Presto Products Sells to Coca Cola in Appleton Vote
Shareholders at Presto Products Inc in Appleton Wisconsin approved a merger making the company a subsidiary of The Coca Cola Company. Founder John E Lynch noted 1977 net income of 4.68 million on 58.05 million in sales while warning that future growth requires substantial capital beyond private means.
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Judith Miller
New York Times
Washington
Presto Products Inc
Appleton
Wis
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John E. Lynch
Lynch
Cola-Cola Company
Coca-Cola
Securities
SEC hearings warn mergers may hurt small business capital
The SEC held hearings in Washington and five other cities on how its rules affect small firms ability to raise capital. Testimony warned that small enter prises, key to employment and output, risk becoming endangered as underwriting and Regulation A offerings plunge. Congress has eased some constraints but liquidity and high costs for small issues persist, while Rule 144 remains under review.
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Exchange Commission
Washington
SEC
Philip A. Loomis Jr
Commission
Charles Askanas
Quantor Corporation
Mountain View
Calif
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Congress
Rantoul area urged to plan for Chanute base closure
Officials in Rantoul and Washington lag in facing Chanute Air Force Base's possible closing. Illinois leaders push for federal aid to cushion economic fallout, arguing 7,000 workers and an $82.7 million payroll would endure severe impact without timely support while continuing the campaign to keep the base open.
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Rantoul
Washington
Chanute Air Force Base
States
Illinois
Carter
Chanute
Rantous
Bakalis finances questioned amid campaign funds scrutiny
In January 1976 Michael Bakalis faced probes over funds from a group labeled the Illinois Committee for Educational Excellence. He and advisers moved money between campaigns, loans to his own committee, and transfers that raised questions about disclosures, IRS taxes, and potential personal use.
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Michael Bakalis
Northwestern University
Bakalis
Illinois Committee For Educational Excellence
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Michael Howlett
Sun Steel Corp. Bakalis
Cam
Paign Committee
Campaign Committee
Education Committee
State Board of Elections
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Scott
Illinois
Historic pattern links Wilson Hopkins Brzezinski to Kissinger
Saturday Review notes precedent for tensions between a presidential national security adviser and the State Department. It cites Woodrow Wilson with Col Edward House and FDR with Harry Hopkins, showing how private advisers challenged state prerogatives. The piece argues such clashes are a 20th century constants.
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Ted Szule
Saturday Review
Woodrow Wilson
Col
Edward House
FDR
Harry Hopkins
State Department
Department
House
Hopkins
Henry
Thompson Camp Trail Observes Greek Festival and Birth News
Governor James Thompson of Illinois campaigned through Monticello and Olympia Fields touting his wife Jayne’s expected birth and his Roosevelt memorabilia. He chatted with voters, took autographs, and joked about Dukakis Bakalis while recalling a boat trip on Lake Michigan.
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Olympia Fields
James Thompson
Illinois
Thompson
Jayne
Chicago
Pratt County
Monticello
Lake Michigan
Alda Yeast
Yeast
Michael Bakalis
Michael Dukakis
Massachusetts
Dukakis
Bakalis
David Gilbert
Sam Skinner
Skinner
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