increased 1.5 percent to 535 billion in 1971, with total sales near 11 billion dollars. Industry leaders like R. J. Reynolds, Philip Morris, and Brown & Williamson project higher 1973 volumes, while ads ban shifts affect marketing and prices.
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New York
R. J. Reynolds
Philip Morris
Brown & Williamson
American Tobacco
Pall Mall
Liggett & Myers
America
Irwin Kellner
Hanover Trust Co
Seoul Hotel Fire Toll Revised Down to 161
Seoul authorities reduced the death toll from the Taeyonkak Hotel blaze to 161, correcting earlier counts that included four double counted remains. The fire occurred on Christmas Day and was described as the worst hotel fire in history.
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Seoul
Taeyonkak
Rash of thefts and break-ins hits city homes
Lawrence police report a weekend rash of thefts as residents returning from trips find articles missing. Losses include 50 Santa Fe stock shares worth 1700 from Charles R. Barch and a string of items from several apartments, offices, and a junior high school.
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Lawrence
Charles R. Barch
Conn
Santa Fe Railroad Co
Jeffroy
People Beat Out Machines in British Post Office Trial
London AP reports the British General Post Office scrapped 20 information machines after a one year trial. They failed to handle 200 million annual calls, with officials saying human operators were far more efficient. An operator pressed a button and the machine would select numbers from the micro filmed directory for display.
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London
British General Post Office
Post Office
the Inquirer
Hartke Announces Candidacy for Democratic Nomination
Sen. Vance Hartke of Indiana announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in Manchester New Hampshire. He plans to campaign in the New Hampshire primary and decide on entering other states after organizing for the March 7 vote. He urged the party to provide a leader to guide the country in a time of crisis.
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Manchester
N.H
Vance Hartke
Indiana
New Hampshire
John F. Kennedy
Sheraton Carpenter Hotel
Hartke
Richard Nixon
Democratic Party
Vicunas Face Extinction Over Silky Wool Demand
Peru hosts a conference on vicuna conservation as experts warn the wild vicuna, prized for its extremely soft wool selling up to 25 dollars a pound raw, could vanish. Delegates from Peru Bolivia Argentina and Chile urge bans on vicuna products abroad and advocate wildlife management, parks, and community development for highland Quechua and Aymara peoples.
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Lima
Peru
Andean Plateau
Altiplano
Kenton R. Miller
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Miller
Bolivia
Argentina
Chile
Servation
Morges
Switzerland
United States
Britain
Ski Lessons Planned by Parks and Mont Bleu
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department and Mont Bleu Ski area sponsor ski lessons starting Friday January 7 at 7 30 p m at South Park Center. The package includes three lessons a dry land session Friday and two slope sessions beginning Saturday January 8.
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Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department
Mont Bleu
South Park Center
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Olathe
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Martin
Gregory Townsend
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West Hills
Emery Rd
Mark C. Warren
Albert F. Greer
Mass
South Junior High School
Orval E. Criqui
Hillcrest
Ninth
Iowa
Hermes
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XEROX
M&m
McCoy's
Massachusetts
Vicuna
Gerard Budowski
International Union For the Con
Eldridge House
P. O. Box
Columbia
Ba Discount Records—Malls Shopping Center
Sunflower Cablevision
Channel 6 News
Len Clark
Bob McMullen
Robert Sullinger
Rich Bailey
Lawrence Television News
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Lawrence Television
Journal-World Daily
Seventh and
New Hampshire Sts
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