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...other chaplains also received the Medal of Honor during the Civil War-they were Francis B. Hall of the 16th New York Infantry for action at the Battle of Salem Heights, Va., May 3, 1863, and Milton L. Haney for action in Atlanta in July 1864. During the Civil War, the Medal of Honor was the only decoration given for bravery. Some 1,577 medals were given to Civil War fighters, while only 429 were awarded during World...
...Alabama, 14% in Illinois. Connecticut reported a 12% decline in sales, which cost the state $246,000 in expected taxes. - In Louisville, Brown & Williamson (Viceroy) and P. Lorillard (Kent) went on four-day weeks, and Philip Morris trimmed to a three-day week. R. J. Reynolds (Camel, Winston, Salem) has been on a four-day week for a month. Though cigarette sales usually slump just after Christmas, Reynolds admitted that the current drop in cigarette demand is "more than normal...
George Eron '62 died Dec. 20, 1963 of a gunshot wound he suffered during a hunting accident near Salem, Ill. He was 22 years...
...conduct an eleven-week course in grooming and confidence-building techniques to help Negro secretarial school graduates land jobs. Connecticut's Pitney-Bowes, manufacturers of mailing machines, announced a policy of preferential hiring for Negroes. In the South, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. built a new plant in Winston-Salem, N.C., uses Negroes in supervisory positions over whites. Such firms as Pepsi-Cola, Schenley Industries and McCann-Erickson have Negro vice presidents...
More Sophisticated. Everyone wants something better than he did last year -the phenomenon known to merchants as trading up. "The woman who two years ago would look at a sale coat at $20 now wants a $50 coat," says Winston-Salem, N.C., Store Manager Fred Moser. President Edwin K. Hoffman of Cleveland's Higbee Co. finds that he is dealing with "a more sophisticated public. They know what they want, and they want the best." The frill kick embarrassed the usually knowledgeable marketing experts at Chevrolet this fall. They recommended dropping two extra-cost sports models from the Chevy...