Retail Revolution Shrinks Neighborhood Stores and Expands Chains
Retailers now take nearly a billion dollars daily while keeping only a penny per dollar due to fierce competition. The piece traces postwar shifts from mom and pop shops to one stop shopping, discount stores, and the rise of suburban shopping centers with 8,000 centers nationwide and 800 more expected this year. It cites Harvard’s Malcolm P. McNair on the retail cycle and notes centers offer parking, diverse stores, and services as consumer demand grows.
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Bert Mills
Washington
Housewife
Malcolm P. McNair
Harvard Business School
Chain Store Age
Milady
Polk County 4-H and Extension News Notes
Polk County 4-H entries Beth Monson and Diane Cannon excel at Ak-Sar-Ben Horse Show earning ribbons. County premium work for 1965 County Fair proceeds with record checks and payments. Osceola banquet features Mrs Yolanda Inguanzo speaker. 4-H TV Science Club admissions announced with joining details. Gas carryover cautions and frost safety for frosted forage by University of Nebraska experts.
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Ak-Sar-Ben
Beth Monson
Osceola
Diane Cannon
Silver Creek
Polk County
Polk County 4H
Osceola High School
Catholic Womens Organization
Yolanda Inguanzo
Cuba
First National Bank
Stromsburg Bank
Shelby
Citizens State Bank, Polk
Stromsburg
Kuon-Tv
Lincoln
Jim Culver
TV Science Club
University of Nebraska East
Nebr
University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service
D. E. Lane
University of Nebraska Extension
Lane
Sudan
P. H. Cole
Cole
FFA
Nebraska
Home Economics Day Set in Nebraska Oct 20
The Oct 20 Home Economics Day in Nebraska features a theme on Mrs Homemaker 1966 with talks by leading Nebraska women including Mrs Bernard Richter and Mrs Fern Hubbard Orme. An afternoon session covers Nebraska mental health plans and a slide presentation on Turkish families. Unordered mail guidance from BBB also included. Approximately 130 women attended the Shelby event on Oct 4 with Mrs Frank Morrison as speaker. New County Council officers were installed in Shelby Stromsburg and Columbus.
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Nebraska
University of Nebraska Center For Continuing Education
Homemaker
Bernard Richter
Kearney
Nebraska Council of Home Extension Clubs
Clifford Jorgensen
Nebraska Committee For Children and Youth
Fern Hubbard Orme
Sue Smith
Patrick Okura
Nebraska Psychiatric Institute
Virginia Trotter
University
College of Agriculture and Home Economics
Shelby
Frank Morrison
Roy Carlson
Stromsburg
Sec-Treas
Gordon Fredrickson
Osceola
Reading
Merlynn Sorrenson
Clyde Oppliger
Columbus
Ray Grossnicklaus
Marvin Hengelfeldt
Max Gabel
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Main Street, U.S. A
Nomet
Better Business Bureau
Wegner Monument CO
Central City
Alliss
Osceola Lumber
City OF Osceola
Fune
Bond Amusement
Ttl
Oper
Fred Bond
City of
Howard A. Stewart & Co
Public Accountants
SUBUC
South 18Th Street
Omaha, Nebr
Ben
State Farm
Ralph C. Bond
Petrus Nelson
S. Trans
Chevrolet
Ltd
Ford
Auto. Trans
Ola, Nebraska
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