GM profits soar as 1968 first quarter ends strong
Editorial notes General Motors reports a first quarter net income of 457 million dollars, up 17 percent from 1967, with 5.4 billion dollars in sales. GM shareholders meet in Detroit, while national data show 508 firms up 11 percent. overall optimism cites rising consumer spending and potential tax changes, with strikes noted but limited impact on the economy.
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General Motors
Charles Wilson
Anderson
G.M
Detroit
Wilmington
Del
Bethlehem Steel
Pennsylvania
Hoffman’ Industries
Singing Springs
Bank of la Liberal Corporation Code
Diamond
Wall Street Journal
Corporation Trust Company
Corporation Trust
William H. Chartner
Council of Economic Advisers
Chartener
Congress
Chartner
Economist
Chrysler
Magnavox
DuPont
Warner-Lambert
Toyear
Business Statesman General Wood Named Sears Honorary Chairman
A leading business executive, General Robert E. Wood, is named the first honorary chairman of the board of Sears, Roebuck & Company. The West Point graduate and former brigadier general has guided Sears for 43 years, shaping mass distribution and social responsibility in business.
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Sears, Roebuck & Company
Robert E. Wood
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Panama
Canal
France
England
General Wood
Wood
Degeneration and Regeneration in Health Advice
The article critiques medical labels for chronic conditions like pyorrhea, arteriosclerosis, and chronic arthritis, noting doctors often avoid cures while offering treatments. It promotes a booklet on a “7 Keys to Life” and a regeneration diet, arguing degeneration can be slowed or reversed.
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Stedman
Private Christian Schools Rise Amid Public Education Change
A 1968 overview notes the surge of Protestant based private schools as desegregation and crowding push families to seek smaller class sizes and religious instruction. It highlights the California Association of Christian Schools, academic gains, taxpayer savings, and Dr. Max Rafferty praising private schools as a bulwark against overstandardization.
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United States
Supreme Cour
Ringe
California Assn. of Christian Schools
CAGS
America
Max Rafferty
California
Copr
Gen
Fea, Corp
The Deserted Village Reappears in Mecosta County Decline
Russell Kirk profiles Mecosta County Michigan showing farm population dropping from 8195 in 1850 to 4682 in 1960 and continuing decline. Industrial growth and affluence rise while crafts, factory work, and managerial roles surge, signaling rural demography and shops fading.
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Michigan
Mecosta
Jerry Schiffer
Schiffer
Mecosta County
Big Rapids
Ferris State College
Remarkable Alma Johnson private housing pioneer in America
The Worry Clinic profile highlights Alma Johnson, secretary of 68 corporations, and her husband Dr Crane. They built the first private Negro housing project in Memphis using private funds, cutting hospital costs and promoting cost efficient construction. They contrast brain trusters with practical horse sense in business.
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Alma
Wales
Amerin
Roof
Alma Johnson
America
Mary Jones
Crane
Malace Johnson
Wallace Johnson
Maximilian learns humility from a goose herd tale
German immigrant tale in Indiana shows Maximilian, 19th century Bavarian king, failing to manage geese and learning from a goose herd boy. The king offers gold, but the boy’s remark that even a king may not be a good goose herder ends the tale with a lesson in humility. American saying: Girls used to wear nightcaps but now they drink them.
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Indiana
Maximilian
Bavaria
Independent telephone independents grow faster than Bell system
The 2,000 publicly owned independent telephone companies outside the Bell system show faster growth than Bell affiliates, with revenues up 11 percent annually over the past decade versus Bell's 7.6 percent and the 5.5 percent GN P. Leaders include General Telephone & Electronics Rochester Telephone Continental Telephone and United Utilities. Earnings are in an uptrend and cash dividends rise regularly, supporting long term growth.
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Bell
Bell System
General Telephone & Electronics
Rochester Telephone
Carolina T & T
Lincoln ‘Telephone
Flor”rida Telephone
United Utilities
Continental Telephone
General ‘Telephone
Rochester
Continental
United
Walgreen
Shipwise by James B. Martin
A reflection on how wartime leaks from armed forces personnel and casual talk in public places have endangered missions. It cites Verdun and Saipan as examples where leaked information aided enemies and led to losses, stressing caution with information from the front and bars alike.
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