GM's Hughes Purchase Signals Electronics Driven Car Future
General Motors wins Hughes Aircraft for 2.7 billion cash and 2.3 billion in stock to boost automotive electronics. Analysts note rising per car computer costs and GM’s push to integrate robots, automated plants, and data systems from EDS, with emphasis on aerospace tech improving efficiency, emissions controls, and options like satellite navigation.
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New York
General Motors Corp
Hughes Aircraft Co
Arthur Davis
Roger B. Smith
Hughes
Defense Electronics
Ford Motor Co
Boeing Co
Thomas O'Grady
Chase Automotive Services
Aerospace
O'Grady
Ford
John Hammond
Data Resources Inc
Lexington
Mass
Smith
North American
Detroit
Electronic Data Systems Corp
EDS
Hammond
Hurley, Hoch form Topeka public relations firm
Patrick J. Hurley announced as president of Clouser Moore Hoch Hughes Topeka subsidiary, joining former Carlin aide William Hoch. Papers to incorporate will be filed in Kansas Thursday. The firm will offer advertising, public relations, political consulting and other services across Kansas, including the liquor by the drink amendment campaign.
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Peka, Kan
Patrick J. Hurley
John Carlin
Kansas
Wednesday
Carlin
Hurley
Clouser, Moore, Hoch & Hughes of
Kansas City, Mo
William O
Bill’” Hoch
Press Secrtary
Missouri Corporation
Hoch
Secretary of State
Leavenworth
Kansas House of Representatives
House
Richard E. Moore
Moore, Hoch,& Associates
Kansas City
Hallmark Cards Inc
Christopher EB
Clouser
David Hughes Jr
Topeka
Moore, Hoch & Associates
States Rush To Farm Aid With New Preserver Plans
Midwest states move beyond federal aid with programs to cut farm loan interest, avert foreclosures, and fund deferrals. Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and others push bonding and bank loan schemes to ease high rates, while lawmakers acknowledge limited reach and later deadlines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Midwest
Senate
Lowell Jenkins
James Donnewald
James Thompson
Dorinewald
Tax Experts Question Reagan Overhaul Plan
Washington AP report notes mixed expert reaction to Reagan's tax overhaul. Treasury veterans argue the plan favors the rich, offers less simplification than promised, and may raise taxes on many families while targeting high earners. Hearings featured praise for goals but doubts about outcomes and simplicity.
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Reagan
Frederic W. Hickman
Treasury
Nixon
Ford
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Kennedy
Donald C. Lubick
Carter
John E. Chapoton
Mortimer Caplin
IRS
Congress
Body believed to be Mengele found near Sao Paulo
Brazilian federal police chief Roméo Tuma said a body found in Embu, near Sao Paulo, is 90 percent likely to be Josef Mengele. Police seized documents and a diary from a German couple’s home said to belong to Mengele. Exhumation was expected to occur soon as German officials joined Brazilian authorities in the investigation. Beate Klarsfeld questioned the death reports as suspicious.
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Brazil
Roméo Tuma
Josef Mengele
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Tuma
Mengele
Paris
Serge Klarsfeld
Beate
Klarsfeld
Embu
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