Word: sales
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sale comes in the wake of Elsie's recent heart attack which left her unable to work full time in the delicatessen. In an interview in Arlington, Elsie said that her doctor had said that she could continue to work a few hours a day as a supervisor but that the fast pace of serving customers would be extremely dangerous for her heart...
...demand, the public will not see it. At week's end TJ.A.R.'s President Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered his London embassy to have the Tiepolo paintings dismantled and shipped to Cairo. Nasser's reported plan: to exhibit them in the Egyptian capital, then offer them for sale to the world's museums. Said a curator of Britain's National Gallery: "It's a nasty blow, but since they're diplomatically immune, I suppose all we can do is salute when they...
Tucson's morning Arizona Daily Star (circ. 44,000) was up for sale and, at an asking price of $8,000,000, it seemed a good buy. Profits were high and the paper owned valuable real estate besides. Prospective purchasers ranged from Robert White, co-publisher of the prosperous Mexico (Mo.) Ledger, to Minneapolis Star & Tribune President John Cowles. But the out-of-towners never made it. The afternoon Tucson Daily Citizen (circ. 45,000) beat them to the draw by anteing up $10 million for the Star because of "a desire to see this strong, outspoken newspaper remain...
...Citizen-Star marriage brokers had also been cautious. They spelled out sale terms designed to keep the Democratic Star's policies as different from the Republican Citizen's as possible. Editorial authority at the Star "for the next ten years" went to longtime Editor and Publisher William Rankin Mathews, a crusading newspaperman best known for his 1953 exposé of an Arizona real estate swindle. The arrangement apparently convinced U.S. District Court Judge James Walsh, who denied the Government's plea for an order restraining the sale...
...organization also plans to take action on legislative issues pertaining to medicine, such as Medicare or the Massachusetts law banning the sale or advertisement of contraceptives. Bennett stated that it is possible for a special interest group like this to introduce a bill in the general court, thereby pressuring the legislature...