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...troubles. Some 70% of its workers are in the South, chiefly in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Many mills are in one-or two-industry towns, some of which have already begun to feel the pinch. During the past two years, 89 firms in the knitted-outerwear business alone have permanently closed their doors...
Hidden Subsidy. In 1950, only 202 publications enjoyed tax-exempt status; today, 700 periodicals, ranging from the National Geographic to Knitted Outerwear Times, are spared taxation. Educational some may be, but what upsets the congressional critics is the fact that a growing number of such publications solicit advertising in direct competition with taxpaying magazines. And since tax exemption effectively enlarges income, it amounts to a hidden subsidy that allows the tax-exempt magazines to cut their prices for ad space...
...cleaning problem and that customers expected them to take out spots and stains just like the more expensive professionals, whose drycleaning process takes 14 separate steps. Coin-op cleaning proved to be better suited for such bulky items as blankets and draperies than for men's suits and outerwear. Fulltime attendants (often required by local laws) sent up labor costs. Electric bills were high, and machines frequently proved unreliable. Clothes often came out smelling like sulphur. Many began to echo the wry dismay of Irwin Gott, a Houston jeweler-turned-drycleaner: "I didn't intend this...
...money from its first public stock issue last February, B.V.D. has acquired four firms. First was Beau Brummel Ties, Inc., which has sales of $4,000,000 and is the only moneymaker Kittay ever bought. Next came Mullins Mills and County Mills, which together sell $20 million in knitted outerwear. Two months ago, Kittay moved into women's undergarments, bought Flexees International, which makes girdles, bras and swim suits. Using prudent aggression, Kittay hopes eventually to lift B.V.D. to first place from its present fourth place in men's underwear, behind Fruit of the Loom, Cooper...
...neck pullover at $24.50 and a cardigan for $29.50. Sak's also features the 100 per cent camel hair wool blazer. This natural shoulder model with three pearl buttons and flap pockets sells for $69.50. Topping off a three piece camel ensemble is a handsome cotton or heek suede outerwear jacket with up sleeves and a full sherpa lining. The shawl collar, raglan shoulder, slash pockets, and leather buttons light this imported jacket from mark. It comes in old gold and olive and is priced at only...