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Shopping by Rolls. Prenuptial partying has been kept to a minimum. There were bridal showers given by Mrs. Elmer Bobst, wife of the ex-chairman of Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co., and Mrs. Edwin Hilson, a friend of the Duchess of Windsor. Mrs. Hil son also took Julie to lunch at Manhattan's chic Cote Basque-and then swept the bride-to-be off in her chauffeured Rolls to start an afternoon round of shopping. Julie went to Bonniers, Bonwit Teller and Bendel's. Julie's wedding shoes, low-heeled white satin pumps with tiny seed-pearl bows...
Nothing Doing. Small-time operators are particularly unwelcome at firms whose operations are badly snarled. Hayden, Stone & Co., which last month decided to close ten offices and fire 200 of its 1,100 customers' men, has told survivors that they will not be paid for taking orders that earn less than $12 in commissions. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis says no to anyone who wants to open a new account with an order of less than $1,000 for a listed stock, or $5,000 for an over-the-counter stock. E.F. Hutton & Co. turns down would-be clients with...
...exchange, brokers are also quick to show the door to the speculator whose hankering for cheap stocks usually means a foray into the untidy over-the-counter market, where most of today's stock-delivery foul-ups occur. Says a broker at Chicago's G.H. Walker & Co.: "Frankly, we're going to refuse the guy who wants to buy 1,000 shares of a $1 stock. On the other hand, if he's got $800 for a blue-chip stock, I'd take that business." Since brokers often act as if they are doing...
Witnesses to the accident stated that Nagy and Miss Gibbs were walking on the sidewalk when a Yellow Cab Co, taxi hit them, throwing Nagy to the ground and carrying Miss Gibbs on the hood until it finally stopped almost one block away next to the Lampoon building, Miss Gibbs shattered the cab's windshield...
Pillsbury Co., a firm of flour power, has a message of love. To millions of housewives, it preaches that the way to express affection for husband and chil dren is to bake them a cake. Its ads pro claim that "Nothin' Says Lovin' Like Something from the Oven, and Pillsbury Says It Best." This somewhat sac -charine slogan helps to boost sales. In the fiscal year ending last May, they rose to a record $526 million, and prof its increased 7.4% to $13 million. This year the Minneapolis-based company anticipates an earnings gain of 10%, which...