U.S. Business: J.Walter Global

Though advertising agencies might tilt about car-rental rankings, there is no argument over the No. 1 in their own profession. Meeting in Chicago last week, directors of Manhattan-based J. Walter Thompson reported that the 102-year-old company had easily maintained its place at the top. During the past year, the agency added ten domestic accounts, signed up 65 overseas clients, and received enough additional business from blue-chip accounts, which include Ford, Eastman Kodak, Pan American and Kraft Foods, to bring total billings up to $580 million.

Thompson's newcomers include such groups as American Machine...

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