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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1982

Page

22

Chrysler Sells Defense Unit To General Dynamics

Chrysler Corp chairman Lee A. Iacocca announced the sale of Chrysler Defense Inc. to General Dynamics for 348.5 million dollars. The division built the M 1 battle tank and the deal, approved by the Pentagon and Chrysler’s board, still awaits Federal Loan Board and other federal approvals.

Chrysler Corp Lee A. Iacocca Chrysler Defense Inc General Dynamics Corp Iacocca Chrysler Pentagon Board of Directors Federal Loan Board

AT&T divides 22 Bell companies into seven operating regions

AT&T releases a planning model to split its 22 Bell System companies into seven regional firms as part of a settlement to end a long antitrust suit. Each region will have its own CEO and board, remain separate entities on paper, and be directed by regional leadership.

Washington UPI American Telephone & Telegraph Co At&t Western Electric Bell Laboratories Charles Brown Pic Wagner Bell U.S Harold Greene N England Telephone & Telegraph Co New York Telephone Co Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co Northwestern Bell Pacific Northwest Bell Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co Bell Telephone Co Nevada Pacific

You Can Direct IRA Investments in Self-Directed Plans

Some IRAs allow self directed investing in money market funds and stocks but you must use a custodian such as a bank brokerage or fund. You cannot act as trustee yourself and no extra IRS filing is required. Institutions must obtain IRS approval to offer these plans.

IRS Savings and Loan Internal Revenue Service Os Angeles Times

American Motors posts 1981 loss of 136.6 million dollars

American Motors Corp reports 1981 loss of 136.6 million dollars with a 32 percent year over year improvement from 1980. Fourth quarter losses widened as automobile and Jeep sales fell while net sales held at 2.6 billion. W. Paul Tippett Jr. cites recession high rates and weak consumer confidence as the era’s cause.

Southfield Mich UPI American Motors Corp AMC Jeep Ford Motor Co United States W. Paul Tippett Jr American Motors Tippett

January income up slightly amid spending and social security changes

The Commerce Department reports U.S. personal income rose 0.2 percent in January as higher Social Security withholding reduced disposable income. Wages grew 0.25 percent while farm income fell 0.4 percent. Government pay rose 0.6 percent and service-industry income increased 0.3 percent with interest income flat at 2.3 billion.

Washington UPI Commerce Department Ortner

Stocks Hit Four-Month Low Amid Active Trading

New York stocks slid to a four month low as investors weighed high rates and deficits, with the Dow Jones at 824.30 and the NYSE composite at 65.43. Big Board volume reached 51.34 million as Ameri can Telephone & Telegraph and Masonite led the list of active NYSE issues. NASDAQ fell to 180.65 while the NYSE index and several growth stocks faced notable declines.

New York UPI Federal Reserve New York Stock Exchange Dow Jones DJIA Dow Standard & Poor Masonite Warner Communications WCI Dome Petroleum Supron Energy National Association of Securities Dealers

Procter & Gamble Iowa City Cuts End Twenty Layoffs

Twenty Procter & Gamble workers at the Iowa City plant completed their last day of work this Friday, after the week of layoffs. A Gazette report had misstated the day as Thursday in its Friday edition.

Procter & Gamble Iowa City Gazette

Saudi Arabia reportedly lowers crude output to 7 million bpd

Industry sources say Saudi Arabia cut crude production to 7 million barrels per day from 8.5 million. GM tells over 3,400 Lordstown workers layoffs will be indefinite, with the plant reopening March 1 on a single shift and about 3,000 workers. Peak Lordstown employment in 1978 was nearly 10,000.

New York UPI Saudi Arabia OPEC America Lordstown, Ohio General Motors Lordstown

Poland pays substantial 1981 interest to U.S. banks

Poland has paid a substantial amount of the 1981 interest to major U.S. banks. Ray V. Toman of Bank of America said as of Thursday 1981 interest has been substantially paid and payments are continuing to come in.

New York UPI Poland U.S Ray V. Toman Bank of America

Layoff set for 75 at Rockwell

Rockwell Collins plants in Cedar Rapids announce 106 production job reductions effective next Friday. About 31 workers are to be retained in other roles, with total Cedar Rapids staff around 8,600 and a 23 percent drop from a 11,200 peak 27 months earlier.

Rockwell- Collins Cedar Rapids Collins

Word rearrangement puzzle with scoring rules

Instructions issued by Judd require rearranging each row of letters into a 2 to 7 letter word. Score per row shown to the right. 7-letter words earn a 50-point bonus. Blanks count as any letter but have no points. Proper nouns, foreign or hyphenated terms forbidden. Tomorrow’s solution dated 2 20 82.

Judd

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