Corporate HQs Still Favor Manhattan Despite Costs
NYC remains a magnet for big business as 1955 to 1967 data show Manhattan gained headquarters and employment. 128 of Fortune 500 firms base there while moves to suburbs faltered due to lost access to labor, banks, ads, and services. Interchem expanded in town with a 40 million rental tie.
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Manhattan
New York City
Fortune
Xerox
C. Peter McColough
Rochester
N.Y
Midtown
Interchemical Corporation
United States
Interchem
James T. Hill, Jr
Suburbia
New York
Podunk
Brooklyn
Queens
Fire House Addition Under Way At North Fairfield
A new addition to the North Fairfield firehouse will start in a few days weather permitting. The adjacent American Legion building was moved west of the Grange Hall on Route 162. Haas and Sons of Collins will build the addition at a cost of 7400 dollars.
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North Fairfield
The
American Legion
Haas and Sons
Collins
Senator Bits and Humor From Washington and Johannesburg
In Washington 2,500 NAB convention engineers listened as Sen. Barry Goldwater quipped about underwear that won’t stick to you. Other moments include Rep. John Brademas introducing the President at a dinner and remarks on Vietnam policy by Secretary Rogers. In Johannesburg Billie Jean King tops the women's seeds and Rod Laver leads the men's seedings in the South African Open.
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Leon Burnett
Washington
UPI
National Association of Broadcasters
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
John Brademas
The
United States
Richard M. Nixon
William P. Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam
Johannesburg
South Africa
Billie Jean King
Long Beach
Calif
Rod Laver
New York
Memphis man seeks reward in MLK assassination case
Charles Q. Stephens aged 56 of Memphis, described as a material witness in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., filed a suit on Wednesday seeking the $50,000 reward offered in the case.
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Charles Q. Stephens
Memphis
Martin Luther King, Jr
UPI
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Latham
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White Roofing & Lumber CO
Sidney R. Yates
Dill
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White Houses
Ike
Marion Stark
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Ali
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Argus
Huron County Bankamericard
Green House Fresh
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