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...into politics (as town councilman in Everett) in 1948, and proudly asserts: "Put me down as one of the original Kennedys." Bidding half-heartedly for a state senate seat is I. (for Irving) John Kennedy, 47, manager of Boston's Zebra cocktail lounge. John Joseph Kennedy, 36, a salesman for "Roost-No-Mor" bird repellent, is running for commissioner of Norfolk County, thinks he may be related to Senator Kennedy but "I'm not using the name." John A. (for Andrew) Kennedy, 62, tree warden of Plymouth for 22 years, is trying for a state representative...
...From half a dozen points on Long Island, small chartered planes shuttled back and forth, adding extra schedules. Happiest of the displaced commuters were the yachtsmen, who found an excuse to make their weekend seagoing pleasure the necessity for a business day. When the strike began, a Manhattan shirt salesman named J. Stanley Aughenbaugh recruited three riders for his 26-ft. cabin cruiser. They enjoy a leisurely breakfast at sea on the way in and drink cocktails on the long voyage home. "It's so much fun that we may go right on commuting by sea after the strike...
...retired as chief executive officer of Colgate-Palmolive Co., a post he has held since 1938. He will remain chairman of the board. Succeeding Little as chief executive is George Henry Lesch, 50, who was elected Colgate president last April. Little joined Colgate 58 years ago as a salesman, made his reputation by selling overseas. Today the company's 42 foreign branches account for half its sales of $600 million, more than half its last year's profits of $25 million. Like Little, New Boss Lesch has spent much of his 30 years with Colgate abroad, chiefly...
...tinge-salesman of shoddy goods
...Abiding Fact. Travel writing and editing has improved, but a painful hangover persists. The double-duty ad salesman, selling space and writing puffs, lingers on many papers, among them the San Francisco Examiner and the Boston Globe...