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London's DAILY TELEGRAPH...
Died. William Henry Harrison, 63, president of International Telephone & Telegraph Corp., director of procurement and distribution of radio and electric equipment for the armed forces during World War II, head of the Government's Defense Production Administration during the Korean war; of a heart attack; in Garden City...
Like a sprinter on a treadmill, U.S. industry is finding that no matter how fast it runs it cannot catch up with increasing consumer demand. Last week American Telephone & Telegraph Co., which set an industrial record for yearly spending with the $1.6 billion put into expansion in 1955, announced that it was still unable to close the gap. This year, said A. T. & T. President Cleo F. Craig, the world's biggest utility will spend a staggering $2.1 billion merely to keep from falling farther behind. With 47 million phones already in service, orders for another...
International Business Machines netted $15,323,000, a record and 34% better than a year ago; St. Regis Paper also set a high, hiking its net 49% to $6,212,000, and announced capital expenditures of $43 million v. $11 million last year. Giant American Telephone & Telegraph set a record of $148,170,000 v. $128,618,653 in '55 and announced first-quarter capital expenditures of $470 million, 36% greater than last year...
There were 22 pages of buggies in the 1896 book, none in 1933; the famous Covered Wagon went thataway permanently after the 1923 catalogue. "Radio apparatus" made its debut in 1919 under "Telegraph instruments." Silk stockings showed up in the 1912 catalogue for the first time, with the warning: "Treat them carefully." Pajamas made a coy appearance in 1899 for men only; twin beds appeared in 1921. Women's fleece-lined bloomers and men's congress gaiters (high shoes with elastic inserts, no laces) held on as late as 1939, then followed the fur derby into history...