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...parachute webbing moved swiftly to Memphis and Fort Bragg. Out of New York, the agency sent 1,000,000 Ibs. of frozen food to deployed naval units, stocked the ships on Cuba patrol with 45 days' worth of supplies. In one week 350,000 ft. of Kodak photo-reconnaissance film sped to Navy and Air Force flyers. The agency summoned 50 railroad presidents to Washington, got agreement on permanent boxcar rates on military cargo, rather than time-consuming itemizing...
...peptic ulcer; in Manhattan. An aloof man of utmost rectitude, Resor opened Thompson's Cincinnati office in 1980s and eight years later bought the firm from its namesake; shunning the flashy sell, his agency turned out solid, convincing ads for such blue-chip clients as Ford and Eastman Kodak, thrived on scientific surveys and the negative commandments-no whisky ads, no relatives on the payroll...
...Million Cancellation. There has been more coming than going. Already in the foundation stage are the buildings of the Bell System, Du Pont. Eastman Kodak, Electric Power & Light. Ford. Festival of Gas, IBM, General Motors, Sinclair Oil, Travelers Insurance, and the heliport. The international exhibitors are somewhat farther behind; 65 foreign exhibitors have declared their "intent" to be present. Of these, at least 35 have signed up for specific space, 17 have submitted designs. and two - Hong Kong and Vatican City* - have started test borings. Altogether, 83% of international area space has been allocated, 71% of the industrial area...
...creative side of advertising but in meticulously efficient administration of his sprawling organization. Like Strouse, who wears a toothbrush mustache and half-rimmed glasses, Thompson exudes an air of solid dependability. It shuns the hard sell to turn out orthodox, convincing ads for such blue-chip clients as Ford, Kodak and Kraft Foods. Strouse became the third chief executive in Thompson's 84-year history in 1960, when he was hurdled over 84 other vice presidents to succeed Stanley Resor, then 81, who had run the agency for 44 years. The self-educated son of a railway clerk, Strouse...
After all of the attention focused on the stock market and the possibility of a recession, first-half earnings reports by U.S. business seemed to add up to a happy surprise. Impressive second-quarter gains were reported last week by many companies, including Hertz, Raytheon, Pepsi-Cola and Eastman Kodak. In a survey of 934 corporations, the First National City Bank of New York found that earnings were 13% better in this year's second quarter than in last year's second quarter, with the food industry up 12%, paper 15%, aerospace 27%, railroads 32%, textiles and autos...