TVA Payments Highlight State Coal Purchases and Foreign Bids
TVA contracts show California topping state totals driven by major equipment and long term fuel supply for a Tennessee River nuclear plant. Kentucky and Tennessee rely on coal purchases. Foreign bids were typically beaten by U.S. firms after Buy American differentials. TVA paid $20 million in transportation charges in fiscal 1966 for coal shipments to steam plants.
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Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
California
Tennessee River
Alabama
New York
Kentucky
Tennessee
TVA
U.S
UAW Demonstration Presses for $1 An Hour Wage Hike
In Detroit AP reports more than 1,200 skilled UAW members protested in front of Chrysler headquarters seeking an immediate $1 raise. The action followed Chrysler GM and Ford rejection of contract reopenings as the sixteenth month of current pacts looms with raises slated under existing terms.
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Detroit
United Auto
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Alabama banks post gains from 1965 to 1966
Alabama member banks report higher loans deposits and investments from July 1965 to July 1966 per the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Deposits rose 10 percent loans 13 percent investments 9 percent with district wide gains led by Birmingham and Mobile areas. Seasonal adjustments show modest month to month changes.
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Alabama
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Ger
Birmingham
Federal Reserve
Rainey
Anniston-Gadsden
Dothan
Mobile
Federal Reserve District
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
BBB office in Decatur seeks new memberships
The Huntsville Madison County BBB handles about 104 complaints daily and seeks about 100 memberships in the Decatur area. The nonprofit bureau, part of the Better Business Bureau International, already has about 30 local firms showing interest as it expands work in North Alabama.
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BBB
Huntsville - Madison County
Hawkins
Bureau
Decatur
North Alabama Bbb
Association of ‘Better Business Bureaus International
Auto finance charges raise dealer costs and prices
The piece explains that finance companies push higher interest on dealers, boosting the cost of doing business and consumer prices. Banks may justify higher rates to borrowers to attract funds, yet some see a strategy to curb dealer borrowing amid scarce lendable funds. Congress moves to inject 4.7 billion into the mortgage market to ease lending after a credit squeeze.
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Congress
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Redstone
Arsenal
J. W. Jackson
Moulton
W. H. Jackson
Danville
Charles Whit
Athens
H. A. McClanahan
Hartselle
T. C. Milam
Houston A. Whit
L. E. Delmore
Herbert Goehler
W. E. Tiller
Malcom Bolton
L. F. West
David Bolton Sr
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philco
Buschs
2Nd Ave
Huntsville
Florence
Washington ST
Court ST
Ead
Decatur Transit Co
Edward C. Rainey
Mana
Atkins
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