Factories Grow In Fields Along Muddy Mississippi
Memphis story notes the Mississippi River’s changing landscape with Sand and sandbar dredging by army engineers. Capt. Forrest Harrison commands the Ockerson vacuum dredge moving 30 million cubic yards by January while river traffic grows with new factories and increased tonnage in St Louis Memphis New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
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Mississippi
Forrest E. Harrison
Ockerson
Memphis
Here
St. Louis
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
United States
Gardner Names Buchanan and Brewer to Sales Posts
The Gardner Division of Diamond National Corp announces two local promotions. J Russell Buchanan becomes board sales representative based in Middletown, and Orville Brewer is packaging sales representative covering Kentucky West Virginia southern Ohio and southern Indiana. Buchanan lives 400 last time Drive and Brewer 925 Vine Street Hamilton.
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Gardner
Diamond National Corp
J. Russell Buchanan
Middletown
Orville Brewer
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Buchanan
Astime Drive
Middletown Carton
Brewer
Middletown High School
Sears Boss Emphasizes Customer Complaints Policy
Charles Kellstadt chairman of Sears Roebuck directs rapid response to customer issues. He instructs a Providence Rhode Island case to repair at Sears expense or refund. Kellstadt, 64, leads five executive committees and stresses customer first principles.
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Chicago
Charles Kellstadt
Sears Roebuck and Co
Providence
R.I
Sears
Youtreif
Kellstadt
New Licensing System Aims to Cut Costs in Ohio
Ohio will adopt electronic data processing for real estate licensing in 1961. The State Board of Real Estate Examiners will issue about 40 000 licenses for brokers salespeople and offices using punch cards and new equipment. The change cuts clerical work eliminates seven forms down to two and speeds renewals transfers and applications.
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Ohio
John W Bush
Ohio Director of Commerce
State Board of Real Emtate Examiners
Department of Commerce
Bush Estimat
Columbus
Dividends Over The Years booklet offer
An advertisement invites readers to invest in stocks and bonds for income before and after retirement. It promotes buying systematically early in life and urges mailing a coupon to receive a free copy of the booklet Dividends Over The Years.
Pan Am Tower rises above Grand Central in New York
AP News features writer Charles Stafford describes the Pan Am Tower project at Grand Central, a 59 story, 2.4 million square foot office block built over the rail cavern. The $100 million tower replaces a small building at the station rear and will be the world’s largest office space when completed. Construction digs into bedrock under tracks with 90 steel columns set on anti vibration mats to dampen train movement. The project faces engineering and traffic challenges due to the station’s underground layout and elevated surrounding streets and that the building honors Pan American World Airways.
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New York
Grand Central Terminal
Pan American Worldairways
Erwin S. Wolfson
and Diesel Construction Co
Nto
PAN AM
Manhattan
Wolfson
Grand Central
Park Avenue
Traffc
Rasi‘road
New England
Midwest
Penney Employees To Get Christmas Payments
A special Christmas payment will be made to regular employees of the J. C. Penney Co. local department store on December 1, announced by manager L. D Schell. Regular staff hired by Oct. 1 qualify. management incentive plan participants are excluded from the payment.
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J. C. Penney Co
L. D Schell
Oynx Cave Sold to Government in Edmonson County Deal
Bowling Green Kentucky AP reports the owners of 220 acre Great Oynx Cave signed a Friday contract to sell to the government for 365000 dollars. The National Park Service recently bought Crystal Cave for 285000 dollars. The two caves had been sought for 230 years and were the last privately owned tracts on the park boundary.
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Bowling Green, Ky
Edmonson County
National Park Service
Abnormal Thyroid Activity Linked to Sleep with Eyes Open
Abnormal thyroid function can trigger sleep with eyes open, a condition sometimes associated with disruption of normal sleep patterns. Medical evaluation is advised to rule out thyroid-related sleep disorders and to identify appropriate treatment options.
Newspaper Strike Should Be Regulated, Babson Says
Roger Babson argues that newspaper strikes harm the public, urges anti trust and labor laws to cover public utilities, favors limited arbitration, and calls for winter restrictions on strikes and lockouts while hoping no further newspaper strikes occur. He notes New York City’s threatened strike and its Christmas season impact on citizens and merchants.
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New York City
New York
Macy’s
Tire Prices Are Reduced In Goodyear Cut
AKRON Ohio Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co announced price cuts on passenger car tires effective December 1. Vice President C Miles said reductions up to 10 percent depending on tire type. Goodyear also introduced new guarantees covering twelve to thirty months. Firestone previously announced a one dollar per tire reduction and new guarantees for passenger car tires.
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Akron, Ohio
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
C. Miles
Miles
Goodyear
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Ohio State scientist earns award at animal production meeting
An Ohio State University animal science specialist was one of four scientists cited at the 2nd annual meeting of the American Society of Animal Production. W. I. Bruner of Ohio State also received a $1,000 award.
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Chicago
Ohio State University
American Society of Animal Production
W. I. Bruner
Ohio State
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John T. Cunniff
Tenn
Minnesota
Little Elk Lake
Mark Twain
Twain
Junser
Jors
Vicksburg
Miss
Buchanan and Brewer
Vine St
Hamilton
U. S
Census Bureau
Prescription Service
Merrill, Turben & Co., Inc
New York Stock Exchange
And
Midwest Stock Exchange
Dale Nash
Canton
Cleveland
Dayton
Youngstown
Charles Stafford
AP News
Penney
Oynx Cave
Roger Babson
By Roger Babson
Grand Ave
Gideon Rd
Wall
Strand Bldg
Union Sanitary Inc
The
Ladd
Manchester
Stock Exchange
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