Word: chaine
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ALFONSO OSSORIO-Cordier & Ekstrom, 978 Madison Ave. at 76th St. Twenty-nine panels on which seashells, fake pearls, links of rusty chain, hunks of bone (with glass eyes staring from the marrow), shards of mirrors, jaw teeth, driftwood and other flotsam have become mired in puddles of plastic glue. Gaudy, repetitious and faintly emetic. Through...
...considerable curiosity was Carole Tyler, 24, a shapely (5 ft. 6 in., 35-26-35) Tennessee girl who won the title of "Miss Loudon County" before she turned up in Washington in 1959. Three years later she was Baker's private secretary at $8,000 a year. Chain-smoking, martini-drinking, party-loving Carole also became a favorite in Baker's high-flying circle of acquaintances...
...First National City Bank, 56% reported earnings up from the previous quarter, and for all, nine-month profits were 12% higher than last year. The Wall Street Journal surveyed 26 industries, found earnings were higher than in last year's third quarter for all but cement companies, chain groceries and papermakers. Spectacular successes were noted by airlines (Pan Am and TWA both had record earnings). Oil companies, notably those with major overseas operations, showed brisk earnings; Sinclair alone had a 76% rise to $45 million for the first three quarters...
National Food pays off nearly 700 winners a week and collects a bonus in increased grocery sales. But it will not hold the jump on its competitors for long. Already the rival Red Owl chain has started a TV bingo contest with prizes of trading stamps held out to thousands at home with Red Owl cards. In cities all over, stores are staging such games as "Hidden Treasure," "Split the Dollar," "Hit 100," with a payoff in money, appliances and stamps for those who eagerly collect them...
...stamp companies (40% of the market), last week began handing out its stamps in Britain-not the usual S. & H. green stamps, but pink ones because a local stamp rival called Green Shield got there first. In violent opposition, Lord Sainsbury, boss of the big Sainsbury's grocery chain, is preparing to do bitter battle against the gum-backed invaders. In the first skirmish he cut the price of bread, but his chances of holding out are slim. In the U.S. even the mighty A. & P. buckled under after years of resisting...