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August, 1968, VED'DING TIMES, r LIGGETT & MYERS AP- POINTM ENT: Raymon A. Peaks joins the Sales Promotion De- partment of Liggett and Myers Inc. Previously he was a Hous- tohisalesrepresentative. Septernber 5 , 1968 UNITED STATES TOBACCO JOURNAL \ Gillette Forms Unit {' For Braun Products BOSTON, MASS. - Richard L. Thomas has been appointe1 president'of Braun North America; a new or- ganizational unit of Gillette Co., ac- cording to an announcement' by Vin- cent C: Ziegler, chairman and presid'entt of Gillette. In making the appointment, Mr. Ziegler announced that Braum North America is being established to direct an& administer the sales operations of certain Braun household appliances and photographic products in the Unit- ed'. States and Canada: Household appliances include kitchen (blenders, mixers and juicers), person- ali care (hair dryers and sunlamps) and convenience (lighters and portable toothbrushes). Photographic products include cameras, projectors and photo- flash devices (in Canada only),.. Reporting to Braum North America will be two existing subsidiaries of ~ Braun AG in the United: States and ~ Canada, Braun Electric America and Braun Electric Canada, plus: Nizo In ternationall Corp. ofi New York, distri- butor of the Nizo line of'~ movie cameras and projectors in the United States. (16) ..VEBJDING TIMES, August, 1968 LIGGETT AND 14iYERS' DI- RECTOR OF MARKETING RE: SEARCH'c Fred A. Goldstein is appointed Director of Marketing Research of Liggett and,Myers;, Inc. Goldstein comes to the com- pany from Cunningham and Walsh, Inc., where he served as Creative Research Manager from 1964 to 1968. ~,~ 02~ ~ b2 Sl2 ~ KENTUCgY 1''IE WSCLIP INCORPORATro 311 Evergreen,Road MIDDLETOWN, KY: 40243 (KY: Clipping Service) Louisvi11 e Z9mes LOUISVILLE; gy, Circulation: 171,625 I <<F,R PE4PLE his headquarters at the general offices in B & W Naines J. F. Tate To Finance 'Position James F. Tate has been named direhtor of diversifitation in the finance depart. ment of Brown & illiamson Tobacco Corpe will make Louisville. • Tate, , formerly a ~ Container e t Corp. of Tate t . 1 I , America, hasworked . the St. Louis of- iceofCoatainer since 1964. Prior to his associa- tion with Container, ; he was general sales manager of the bfen- gel! Co. of Louisville. When Mengel merged with Containei in 1961, Tate was appointe& director of inerchkndising. He is a graduate of Southern Method- ~st University. 7.b % ., ;*