Toys and Trends Highlight 1968 Toy Boom and Industry Shifts
Babson's review notes a robust 1968 toy market with projected sales over 1.7 billion as discounts and TV expand reach. It traces earnings gains, rising disposable income, and a shift away from price cutting toward value. Leaders cited include Aurora Plastics, Murray Ohio, and Remco Industries.
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Wellesley Hills
Mass
Mom
Dad
Junior
Discount
Babson’s Reports
Aurora Plastics Corp
Murray Ohio Manufacturing Co
Remco Industries
Winters Enterprise Item from Winters TX Page 4B
A brief item appears in the Winters Enterprise from Winters Texas dated Friday December 13 1968 on page 4B. The fragment notes local happenings with no further context available.
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Texas
Check your Social Security account yearly says San Angelo official
Ted F. Moellering of the San Angelo Social Security Office urges workers to verify earnings and ensure proper crediting every three years. The SSA offers postcard form OAR-7004 to request a statement of earnings showing total credits and the last three years. Report any errors to the local office at 3000 West Harris Avenue, San Angelo, Texas.
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Ted F. Moellering
San Angelo
Social Security Office
Moellering
Social Security Administration
Social Security
West
Harris Avenue
Texas
Thanks for kindness during illness and hospital stays
We thank those who helped when our father A. T. Davis was ill with pneumonia and when Mrs. Jarrell was in the hospital. We appreciated the food, calls, cards and other acts of kindness from friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jarrell. Itc.
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A. T. Davis
Jarrell
J. C. Jarrell
Itc
The Hell With Heroes at State Theatre
An exciting Universal romantic action drama screens Friday through Sunday at the State Theatre starring Rod Taylor and Claudia Cardinale with Harry Guardino Kevin McCarthy and Peter Deuel. The Technicolor film follows a precarious postwar air cargo venture in Europe and North Africa tied to smuggling as a former 8th Air Force pilot runs a cargo service from Oran Algeria trying to stay afloat.
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Universal
State Theatre
Rod Taylor
Claudia Cardinale
Harry Guardino
Kevin McCarthy
Peter Deuel
Europe
North Africa
Taylor
8Th Air Force
Oran
Algeria
Guardino
Navy family visits prior tour and transfer to Yokosuka Japan
Petty Officer 1st Class Herbert A. Cortez and family stayed with his parents in the last month. Cortez recently returned from a second tour in Vietnam with the U S Navy Construction Battalion and is now transferred to Yokosuka Japan for a three year duty. His wife and their three children joined him, leaving San Francisco last Monday.
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Yokosuka
Japan
Herbert A. Cortez
Miguel Aguilar
Jake Cortez
Cortez
Vietnam
U. S. Navy
San Francisco
California
NRA notes surge in teen women joining marksmanship training
The National Rifle Association reports a marked rise in participation among young women and especially teenagers in marksmanship programs, reflecting growing female interest in shooting sports.
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The
National Rifle Association
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Saginaw, Mich
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