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The article features the San Francisco, California-based paper manufacturer Crown Zellerbach Corp., which is the second biggest company in the paper sector behind International Paper Co. It cites the announcement made by Crown Zellerbach president Alfred B. Layton, who said that they are conducting a feasibility study on the construction of a large facility in Newfoundland. The move is intended to strengthen the company's presence in the U.S.' western region, as well as in the eastern and midwestern areas.

The article focuses on the loss of newspapers in San Francisco, California after the consolidation by Hearst Corp. with the jointly owned service company San Francisco Newspaper Printing Co. It says that the city lost "News-Call Bulletin" (NCB) afternoon paper and "Examiner" and that an estimated one thousand jobs were eliminated. It states that publishers hope to save on operating costs in the consolidation. It adds that the jointly owned firm will print and distribute the papers.

The article discusses the challenge faced by San Francisco, California in disposing its worn-out paper currency. In 1974, the San Francisco Federal Bank has already been cited six times for violating local air pollution rules for burning the currency, for which it must pay fines of 500 U.S. dollars per infraction. The currency is difficult to destroy since its ink contains a compound designed to achieve an average circulation life of 18 months.

The article presents the program schedule of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference to be held in San Francisco, California on August 26-28, 1969. The opening remarks will be delivered by Conference Chairman Solomon L. Pollack, while ACM President Bernard Galler will deliver an address. Doctor Marvin Minsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present this year's A. M. Turing lecture. Topics to be discussed include visual prosthesis and generalized database management system.

The article reports on the impact of the sales promotions launched by Japanese business owners in San Francisco, California on Chinese merchants.

The article focuses on the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL) in San Francisco, California, which quantifies the effects of nuclear weapons on people, communities, and military and civilian targets. It states that NRDL has roughly 300 scientists, 200 technicians, and administrative workers. It says that the laboratory was established by the Bureau of Ships of the U.S. Navy in 1946 to determine the decontamination of ships at the Operation Crossroads in Bikini, Marshall Islands.

The article reports on San Francisco, California-based Crown Zellerbach Corp., one of the largest paper producers in the U.S. As reported, Reed O. Hunt, chairman of Crown and his fellow executives have been battling for the past six months with the company's unsought and unwanted involvement in the civil rights issue shaking the small Louisiana town of Bogalusa. The company is facing demonstrations from civil rights workers.

The article reports on the indictments of Pacific Coast newsprint producers, including Powell River Co. and Pacific Mills Ltd., and sales agencies in San Francisco, California in 1939. It notes that their indictments are considered as the first criminal indictments brought under the anti-trust provisions of the Wilson Tariff Act of 1894. It states that the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have been receiving complaints against the said newsprint producers.

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 reports on the renewed rivalry between California cities San Francisco and Los Angeles over postwar air routes to Hawaii. San Francisco was the usual route for Hawaii bound passengers before the start of World War II until Los Angeles was given the permission starting August 10, 1941. The Civil Aeronautics Board is expected to discuss and finalized the issue on September 5, 1944, when it starts to receive application to carry passengers to Hawaii.

A photograph of the special invitation issued by the City of San Francisco in California to the United Nations Organization (UNO) Preparatory Commission as a reminder of its aspiration to become the home of the UNO is presented.

The article presents information on the topics discussed at the convention of maritime unions of the U.S. held at San Francisco, California in May 1946. The convention was attended by seven unions, including National Maritime Union (NMU), International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, and Inland Boatmen's Union. Topics included maritime unions strike, formation of the Committee for Maritime Unity (CMU) by merger of seven unions, and the U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

The article discusses how high-speed telephone lines made the linking of the San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges possible. The report cites the merging of the San Francisco and Los Angeles markets as two divisions under the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange (PCSE). The article notes that brokers are able to deal large transactions between both cities within a matter of seconds through a special telephone circuit, and have become less dependent on the New York Stock Exchange for routing stock purchases.

The article presents news briefs related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Committee chairmen for the ACM 1969 National Conference and Exposition in San Francisco, California were announced by Solomon L. Pollack of Information Management Incorporated, general conference chairman. The annual conference will be held at the San Francisco Civic Center from August 25-28, 1969. Thomas R. Dines of NASA-Ames Research Center has been named conference vice-chairman and Ward Sangren of University of California Berkeley will chair technical program committee. The ACM Symposium on October 18 for the evaluation by national experts of experience and potentialities in the use of the computer as an adjunct in seeking solutions to present-day urban problems, brought together in New York City over 425 national, state, and local officials and researchers involved in the urban affairs of the nation. The Third Annual ACM Symposium on the Application of Computers to the Problems of Urban Society focused on grave urban problems of a visible character.

The article reports on the anticipated return of normal labor relations within the San Francisco, California area with the ouster of Harry Hook and Edward F. Dillon as leaders of the Lodge 68, International Association of Machinists (American Federation of Labor) (IAM-AFL) as of March 30, 1946. The two leaders were responsible in the strike at all machine shops in the San Francisco area starting October 29, 1946. International IAM president Harvey W. Brown, however, ordered the strikers to return to work.

The article reports on the indictment of grocers by a federal grand jury in San Francisco, California for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act in an attempt to enforce the Unfair Practices Act. It states that the indictments charge that the group conspired in fixing retail prices by distributing bulletins that contain high artificial and noncompetitive prices. Moreover, it is alleged that the organizations spied upon grocers who failed in complying with the artificial prices.

The article reports on the payoff of the optical character recognition (OCR) technology. It relates how the technology was adopted after the failure of several keypunch systems. One sign of payoff cited is the 4.1 million U.S.-dollar profit posted by Recognition Equipment, an OCR specialist, for the fiscal year that ended October 31, 1969. Several OCR applications are also given which are data processing at the San Francisco, California office of the Bank of America and sorting at the Post Office. INSET: Insurance company finds a premium.

The article reports on the three new plans for hydroelectric system introduced by the city of San Francisco in California in November 1944.

The article reports on the increase in the sales of Blum's, a candy maker in San Francisco, California, when it decided to package some of its luxury confections in 10¢ and 25¢ portions and sell them over candy counters. Prior to this move, the company only markets their de luxe candies by mail order and through hand-picked outlets for about 2.50 U.S. dollars a pound (lb) retail. When it launched the small packages, its over-all sales increased. The 10¢ package was first tried by the company at the mass market in 1947.

The article provides information on the reclamation of Islias Creek in San Francisco, California, in September 1930, which will soon feature a terminal for the Western Pacific and Great Northern railroads.

In this article, the author focuses on the The White House, a department store in San Francisco. The author mentions that 87 year old department store is inspired by the Maison de Blanc in Paris, France, and was built by Raphael Weill, a French trader. It further mentions that Cascade Sprayer Co. is offering orchids to motorists of Wenatchee, Washington as an campaign to prevent the throwing of lighted cigars and matches on roads by motorists.

The article focuses on issues involving union leader Harry Bridges, including his deportation proceedings filed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1941, who is leading his union to the Labor Day parade in San Francisco, California.

The article presents a regional business outlook for several states of the U.S. including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California as in January 1940. Business in Philadelphia is following the national pattern with low production, low steel prices but a steep rise in durable goods. In Chicago, the automobile industry is showing a decline in business. However, San Francisco has showed an increase in farm income by five percent.

The article presents an outlook for the business conditions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Illinois and San Francisco, California for the year 1939. A fairly rounded recovery has been produced in Philadelphia by the combination of non-durable goods industries. Employment and payrolls in Chicago have been kept by contra-seasonal gains in automobile and steel production at much higher levels. Industrial activity in San Francisco has been running to 10% from 5% ahead of 1938.

The article focuses on the meeting of the National Automobile Dealers Association in San Francisco, California.

The article offers information on the sale of the paintings of European painters by Safeway Stores Inc. in San Francisco, California.

The article focuses on the agreement reached by the San Francisco Employers' Council with the culinary unions of San Francisco, California. It describes how in this dispute, the employers were demanding collective bargaining while unions were refusing, and how they forced the walkout of employees. It mentions that under the agreement, the lockouts, strikes and work stoppages were banned, and the old shop card system was eliminated.

The article reports on the latest developments in the efforts by both the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the American Federation of Labor (AFL) unions to unionize the department stores across the U.S. According to the CIO union, it appointed its Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America unit to do the task. The AFL, meanwhile, tasked its Teamsters Union, the Building Service Employees Union and the Retail Clerks International Association to do the job. The situations in various cities are examined, including in San Francisco, California.

The article reports on the comeback of Fireman's Fund Insurance Premium Co. into business in San Francisco, California. It states the Fireman has suffered a net underwriting loss of 22,251,000 dollars but company began to look better in the first quarter of 1957 as it chalked up a net underwriting loss of 1.4 million dollars and were able to draw adequate reserves from their surplus funds. Moreover, the company has opened its 4.5-million-dollar building of glass and steel in Laurel Heights.

The article offers information on Kern County Land Co., a company in San Francisco, California involved in cattle and farming. It explores the diversification and growth program of the company, with emphasis on oil exploration which has helped the firm to gain more opportunities. Furthermore, it mentions that the company is chaired by George G. Montgomery and presided by Dwight M. Cochran.

The article reports on the factors which triggered the success of Gump's Inc., a retail store in San Francisco, California. It states that the popularity of the store is due to its unique variety of products and its commitment to offer good items to its customers. Furthermore, the shop's independent approach in merchandising also increased its sales in the state. It also mentions the contributions of corporate president Richard Gump on the success of the business.

The article reports on the efforts of San Francisco, California businessmen called the Blyth-Zellerbach (B-Z) Committee led by J. D. Zellerback to redevelop the state's Golden Gate City and promote government spending and cost study. It states that the redevelopment effort has helped revive several other old redevelopment clearance projects in the city. It mentions that the B-Z Committee aims to reawaken the civic pride in the city by rebuilding the community and governmental reconstruction.

The article presents Trammell Crow, head of Texas-based Trammell Crow Co., the largest real estate developer in the United States as of April 1971. Particular focus is given to Crow's business approach which involves keeping most of the buildings his firm invested in. The company's history, partnerships, market value, and the worth of its projects are reviewed. Plans involving the construction of warehouses in the area of San Francisco, California are also discussed.

The article reports on the current manpower shortages in canneries in the Western regions in the U.S. like the states of California, Oregon, and Washington as of October 1942. It cites the various fruits and vegetables that are being canned including pears and peach. It presents the various civic and business organizations that organize "save the crops" groups, including the San Francisco Wartime Harvest Council and the California Processors & Growers.

The article reports on the plans for acquisition of the idle, repossed land of California by the migrant families and its impact on the non-relief families. It states that when Committee on Migrants of the California State Chamber of Commerce were urging federal aid, businessmen in Los Angeles and San Francisco were seeking a scheme of migrant rehabilitation on large scale. It mentions that the initial program would require establishment of homesteads and reports how banks are cooperating.

The article features M. Justin Herman, San Francisco's Redevelopment Agency head who pushes for low-to-moderate-cost housing in the city and for more social and cultural amenities. Herman was not trained as an architect nor an urban planner but was trained as an economist at the University of Rochester, has spent a year at Harvard Business School and was an executive trainee at Eastman Kodak Co. He said that the development of the Japanese complex in the city is one of the nearest to his heart as he and his wife are fond of the Japanese culture.

The article presents information on development of branch department stores in San Francisco, California. It refers to a new branch of Emporium department store shortly opening in the city. The new branch, which will have 92 departments, is costing 3.5 million dollars. According to Edward Crossley Lipman, president of the Emporium, there is a market of about 400,000 people around the new branch.