Christmas Will Come Early This Year Says Merchants
Kansas City merchants association notes shoppers start early with Christmas prep. AP survey finds stores like W T Grant in Pittsburgh report increased early buying due to war and troop mailing needs. Penney and Woolworth managers cite early gift wrap and catalogs. residents voice mixed complaints yet acceptance grows.
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Sally Ryan
Kansas City
Associa
New York
Santattion
John McNavola
W.T. Grant
Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Nam
Sonny
W.G. Austin
H.P. Smith
Woolworth
San Francisco
Helefia
Mont
Ben Morris
J.C. Penney
Atlantic City
N.J
Frederick and Nelsons
Seattle
Demonstrations Persist Over Desegregation in Grenada
In Grenada Mississippi Negro leaders vow ongoing protests after desegregation. Police arrested 214 marchers, many schoolchildren, for obstructing sidewalks and dispersal refusal. Some detainees were sent to Parchman Farm. others released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenada
Miss
J.T. Johnson
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Suggs Ingram
Parchman
Ingram
Gayle Wilborn
Oxford
Wilburn
Today In History highlights from October 25, 1966
On this date Winston Churchill became British prime minister in 1951. Philadelphia received a city charter in 1701. The Light Brigade charge occurred in 1854. Truman declared Maine a disaster area in 1947. UN discussed outer Mongolia and Mauritania in 1957. Hitler’s death ruled in 1955. Brinks vault burglary in Syracuse with $400,000 stolen in 1981.
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Associated Press
Winston Churchill
England
Clement Attlee
Philadelphia
Harry
Truman
Maine
United Nations Security Council
U.N
Outer Mongolia
Mauritania
Adolph Hitler
Heinrich Stephanus
Brinks Co
Syracuse
N.Y
FCC Probes Broadcast Ad Time For Radio And TV
The FCC asks radio and television stations to report minutes per hour devoted to advertising. It stresses no chosen limits but seeks data on ad time above 18 minutes hourly for radio and 16 minutes hourly for TV. Respondents must file by January 1 according to FCC questionnaires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
IFCC
National Association of Broadcasters
FCC
Banker of the Year goes to James J Nance in Cleveland
Finance Magazine credits James J Nance, chairman and CEO of Central National Bank in Cleveland, Ohio, as Banker of the Year at the 92nd American Bankers Association convention opening in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Finance Magazine
James J. Nance
Cleveland
Ohio
Central National Bank
American Bankers Association
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Titehe - Goettinger
Dallas
Tex
Harrisburg
John Hart
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Stan
Stanley M. Perin
Pol. Adv
Paly
Oy Elu
Cee Ra
Fleetwood Brougham
Calais
Cadillac
General Motors
Cadillac Motor Car Division
Iowa
Heber Jones, Inc
N. Verity
Middletown, Ohio
TCU
America
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