Word: chaine
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thriving morning Herald, the country's No. 5 paper in total ad linage, has steadily outstripped the afternoon News, Miami's only other daily. While Herald circulation rose to 381,000, the News slipped to 119,000. But Herald Publisher John S. Knight, president of the Knight chain, did not want to buy the liberal-leaning News; and News Publisher James M. Cox Jr., whose six-paper chain includes the Atlanta Constitution, was loath to fold his Miami outlet...
...Chain Reaction of Peace. Whatever its problems, the very fact that Indonesia is under new management has already brought important changes in the outlook of the whole Far East. The end of its aggression against Malaysia, which had disturbed Southeast Asia for three years, was followed by a chain reaction of peace movements throughout the area. The Philippines finally decided to make friends with Malaysia, as well, and there has been much discussion about forming a regional economic community that might include Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Burma. In Seoul last month, foreign ministers of nine non-Communist Asian...
...prices were midway between those of the five and tens and the more expensive department stores, Yankee Grant opened his first 25? store in Lynn, Mass., in 1906, opened others so fast as the idea caught on that at 48 he made a major decision. Insisting that the growing chain needed an "organizer" at its head rather than a merchandiser like himself, Grant kicked himself upstairs to chairman, spent less and less time with the company, occupied himself with painting, charities, philosophical studies and world travel. For the past ten years he has taken no salary as chairman...
...known as Billy to close friends, will be succeeded by Edward Staley, 62, who as vice chairman has been handling chief-executive duties for the nation's third largest (after Woolworth and Kresge) variety chain. Staley will continue an expansion program that has increased the number of stores to a present total of 1,097 and has more than doubled sales in a decade to $840 million. Old downtown stores have been closed and new, larger ones built in suburban shopping centers, where 70% of Grant's business is now located. Similarly, Grant's merchandise has been...
Politics Ahead? One of Robinson's most interesting roles is that of budding Republican politician. Two years ago, he quit his $50,000-a-year vice-presidency of the Chock Full O' Nuts restaurant chain to help Governor Nelson Rockefeller in his bid for the presidential nomination. Today Rockefeller has five private telephone lines in his office-one of which runs to the office of Robinson, who is his special assistant for community relations, on Rocky's personal payroll. Many of his associates believe that not business but politics will be the major future pursuit of Jack...