Curtis Publishing Sells Two Magazines to Downe Communications
Curtis Publishing sold The Ladies Home Journal and American Home to Downe Communications for 100000 Downe shares about 9 percent of its stock. Curtis plans to stay with The Saturday Evening Post Holiday Jack & Jill and Status while Downe may improve magazine circulation. Curtis owes about 5.5 million to First National Bank of Boston and has other loans and potential Time Inc arrangements to borrow more.
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New York
Curtis Publ
Ladies Home Journal
American Home
Downe Communications, Inc
Downe
Curtis
Downe’s
Martin S. Ackerman
Bank of Boston
Ackerman
Time, Inc
Time
Saturday Evening Post
Securities and Exchange Commission
The
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Family Weekly
Bartell Media Corporation
Holiday
Jack & Jill
Status
Sons of Noted Politicians Cross Paths in Portland
Hubert "Skip" Humphrey 26 and Michael Reagan 23 met by chance in Portland. Humphrey toured for his father the Democratic candidate while Reagan worked as a chain saw salesman. both noted their families' involvement in politics.
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Portland
Ore
Hubert
Humphrey
Michael Reagan
Reagan
Jane Wivian
Gvernor
California
Loudoun forms 113 special deputies to handle emergencies
A volunteer force of 113 unpaid Loudoun County deputies was organized under Sheriff R. W. Legard to meet possible emergencies. Approved by Circuit Judge Raynor V. Snead, the group will be deployed only in emergencies and will wear plastic helmets orange vests and riot sticks amid concerns following Washington riots.
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Leesburg
Loudoun County
R. W. Legard
Raynor V. Snead
Chair Reminds TV Star Of Brush With Death
AP reports on Robert Conrad recovering from a severe accident on Wild Wild West. He survived a fall from a balcony during a stunt, split skull fractures and weeks in hospital. The show continued to season four, with Conrad back in shape and training daily.
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Cynthia Lowry
Holly Wood
Robert Conrad
CBS
Conrad
Jacques Yves Cousteau
Bell Hidden Away During British Attack on Philadelphia
The Liberty Bell was moved by wagon to Allentown Pennsylvania and kept in a church basement during the British siege. After the British left Philadelphia the next year the bell was brought back to its original location.
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Philadelphia
Allentown
Timely births accompany morning rush in Seattle
Mr and Mrs Keith Zurn and their neighbors Mr and Mrs Ed Baur left their Seattle home at 5 am on a Wednesday heading for the same destination. At 5 45 am Mrs Baur delivered a son and twenty minutes later Mrs Zurn gave birth to a boy and a girl in nearby hospitals.
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Seattle
Keith Zurn
Ed Baur
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Dr.Hardtop
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Winchester
Carroll Baker
Rome
Jack Garfein
Los Angeles
Loudoun
District of Columbia
Washington
Ross Martin
Marty Allen
ABC
Allen
Steve Rossi
Winchester Evening Star
RALLY
Martinsburg
Charles
Ed Lord
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Polyglas Tire
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