Christmas Buying May Foretell Record Holiday Spending
Merchants report crowds after Thanksgiving with stronger toy demand and luxury gifts. U S Chamber predicts $23 billion in Christmas spending, up 4 percent from 1960, while National Retail Merchants Association expects 2 percent gains. Shoppers wary of international tensions, with some shifting to durable, emergency items and space age toys. Weather and storms loom as a caveat to sales.
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Joe Falk
Kansas
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Retail Merchants Association
Associated Press
Cyril Sig
Joseph Magnin Co
San Francisco
Reno
Las Vegas
Nev
Harold Brockey
Rich’s
Atlanta
Wallace Dreyfoos
Davison-Pa
Melvin E. Dawley
New York City
Lord & Taylor
Los Angeles
Maggie Paxton
May Co
Dallas
Miami
Fla
Murray Turetsky
Jackson
Washington, D.C
Deborah Truax
Broadway
New York
Nieman-Marcus
Seattle
I. Magnin Co
Tiffany's
Tiffany
Midwest
Rockies
Knitting Pattern 7263 for Men’s Jacket Sizes 32 to 38
Old-fashioned knitting ad offers pattern 7263 for a bulky travel jacket. Includes two-strand knitting instructions, price thirty five cents plus first class mailing to Alice Brooks in New York. Print name address zone and pattern number.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Science Shrinks Piles With New Non Surgical Treatment
An advertisement touts Bio-Dyne a new healing substance used in Preparation HG to treat piles without surgery. It claims the product stops itch and relieves pain and quotes sufferers stating piles are no longer a problem.
Fred Waring to Return on NBC Christmas Eve Show
Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians return to television after years away for a Christmas Eve NBC special. Waring recalls being dropped as television evolved, notes the industry’s economics and budget limits, and hints this could restart his TV career with a program of memorable songs.
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Fred Waring
Waring
Mitch
NBC
San Francisco
Baltimore
CBS
Colts
Perry
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Paul Anka
Monique van Vooren
TV HIGHLIGHTS From Navy Base to National Velvet
Visit to the Navy Air Base near Honolulu features Henessey and Martha Hale aboard their return flight and a stop at the Aircraft Ejection Seat Training Area. Hawaii's Arthur Lyman and Eddie Sherman are highlighted. Other items include Cheyenne on ABC and To Tell the Truth turning five.
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CBS
Henessey
Martha Hale
Navy Air Base
Honolulu
Hawaii
Arthur Lyman
Eddie Sherman
ABC
Cheyenne
Bronco Layne
Gage
Painted Rock
NBC
National Velvet
John Hadley
King
Velvet
Ricky Kelman
Richard Correll
Kennedy
South America
Walter Cronkite
The Rifleman Faces Two Mountain Men Over Lucas McCain’s Rifle
Television listings detail an 8:30 PM ABC episode where two mountain men try to seize Lucas McCain’s rifle and one is killed. Other stations feature The High Court, Window on Нью, The Precinct, Surfside 6 and more with cast notes and plot hints.
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ABC
Lucas McCain
James Coburn
Booth Coleman
Main Street
87Th Precinct
Marie Antionette
Norma Shearer
Tyrone Power
Surfside Six
Danny Sere
Andy Griffith
Television Schedule Fragment for Classic Era Day
A dense list of TV and radio program times includes cartoons, news, movies, game shows, and soap operas such as Popeye, Bozo the Clown, Dr Kildare, Marie Antoinette film, news reports, The Price is Right, CBS News, and The July 7 1960s style lineup with classic shows like Lassie style titles and theatrical films.
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National Guard
Denver
Jones
William C. Thompson
Winchester-Frederick County
Crider & Shockey
M. D
Brooks
Robert Vaughn
the Heckler
Don Casby
Senate
Thorne
Ae Ey
Kukla
Ollie
Porky Pig
Dr. Kildare
Lew Ayres
Bozo the Clown
Temple
Rocky
Douglas Edwards
Death Valley
Whiplash
Anne
Divorce Court
CBS News Report
Ann Rutherford
Jack Paar
the Bowery
Wallace
Newsbeat
Wallace Beery
Majeste Main
Ben
Hennesey
World News
Daily Word
Huntley - Brinkley
King of Diamonds
5—News
Guiding Light
News Day Report
Ist
Groucho
Sleeping Tiger
Alexis Smith
Theater of Stara
Burns and Allen
Amos
Andy
Jan Murray
Loretta Young
The
Californians
Seven Keys
Dr. Malone
Waterfront
Roots
News
Pioneers
Daddy
Bold Journey
Hollywood
Cheeper
Downt
Loudoun St
Winchester
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