Air Conditioning Drives Car Sales in 1969 Model Year
A sales survey shows 55.3 percent of 1969 model cars came with factory air conditioning, up from 44.3 percent. General Motors led at 60 percent, with Chrysler 51.2 and Ford 53.0 percent. Regional differences showed 95.3 percent in the South vs 28.5 percent in the Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Henry
Universal C. I. T. Credit Corporation
Henry
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
Great Lakes
PCA Expands Middletown Plant With 2 Million Investment
Packaging Corp of America marks a 2 million expansion at the Middletown plant adding 50 000 square feet and boosting output. Art Beach reports 1969 sales up nearly 10 percent and predicts strong 1970 growth with a 10 percent production rise possible. PCA operates 65 plants under Evanston Illinois headquarters, with corrugated boxes dominating shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Beach
Beach
Middletown
Packaging Corp. of America
Fairbanks Fiber Box Co
Yankee Road
Baltimore Street
Just Packaging Corp
PCA
Evanston
Ill
Investment Tax Credit Backed By Dow President Doan
Herbert D. Doan president of Dow Chemical warned that removing the seven percent investment credit would feed inflation not fight it. He said inflation control without hurting business is a major U.S. problem as the 1970s begin, noting the tightrope between inflation and recession and the impact on construction and productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert D. Doan
Dow Chemical Co
Doan
United States
Legislative Branch
Aew
Kaiser Engineers Advance On Project 600 And Global Works
Kaiser Engineers report progress on Armco Project 600 with facilities in Middletown and Butler completed in 1969 and 1970 milestones planned. The firm also highlights global projects from housing and transit to ports, mining, aluminum, and steel plants, plus desalination and nuclear safety research and a NASA space test chamber project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco
Kaiser
Middletown
Butler
Zanesville
California
Washington
D. C
Pennsylvania
Maryland
East
Pacific Northwest
Southwest
Canada
Australia
Thailand
Indiana
Mexico
Argentina
Jamaica
Sardinia
Kentucky
Missouri
West Virginia
New Zealand
Africa
United Kingdom
Brazil
Ivory Coast
Venezuela
U. S. Department of the Interior
Theirm
AEC
NASA
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Eldorado
Imperial
Cadillac
Ambassador
Heland Sales
Packaging Corp
Russell D. Stevens, Jr
South Main Street
Manchester
Manchester Machine Co
Division of
Diamond Automation, Inc
Diamond International Corp
Ture
Crystal Tissue Co
Sion
Diamond National
Indust
Sonal Progress
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