Even the worldly San Franciscans were impressed by the hot shopping pace of UNCIO's 7,000 delegates, secretaries, wives, correspondents and observers. Last week, with retail trade back to its hectic-enough wartime normal, businessmen figured that the conference had dropped $10 million into their cash registers in 63 days.
Gaudiest spenders were the burnoosed Saudi Arabians, who swished tirelessly in & out of department stores (for dozens of bolts of raw silks, fine woolens, chiffons), men's shops (for socks, shirts, $25 hand-painted neckties), women's stores (for nightgowns, the filmier the better).
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