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Detroit Writer Tours Ford Rouge Plant and Philanthropy Conference
Tom Peters recounts a nighttime Detroit nightscape and a field trip to Ford's Rouge Plant where 35 000 workers produce cars in a self contained complex. He attends the 16th annual National Conference on Philanthropy with leaders such as McGeorge Bundy and George Romney, naming givers like Ford, GM, and Standard Oil and receivers including Johns Hopkins and United Way.
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Ford World
World
Bagley Street
Hilton
Henry Ford
Bagley
Grand Circus Park
Detroit
McGeorge Bundy
Ford Foundation
Bundy
Conference On Philanthropy
Ford
American Motors
Kresge
Sherwin-Williams
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
Bank of America
W. Clement
Jessie V. Stone
Sears Roebuck and Company
General Motors
Cleveland Trust
Standard Oil of Indiana
Burroughs
U.S. Steel
Bendix
Cummins Engine
May Company
Cleveland Foundation
Chicago Trust
Famil
Tulane University
Y.M.C.A
W.C.A. Duke
Menninger
Temple
National Negro College Fund
Johns Hopkins
Mayo
United Way of America
Bowling Green
University of Chicago
Boy Scouts
Berkeley University Without Walls
National Police Foundation
New York City
Standard Oil of
Indiana