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COKE-IN-CANS will soon be test-marketed after several false starts. Big problem was to perfect a can liner that would not kill Coke flavor; now that can companies have apparently licked problem, Coca-Cola will try out idea in Gary...
Candy Butcher. Replacing old-style coach-car candy butchers, the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. is equipping New York-Washington passenger trains with stainless-steel-and-plastic vending wagons designed by the Coca-Cola Co. Manned by attendants trained to tinkle a polite bell instead of loudly hawking their wares, the carts have insulated containers for hot coffee, cold milk, fruit juice, soft drinks, also carry sandwiches, fruit, pastry, doughnuts, cakes, candy...
...million. Tied for No. 6: Pittsburgh's far-visioned Banking Heir Paul Mellon, 49, St. Louis's fun-loving Brewer (Budweiser) August A. ("Gussie") Busch. Jr., 58, and money-pouring Philanthropist John Davison Rockefeller III, 51. In the No. 7 spot and tenth richest: the Coca-Cola Co.'s Director Robert Winthrop Woodruff, 67. What have they in common besides wherewithal? As Writer Parton sees them, few have ever been seriously ill, most have indefatigable "millionaire vitality," most are "loners" and tend to "carry their real-business in their hats." All are said to have "vision...
...year. I can see no signs of a recession or depression." ¶ Walgreen Co. President Charles R. Walgreen Jr.: "There are no signs of a recession in the drug industry. We are experiencing the best year in the history of our business-both in volume and profits." ¶CJ Coca-Cola President William E. Robinson, just back from a swing through company plants around the country: "With the availability of goods high and profit margins smaller, the consumer goods industry has the most competitive year we have seen since the war. But I found a sober, realistic, serious optimism that...
...some back-fence gossip, reflect on the paternity of a neighbor or comment on political news. In Trinidad some of the semipros still sing, mostly for rum, at public concerts in "Tents" (often palm-thatched bamboo shacks). In the U.S. there have been previous calypso flurries, including Rum and Coca-Cola in 1945, but the real boom was drummed in by Folk Singer Harry Belafonte, whose current album, Calypso, is one of the biggest selling LPs in RCA Victor history. In a velvety voice he sings Day 0 and Jamaica Farewell. (They are not really calypso, but no one seems...