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Hard up for cash, banks are willing to try just about anything to attract deposits. Some, like New York's Manhattan Savings Bank, are gemutlich meeting places where savers gather in the lobby to hear pianists play golden oldies. Others, like California's Crocker National Bank, have sought to humanize their temple-of-commerce image by handing out Teddy bears. Robert Klein, a marketing consultant to 15 banks in the West, reports that his savings-starved clients have given away 23,000 color television sets in the past three years and 650 mopeds in the past 90 days...
...shortage, but the effects are also being felt in such "glamour" industries as publishing, television and advertising. Chicago's First National Bank has been giving $500 bounties to employees who recruit new secretaries, and the big CNA insurance firm offers color TVs. Sears, Roebuck and California's Crocker National Bank have held open house parties in an attempt to attract applicants...
...weapons are not ivory-handled pistols, but pies. Blueberry pies with whipped cream. (Undetermined whether they were Stouffer's or Betty Crocker...
...appears that Harvard may already be footing the bill, at least on some streets. "As far as I know, Harvard pays for it all. They pay a bill for the lighting every month to Cambridge Light and Electric," William Crocker, city electrician, said yesterday...
...record Briefcase Full of Blues as a comedy album. Belushi is clearly out to prove that he is a singer, not just a comedian who sings a little. His performances here, along with his renditions of "Louie, Louie" and "Money" on the Animal House soundtrack and his famous Joe Crocker imitation, show just how good a rock and roll singer...