Capital Gains in D C: Rides Cigarettes and Liquor Cheap
Washington taxi fares and District liquor and cigarette prices favor residents and visitors alike due to Zone 1 gerrymandering and local competition. Congressmen escape the district income tax, while nonresidents flood District markets, boosting per capita liquor and cigarette sales and keeping fares low in many zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
District of Columbia
White House
Pentagon
Capitol
State Department
New York City
Virginia
Manhattan
Momma
Poppa
Maryland
Drexel U S Plywood Merger Slated for Stock Swap
Drexel Enterprises will merge with U S Plywood Champion Paper in a stock exchange. Drexel stockholders receive nine tenths of U S Plywood Champion Paper stock plus eight tenths of a $1.20 convertible preferred for each 1 420 000 Drexel shares. Estimated value around $100 million. Directors authorized the acquisition, pending Drexel shareholder approval. Drexel, a major North Carolina furniture maker, had 1967 sales of $78.4 million and 5.1 million net income with 6,300 employees. Plywood Champion Paper 1967 sales exceeded $1 billion.
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Drexel, N.C
Drexel Enterprises, Inc
U.S. Plywood- Champion Paper Inc
Karl R. Bendetsen
U.S. Plywood-Champion Paper
G. Maurice Hill
Drexel
Plywood - Champion Paper
United States
North Carolina
Plywood-Champion Paper
Budget Decisions Will Greatly Influence Nation's Future As Technological Leader
CAPE KENNEDY AP report says Congress faces 1969 NASA budget decisions that may determine whether the U S remains the global technology leader in the 1970s. Key figures include NASA Administrator Webb and Von Braun, with concerns over funding for post Apollo programs and potential talent loss if new programs are delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Strothman
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fly
Congress
U.S
America
Werner von Braun
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
von Braun
Johnson
NASA
General Motors
James E. Webb
Webb
House
Senate Space
Space Agency
House Committee On Science and Astronauts
Mac C. Adams
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Nue
Hue
South Citadel
Vietnam
Washington
Benjamin F. Marsh
Marsh
Cash Grain Laneago
Jyelle
Sowbean Air
Nies
Willard F. Libby
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
University of California At
Los Angeles
Libby
National Academy of Sciences
Leen Emae
Astaire
ST. Meer
AMSON
Q A. M
Danville
Toyota
Reaso
Kingoff
Majestic
Aire
Danvilles
Union
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