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Presents information on "The Evening Bulletin" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Highlights of the career of the late William L. McLean of "The Evening Bulletin" in newspaper ownership; Potential contributions that new columnists Paul Jones and Ralph W. Page could provide to the bulletin amid the changing principles; Marketing strategy of the newspaper.

The article focuses on the start of the first home deliveries of the tabloid "Philadelphia Daily News," with a special early morning edition in 1956 in Pennsylvania. It is believed that the tabloid is a threat to the "Philadelphia Inquirer," which is established in 1947 and whose daily circulation reaches to 635,000. It claims that the editorial content of the paper is politically bias because it strongly supports a local Republican faction.

Focuses on the closing of the liberal newspaper "Record" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Effect of the closure that left hundreds of its employees unemployed; Information on J. David Stern, the owner of the newspaper; Blame of the closure on the communists who allegedly control the Newspaper Guild; Details of the attempt made by the Guild to save the newspaper.

The article reports on the delayed approval of a contract between scrap metal operators and three American Federation of Labor (AFL) unions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania due to clause, which imposes a double-pay penalty for operators caught chiseling on wage scales after a strike.

The article discusses the highlights of the convention of the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November 1941. The 6,500 bottlers are determined to continue producing soft drinks despite shortages in sugar and other materials. The most pressing problems for bottlers are the shortage in cork for caps and paperboard for cardboard shipping containers. Caffeine sources and prices and the effects of ingredients on taste are also discussed.

The article reports on the move of liquor distilling company Publicker Industries Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to reshuffle its sales management team in an attempt to improve its effort to market its own brands. The company decided to hire John L. Leban to lead all its advertising, promotion and sales activities. Moreover, Leban addressed various policy-related problems and intended to reduce prices to restore the favorable reputation among distributors.

This article presents developments in the field of science, as of December 19, 1907. The annual meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 10 to 12, 1909, was of greater interest than usual as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the union. The illustrated papers presented in the meeting showed the highest excellence yet attained in photography of wild birds. One of the most interesting papers of a popular nature was Ernest Thompson Seton's account of the birds, which he observed during a recent trip to Great Slave Lake, in northern Canada. In another development, the book "The Major Symptoms of Hysteria," by Pierre Janet, contains the author lectures on hysteria, which he gave at the Harvard Medical School.

The article discusses the competition between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's newspaper "The Evening Bulletin" and "The Inquirer." It states that the rivalry started when the "Inquirer" was purchased by newspaper publisher John S. Knight in 1969. Events including the reorganization of the newspaper's staff and the 18 million dollars finance to the paper's factory. It presents the Bulletin's appointment of newspaper executives George Packard and Joel Whitaker. It also cites the Bulletin's expose of food contamination in May 1973 that reinforced its superiority over the Inquirer as claimed by Packard.

The article offers information on the combined effort of Philadelphia's city government under Mayor Joseph S. Clark, and the local business in developing the community's resources. It highlights the political scenario of the city before Clark was the Mayor and focuses on the organization of Greater Philadelphia Movement (GPM).

The article discusses the cover art featured in the issue which is a two-color drawing by Henry Pitz in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Eastern Arts Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from April 2 to 6, 1960. The drawing illustrates the house of William Rittenhouse, America's first paper maker. The author presents a brief biography of Rittenhouse and discusses his pioneering paper production method.

Presents updates on several states in the U.S. as of 1940. Information on the wage tax law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Notice issued by the government of Idaho to MGM Co. regarding income tax; Reason of stockholder-employees of the cooperative Hancock Hosiery Mill for petitioning Hosiery Worker' unions.

Presents updates on current events in the U.S. in 1938. Legislative bill that was not passed in the 75th U.S. Congress; Reason of the United Automobile Workers for dismissing its welfare director Paul Treadway; Demonstration launched by employees of a dairy firm at the office of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The article focuses on the development of the Eastwick area in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The project calls for the emergence of Eastwick as a new city within a city, valued at 350 million U.S. dollars. Reynolds Metals Co. and Berger Bros. have been chosen as sponsors for the project. The area has few sidewalks and much of the land is below grade. It started as a settlement of Swedish farmers and had become a neighborhood of families by 1950.

The article focuses on the 33rd annual meeting of the American Historical Association at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The programme reflected, as was natural, the influence of the war and dealt rather more than is usual among historians with current events. In a conference the timely question of imperialism was discussed in a number of excellent papers, Oriental Imperialism, Greek Imperialism, roman imperialism and its decay. The increasing importance to the U.S. of her relations with the Far East found expression in papers on the Occidental attitude towards China by and on Japanese party politics and emigration.

This article presents information about meetings related to computing. The Joint Fall Conference of the Univac Users Association and the Univac Scientific Exchange will be held at Shamrock Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas during September 9-13, 1968. The 34th International Federation for Documentation Conference and International Congress on Scientific Information will be held in Moscow, Russia during September 9-18. The 1968 International Information and Automation Assembly will be held in Versailles, France during September 23-25. The 16th Joint Engineering Management Conference will be held at Marriott Motor Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during September 30-October 1. The Hazard and Race Phenomena in Switching Circuits Symposium will be held in Bucharest, Romania during October 6-10. The 1968 Systems Science and Cybernetics Conference will be held in San Francisco, California during 14-16. The Ninth Annual Symposium on Switching and Automata Theory will be held in Schenectady, New York during October 15-17. The ACM Annual symposium on the Application of Computers to the Problems of Urban Society will be held at New York Hilton Hotel, New York on October 18.

The article focuses on the lawsuit filed by the town of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania against seven out-of-town firms. The town has asked the court to deduct tax from the wages of Philadelphians employed by the firms and to ask the companies to pay the city the amount of tax since the passing of the income tax law five years ago. The companies sued include Baldwin Locomotive Works, Wilson Distilling Co., and Scott Paper Co.

This article reports on the eighteenth annual meeting of the American Historical Association, held in December 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The general arrangement of the program followed the plan observed for several years. The new feature was a special session devoted to international law, in this instance given up principally to papers concerning the Isthmus of Panama and the interoceanic-canal project. The manifold activities of the Association wax greater and more numerous year by year. With a membership of over 1900, the Association is enabled to carry on a wider range of scholarly work than is attempted by any other scientific body in the country.

The article reports on the success of Leary's Book Store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1964. The store believes that it will continue to thrive in the used book business through its unique combination of customer service, promotions, and ability to select salable used books. Moreover, the store maintains its estimated 500,000 U.S. dollars-a-year volume through its intimate knowledge of its customers' needs.

This article highlights some international issues. A national conference on good city government is to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 25th and 26th of this month, when various gentlemen connected in one way or another with the work of municipal reform will read papers or make addresses. It is unfortunate that the Republican National Committee has endorsed the proposition to admit as States Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. But apparently the Republican managers have concluded that they stand as good a chance as the Democrats of controlling half or more of the proposed new States, encouraged to this view regarding Utah doubtless by their party's recent victory for the first time in a municipal election at Salt Lake City, Utah.

The article reports on an estate planning service provided by Provident Trust Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the distributors to help them arrange their financial affairs in the case of the owner's death. It states the distributor does not play any role and is not obligated to provide any fee to the bank for the services as the supplier pays for the services on the behalf of the distributors. It reports on the process through which the distributors and suppliers can avail the services.

This article reports on the fifteenth annual meeting of the American Economic Association, held on December 29, 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the collaboration of the University of Pennsylvania. The larger circumstance responsible for a successful meeting of American political economists at this particular time is, of course, the extraordinary development of economic study in the United States. It has become almost a commonplace to prophesy that the scientific leadership in economic inquiry, which two generations have seen pass from Great Britain to Germany, will ultimately reside in the United States.

The article discusses the highlights of the 129th annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The meeting was attended by about 71,000 members with the subjects of space exploration and human health and behavior as dominating their thinking. The meeting saw 1,800 research paper presented 7,000 scientists. The subject of U.S. federal government spending on research and development was also discussed in the meeting.

The article reports on the investigation conducted by a federal grand jury in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the case of the missing 277 freight cars from Pennsylvania Central in March 1971.

The article focuses on the testing of Educasting, a five-button frequency modulation (FM) receiver which combines educational broadcasting with the programmed text to allow students to answer questions during the broadcast lecture in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many companies including Scott Paper Co. have sponsored supervisors participating the trial in a basic management course. Moreover, Educasting Systems Inc. has been responsible for directing the programmed learning development.

The article reports on issues related to the efforts done by port operators in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1955 to create labor peace in accordance to a dock arbitration plan. The arbitration system faced a challenge due to the mechanization of handling equipment on a pier ran by the Pennsylvania Sugar Division of National Sugar Refining Co. and Dugan & McNamara Inc. The article also offers information on a dock contract signed by the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA).

The Christian Front in certain sections of New York has instituted a reign of terror which has not abated since the Investigations Commissioner exposed it a few weeks ago. Synagogues are being desecrated and air-raid wardens are manhandled as they make their rounds. A vigorous campaign against the pro-Nazi rowdies is being carried on by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the one paper that has had the courage to name names and call for official action. Russian War Relief in Philadelphia is auctioning the hat worn by actress Greta Garbo in "Ninotchka," the picture that satirized, the Soviet Union.

The article reports on the petition of manufacturers to set a uniform date for the sales of nylon stockings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The article presents information on the expansion of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based leather manufacturer C. F. Rumpp & Sons Inc., that has been operating for 100 years. Rumpp started making purses of leather in 1850. After the Civil War, Rumpp underwent a major expansion, and started making cartridge belts and leather cases for soldiers, and briefcases. Recently, the company bought a dead hippopotamus from the Philadelphia zoo, and used its skin to make wallets.

The article offers information on an annual packaging meeting and an exposition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in April 1947. It informs that the meeting and the eposition had been sponsored by the American Management Association. Moorhead Patterson, chairman of American Machine and Foundry Co., said that high-speed equipments will not be designed unless packers will help pay the bill. It also tells that Reynolds Metals Co. showed an aluminium foil container in the exposition.

This article presents information about meetings related computing. The Mathematical Aspects of Computer Science meeting will be held at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York during April 5-7, 1966. The 18th Semi-Annual Meeting of TUG will be held in Newport Beach, California during April 13-14. The meeting Data Processing in Europe will be held in Graz, Austria during April 17-21. The 8th Symposium on Process Automation will be held in Newport Beach, California during April 18-20. The V66 Data Processing Symposium will be held in Stockholm, Sweden during April 18-22. The Symposium on Computer-Aided Basic Research will be held at Stevens Institute, Hoboken, New Jersey on April 22. The 11th Annual College and University Machine Records Conference will be held in Gatlinburg, Tennessee during April 25-27. The Spring Joint Computer Conference will be held at War Memorial Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts during April 26-28. The Third Annual National Colloquium on Information Retrieval will be held at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during May 12-13. The Annual SHARE Design Automation Committee Workshop will be held at Jung Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana during May 16-18. The Australian Computer Conference will be held in Canberra during May 16-20.