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Revamped Fiber. To compete with such fibers as Dacron and Orlon. Celanese Corp. of America announced a new acetate rayon, called Arnel. It holds a crease so well that it can be put into automatic washers and dryers, needs virtually no ironing. Price: about 55? a lb. for staple, v. $1.28 a lb. and up for Dacron and the others...
...least it seemed so last Thursday, the opening day for the Red Sox at Fenway Park. As an opener with all the trimmings, the pre-game ceremonies began with a flashy band that marched smartly around the outfield for a while, rayon pants glinting in the sun and chin straps fixed fiercely under chins. Then at a signal, the band marched into seats on the grandstand and governor Christian A. Herter threw out the first ball, at least according to the announcer. No one, I believe, actually saw the Governor in all the crowd. The ball just popped...
...Portland, Ore. last week, President Zehntbauer, 69, showed off his 1954 women's line, already on display to catch the winter vacation trade. The suits, in cotton, rayon, wool and nylon, were trimmed with sequins, imitation pearls and rhinestones. They had such names as "Summer Siren" and "Caprice," and were priced from $8.95 to $32.50 (for "Diamond Mine." a rhinestone-studded suit in metallic colors). All would look good on a handsome woman, but would not necessarily make all women handsome. With his new line, President Zehntbauer thinks Jantzen will do even better than in record-breaking 1953) when...
...that Malenkov himself has criticized the shoddiness of Soviet consumer goods, Pravda is washing some of the tattered laundry out in public, complains that Soviet rayon underwear does not survive a single laundering, that men's shirts fall apart...
...Woolen and worsted mill" is now something of a misnomer for Bachmann Uxbridge. While some woolen and worsted men cursed synthetics, Walter joined the enemy, became one of the nation's first makers of wool and synthetic blends. He pioneered in the blending of wool with rayon, the wool-nylon serge now used by the Army, and the Air Force blue uniform material. After World War II, he started experimenting with such new man-made fibers as Dacron and Orion-now Uxbridge is one of the largest users of synthetics in the woolen and worsted field Says President Walter...