Business Urged to Increase Profits Through Better Selling
New York business leaders were urged to raise profits via stronger selling at a three day marketing conference by the National Industrial Conference Board. About 2,000 executives from across the United States attended sessions and speakers, including J. L. Wood of Johns Manville Corp, who argued credit should boost sales, not curb it. The event runs Wednesday and Thursday with a focus on morale, turnover, and sustained enthusiasm in the sales force.
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National Industrial Conference Board
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Johns Manville Corp
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Olav Oksvik Dies at 71 Former Norwegian Parliament Leader
Olav Oksvik, 71, former president of the Upper House of the Norwegian Parliament, died on Tuesday in Oslo. His leadership spanned years shaping Nordic politics and he remained a prominent figure in Norwegian public life.
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Olav
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Woman wins hog calling contest at Los Angeles fair
A 79 year old woman placed second while John Clark, 30, won the hog calling contest at the Los Angeles County Fair Tuesday night for the third year. Mrs Sarah Shaff stall of Cucamonga was runner up. The fair also crowned crochet winners Anna Herman Fontana in over 65 and Alfie Pollard Banning in junior division. Herman De burger La Habra was disqualified for following the wrong pattern. In Chicago a union president urged home based health care plans to cut hospital use and back prepaid care to improve access and early treatment.
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Car Industry Told Wants of Consumer
George Romney, president of American Motors Corp, told the 56th annual American Automobile Association meeting in Chicago that booming foreign car sales reveal a general failure of U S industry to meet motorists needs. He cited three causes for disenchantment with the glamour car: growth in size and horsepower, changing car use, and rising operating costs.
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American Motors Corp
George Romney
American Automobile Assn
U. S
USW Rival Factions in Parley Clash
Atlantic City N J USW leaders suspend rules to tackle constitutional matters as David J McDonald frames a challenge. A dues protest committee led by Donald C Rarick opposes McDonald, accused of dual unionism amid a dispute over a $2 dues increase at the 1956 convention.
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