Ford Reports Strong Half-Year Profits Amid Auto Boom
Ford Motor Co. posts 535 million profit for the first half of 1972 on 10.2 billion in worldwide sales. Analysts note rising North American sales, foreign earnings, and financing profits, with Ford predicting continued gains into the year. American Motors reports 27.2 million nine-month profit, while Chrysler and GM also show strong or upcoming results.
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Ford Motor Co
Ford
American Motors
Chrysler
General Motors
Henry Ford
Lee A. Iacocca
North America
AMC
Bra Burners Spar Over Movement Says Bentley
Helen Delich Bentley, first female chair of the Federal Maritime Commission, condemns bra burning feminists for harming the women’s rights movement. She urges women to compete without hostility at the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs convention in Atlantic City.
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Cap
Helen Delich Bentley
Federal
Maritie Commission
Bentley
Rural Renewal Bill Clears House In Major Accord
Congress moves toward approval of a rural renewal bill funding about 500 million dollars yearly in grants and expanded loans. The House backed a 214 to 162 vote for a compromise plan over Holifield and Anderson led opposition, sending the measure to the Senate for final action. The program targets rural economic growth with pollution abatement grants and industrial park loans for towns up to 10 000 and cities to 50 000 population.
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Congress
America
Senate House
House
Agriculture Committee
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Government Operations Committee
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
John B. Anderson
R-Il
Holifield
Agriculture Secretary
Anderson
Poage
Senate
Home Administration
National Park Service Publishes Handicapped Guide
The AAA Club lauds the 80 page National Park Guide for the Handicapped listing 242 areas with 13 wheelchair accessible sites and five difficult. It notes accessibility details for doors ramps restrooms and terrain as well as oxygen and medical info for visitors with heart or respiratory conditions. Secretary Morton urges use of park staff for assistance and the guide can be ordered for 40 cents from the Superintendent of Documents Washington DC.
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National Park Service
Harry E. Ahter
AAA
Interior Department
NPS
Rogers Morton
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C
Gettysburg Tower Ruling To Be Appealed
The Shapp administration loses another court bid to block a 307 foot observation tower near the Gettysburg battlefield. Adams County Judge MacPhail refused to alter the ruling in favor of the tower, and Gov. Shapp says the state will appeal to defend the environmental amendment.
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Adams County
John A. MacPhail
Milton J. Shapp
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth Court
Advisory Council On Historic Preservation
Thomas Ottenstein
Washington D.C
Atty
Shane Creamer
Creamer
Wallace Declines Attend Bremer Trial in Maryland
Governor George C. Wallace will not attend the Maryland trial of Arthur H. Bremer. Wallace has a subpoena option but is not required to appear. He is in therapy at Spain Rehabilitation Center and following doctors orders to decline invitations, including a Louisville convention appearance. Bremer faces four counts of attempted murder and 20 other charges for the May 15 shooting in Laurel.
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Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
Maryland
Arthur H. Bremer
Wallace
Billy Joe Camp
Spain Rehabilitation Center
Louisville
Bremer
Upper Marlboro Md
Laurel
Venezuela orders large arms deal with France
U S defense sources say Venezuela has ordered 60 million dollars of French arms including 142 AMX30 tanks and 20 plus self propelled 155 mm howitzers. The purchase marks Latin America's largest postwar ground weapons deal and highlights France as a major supplier while U S aid to the region tightens.
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U.S
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France
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Britain
Italy
Brazil
Colombia
Argentina
Latin America
Fairchild Reports Earnings Increase for First Half 1972
Fairchild Industries posted net earnings of $3,307,000 on sales of $128,623,000 for the first six months of 1972. Earnings per share reached $0.73, up from $0.72 in the same period of 1971 when earnings were $3,268,000 on $126,441,000 in sales.
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Fairchild Industries
Mathias backs coast veto on offshore oil and power projects
Senator Charles Mathias Jr. co sponsors changes to the Water Pollution Control Act to require adjacent coastal states approval before offshore facilities are built. The measure would empower state governors to veto deepwater oil terminals and power plants seen as harming their coasts.
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Charles McC. Mathias Jr
R-Md
Maryland
Mathias
Service Academy Bill Sent To Nixon
A bill co sponsored by Rep Goodloe Byron would permit 25 additional service academy appointments for sons of Vietnam POWs and MIAs. The measure, approved by Congress, is sent to the President for signing as a gesture of gratitude to GIs missing or held by the enemy in Southeast Asia.
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Rep
Goodloe Byron
Sons of Vietnam
Congress
Byron
Southeast Asia
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John Crocket
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