Word: philadelphia
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TOLL TV TEST is arousing little interest. Only one firm, Philadelphia Broadcasting Co., has applied to FCC to try system, and deadline for bids is March 1. FCC Chairman Doerfer says that single test is not enough, and pay TV may never get started unless businessmen are willing to invest more...
...cultivating his backyard (with an occasional foray into Pennsylvania), Schaus has created an anomaly in big-time college basketball: a home-grown team. North Carolina combs the New York subway circuit for its players, and Kansas stretched out to Philadelphia for Wilt ("The Stilt") Chamberlain. But Schaus finds his stars in towns like East Bank (pop. 1,500) and Shinnston (pop. 2,793). As a result, the state rightly looks on the team as its own, not a high-priced import, follows its games with chauvinistic zeal...
...Robb, 62, was elected president of City Stores Co. in a shake-up by Philadelphia Financier Albert M. Greenfield, 70, who has controlled the sixth-ranking department and specialty-store chain for 26 years. Robb, who started at twelve as a stockboy, stepped up from heading Philadelphia's Lit Bros., biggest of the chain's eleven major links, which range from New York's Franklin Simon to New Orleans' Maison Blanche. An aggressive merchandiser, Robb will try to streamline operations while Greenfield concentrates on expanding outlets. In the six months ending last July, the chain grossed...
Landau's performance was especially fine and indicated that he may be nearly invincible in Ivy League competition. He was beaten only by Charley Pratt of the Philadelphia Pioneer Club and Elias Gilbert of Winston-Salem Teacher's College, both consistent winners in national-level meets...
BOSTON, Jan. 19--Frank Ramsey and Bob Cousy sparked a late comeback as Boston defeated Philadelphia 114-113 today in a National Basketball Assn. game at the Garden...