Newspaper Enterprise Takes Over World Almanac
The Newspaper Enterprise Association announced it has acquired The World Almanac and Book of Facts, a flagship reference work with a century of history. NEA will publish and distribute the almanac, moving offices to 230 Park Avenue, with Lu man Long as editor and a seven figure purchase price.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
America
World Almanac
New York World
Joseph Pulitzer
The
World
Scripps-Howard
New York World Telegram
World-Telegram
Sun
New York Newsapers
Luman Long
Barclay Street, Inc
Manhattan
Park Avenue
Newpaper Enterprise Association
E. 48Rd St
Boyd Lewis
NEAA
Almanac
Cleveland
Doubleday and Company
Lewis
John Troan
Oswald Jacoby
Tom Tiede
U.S
Ray Cromley
Harry Hansen
Hansen
Long
Pulitzer
Alberta
Wall Street TV Portrait Skims Romance of Markets
TV review notes CBS nitrate documentary Wall Street Where the Money Is sketches the market world from exchange floors to bond issues and coffee tasters. The ultra swift editing, vivid anecdotes, and Wilton Jaffee interview deliver a glamorous though shallow portrait, with insight into prices and investor psychology.
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Hollywood
UPI
Wall Street
Cbs-Tv
David Wolper
Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Bloomers and reform figures in 19th century America
The article reviews Amelia Bloomer born 1818 in Homer New York who popularized shorter skirts and loose trousers known as bloomers and ties her to temperance and suffrage work. It also notes a media interview with Kazan, Wall Street traditions, and critiques George Goodmans script as part of a broader cultural commentary.
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Amelia Bloomer
Homer
N.Y
United States
Bloomers
Kazan
Wall Street
George Goodman
Television’s sexless glamor in Petticoat Junction era
Hollywood correspondent Vernon Scott notes TV’s strict modesty limits on female stars. Lori Saunders of Petticoat Junction buckles the trend, describing wardrobe control and a desire for more natural form and sex appeal in televised heroines.
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Vernon Scott
UPI
Hollywood Correspondent
Hollywood
Lori Saunders
Lori
Bobby Jo
Bobby
Filmways Productions
Petticoat Junction
Television Daybook notes two coast to coast color features
The NBC Today show plans a two day Virgin Islands tour on June 23 and 24 in color. ABC TV will televise the final half hour of the Le Mans Grand Prix live via the Early Bird satellite Sunday at 10 30 a m EDT.
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NBC TV
Virgin Islands
France
Abc-Tv
Early Bird
Habitat 67 giant beehive rises for Expo 67 in Montreal
Habitat 67 a 13 story village of 160 homes built of 350 precast blocks rises on the St. Lawrence riverfront for Expo 67. Designed by Moshe Safdie and Louis Kahn, the hive features roof gardens, private entrances, air streets, carless interiors, and automated irrigation. Officials will occupy the units during the fair with some open to the public. Financing comes from Montreal, with future home costs estimated at 15000 to 25000 dollars.
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Maggie Bellows
Montreal
UPI
St. Lawrence River
Habitat 67
Moshe Safdie
McGill University
Louis Kahn
Philadelphia
Safdie
City of
Pigeons Used for Communication Since Ancient Egypt
The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes homing pigeons were used as far back as 3000 B C in Egypt. This historic practice highlights early methods of message delivery and animal-assisted communication.
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Egypt
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Students use home computers to do homework by phone
Six New York high school students join a diocese IBM study in Yorktown Heights to solve algebra chemistry physics and accounting problems via a pushbutton telephone and a pre recorded voice. The system acts as a versatile home calculator offering verification storage and repeat messages, as students remark on the future of home computing and education.
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Patricia King
New York
NEA
New York High School
Catholic Schools Diocese of
Brooklyn
IBM
Yorktown Heights
N. Y
New York City
Austin David
Beatles cover withdrawn over offensive butcher art
Capitol Records pulled the Beatles album cover after disc jockeys protested its offensive imagery. The London photo shows the long haired group in butcher smocks amid meat and bone with a doll's severed head, described by Capitol as the Beatles own pop art idea.
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Beatle Butchers Hollywood
UPI
Capitol Records
Capitol
London
Building stolen from 21-story Pueblo model
Police searched for thieves who removed an 18 floor section of a four-foot high plastic model of a 21-story apartment building in Pueblo Colorado. The model was reported stolen from an unspecified location and police pursued leads.
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New Brunswick
N.J
UPI
Luigi Branciforte
Branciforte
Pueblo
Colo
Double beating and arson blaze strike Felts home
Vergil Felts was assaulted near his car and later his house was set on fire, police report. Firemen estimated the loss at 28,000 dollars and indicated the attacker started the blaze before Felts returned home to file charges.
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Houston
UPI
Vergil Felts
Felts
New 'Whos Who' Dallas book trims names to avoid lists
UPI reports publisher Tony J. Allred of Commercial Check Clearance Corp says the forthcoming New Who's Who Dallas will include over 100000 names but many people may not want their names listed. The work targets writers of worthless checks.
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NEW Who's Who
Dallas
UPI
Tony J. Allred
Allred
Commercial Check Clearance Corp
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