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JAPANESE WATCHES will be imported into the U.S. by Bulova Watch Co., first big watchmaker to do so. Price: $12 to $15. First color TV imports from Japan are due in U.S. stores this fall...
Coke & King Zog. Writing hundreds of letters a week, he touts books and movies (current examples: Moss Hart's autobiography, Act One, and the film version of The World of Suzie Wong). Coca-Cola has bought the Hoffman touch, as have Bulova watches, Gambler Frank Costello, and King Zog of Albania. Sometimes called a "suppressagent" as well, Hoffman collects healthy fees from his clients for keeping material out of the papers. Israeli government officials, for instance, recently proposed to shake the earth with a photograph of Jewish Converts Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe doing a September Morn scene knee...
...share (v. last year's $1.91) hiked the company's 1959 total to a record $7.97 a share. General Foods Corp., the nation's largest food processor, rose 17.3% to set a new quarterly record of $1.12 a share v. 95? a share last year. Bulova Watch Co. ticked its way to an impressive 69% hike for the first nine months, largely on the strength of higher earnings in its third quarter...
...guest shots. Comic George Jessel has a knack for veering the conversation to Bulova watches. While palavering with Jack Paar before millions of viewers not long ago, Georgie went on and on about his watch, a Bulova. When being Person to Personed by Ed Murrow, Jessel lovingly showed off five clocks in his house; all five were gifts from Bulova. (Genial Georgie insists neither mention was intended as a plug...
Electronic Watch. Bulova Watch Co. will put an electronic watch on sale next year. The watch will use transistors to eliminate mainspring and balance wheel (electric watches do away only with the mainspring), will weigh no more than a regular wristwatch...