Detroit Ads Shift To Radio And TV As Papers Strike
Detroit faces a lack of daily papers as the printers strike enters a second week. Advertisers migrate to radio and television news, local emergency papers, and hotel newsroom broadcasts. Local ads surge while four to eight page inserts fill gaps. stores report weaker Christmas sales but nearby weeklies and foreign papers gain readers.
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Detroit
Alow
Detroit News
Detroit Times
Detroit Free Press
Struck New
Cal
Engick
Oan
Sparta Receives 1271 Dollar Tax Share Amid Plans
Sparta will receive 1271 dollars as its first share in the municipal half cent sales tax. October receipts totaled 1353 dollars with 81 dollars kept by the state for administration. Council discusses federal aid for a low cost housing project and invites Randolph County Housing Authority to confer. A tavern owned by Charles Odom closed after a prior bombing incident. Mayor Burns notes Midwest Packaging Plant tour and plans to expand local jobs from 16 to about 50.
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Sparta
Charles Odom
Odom
J. M. Burns
Midwest
Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
Williamson County Farm Bureau Hosts Christmas Potluck
The Williamson County Farm Bureau board members, staff, and Soil Conservation District directors and their families attended a Christmas potluck at Crossroads Community Center. The event featured carols and games and a barbecued ham dinner served to 43 people.
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Williamson County Farm Bureau
Employes
Williamson County — Soil Conservation District
Crossroads Community Center
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Ciell Hill
Randolph County Housing Authority
Burns
Farm Bureau
AD Irwin
Murphysboro
RCA Victor
Sunbeam
Remington-Ronson
Cannon
S&h
Green Stamps
Varsity Theatre
Carbondale
B&k
B&k Furniture Store
M. J. Bozarth
L. H. Keller
Hudson
America
American Motors
Disneyland
Abc-Tv
NASH
Beau Brummel
Esquire
Zwice & Goldsmith
Herrin
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