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The article looks at the increasing number of suburban newspapers and the big profits they report. Florida's five-month-old "Today," for instance, now has a paid circulation of 35,000. The author says that one way metropolitan papers counter the competition from suburban papers is through special suburban editions larded with local advertising and news. The "Los Angeles Times", for example, publishes seven regional editions. Going directly into the suburbs is the choice of "Miami Herald," which has three weeklies and a daily in the Greater Miami area.

An image of the ship S. S. Maltran being loaded with paper pulp at the port of Fernandina, Florida, is presented.

The article reports on the resumption of normal publication by New York's nine major newspapers following a 19-day labor dispute with their deliverymen. Striking deliverymen accepted a 7 U.S. dollar wage and fringe package. The strike resulted in the loss of 25-million U.S. dollars in advertising and circulation revenues and 5-million U.S. dollar loss of wages. The strike also had a negative economic impact on Florida and Canada, but generated new income for other communications media.

The article offers information on the 14th National Automatic Merchandising Association show in Miami Beach, Florida. 40 of the estimated 150 manufacturers in the U.S. displayed new vending machines. One of the new features of the machines stressed at the show is the capacity of deal with paper money, as well as with coins. The prototype machined designed by Universal Match Corp. is featured.

Reports the victory of Gay Liberation Front (GLF) at Florida State University on the right to advertise in the student newspaper 'Flabeau' of the school. Victory of GLF despite the opposition of the paper's editors; Ruling of the Board of Student Publications.

The article offers information on the opening of Miami International Merchandise Mart, a wholesale center in Miami, Florida similar to 15 wholesale centers in the U.S. and Canada. It reports on the Mart's president Herbert U. Martin who believes the mart is the answer for retailers and suppliers who can't afford to wait for the new products to be brought to them by sales personnel. It states the Miami Mart aims to spend 150,000 dollars on its advertising and promotion.

The article discusses the highlights of an international fishing industry convention held in Miami Beach, Florida in November 1953, which addressed the boom of the undeveloped industry. United Nations (UN) Food & Agriculture Organization representative Gove Hambidge urged fishermen to take advantage of sea resources to provide food to the growing world's population. Among the topics discussed were techniques for catching and selling more fish. Texas, New York and Georgia bankers assured the fishermen that loans are available to them.

The article focuses on the decline in the growth of the shell home industry in the U.S. due to excessive competition, limited markets and a shortage of financing. The sector was dominated by Jim Walter Corp. of Tampa, Florida in 1960 by building and selling some 14,000 units. Shell homes were priced in the 1,000 U.S. dollars to 3,500 U.S. dollar range. The launch of low-income homes by Certain-teed Products Corp. provided competition to shell homes.

The article reports on the Florida Industries Day which paid honor to Doctor Charles Holmes Herty for promoting the industrial use of pine. It highlights a new 9,000,000 U.S. dollar plant of Container Corp. which opened at Fernandina. Herty attributed the erection of the Fernandina mill to higher considerations than cheap labor. Container Corp. president Walter P. Paepcke shared the reasons for investing millions in a Florida plant.

The article reports on the growing number of problems being faced by U.S. Industries. Moody's Investors Service degraded the company's bond rating to Baa from A a week after the ratings agency withdrew the company's commercial paper rating. The company also faces a lawsuit by shareholders who accused chairman I. John Billera of not treating them fairly. Another lawsuit was filed by F. Browne Gregg, owner of Gregg-Gibson-Gregg, Inc., in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville, Florida.

The article reports on the dedication of the 123-mile overseas highway connecting Florida City and Key West, Florida.

The article reports on the increase in real estate acquisitions in Florida. Details of a real estate promotion which has encouraged buyers to purchase lands even if they have never seen them are mentioned. The real estate price trend in the region, particularly in the southwestern Dade County is described. Compared to the notable real estate transactions in the state in 1924, several factors like transportation facilities and tourism contributed to larger acquisitions in 1954.

The article reports on the relocation of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.'s (ACL) 970 employees and their families to Jacksonville, Florida from Wilmington, North Carolina in 1960. ACL did not create special pension arrangements for employees who preferred to stay in Wilmington. It notes that ACL has been moving the offices one-department at a time in order to reduce interruptions in work.

The article reports that the Florida government will provide Humble Oil Co. with a 50-thousand-U.S.-dollar reward and free oil leases for discovering a commercial oil well in the state in 1944. Humble plans to donate the cash reward to the Florida State College for Women and the state university for scholarship funds. The article also offers information on a conference that was conducted by Miami oil engineer William F. Blanchard in 1934 wherein he asked oil company representatives to gather data on the state's oil prospects.

The article offers information on how the Ellinor Village housing project in Florida has played a new trend of vacations in the region.

The article reports on the impact of the postwar farm surplus of citrus in Florida on the agricultural sector of the U.S. It states that the Department of Agriculture has been predicting bad times for citrus growers and has suggested the need to process a larger share of the crop to meet the gloomy outlook. Moreover, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics emphasizes that the citrus industry needs more than temporary reverses to cut production to a manageable supply.

The article reports on the venture of GAC Corp. into the real estate business after its purchase of the 265,00 acres, Florida land of the Mormon Church. The acquisition of the property is part of the diversification strategy of the financial institution giant, which saw its finance swell to 900 million U.S. dollars in 1969 from 383 million U.S. dollars in 1936. The acquisition of truck trailers manufacturer Highway Trailer Industries and the establishment of the computer leasing company GAC Computer Leasing Corp. are of some of its diversified portfolio.

The article looks at the state of the real estate industry in Florida as of June 1961. The industry is showing some signs of distress, including lagging construction, unsold homes, and foreclosures. The industry's problem is considered a moderate one due to the fact that the boom is based on actual property values than paper values. Among the companies that have encountered serious problems are Lefcourt Realty Corp. and Arvida Corp.

The article focuses on the availability of "Today" electronic newspaper in Cocoa, Florida. It mentions that the company of the said periodical has provided fund worth 150,000 U.S. dollars for its all-electronic news-room. Furthermore, the reporters and editors of the said newspaper are using video terminals and minicomputers, which are more efficient than typewriters.

The article reports on the pre-packaging of Florida vegetables in 1946 for northern retail markets to know whether pre-packaging can be exercised profitably by growers at shipping points.

The article reports on sales promotions targeting some 200,000 students expected to go out to enjoy their Easter vacation in Fort Lauderdale and Daytona Beach in Florida. It highlights several advertising campaigns organized by Market-Go Inc., an offshoot of Go Publishng Co. The article details the marketing promotion launched by Creighton, American Motors' sponsorship of a four-mile race along the sand, and Grayhound Lines' launch of pop-art posters to promote students-only bus tours into several towns in Florida.

The article focuses on chief executive officer (CEO) Raymond K. Mason of Charter Co. in Jacksonville, Florida. It notes that Charter has provided the largest and fastest-growing segment of various ventures including mortgage and commercial banking, real estate, and insurance. It adds that Mason has also pursued business deals with Saudi Arabia's King Faisal and the Sha of Iran.

The article reports on the establishment of Bank of Miami & Trust Co., an institution that will to hold its resources entirely in cash and U.S. government securities, in Florida in December 1931.

A photograph of a freight car being loaded with oranges from Florida is presented.

The article profiles the life and career of Edward G. Green, real estate broker and biggest wheeler-dealer in undeveloped land around Disney World in Florida in 1972. It mentions that Green is one of the most important individual brokers in the state who make money in land syndication. It notes that Green's business depends on referrals and spends 1.75 dollar a year on advertising for the yellow pages in the Palm Beach phone book. Moreover, Green's meeting with Admiral Joseph Fowler is cited.

The article reports that U.S. incomes in October 1956 moved to a new high for the third successive month, according to the Composite of Regional Income Indexes of "Business Week" magazine. Topics include the month-to-month regional showings in Atlanta, Georgia and Boston, Massachusetts, employment gains in Florida, and states that have reported high levels of employment.

The article discusses business conditions in Florida as of June 15, 1956, explaining why the state is becoming an increasingly popular home for manufacturers. Factors that the article cites as increasing Florida's appeal to various industries include the quality of life for employees, the strong banking industry and the natural resources available there, such as uranium and zirconium. The author cites electronics, aviation and atomic energy as key industries of Florida's future.

The article discusses Florida's diversification of the state's economy. Some bankers had warned that Florida's tourist services were largely overextended. The banks had wanted instead to see the state investing in other industries. The results are showing up. For one, the state's pre-world-war 25% gap between winter business and summer business has been narrowed to 12% in 1951. For another, agricultural income is now three times what it was a decade ago. New Floridians are moving in at a rate of 100 a week, many with skills and money for a small shop.

The article reports on the increased business of hotels and motels in South Florida during the winter season of the year 1963. It informs that since it is the U.S. coldest winter season in 50 years, it has sent visitors towards south in record numbers. It sites the example of Alfred L. Kaskel luxury hotel on Miami Beach, Florida. It also reports that mass volume has also resulted in the growth of two other industries including restaurants and gambling.

This article focuses on the discovery by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, a unit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, of a large bed of calico scallops in the ocean just a few miles away from the Cape Canaveral missile testing base in Florida. It explains that the scallop is of gourmet quality comparable with those found in New England and Long Island bay. The Silver Bay trawler of the bureau made the find and fishermen have started harvesting the scallops.

This article features James W. Walter, president of Jim Walter Corp. of Tampa, Florida. His company is engaged in the shell homes industry, a postwar development in the housing industry that started in Florida in 1946. It describes the shell home as a completely finished wood frame house on the outside but unfinished on the inside. Jim Walter Corp. claims to have sold 11,000 shell homes in 1959 and has formed several subsidiaries.

The article discusses the migration to Florida as a movement of people who seek health and wealth. It notes how its climate, luxuriant productivity of its soil and a paradise presented to hunters and fishermen attracted settlers and visitors a hundred years ago. It cites the entry of science and invention that contributed to the upbringing of Florida whose greatest natural resource is its climate. It forecasts that Florida is destined to be one of the most densely populated states of the U.S.