Rock music rules as records top $1 billion in 1968
Rock dominates the music market with estimates placing 40 to 60 percent of sales and about $1.1 billion in overall industry sales. Executives like Clive Davis note rock accounts for roughly half of Columbia Records’ sales, while fans pay up to $8 for live shows.
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Whayne Eisenman
NEW York
Marty Ostrow
Cash Box Magazine
Clive Davis
Columbia Records
Rock
Frank Sinatra
Record Industry Fact Sheet
Europe
United States
Life Size Adult Toys From Steiff Raise Interest
New York AP report notes a German Steiff line sells life size tiger and moose stuffed animals to adults for about 1200 dollars. Company says market grows among teenagers and grown men and women who collect as many as 30 toys, driven by psychology and playful self expression.
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New York
Steiff Toy Company
Germany
Steiff
Green Beret Engaged to U.S. Actress
James N. Rowe a Green Beret officer who escaped Viet Cong captivity is engaged to actress Jané Caroline Benson. The wedding is planned for December 27 at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Benson daughter of Mrs Harry E Benson of New York City studied at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts and aims to set up Vernet broadcasting stations for veterans hospitals. Rowe currently attends artillery school at Fort Sill and escaped during a bombing raid.
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New York
James N. Rowe
Bert
St Viet Cong
Jané Caroline Benson
Miss Benson
Harry E. Benson
New York City
West Point
Ft. Sill
Okla
Powell listed in Social Register under wife name
Adam Clayton Powell III son of Harlem congressman appears in the New York Social Register for 1970 using his wife’s maiden name, reflecting a naming choice in high society listings.
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NEW York
Adam Clayton Powell IIi
Harlem
New York Social Register
Birth Control Handbook Included in Manitoba Student Kit
A survival kit brochure at the University of Manitoba includes a 46 page birth control handbook. It was written with medical authorities and family planning groups and offers diagrams and statistics but does not advocate birth control or pre marital sex.
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Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
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U.S
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Social Register
USDA
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Chuck
D.A
Baby Beef
D.A. Choice
Jack Frost
Boston Roll
Ivy Mu
Maxwell House
Hunt's
SAUC
Kelicop
Idaho
Florida
Tangelos
Wheat Thins
S.S. Pierce Foods
Martins
Swiss Fondue
Coleman’s
Powell
Beryl G. Slocum
Newport
Horn
Belvedere
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