Mel Blanc Builds Funny Commercial Empire in Hollywood
Hollywood based Mel Blanc, famed voice of Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig, runs Mel Blanc Associates with 22 writers turning humor into radio spots. His firm, revived after a near-fatal crash, produces witty ads and skits for products from wax coatings to bug sprays, aiming to entertain and sell.
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Hollywood
Mel Blanc
Mel
Bugs Bunny
Porky Pig
Stan Freberg
Blanc
Portland
Ore
Bugs
Porky
Daffy Duck
Tweetie
Warner Bros
Jack Benny
Benny
Maxwell
Mel Blanc Associates
Local Dogs Take Top Honors at Virginia and Maryland Shows
Swift's Bit o' Rust a German Shorthair Pointer won Novice Obedience with 194.5 of 200 at the Northern Virginia Kennel Club in Warrenton. Duke the German Shepherd was second in Novice. Moav Hestehov, a Norwegian Elkhound, won Sub Novice and placed in Novice, Judy C.D. (German Shepherd) won Open Obedience and Companion Dog Excellent. Mo earned a Companion Dog leg and Hound Group trophy at Upper Potomac Valley Kennel Club in Frostburg. Sea lions whales and seals sleep underwater and surface to breathe.
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Swift
Rust
A.K.C
Northern Virginia Kennel Club
Warrenton
Rusty
Douglas Swift
Clarke County
Leslie Anne Swift
Duke
Paige Foster
Front Royal Road
Moav Hestehov
Donna Germelman
Fidelio’s Judy
C.D
Upper Potomac Valley
Silver Hoarding Slows as Coins Run Quietly Dry
The article surveys a cooling coin hoarding trend amid hopes of ending silver coin exchanges. Treasury official Joseph Barr and dealer Ben Douglas weigh storage costs, interest loss, and market limits, noting Kennedy half dollars and pre 1965 silver coins persist in pockets but few rise in value.
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Treasury Department
the Treasury
Joseph W. Barr
Washington
Ben M. Douglas
The
Treasury
Douglas
Barr
Canada
Ftust
Italy
Commission issues order against Miller's Dairy for min price breach
The State Milk Commission voted to issue a cease and desist order against Miller's Dairy of Norfolk for selling milk below minimum price. Administrator Steve G. Conerly said the acts were not deliberate and carried out by some salesmen without owner knowledge. only a small amount involved. The practice was found during a March audit and halted by the owners when alerted.
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Richmond
Miller’s Dairy of
Norfolk
State Milk Commission
Steve G. Conerly
Conerly
Commission
Virginia Retail Merchants elect new officers in Danville
The Virginia Retail Merchants Association closed its Danville convention with the election and installation of Harvey Williams of Charlottesville as president and Charles Thalhimer of Richmond as first vice president. Robert Marin of Orange became second vice president and William Taliaferro of Richmond was named treasurer. Next year’s meet will be held in May in Harrisonburg.
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Danville
Virginia Retail Merchants Association
Harvey Wiliams
Charlottesville
Charles Thalhimer
Richmond
Robert Marin
Orange
William Taliafferro
Harrisonburg
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Fidelco
Hestehov
Barney Rubble
Echo Village Restaurant
Mie
Toom
S&h
U.s
Eer
Echo Village
Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia
Republican Committee
Republican Party
Holiday Inn East
House
Republican Party of
William Fraula
Frederick
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Winchester Coca-Cola Bottling CO
COKE
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