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Born. To President-elect John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 43, and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, 31: their second child, first son; in Washington. Name: John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. Weight: 6 Ibs. 3 oz. (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
...Reach frequently called numbers by dialing two digits instead of seven. ¶ Route incoming calls to another phone if the first line is busy. ¶ Transfer calls to another number. Thus, when called away to a friend's house while expecting an important message, the telephone user need only dial a code number to have the call routed to him. ¶Convert extension phones to household intercom units by dialing two digits...
...point to 127.3 of the 1947-49 average-the biggest monthly jump since April, and the ninth rise in the past ten months. The rise took place not only in the cost of such non-durables as food, transportation, personal and medical care and clothing but -for the first time in 1960-in durable commodities as well...
MAIL ORDER LIFE INSURANCE will be a major item in the new catalogue of Chicago's Aldens, Inc., fourth largest mail order company, if the Illinois Insurance Department approves. By eliminating agents' commissions (often 50% of first-year premium), Aldens plans to sell its insurance at lower prices...
Certain to be adopted by ICC unless the New Haven protests (an unlikely possibility), the report urges "a larger and more direct Federal role" in the problems of urban mass transportation. As a first step, the report recommended that New Haven fares should be raised 20% to 30% to make the price of the ride "more commensurate with the cost," but it also insisted that the passenger should get more service for his money. Congress should be asked for legislation to enable all railroads to acquire new passenger equipment under more liberal terms. "We recognize that the public should...