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Saltwater taffy, hot dogs, lobsters, wheelchair rides and boardwalk auctions beguiled the 36th annual convention of the National Association of Retail Grocers, which claims it represents 100,000 independent U. S. food merchants, in Atlantic City last week. For four days the round of continual pleasure was interrupted only by occasional speeches, by the election of Hans Petersen of East Chicago, Ind. as president for next year. Mr. Petersen, who owns three small stores and has three grown children, was as surprised as anyone else when during the meeting's final minutes a group...

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