Word: noma
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cliff dwellers still roll out their gaily colored futons (quilts) at night, and drape them over balcony railings to air during the day. But the traditional toko-noma, the alcove in which the family displayed its scrolls and flower arrangements, has given way to built-in cupboards. Central heating has taken the place of the hibachi (brazier) and of the kotatsu, the hole in the floor filled with hot coals to keep the family feet warm...
...Louis' Magic Chef, Inc., biggest U.S. stovemaker. He replaces Arthur Stock-strom, 62, who becomes board chairman. Dunn started in the stove business 27 years ago as a door-to-door salesman for Estate, became Estate's president in 1952 after it was taken over by Noma Electric Corp. (now Northeast Capital Corp.). Dunn pulled Estate out of the red with a sweeping cost-control and product-improvement program. This year he negotiated the sale of the company to RCA, remained as its boss. At Magic Chef, Dunn faces the same problem he had at Estate: the company...