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...name of his sister, brother, dog, cat (or other pet) and friend. Let's say Tommy Snooks of 123 Hickory Stick Lane, with Sister Bunny, Brother Spiro, Dog Tuggles, Cat Snuggles, etc. Eventually, from Dart Industries, Inc., which, as the card says, "also brings you Tupperware, Rexall, Vanda Beauty Counselor and West Bend brand family products," comes a book...
...went for the international Continental Congress of Solidarity with Cuba that planned to convene in Brazil last week. All of Fidel's overseas friends were expected: Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre, Russian Author Vanda Vasilevskaya, Mexico's ex-President Lázaro Cárdenas, British Guiana's Janet Jagan, and a couple hundred more. Castro planned to send a large delegation; placards were printed and street demonstrations planned to take place in São Paulo and Rio. The organizers felt so sure of themselves that they sent a delegation trooping into the office of Foreign...
...called Flowers of Hawaii. Founded by Hawaii's Territorial Senator William H. ("Doc") Hill with the help of a fast-moving Los Angeles florist named Graham W. Dible, F.O.H. has sold some 5,700,000 orchids since 1946. This year the company hopes to sell 6,000,000 vanda orchids (a small flower about 2½ inches long), and gross about...
...promotion stunts, but it is hard at work setting up "orchid bars" in U.S. stores to sell the flowers for as little as 25?. There are 21 orchid bars in the U.S. now; the newest one will open this week in Richmond, Va. While low prices have killed the vanda for the retail flower trade, Dible thinks that giveaway orchids are helping florists nevertheless, by making people who have seldom gone into florist shops more flower-conscious. Said one orchidman: "Why, eight out of ten women have never had an orchid. They all want...
Both Texaco and Bendix get their return in public good will. So do the stars who donate their services. Says Producer Charles Vanda, who coordinates the show for CBS in Hollywood...