Word: roebuck
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Penney, General Robert E. Wood of Sears, Roebuck, and Michael Cullen, the first supermarketeer.) From Bags to Riches. The man whom McNair hails as the greatest of contemporary U.S. merchants is by turn profane and philosophical, charming and fiercely combative. Eugene Ferkauf is a boy from Brooklyn, and he does not pretend otherwise. Brooklyn is only a 15? subway ride and half a world away from Fifth Avenue...
...farmer's wife who thumbs the familiar Sears, Roebuck catalogue in quest of ginghams and gadgets is in for a surprise. Its pages will soon blossom with art, abstract and otherwise. Hired to gather original paintings, etchings, drawings and sculptures in the U.S. and abroad was Cinemactor Vincent Price, 51, epicure, art collector and ex-champ (in the art category) of TV's $64,000 Challenge. Yaleman ('33) Price will shop for items priced mostly under $100. and Sears will feature them in its 1,500-page catalogue. The venture, conceded one Searsman, is "highly exploratory...
...Staple Singers stick with their family name; the group consists of Father Roebuck Staples, two daughters and a son. Their muted but intensely exciting gospel style, with its country blues feeling, is a reflection of what Roebuck heard when he was growing up in rural Mississippi. Roebuck himself is a first-rate guitarist, but his daughter Mavis is the best vocalist-a contralto whose voice has both a honeyed quality and almost hypnotic intensity. The Staples, who have been appearing together for 12 years, feel "we are fulfilling our obligation as Christian people by singing the Gospel...
...Sears, Roebuck...
...game and a half. They have relied on speed (Maury Wills leads the league with 22 stolen bases) and the timely hitting of Tommy Davis. Their staff, which boasts Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, Johnny Podres, Stan Williams, Larry Sherry and a trio of good rookies, looks fine, but Ed Roebuck has not been of much help in the bull-pen. It is hard to conceive of the Dodgers keeping pace with the Giants, a beautifully balanced squad with two real super-stars...